(A/N) As I said before. I'm a terrible person. I've a lot of things going on lately. My friend passed away recently, school's getting stressful, and my boyfriend lives a couple states away. THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE THO. SO.
It was a landslide vote. Kuroko hangs up. Yerp. So. Enjoy.
Kuroko's POV
"Yea, I'm fine, the water just went down the wrong pipe, that's all." I see him move to mention something else, but my phone rings in my pocket. My eyebrows furrowing, I reach for the cell, wondering who could possibly be calling me. I look at the caller ID and frown. Unknown number. I press accept.
"Hello, who is this?"
"Hey, Tetsuya, it's Seijuro." At the sound of his voice, I almost drop the phone. I meet gazes with Aomine, pretty sure the expression on my face is not a calm one. I'm sure Akashi can hear nothing but my slighty laboured breathing over the line. I clear my throat slightly and slowly open my mouth to answer, but immedietly shut it and end the call. My hand goes through my hair as I toss my phone onto the counter. 'Why did he call? I'm sure he has better things to do.'
Aomine's POV
I watch as Kuroko's expression goes sour, my eyebrows raised at his new behavior. 'He has been acting a little strange lately… I thought it was just him warming up to us and letting his emotions show a bit more, but I guess not.' But I have to wonder, who is he on the phone with. The next thing I know, he's turned his phone off, leaving it on the counter. I examine his expression carefully as he ruffles through his hair. The corners of his mouth turn down slightly, and I can tell he's been biting them. The usually blank blue that fills his eyes are now a more full, but more troubled shade. His eyelids look like they have black eyeshadow smeared on them, but it's probably sleep deprivation. His eyebrows are furrowed, and his frustrated appearance is new to me.
"Hey, you alrigh-" He doesn't let me finish, instead walking past me, towards where Nina is sitting. I'm left in the kitchen by myself for a moment before I turn and follow him out, only to be greeted with an… interesting sight.
Kuroko's POV
"Nina! I left you alone for two minutes!" I stare at the girl in exhasperation. She sits there, giggling. A couple strands of spaghetti hanging from her face. Pasta sauce on her hands, as she had been using it for 'finger painting'.
"Heehee, sorrrryyy.." She says, amused with hersef. Rolling my eyes, I move to grab some spare napkins from the bag, scooping the mess up. I hear a chuckle from next to me, and glance to the side to see Aomine cleaning the pasta off of Nina's face, whispering something in her ear. It must have been something funny, because she fights to hold in here laughs before moving to mumble something into his ear.
"Sharing secrets now, are we? Care to share?" I raise an eyebrow at them, watching how they quickly become quiet, Nina going back to eating, and Aomine continuing to clean up. They both have this obnoxious smile, and I sigh dramatically before walking back to the kitchen to throw the dirty napkins away. I lean against the sink, resting there for a moment, listening in on their conversation.
Aomine's POV
"So is it good?" I ask, taking a seat on the couch. Nina looks up from her plate, grinning.
"Yea! It's really tasty! Thanks for bringing some for me." She says through a mouthful of food. I laugh and wave the thanks off.
"Nahh, don't thank me, I'm more than happy to bring food over." I look around the clean but dull room. I notice a door to the side that probably leads to the bathroom, and look back to the kitchen door. Those are the only two other rooms? What about a bedroom? Where do they sleep? Glancing to Nina, I see that she's swinging her legs back and forth, her smile like an intense ray of sunlight.
"Why the excitement Nina? You look like you've won all of the candy in the world!" She laughs brightly before gesturing to the table, along with the rest of the room.
"Well, you brought me this! And Kuroko cleaned today, it hasn't been very clean lately. Oohh! Also, I heard he has a surprise for me~" I nod happily before turning to glance to the front door. The light outside is fading, and night is just around the corner. I see a quick flash of light, and smirk. A storm huh? I love when it rains, especially thunderstorms~
Kuroko's POV
"I hear Nina say 'surprise' and immediately remember what I had promised. I reach up and open the cabinet, grabbing the only thing in there; the bag of candy Kise had brought by earlier. Smiling slightly, I leave the bag on the counter, wanting to wait for Nina to finish eating before giving some to her. I walk out to the living room with another glass of water, glancing first to Nina (who had stopped trying to paint with pasta), and then to Aomine, who's now seated on the sofa. One look at her plate tells me that she'll be done in a couple minutes.
"Thanks again, Aomine-kun. I appreciate it." He laughs, raising his hands to wave them.
"No need to thank me, I was glad to. We're your teammates, you can depend on us, you know." He says, glancing to his phone momentarily. I smile slightly, nodding in understanding. I look to the window, noticing how dark it's gotten.
"Don't you need to head home?" I ask. He frowns slightly.
"Yea, I guess I do.." He gathers his things, and stands, heading to the door. Nina, having finished her food, jumps down from her chair and runs to Aomine, still clutching a juice pouch.
"Thank you so much!" She smiles and hugs his legs (since he's way taller than her). Aomine chuckles ruffling her hair slightly.
"No problem Nina. If you need anything else, just let me know, kay?" Nina nods quickly.
"Kayy!" Everyone present smiles at her excitement. Sighing, Aomine twists the nob, swinging the door open, waving goodbye. Nina and I wave back as he heads outside. We close the door after him and grin.
Aomine's POV
A goofy smile fills my expression as I walk towards my car, opening an umbrella and holding it above me. 'I never knew Kuroko had a little sister, but I'm glad she seems to like me. I reach to open the car door, but remember that I had left my phone behind.
"Dammit..." I laugh to myself, turning to head back to the front door.
Nina's POV
I turn to brother, watching as he takes a long drink from his cup.
"Are you going to eat now?" I ask, hoping he'll eat something today. He shakes his head. I knew it.
"No, I don't think so. I'm not very hungry right now." He says. I nod, faking a bright smile.
"Okayy, maybe later then!" Turning, I move towards the couch, sucking on the juice pouch until a hollow sound comes through the straw. As I'm about to sit down, I hear it.
Three things happen next, one after the other.
I hear a loud clash of thunder…
the flickering of the lights going out…
glass breaking…
And a strangled scream.
Oh no.
(A/N) That cliffhanger tho...
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