Act 6: Escape

Kuroko had grown paler and paler as the days pass, he would not accept any food nor drink that Kagami gave him. Kagami on the other hand was worried; guilt eating him up because he knew he was the one at fault for what is happening to Kuroko, but his stubbornness would not want to release Kuroko.

"Please, Kuroko…I beg you, at least eat a piece of bread…" Kagami pleaded, his right hand trying to shove the piece of bread into Kuroko's mouth.

As stubborn as Kagami, Kuroko refused to surrender to Kagami until he is release from the hand cuffs Kagami had put on him for two days now. However, Kuroko cannot further deny that his body is beginning to weaken and if he continues to refuse food, he will break down at any moment notice.

Kagami then stood up abruptly when the house phone rang. Getting back his composure, Kagami went and answer the phone. Surprisingly, it was not who Kagami had thought would call because these past two days, Tatsuya was the only one to call for Kuroko. Instead, the principal, Riko Aida with a worry voice asked, "Kagami-kun, may I ask where Kuroko and you might be for these past two days?"

Without any further thought, Kagami answer, "Kuroko fell sick with a back flu, I'm taking care of him at the moment…I'm sorry about not informing you, but I was so worried about Kuroko that I've just forgotten."

"I see, but it seems like a different story from Himuro-kun thought."

Kagami gritted his teeth, 'Damn you Tatsuya, using the principal to get to Kuroko!'

"What kind of story did he tell you?"

"Oh nothing in particular like: you are trapping Kuroko somewhere or you may have killed Kuroko and dumped him into the sea…"

"Do you believe him, Kuroko is my boyfriend…I love him so much that I would even sacrifice my own life to be with him, what kind of boyfriend would I be if I kill him or trap him…?"

There was a short silence before Riko continues with, "Alright then, hopefully you're not mad at me, Kagami-kun…It's just that I didn't believe Himuro-kun at first, but when Kuroko and you hadn't come to school for two days…I became worried."

"It was a misunderstanding, I wouldn't have forgiven anyone for that, but since I felt generous today…I'll forgive you." Kagami said with slight sarcasm in his voice.

"Right generosity…However, Kagami-kun, I don't want to be bossy or anything, but do you know why Himuro-kun would said whatever he said you did? I heard he is your brother that's why…you know…"

"Don't mind him, he must be jealous of me and wanted to get Kuroko for himself since he dated Kuroko before I did."

"I see, alright. Sorry for intruding during late hours, please tell Kuroko I said to get well soon and I'll see both of you back in the kindergarten when Kuroko gets well, hopefully soon because both of your and Kuroko's classes have been in a chaotic state…"

"Thank you, I'll make sure Kuroko get well soon."

Without waiting for a good bye, Kagami ended the phone call.

When Kagami had gotten back to his shared room with Kuroko, Kuroko gave him a desperate look, the look that pleads Kagami to just let him go.

"You know that I can't do that Kuroko…When you release the angel, it will fly back to Heaven and to never return."

"You're wrong, Kagami-kun…When the angel…fly back to Heaven, it will come back to return the favour…" Kuroko force his voice out to answer Kagami. It was soft due to the dryness of his throat and after he had finish what he wanted to said, Kuroko let out a cough.

"Are you saying that if I let you go, you will go back to Tatsuya and then come back to return your favour. How could I, there will be no way that I'll do any of that!"

Kagami shouted with malice, throwing Kuroko's favourite vase onto the wall and then glare daggers to Kuroko who at the moment seems to be unconscious.

"Kuroko…?"

Kagami call out, moving closer to Kuroko and his eyes that was glaring at Kuroko was soften to a worried look.

"Hey, don't scare me Kuroko! Wake up, don't you die on me, I still need you!" In the state of Panic, Kagami unlock the hand cuffs off Kuroko's wrist and carried Kuroko into his car, and quickly drove off to a nearby hospital.

{Hospital—Ward 15}

"Doctor, will he be alright?"

The doctor looks through some papers on his hands before answering the panicking Kagami, "Kuroko-kun will be fine, but may I ask you this, what happen to Kuroko-kun, he happens to have malnutrition?"

Lying through his teeth, Kagami told the doctor that Kuroko overwork himself that he had forgotten to eat and that no matter how much Kagami insist that he stop, but Kuroko would not listen.

The doctor nodded then gave Kagami some advice before leaving to check on some other patients.

Kagami stay all night near Kuroko's bed, not knowing when he had fallen asleep, but the moment he had woken up, it was morning. The one thing that had shock him was the fact that Kuroko had disappear! He quickly dashed out of the ward to ask one of the nurses about Kuroko, but to no avail because none of the nurses had seen Kuroko leave the hospital, not even the doctors.

'Damn you Kuroko and your lack of presence!'

Kagami scream in his head, rushing all around the place, searching for Kuroko.

'He couldn't have gotten far with his weak body; I might be able to find him!'

Unknown to Kagami, but Kuroko had reached far enough to not let Kagami find him—his brother's, Ogiwara Shigehiro, place.

"Sorry for intruding on you, Shige-niisan…"

Kuroko said lying on the bed while panting and coughing slightly.

"Enough, I don't know what had happen between you and Kagami, but I want you to take a good rest and eat. Look at you, all skinny and bones. Now, I feel like giving that Kagami a good smack in the face!"

Shigehiro clenched his fist tightly while helping Kuroko to get comfortable.

"Thank you Shige-niisan, but I hope you don't kill Kagami-kun just yet because I still love him…and…" Kuroko continues to pant and cough more.

"Alright, alright, when I say that it's enough, I mean it."

Kuroko pouted slightly before saying good night to Shigehiro even though it is morning.

Shigehiro smile and gave Kuroko a peck on the cheek before going out of the room to make some chicken soup for Kuroko.

[Shigehiro] {Kitchen}

'This Kagami, after what he had promised me and here he goes breaking that promise and making my dear brother suffer! If I don't give him a good smack in the face, I don't even know what I should do other than kill him!'

Shigehiro said angrily in his head while imagining the chicken he is chopping at the moment to be Kagami, what a poor thing for the chicken because in the end it was in bloody chops pieces. The chicken head for then harassed by Shigehiro in a bad manner.

After the entire chopping was done, Shigehiro heave out a sigh, "That let out some rage in me, now let's make some chicken soup…Okay, where did the chicken go…Don't tell me I chop it and threw it into the thrash can!? Then what have I been chopping this whole time?"

Shigehiro stare at what he was chopping and in shocking revelation, he had chopped a lizard poor enough to have accidently drop off from the ceiling onto the chopping board.

"Oh my Kami-sama, I have to apologise to Kami-sama for killing (chopping) this lizard in anger, but there is no way I can't deny that this is disgusting, what is wrong with me!?"

Shigehiro ran around in the kitchen causing a ruckus here and there, and then stop, 'THIS IS ALL THAT KAGAMI'S FAULT!"