Author's Note: This is the second part of the Christmas gift. I hope you enjoy this! Oh, and the Pop Quiz will be answer in the last chapter. Tee Hee. Thank you so much for Sacchiance and SatsukiMomoi Fans to read and reviewed this. You both encouraged me to keep writing. Don't forget to tell me how you feel to about this one too :)

Warning: Before you continue, I must warn you that you might find Kuroko is a bit off from his league. But actually, I didn't intent to make him ooc at all, I predicted his emotional growth, just like Momoi always did to the others. lol.

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owaranai yoru ni negai wa hitotsu "hoshi no nai sora ni kagayaku hikari o"
modorenai basho ni suteta mono de sae umarekawatte ashita o kitto terasu

hoshikuzu no naka de anata ni deaeta itsuka no kimochi no mama aetara yokatta

modoranai kako ni naita koto de sae umarekawatte ashita o kitto terashite kureru

(In this endless night, I have only one wish: "Let there be shining light in the starless sky."
Even the things I threw away into places of no return will eventually radiate and illuminate tomorrow.
I was able to meet you in the stardust. It would have been great if my feelings had stayed unchanged.
I wept to my unreturning past, but my tears will eventually radiate and illuminate my tomorrow for me.)

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ROKUTOUSEI NO YORU

Suddenly, my body moves on its own, I can feel a soft pressure from behind that helps me sit down, and a grip on my arm and shoulder. "Satsuki, are you alright?!" and in an instant, Tetsu-kun face is in front of me. He looks extremely worried, I can even say that he looks scared. What did he said? Satsuki? I've been so longed to hear it.

Anyway, I think I can remember what just happened. Tetsu-kun was quickly skated towards me when he saw what's about to happen, he positioned himself behind me right before I fall, and secured me..

Oh my God.. Did he really do that?

"Yeah.." I mutter after my sense is back and make sure that there's no injury in my body, even though it's only based on feeling.

"Does your head hurt?" he carefully reaches my head and examines it. His voice is really different than the usual.

How can it possibly hurt? You protected me really well, I thought after he finished. "I guess," I tell him and let him help me standing up.

Meanwhile, the previous boys are running towards us to check me. "You insolent! Stop playing like that! It can endanger the others, what if a child got strikes by you?!" and Tetsu-kun yells at them straight away. This is really shock me, I never seen him so angry before, or hearing him that loud until he almost roar. It's scary..

"W-we're sorry bro," says the one who bumped onto me. They look really nervous.

"Easy!" his friend tries to calm Tetsu-kun.

"Don't tell me to be easy, go reflect yourself!" but Tetsu-kun is beyond calm. He glare and shout at them again.

This is bad. It's intriguing to see what happens next, but I don't want to see them fight. It's true that Tetsu-kun's body is stronger and sturdier, but he's out numbered. "Tetsu-kun, I'm fine, really," I tuck my arm to his elbow and rub his back with the other arm, speaking softly.

"Hey, that's Kuroko Tetsuya, the basketball player," suddenly, one of them seems to recognize him.

And the others start paying attention to him more. "Let's just get out of here," and back down after they confirms it.

That's really unexpected. I'm glad though..

Tetsu-kun is watching them leave. His eyes filled with such intensity. I rub her arm gently, and for a second I thought I heard him moan. It must be a mistake. He finally revert his eyes towards me, his gaze softened. "Let me help you out, Momoi-san," he takes my hand and put his other hand on my back, afraid that I'm still unstable. He's right, I'm still trembling, my feet still feels very weak. "Are you really alright," he asks again when we finally reach our spot.

His soft voice and his concern eyes melt my heart. "I'm al-yikes, your hand is bleeding!" I smile and nod until I realized that the side of his right arm is bleeding. It must be because he held me with his left when we fell, but supported our weight with his right.

"It is?" he lifts his hand, and look really surprise when he finds out that it's true.

"Oh no, it's your precious hand! Come on Tetsu-kun, we have to take care of it!" and before I knew it, I already drag him to the nearest drug store, hastily and panic.

I bought him an antiseptic and a bundle of bandage. He minded it at first, but I forced myself to him because he already saved me. I tend to his wound after that, and later on, we're already walking around the square again.

But I stop walking when I see him trying to move his bandaged right arm, test it if they still work properly. "Is there anywhere else that hurt?" I ask, troubled. One of my fists clenches in front of my chest.

"No," he stop walking too, looking a bit surprise when he notices that I halt on our way.

"Really?" I feel very afraid. What if his injured hand will give him trouble? He'll leave to America in a week..

He smile delicately at me, realize about what's in my mind. "Momoi-san, you're the one who fall," Tetsu-kun says, I had the feeling that he try to joke.

But it doesn't work towards me. "But you're the one who protected me," to the contrary, I feel more guilty and sadder. "I'm sorry.." Why am I had to be the one who cause him trouble when we're finally reunites again?

"It's not your fault," he exhales. "Don't cry again," and move closer towards me. "Aren't we here to have fun?" after that, he caresses the top of my head gently. The gesture he used to do when I was crumbled in front of him, like when Dai-chan said he hated me.

I close my eyes for a while, feeling his movement, enjoy it.. It startle me (thankfully I didn't jump) when his hand suddenly move to my cheek and stroking them gently. I open my eyes just to be surprise at how close our position this time. We never been this close before, and he'd never be the one who closed the gap between us. His gaze is mysterious and intense. If I don't know my place I probably already thought that he's about to kiss me, or at least, wants to.

"Y-yeah," I avert my gaze from him awkwardly, not because it's uncomfortable, but because I'm afraid that I'll tip toe at him and kiss him first. That can't be what he wanted, and I'm really shy..

He finally puts his hand down and takes a step back. "Where do you want to go after this?" his facial expression brightens.

Well, I guess the friendly and the familiar mood is back. "Let's warm our body. I heard that there's this famous porridge stall around. I can google the location and we can go there for snack," I recommend excitingly as I draw out my cell and surf the internet.

He agrees to it and we move to the location after that. We only need to get to the bus once. But when we arrive..

"W-what the..?" I stare with disbelief at the unbelievably human amount in front of the medium size stall. They're all screaming, screeching, demanding for the porridge until their sound is almost inhumane.

"I guess the porridge is really famous," Tetsu-kun comments flatly.

There's no way we can get pass them.. "I can't agree more," I let out my breath abruptly. "Well, I really want to try it but there's no way we can get it quickly. Why don't we go somewhere else? I'm sure there's another interesting place around here," feeling really disappointed, I even unable to release my sight from their special Christmas offer on the menu board.

Tetsu-kun doesn't answer straight away, he observe me first. "Do you really want this porridge?" he ask when he finally, what I assume, finished.

"My friend always told me about it, I'm curious. But that's okay, I can try next time, I can't let you wait," I explain to him guiltily, I must been drooling all over the place.

"Hold my bag for a moment, please," just before I ask him to find another place, he take off his bag and hand it to me.

"Tetsu-kun?" I look at him confusedly.

"Find a nice seat, Momoi-san," but he's just giving me a mysterious smile. I gasp when he suddenly walk at the crowd and through them. He left my sight in an instance.

I really want to stop him or fight together with him, I'm afraid that he'll get kill in that animalistic mob, but it's impossible to find him. So I have no choice but find a nice seat for us, that's the least I can do. Oh, and I have to buy some drink for both of us, either he'll bring the food or not.

"H-how?" I'm astonishes when Tetsu-kun appear in front of me ten minutes later, with a bowl of hot and smoking porridge in each hands.

"Nothing special, the flow brought me to the front," he takes a seat across from me and put one of the bowl in front of me.

I still can't belief what I see. "You're using your misdirection aren't you?" and guess.

We say nothing more after that, just eating and drinking. I steal some glances over him even though I told myself not to. But I don't regret it. He looks charming to me even when he eats quietly.

"It's really good. I know you want to eat it but I didn't expect that it'll be this tasty," he comments a few minutes later, looking really happy.

"Yum~" I nod, agrees with him, my cheeks are full and flushed, and I smile like an idiot. Just then I realizes that he stare at me, maybe shocked at my previous gesture, he probably think it's silly. "Oh, I'm sorry. I used to do that every time I ate something delicious," I move my hands awkwardly, feeling a bit ashamed.

"It's fine if you want to do it again, it's cute, Momoi-san," he let out a small chuckle and continue eating. It happened again.. Why does he awfully spoke a lot of strange comments and compliments today?

"Tetsu-kun, are you going to take Ni-go to US?" I ask after we finished our bowl, pristine clean.

"I guess so," he answers, wiping his mouth with the tissue.

"Oh, I'll miss him too," I smile sadly and take a drink from my bottle.

Tetsu-kun prompts his head with his elbow. "You always talked to him when we met at the game, didn't you?" he inquires, playing with his plastic spoon.

"Yeah. He finally learned to be friends with me," I nod proudly. It's really hard to befriended Ni-go! I always thought he hate me, or dislike me because I was always clinging to his master. After I stayed away from Tetsu-kun, he always has been more than welcome when I came and played with him. Of course, I quickly walked away to my bench when Tetsu-kun realized and was on his way to approach me. It's cold, I know. But I don't have a choice. And somehow, I think my theory about Ni-go proves right.

"But you never talk to me again," he talks again, eyes boring into me blankly.

"Huh?" I play dumb.

"Not that often. I guess you must've been really busy," he averts his gaze and look down at his spoon. For a while, I think I saw anger flash in his eyes. But probably, my eyes were playing tricks on me. Tetsu-kun is never angry, isn't he?

Shit.

I just saw him angry at the ice rink. He's capable of (or showing his) anger now.

"That's right," again, I lie.

None of us talk after that. He's still playing with his spoon, while I'm watching the people around us so I don't watch him because with a pose like that, he looks ridiculously handsome. His charisma is increased to 30%!

"It's almost night fall," he finally breaks the silence first and looks up at the orange sky.

I follow his gaze. The warm color is beautiful, it matches the winter perfectly. I guess this is the time. "I should be going now," I stand up, faking a nice smile.

"What is your plan after this, Momoi-san?" he doesn't budge from his seat, only his eyes are following me.

"Nothing much really. I think I'm just going to stay in my room, watching TV and get some rest. My father will pick me up tomorrow morning," I tell him while I make sure that my belongings are complete.

"I see," he utters. This is hard, but I have to bid him farewell now, I can't stay here any longer. But just before I bow. "I'll walk you home," he suddenly standing from his seat, wearing his bag, and stare at me assuredly.

It warms me that he offered it like that, like when we're still in school. But to tell you the truth, I don't want him to walk me home, it'll be even painful and harder to say good bye. To the contrary, I nod. Maybe because I'm not that strong when it comes to him, and a small part of me told me over and over that this is the last time and I wouldn't be able to see him again, so this is my last chance and I want to spend more time with him as long as he wants to accompany me.

We walk together, following the street and joining the other pedestrian.

The air is getting colder. I shiver suddenly, and moving uncomfortably.

"What is it? You look uncomfortable," Tetsu-kun notices and look down at me.

"I forgot that my hair is shorter now, my neck is freezing," I reply shortly and put both palms on my neck. A white smoke escapes from my lungs when I'm breath.

Tetsu-kun gestures to follow him to the side. "Here," he suddenly take off his scarf and lure it to me.

"I-I can't," I refuse it nervously, blushing like mad, I'm sure of it.

He smiles at my reaction, but he probably thought that I did that because I'm worried about him. Well, that's true, but mostly because my heart beats faster. "It's okay Momoi-san, I have a spare from you, right?" and before I could react more, he already bend towards me and carefully wrapping my neck and shoulder with his scarf.

Ah..

I couldn't say no. "I'm sorry, the weather cast said that it won't be snowing today," I can only apologize.

He nod and tilt his head towards the street, giving signal that we should move again. I inhale quietly as we walk, his shawl smells really good in a nice vanilla scent.

One problem solved, but the other occurs. My neck is warm, but the air is getting colder again and.. I didn't bring my glove. I forgot about it, all I remembered was his and Kiseki no Sedai presents. Actually, I remembered it when I was on the bus, but like I stated earlier, I didn't bother to come back because of the weather forecast. So I start grazing my hands with one another and blow them frequently.

Tetsu-kun stop walking, almost making me bumps at him. He searches something in his bag and eventually pulls out a pair of light blue, wool glove. "Wear this," he hands the left one to me, and I wear it without asking any question. He wears the right one. "Give me your other hand," after that, he draws his left hand at me.

I'm astounds, and lift it hesitantly, having no idea about what he's going to do. He reaches it and laces our fingers together, and that's not all. He puts both our hands into the pocket of his coat after that. Feeling really shock and even forget how to breath for a moment, I'm unable to do anything besides dragging my feet, following his lead.

My heart beats so fast in my ribcage, I wonder if he can hear it.

"Does it still cold, Momoi-san?" he asks gently when we reach a trisection. We're walking really close with one another, just like.. lovers. I banish the idea right away. He's just being kind and appreciative towards our friendship, like usual.

I may as well enjoy his company. "Not at all," I look up at him and shake my head, smiling. He smiles back. I look back at the street and find a group of children laughing from the corner of my eyes. They're wearing jersey, and one of them is holding a basket ball. "Hey Tetsu-kun, do you want to play basketball? There's a basketball court around the corner," I suggest, suddenly feeling excited.

-TBC-

So, what do you think guys? Don't forget to review. I still haven't found a beta, so I'm sorry for the inconvenient.

The last chapter will be publishes on Christmas eve, look forward to it!

Have a nice day :)