Super long chapter and also I'm sorry?
Disclaimer: I don't own KnB.
Some days passed after they determined what kind of ability Kagami possesed as a vampire. Slowly Aomine began to notice the change in Kagami's bahaviour. Just as Kuroko said, Kagami was constantly in his vicinity and much more cuddly than before.
When he kissed the red-head said male would blush in response and try to hide the red hue on his cheeks. Aomine found it both very amusing and unbelievable cute and did it as often as possible.
The downside was he was just like Takao had been - a ticking time bomb. Just a little remark that was only meant to tease and Kagami would practically explode. Sometimes he was in a really bad mood for no reason and no one wanted to be near him in those moments.
There had been several occasions were Kagami had stormed off to his room in anger after yelling at Aomine, only to emerge once more only minutes after to apologize and hug the bluenette almost to death.
As this pattern continued Aomine felt how he was slowly getting a bit bothered by it all. He had to think twice about anything he said in fear of upsetting Kagami and even that didn't guarantee that he wasn't going to snap at him. It was really stressful to deal with all of this and he wasn't used to the 'new' Kagami yet, but he tried to handle it as best as he could. Yes, Kuroko had warned him, but it didn't really prepare him for this.
"Aomine, are you listening to me?" the red-head glared slightly at him.
"Ah. Yes of course." Well, shit. He wasn't.
"Really? Then what did I say?"
"..."
"I fucking knew it. Aomine you could at least listen fo,-" he blocked Kagami out at this point. He wouldn't miss anything, it was the usual lecture. After one or two minutes more Kagami realized that Aomine was still not listening to him and that was the final straw.
"You're not listening again!" Oh goddamn it.
"Could you shut up? You're annoying."
"...Come again?" there was an underlying threat in his Kagami's voice now and Aomine got even more (genervt, aggressiv)He had had enough.
"Your goddamn moodswings annoy the hell out of me, you know." he growled.
"Oh? Well maybe you should just listen to me instead of zoning out like an idiot all the time!"
"What did you say?!"
"You heard me, bastard!" they nearly shouted at this point and glowered at each other.
"God, I shouldn't have turned you. You became so annoying, just shut up already!"
AO POV
He regretted it the moment the words left his mouth. Kagami flinched, his words hit him like a blow to his face and Aomine saw tears welling up in those beautiful ruby eyes of his.
"Hey, Kagami...I didn't mean i,-" Aomine tried to approach the freshly turned vampire, but Kagami slapped his hands away.
"Fuck off! Don't you d-dare touch me!" he tried to shout but his voice almost broke and Aomine's heart felt like it had been stabbed. What had he done?
"I hate you!" Kagami spat out before he quickly turned around and ran away.
Aomine stood planted to his spot before reality hit him - he had badly hurt his lover with his words. Even if he spoke them in his anger, he shouldn't have. Maybe Kagami was being emotional before, but that sure as hell wasn't the case this time - he had made him cry.
If it only had been one of his moods he would be back already, probably still sulking a bit, and Aomine would apologize and everything would be alright again. But that wasn't the case. He didn't come back. Aomine cursed himself a dozen of times while he ran to Akashi's office. He needed the others help, they had to find Kaga as quickly as possible.
Kagami's POV
Aomine's words were like a slap in the face. How could he just say that? Kagami felt the tears in his eyes refused to let them fall. He didn't want Aomine to see just how fragile he was and just how much his words had hurt him.
He knew he was being clingy the past few days and a bit emotional, but he couldn't help it.
He really wanted to be with his lover, it was like he was pulled in by a magnet. He wanted to have Aomine aroung him the whole time, to just be with him.
Was that really such a bad thing?
He loved him, so of course he wanted to be with Aomine...but then again, Aomine never said he loved him back, did he? Maybe he had misunderstood something?
Perhaps Aomine only felt guilty about what happened and felt it was his responsibiliy to take care of Kagami. Maybe the Generation of Miracles were wrong and he wasn't Aomine's mate after all and he had actually started to get on his nerves?
He saw Aomine's mouth moving, but he didn't really hear what he said. His head was ringing, so many thoughts were going through his mind all at once. He barely registered that Aomine had reached out his hand towards him, but when he finally did he slapped it away. He didn't want to be touched right now, at least not from the blue haired vampire.
"Fuck off! Don't you d-dare touch me!" he tried to shout and his voice almost broke.
"I hate you!" he spat out before he quickly turned around and ran away. Trying to run away from the pain and sadness.
Kagami only stopped once he was far away from the mansion and the tanned male.
He was panting heavily from all the running when he noticed he was near the outskirts of town. He hadn't looked were he ran to - actually he didn't really care either way, as long as he got away from Aomine as far as he could. Then the cruel reality set in.
Aomine hadn't tried to go after him.
Kagami's heart heart dropped and his breath caught in his throat. He had been right after all. The other was probably happy he was gone, finally rid of the annoying little pest that kept bugging him. He felt how his tears threatened to fall once more at the thought. He was such an idiot.
"Aww, what a poor soul. All alone in a place like this?"
Kagami gasped and turned around to see a man with black-bluish hair. He was somewhat familiar, but in his hazy, confused and troubled state he couldn't really place it and just shoved the thought to the back of his mind.
"I'm not really in the mood to talk, so leave me alone please." he tried to be polite but the weird guy simply smiled and stepped a bit closer.
"You seem so upset. I'm sure you don't deserve this kind of treatment, but Aomine never was a patient man."
Now all of Kagami's warning bells rang in his head and he backed away.
"How do you know...?!" and then it made click. He was this Hanamya guy, the leader of those damn psychos and the one who ultimately pulled the strings behind the murders.
"You!" he wanted to take out his guns but realized with growing panic that he had forgotten them at the estate of the Generation of Miracles. He didn't plan on going anywhere so he thought it for unnecessary to take them along.
"Now, now. I'm not here to fight Kagami Taiga."
"Bullshit...! You're the bastard who's been killing all those innocent people! When the others find yo-"
"The others? Who? Aomine who just dumped you? I don't think so."
Kagami was too shocked to reply at first and his voice shook.
"W-what do you mean...?"
"Oh? Don't you already know? Aomine Daiki got tired of you and threw you away, as simple as that. He's been always like that. Playing around a bit here and there before getting bored and annoyed." Hanamiya shook his head and tsked.
"T-That can't be..." Hanamiya saw the heartbroken expression on the redhead's face and had to hold back a snicker.
"Believe me. That's just the same thing they did to me." he said and put on a false act of sadness and hurt.
"No!" Kagami shook his head in disbelieve.
"They told me what you did! You atta,-"
"Attacked someone of the tribe, am I correct? I did no such thing. I would never betray my comrades. The truth is they didn't need me anymore and tried to find a way to get rid of me. Does that sound familiar? You're the same after all."
He almost had it, he saw him falter and look away.
"Let me help you." he stepped closer to Kagami and noted how he didn't back away this time.
"I know how you feel. I won't ever betray you." he saw those red eyes cloud over, Hanamiya was almost there. He sent a fake friendly smile Kagami's way and stepped even closer.
He saw there was still a spark of resistence in those ruby eyes, a stubborn part of Kagami Taiga seemed to refuse to believe the Generation of Miracles or especially Aomine were capable of doing such a horrible thing. But in his unstable condition it wouldn't take even a minute to break the last bit of doubt in him. His ability would help him with that. no problem.
Hanamiya simply had to gain his trust, to promise him what he desired: Someone who needed him like Kagami needed Aomine, someone who would hold him dear. And Hanamiya would convince the young vampire that Aomine saw him as a nuisance, as a bother. And who would be there for the poor, lost and hurt soul? Hanamiya of course.
He reached up to pull the redhead into a hug and he felt how his body tensed before relaxing. He practically felt that last bit of resistance crumble and Kagami giving in.
Got you.
He grinned madly, but his voice was almost sickenly sweet and gentle.
"I won't hurt you...I won't throw you away." he softly whispered into Kagami's ear and he felt how the redhead went limp in his embrace. He slowly pulled away and that crazy smile was making its way onto his lips.
Those vibrant red eyes were dull now, without any emotion in them at all. The hesitance and doubt was gone and he was completely caught in Hanamiya's spider web of lies.
Hanamiya started laughing in an obscene manner and grinned.
"Now you're mine."
Really, letting his mate leave in a state like that. It was too good to be true. He had easily made the vulnerable vampire in front of him into one of his mindless little puppets thanks to that imbecile Aomine. That idiot had played right into his hands.
It was the perfect bait for the Generation of Miracles and the chance he had waited for for two years to finally destroy them.
"Did you find him?" Aomine was out of breath, hands on his knees as support as he tried to catch his breath.
"No, not yet Aomine-kun. Takao-kun is looking for him with his hawk-eye but..." Kuroko replied, he also panted slightly.
"Damn! It's all my fault!"
Kuroko sent a sympathetic look in Aomine's direction. Yes, maybe the bluennette was at fault for what happened, but it wasn't the time to to put he blame on anyone.
"It's going to be alright. We have to concentrate on finding Kagami-kun right now." he patted his back in a somewhat comforting manner.
"I know, I just..." Aomine looked away with a guilt-ridden expression.
"I THINK I FOUND HIM!" it was Takao that had shouted out just then. Relieve washed over the one's in the vicinity and they quickly ran over to where Takao was.
"Where? Where is he?" Aomine franctically asked.
"Just outside of town an,- wait...he isn't alone!" Takao paled, his eyes widening at what he saw.
"Who else is with him?!" It was Akashi that had asked, he had arrived moments after Aomine and Kuroko.
"Hanamiya! That's definitely him! We have to hurry!"
"Kagami!" it took them only a few minutes to reach the two and the Generation of Miracles were prepared to fight. Just as Aomine was about to lurch for Hanamiya, Akashi stood in his way.
"What the hell are you doing?! We have to help Kagami!" Aomine was desprate at this point, the only thought on his mind was to take his mate to safety.
"Something is wrong, Daiki. Calm down." Akashi's heteromatic eyes never left Hanamiya's grinning face.
"What do you mean?!"
Akashi motioned over to Hanamiya and Kagami.
"He isn't resisting in the slightest. He isn't even acknowledging our arrival Daiki. Look carefully."
And Aomine reluctantly listened to his leader and when he did he was shocked. The warm red eyes he came to love so much and that always shined with passion and determination were dull and Kagami's face was absolutely emotionless.
"Wha...It can't be...!" his eyes widened and he involuntary took a step back in utter shock.
Akashi's eyes flashed dangerously at Hanamiya who only grinned with mirth.
"I demand that you hand over Kagami Taiga this instant."
"Oh~! Reeeally~?" he asked in a sing-song voice.
"And what if I don't?" the playful tone had vanished and was replaced by a mocking snarl.
"..." Akashi silently moved into a fighting positon and the other three followed suit.
"Ah. Ah. Ah. I'm not here to fight today. I'll just take my price", he pulled Kagami down to lick the corner of his mouth and he enjoyed every minute of the look of rage and hate on Aomine's face, "and leave for today. Feel free to try and get him back though."
"You think we'll just let you go like that, huh?! You bastard!"
"If not I can not guarantee for your lover's safety. Are you prepared to pay the price?"
Aomine, Takao and Kuroko all hesitated and turned to look at Akashi. They waited for him to make his decision. And even though Akashi's mind screamed at him not to let Hanamiya go, he didn't see any other choice. His glare intensified and through gritted teeth he declared his final decision.
"We will let you go for now. But you can be sure that we will hunt you down and wipe your existence from this planet."
"Heheh. Whatever you say. We will see how this ends in the near future~!"
And they were gone.