Chapter 3: He's Not My Lover, He's My Friend, Akashi! Part I

When Kuroko arrived home after school the next day, he found a bag on the ground. A red bag and a brown box.

'He's back,' he thought, walking to the bedroom to change into his home clothes. They were laid out on the floor this time, and he found that very confusing. The blunette sprang to the bathroom to wash his face when he realized that it was being occupied.

"Welcome back, Tetsuya," Akashi said, apparently busy washing his hair. "Were you a good boy while I was gone?"

Kuroko smiled as he gave Akashi a hug, wetting himself. "I should be the one saying welcome back. Yes, I've been good. I've been eating well too."

The redhead pecked him on the lips and pulled away to grab a towel. "Let's go out today. I don't know why I miss you so much, even if it was only for a few hours."

"Sorry, but we can't. I have a lot of homework to do and Nanami-sensei said that if one student doesn't complete the whole thing, we'll all have detention."

"I already did mine."

"Since when?!"

"Before you got here."

A silence passed by until Akashi pulled the pallid boy closer to him. "I'll help you with it," he slurred. "It'll take no time at all."

Kuroko managed a weak smile and walked out of the bathroom, leaving Akashi to do whatever he had to do.

The blunette went to the living room and grabbed his schoolbag, taking out all his books and a pencil and pen. He started without Akashi's help, since whenever the redhead tried to help, it didn't help at all.

Akashi regretted his last statement about helping and shouted, "It looks like you don't need my assistance after all."

Kuroko blushed when the redhead kissed him behind the ear, giggling as it tickled. "Stop that! I'm… I'm trying to do my homework! Haha!"

He dropped his book and fell to his knees, giggling and moaning. His face was turning red, and Akashi took him by the waist. "Before you continue your work, let's share our lips for a while. I miss you so much," he said.

"Okay," the latter agreed, laying flat on the ground while the heterochromaniac laid on top of him, caressing his cheek. "You look so defenseless. You're too much for me to handle, you know." He bent down and nibbled on Kuroko's bottom lip while pressing his nipple.

The other teen tried not to moan, but he couldn't help it. A slithering tongue entered his mouth and he played with it with his own, giggling. Akashi began to suck on his tongue and Kuroko's lower body twitched, drool escaping from the corner his mouth.

Suddenly, the redhead took his shirt off and scooted down a bit, licking and sucking the teal headed boy's nipple.

Kuroko's moan grew very loud now as he closed his eyes in both pain and pleasure. Akashi's tongue made them pert, then he stopped. Saliva dripping from his lips, he stood up with his eyes glowing with undying lust. "That's enough for today," he stated happily, handing the latter his shirt. "I don't want to have sex today, neither make you finish your work late. I'll be in the kitchen making dinner."

And he ran off, almost tripping on the overturned carpet.

Kuroko put his shirt back on and touched lips with his index finger. "His kiss is still ferocious as ever…" And he went back to work.

A large book slammed against the desk just as Kagami walked into the last class of the day: English class… with Nanami-sensei. The redhead took his seat and stared at the teacher's face as he pulled out his books and a pen.

Kuroko was already sitting behind him as usual, looking unusually alert.

"So class, Fukeda Kenichi decided to take the wrong end of the stick and NOT do his homework. I'm pretty certain that I clearly said for it to be due tomorrow which is today, am I correct? Therefore, you would be getting detention if I didn't have a meeting after school. Also, the literacy coach said that I should leave you guys off the hook since Fukeda is a student that usually doesn't do well in school."

Nanami-sensei took a deep breath from her ranting and made a stern face, making everyone's hair that was on the back of their neck stick up on it's end. "The next time this happens, you all won't be so easily forgiven. Is that clear!?"

"Yes," the students shouted back.

The lady sighed and faced her back towards the class, writing on the chalkboard. "Alright, please turn to page 135 on English adjectives. Suzumi Chira-san, start reading."

After school, Kuroko bumped into Kagami who came out of a store with a bag of… chips?

That was strange.

"No Maji today?" the blunette asked, walking beside him stealthily.

"Nah, I don't feel like it. All that meat is starting to bring down my metabolism. And yes, I'm smart enough to know what metabolism means, thank you."

The latter rolled his eyes playfully as they continued to walk… somewhere that the smaller teen didn't know. They would usually stop at his house to say goodbye, but this was different.

"I… I want you to come to my house today," the tiger stuttered. "M-My uncle doesn't come to visit me until next week, so I was thinking we could…" His face turned light pink, as for Kuroko held his hand. "I would love to; let's go!"

Kagami slowly nodded as they walked faster and finally arrived. The redhead opened the door and took off his shoes, welcoming the pallid boy inside.

"You're despicable, Kagami; this place is huge and has too much open space. I'm not your friend anymore," Kuroko dead panned, setting his stuff on the floor.

"Eh?! Come on! It's not my fault that I was supposed to live here with my parents and that they all abandoned for some apparent reason! Mou~"

The blunette laughed which made Kagami stare at him in awe. "So… cute…"

"Did you say something?"

"Ah, I didn't!" he responded, flailing his arms in embarrassment. He turned his head away blushing when he felt something soft caress his face. It was Kuroko's hand. "Hurry up and do your homework. I already finished mine."

"Sin–"

"And don't ask since when since you know that I have my ways." He winked and walked to the kitchen… wherever that was.

"Kagami! Where's the kitchen?" he shouted. "I'm lost!"

"I know where you're voice is coming from! Uh, walk straight, take a left, a right, walk straight again and there you have it!" the latter shouted back, answering multiple choice questions.

That's right. Regular multiple choice questions.

The question is… why was it so hard for him to read it even though he's been in America for so long?! This use of the English language was way beyond his comprehension.

Luckily, Kagami broke them down and and finally got his work done. He packed up his bag and was about to head to the kitchen when he saw Kuroko's phone vibrate.

'If I peek at it, that would be breaking Kuroko's trust in me and I would be nothing but a hang-around. If I don't, something might make him sad. Well, better to go for safe than sorry,' he finally thought.

The redhead looked both ways before crawling to the smaller teen's bag and picked up his phone, staring at the caller ID. It said: Akashi, with a heart next to it. Kagami hissed as he pressed "view text".

'Where are you? I'm starting to feel worried.'

"Worried? Akashi worried? Neat, that's a first." He rolled his eyes and his fingers hesitated to reply, knowing that he wasn't the right one to respond.

A footstep entered the room and he flinched, gaping as sweat dropped down his neck.

"Put. It. Down," Kuroko scowled with his hands by his sides. He was wearing a fluffy blue apron and blue slippers, making him look even more cute along with a hint of scariness. "What did I tell you about trying to play Flappy Bird on my phone? It brings down my battery and plus, you can't beat my high score of 172."

Kagami shook his head and stood up, walking towards the boy while extending his arm. "I wasn't trying to, baka. He texted you. I just looked at it for a sec for you."

Kuroko arched a brow. He took the phone into his custody and scanned the text Akashi had sent him. He frowned as he replied, 'I'm at my friend's house.'

A second later, the device buzzed and the blue head plopped onto the couch, making a face at everything the short redhead said to him.

Conversation:

Akashi: Which friend in particular?

Kuroko: Kagami-kun.

Akashi: Didn't I tell you to stay away from him? Come back home immediately.

Kuroko: You can't make me. Plus, he invited me so I can't let his offer down so soon.

Akashi: My words are absolute, do you understand? Do not defy me or else you'll have to pay the price.

Kuroko: I don't care what you say. Why don't you let me hang out with other people except you and some others? Y u no like Kagami? Why u hatin'?

Akashi: I'm not hating. I'm just very worried about your safety around him.

Kuroko: Why? It's not like he's going to rape me or something.

Akashi: Fine, you win this battle. From now on, you'll be able to visit him for as much as you like. Tomorrow's Saturday, so I'll teleport a bag of clothes if you're staying over there tonight.

Kuroko: Thank you. Love u 4 life.

Akashi: Peace. Love u more than anything.

The conversation ended as Kuroko turned off his phone and walked back to the kitchen.

"Damn, he types fast," Kagami muttered to himself, looking at the small boy in awe.

"It's one of my special qualities. Bet you can't beat it; I go 241 milliseconds per word," the latter shouted rather happily.

"You actually heard that?"

"Yes, it's also one more of my special abilities–"

"Alright, alright, I get it! Stop boasting! You're not helping at all!"

The blunette laughed and then resumed cooking… whatever he was brewing up in there.

Kagami got up and told Kuroko that he was going to take a shower, and he left.

Under the water, the tiger couldn't stop thinking about Kuroko. His laugh. The way his skin felt. Those deep blue eyes. His cuteness. His sincerity. The way he liked to play around. It all made Kagami feel special to have him around, or he wouldn't be here today.

A few minutes later, he stepped out and went to his room to change. Then he smelled something strong. Something burning.

He rushed to the kitchen to find Kuroko sitting on the ground, crying as his right arm was leaking with blood.

"Kuroko, are you okay? What happened?" Kagami asked, knealing down to inspect his arm.

"The… the rice was burning and I didn't notice until I smelled something wrong. I tried to put the… pot into the sink, but it was too hot so it fell on my arm… and I dropped to my knees, feeling the pain! It hurts, Kagami! It hurts so much!"

The blunette clutched onto the redhead's shirt and cried some more, his face turning red.

Kagami turned off the stove and picked the other teen up bridal style, walking to the bedroom and placing him on the bed. He searched through his closets for something to heal the severe burn. He finally found a cream and rushed to his side, wiping off the blood with a tissue, and rubbed the cream on.

The pallid boy grimaced as he held on to the sheets with his eyes closed. With the treatment, all the pain suddenly receded, and he felt like nothing had happened to him at all.

He sat up and pulled the tiger down on him, giving him a big hug. "Thanks for making me feel better," he honeyed, and gave Kagami a long kiss on the lips.

Ooh, wait until Akashi finds out! See you next week! :-D