I'm Here for You Always – Chapter 2
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The sun shone through the window and onto the Kaijou captain's face. He groaned at the tingling feeling of the sun's rays on his face. As much as he did not want to wake up, he pushed himself to sit up. He rubbed the blurriness from his eyes away with his hands. Once his vision cleared, he looked at the nearby clock and noticed he was going to be late if he didn't get ready for school.
When he walked into his room, he noticed a blue tuff of hair peeking out of the blanket on his bed. He almost forgot that Kuroko stayed over. He smiled as he looked at how peaceful the blunette looked as he slept. He quickly went to get his clothes and went straight to the bathroom.
Moriyama walked towards Kasamatsu's apartment. The two usually walk together to school since Moriyama lives not too far from him.
"Hm, Kasamatsu isn't outside yet?" Moriyama thought to himself as he looked at his watch. He decided to knock on the door for a few minutes, but no one answered. For the most part Kasamatsu is an early riser, but he does have his moments, so he gave Moriyama a key for those types of moments, despite it being a rare occurrence. As Moriyama grabbed the key, he began thinking of different reasons to why the captain is late.
"Maybe he brought a girl home!" Moriyama thought more about it and laughed. He knew his friend more than that, he may have game in basketball, but when it comes to girls, it's impossible…
He opened the door to the familiar home. Everything seemed to be in place, but he noticed a pillow and blanket on the couch. His suspicions grew as he walked toward the bedroom. He opened the bedroom door and could hear the shower running. Moriyama was about to shrug it all off until he saw a patch of familiar blue hair in his friend's bed. At first he believed it was a girl, until he moved the blanket…
"KUROKO?!" Moriyama exclaimed which made the boy stir from his sleep, but remained asleep. The door to the bathroom opened to find a ready to go Kasamatsu.
"MORIYAMA?!" Kasamatsu was to shocked to find Moriyama in his room that he forgot about the blunette sleeping.
"Why are you in here?!" Kasamatsu pointed at his friend.
"You're the one who gave me a key for those days when you don't wake up!" Moriyama pointed right back at him.
"Why didn't you just knock?!"
"You obviously couldn't hear me since you were in the shower…" Moriyama sighed and crossed his arms.
"You two are too loud…" The two seniors looked at the blunette just realizing he was there. The blunette sat upright, yawned, and rubbed his eyes trying to wake himself up.
"And… Why is my princess in your bed?" Moriyama raised a brow at the captain.
"He needed a place to stay for the night… And he isn't yours!" Kasamatsu exclaimed. He looked at his friend and Moriyama nodded in understanding and turned to leave the room. But instead of turning to leave, he moved straight to the bed and wrapped his arms around the blunette, which irritated the captain.
"Don't worry my princess, all will be well. I will be back for you soon." Kasamatsu then dragged Moriyama out the bedroom door.
"Kuroko, you can stay as long as you like. Make sure to tell your team where you are; I know they'll be worried. Come by at our afternoon practice if you can." Kasamatsu said before leaving the blunette by himself in the apartment.
Kuroko curled back into Kasamatsu's bed, relishing the warmth that was still there before he sat up. Closing his eyes, hoping he would fall back asleep, but rather the thoughts of Kise's smile kept pulling up. The smile Kise used to show him all the time. He missed that smile. Now, it's takes so much effort to see that smile once again. Even if he does smile, it's just a forced one… Why does Kise have to force himself to smile for him? Why can't he naturally smile at him like he used to? Kuroko curls himself further into a fetal position as tears fell through his closed eyes. He closed his eyes tighter hoping that would stop the tears, but rather it stream down even faster. His choked sobs filled the quiet room. It took almost an hour before Kuroko calmed himself down and fell back asleep.
"So Kasamatsu, care to explain why my princess was in your bed this morning?" Moriyama nonchalantly asks out loud as they were walking to their next class. Kasamatsu blushes and restrains himself from kicking his friend.
"He didn't want to go home… And he's not yours!" Kasamatsu exclaimed. Moriyama raised a brow at the captain.
"You are on dangerous grounds captain." The Kaijo captain looked at the other in confusion.
"You're having feelings for someone who is in a relationship. Not only that, it's a relationship that's not going well at the moment. Don't get your hopes up either." Moriyama said.
"What makes you think I have feelings for Kuroko?" Kasamatsu asked.
"It's pretty obvious Kasamatsu. Ever since you defended him when we blamed him for Kise. You talked so passionately about him that we backed down." He said. Kasamatsu looked down blushing confirming Moriyama's beliefs.
"How long?" Two words stopped Kasamatsu's thoughts and looked straight at Moriyama. Moriyama took it as if he didn't hear him, and repeated, "How long?"
"Ever since that practice match…" Kasamatsu blushed but kept a straight face trying to hide his embarrassment from telling the other his secret.
"You've had feelings for him since then?!" Moriyama was shocked. That was in the beginning of the school year! Not only that, they just met him!
When Kuroko woke back up again, it was noon, and he still needed to contact his team about his whereabouts. He reached for his phone and texted Kagami and their coach where he was and that he won't be coming today. Since it was lunchtime, he immediately got a text back from Kagami saying, 'You had me worried! I thought you were using that misdirection of your on me again… If you need me, I'm here for you, Kuroko.' Kuroko smiled at the text. He texted Kagami back and thanked him for being there for him when he needed it. He thought about it once again when he looked around the unfamiliar room and realized how Kasamatsu's been there for him as much too. He always knew how to comfort him when he needed it. He turned his body to lie on his side and took a deep breath. He noticed the scent of Kasamatsu on the pillow and it soothed him.
As much as he wanted to stay in bed, his stomach growled and he hasn't had breakfast or lunch. He finally got up from the bed and went to the kitchen. Opening up the fridge he saw the carton of eggs and grabbed one to boil. It didn't take him that long to boil the egg, so he grabbed some rice from the rice cooker and sat silently at the table eating his food. Once he was done, he washed his own dishes and put them away. He then went to the bathroom to take a shower. He tried to find the clothes he was wearing yesterday, but couldn't find them, so he tried to find some clothes that would fit him. He found a simple, slightly oversized black t-shirt and blue basketball shorts. He simply pulled the strings of the basketball shorts to keep them from falling, but the shirt he could do nothing about. At least it didn't reach his knees, which he was thankful for. Looking at the time, he noticed he needed to kill an hour before Kaijo's practice, so he decided to go for a walk. Knowing that there's a park nearby, he went there to walk. Remembering Nigou, he texted Kagami to check up on him since he doesn't know when he will be back. He sighed as he continued to walk.
The two Kaijo seniors were silently walking to the gym for afternoon practice. The whole day Kasamatsu couldn't help but think about the blunette in his house. He wondered if he was still going to visit their practice. 'Hopefully.' He thought.
"So is Kuroko still at your house?" Moriyama asked.
"I'm not really sure, we kind of rushed out. I did tell him he could stop by for our practice if he wanted." Kasamatsu shrugged.
"Do you think Kise will be here today?" Moriyama asked. The thought of the blonde irritated Kasamatsu. Those tears that fell from those beautiful blue eyes were because of him. That expressionless face changed to sadness and disappointment because of him.
"I doubt it, but if he is, I'm going to have a talk with him." A serious look came upon the Kaijo captain face.
Once they reached the gym, all the club members were getting ready, and as expected, no sign of the blonde freshmen. Shrugging it off, the two continued their way to the locker rooms to change into their practice clothes.