Chapter 12: Tora to the Rescue

"Taiga!" I yell out, as I finally find Kuroko and him eating some food as they look around, searching for the holder of the voice.

Walking around a mother and her two sons, I smile gently at the kids as I make my way up to the two boys.

"The hell were you?" asks Taiga through a mouthful of mashed up food. Geez, he was no better than Atsushi.

"I-"

"You missed Kagami-kun choking," says Kuroko, as he tears off a piece of meat, handing it to number two who takes it graciously.

"That's great, but-"

"Shut up Kuro- Wait, did you just say that was-"

"N-No, I mean-"

"What's up with you? You look paler than usual?" infers Taiga, as begins to lean in close to me, staring intently at my face as he was trying to pinpoint what exactly was wrong. Well maybe if he'd let me finish talking, I could tell him all about Mister Cornrow.

"You look stupider than usual," I mutter underneath my breath as I look to the side in obliviousness.

Taiga flicks my earlobe, causing me to whimper in pain. "Kagami-kun. That wasn't very nice. Especially-"

Taiga snorts as he tries to reach over and hit an unsuspecting Kuroko. "I was choking and all you did was stare at me. Heck, number two did a better job at trying to save me than you!"

"I didn't think it was a big-"

"Deal? I could've died!"

Kuroko remains quiet as he looks down at number two, as if the dog was giving it some guidance in this matter. The dog barks a couple of times before Kuroko answers. "I still don't think it' s a big-"

"Don't listen to number two!"

Sighing out loud, I jump onto Taiga's back causing him to stumble uncontrollably. "At least warn me!"

"Taiga?"

"What is it?"

"Even if…even if I lose in the Winter Cup, I still want us to be-"

Taiga begins to laugh, his voice loud and melodic as it somehow manages to rid all my thoughts of the boy from earlier. Slightly taken aback, I begin to tug on Taiga's red locks, telling him that this was no laughing matter. "It is. Because you think that after I defeat you that there's a possible chance we may not see each other-"

Placing my hands overtop of his eyes, I ask Taiga as to how he still remembered me so well.

"Listen, Tora. If you take away our rings, I'm still gonna find a way to be with you," he says reassuringly, as he reaches up and begins to fish around for my hair to pat. But instead, he grabs my animal ears, rubbing the texture softly. I say nothing but begin to laugh at the sight.

Sliding off of Taiga's back, I hug him tightly as I press my cheek up against his chest, listening to his slow, steady beat. "I love you."

"I love- K-Kuroko!"

Twitching, I pull away from Taiga to look up at him. "Wow. I didn't know you two shared that type of relation-"

Taiga points behind me, as I stare unquestioningly at to what's before him and I. My mouth gapes open as I find Momoi hugging Kuroko tightly, engulfing him with her breasts. Taking a step back, I hold onto Taiga's arm.

"How does that even happen?" mutters Taiga, as he looks at the two friends before him with a scowl.

Jabbing him in the gut, I ask him what that was supposed to mean.

"Neh, Tora-chan! You look so cute!" points out the over exuberant girl, as she clings onto Kuroko while smiling at Taiga and myself.

"T-Thanks," I stammer out, as I suddenly recall as to what I was wearing. Momoi was still dressed in her firefighter outfit, drawing the attention of others walking by. Feeling slightly self conscious, I begin to cower behind Taiga.

"Where's Aomine-kun?" asks Kuroko, as we all suddenly realized that the half naked boy was nowhere to be seen around his best friend.

"Aomine-kun? He headed home, actually. Around 10 minutes ago, really," she says, as she looks up at the dreary, dark sky in thought.

"That's-"

Suddenly, my phone in my pocket begins to vibrate uncontrollably. Taking it, I excuse myself from the three as I take the call.

"Hell-"

"Tora-chin," whines out a distressed Atsushi on the other side. Smiling at the sound of his voice, I ask him how he was.

"I'm bored. When are you coming home?"

"Probably in 20 min-"

Crying on the other end, I hear Atsushi scavenging through my pantry as he begins to rustle through my boxes. Growing slightly nervous, I pray that he didn't find the secret stash of goodies.

"Listen, Atsushi. How about I come home in 10, alright? J-Just step away from the pantry and-"

"This box says my name on it?"

"A-Atsushi! Quick, give the phone to mom or-"

"Whoa…sorry for disturbing you, Tora-chin. Take as long as you want."

With that, the line suddenly grows dead. D-Damnit! If I didn't stop him from eating all those sugary, fatty sweets who knows what he'd end up like tomorrow! Snapping my phone shut, I quickly tell the group that I had to go home now.

"But-"

"Sorry, Taiga. But I'll call you as soon as I get home!"

Waving goodbye to the three, I begin to quickly run home with Aomine-chan stuffed underneath my arm. That Atsushi! Couldn't ever be trusted. More importantly, where was mom and dad in all of this?

Whizzing past the flow of people, I finally exit the school, completely dismissing the kind girls who had asked me if I'd like to vote for a costume design. Right now, winning wasn't my game plan if Atsushi was about to die of a sugar rush.

Running down the street by myself, I just hoped that I'd make it in time.

A/N: Hello lovelies! Sorry for the short chapter. I just wanted to at least get something posted up! Didn't find much time today to get much done. I'm currently contemplating whether or not to start yet another Aomine x OC story. I can't help it. I just love him. *.*I haven't decided but I'm thinking something along the lines of the OC, not playing basketball this time, but instead becomes the student coach of Touou, alongside Momoi, the manager. Upon this, our heroine has come into contact with Aomine once before where she confessed her love to him during a game at the same middle school they both went to, Teiko. But, being on the much, much heavier side, Aomine, an immature boy then and still now, laughed off the matter and proceeded to call her fat in front of almost the whole school that had been watching the game, because, let's face it, he is an Ahomine after all. During the time between leaving middle school and heading to high school, the heroine works out like crazy to the point where she's unrecognizable. Her body, for once, healthy and in peak condition. Coming back to Touou to an Aomine who doesn't recognize her, he immediately tries to make his moves, unsuspecting of who he's playing fire with. And there's the gist of it really. I don't want to give too much away. I plan on making this story centered mostly around the two, rather than a love triangle. Which will make for a much more perverted and foul mouthed Aomine. Just the way we like him, yes? Aha. I just need to calm myself down because I don't know if I can keep up with three stories. I'll probably work on an alternating system. Tomorrow, I'll hopefully post up the first chapter of that and then the next day a chapter of this and so on and so forth. Whew, I just can't help myself sometimes! Anyways, love you all and thanks for reading! =)