Alice Strife: So like you know I've been putting the weeks of how old she is? Now that she's born that automatically goes to zero right? Or would she still be nine months old? Am I technically 17? Or 17 and 9 months? You never really wonder about these things until you're writing and wondering about them.
Toki Kagami
Kuroko sat at the dining room table all alone, looking over bills and letters that came in the mail today. He got bored after a while and looked up, staring around the kitchen. He was so used to it being how it always was after living here for so long, and it felt strange seeing the differences. There was a baby high chair in the corner of the kitchen, an expensive brand new high chair that Kuroko couldn't believe he received as a present. Over where the sink was there were baby bottles lined up shiny and clean; inside the cabinets was baby food and formulas for their daughter. There were baby proofs all over the drawers and cute little baby bibs on the table that Kagami has yet to find a place to put them.
Kuroko wondered what else had changed inside of his house and stood up, leaving the kitchen. He walked into the living room and noticed that their bookcase will now completely filled with basketball magazines and baby books for the first ten years of a child's life. Small toys were around the room in neat places, balls and strollers in the closet. Kuroko walked upstairs next and walked into the baby room, it filled to the brink with toys and clothes all from their friends. There was a crib, a walker, a rocking chair, dozens of children books, night lights; the only thing missing was a pony.
Kuroko chuckled to himself as he walked over to their bedroom, spying a crib here as well. He didn't want Toki to sleep the first few nights without his careful eye on her; she'd be sleeping with them for the first few months of her birth. Kuroko walked over and touched the crib, smiling lightly. He rubbed his eight month belly with care.
"You're going to be taken care of Toki." He whispered.
As if she heard and understood him, Toki started kicking lightly. Kuroko smiled and walked over to bed, finding himself slightly tired. He laid down and rested, his eyes drifting close. He dreamed of meeting her. This small girl with feisty red hair and bright blue eyes smiling at him. It was a beautiful dream as Kuroko played with his daughter.
When he woke up the room was dark. Kuroko blinked and felt his stomach.
"TAIGA!" He yelled out.
It sounded like an elephant running through the house with the speed Kagami tried to make his way to him. It was a relief that Kagami was back home. His fiance slammed their bedroom door opened and stared wide eyes at Kuroko.
"What is it?!" He asked in a panic.
"It feels like my water just broke, I need help to the hospital."
Kagami's brain went into overload, "she's coming?! Now?!"
Kuroko smiled lightly, "yeah, she's coming."
"So? Where is the little brat?" Aomine asked.
"Shut up Daiki! But yeah, where is she Kagamicchi?" Kise asked.
"Testu is fine, right? That was a short birth, I'm worried." Moimoi said biting her fingernails.
"Can babies eat candy?" Murasakibara asked.
"We've been over this before Murasakibara, no they can not." Akashi answered.
"Oh... ours will be able to though, right Aki-chi?"
Akashi sighed and pinched the bridges of his nose.
"Where is this child? Some of us have things to do." Midorima asked pushing his glasses up.
Kagami ignored all of them as he stared through the glass window of the nursery. There were dozens of babies there, none of them his though. The space that said 'Toki Kagami' was empty and Kagami was waiting, along with all of his friends, for it to be filled. Finally, a nurse walked inside the room holding a pink blanket in hand. She looked up and recognized the father, smiling at him. She walked over to the window and pulled the blanket off of the child's head.
There, in her arms, was Kagami's daughter. She was small and pale, Kuroko's color, along with his bright blue patch of hair on her head. Kise gasped, Aomine laughed, Satsuki fawned, Murasakibara and Akashi hummed, while Midorima said nothing. Kagami though, he was speechless.
"She looks just like him!" Moimoi cheered.
Her voice must have been very loud, because Toki moved and opened up her eyes. The first thing she saw was her daddy, how was smiling lightly with his hand against the wall.
"She's my daughter." He whispered then waved at her, "hello Toki."
Icy blue eyes stared at him before closing back, Toki yawning. The nurse giggled and placed Toki in her bed, pointing to the door as she wanted to talk to Kagami before leaving the room.
"Congrats, you have a mini Kuroko." Aomine said patting his back.
"She's so adorable Kagami! Congrats!" Moimoi cheered.
All around him he was congratulated and hugged, patted on the back, smiled at. Kagami watched his daughter sleep though, it finally getting through his head.
He was a father now.
"In my dreams she looked exactly like you Taiga." Kuroko said rocking her softly side to side.
"She's perfect Tetsuya, I wouldn't change a single thing about her." Kagami smiled fondly.
Toki made a soft noise, catching the two adults attention. She laid fast asleep in one of her father's arms, the picture of innocence in every way. Looking back that was a short eight month, but it sure did have its ups and down, laughs and jokes.
"Now that she's born, do you want to have our wedding?" Kagami asked.
"Let me work off my baby fat first." Kuroko pouted.
Kagami laughed loudly, waking up young Toki. Kuroko shushed him and Kagami apologized, rubbing the tears from his eyes as he stared right into his daughter's icy blue eyes.
"Hello little one." He chuckled.
Toki blinked softly as her eyes scanned the room, her father's figure being the brightest thing in it that attracted her.
"She's too perfect." Kagami muttered.
"Hopefully our next one will resemble you." Kuroko said.
Kagami started laughing again, "we just had this one and you're already talking about having another?"
"Of course, I at least want two. One girl and one boy."
Kagami smirked darkly and leaned over, "well with the way we go at it I wouldn't be surprised if we had more than a dozen." He whispered nibbling on his earlobe.
Kuroko shivered and shooed him away, "not in front of little Toki."
"Okay, okay, you should know our friends are outside waiting to meet the newest generation of miracle."
"A few more minutes, I want to enjoy this with you for a few more minutes longer." Kuroko said brushing Toki's hair.
Kagami nodded and wrapped an arm around Kuroko, pulling him close as the two watched over their daughter.
