Hi lovelies! It's me Tara!
Tory is currently sleeping over at our friends house and asked me to upload the story while he was gone. After annoyi- I mean, after nicely asking him, I was given the opportunity to write in this chapter's AU! Isn't it great? Anway, I'm just happy to be here with my fans!
Disclaimer: Tara and Tory M. Do not own Kuroko no Basket. If they did, Tara would have made Kagami not wear the swim trunks during the hot spring scene.
Now sit back, relax and enjoy because shit is about to get real!
Days turned into weeks, and eventually those weeks turned into a month.
It had been a month since Kuroko had been reported missing along with twenty-four other teens. During that month, winter break had started, along with Christmas. Taiyou had finally come home on the 21st of December to come and help with the situation.
It was hard for Taiyou and Aysel to have Christmas without their son. It sadden them.
Kagami stilled lived within the Kuroko home, seeing it as paying respect to the family. He also felt as though he was doing it for himself. As if to reassure himself of what was happening. When Kuroko came back, he would welcome home with open arms. He would finally confess his feeling that he had failed to make visible before the situation.
With Kagami living with Aysel and Taiyou, Kagami's parents had come for Christmas and with a result had ended up spending Christmas with the other family. Neither family had minded spending Christmas seeing that the situation. Kagami's parents didn't mind helping the couple in need. They understand how it feels as they have their own son and if something were to happen to him, they would know help as well.
Both families were still able to have fun, but Kagami and Kuroko's parent's still felt pretty empty. Soon enough, Kagami's parents had to leave back to America. They left the morning after Christmas (after Kagami's mom had questioned Kagami in his emotions for his 'best friend', in which she got a blush in response and soon understanding).
School had started, still with no Kuroko. Kagami had tried over and over to text Kuroko hoping to get reply, only to get none. The Seirin team, Generation of Miracles, Moimoi, Himuro and Takao had often visited the Kuroko home to help with chores, pay respect or just plain chatted to the parents of Kuroko to help ease the stress and worry that the situation may have given the two adults.
Murasakibara had been in the care of Himuro, who tried his best to make the giant feel happy these past weeks with no progress. Takao had been worrying about Midorima and trying to make him feel better. Kise hadn't been able to sleep for long periods of time, worrying for his teal haired friend. Akashi's coping still unknown to his friends. Hyuuga, Teppie and the rest of the Seirin team often tried to stay near Riko and would comfort her and eac other if needed.
Aomine had often visited and hung out with Kagami. Ever since that day a couple weeks ago, they have both been helping each other with Kuroko's absence. Understanding that Kuroko means a lot to the both of them (more so for Kagami), they came to an agreeing friendship. When Kuroko comes home, he would be happy from the discovery, Kagami had always thought.
Everyone was still the same as they were when they had heard the news of Kuroko while waiting for him to come back home.
That was , until the 9th of January.
"Hey Kagami." Kagami had looked up to see Riko.
It was the end of practice and Riko had walked over to Kagami when he was ready to head home. He nodded at her and headed out of the gym with her. Waiting at the entrance was Hyuuga leaning on the wall talking to Teppie and Furihata. When they noticed the two they started walking along with them. They were all heading to Kuroko's house to go and help. While Hyuuga and Riko walked ahead, Teppie walked along side Kagami and Fuihata. He decided to make small talk.
"Hello Kagami."
"Hi Teppie."Kagami had greeted.
" How have you been?" Teppie and Kagami hadn't chatted with one another for awhile now.
"I've been... ok." Kagami had hesitated on answering. "I mean, I try to stay positive but with Kuroko gone for so long... I'm just really worried."
"We understand." Furihata really did. He could just imagine losing a close friend such as Kuroko.
"I just hope the police find him soon." Kagami had been patiently waiting. "It's been over a month..."
"I'm sure they'll find him soon." Furihata had been repeating this phrase a lot.
"I should have confessed to him when I had the chance..." Kagami started to tighten his fists in frustration. "Now I might never be able to..."
"Kagami..." Teppie and Fuihata were worried for his friend.
The rest of the walk was silent between the three of them while Aida and Hyuuga kept up a light conversation. Eventually they made it to the house they often visited.
When they headed inside (Kagami had opened the front door with the spare key Taiyou had given him), they weren't surprised to find the Generation of Miracles, Moimoi, Himuro and Takao already there. They have been trying there best to keep in touch with the situation and helping in any way they could.
"Thank you for coming everyone." Taiyou was grateful for all of his son's friends. It showed they cared for his son a lot.
After everyone was situated, they took to have a conversation. Alternating among themselves, they each talked about details about Kuroko. Soon they found the males talking about places Kuroko could be at to check, having talked of this subject many times.
"Maji burger?" Takao questioned.
"We've checked that place a million times." Kagami replied.
"The park?"
"We've checked that place too." Midorima answered Akashi's suggestion.
"Kuroko-chii could be at motel." Kise stated.
"We've checked all the motels and apartments." Furihata mentioned.
"Maybe the sports store?" Aomine had asked.
"We've checked there." Taiyou commented.
"How about the candy store?"
"Atsushi we already checked there." Himuro told his solemn giant.
"Have we tried the city's plaza square?" Kagami had asked.
"We've checked the whole city." Akashi interjected. There was a moment of silence.
"H-have we really checked the whole city?" Moimo had questioned, to which Taiyou answered.
"Five times..."
Then everyone was left in silence. Had they really checked everywhere? Maybe they missed a spot somewhere. Maybe they didn't look hard enough. Maybe he wasn't in the city, but in a nearby one. These thought and more kept going through each of their heads. The biggest question was,
Where is Kuroko?
There silent tought were interrupted by the door bell going off. Aysel stood up and headed to the door, leaving everyone to remain in an uncomfortable silence. Just then, Aysel came in with the officer whom had been in charge of the investigation, Tsuki. He came in expecting only the husband, only to see about several other people to be in the room. He was about to questioned the woman standing next to her, only to realize that these people were most likely the friends of the missing teen.
The man then spoke out loud for everyone to hear.
"Um, I have some news for you." Everyone straightened at the comment, eyes showing hope, only to be put out with what the man said next. "The news isn't good."
"What is it?" Riko had questioned him.
"It has come to my attention that the investigation of the twenty-five missing teens have been going on for over a month now." He paused. "I regret to tell you this but, we're going to call off the search."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"What? But-" Moimoi was interrupted.
"We would really like to continue the search, but the station is very busy and it's been over a month. I thinks it's safe to say, we won't be able to find your son." he was talking in a tone that said business, but his face said, I'm sorry.
Just then while everyone else was still taking in the information, Akashi sprang up from his position on the coach and ran to the man speaking. He grabbed the man's collar,pulled him down to his height and looked him angrily in the eye.
"What do you mean you can't find him?! You can't stop looking!" The group was shocked at Akashi's outburst. "I command that you and your colleges keep looking this instance! You have to find Tetsuya! You must-" just then, Tsuki grabbed Akshi's wrists.
"THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO!" the room fell dead silent. Then the officer repeated what he had said in a softer, yet still firm tone. "I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do."
With that, Tsuki let go of Akashi's arms who had longed since let go of the older man's uniform. Once officer Tsuki let go of the teen, Akashi fell to his knees. He just stayed there wide eyed, processing what he had heard. Once he did, he did the unspeakable. Akashi eye's quickly filled with tears, only to have them fall to the ground. They short teen then began to sob his heart out. In a whim, Furihata got up from his seat and ran over to the sobbing emperor leaving behind a group of speechless teens.
"Shh, it's ok." Furihata had softly spoken while rubbing circles on the red-head's back.
"Whaaaahh!" Akashi started bawling out like a child who had just fallen and had scraped his knee. Akashi returned the comforting gesture and embraced the coco haired teen.
They couldn't believe it. The toughest of them, was now crying. He was their previous leader, their sadistic friend, the one who showed no mercy for others.
At the sight of the toughest of them cry, they to started to cry. They took it as permission to let it all out. How could they not? Their friend was dead and there was nothing they could do about, except cry.
Midorima was just letting silent tears fall down his cheeks as Takao embraced the taller boy who had tears of his own.
"It's ok shin-chan. It's going to be alright." Takao just kept on repeating reassuring words to his best friend. Midorima was finally aware of his friend hugging him and hugged him right back, letting the tears fall faster. He hid his face in the crook his friends neck.
"Oh, Takao..." he whispered into the boys ear.
Murasakibara was leaning against the couch and harshly cried into his knees. Himuro immediately scooted down from his seat on the couch and tried to comfort the saddened giant. Himuro patted the purple haired boy while failing to keep his own tears in.
Aysel ran to her husband and cried into his chest. Their only son, gone. With the news of their son being dead, Taiyou cried with his wife in a tight embrace. Both having a nightmare become reality.
"Taiyou! It can't be... it just can't!"
"Shh." was all the married man could do while letting his own fall into his wife's hair.
Riko began to sob into Hyuuga's chest while he hugged her. Teppie embraced the two of them with tears of his own. He placed his head on Hyuuga's shoulder and let the tears fall. Hyuuga attempted to be strong for the two, only to fail and to begin crying. Their friend and teammate was gone forever.
"Kuroko..." was all Hyuuga was able to say.
Kise sobbed into Aomine's sholder, Moimoi doing the same. The midnight haired teen embraced both of his friends while hiding his tears in his blonde friend's hair.
"Kuroko-chii... why?!" Kise sobbed, which his dark haired friend held him tighter in response. Kise noticed this and quieted down a bit. "Thank you Aomine-chii."
"Kuroko!" Moimoi still couldn't believe what she was hearing. The man she loved was dead. Starting to sob harder, she found Kise patting her on the head in a comforting way. She just continued sobbing.
Everyone in the room was crying from the news given to them. All except Kagami, who was just standing there in shock. His shadow was dead. His basketball partner was dead. His best friend was dead. His light was dead. The love of his life, was dead. Kagami just kept standing there, limp and eyes widened in shock.
The officer was about to leave, when he stopped.
"I know he is't legally pronounced dead yet, but I would advise you to think about putting together a funeral." after saying that to the parents, he left without another word.
Everyone just stayed there, basked in shock and tears.
Kuroko Tetsuya was dead.
Later that day, everyone had to leave. They all went home with tears in their eyes. Some went home with others like Takao and Midorima, or some went back home alone like Aomine. The day had turned out worse then they could ever imagine.
After everyone had left, Kagami, Aysel and Taiyou had headed of to bed without dinner. How could they eat? They'll never see Kuroko again.
Aysel and Taiyou bid Kagami a goodnight before heading to there room. Kagami was left in the silent guest room. He just lie on the bed with a blanket over him. He wondered if Kuroko's parents were in their room at the moment, crying.
Kagami was wondering why he hadn't cried before and why he wasn't crying now. Was is it because he too shocked? Was it that he felt to empty to cry? Was it maybe that, tears couldn't express how devastated he was? No, that wasn't it. He isn't crying because he didn't believe it. He didn't believe Kuroko was dead.
He can't be.
Sprawled on the bed, Kagami picked up his phone from the dresser and scrolled through his contacts. He sat up and opended his phone. Finding who he wanted in the contact list, Kagami began to text the person for the last time. He sent the text and fell back on the bed. He stared up at the ceiling and spaced out until he fell asleep.
To: Kuroko
Subject: None
Hey Kuroko,
do you want to go play basketball?
Holy shit! What's wrong with my brother?!
Anyway, have you guys noticed Kagami hasn't cried once. I don't know what my brother is thinking and it'd be cool if I could because then it would be like twin telepathy, which we like don't have even though we're twins. I mean, I know he's a boy and I'm a girl. And I know we are complete opposites. And...
What was I saying?
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