The night before Tetsuya's birthday

*cough *cough *cough

Tetsuya entered his room and closed the door behind him as he harshly cough. His father is not yet home and he can't breath properly it's almost midnight so Ogiwara is already asleep, he can't call his father since he's probably in a meeting and he tried awhile ago but he's not answering.

*cough *cough *cough

He weakly entered the bathroom in his room and opened the light inside. He slammed his little hands in the sink while continuously coughing.

"O-otou-s-san, o-okaa-san" he cried

*cough *cough *cough

He slowly looked at his reflection. He looks so pale, weak and as if anytime he'll collapse. He drink the pain killers that he found in their first aid kit but it didn't affect him at all.

*cough *cough *cough

This time it's more painful, it's like his lungs is on fire and he felt something liquid. He once again looks at the mirror he couldn't see clearly because of the tears in his eyes but he saw blood and that makes him scared. He keeps gagging on the sink until his legs cannot carry him anymore. His vision swam, he tried his best to stay awake but to no avail. Before he fainted he manage to say a word

"O-otou- s-sa-an"

Blag!

Knock, knock, knock

"Tetsuya it's already morning! Time to wake up!"

Knock, knock, knock

"Tetsuya!"

Tetsuo keeps knocking continuously but no one answered the door and he's actually surprised that his son locked the door in his room whilst he'd never done that before.

Inside Tetsuya woke up with a throbbing head. He held his head then suddenly he remembered what happened last night and then he realized that he's on the bathroom floor and the bathroom looks like a mess he trembled in fear but his father's voice made him jump with happiness he quickly changed his clothes the ran to the door not bothering to clean up the mess in his bathroom

"Tetsuya open the d-" the door suddenly opened and he was surprise to see a crying Tetsuya running towards him

"Otou-san,Otou-san, Otou-san you're back! Otou-san!" He cried on his chest and hugged him tightly

"What do you mean?"asked the confused Tetsuo

"Of course I'm back" he lowered a little so that he could look at his sons eyes

"Is something wrong? Did someone hurt you?" Tetsuo asked his voice full of concern

Tetsuya shook his head while he keep crying in his chest "I *hic* just *hic* had a *hic* w-worst n-nightm-mare"

"Shusshh now. It's nothing, it's nothing. Okay? I'm already here." He keep shusshing and saying comforting words until Tetsuya finally calmed down.

"Hey do you want to tell me your nightmare?" He asked after sometime

Tetsuya replied with a shook by his head. Everytime he thinks about it he wanted to cry because of fear. He started to sob again. When his father felt him sobbing he panicked.

"Hey, hey look at me" he slowly lifted Tetsuya's chin so he could look at his eyes

"Don't worry everything's fine" he said with a reassuring voice

Tetsuya nodded hesitantly. He knows everything is not fine but he didn't want to worry his father. He just wanted everything to be back the way it was, but deep inside he knows that it's nearly impossible so he will just treasure the moments, moments like this.

Tetsuo is aware that Tetsuya is hiding something and his son didn't want to talk about it so he decided not ask him... for now, afterall it's his son's special day he did not want to spoil it so he brings out a beautifully wrapped gift behind him and showed it to Tetsuya

"Well, i was supposed to give it to you later but..." he chuckled "here you go, happy birthday, my son"

Tetsuya tilted his head in confusion until he realized that it is indeed his birthday today. His puffy red eyes were immediately replaced with joy when he saw the gift in his father's hands. He eagerly opened it and what he saw made him hug his father because of happiness. Inside the box is a new pair of basketball shoes and a new basketball ball.

"Arigatō gozaimasu, otou-san!" He exclaimed happily

Their moment was destroyed when someone knock on the door.

"Tetsuya-kuuuuun! Uuuncle! Ohayō!" Ogiwara shouted from the outside

Hearing his friend's voice made Tetsuya release his arm around his father and run downstairs to open the door. Tetsuo who was left outside Tetsuya's bedroom merely laugh. He entered his son's bedroom and he was surprised to see that it's very clean it's as if no one slept there. He walks to the bathroom and was about to open the lights but the voice of Ogiwara interrupted him.

"Uncle let's go down and eat. I'm starving" he walks to Tetsuo then tries to drag him.

"oh, hai, hai~ chotto matte kudasai" he laugh then he closed the door.

Their breakfast is very lively than usual and it's all Ogiwara's fault.

"-then when i threw the ball in, it hit the rim then bounced back to me then it hit me in my face! I cried out loud but Tetsuya just laughed at me!" Ogiwara and Tetsuya told Tetsuo what happened for the past weeks while Tetsuo happily listened to them. They chatted for a few more minutes after that, in mid afternoon, they visited Yasuko together with Ogiwara.

They arrived there and one by one they talked to Yasuko. First is Tetsuo, he put a bouquet of flowers in Yasuko's grave. He sigh deeply.

"Hey dear, how are you? I hope you're fine" he closed his eyes for a moment then sigh again

"Me and Tetsuya are fine too, i quitted basketball but I'm still teaching Tetsuya and Ogiwara every now and then." He opened his eyes and looked at Tetsuya and Ogiwara playing on the grasses.

"Our son really loves basketball" he chuckled remembering their conversation " and he said that he wanted the whole world to know my style, that's why I'm going to teach the rest of it to him as one of his birthday gift."

He eyes saddened "It's sad without you, love. I'm just thankful that Tetsuya's here and Ogiwara too but I heard that Ogiwara will already move so I hope you could guide our son."

"I already missed you Yasuko, i love you very much" he leaned down and kissed the tomb stone.

"Hi Auntie! How are you there? Is it nice in the heaven, is it boring?" Ogiwara started blabbering questions about heaven. Several minutes later he stopped. His face became not-so-serious.

"Today Tetsuya-kun is already nine years old. I know i should be happy, but the truth is it's like I'm scared today, there's a nagging feeling inside me that something will happened today" he sigh then stayed silent for a moment, listening to the whistling wind.

"I'm scared auntie. Tetsuya is hiding something, and i know uncle knows it too. So please look out for Tetsuya, please auntie."

"Our family will leave Tokyo, and i ought to make a good memories before we move out. And this is probably the last time that we'll play as a team, the next time we step inside a court,... we'll be enemies."

"And by that time, i want to see a perfect style of Tetsuo's basketball!" He became excited, he imagine him and Tetsuya in the same court, different schools, and playing the same style Tetsuo taught them.

"So please look out for him! I miss you Yasuko-chan it's not the same without you"he decided to stop his speech before he could cry. Like what Tetsuo did, he leaned and kissed the tombstone.

Tetsuya is the last one who talked to Yasuko.

"Okaa-san"

"...Okaa-san"

"How are you? I hope you're feeling okay in the heaven" he smiled

"People said that good people goes to heaven then became an angel... so that means you're an angel, right?"

"If it's true please guide otou-san and Ogiwara-kun"

"Otou-san always stressed himself. And he barely had a free time for us i missed how things work when you're still here."

"Please guide otou-san and Ogiwara... for me as a birthday present" he smiled brightly before leaning down to kiss the tombstone then walks to where his father and friend are.

After visiting Yasuko they excitedly went to the basketball court. It's around evening and yellow-orange hues are painted in the sky. They changed into comfortable dress then started playing basketball.

A/N: Here you go, i'm just happy that's why i posted it earlier than expected. Thank you very much for the follows, faves, and of course reviews! It's like my fuel to keep on writing!

well, so... umh, that's all, i guess

oh and the one who p.m-ed me about my age... hmmm let's just say i'm a loli XD

Ja ne~