Kuroko hated the rain, he hated the humid air and the cold rain that made his clothes stick to his skin during the summer. What was worse was that he hated having to run back and forth for his boss to get some coffee.
Just get the dang coffee yourself! He thought to himself while running down the street in the rain. Kuroko liked his boss, he was just easily irritated when it rained.
Despite the heat, Kuroko still had to wear a suit which he was itching to destroy. While running back to the department, he bumped into someone and they were both knocked over. The blue haired boy slowly got up and groaned at the spilt coffee and the fact that he was completely drenched, "I'm sorry." He said and he helped the other man up.
Red eyes stared into his blue ones and the man said, "I'm sorry too. You're completely soaked now."
"Well, you're soaked too." Kuroko said with a small smile.
The man had a refreshing tone that didn't seem to be like everyone else in the world that was dying to die and get rid of their routine. The man had red hair and those beautiful eyes that showed confidence.
"I'm Akashi Seijuro, at least let me lend you some clothes. My apartment is nearby."
Kuroko nodded and then said, "I'm Kuroko Tetsuya, it's nice to meet you, though this isn't exactly the best first impression."
The blue haired boy and the redhead quickly ran to Akashi's apartment. The redhead let Kuroko use the shower while he looked for clothes he could wear. Akashi threw a pair of shorts and a t-shirt at Kuroko. The blue haired boy quickly changed and thanked the redhead, then he said,
"I should be going, my boss will get angry with me."
Akashi grabbed onto Kuroko's hand and said, "No, you'll be fine."
"What do you mean?" The blue haired boy asked, not understanding why a complete stranger was stopping him.
"What I mean is that I already called my father (your boss) and told him you would be late because of me. He won't get mad at you and I can tell you work for my father because you're wearing the department badge on your suit."
Kuroko stared long and hard at the redhead and noticed a few features that were similar, "I still have to go," Kuroko said, "it doesn't matter whether you're his son or not. A job is a job and I have a job to do. I'll bring the clothes back as soon as possible. Thank you."
The blue haired boy left and bought more coffee since he spilled the ones he bought before. When he got back to work, his boss smiled and said,
"I heard you met my son, I'm sorry if he was…weird."
Kuroko handed him the coffee and shook his head, "Not at all. He's a kind person and gave me his clothes to change into."
"Just watch out," Kuroko's boss said, "I swear, something is wrong with that child."
The blue haired boy assumed that his boss was just teasing him so he went back to work.
After a few days, Kuroko went to Akashi's apartment to give him back the borrowed clothing. The redhead smiled and invited the blue haired boy inside.
"What brings you here, Tetsuya?"
"Your clothes, what other reason do I have to be here? I washed them." The blue haired boy said. Instead of entering Akashi's apartment, he turned and mumbled, "Bye…"
The redhead didn't like the fact that Kuroko had just left but he didn't make a move to change his mind. The blue haired boy liked Akashi , but he didn't want to get any closer than necessary.
A few days after that, Kuroko was walking to a café to just sit and relax. He stared out the window and sighed. It was raining again. For once in his life, he just wanted the world to be quiet, it was too loud for him. Kuroko spotted Akashi walking past the coffee shop and for some reason, something must have possessed the blue haired boy because he got up and knocked on the window to get Akashi's attention. The redhead turned and peered into the café, then he smiled and ran inside.
"Hey Tetsuya! It's nice to see you again. This is the second chance meeting now."
"You too." Kuroko mumbled. Akashi looked at the blue haired boy curiously and asked,
"What's wrong? You seem really down."
The blue haired boy seemed to snap back to reality, "I just… have stuff on my mind. It's really loud, want to go somewhere else?"
Akashi knew there was something really off about Kuroko so he nodded and accompanied him to another location. They didn't make it far down the street. Kuroko stopped and felt as if the world had tilted to the side. He stumbled over his own feet and fainted.
Akashi dropped his umbrella and caught him before he met the ground and lightly put a hand to his forehead. He was burning up.
Is it possible for someone to have a fever this high? The redhead thought as he carried Kuroko to his apartment. When Akashi gently put Kuroko on the bed, the blue haired boy curled up on the bed and mumbled in his sleep. The redhead listened closer and heard,
"Seijuro."
Akashi put a hand to his own forehead and winced, his head starting to hurt. In his memories, he saw Kuroko kissing him but the redhead knew that they had never kissed.
"Where are these memories coming from? I never did this…"
In one memory, he saw himself playing basketball so Akashi decided to pick up a ball and shoot it into the trash can. It went in perfectly. Akashi shot the ball over and over again, each time it went in without touching the sides. The redhead shook his head and whispered to himself, "I've never played basketball in my life…"
He looked over at Kuroko and remembered them going on dates, going to school together, meeting in a café, sharing a room, even fighting beside each other in some sort of war. Akashi suddenly felt scared; he didn't know what was happening. He didn't understand why he had so many memories of Kuroko, he didn't understand the sudden amount of education he never remembered getting.
"Seijuro…" The bleu haired boy mumbled again. Akashi took comfort in Kuroko and huddled close to him to try and calm down. Perhaps the blue haired boy also had some strange fragments of memories.
In the morning, the redhead woke up and remembered everything. Akashi turned over and looked at Kuroko's sleeping face; he smiled and nuzzles his forehead against the blue haired boy.
"Good morning, Tetsuya; it's nice to see you again." He whispered and then decided to wake him up.
Kuroko flinched awake and observed his surroundings, "Akashi-kun, why am I in your apartment?"
He doesn't remember… Akashi thought to himself. The redhead quickly got up and said, "You passed out, so I brought you here to rest since I don't know where you live."
"Ah…" Kuroko mumbled while trying to remember if that actually happened, "Thank you for taking care of me. Is it possible for me to use your shower?"
Akashi nodded, "Of course, go ahead."
While Kuroko was in the shower, Akashi tried to think of ways to help the blue haired boy remember everything. First thing he did was take off his shirt and try to get Kuroko to see the tally marks. When the blue haired boy walked out, he saw Akashi without his shirt on lying face down on the bed.
"What…are you doing?" Kuroko asked while drying his hair with a towel. The redhead mumbled something into the pillow to try and make Kuroko move closer. When the blue haired boy saw the tally marks, he immediately asked,
"Where did you get those marks?"
"I had them ever since I was born." The redhead said as he looked up to meet Kuroko's gaze. The blue haired boy had a troubled expression, except he simply turned away and muttered an 'okay'. Akashi got up and thought about other ways.
"Tetsuya?"
"Hm?" Kuroko pulled a shirt over his body and turned to look at Akashi. The redhead smiled and said,
"I have to go to my father's office today, so I was wondering if you would like to escort me there."
"Why do I have to be your escort?" The blue haired boy asked.
"Because people want me dead so that the company doesn't have an heir." Akashi said.
Kuroko raised an eyebrow, "Don't you have a trained escort who knows what to do?"
"No." The redhead lied.
The blue haired boy grew suspicious, he had a feeling Akashi was up to something, "I think…I'll call your father to make sure I can be your escort."
"No!" Akashi yelled while panicking. He leaped from the bed and snatched the cellphone from Kuroko's hands, "He's…uh…in a meeting right now. Calling him wouldn't be good."
Kuroko sighed and then said, "Fine, I'll take you there. I'm not going to be much help though; I don't touch guns, they scare me."
Akashi smiled, "That's fine."
As they were talking, the redhead tried to take as many detours as possible. First, he went to a basketball court and then asked Kuroko, "Want to play basketball with those people over there?"
The blue haired boy laughed, "I've never picked up a basketball in my life."
"Just pass to me and we'll do fine." The redhead said. Kuroko sighed and followed Akashi to the court. They joined a game with a whole bunch of teenager and felt completely out of place, but the redhead teased,
"I bet you kids that my friend and I can beat all of you. 2 on 5."
The teenagers were irked by this challenge so they immediately accepted. Kuroko, on the other hand, didn't like where this was going, but he shrugged and just followed Akashi's pace. When the game started, Kuroko noticed that nobody actually paid attention to him, so he easily made a pass to Akashi which let the redhead score. This continued for every shot they made and the opposing team never got a basket. When the game was over, Akashi gave Kuroko a high five and asked,
"Wasn't that fun?"
The blue haired boy looked down at his hands, as if remember what the basketball felt like when it tapped against his hand. Kuroko smiled, "…Yeah…"
The two continued to walk to work and Akashi continued to make pointless detours. The blue haired boy noticed the multiple detours but for some reason, he made no move to stop Akashi. Instead, he found that he was enjoying himself. Kuroko reached out for the redhead's hand. When their fingers touched, Kuroko hastily pulled away and looked off to the side. The redhead pretended not to notice the action but he smiled to himself and continued to walk. They finally got to a shooting range.
Most people were using guns, but Akashi silently handed Kuroko a bow and arrow. The blue haired boy looked confused so the redhead explained what he wanted him to do,
"I want you to shoot three arrows at that target over there." Akashi pointed to a target that was about three hundred metres away.
"Akashi-kun, this is ridiculous, I've never picked up a bow before and I've never shot an arrow either." Kuroko said while looking down at the weapon in his hands.
"Says the person who said he never picked up a basketball before. You'll be fine, just do what you feel is right."
The blue haired boy shrugged and pulled the arrow back, his form was perfect. When Kuroko shot the arrow, it flew in a perfect arc and it was embedded into the middle of the target. He shot the other two, which fell snugly into the middle. Kuroko was having fun, he didn't know he had any skill in basketball or archery. He looked at Akashi and noticed that there was a sad expression on his face, as if the redhead had failed at achieving something.
"Akashi-kun, what's wrong?" Kuroko asked.
The redhead shook his head and pulled Kuroko by the wrist to another location. The blue haired boy was able to feel Akashi's disappointment but he didn't believe it was towards him, but more like Akashi was disappointed in himself. The redhead dragged Kuroko to an alley and pinned him to the brick wall,
"Tetsuya…I think I might have fallen for you." He whispered.
The blue haired boy's eyes widened and his face became red, "I…uh…I-I…I don't know what to say."
Akashi smiled slightly, "That's fine. Don't talk; just feel."
The redhead leaned in and kissed Kuroko on the lips. The blue haired boy stood still, not sure how to respond, but when he felt Akashi licking at his bottom lip, Kuroko let the redhead's tongue explore his mouth. Akashi pressed his chest against Kuroko's to keep him pinned tot eh wall and deepened the kiss. Kuroko did his best to kiss back, but the overwhelming feelings kept him holding onto Akashi's sleeve in a desperate attempt to stay standing. Eventually, their lips parted to breathe in oxygen and Kuroko panted,
"S-Seijuro?"
"What?" Akashi asked while impatiently kissing down the blue haired boy's neck and leaving his mark to claim Kuroko as his.
"I remember something…Reincarnation, right?" The blue haired boy asked while threading his fingers into the red hair in front of him. Akashi bit Kuroko's collarbone and mumbled a small 'yes'.
When the redhead pulled away, he asked, "Do you remember everything?"
Kuroko slowly shook his head, "Just pieces…"
Akashi hugged the blue haired boy tightly and said, "You'll remember eventually."
Kuroko nodded and held onto the redhead as if he was life itself. They walked to Akashi's father's office after a while and the redhead went to discuss things.
The blue haired boy sat on a couch and tried his best to remember more but nothing came to him.
Akashi and Kuroko started to live together in an apartment and the blue haired boy slowly regained his memories as time passed. One night, when they were lying down together, Kuroko said,
"Who knew we would meet on the street by chance?"
"I know. If we didn't run into each other, we would've walked past each other without knowing." Akashi muttered, "But I guess that's the power of fate."
The blue haired boy kissed Akashi lightly and said, "We still haven't gotten our ninth tattoo."
A smile grew on the redhead's face, "Tomorrow. We'll get it tomorrow."
The next day, the first thing they did was get their tattoo. They spent their years together, just hanging around the house and going to work. The couple finally decided to make a bank account where they can store their money for each lifetime.
"This way we won't have to work when we get our memories back and we can just spend out remaining time together instead of working." Akashi said.
Kuroko nodded and they both stored their money into one bank account. As long as they knew the password, it didn't matter who they were or how old they were.
This time, Akashi passed away first and a few years later, so did Kuroko.
Author's Note:
I guess there's some confusion about the time thing that happened in the previous chapter. For me (in this fanfiction at least), I made it so that reincarnation can cross through time periods, for the sake of ideas. I hope this is understandable because 100 chapters in the same time period or a future time period is hard.
Also, I apologize if this isn't one of my best chapters, I've been pretty depressed lately (family problems) and I just really wanted to write a bit. I promise you better chapters in the future, please excuse this one if you didn't like it as much.
See you in the next chapter.