Can I get a hell yeah for my awesome updating skills! I'm just kidding because honestly after this week is over, chapters are probably going to be far and few between. Sorry about that...

Anyway, I don't own Kurobasu, just the OC

Enjoy~

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I woke up to an empty apartment. Taiga had made me a small breakfast of pancakes and wrapped the plate in plastic wrap. He'd left a note along with the meal that he'd gone to school-which I assumed-and promised to be back as soon as practice got out.

I smiled to myself and set to re-heating my pancakes. While they were in the microwave, I walked back to my room and dug my laptop out from where I'd hidden it under my bed, and brought it back out. Taiga was nice enough to connect me last night, so when I turned the machine on, I connected to the internet.

I researched hospitals in the area while I ate-looking for one that was fairly close and easily accessible. At some point, I ended up getting frustrated and called dad, asking for his advice. He recommended one close to Serin-Taiga's high school, saying it would be easiest for him to access in case of an emergency. The idea was appealing, so after I ended the call with dad, I called said hospital and talked with them for a bit, gathering the information I needed.

I ended up making an appointment with one of the doctors to look me over for tomorrow.

I stretched in my chair, a few joints popping as I did so, and cleaned up the mess I had made. That one action somehow turned into deep-cleaning the entire apartment, with one fifteen-minute break to rush to the bathroom for obvious reasons.

I took a nap on the couch around 3:00, and woke up when Taiga came home a few hours later.

-x-

"So are you gonna be okay to go to this appointment by yourself?" Taiga asked the next morning. I had gotten up early to eat with him. I had told him about the appointment last night and he seemed to approve, but this was the third time he'd asked this question.

"Yes, Taiga. I'll be fine," I assured him. Again.

"Because, I'm sure Coach would understand if I had to skip practice today." It sounded more like he was trying to talk himself into doing just that, instead of talking me into believing that I wouldn't be okay to go alone.

I understood his nervousness. It was being alone at a bad time that got me-

No, don't think about that right now.

"Taiga, you've got those Winter Cup Prelims coming up, it wouldn't be a good idea to skip practice. I'll be fine, I promise," I said, reaching across the table and patting my brother's hand. He frowned at me, giving me that look he always gives me when he knows I'm right but still has grounds to argue.

"Would it make you feel better if I stopped by Serin before coming home?" I asked. My question took Taiga by surprise, and he gaped at me.

"I mean, it would be nice, 'cause Coach asked about you yesterday, but I think knowing you're gonna do that is just going to make me more nervous about letting you go alone." He said honestly. I sighed and rubbed my forehead.

"Okay, look, Taiga, I'm going to this appointment and you are not missing practice because of me, understand? Now you'd better get going or you'll be late for school," I nodded towards the clock on the wall. Taiga jumped out of his seat and practically threw our cereal bowls in the sink. He ruffled my hair before dashing out the door with a

"See you later! Be careful!" and slamming the door behind him.

With a shake of my head, I went to take a nice warm shower and tidied up the kitchen some more.

-x-

"Good afternoon miss Kagami," the doctor said with a kind smile as she walked into the room I'd been told to wait in.

"Good afternoon, ma'am," I said, returning the smile. She introduced herself as Doctor Mishisui, and she explained that she would be taking care of me over the next few months-including the delivery process much to my relief.

She was a kind woman who, when I told her how I ended up pregnant, was very supportive. I idly wondered if she had children my age, and could understand how scared I was.

The conclusion to the examination was what I already knew-I was about 8 weeks along, making me due in August. She guessed around the first week, anywhere between the first and the fifth.

Before I left, I scheduled to have an ultrasound in about three weeks. I thanked her wholesomely when I left, clutching the appointment reminder tightly in my hand.

-x-

To be honest, I wasn't actually planning on visiting Taiga at practice. I just happened to notice was time it was as I passed the street the school was on, on my way to the train station. I ended up going anyway.

I wanted to see the school, I wanted to see this team I'd heard so much about the past day and a half, and I really wanted to see Taiga play basketball. Seeing as we lived in separate countries, I was stuck watching Alex train Tatsuya, but not even he was in LA anymore.

I found my way to the school gym with ease, and peered through the open door to see inside. I made sure to stay right outside the doors, and was cautious not to call for my brother.

He was as amazing as I remembered him being, if not more so. The team was in the middle of a mini-game. Senpai vs Kouhai it appeared. I smiled fondly and tried not to laugh as Taiga dunked the ball with a dignified battle-cry. I could just barely see the score-board and it appeared the Kouhai were winning, probably thanks to Taiga.

Right as I turned to sneak away, a dog barked.

Well, shit. I thought to myself. I turned and found a small puppy sniffing my feet, wagging its tail happily. It looked up at me with big blue eyes and I melted.

Unlike Taiga, I loved dogs, though admittedly I was more of a cat person. I knelt down to pet the creature, making it bark again and lick at my hand.

"You're adorable." I cooed, scratching its ears.

"Thank you." The quiet monotone voice came from right in front of me, and I nearly had a heart-attack at the sudden appearance of a boy about my age with sky-blue hair and big blue eyes standing by the gym doors.

"Is he yours?" I asked, standing up and dusting off my pants.

"Yes. His name is Nigou." The boy said. I glanced from the boy to the dog, then back at the boy and allowed a giggle to escape my lips.

"Number Two, huh? Yeah he looks just like you." I said, bending over to scratch his ears one more time, making the pup bark happily and spin in a little circle.

"Ne, are you Kagami-kun's sister?" The boy asked suddenly. I looked up at him shocked. I nodded slowly, then remembered that it was probably really easy to tell, we were twins after all.

"Ah, yeah. I'm Kagami Skylar." I said politely. The boy observed me with blank eyes before nodding slightly

"My name is Kuroko Tetsuya." He said, offering his hand. I reached out and grasped it.

"Nice to meet you," I said. Kuroko smiled ever so slightly and released my hand. I opened my mouth to inform him I was leaving and to make him promise not to tell Taiga I was here, but my stomach had other plans.

"Shit!" I cursed in English, my face twisting in an unattractive way.

"Is Kagami-san going to be sick?" Kuroko asked. I nodded rapidly, trying to hold it in. The pale boy reached out and grabbed my hand. He was stronger than he looked, something I noted as he drug me inside the gym and across the floor towards the bathrooms.

"Sky?" I heard Taiga ask. "Oi!"

Kuroko pushed me into the girl's bathroom and left me to get sick in peace.

I could hear Taiga's loud voice all the way from the bathroom stall, and I wanted nothing more than to storm out there and tell him to shut up. Throwing up in public was bad enough; having to listen to your brother yell at the poor kid who kindly escorted you to the bathrooms was too much.

I leaned back and pressed my head against the stall door, taking deep breathes to calm down. The bathroom door opened and closed quietly, I heard soft footsteps approach the stall and someone knocked on the door.

"Hey, are you doing okay?" The girl asked. I sniffled, and nodded, mentally smacking myself because dammit she couldn't see me from behind the door.

"Yeah I'm okay." I said my voice all scratchy. I could hear the girl fidget and she made a humming sound in the back of her throat.

"Can I get you anything? Some water?" She asked. I didn't know if this was the Serin coach or not, but I did know that she seemed to be really nice and I couldn't help but smile.

"Ah, some water would be nice. And maybe getting that idiot Taiga to leave Kuroko alone." I said. The girl heaved a sigh.

"We're trying, I promise. I'll be right back." I heard her scurry out the door.

She returned not five minutes later with a plastic cup of water. She slid it under the door and informed me that she had been able to subdue Taiga for the most part by making him do laps around the gym until I came out. I let out a small laugh and sipped at the water.

"Sorry for causing you trouble," I said sheepishly, "I was planning on going straight home, but my feet decided 'nope we're going to see Taiga'!" I heard the girl laugh and I had a feeling she was shaking her head.

"Don't worry about it! I was harassing Kagami-kun a little bit ago about if we'd ever get to meet you then bam! Kuroko-kun comes running in with you in tow!" She said, another giggle escaping her lips. I joined her in laughing. I drained the rest of the water from the cup and stood up on shaky legs. I used my foot to flush the toilet and exited the stall.

The girl was about an inch shorter than me, with short brown hair and kind brown eyes. She smiled at me and took the cup back while I went to wash my hands.

"I'm Aida Riko by the way." She said

"Kagami Skylar." I shot her a smile. "You're the coach right?"

"Oh-! Yes!" She beamed proudly at me.

"Yeah, Taiga told me about you, though you're not as scary as he claims," I said with a small laugh. Aida giggled and shrugged.

"He's scared of me, huh?" She asked, her voice teasing.

"Oh yes, but don't tell him I told you that." I said with fake-seriousness, making her laugh again.

"I can see how you guys are twins looks-wise, save for the eyebrows and you don't ooze intensity, but personality wise, you two seem to be really different." She said, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Well, I am quite literally his better half," I winked at her, grinning at my stupid joke. I dried my hands and followed her out of the bathroom and back into the gym where, much to my amusement, everyone else was practicing normally while Taiga ran along the room with a grumpy look on his face.

"You can stop now, Kagami-kun!" Aida called. Taiga slowed to a halt and shot a look in our direction. His immediate reaction was to cross the floor to me.

"Are you feeling okay?" He asked, no small amount of worry on his face.

"I'm fine, Taiga. Morning Sickness is a major bitch, but I'm used to it." I said, grinning up at him. He narrowed his eyes at me.

Here comes the lecture. I thought with an inward sigh.

"What are you even doing here in the first place? I thought we agreed that you'd go home after your appointment." He crossed his arms over his chest, his frown deepening.

"Ah, technically we never agreed to that. As I recall, I had to kick your bum out the door this morning." I argued. His eyes seemed to narrow even more. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth, most likely to tell me to go home, but one of the other players spoke up first.

"So you're Kagami's little sister!" He said. He was taller than Taiga and with brown hair and a kind face.

"Yes, hello," I smiled up at him. He beamed back down and offered his hand.

"I'm Kiyoshi Teppei, it's nice to meet you!" He said. I took his hand (which completely swallowed my own) and shook it.

"Kagami Skylar, it's nice to meet you too!" I said. Kiyoshi seemed to set a trend because suddenly all the players were introducing themselves. Taiga stood there looking a mix of frustrated and surprised at the sudden action. After everyone had introduced themselves, Taiga spoke up again.

"I hate to ruin the moment, but Sky has to go home." He said, his face daring anyone to argue with him. I raised an eyebrow at my brother.

"I do?" I asked innocently, tilting my head to the side, "I was thinking I'd hang out here, so that you can take me home without getting yelled at." Taiga's eyebrow twitched. He knew that I'd won the argument before it even started.

"I don't see anything wrong with that." Riko said with a smile.

I sat on the bench next to Riko and watched the rest of practice, Nigou curled up in my lap. I caught the occasional nervous looks Taiga gave the dog every time he came close.

-x-

Taiga didn't talk to me on the way home, nor did he talk to me at all during or after dinner. He just sort of pretended I wasn't even there. Mom had acted like this when I told her that I was having the baby instead of having it ripped out of my body and scarring myself for life, so it didn't affect me like I'm sure he wanted it to.

I wasn't going to break the silence, he was the one being the child, and he had to be the one to grow up. He finally did.

"Sorry for being an asshole earlier, Sky." He mumbled, more to himself it seemed, than to me. I smiled and moved from the kitchen table where I'd been quietly reading, to the couch and rested my head on his shoulder.

"It's alright, brother of mine," I said, closing my eyes and letting out a small sigh, "I'm not mad." He chuckled lightly and smiled fondly down at me

"Just promise me you'll warn me next time, okay?" He asked. I nodded and yawned. It was time for me to go to bed. However, I wasn't actually in the mood to move from my spot, so I ended up falling asleep on his shoulder.

-x-

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