Trapped

A/N: So... did you guys like the pocky kiss? :D I loved writing it! Anyway, back to the angst for this chapter... sorry. Hope you enjoy it! :) Choosing POVs for me is hard because I always have like two people that I want to tell the story. Gah!

Kuroko:

I smile as I unlock the door, remembering the feel of Akashi-kun's lips on mine. He makes me feel so happy, so special, so warm, so fuzzy. I wish I would stop lying to him but Aomine-kun will hurt him if I say anything. I close the door behind me, grateful that I still have a few hours left to fill until Aomine-kun returns from work. Then, he will eat dinner and go out to a club with his friends. When he comes home, the abuse will reoccur. At least I still have Akashi-kun. I feel so desperate whenever I see him - I feel as though it will be the last time we'll go out somewhere or do something together.

I'm afraid of losing him.

I walk into the kitchen and surprise hits me as my gaze falls on a tall figure with navy blue hair sitting at the table. What's he doing here?! He's not supposed to be home for another... I check my watch... three hours!

"Hello, Tetsu," Aomine-kun says in a soft voice. Oh no. A soft voice means trouble.

"A-Aomine-kun..." I stammer after taking a sharp breath in.

"Where did you go, Tetsu?" he asks, his voice slightly louder. I gulp.

"O-out...?" I sound like I'm asking a question, not answering one.

"Oh," is the only word that leaves Aomine-kun's lips.

I slowly start to take out the necessary ingredients to prepare dinner. I think I'll make pasta. The hairs on my neck begin to stand and I feel goosebumps rising on my arms. Then, without warning, Aomine-kun's arms are wrapped around my waist.

"A-Aomine-kun," I whimper. He spins me around and presses his lips to mine, forcefully. I try to show the least amount of discomfort I can as Aomine-kun's kiss grows more and more passionate. I feel something in my mouth and open my eyes in surprise. I place slight pressure against Aomine-kun's chest, signalling for him to get off but he just deepens the kiss. I try to make some kind of noise represents how much I want him to stop but it's muffled by Aomine-kun's mouth. Eventually, he breaks apart for air.

"Where did you go?" he whispers.

"I-I already told you... I went out," I say, equally loudly. I feel a pain in my left cheek as my head snaps to the side.

"Liar! How many times have I told you to never leave this fucking house?!" Aomine-kun yells. I stare up at him, my eyes filling with tears, not only at the physical pain, but at the emotional pain of being controlled and the mental pain of being restricted.

"A-Aomine-kun!" I cry out.

"Shut up," he mumbles, barely audible before pulling my hair and jabbing his elbow into my right side.

"Aomine-kun! Th-that hurt!" I howl in pain.

"I don't care," he picks up a nearby knife that I'd placed on the counter earlier and cuts down my left arm with it. I scream, tears flowing freely from my eyes, wishing that he would stop. I'm defenceless and he's taking advantage of that.

"A-Aomine-kun, please stop! That's enough!" I bring my right arm to clutch the other one in an attempt to stop the pain from being so severe. He makes several others on my arms, a couple on my face and then places the knife down.

"You will never, ever leave me," he says, his tone warning. I wish I could defy him! I hate knowing that I'm so weak and useless!

Aomine-kun lets go of my head and it falls, my eyes towards the floor instead of Aomine-kun's face. I notice how much my legs are shaking, how my knees are trembling, how my body is so frail as if I might collapse in a matter of seconds.

"You won't leave me, will you, Tetsu?" Aomine-kun's tone is gentle and a sense of false safety waves over me. If he wasn't so possessive, controlling, abusive and forceful, I wouldn't mind living with him. As long as I was still allowed to be with Akashi-kun. Why can't Aomine-kun see that he's not what I want - that I belong with Akashi-kun?

My mind flashes back to the kiss Akashi-kun and I shared, the movie we watched, how he was so concerned for me. If anything happened to Akashi-kun, I would be a wreck. I would stop eating, drinking, talking. I'd shut down. Break down. Akashi-kun is the only person left in this world that I care about and love. Without Akashi-kun, I'm nothing. Without Akashi-kun, my life is meaningless. Without Akashi-kun... I'd lose the will to live. He's the love of my life and I can't lose him - I won't lose him.

If I defy Aomine-kun, I'll have to live without Akashi-kun. So, I take a deep breath in.

"I won't leave you, Aomine-kun," I say as quickly as I can, hating the sound of those words coming out from my mouth in that order, with that name attached.

"Thank you, Tetsu," Aomine-kun ruffles my hair, making it messier than it was when he pulled it.

"It's... okay," I say. Except it's not. It's not okay! I want to be free of all this! I want to make my own choices, be my own person.

The doorbell sounds, the ringing sound echoing throughout the house. I walk over to it, Aomine-kun following closely behind. I inhale and open the door with my eyes closed and head turned towards the floor.

"Hello," I say and then lift my head and open my eyes. I freeze.

"Tetsuya," the person in front of me says.

In front of me in Akashi-kun.