Akashi ran his hands through his crimson hair. He gulped down the coffee on the table then pinched the bridge of his nose. He lost count of how many coffee he drank and when was his last sleep. Day by day he's growing more frustrated and he hated it. He can't lose his friend again. He would never let that happen again. Ever since he started helping, he still can't find anything, even the smallest thing that could help Tetsuya... and it's almost winter

"I have to visit Tets-" he stopped for a second as he felt the dizziness from lack of sleep passed through him. He massaged his head for a second then continues to grab his coat and went to take the earliest bullet train to Tokyo.

Tetsuo looked at the sleeping form of his son. He held his son's free hand then gently stroked it. He watched as his chest slowly raise up and down.

"Keep on fighting, Tetsuya" he closed his eyes

"Keep on fighting, because we're still here"

"I'm really s-sorry, I r-really am" he kissed his hand then laughed blankly

"Why can't it be me? W-why *hic you!"

"D-damn it! Damn i-it!" He hissed

"T-tetsuya..." he cried

"O-otou-san i-is crying" a weak voice suddenly said

"S-son! Y-you're a-awake *hic did I woke you?" He asked while trying to stop himself from crying Tetsuya replied with a shook of his head

"otou-san is s-sad" he cleared his throat

"I'm s-sorry Tetsuya, i'm r-"

"Don't be, I'm t-the one who's a-at fault"he timidly said

"I-i *cough *cough *cough" the machine suddenly beeps faster and noisily as Tetsuya continues to cough harshly. Tetsuo keeps calling his son's name while trying to calm him. Tetsuya suddenly started vomiting bloods while holding his lungs and was having a hard time breathing.

"Tetsuya! Calm down! D-doctor!" Tetsuo called as tears started falling in his eyes. The doctors and nurses immediately rushes inside the room and some of the had to restrain Tetsuo from entering. They transferred him inside the emergency room while Tetsuo looked like his on the verge of fainting. Remembering the images of the pained face and the bloods from Tetsuya made him trembled, he called the first name that appears in his call log which is Akashi.

They rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night, Kagami is still wearing a pajama top he just added a jacket and wore a pans, Aomine is still wearing a slippers and his hair is still unkempt, Midorima is wearing a much more decent clothes except for the dirty face, Murasakibara is just wearing a thin clothes and a jersey and also lacking a bag of chips, Kise doesn't differ from them at all his hair is still wild and his clothes we're just a simple pants and thin t-shirt, Momoi is just wearing a big t-shirt and a pants and a slipper, Akashi was the only one who has an acceptable appearance. But none of it matters at the current situation.

They are all waiting outside the emergency room with a scared expression, but Tetsuo was shaking and looks very broken that they also became worried for him. They managed to convinced him, after a few times of attempts, to go outside for a minute and get some fresh air so that he could relax. Now, the six of them stood silently, wrapped in their own thoughts, until suddenly Kise spoke

"Hey,h-how long d-do y-y-you think w-w-will K-k-kurokocchi k-keep fighting?" He whispered, with trembling voice

"W-what do you mean, Kise?" Midorima asked while furrowing his eyebrows

"He is going to keep on living!" Kagami snapped grabbing Kise by his collar while shaking him violently.

" .not .die." Murasakibara sternly said, his voice lacking it's usual lazy tone

"Let him die" a voice said

"A-akashi?!" They said in unison disbelieving tone laced in their voices

"Oi! You're out of you're mind?! Don't play games with us right now!" Aomine shouted

"I'm not playing games rig-oof!" His sentence was cut off when a fist suddenly collided on his face. They looked at Aomine who is still clenching his fist

"Dai-chan!, Akashi-kun!"

"HE WILL LIVE! AKASHI! HE WILL!" he shouted in full rage

"Akashi, what are you saying?! Listen to yourself!" Even Midorima lose his cool and tsundere act for a moment

"I meant what I said. Let him die" he replied with a impassive face like the punch didn't bother him at all

"YOU BASTARD!" Aomine roared, he didn't care even if it's Akashi he is going to hurt or even if his training menu will be tripled, he just wanted Akashi to take back what he said. He was about to punch him again if it wasn't for Murasakibara who restrained him and Momoi who stands in the middle of them

"Akashicchi! I t-thought you always w-win?! T-that's l-l-like giving up!"

"Akachin" Murasakibara mumbled with a hint of sadness in his eyes. None of them dared to speak at each other after that and they all glared at Akashi every one's in a while

"I'm going outside for a minute" Akashi said, after he received no reply he continue walking outside

"Kuroko-san"

"Ah, A-Akashi-san!" Tetsuo said, clearly surprise

"Please apologize my sudden appearance" he said bowing slightly

"No, it's okay. Do you want to talk about something?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid today's not a good time"

"Eh? Oh no, it's fine tell me"

"I- seems like the operation is almost finished, let's head inside, Kuroko-san" Tetsuo was aware that Akashi changed the topic but none of them spoke about it

'I'll just ask him later' he then walked to the hospital in complete silence.

True enough, when they went inside the hospital, the doctor just went outside with an unreadable face expression. Akashi looked at the doctor with a knowing look before sighing, then he looked at the others. The doctor and Tetsuo talked privately for a moment leaving them with a thick, uncomfortable atmosphere.

After a minute or two, which seems like forever, Tetsuo went out from the doctor's room. All of them, except for Akashi, gathered around Tetsuo with a worried look then started asking him

"W-what h-happened to T-tetsu-kun?" Momoi asked with a trembling voice

"Tetsuo-san... , h-how's Kuroko?" Kagami clenched his fist trying to be calm

"..."

"Kuroko-san please tell us!" Midorima said

"I-i..."

"Kuroko-san!" Aomine shouted

"N-n-no..." He whispered

"N-n-no ch..." he looked at them with a look of fear, distress and a hopeless eyes, that made them flinch from the sudden realization

"N-no c-chance"

A/N: uwaahhh! I'm sorry everyone, I don't know what's happening anymore! Seriously XD

I mean, well to tell everyone the truth, a few more chapters and this story will be over n_n well that's what I'm planning. Anyways, what can you say in this new chappy? Tell me onigaishimasuuu~~~

The coffee must be really getting into Akashi, for him to say something like that, well he has a reason anyway XP

See you again next time~

Byebye