Pain...
That's the first thing he felt. A very painful sensation. His head feels heavy, his throat feels dry, he feels tired, he feels weak, he's feeling dizzy. He wanted to go back to sleep, yet at the same time he don't want to.
"Murasakibara, please close your mouth" an annoyed voice said
Kuroko forces his eyes to open but closed it immediately before opening it again after adjusting at the room's brightness
"Eh~ but yummy candies" another voice
'Ah that's definitely Murasakibara-kun's voice' he thought
"It's my lucky item, Lucky item!"
'...and Midorima-kun?'
"But their yummy, I'll get some"
"Oi, don-"
Kuroko raised his hand and weakly but slowly remove the oxygen mask attached to his face. He tried to carry his body but to no avail
"Didn't you heard me it's my lucky item! Now my life would be in danger!"
He tried again and this time he managed to raise himself a little then he leaned at the pillows on his back for support.
"But It's delicious and I'm hungry"
He tried to speak but his throat is to dry to do so. He tried again but there's no sound coming out from his mouth
"Then buy your own!"
'I have to stop this' he said to himself He forced himself to speak. Alas, after a few more attempts he was able to say a sentence "Midorima-kun please forgive Murasakibara-kun, he's just hungry"
His throat hurts, no, his whole body hurts but he managed to hide it by keeping his straight face
"Why would I fo-"
He saw Midorima slowly turned around with the same expression like Murasakibara. It is as if they had just seen a ghost.
"D-doctor..." Midorima whispered the supposed to be shout.
He then, run outside then shouted "Doctor!"
Still not understanding anything, he looked at the frozen figure of Murasakibara and could only mutter
"Eh?"
"We managed to make the patient do some test. He is now resting in his respective room, you may visit him while he's still awake"
"Thank you doctor, but when can we get the results?" Tetsuo asked
"I assumed it'll be after 2-3 days. Ah Kuroko-san can I say something to you in private?" The doctor said making Tetsuo wary of the 'audience'
"S-sure"
They walk inside the doctor's office. The doctor sighed deeply before bringing out the news .
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"Domo Ogiwara-kun" Tetsuya greeted almost normally. Almost. Except for the fact that his voice is trembling, making it sound like it's forced or the fact that he barely looked like the Kuroko they knew, physically.
"You're writing in that notebook again" he said noticing the blue notebook in Tetsuya's lap
"Ah yes, nowadays I preferred writing than speaking" he replied while putting the notebook back under the pillow
"...I see.." Ogiwara said deciding to drop the topic sensing that the latter didn't want to talk about it
"Is there anything you want to say?"
"Ah.., eh you see, Tetsuya-kun ah, uncle alreadycamebackaweekagopleasedon'tbesurprised!" He said with a panicked voice and with his eyes shut tight preparing for a noisy beeps to follow. 'I'm dead' he nervously thought
'...'
'...eh?...' he opened his one eye only to see Tetsuya looking at him like he was out of his mind
"Is that so?" Tetsuya asked which Ogiwara replied with a aggressive nod.
"Then I'm glad" he said smiling slightly. Hearing the latter's reply made Ogiwara sighed in relief.
"Where is otou-san?"
"I think he's with the doct-"
"Tetsuya" a voice interrupted
"Nope he's here" he whispered to himself.
"Well I better get going" he said as he excused himself
"Otou-san I'm glad that you're back" he said with a poker face, deadpanned voice but his eyes showed great happiness
'I have to be strong for Tetsuya' Tetsuo thought before unclenching his balled fist
"Ah yes, how are you? Also what happened to the game at inter high?"
"I'm fine. And the game..."
They talk about many things. Tetsuo told his son the places where he went, what were the people there like, the music, their culture and so on. While after that Tetsuya told his father about the games from winter cup to inter high, the moves that he learned, the emperor eyes that he obtained, about his teammates and their teamworks.
They talked normally until Tetsuya fell asleep, leaving the topic about Tetsuya's sickness. Tetsuo gently patted his son's head. He smiled remembering the happiness written all over Tetsuya's face when they were talking about his previous life. He slowly exited the room but a shed of a tear is visible on his eyes.
Flashback
"Your son needs to stay here for awhile, so please bring some spare clothes" the doctor said
"I understand, thank you" Tetsuo replied
Tetsuo entered their house quietly and headed straight to Tetsuya's bedroom. He opened the light and started packing enough clothes needed for his son.
"There you go" he whispered to himself He closed the bag and was about to go outside when he remembered something
"Ah he might need a small towel... it's in the bathroom" he told to himself. He opened the bathroom door then slowly opened the light. What he saw made his eyes widened, his breath hitched, his body trembled.
...blood
That's what he saw. He couldn't believe it. It all made sense to him
'Otou-san,Otou-san, Otou-san you're back!Otou-san!'
...That time when his son came to him running like he's scared about something
'I just had the worst nightmare'
How could he missed it, he told himself. He punched the wall beside him and cried in despair.
"H-how could I just r-realized it! H-how could I!"
"I-i'm sorry"
"I'm..."
"Has anyone seen Akashicchi?" Kise suddenly asked out of the blue
"Why do you care, besides it's much better if he's not here anyway" Kagami grumbled
"That's mean Kagamicchi!"
"He's probably doing business thingy" Aomine said
"Where's our order?~ I'm hungry~" Murasakibara said while preparing for his chopsticks
"He's doing some research, not that it matters to me" Midorima said while polishing the red sandal on his left bandaged hand
"That's a weird lucky item-ssu!" Kise said pointing at the lucky item in Midorima's hands
"Never doubt oha-asa" was the only reply they got from Midorima
They are currently at the cafeteria near the hospital taking a break from guarding Tetsuya.
"I hope he would not overwork himself" Aomine whispered.
Tetsuya woke up in the middle of the night. He scanned the room and saw Ogiwara and his father sleeping on the couch in the corner. He could also get a glimpse of the others who were outside sleeping. A sad smile crept into his face. He wiped the tears on his eyes before it fall. He brought out the blue notebook underneath his pillow. He got the ballpen inside it and started to write. His hands are trembling and he doesn't have enough strength to write any longer but he still forced himself to write
"Longer" he whispered
"..longer"
"L-longer"
He drop the ballpen and clenched his hands. Feeling angry and frustrated to himself
'Why am I weak?'
He started to write again "Onigai.."
"...a little longer"
His thoughts were interrupted when Ogiwara stirred.
'Try being dependent' he remembered what Ogiwara said to him
'Tetsu...what are we to you?'
'Kurokocchi! Since from the start..we have a-always been t-treating you differently... because...because you're very special to us! You're our only one Phantom Sixth man!'
' you know that you'll never be a burden, it's just normal because you're a friend, but , if you didn't tell us about something that important... that's when you'll be one.'
'I'll beat you next time in the court, I'm still absolute, so i'm demanding you to get well, it's an order and don't you dare defy me, Tetsuya'
'Tetsu, you need to get better or else I'll be able to beat you both'
'Minechin's right, Kurochin... ah, and you still have to treat me candies'
"That's right, I still cannot give up. They're here..."
He once again hid the notebook under the pillow and slowly relaxed his tensed body
"Okaa-san..."
"A little longer"
"I still have to play basketball with them" he looked at the view beside him from the window then thought
'So onegai okaa-san, kami-sama...'
'A little longer...'
'...would be nice'
A/N: Hi again minna-san! Phew, sorry for the slow update. I was planning to just update every once a week but I still don't know XD
Anyway, the flashback up there was the time when Tetsuo found the blood in the bathroom (from chapter 10 "the night before Tetsuya's birthday") so just wanted to say that he found the blood XD In the following chapter I'll tell you what's in the blue book and the blank conversation ^.° So... tell me how's this new chapter! Please leave a review, and add this to your fav and follow list. Of course thank you for supporting this minna!