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My college project is going crazy, so... yeah... uuumm... nah, I don't wanna talking about it... (T_T)
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"Talking"
Present
Past
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Reflection
Chapter 11
"Shit… Shit! Fuck! I screwed up…"
Aomine closed his eyes and rubbed his face with his hands. He just snapped and worked his frustration out on Kagami, the past-Kagami. He regretted his outburst a second after Kagami walked passed him and slammed the door. The new case was giving him a lot of headache and the last incident really took a toll on him. Their target just blew up the place where the police and the target agreed to meet. Because of the incident, a lot of cops got injured and one of his close friends was laying in a hospital bed…. comatose.
And what makes it worse is that the bastard (yeah, Aomine calls their target like that sometimes… or the fucker…. or son of a bitch, etc) once again escaped from them… From dozens of cops and trained agents, damn it! This bastard has a lot of 'creative' plans and connections that helped him to escape from the cops and detectives.
Imayoshi, Kuroko and Momoi were trying to comfort him, but all these weeks made his body and his mind exhausted, so he decided to go home and ignored all their worried glances. All Kagami's concern made him feel more agitated. Then... The fight happened. The past-Kagami has never gone out without Kuroko or him. And now he is out there, alone, with all the changes. And Aomine let him without trying to get him back.
All right, no, he didn't just stand in the center of the living room and do nothing about Kagami. He had called Kuroko… a lot of times. Even Momoi and Imayoshi. Of course Kuroko was the onlyone who took him seriously. Because… Hello~ why are you so worked up because your twenty-something-husband was sulking and decided to look for fresh air after a quarrel?
Yeah, Kuroko is the only one who knows about the magic mirror and the past-Kagami.
"I didn't see anyone in the mirror! Did that mean I'll never get married?! Or worse… Maybe I die at a young age! Comfort me Kurokochii~"
Kuroko ignored Kise's babbling and stared blankly at the mirror. Momoi forced the Kiseki no Sedai and him to go to the museum because of the magic mirror. Kise was the only one that was excited about it beside Momoi.
"Only dumb people believe about this ridiculous legend."
Akashi walked out of the museum and got back to the bus. Kise and Momoi looked at each other and grimaced.
"Akashichii didn't mean about us, right?"
Murasakibara shrugged and followed Akashi to the bus, Midorima fixed his glasses and muttered 'dumbass' as he walked away. After half an hour of standing in front of the mirror, Kise and momoi finally gave up and returned to the bus. Kuroko took his bag and intended to follow them, but his attention focused at the rigid Aomine beside him.
"Aomine-kun?"
Aomine froze in place and stared at the mirror. Kuroko took a note of his friend lack of response, so he shook Aomine's body gently.
"Are you all right Aomine-kun?"
"I saw him Tetsu…."
"Him? Who…?"
Aomine finally tore his gaze from the mirror and looked at Kuroko with a mix of awe and panic on his face.
"Him. The red-haired man with the pair of crimson eyes and ridiculous eyebrows."
Aomine slumped to the floor and closed his face with his hand. Kuroko started to worry about his friend, so he knelt on the floor and patted Aomine's back.
"All right, calm down Aomine-kun. So, can you tell me, who is this man?"
Aomine was silent. He didn't respond or said anything for a moment and Kuroko took his cell phone from his bag to call Momoi. When he wanted to press the number, Aomine raised his head and whispered…
"My future lover."
'KRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGG!'
Aomine snapped out from his reverie and took his cell phone from his pocket. Kuroko's number flashed on the screen.
"Kuroko? Did you fi-"
"I got him Aomine-kun. Wait for us."
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Kagami P.O.V
Shit. I screwed up.
I'm walking home with a fuming Kuroko beside me.
He didn't say anything since he met me a few minutes ago, but he has a 'don't-say-anything-or-try-to-defend-yourself-because-I'm-really-pissed-off-right-now' look on his face. And unfortunately, that's a really reaaallyyy bad sign for me, because, who's doesn't get scared when Kuroko is angry like this?
I'm walking while looking at my slipper and sometimes, I steal a glance at Kuroko, but he didn't look at me at all, like I'm not here with him. He just called Aomine and told him that he found me and is with me right now. I suddenly know the feeling of a sulking child who ran away from home and got caught by his teacher and escorted back to his worried parents.
Nice analogy Kagami.
"I know you're upset about Aomine, but you should at least try to understand that there's something that made him treat you like that."
And now I'm a boy who was scolded by his teacher. And I feel so guilty about my mistake.
"… I know. I'm sorry." for my childish behaviour.
Kuroko stopped and finally looked at me.
"Save that apologize for Aomine-kun, okay?"
I slowly nodded my head and we continued walking. I'm trying to hold myself from asking a lot of questions to Kuroko, but I'm really curious about the reason of Aomine's gloomy state.
"… What was actually happening with him?"
Kuroko kept silent, but then he sighed and talked in a low voice.
"One of Aomine's close friends… is now dying in the hospital because our target blew up our meeting place."
I couldn't hold back my surprise and the rush of guilt that came to me.
I'm totally a douchebag.
I tried hard to stop another 'sorry' coming from my mouth, because… Kuroko is right. I should keep my apologies for Aomine.
When we were standing outside of Aomine's apartment (our apartment?), Kuroko glanced at me and asked permission to ring the bell. I said yes and he pressed the bell.
'DING-DONG!'
Aomine's worried face greeted us, and he looked at Kuroko with a lot of gratitude. When his eyes fell on me, there's a mix of a relief, guilt and something that I can't describe. Kuroko squeezed Aomine's shoulder slightly and Aomine nodded his head.
"Thank you so much, Tetsu."
"You're welcome, Aomine-kun."
Kuroko turned to me and narrowed his eyes.
"Both of you, stop being idiots. Talk. And try not to kill each other."
With that, Kuroko waved his hand and walked away, leaving two people standing awkwardly in the corridor. I can feel Aomine's nervousness, because his feelings are the reflection of mine. I dropped my hands at my side and looking everywhere but Aomine. Aomine tried several time to touch me but his hand always stop mid-air, then he rubbed his neck nervously.
"Ta-"
"Da-"
We both coughed and grinned sheephisly.
"Eeerr…. You go first."
"What? No no, you go first."
"All right… How about we continue our talk inside?"
"Uuumm… 'kay."
Take a breath Kagami. Here we go.
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After we went to the living room and sat on the couch, Aomine told me about their target, The clown, a man who has been living half of his life working at the circus. He known as a shy and polite person. Of course, he worked as a clown in the circus, that's why he has the 'nickname'. He suddenly disappeared and showed up again years later. He became a rich businessman and the rumor said that he has connections with some powerful mafia. He is a genius who has been messing around with the government and cops fort he last few weeks. The cops and some agents were planning to met him in some place, but he didn't show up and instead blew up the place. Some of Aomine's coworkers and one of his closest friends are the victims. That fact really had a big impact on him.
"I'm so sorry, Taiga."
Aomine bowed his head, he seemed really sad and guilty and I can help feeling the same. I grabbed his shoulder and patted it softly. He lifts his head and grabbed my hand. Without a word he pulled me to his body and hugged me tightly. I can feel his breath on my neck. He kissed my chin, my neck and kept whispering 'sorry' again and again in my ear. I hugged him more tightly and made a slow circle motion on his back soothingly.
"I'm so sorry too, Daiki."
"No… You were just trying to comfort me and I... I-"
"Stop it. We were both wrong and feel sorry. We don't need to start a fight again because of 'whose fault is this' talk."
Aomine chuckled and rubbed my cheek with his thumb. He suddenly shoved me on the couch.
"Wha-"
I can feel Aomine's breath against my lips and it sent a shiver down my spine. He started with quick pecks, allowed them to linger a second longer each time. He slipped his hand beneath my shirt, fingers traced slowly on my back.
Oh shit! Oh shiit!
It feels good and scary at the same time!
I know 'this Aomine' is my husband and my future-self and him did… cough-you know what-cough a lot of times. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm a virgin! I don't care about make up se- se…x or the fact that I'm falling for this guy, I'll protect my honor as a man with everything I got!
I looked up at Aomine and he stared back at me with pure lust in his sapphire eyes.
Oh no…My ass in danger!
Wait a minute…. ass? Why did I think I was the one on the bottom?!
"Da… daiki, stop it…"
Aomine stopped for a moment, but when I breathe with relief, he captured my lips again with a deep kiss. I tried to push him, but his body didn't budge even a little.
So, I smacked him on his head. Hard.
"Ouch! What the hell Taiga?!"
Aomine looks so pissed, but when he stared at my face, he frowned and moved from my body. I tried to looks furious, but it seems I failed (with messy hair and blushing red face, that really doesn't help me). When I'm waiting for an apology question, he instead…
…started laughing really hard while clutching his stomach.
What the fuck?!
"Daiki! There's nothing funny about this!"
He raised his hand, and muffled his laughter with his other hand.
"I- ppffftt.. Sorry Taiga, it's just… Ha ha, you should've seen your face just now."
I clutched my hands and gritted my teeth, my face reddened with embarrassment and anger.
"What's wrong with my fa-"
"Ppffftt… I just forgot that you're a virgin."
"Sorry but I-"
What? How did he know about that fact? That's not possible that my future-self is still a virgin when he's married to Aomine, right?
Aomine felt the silence, he looked like he realized something and his eyes widen comically.
"Oh shit! I said it out loud, right?"
"Yeah Sherlock, no shit. I heard it. Do you need to explain something to me?"
He suddenly looked really small and uncomfortable. He avoided my eyes and stared intently at his toes. I raised my eyebrows and nudged his body.
"Well?"
"…."
"Daiki."
"Yeah yeah, wait a minute Taiga."
He took a long breath and finally looked into my eyes.
"… I need to tell you something Taiga."
Oh… It seems I'll not like the direction of this conversation.
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This story is approaching the ending soon~
There are... huumm.. at least two more chapters to go
Thank you for read this story and see you next time :)