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Chapter Five, The Student Council.

'It's getting late, where's Akashi-kun? He missed curfew. I hope he's not in trouble. Now that I think about it, He was acting weird in class today, when was it... oh yeah, right after gym. He came in late and he looked upset... I hope he's okay, what if something happened? Oh, what if he got caught? He might get in trouble, it's only the first day, so they might go easy on him, Himuro-senpai is on the council, so he might help him out if that's the case. He did feed Murasakibara-kun after all.' Kuroko thought to himself, staring at the door.

He heard the sound of a phone ringing, 'oh, that's my phone.' He picked it up off of the desk.

'Hello?' He answered.

'Kuro-chin? Is Aka-chin there?' Murasakibara's voice responded.

'Akashi-kun? No, why?' Kuroko asked, sitting up.

'Muro-chin said that he was caught out of bed after curfew... but he might get away with no punishment, if he had a good reason. So I wanted to know if he was back yet... I think Muro-chin went to go bail him out.' He said, sounding slightly worried.

Kuroko's mouth went dry. He cleared his throat and asked the burning question. 'You sound worried, who caught him?'

Silence followed the question.

'Murasakibara-kun?'

'Imayoshi...' Murasakibara said quietly.

Kuroko's heart fell to his stomach. 'Imayoshi-senpai...?'

'Mm-hm, but that's not all. Sa-chin's there too.'

Kuroko's heart came back up. 'Momoi-san?'

'Yeah... That's not bad.. she might go easy on him...' He said, trying to reassure his friend.

'Murasakibara-kun, you need to call Himuro-senpai right now. Call him and tell him that he needs to tell Momoi-san that Akashi-kun is my friend and my roommate. And to make sure to tell her we're really close, and I'd be upset if he got in trouble. She might be able to convince Imayoshi not to give him a really harsh, really unfair punishment. Can you do that?' He asked in a rushed voice.

'I guess... okay... bye.' Murasakibara hung up the phone.

Kuroko took a calming breath, it may seem like he's overreacting, but Imayoshi was famous for his cruel punishments, they say that he gives worse punishments depending on how early in the year it is. He does it to scare the first-years so they know not to break anymore rules. Not only that, Imayoshi also has a list favourites and you don't want to be at the bottom of that list. Kuroko couldn't even imagine what would happen to Akashi for being out of bed after curfew on the first day.

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Himuro hung up his phone and turned towards the two people on the other side of the table. 'Sorry about that. Atsushi called, I can't just ignore him.' He said with false cheer.

'Actually you can, you just choose not to.' The man named Imayoshi said.

Imayoshi was just under six feet. He had black messy hair that hung slightly over his closed eyes, on which he wore glasses.

Himuro ran his hand through his hair. ''Kay, whatever, can we discuss the problem at hand?' He asked, hoping to steer the conversation away from his talk with Atsushi.

'Yeah, Imayoshi, I'm tired and want to go to bed! So, let's decide what to do with this cutie~!' Said the bouncy girl known as Momoi.

Momoi was quite a bit shorter then Akashi, with long pink hair cascading down her back. She had large pink eyes that seemed to hold a lot of knowledge in them. She had a slender build and stood with confidence.

Imayoshi sighed, 'Momoi, you aren't complaining about your job, are you?'

'No, of course not, silly~! I love working and stuff, I'm just tired!' She said, adding an exaggerated yawn.

'I'm sorry, but can we figure out to do with this poor boy so he can go back to his room and go to sleep? I'm sure Kuroko is staying up waiting for him.' Himuro glanced at Momoi.

'Tetsu-kun?' Momoi asked, curious now.

'Oh! Didn't you know?' Himuro said, fake innocence splayed across his face.

'Know what?' She asked.

'That boy over there is Akashi Seijuro, he's also Kuroko's good friend and roommate. Kuroko's probably really worried, now that I think about it.' He looked away sighing heavily, 'poor kid...'

Tears welled up in Momoi's eyes. 'Oh no! He's probably lonely! I'll go comfort him!' She turned to leave when two hands grabbed the back of her shirt.

'No Momoi, you won't comfort him. You'll continue to do what you were elected to do.' Imayoshi said, threat laced into his words.

'Yeah, we should deal with Akashi now, so he can go back and keep Kuroko company.' Himuro shook his head. 'But, I can't even imagine how upset he'll be if Akashi gets in trouble...' He added quietly enough so only Momoi could hear.

'Imayoshi~! I think we should let him go!' Momoi stated.

Imayoshi rubbed his temples. 'Just because he's friends with a boy who has no interest in you at all?'

'That's not true! He does like me!' And that's not the reason anyway! I just think he didn't really do anything wrong...' She looked away, knowing that wouldn't fly with Imayoshi.

'Oh, he didn't do anything wrong, did he? So it's all right for students to be wandering the halls an hour after curfew now? I didn't realize that the rules were changed.' He looked at Momoi from over his glasses.

'Maybe we should figure out why he was out of bed before we punish him? Or is that too fair for your liking, Imayoshi?' Momoi shot back.

Himuro watched them bicker back and forth. 'We really aren't getting anywhere, are we?' He thought to himself.

'Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt your argument, but can we please decide what punishment I'm going to get so I can go to bed?' Akashi asked from the corner of the room where he sat.

'I'm sorry,' Imayoshi said turning towards him, 'are we boring you? If only you didn't have to be here. Prehaps you shouldn't be roaming around school after hours.' He gave Akashi a snide look.

Akashi hesitated before answering. 'I get the impression that I should watch my tongue, this guy does hold my fate in his hand. But I don't want to come off looking weak, it'll make him think he can bully me more.' He thought to himself, trying to decide what to do next.

Choosing his words carefully Akashi began to talk. 'Listen, I didn't meant ot stay out late I just-'

'Oh you didn't, did you? Lost track of time, did you? How many times do you think I've heard that excuse?' Imayoshi asked, interrupting Akashi before he could explain himself.

'Oh, Imayoshi! you're being so mean! He's only a first year! I bet he didn't even go to middle school here!' Momoi said, coming to Akashi's defense.

'That changes nothing, there are rules and rules are meant to be followed. And from what I've heard, this boy has a hard time following them.' He smiled as Akashi's face paled. 'Oh yes, Akashi Seijuro, I've seen your file. Kicked out of, what was it now? Three schools?' His sadistic smile got more pronounced as Akashi shot to his feet.

'That's none of your business, who the hell let you read my private file?' Akashi's voice shook, but otherwise he kept his temper under control.

'Oh, I know people, Seijuro. And I wonder how your "roommate" would feel knowing he was sharing a room with a fugitive?' Imayoshi said, his eyes glinting with malice.

Akashi stared at him in shock. 'Don't talk about things you don't understand! I never did anything wrong, it was all a big set up! I am not a fugitive!' Akashi shouted, no longer able to control his temper.

Momoi and Himuro stood there in shock, what was Imayoshi talking about? Should they stop him? If so, how? Once Imayoshi got going, there was no stopping him.

'Or so you say. You're just lucky they didn't convict you.' His smile getting (if possible) even wider.

Akashi stared at the taller boy. 'I didn't...' He trailed off, not sure what to say to convince the older boy.

Imayoshi started to say something more when a voice stopped him. 'Don't you think that's quite enough, Imayoshi? What does this have to do with Akashi being out after hours?' Said a rather tall man with short black hair with the bangs combed to the left; His eyes were a stormy-grey colour. And he wore an armband around his left forarm.

Akashi glanced at the newcomer, but then looked back at the ground trying to regain his composure.

'Ah, Nijimura, what brings you here?' Imayoshi asked casually, as if he wasn't just tormenting someone.

'I heard that you found someone out after hours and I had a bad feeling that you'd overreact and make them cry like last time. But this boy isn't crying. So I guess I must have gotten here just in time, that or this boy's stronger than the last one. Though to be fair, the last one was in middle shcool.' He said, glancing around the room. 'Ah, Himuro, I'm sure you can tell me what happened.' He nodded at Momoi, 'you're welcome to help as well, Momoi.'

Himuro shook himself out of his daze. 'Imayoshi just attacked Akashi with out any reason! He hasn't even figured out why he was out after hours!' Himuro told him, glaring at Imayoshi who just shrugged.

'It's true, I'll tell you everything.' Momoi said.

The man named Nijimura nodded, 'Go ahead.'

'Okay, so me and Imayoshi were patrolling the halls as usual, when we saw Akashi heading towards the gym, and I was all like, 'Oh my God! He's out after hours!' And Imayoshi was all like, 'You're right Momoi, as usual, let's go see what he's doing.' So we went over to him, and did the whole 'you shouldn't be out this late' sha-bang and Akashi was all like, 'Shit, is it that late?' And I was like 'Uh, yeah, have you ever heard of a watch?' and he was all like-' She was cut off by Nijimura clearing his throat.

'Momoi, do you think you could speed this up?' He asked politely.

'Oh yeah, sorry. Anyways! So we took this cutie to the office so not to wake anyone up, and Imayoshi started the usual 'You realize you're breaking rules' crap that he has memorized. Meanwhile, I thought I should tell Himuro that we caught a kid out of bed, so if it came down to a vote, we had at least three people here. And by the time he got here, Imayoshi was finally done his rant. Then I was telling Himuro what happened when his phone rang! And the rude bastard answered it! So after he got off the phone with his needy boyfriend,' Himuro glared at her at that part. 'We talked about it some more. Then Himuro mentioned he was roommates with Tetsu-kun! And that didn't totally change anything, but it got me thinking, 'Hey, we should let this poor kid go! He didn't really do anything wrong, right?' And then Imayoshi got all up in my face and we started to fight, then one thing led to the other and Imayoshi started attacking Akashi! Then you walked in. And that's all.' She said, taking a big breath as she finished.

'Alright, I think I got the gist of it. So how about instead of fighting we figure out what Akashi was doing out after hours, so we can all go to bed?' He asked, looking around the room to make sure no one disagreed before turning towards Akashi. 'Why were you out after hours, Akashi?'

Akashi took a calming breath. 'I was just heading back to the locker room, because I forgot my bag. That's all.'

'Your bag? But why were you getting it so late? And if I'm correct, gym isn't your last class, so how did you foget it in the locker room and not notice?' Nijimura asked him.

Akashi thought for a minute, he didn't sound angry, it sounded more like he just wanted all the facts, as if he would prefer that Akashi didn't get into trouble. But he definitely wasn't going to let him off that easily. 'Well... I had to go back to the gym after my classes... and I ran a little late, I was on my way back to my room when I noticed that I forgot my bag and I was going to go retrieve it when those two found me.' He chanced a glance at the older boy, to see that Nijimura was smiling.

'Well, I don't see any problem with that. I say we let him off with a warning.' He looked around the room, his eyes halting on Imayoshi.

'A little late? Why did you have to go to the gym in the first place? And why were you there so long? It was an hour after curfew when we found you.' Imayoshi challenged.

'I'm sorry, I didn't realize that I had to share all my personnel agendas with the student council.' Akashi said, sarcasm dripping from his words like venom.

'I agree, I don't see why what Akashi was doing matters, it's none of our business. But let's put it to a vote, all in favour of letting Akashi off with a warning?' Nijimura said, raising his own hand.

Both Himuro and Momoi raised their hands.

'Well, it's decided. You're free to go Akashi, we'll get someone to walk you back to the gym to get your bag and then to your room so this doesn't happen again.' Nijimura told him quite cheerfully.

Imayoshi stood up sighing, 'Damn, I was really looking forward to punishing you. Oh well, I'm going now, see you~!' He strolled out of the room.

Akashi stared after him, that was quite the change in demeanor, he didn't even seem angry.

'Oh my God! Talk about stressful!' Momoi said, turning to talk to Akashi. 'I'm Momoi Satsuki, by the way~! And that meanie was Imayoshi Shoichi. You can just ignore him, he's a big bully!' She smiled sweetly.

'It's true, I'm glad you didn't get in trouble, Atsushi told me that Kuroko was really worried.' Himuro said, patting Akashi on the shoulder.

Himuro and Momoi both left the room together, it took Akashi a minute to realize he got stuck with the older boy. Then something occurred to him. 'How did you know my name, Nijimura...senpai?' He asked, looking him in the face. 'You also seem familiar. Have we met?'

Nijimura laughed, 'Anyone could have figured out your name with Momoi in here screaming for the world to hear.'

'That's true, but you didn't answer my other question.' Akashi pointed out.

'I know, but we'll talk about that later, I imagine that Kuroko is sick with worry.' Nijimura answered.

Akashi agreed and they headed back to the gym in silence.

'By the way Seijuro, you don't have to try being polite with me, hearing you try to add the senpai was painful.' He told him, slight amusement laced with his words

'He called me Seijuro...' He thought to himself. 'I'll just be a minute.' Akashi said out loud to him as he ran into the locker room to grab his bag.

He glanced at his locker that he had spent hours cleaning off. He was happy to see that the graffiti was barely noticeable. He grabbed his bag and came back out again.

'Alright, let's get going, I'm tired,' Akashi said to Nijimura as he started to walk down the hallway and towards the dorms.

'Of course, lead the way, Seijuro...' Nijimura said, walking after him. A small smile dancing on his face.

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Akashi walked in his room to find Kuroko right in front of the door. 'Akashi-kun! Are you alright? It's so late, did something happen? I heard you got caught, did you get in trouble? I'm sorry, I should have gone to look for you, but I didn't want to get caught... was Imayoshi hard on you? I'm so sorry.' Kuroko said all in one chain of words. There was weakly hidden worry all over his face.

'I'm fine Tetsuya, calm down. I didn't get into trouble. And don't worry about it, I didn't want you to look for me anyways...' He trailed off, looking away from Kuroko.

'Why? Were you doing something bad...?' Kuroko looked at Akashi in concern.

Akashi looked offended, 'Have you no faith? I wasn't doing anything bad, I just wouldn't want you to get in trouble because of me.' He smiled at the smaller boy warmly.

Kuroko smiled back, 'Okay, whatever you say.'

A silence filled the room for a second before Akashi broke it.

'Tetsuya, can I ask you something?' Akashi asked, looking down at his feet.

'Of course, ask away, Akashi-kun.' Kuroko answered, staring at Akashi's face.

'Um... we're friends, right?' Akashi glanced at Kuroko's face, waiting for an answer.

'Yes, of course we're friends. I've already told you that.' Kuroko said, feeling slightly confused.

'Okay, but would you say we're really good friends? Like such good friends that you'd still be my friend even if you figure out something really bad about me? Or if someone was spreading horrible rumours?' Akashi stared hard at Kuroko's face.

Kuroko was caught off guard, what a weird question. 'Of course, I'm friends with you Akashi-kun. Not whoever you think you use to be.' Kuroko told the redhead.

Akashi smiled, taking a deep breath he hugged Kuroko. 'Thank you, Tetsuya, That means a lot to me.' He buried his face in the smaller boy's hair and smiled.

Kuroko wrapped his arms around Akahsi, blushing slightly. 'You're welcome, Akashi-kun, you mean a lot to me too.' He mumbled into Akashi's shirt.

Now it was Akashi's turn to blush. But he said nothing and continued to hug Kuroko in comfortable silence.

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Okay, that's all, I hope you enjoyed it~! Tell me what you think! And call me dumb all you want, but I never realized that let me insert these cut of lines...