If you asked Momoi Satsuki, she'd tell you her family was weird.

Not that it was a bad thing. On the contrary, that individuality, the uniqueness in character and personality, made it all more interesting, more fun to be with them. She had lost her real family early on in her life, so it wasn't that hard for her to find her new family in her Teiko teammates. More so when we was the only girl in a group of six boys. She had a feeling it was probably because of Dai-chan she was part of their group, and, as far as her woman's intuition went, she was probably right.

Her mother died giving birth to her and she couldn't remember her father at all. She lived with her grandmother, who she adored the pink-haired girl and cared for her deeply. In her early elementary years, she met Aomine Daiki, a rascal who lived on the streets. It took her a few months to know him better and, after deciding that little Dai-chan deserved better, she asked her grandma to adopt the tanned boy as well. The elderly woman accepted, on the term that Daiki helped around the house, which the boy gladly accepted.

Teiko's ghoul population never got past the 20% of the student body, so was only natural for her Dai-chan, who now insisted she called him Aomine-kun instead, be drawn to a group of others like them.

In their little family, she thought of herself as the only daughter, the only feminine charm. Ki-chan was like an over-active, cheerful cousin. Midorin was the strict uncle. Aomine-kun was the rowdy youngest son that picked fights with anyone. And Mukkun was the lazy, childish one, with a fascination for snacks and sweets, he reminded her of a certain cute-looking high school boy from a shoujo manga with similar tastes in food.

In Akashi-kun, she saw a father. Even though the redhead was the same age as the rest of them, he was the one acting in the most mature of ways. He made sure no one went too overboard, sometimes being even over-protective, seemingly controlling of their lives. No one seemed to mind though. Akashi-kun had decided to shoulder the burden of being the responsible one, so the rest of them enjoy their days innocently and without worries.

Tetsu-kun, when he joined their little family, became the mother figure. He was gentle and kind, and Satsuki couldn't help but develop somewhat of a crush on him. And the boy, having lost his mother, who raised him the best way she could, felt he had found a family within the group.

The revelation that Akashi-kun, who reminded her of the father she never knew, was Tetsu-kun's brother from a different mother, and older by only one and half month, it was shocking, of course. But it didn't matter, and she tried to bother them as least possible when they were together, allowing them to catch up for all the years they were apart.

Her family was the only thing she had left when her grandmother was slaughtered, along with others. She couldn't bear to remember those days. Even seeing Midorin, crying for the loved ones that were forcefully taken away from his life, seeing him the usually composed tsundere wanting to pursue the violent path of revenge... It scared her to no end.

She remembers Tetsu-kun trying to act as the voice of reason, that no, this was the wrong thing to do, that with retaliating like that, humans will think they were right on what they thought of ghouls, but it was in vain. It was not only Aomine-kun and Ki-chan, but even Mukkun and Midorin, who was the one who mostly tried to persuade Akashi-kun.

(She knew that, in general, he'd listen to his brother than his best friend. Apart this one time.)

At first, she thought that, this particular, gory event, was going to slowly break their family apart, only to prove the exact opposite. They grew closer, and even the smallest thing someone was troubled with, it'd be shared with someone on their group.

So, it was only natural to be shocked when Akashi-kun announced his decision to let each one take on a different path. She admitted she was scared. All those years they had spent together couldn't be so easily discarded, right? However, the redhead had explained, it was to make sure they could go on living without drawing attention. It was for their own safety, and asked her, on his behalf, and Tetsuya's as well, to keep an eye on Aomine.

She gladly accepted.

It was strange, but despite the distance, the bonds they had forged seemed unbreakable, and she was happy about it. Not to mention, with separating from each other, they all got the chance to come closer to others, to come closer to humans.

Tōō became a second family after following Daiki there. Not from the very beginning, like it was with her friends, but close enough. They too, were individuals brought together by chance and circumstance, but had forged their own bonds. At first, she felt like they were intruding, but soon enough, she started opening up to the others. What Tetsu-kun had told her, his dream of coexistence, she could feel it as well.

However, she couldn't ignore her woman's intuition. The winds were changing. Tragedy never failed to find them, and probably, the peaceful days they were living were soon to come to an end.

(chapter end)

Finally I finished an update! I didn't want to jump back to one of the main plotlines yet, so you get another filler-ish chapter, this time from Momoi's point of view! Don't worry though! Some really serious things will happen next chapter! I promise!

Also, if you want to see something more of a dark!Kuroko, check my other story, Like Chess Pieces. Thank you for reading and liking my stories! It means a lot!