"Hmmmm… Kagami was right. My head hurts now, I am so clumsy"
Kagami laughs, turning on the gas since he just ends cutting some onions. "Kagami is so good at it, how cool." She is in front of him, sitting while watching his cooking skills. Kagami almost blushes. "Thanks you."
She smiles too, fondling his belly and her eyes stop on a clock not too far. "Aomine-san is not coming home today ?" Kagami stops his movements, staring at the bowl in his hand. "I… am not sure."
"Too bad, I need to go home now." Kagami turns and looks at her with surprise. "Already? Stay for dinner." She smiles and stands up. "Ah, thank you Kagami. But it is ok, someone must be waiting for me."
Kagami feels a little bit of jealousy, lowering his head while he removes his apron. "Then at least... let me take you home."
Hayako looks at the ground and stops walking, suddenly taking Kagami's hand. "It is ok, Kagami. Please don't walk any further. My home is right behind this one."
His blood freezes in his veins when he understands that it was in this house that everything happened. "But… but… you are preg…"
She laughs cutely and hugs him, rubbing his belly against him. "Kagami is so cute. Thank you for everything. Thank you very much. You are such a wonderful man, just as Aomine-san."
She pats his shoulders and then leaves him, walking slowly and carefully. Kagami waits there a long moment; daydreaming when his phone awakes him. "Hello ?"
"Hello, Kagami-kun, It is me !" Kagami is surprised, not expecting this call. "Doc… Doctor… ?" the man clears his throat. "I hope that Aomine-san talked about it with you… but, knowing him, I am sure he didn't. Anyway, there is an operation, a minor one, that could allow him to see again and I hope you will help me convince him to do it, Kagami…"
"... But it is an operation again, It has to be dangerous !" the doctor sighs briefly. "Kagami-kun, this one is really minor. You perfectly know that Aomine-san can't stay like that forever. He has to do it sooner or latter but sooner will be better. It is not dangerous and the only thing that could happen worst is that he remains blind. He already did the more difficult part, now is not the time to be scared… I am sure you doesn't want to see your lover in such a state for the rest of your life !"
This sentence drowns Kagami in a total shock. "Ok, it was my opinion anyway. Good evening, Kagami-kun, I count on you."
Right after the call, he starts walking. He arrives quickly at the building and reaches the apartment. He opens the door and his hand remains on its handle when he closes it. He keeps staring at it for minutes.
"Is everything alright, Kagami-kun?" he turns to see a worried Satsuki. She was looking at a movie. "Momoi-san?"
She smiles and stands up. "Welcome home, Kagami-kun." He sees her taking her bag and then coming close to him. "I was waiting for you."
He opens the door for her. "Should I…"
"No, it is ok. Don't bother, I came with my car." Kagami smiles and waves his hand. "I see, make a safe trip."
She nods happily and leaves. Kagami closes the door and walks through the apartment, looking for Aomine.
"Daiki… ?" Aomine just comes from the shower and he is surprised to see him. "Taiga, you are home."
Kagami smiles gently and gets near him. "Yeah, I'm here." He kisses him and puts his head in his neck and his arms around his waist. The tanned man is a bit wet, smelling nice and it turns Kagami on. "Dai…" he stops himself, doubting if he should say what he wants to say or not.
"What is it ?" Aomine asks with a very warm tone, he caresses Kagami's hair with his hand while closing his eyes and repeats himself since Kagami remained silent. "What is it ?"
His lover is not in state to make love. He is not the strong and almighty Aomine anymore. Kagami could not obtain what he really wants. "No… nothing… I was wondering if everything was ok."
"I am alright. I just need to sit down." Kagami looks at him while caressing his wet chest. "Ok…"
He allows him to sit and finish wiping himself. Kagami sits near him too. He is looking at Aomine. His eyes are lustful; it has been so much time since he didn't even think about sex.
"Why are you breathing so fast ? You caught a cold ? Where were you earlier ?" Kagami caresses his nape. "No… no, I am alright… I just took some fresh air outside."
He doesn't know why he avoids telling Aomine that he saw Hayako. He doesn't know how Aomine will react and he doesn't want to end this sweet moment where they are together like that without fighting. "Hmmm…" Aomine is not really convinced but he doesn't say anything.
"Daiki…" Kagami is looking at the bed as his cheeks become redder. "Is it ok to know what you and Momoi-san did today ?"
Aomine stands up and starts dressing. "It doesn't concern you." Kagami continues to look at the bed, his eyes becoming sad. "Ah, yeah… you are right… I am sorry."
"I already ate and I took all my medicine, you don't have to do anything." The usual Aomine comes back and it was an end to their sweet moment. Kagami leaves the room and sits in the hallways when Aomine gets in bed.
As the tanned man thinks he is far away, he takes his phone and makes a call. "Yeah… what is it Satsuki ? Why did you send me this message ? I told you that I would not change my mind. I am going and you better be ready to welcome me, it will be for a while."
Kagami in the hallway hears everything clearly. He stands up with a deadpan face, walks until he reaches the entrance door and opens it.
His feet drag him in front of another door. "Oh my, Kagami ? What happened ? Your face is swollen, did you… cry ?" the woman at the door makes him enters and gives him some coffee.
"Hayako-san, thank you for having me… I am sorry to bother you." He says while blowing the hot smoke of the coffee's cup. "It is nothing, I can't help but feeling guilty of what happened between you two… it really is my fault…"
"Not again, Hayako-san, it really has nothing to do with you… I bet that everything is my fault, he certainly is…" He lowers his head with a sad smile, caressing the hot cup. "…Tired of me."
"Aomine ?" the woman enters the apartment, looking for the tanned man who seems to be lost in thought on the sofa. "What happened ? Why did you ask me to come so early in the morning ?" Aomine doesn't react.
"Hey, what is it again ? …Where is Kagami-kun ?" used to this kind of behaviour since their high school days, she simply decides to ignore it and starts looking for Kagami. Hearing the guy's name, Aomine lifts his head. "I don't know what to do, Satsuki…"
She is now looking for water. She turns and frowns. "About what ? What are you thinking about again ? What is it this time ? You hesitate on having a dog or a cat ?" she stares at him, waiting for his answer with his arms crossed.
"Kagami left home, he left me…" Aomine says, all desperate.
"Yeah, I like cats too… What did you say Aomine ?" she shouts and then tries to keep her calm, doubting what he just say and rushes to the guys' room. "Why do you say something so stupid ? Where is he ?"
"He is not here, I think that he heard us yesterday and now he is gone…"
"It is impossible, there is no way Kagami would… It is completely stupid…he is not gone." She replies, trying to convince herself because the truth would be too shocking. "Yeah, it is… nothing serious, Aomine."
Aomine is still sitting, silent and she moves to see his expression, the one he is holding right now. "Is not it ?" she asks him, wanting to be reassured but Aomine lowers his head. Seeing it, pisses her off.
"Aomine… it is your fault… why did not you tell him properly…? Why ?" she asks gently. "Satsuki, please shut up !"
"You know nothing… he changed so much, he is no longer the Kagami that I used to know, the one I fell in love with, the one that I… love… now he agrees to everything I say or do, he apologies for nothing, he has no will anymore like a leaving dead… I tried to make him realize this, to make him understand that everything is alright now but he… he… the only thing he ever do is cry... he is not happy by my side anymore and I can't bear it !"
"You…" Satsuki cuts his speech. She is crying and her voice is rising. "… Are the biggest idiot I never meet in my life ! You kept everything for you, you didn't say anything properly to him… how was he supposed to know what you felt ? He is scared that something happened to you again. Would not you be like that too, if something happened to him? ...There is no way Kagami would leave you, no way ! He loves you so much and it is why he makes you first… you are the one who make him go, you hurt him, Ahomine !"
The silence remains a very long time after Satsuki's talk. Aomine is shocked and mute by what he just heard and he is in such a pain that, tears start coming from his eyes. Satsuki who was far angry, looks at him in disbelief.
Not even did he cry a single time when he was suffering after the accident. And it was probably because all the time Kagami was by his side. Now he notices how much the man is important for him, how much it was stupid of him to act like he did and to think of leaving Kagami's side. "Aomine…"
She kneels in front of him, grabbing his arms. "Are you feeling pain somewhere ?" she cannot believe that it is her words that make him cry like that. "Yeah…" he answers with a bitter tone. "Where ?" she asks again.
"… Inside…" he puts his hand on his chest, pointing his heart to the woman and she smiles sadly and hugs him, crying silently with him. "… I know. He will come back, I know it."
"Do you want some tea, Kagami ?" Hayako asks but receives no answer at all. She climbs down the stair and finds Kagami asleep on the sofa. "Oh my, what a cute view." He is holding very tight the pillow against him on his chest, curling up so cutely.
She brings him a cover and puts it on him. She sits in a chair and starts reading a book, listening peacefully to the birds' sound outside.
"Ouch… !" she suddenly drops the book on the ground and the cup of tea she just made, touching her belly while moaning in pain. The sound of the crashing cup awakes Kagami who rushes toward her. "What is happening Hayako-san ? Is the baby coming ?" he asks, taking her to the sofa he was sleeping on.
"Oh dear, I don't think so… ouch !" Kagami tries to make her breath, really worried. "Yeah ? Okay, let bring you to an hospital now, don't waste time !"
Grabbing his hand to keep him here she smiles gently. "Kagami, please calm down… it is only a contraction, it happens really often and it is very normal." He sighs of relief. "Really ? Thank God. Anyway, lets call your husband no…"
"Ah, no !" She keeps him from moving again. "Heee ? Why not ?" he doesn't get any answer and then, he frowns, suspicious as he remembers she told him that someone was waiting for her at home but since yesterday he saw no one. "What is the matter Hayako-san ? Where is your husband ?"
She lowers her head and shakes it adorably. "What is it ?" he is unable to understand her signs. "Tell me, Hayako-san, where is he ?" now he is intrigued and sound rather serious about the matter, she looks at him in the eyes and then smiles. "He… died some months ago. I didn't want to worry and bother you. I am sorry, I lied to you."
Kagami opens his eyes, staring at her with shocked. She is so young and beautiful and kind and she is widow. "I am sorry, I didn't figure it ou…" she stops him from apologizing and keeps on smiling. "I… was so scared that you would be left alone like me, so afraid and guilty… I am the one who is sorry because you doesn't have anything to do with my husband's death, but yours almost died because of me."
It was too sad and too hard for him, too much. "Hayako-san…" putting his head on her shoulder, he breaks into tears. And she pats her head.
She was so brave, Kagami himself almost died by just thinking that Aomine was going to leave him. "Oh my, Kagami… you know ? He had cancer. I already knew that he was going to die someday. I had to prepare myself to say goodbye since the very beginning but still, I never thought that it was useless, impossible or too difficult to love him while knowing he would die... It was too wonderful to love and be love by him, he is the best thing that ever happen to me."
"You know, Kagami ? When he died, I lost my will too, accepting everything like it was, nodding to everything the other would say, not thinking about me and what I want, but you can't be like that. Whatever will come, even if it is against Aomine-san himself, you have to say what you think and what you want, Kagami-kun, everything you want !"
A very long time passes, when Hayako-san looks at the outside, the sun is already falling. She ruffles Kagami's hair. "Are you ok, now ?" he nods, trying to calm himself.
The guy cried from morning to afternoon. "I know that my story is really sad but… you sure, cried a lot Kagami." He remains silent, agreeing with what she says.
"So, Kagami-kun, I think that you don't have time to waste here. How about you go home now ? I am sure everything can be clear if you talk to each other." Kagami looks at her and nods, agreeing with everything. "It is ok…" she stares at him with a reassuring expression. "Everything will be alright."
The door to Kagami's apartment is open when Kagami reaches it. Momoi appears in front of him as soon as he enters. She is surprised to see him, but smiles and hugs him before leaving. She asked nothing and he wonders why.
He finds Aomine lying on the sofa. He is hesitant but soon he walks to sit near him. The tanned man is sleeping soundly and Kagami leans on him to gently kiss him without awaking him.
He looks at his man, remembering when he saw him on the hospital's bed right after the accident, and he thinks of Hayako-san's words. For the first time since a long time he has enough sell-confidence to face Aomine and the truth.
He gently climbs on the man, paying attention to Aomine's body. He kisses him again, sweetly and deeply and the tanned man puts his hand around Kagami's neck, grabbing strongly his neck's pale.
"Where were you, Taiga ?" he asks with his husky voice, groaning and making it deeper. Kagami shivers and shakes his head gently. "I am sorry, Aomine… !" he puts his head on Aomine chest, shivering in his strong embrace. And the two remain silent during a long time, just enjoying each other's presence.
Then Kagami remembers of his talk with the doctor. "Aomine, the operation ! I am scared too, but you have to do it. I will be there, I will never abandon you and I…" Aomine puts his finger on Kagami's lips.
"I will do it." Kagami's slow mind took some time before understanding it.
"Dai… Daiki, I will be there with you !"
"Yeah, I know."
Hello everyone, I am really sorry for the late update but I am in the middle of examinations and I caught a flu too, so I kind of feel very weird and lazy xD really sorry and big thank for everything, I love you all ^^.