Kiza: Hello mt beloved readers, this story was a request from a friend who actually got me into KNB and I love her for that. so i hope you enjoy this story, chapter one is actually rather long. so please enjoy and review.
Chapter two
"Morning Senpai!" Kise greets cheerfully, causing the smaller male to glare at him.
"Will you stop yelling? You're going to wake people up." He says as he tosses a bag at the blond. "Hurry up, change, and lets go. We don't want to be late." Nodding the blond lets his captain in the apartment and rushes to the guest room to get ready.
"Oh, morning Senpai."
"Morning Kagami. I see Kise is doing alright." He comments as he shakes hands with the taller basketball player.
"Hell of a lot better than last night. Kid crawled into my bed sobbing about how Haizaki was going to get him again." Kagami explains, the smaller male nods as he stares at the ground. "Your angry." it wasn't a question.
"Of course I am. That bastard hurt my kohai. And the youngest on my team, he won't get away with this I can promise you that. He may seem cheerful now, but it's all an act. I've known Kise long enough to know when he's acting. He's good at hiding what he's really feeling." The captain explains, nodding Kagami sees the blond walk out from the room ready to leave. "Alright, thank you Kagami for taking care of him. I'll have him back as soon as practice is over. And no Kise you're going to watch not actually practice." That causes the blond to pout.
"No fair Senpai!"
"Don't argue with me you brat!" he responds, frowning the blond turns to look at Kagami.
"See you later Kagamicchi!" he says as he walks away with his captain.
000
"Miss." Kuroko states as Kagami turns to glare at him after seeing he did indeed miss that shot. Picking up the basketball the blue haired teen looks up at him. "Are you feeling okay? You normally don't miss this much during practice."
"Kuroko has a point. You okay Kagami?" Hyuga asks walking up to the younger teen. "Something's bothering you." Sighing Kagami rubs the back of his neck and looks away. "Is it about Kise?"
"Yeah...wait! How the hell did you know about that!?" Kagami asks, point an accusing finger at the older male. Hyuga then rolls his eyes as he looks down at Kuroko. "You told him!?"
"I Had to. He considers Kise-kun as a friend too you know." He explains as he then walks over to his bag and pulls out his cell phone. "It seems Kise-kun tried to call me." He states as he dials the blond's number and places the phone on speaker.
"Kurokocchi! You called back!" the blond states happily, the blue haired teen smiles he could hear the sound of shoes squeaking in the back ground along with the sound of the ball hitting the ground.
"Of course. Are you feeling okay this morning?"
"Yeah, im still sore but I'm okay. Oh! How's your team doing?"
"We're doing just fine Kise." Hyuga answers, the blond had grown close to the team since he lost their practice match. He had been very helpful with giving pointers to them whenever he could. "I heard what happened, are you alright?"
"Awe! Hyuga-kun is worried about me! Im flattered! But yeah! Im fine. Anyway! Senpai wants to know if you guys want to practice together at a training camp this spring and summer." Hearing that Kagami then looks over at their couch who smiles and nods.
"That sounds like a good idea. Sure." Kuroko says that causes the blond to let out a happy sound, the blue haired teen could hear the blond call out to his captain and tell him that the Seirin team had agreed to going to the training camp. "Kise-kun, are your classes over?" Kuroko asks as he takes the phone off speaker and holds it to his ear.
"Well, no. I was given all of my work for my classes and then sent here to the gym with the team. And seeing I can't practice until a few days im just sitting here bored out of my mind."
"Well, you could always come over. I can send Kagami-kun" hearing that the red head glares at him. "Alright, I'll see you later." With that he hangs up and looks up at his light. "You can go get Kise-kun."
"Why the fuck did you say I would do it!?" he asks with anger and he attempts to hit the smaller teen on the head, but he quickly moves out of the way.
"Well, I thought Kise-kun would be more comfortable around the guy he is going to be staying with for a while. Plus you need the exercise." He explains as the older male then squeezes his head. Sighing, the red head lets him go and starts to head out. "Please be nice to him Kagami-kun. He's sensitive and still shaken up right now. Just head to the school's gym and get him from there."
000
"I would suggest you leave brat, if you know what's good for you." Kasamatsu warns as he pushes Kise behind himself. The blond was shaking uncontrollably and that was worrying the older teen. He didn't know why Haizaki was here, but he didn't like it, as soon as the teen walked in Kise was in a panic. But said teen had a smug look on his face as he stood in front of the Kaijo team captain.
"Oh come on! I just need to have a word with Kise-kun."
"Don't you dare say his name like that you hear me!? Get the fuck out of my gym!" Kasamatsu screams, that causes Haizaki to laugh, only adding to the shorter, yet older male's anger. He could feel Kise gripping the back of his shirt. Grinning Haizaki takes a step forward, causing the shorter male to take one back along with the panicking blond. "Fuck off Haizaki!"
"Hey, im here simply because I need to have a word with Kise-kun, that's it. Now why don't you be a polite person for once and let me do what I have to?"
"Because he's being a responsible Senpai by making sure you're not here to cause Kise trouble." Looking over they could see Kagami standing the gym's door way, glaring at Haizaki. "You got some nerve coming here Haizaki." He growls as he walks in and over to Kasamatsu and stands next to him, he then looks down at Kise who was now on his knees, his face buried in between his captain's shoulder's and his hands tightly gripping the back of his shirt.
"Nerve? I have no idea what you are talking about." He states as he places his hands on his hips, this causes the red head to growl.
"Whatever. I won't be the one dealing with you. I'm leaving that up to Akashi." Kagami states, this causes the teen to tense, seeing that Kagami smirks at him. "Scared now huh? Kise," the teen calls, as he kneels down next to the blond how refused to move from his spot behind his Senpai. "Kise, hey," the taller male tires again as he lightly touches his arm, this cause the blond to look up at him. "Come on, im here to pick you up." Nodding the blond slowly gets up, but stays close to Kagami once he was able to get him to let go of his captain's shirt. Once that was done the blond latches himself onto his arm, causing the red head to sigh but never the less, he makes no move to remove him. "I'll make sure to keep an eye on him Senpai."
"Yeah, keep a very close eye on him. Kise, I'll call or text you later tonight alright? Then I'll pick you up tomorrow morning too." Kise nods and with that both him and Kagami walk out of the Kaijo school's gym.
000
"You're here rather late." Kuroko states, but he becomes worried as he sees the scared look on Kise's face. Frowning he looks up at Kagami. "What happened?"
"Haizaki, he was there when I showed up. So he's a little shaken up." Kagami explains, with is free hand he ruffles the blond's hair, this causes Kise to smile a little. "But the second I mentioned Akashi, you can imagine how tense he got."
"Well of course," this cause both teens to look over at the gym's door only to see Akashi walking in with the rest of the GoM. "He knows very well I am the last person he wishes to anger. Ryota, are you feeling alright? You seem paler than usual."
"I am not that pale….am I?" the blond suddenly asks as he looks down at his arms, as if expecting to figure out or not if his old captain's statement was true. This causes Kagami to chuckle along with Aomine. "Seriously guys! Is that true!?"
"They're just teasing you Kise-kun. But you are a little pale, are you feeling okay?" Kuroko tells him as he pulls the taller teen to the ground so that he was now sitting next to him. Reaching up, he places the back of his hand on the blond's forehead. "You're a little warm a fever perhaps?" hearing that Akashi walks over.
"Are you sure?" he asks as he places his hand on the blond's forehead. "Hmm, so it seems. Taiga, are you busy at the moment?" the taller red head shakes his head. "Good, then please come with me, you to Daiki. We're going to stop at a store on our way to pay Haizaki a visit. I'll buy you something for that fever Ryota."
"A-Ah…you don't have to Akashicchi…and I don't want you three to get into trouble." Kise tells him, Akashi sighs as he notices the sad look on Kise's face, nodding he walks over and kneels down in front of the taller basketball player. "Akashicchi?"
"Ryota, be honest with me,"
"Like I said, I'm always honest with you." Akashi smiles.
"Why don't you want me to go and deal with him?" he asks, the blond looks away. "Ryota, look at me when I'm talking to you." The blond then looks up at him as if he had just been scolded by his mother.
"Because, I don't want him to hurt any of you…." The blond mumbles as he then looks down at him hands as if they were the most interesting thing in the world at that moment, hearing that left the ex- captain speechless. He wasn't expecting that answer, if the blond was worried about HIS safety then what was that teen capable of if it caused the copycat to worry about people like himself, Daiki, and Taiga? Sighing the red head nods.
"Very well, I understand. Daiki, go with Taiga to go get him some medication for that fever of his." Kagami frowns, but Aomine nods as he pulls his wallet out from his bag and slips it into his pockets.
"What am I an errand boy? Why am I even listing to you?" Kagami asks as he glares at the smaller male, Akashi then looks up at him. "Alright, alright I'll go Jesus!" with that he walks out of the gym, but then he comes to a stop and turns to look back at them. "Kise, do you need my key or do you remember where I keep the other one hidden?"
"No I know where the other one is." Nodding he leaves with Aomine following.
000
"So, Kise seems to have taken a liking to you." Aomine states as they continue to walk down the street.
"What are you talking about? Isn't he like that with everyone?" Kagami asks the dark skinned teen then laughs and shakes his head.
"Hell no. I mean, sure he adds "cchi" to the end of our names if he respects and acknowledges us, but he only clings to Tetsu and Akashi. You have to be extremely close to him to get that right. Shit, I've known him since middle school and he doesn't even do that with me." Aomine explains, this causes Kagami to blush.
"I didnt ask for it."
"Neither did Tetsu or Akashi, it just sorta happened. But they don't care, if anything Akashi loves the fact that he gets that rare right to be clung to like that. Kise has always been the cheery guy, he lifts up everyone's mood when we are feeling down. It's what he's good at." Aomine explains, but the red head could see the distant, sad look he had on his face. "Or at least it used to be something he was good at. When the GoM separated, that part of him died. But it came back when he joined the Kaijo team. But thanks to what that bastard Haizaki did…that part of him is dead again. And I'm not sure if he will be able to bounce back from this like the last time. Kise brakes easily, emotionally and mentally I mean," Kagami then frowns and looks down at the ground.
He had no idea about all of that, he had always thought that the blond was always cheery, and upbeat. But to hear Aomine talk about how that part of his personality was as fragile as he explained, sighing he rubs the back of his neck, now he really had a job on his hands. After hearing that, he wasn't sure of Kise would bounce back either.
"I…had no idea he was like that."
"Most people don't until they spend years with him." Aomine tells him as they walks into a small store and start to look for the said medication for the blond. "Why don't buy drinks for everyone? Maybe that will help Kise a bit."
"Uh, sure. I don't see why not." Nodding Aomine leaves him to find the medicine for the copycat.
000
"I'm worried about my Senpai." Kise suddenly states, causing Hyuga to turn and look at the blond. "Haizaki isn't the nicest person around." Sighing the older teen rubs the back of his neck.
"Kasamatsu isn't a push over either. I mean, from what I've heard back when he was a first year, he was a pretty violent guy. More aggressive than now in fact." He explains, this causes the teen to look up at him with shock. Hyuga laughs, "Yup, I remember it clear as day. It was his second year and it was my first year. It was right after their game against another school, I guess this random guy was messing with one off his teammates, and he got pissed, and I mean pissed. So in retaliation, he walked up to the guy and punched him as hard as he could." Hearing that causes the blond to stare up at him with shock. Hyuga laughs.
"Really? Kasamatsu-Senpai did that?" the older teen nods.
"Yeah, he was escorted out of the place in handcuffs." Hearing that the model laughs. He had no idea that his captain was that aggressive. "So don't worry about him. Im sure he can handle Haizaki, don't let his size fool you."
"Oh I know. My captain kicks me around a lot, so I know his size has nothing to do with his strength." With that both teens laugh, then Kise smiles as he sees the basketball roll to his feet, reaching down he picks it up and smiles at Midorima who holds his hands out. "What missed that shot?" he asks in a teasing tone.
"What? Hell no, more like we tried to let Kuroko give it a try and he missed." He explains as he turns to look at the blue haired teen. "Although, it didn't go so well." Kise laughs as he stands up.
"I can see that. Kurokocchi, let me show you." That being said, all of the GoM turn to glare at him. "Eh? What?"
"You're supposed to be resting Ryota." Akashi points, out, the blond frowns as he looks away.
"It's not like I'm going to be playing…"
"But your fever." Kuroko tells him, sighing the blond then spins the said basketball on his finger. "Don't worry, you'll have plenty of more chances to show me." Hearing that the blond smiles as he nods and hands the ball to Akashi.
"No you idiot! Im bigger!" turning a bright red, the blond turns to look at the gym entrance and notices both Kagami and Aomine walking in, arguing with one another.
"Do I even want to know why you would say such an inappropriate comment Daiki?" Akashi asks, this causes the ace shooter to look at him with confusion along with Kagami.
"What? We were talking about who was taller, more muscle, what you were thinking?" he asks this causes the rest to shake their heads. "You guys are gross. Eh, Kise you okay? Your face is red, is it the fever?"
"U-Umm…yeah…sure let's go with that…" he mumbles, this cause Hyuga to chuckle and pat the teen's head.
"Maybe you should take him back to your place Kagami." Aomine explains, nodding Kagami grabs his bag along with the blond's. Walking up to the smaller male, the dark skinned teen hands the copycat a small bottle. "Take it every two hours if the fever doesn't go down." He nods, then he looks up at Kagami who was waiting for him, sighing he waves to the group and the two leave.
000
Letting out a groan, Kagami looks over at Kise who had tossed his phone on the floor. The said teen looked distressed, and the red head couldn't put his finger on why. Looking up at the taller male Kise pouts.
"What?" Kagami asks.
"Kasamatsu won't answer my calls or text messages….I'm worried about him Kagamicchi…" the blond explains as he picks up his phone and calls him again, this time the phone doesn't even ring. "Waaa…Kasamatsu! Turn your phone on!" the blond whines as then lays back on the sofa, sighing he runs his head through his hair. "Seriously Senpai….please turn your phone back on…"
"Well, if it was ringing before, he must have just turned it off, or it died on him. You worry too much." The said model then looks up at him and nods.
"Yeah…maybe I do…but Haizaki-"
"Haizaki would be an idiot if he were to try to pick a fight with Kasamatsu." He cuts in, sighing the blond nods slowly as he turns on his side, facing away from the red head. Sighing the taller teen reaches over and ruffles his hair. "He's fine, I'm sure. Watch, when he gets home he'll call you and yell at you for blowing up his phone." Hearing that Kise laughs and turns to look at the other male.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, but still, he normally doesn't turn his phone off, or use it often enough for it to die on him before he gets home." Kise explains as he watches Kagami lift his legs up and then sit down frowning the blond then lays his legs down on the taller teens lap.
"Well, do take into consideration, all of us have been using our phones more often since you've started staying here. Maybe he was making a few calls to your manager to see if you can get a few days off." Kise frowns, that right, everyone did in fact start calling him, or texting him more often since this whole thing with Haizaki started. But he found it a little annoying how they all would never bother checking on each other, (Much less himself) up until now. "Hey, what's with the face?"
"Just thinking about how none of you would ever normally talk to me this often or go out of your way for me if at all, on a normal day." Kise responds as he gets up and heads to the guest room, leaving the red head in shock, Kagami couldn't help but flinch as he hears the door slam shut.
What the fuck, was that all about? One second he was worried about his captain and the next he was angry with everyone. He couldn't keep up with the blonds sudden changes in mood. Rolling his eyes he looks over at his phone and picks it up.
Kuroko: How is he?
Kagami: Fine, considering his mood swings… -_-
Kuroko: Nonsense, Kise-kun doesn't have mood swings. What happened? Call me.
Letting out a sigh, the said teen then dials his smaller friend's number and waits for him to pick up.
"Kagami-kun, what's wrong with him?"
"I don't know, one minute he's worried about his Senpai and the next he's mad about how the rest of us normally wouldn't even check on him on a normal day." He explains, he could hear a hmm sound escape the blue haired teen. Maybe the smaller male knew why Kise was suddenly acting the way he was.
"It could be one of those days…"
"The hell does that mean?" Kagami asks as he gets up and goes into the kitchen to start dinner for himself and the blond.
"Every now and then, Kise-kun will get like that. It started after the GoM broke apart. Normally he calls me immediately so that we can talk and I can calm him down. But it's strange that he hasn't done that yet." The shadow explains, groaning Kagami looks at the guest room door with a glare.
"So what do I do? Leave food and water at his door and pray to god he eats and drinks?"
"Kagami-kun isn't very smart,"
"HEY!"
"I trust Kagami-kun can cheer him up." With that he hangs up, leaving the red head in shock and confused, sighing, he closes his phone and watches as the said blond walks of the room and into the kitchen. He hadn't said anything, and the taller teen was afraid that if he spoke before the blond, eh would only piss him off. So he waited until the blond would speak, but much to his shock, the blond suddenly was standing in front of him with his forehead resting against his chest.
"I'm sorry…." The copycat mumbles, chuckling the red head ruffles his hair.
"Don't worry about Ryota."
