Memory Loss
Kuroko no Basket Fic
Chapter 3
After their rigorous run, Aomine, Kagami, and Kise returned to the street courts, breathing heavily in a slight sweat. "Hah…hah…man, I'm so tired!" Kagami heavily breathed.
"Well maybe if you'd stand still long enough for me to kill you, we wouldn't have this problem." Aomine retorted.
"Now Aominecchi, remember what you promised me?" Kise asked trying to steady his breathing.
The navy haired teen groaned as he rolled his eyes, "No trying to kill Bakagami…"
"Thank you." Kagami added.
"Even if it's his fault Tetsu's life is pretty much ruined."
"It…was…an…ACCIDENT!" the redhead exclaimed as though he was talking to a kid.
Aomine scoffed, "Yeah sure, whatever."
As Kagami was rolling his eyes, he noticed that someone was missing. "Speaking of Kuroko, where is he?" he asked.
The other two teens looked around and noticed that the bluenette was nowhere in sight. "Where'd he go?" Aomine asked.
"I told Kurokocchi to stay right here; where could've he have gone?!"
"Well Bakagami, you've really done it now!"
Kagami stared at his rival in astonishment, "Oh come on; you're not seriously blaming me for his disappearance!"
"All I know is he was in good condition before you showed up."
"What'd you say?!"
"Would you two stop arguing, and focus on the situation at hand!" Kise's sudden outburst immediately made the other teens focus their attention on him. "Poor Kurokocchi is probably wandering the town alone and confused."
At that moment, they all heard a monotone voice say, "Who's wandering the town?"
Kagami, Aomine, and Kise yelled at the top of their lungs at the sound of the voice. They all turned around and saw Kuroko standing there with his normal deadpanned expression on his face.
"Tetsu!"
"Kurokocchi!"
"Damn it Kuroko, how many times do I have to tell you don't pop up outta nowhere like that?!" Kagami yelled in anger.
"What do you mean; I've been standing here for the past ten minutes." the blue eyed teen said innocently.
"Well at least we know that misdirection ability of his hasn't left him." Aomine added as he got his heart rate down.
Kise walked up to Kuroko and asked him, "Where have you been, Kurokocchi?"
"Well I got bored waiting for you guys to get back from your run, so I was over at a nearby newsstand looking at the magazines. I'm sorry for worrying you."
The blond simply smiled at his friend, "Well, you're alright; that's all that matters."
Kagami noticed that the sun was going down. "It's getting late; we may need to pick this up tomorrow. It's a good thing it's the weekend."
Kise nodded in agreement, "Isn't that the truth; hopefully we'll help Kurokocchi snap out of this tomorrow."
"Well this has been fun, but I better get home; it was nice meeting you guys." Kuroko said before leaving.
As the bluenette was walking away, Aomine realized something. "Wait a sec, Tetsu doesn't remember anything so does he even remember where he lives?"
"Oh man that's right, we'd better go after him before…" Kagami was interrupted by a monotone voice from behind asking, "Do you guys know where I live?"
The other teens yelled in terror again and saw Kuroko looking at them in confusion. "Why do you three keep screaming like that?"
"Because you keep popping up outta nowhere and nearly giving us heart attacks, that's why!" the redhead yelled while clutching his chest.
"But I was standing here for five minutes, Kagami-san." Kuroko retorted.
"Oh never mind!"
Kise cleared his throat as he walked up to his ex-teammate. "Um Kurokocchi, I think it would be best if you stayed with one of us until this amnesia thing wears off." the copycat player suggested.
"Okay Kise-san."
"And since it was my idea, I volunteer to take you in." the blond decided with a smile.
"Oh no you don't," the navy eyed teen began, "you owe me for keeping me waiting while you were hanging out with Tetsu and Bakagami, and if you think I'm gonna watch you coddle Tetsu all night, you got another thing comin'."
"I don't coddle Kurokocchi!" the blond retorted.
"You practically squeeze the guy to death every time you see him." Kagami added bluntly.
Kise sighed, "Okay so I'm a hugger; sue me. So who's gonna watch over Kurokocchi then?"
"Well since I caused this, he can stay with me." the super jumper offered.
"Congratulations Bakagami, you know that's the first step in admitting it." Aomine said in a mocking tone.
Kagami gritted his teeth at the comment from his rival as Kuroko said to him, "Oh Kagami-san, I don't want to impose."
"It's cool Kuroko, besides that's better than having you roaming somewhere alone; who knows what trouble you'll get into."
"Okay then it's settled," Kise began, "Kurokocchi will stay with Kagamicchi and we'll meet up at your place tomorrow to figure out what to do next."
"What a minute, why are you guys meeting at my house?!"
"Because Bakagami, you and Tetsu will already be there and it'll save us the trouble of hunting you down."
The redhead groaned in defeat, "Fine!" He opened his schoolbag to search for a pencil and a piece of paper. Once he found what he was looking for, he began scribbling some information on the paper. When he was finished, he handed it to Kise, "Here's the address to my place."
The blond took the paper, "Okay then; we'll see you tomorrow then."
"And try not to do anything else to Tetsu alright." Aomine added before he and Kise walked off.
Kagami clenched his teeth in anger as the bluenette said, "You're not really liked are you, Kagami-san?"
The astonished redhead stared at his teammate, "Why would you say that?!"
"Well the nice lady at the gym wanted to strangle you and Aomine-san wanted to pommel you, so I just assumed."
The redhead simply gave the smaller a strained smile as he said through clenched teeth, "Let's just go."
"You don't hide your feelings well, Kagami-san."
"Shut up!"
"No need to get testy." Kuroko added bluntly making the taller groan in defeat.
After going to Kuroko's place to get the blunette's necessities, the two teens headed for Kagami's apartment. Once they arrived, Kagami got his key out and unlocked the door. When it was unlocked, the redhead opened the door to let Kuroko and himself in. As Kagami locked the door behind them, Kuroko said, "This is a nice place, Kagami-san."
"Thanks and it's just us here so you don't have to worry about bothering anyone."
The phantom player stared at the redhead in shock, "You live here alone?"
"That's right."
"Lucky." Kuroko pouted cutely.
Looking at his suddenly frustrated teammate, Kagami furrowed his eyebrow, 'Why do I have a sudden sense of déjà vu here?' "Well anyway make yourself at home, I'll…gr-r-r" At that moment, the super jumper was interrupted by a low grumbling sound, "What's that?"
A slight blush colored Kuroko's cheeks as he placed his hands against his stomach, "It's my stomach; I'm hungry."
"Well then, why don't I whip us up something to eat?"
Kuroko stared at the other with widened light blue eyes, "You cook?"
"Yeah; I live on my own remember? It was either learn how to cook or order take-out every day. So let's get washed up first before I cook us something."
"Okay Kagami-san." Kuroko said with a small smile.
"You know you can drop the –san right?"
"I could, but that would be impolite."
Kagami stared blankly at the smaller before groaning heavily, "Oh boy…"
After the two first years took their showers and got changed, Kagami searched through his kitchen to find him something to cook for them. He decided to make some stir fried rice and fried boneless chicken wings. Once the food the done, the redhead set up two plates each piled with food and two glasses with juice on the table. They both sat down at each end of the table and began eating their food.
As Kuroko took a bite of his stir fried rice, he froze instantly. While Kagami was eating, he noticed the blunette's weird behavior, "Look I know it's not much but…"
"Kagami-san is truly a great cook." The crimson eyed teen noticed the sparkles in Kuroko's bright blue eyes and the small smile on his face. "This is really delicious; thank you for the scrumptious meal."
While the smaller happily ate his dinner with that bright aura around him, Kagami heard his heart skip a beat. A slight blush ran across his face, 'Since when did he become so…so…cute? Did I just think that; thank God I didn't say that out loud! Pull it together man; this is your teammate who has lost his memory here!'
"Kagami-san is something wrong; you look agitated." Kuroko asked his host with the ends of his chopsticks in his mouth, looking cute.
"Just eat!" the redhead said in an irritated tone.
"Seriously Kagami-san, temper, temper."
After they finished eating, Kagami and Kuroko cleaned up by washing dishes, drying them, and putting them away. Once they were done, the crimson eyed teen went into the hall closet and pulled out some blankets and two pillows. Then he went over to the couch and took out its cushions before pulling out the bed inside. Then he made the bed with the blankets and placed the pillows at the head of the mattress. "Okay, since you're the guest, I'll take this bed and you can sleep in mine."
Kuroko shook his head, "Oh Kagami-san, I don't want to impose on you anymore than I already have. I don't mind sleeping on this bed."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure; the pull-out couch is enough for me." the blue eyed teen replied as he pulled out a book from his overnight bag and got into the bed.
"Alright then, well I'm going to bed then. Lemme know if you need anything; good night Kuroko." Kagami said as he headed for his bedroom.
"Okay, good night Kagami-san."
"Loose the frickin' –san already; we're in the same grade!"
"Again that would be impolite." the bluenette said making the other yell out in irritation.
(The next morning…)
Kagami awoke to the sun's bright rays shining through his curtains. He sat up in his bed and stretched his arms. As he turned his head to his left, he noticed Kuroko staring at him which made him fall out of bed, yelling at the top of his lungs. As he scrambled to get back on his feet, he cried out in anger, "KUROKO?!"
"Good morning Kagami-san; it's good your awake now. I was waiting for you to wake up so we could have more of your delicious food for breakfast." the blue eyed teen explained nonchalantly.
"Then why didn't you just wake me up?!"
"Because you were sleeping so soundly, and that would've been rude."
"And putting me in cardiac arrest when I wake up isn't?"
"What do you mean; I've been here for the past thirty minutes."
Kagami groaned heavily, "Oh forget it; so you still don't remember anything?"
"No, not yet."
"Well hopefully Kise and Aomine can help me snap you out of it today. So what do you want to eat?"
"I would like to eat pancakes."
"Alright; pancakes it is, but first let's change before our guest show up." Kagami said as Kuroko nodded his head in agreement.
Once the two teens were cleaned and changed clothes, Kagami went into the kitchen to begin cooking their breakfast. As he was finishing cooking, the entire room was filled with the smell of pancakes. Kagami set the table with plates, silverware, napkins, cups, a bottle of orange juice, a syrup bottle, and a saucer with butter. Then he placed the platter of pancakes in the middle of the table. As the two teens were about to dig in, there were a couple of knocks at the door. Kagami walked over to it and turned the knob to open it. When he did, he saw Kise and Aomine standing on the other side of it. Before the redhead could even say a word, the navy eyed teen walked past him to get in greeting him, "Hey Bakagami."
"Good morning Kagamicchi!" Kise said with a bright smile as he followed after his boyfriend.
"Doesn't anyone wait to get invited in before walking into someone's home anymore?" Kagami asked himself before closing his door back.
"Hello Kurokocchi!" Kise greeted his friend in a cheerful tone.
"Hey Tetsu; how are you doin'?" Aomine asked his previous shadow with a smile.
"I'm fine Aomine-san; thanks for asking. Good morning, Kise-san."
"Still don't remember anything, huh?" the navy blue eyed male asked Kuroko.
"No, I'm sorry."
"Oh don't worry about it, Kurokocchi." Kise said with a reassuring smile.
"Yeah, we know it's not your fault." Aomine said narrowing his eyes at Kagami receiving an astonished look in return.
"Well, we were about to have some breakfast. Would you two like some?"
"Mhm, it sure looks good and don't mind if I do." Aomine said as he took a seat next Kuroko and grabbed a plate to put pancakes on.
Kagami and Kise looked at the power forward like he was crazy. "Aominecchi, you're being rude."
"Thank you!" the crimson eyed teen said in agreement.
"You didn't ask me if I wanted some." Kise said as he joined the others at the table, grabbing a plate to put pancakes on too.
"Well there's plenty here Kise; knock yourself out."
"Don't cha think you guys should ask me if you could have some; I'm the one who cooked them!" Kagami asked his guests.
"Honestly Kagamicchi, don't you know anything about etiquette?"
"Yeah, besides you're the host, you're supposed to treat your guests." the navy haired teen added.
"They do have a point, Kagami-san." Kuroko said as he and his ex-teammates began to eat their breakfast without a care in the world.
Kagami gritted his teeth and balled his hand into a fist as he headed towards the table. "I'm doing this for Kuroko, I'm doing this for Kuroko, doing this for Kuroko." he mumbled to himself over and over.
Once they were finished eating, the four teens headed out of Kagami's apartment. As they were walking down the street, Kuroko said with a small smile, "Kagami-san's cooking is truly the best."
"Yeah, he maybe an idiot, but he makes real good food." Aomine said in agreement.
"Thanks for the compliment." Kagami said in a sarcastic tone.
"So where are we going today?" Kuroko asked in curiosity.
"We are going to see another friend of ours who will hopefully help you remember something." Kise replied.
"Who, Kise-san?"
"Midorimacchi; he should still be practicing at his school's gym now."
"How do you know that, Kise?" Aomine asked the blond.
"I have my ways, Aominecchi." the golden eyed teen said with a sly grin.
"Of course you do." the power forward sarcastically replied as he and the other teens headed for Shutoku High School.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Well my friends that's the third installment of this story; sorry it took so long. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter. Stay tuned for how our favorite players help Kuroko get his memory back! Until next time my fellow KnB fans; see ya!