Midorima vows

~At Kuroko's house~

The sun was shining in the room. Midorima sat up from the extra futon he had found in Kuroko's closet.

Nigou tugged at Midorima's pants.

"What do you want?"

From the outside of the room Nigou pulled in his food bowl.

"Fine, but if you want to eat, then show me the way."

Nigou nods.

Nigou runs into the kitchen, and points his paw towards the upper right closet.

Midorima opens the closet, pulls out two packets of dog food.

"Which one?"

Nigou points his paw to the one that writes Nigou's favorite snack.

Midorima pours the dog food in Nigou bowl. "Here."

"Arf!" "Thank you!"( Dog Language)

Midorima walks into Kuroko's room, and sits down besides the sleeping Kuroko. "It's weird. I don't feel angry at all looking at him like this." Midorima thinks to himself as Kuroko's hands grabs Midorima's right hand.

Midorima totally stunned, unable to move, sees Kuroko stir in his sleep.

"…Izuki…I didn't…..do it….on purpose" Kuroko mutters.

In Kuroko's 'Dream'

"Kuroko pass the ball over here!" Kagami called out.

"Ignite pass!"

Koganei accidentally loses his step and bumps into Kuroko.

"AH!" Izuki screams.

"Izuki!" Everyone shouts in horror.

Kuroko's Ignite pass turned into a Ignite pass Kai after Koganei hit his arm, changed the direction, and hit Izuki's right arm without warning.

"Izuki-kun, hang on." Riko instructs the Eagle Eye owner.

"It's my fault..." Kuroko says as he looks at his hands.

"Kuroko" Koganei says feeling sorry, touches Kuroko's shoulder.

Kuroko smacks Koganei's hand away and runs out of the gym.

"Kuroko…" Koganei looks down on the floor.

Mitobe puts his hand on Koganei's shoulder in hopes of comforting him.

"Mitobe, it's not his fault."

Mitobe nods.

Mitobe runs after Kuroko, leaving Koganei thinking by himself in the middle of the court.

Mitobe finds Kuroko curled up at the corner outside the gym, crying.

Mitobe sits besides Kuroko and puts his hand over Kuroko.

Kuroko looks at Mitobe, Mitobe smiles.

"Arghh… (Cough)(Cough)…it's all my fault…" Kuroko says as he continues crying.

Mitobe holds Kuroko making him look at him. Mitobe shakes his head in denial.

Kuroko jumps into Mitobe's arms and continues crying on his shoulder.

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"Ah, there you are Mitobe. Eh, you found Kuroko?" Hyuuga asked after seeing an asleep Kuroko on Mitobe's back.

Mitobe nods.

"What happened, oh wait, you can't talk."

Mitobe uses gestures telling them Kuroko was crying outside.

"It's so rare seeing Kuroko freak out like that." Kagami says.

"How about, I keep him at my house for today?" Teppei suggests.

"Just for today, but make sure none of you say anything weird to trigger that fear of his to come out again, understand!"

"Yes ma'am!" Everyone (except Mitobe of course) shouts.

"Cut the ma'am." Riko says, feeling irritated.

At the real world

"I…didn't do it…I…..DIDN'T DO IT!" Kuroko starts screaming and his grip tightens on Midorima's hand.

"Oi, Kuroko, WAKE UP!" Midorima shouts as he shakes Kuroko violently.

Kuroko wakes up with his eyes widely opened and a tear fell out from the side of his left eye.

Kuroko, who was shocked with his bad memories flowing back like that, "Midorima-kun?" Kuroko says.

Midorima holds Kuroko in his arms and hugs him, "Yeah, it's me."

Nigou stands outside the room, looking in, witnessing everything, "Midorima's really nice" he thought.

"I promise I'll be there for you, just call me." Midorima whispers into Kuroko's ears.