OK, here's chapter 2! I was thinking about the story and it took a strange turn, so here goes!
(P.S. FFnet is weird and won't let me put '?' and '!' together, so if something doesn't seem right, it's because of that.)
EDIT: People pointed out how his mom should call him Tetsuya and I freaked cuz' THEY WERE RIGHT.
I'm kinda lost about what to do for honorifics… I think I'll just include them when necessary.
"Argh! When is this wedding?"
"In a week and a half. You think I would make up two days of practice in a few nights?"
Kagami groaned.
"You're really getting into this, y'know?"
"Practice helps me get my mind off some problems."
"Fine," Kagami sighed as he took a huge gulp from his water bottle and Kuroko took one last sip from his before heading into the homestretch of their practice.
oO/Oo
The next day Kagami struggled to stay awake in class as Kuroko snoozed on behind him. How did he always do that and not get caught? It wasn't fair for someone like him who got called out on the spot. He turned around and poked Kuroko in the face.
"Oi, wake up!" he whispered loudly.
Kuroko sleepily opened his eyes and then clamped down his nails into Kagami's arm.
"OWWWWWW!"
The teacher was over in a second.
"Is something wrong?" He still hadn't forgiven Kagami for the last outburst he had.
"N-nothing! I hit my elbow!"
The teacher's frown and the giggles in the room told him that nobody bought it.
"Fine. I'll let it slide this time."
As soon as the instructor was caught up in the lesson again, Kagami turned back to Kuroko.
"What was that for?"
Kuroko slept on and Kagami could see dark circles under Kuroko's eyes. Kagami gave up and faced forward again.
"At least cut your nails," he muttered.
"Get your suit," Kuroko muttered back.
Kagami sucked in a breath and resisted the urge to hurt Kuroko.
"Why did your aunt say the guests could bring one friend with them?"
"My mother is on really good terms with her sister, so I have met my aunt many times and we were involved with the wedding plans. Aunt Fumiko cares a lot about others, and this might have been her way of introducing people to each other."
"Wow, trying to hook up people at her own wedding. That's bold."
"Aunt Fumiko is strange like that."
"Huh… wait! I thought you said all your cousins were like strangers!"
"Kagami Taiga!" the teacher yelled.
Kagami slunk back into his seat, embarrassed.
"I'm sorry."
"Everyone but Aunt Fumiko," Kuroko answered.
oO/Oo
The two weeks seemed to drag on until finally they were all waiting at the station for a train to the countryside wedding.
Kuroko's mom was slim and pretty. The similarities ended there. Kuroko's dad looked even more different from him. He was fairly tall, not as much as Kagami, but still tall with handsome face that clashed with Kuroko's feminine one.
"Hey, Kuroko," Kagami said quietly, "you look nothing like your parents."
"People say that a lot."
"Tetsuya, did you sleep well last night?" Kuroko's mother asked.
"I can sleep on the train."
"I suppose so."
His father laughed.
"I'll be checking to make sure you're sleeping! You look like the walking dead!"
Kuroko smiled at the comment.
"Thank you."
Kagami stared. Lately it seemed that Kuroko was opening up more and Kagami saw him smiling more, but for just two sentences to evoke that kind of response in Kuroko was fairly surprising. He felt extremely out of place right now. He was beginning to really regret going with Kuroko to this wedding.
"You must be Kagami-kun, right? You're on the basketball team with Tetsu," Kuroko's dad said.
Kagami jumped. Oh, this guy called Kuroko "Tetsu", kinda like Aomine. He had no idea how Kuroko tolerated that.
"Oh, yeah, I am."
The man smiled sheepishly.
"Truth be told, I can't really play basketball, and we're both so busy we can never see his games," he said, "and Tetsu doesn't usually check his phone so he doesn't know about the texts we send until after the game."
But he does, Kagami thought. He remembered Kuroko checking his phone right when they went into the locker rooms for each game and then stashing the phone away for the rest of the game.
"Man, Tetsuya sure is amazing."
In Kagami's opinion, most parents didn't just say that about their kids. They would praise them, but amazing was a bit over the top.
Kuroko's dad must've noticed his strange expression and he laughed again. He checked to make sure that Kuroko was talking to his mom and then started talking to Kagami again.
"I guess it might sound weird, the dad actually looking up to the son, but I'm not his real father, so I can do that."
Kagami's jaw dropped.
"What?"
The loud whistle brought everyone back to attention. Kuroko and Kagami instinctively shivered at the sound. It would be years before they could hear a whistle and not think of the coach.
"Kagami."
"Jeez! Don't scare me like that!"
"Mom said she could not get tickets with all four seats next to each other, so we'll have to sit in separate pairs."
"I'll just sit with you then."
"Okay."
The parents were already heading in with their luggage.
The two of them followed with their own bags and suits.
oO/Oo
"May I have the window seat?"
"Sure."
They threw their stuff into the overhead racks and settled into the seats. This bullet train was fairly comfortable. Chatter filled the air and Kagami felt noticeably less awkward.
"How was meeting my parents?"
"I felt like I was going to throw up from the tension."
"Was it really that stressful?"
"Well, yeah! I've never met them before!"
Kagami seemed to freak out for a bit then calm down.
"Hey, Kuroko, your dad, he said he's your step-dad."
"I don't really think of him as a step-dad. He is a very kind father."
The discussion ended as Kuroko decided to go to sleep and use Kagami's shoulder as a pillow.
AND THAT WAS A FAIL. I don't know why my writing is starting to suck so much lately. It's all awkward and badly worded, sigh… Oh, and the fact that Kuroko has a step-dad is going to play a big part in the story later on. Right now, they just want to get to the wedding. And there's a reason why Kuroko would rather sleep with Kagami around rather than alone.