"Aomine... Hey, Aomine!"

Someone was roughly shaking me, tugging at my hair, snatching at the blanket, screaming in my ear.

"What the fuck, Satsuki," I groaned, still half asleep. Shoving her hands away, I drawled, "Why the hell are you waking me up so early?"

"Basketball practice!" the pink-haired girl shouted, putting her hands on her hips and looking at me as if I was hopeless.

Now fully awake, I froze briefly. "Basketball... I don't play basketball anymore," I murmured, turning so my back was to Satsuki. I closed my eyes and hoped that she would go away. But after a few minutes, she was still standing there at the edge of his bed.

"Is it because of... Kagami?" she asked in a barely audible voice. Pretending not to have heard her, I continued to pretend to be sleeping. But she knew I had heard her. And I knew she knew. "Aomine... You don't wear you ring, you threw out all of his clothes and everything he left here. He may already be gone, but you can't avoid everything that reminds you of him and pretend he didn't exist. You can't keep running from it... Aomi-"

"Fuck off, Satsuki," I burst out, cutting her off. Sitting up I glared at her. "Fuck off! I'm not running from anything! Don't act like you always know what's running through my head!" Taken aback at his sudden outburst, Satsuki took a step back.

"I was only trying to help," she stuttered, glancing nervously toward the side.

"Help with what?"

"Your de-"

"I'm not depressed. I don't need any help. So get off my case and just leave me the fuck alone," I snarled. I watched silently as Satsuki retreated from the room. A moment later I heard my phone buzz. Reaching for it I saw a text from Kuroko, Aomine, I know you miss Kagami, I miss him too, he was my light, but will you please just meet a psychologist? Just to make sure? We're all worried about you. Fucking Satsuki. She was probably sitting outside his door texting Kuroko. Ignoring the text, I hurled my phone at the door. I heard a small shriek then the sound of retreating footsteps.

Everyone keeps telling me that I'm depressed. That I need to see a psychologist. That this was perfectly normal since my spouse just died. That please I just need to go get some help. But I'm not depressed. I'm not sure why everyone thinks I am, but they do and it's annoying as hell.

It's not that I'm trying to avoid anything and everything that reminds me of Kagami, I just don't see the point in wearing the ring of a dead person. Or keeping around useless clothes. Or playing basketball when there's no one able to beat me anymore.

My eyes slowly slid shut and sometime later I dozed off.

Wearily blinking awake, I stared bleary-eyed at the wall. I could hear the doorbell ring. It didn't continue to obnoxiously ring again and again so it probably wasn't any of his teammates or former ones. And Satsuki had a key.

Yawning, I sat up and looked around for my phone. Spotting it on the ground, I dragged myself out of bed to go pick it up. I jabbed at the power button in an attempt to turn it on. When the screen stayed dark, I pressed at all the buttons more anxiously. Was it out of battery? No, otherwise it would show a battery sign when I tried turning it on. Then remembering the last time I was awake, I tossed the useless phone onto my bed and made a mental note to buy a new phone.

I stumbled toward the front door and pulled it open. A huge brown box sat on the doorstep. Glancing around, I noticed a UPS truck driving away. Hefting the box up, I noted how heavy it was. Even though I had stopped playing basketball awhile ago, I was still fairly strong. After shutting the front door, I carried the box into the living room and dropped it on the couch. There was no sender.

Too lazy to find scissors, I ripped the box open. Inside was a whole ton of Kagami's shit. His basketball shoes, his clothes, his useless school notes, photos, trophies, practically everything Kagami had kept at his own house was sitting in this box. Who the fuck would send him Kagami's shit? And why? His phone was broken so he couldn't even ask Satsuki or Kuroko. With a sigh, I was about to pack everything back into the box when I noticed a disc marked "Aomine", scrawled in Kagami's shitty handwriting.

Reaching for it, I turned it over, as if on the back there would be some explanation from that idiot. "Of course there isn't," I muttered. I took the DVD and walked over to the DVD player. I jabbed at the DVD player and TV for a while, trying to figure out how they worked because shit he hadn't touched this stuff in... ever. Some idiot had always done everything for him.

After finally managing to get the DVD to play, I loped back to the couch and plopped down. Yawning, I stretched out, relaxed, and stared at the TV. The first few seconds of the DVD were blank. Then suddenly the face of some dual-toned hair idiot popped up. Lurching upright, I stared at the screen and Kagami stared right back. A multitude of emotions ran through me. But seeing his face, his beautiful fucking face, after so long was... amazing. And all I could do was stare.

Eventually Kagami moved and I heard him chuckle. And goddammit had his voice always been this sweet? Kagami blushed slightly as he rubbed the back of his head. "This is a little more embarrassing than I had imagined. But Aomine you're probably being an idiot so I guess I have to do this. Aomine." How long had it been since he had heard the voice he loved so much utter his name? This was probably all Satsuki's doing. I wanted to run up and turn everything off. But some part of me, deep down, told me not to. And since I'm an idiot, I listened to that part of me.

"I went to the hospital today. They told me I only have thirty days left to live. It wasn't that surprising, I had always known that I would die young. It's just a little shocking when you only get thirty days. But as I sat there listening to the doctors, I only wanted two things: to play basketball with you and to marry you." As he said that, the blush began to rise again and he glanced nervously away from the camera. "I'm such an idiot," he chuckled quietly to himself. The screen when black again. This time the words "Day 2" flashed across the screen before Kagami appeared again.

Grinning, Kagami explained, "Since it's such a short amount of time, Kise's helping me plan the wedding. It's a lot of work but Kise's really excited. Kuroko's also helping too. They're really helping. But hell I haven't even proposed to you yet. Well, hopefully you'll agree to marry an idiot like me." He chuckled before the screen went black.

Day 5

"Aomine, it hurts so bad..." Kagami was doubled over in what was obviously my bathroom. As Kagami sat there in pain, I could feel a sharp pain in my own chest. "Sorry, I know you're out there in the living room. But I don't want you to know. I don't want you to have to see me in pain and worry for the rest of my days. Once you know, I feel like you'll treat me differently. You'll try to be more gentle with me, probably won't play one-on-one either... So I know you'll probably hate me for not telling you... and I'm sorry, but even though I don't have a good excuse, I hope you'll forgive me." Kagami grinned weakly, grimacing from the pain.

Day 12

"Fuck, Aomine the doctor said I can't jump anymore. Apparently it's too stressful on my weak body. But I need to jump to even stand a chance against you at basketball. I'm still going to jump and keep jumping. Nothing they saw will stop me from playing basketball against you. After all I'm a basketball idiot."

Day 14

"We're no where near done planning the wedding. Fuck I still haven't even proposed to you. Or told you jack shit about what's going on. I just keep telling myself, 'I still have time... I still have time...' But I don't."

Day 22

Kagami sat in front of the camera, head bowed. He was shaking and faintly I could hear the sounds of him crying. "Fuck, this is recording..." Kagami muttered before reaching out to switch the camera off.

Day 23

"I finally told Kise and Kuroko about my... deadline yesterday. Kise wouldn't stop crying and Kuroko... He was so mad. So mad. And I promised him I would tell you as soon as I got back. But then you were there smiling like an idiot and asked if I wanted to play one vs one. And you were so... happy. Aomine... I'm not ready for my life to end. I want more time. I want more time with you... Why did I have to get this stupid fucking disease?" Holding his head in his hand, I watched as tears streaked down his face before the screen went black.

Day 27

"I'm sorry, Aomine. For not telling you earlier. I'm sorry you had to find out from that shitty piece of paper. I'm really... really sorry. I'm sorry I couldn't find the resolve to tell you. But thank you... for agreeing to marry me." Kagami grinned weakly again, but his face shone brighter than in any of the past days.

Day 30

"Thank you. Thank you for... for everything. Fuck, I'm becoming so sappy... Guess that's comes with the whole dying thing," Kagami chuckled, glancing away from the camera. "Aomine..." Kagami murmured, turning his gaze to stare right at me, "I love you." And the screen went black.

Epilogue:

Faintly he heard the sound of the front door being unlocked and opened. "Aomine?" Satsuki called out. Her soft footsteps entered the living room where Aomine sat hunched over on the couch. She saw him sitting there and noticed the box sitting beside him. A small bittersweet smile crossed her face as she turned and left. After locking his front door, she pulled out her phone and texted Kuroko, Aomine will be fine now... I don't know what Kagami planned but it looks like it worked.

A minute later her phone buzzed and she saw Kuroko reply, They're both idiots but they managed to stay together... There's no way Kagami would have just left Aomine like that.

Still sitting hunched on his couch, Aomine stared down at his shaking hands. And slowly tears began to fall.