Hey~! Wow! I can't believe we've made it all the way to chapter six! I want to thank you all for so much support, you guys are so awesome! And I hope you can enjoy chapter six.
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Chapter Six, The Hospital Wing.
'Satsuki, did I hear that you caught a kid out of bed last night?' A girl with caramel coloured hair asked.
Momoi Satsuki looked up from her desk. 'Yeah, me and Imayoshi did. Why do you ask, Riko?' She asked, swirling around to face the smaller girl.
'I was just curious. I just find it strange that there was a first year out of bed alone, and on the first day too. Also, He got out of trouble, that's not normal when Imayoshi catches you.' She answered, logically.
Momoi nodded, 'That's true, Imayoshi does like punishing people~!' She said, twirling her long hair around her finger.
Riko shook her head. 'You shouldn't sound so happy about that, Satsuki. Imayoshi should never have been put in a place of power.' Riko told her sternly.
'Yeah, yeah. But we can't do anything about that. Both me and you would vote him off the council, but no one else would go for it. And besides~! He may be a total creep, but he has done great things for the council.' Momoi reasoned.
'Hmph, you sound like Nijimura. Going on about doing great things for the council and for the students. Well, maybe he has, but that doesn't give him an excuse to be a total ass!' Riko shouted, smacking her hand on the desk.
'Eek! Riko, calm down, I know he's an ass and you know and if Himuro didn't know, he does now. But we can't do anything about it!' Momoi said, trying to calm the angry girl down.
'Whatever,' Riko said, falling back into her chair. 'That's not what's bothering me anyways, I was just trying to figure out how he got off.'
'Oh yeah! Nijimura came in and was all like, 'Imayoshi, Momoi, let this cutie pie off, he didn't do anything wrong~!' And we were all like, 'Oh my God! It's Nijimura~! What do we do~?' And then Nijimura was all like, 'it's cool guys, let him off, kids will be kids,' So he got off with a warning~!' Momoi told her happily, 'Hey... how did you know he got off anyways?'
'First of all, I have a hard time believing that Nijimura said any of that. And Hyuuga-kun told me, of course.' Riko said with smile.
Ignoring Riko's comment about Momoi's version of the story, Momoi tilted her head slightly. 'How did Hyuuga know?' She asked, getting more confused.
'Imayoshi told him. They're sharing a room this year.' Riko told Momoi, shaking her head sympathetically.
'Poor guy. I heard the last person who shared a room with him now lives full-time in a asylum.' Momoi said sadly.
Riko nodded solemnly.
They sat in silence for a minute before continuing.
'Anyways, what was the kid's name?' Asked Riko.
'Um... Akashi Seijuro. And guess what! He's Tetsu-kun's new roommate! I hear they're really good friends!' She told Riko excitedly.
'Really? That's nice. Kuroko-kun has been friends with the other four for so long, I think it's a good idea for him to branch out.' Riko said, smiling.
'Yeah... he has other friends, but he never goes out of his way to spend any time with them, unless they're the original four from middle school.' Momoi agreed.
'Didn't he hang out with Izuki-kun for a while?' Riko asked Momoi, knowing the other girl would have the answer.
'Yeah. But they haven't seen each other recently. Most think it's 'cause Dai-chan is too aggressive.' Momoi told Riko.
'Aomine-kun? What do you mean?' Riko asked, confused. She knew that Aomine had a bad temper, but aggressive?
'Well, Dai-chan's always been... possessive of Tetsu-kun. And... well, people think that's why he doesn't have many friends outside of his inner group.' Momoi explained.
'Oh... why is he possessive?'
Momoi shook her head. 'Didn't you know? They went out in middle school.'
'Well, yeah, but they called it off, right? They thought it wasn't working.' Riko said, remembering what Momoi told her years ago.
'Tetsu-kun didn't think it was working, Dai-chan only agreed that it would be best if they stopped seeing each other. That doesn't mean he wanted to break up with Tetsu-kun, if you ask me, I think Dai-chan still has a crush on Tetsu-kun.' Momoi said knowingly.
'Oh... I didn't know that...' Riko shook her head. 'You don't think Aomine-kun's purposefully scaring people away from Kuroko-kun, do you?'
Momoi thought silently for a minute. 'I don't know Riko, I really don't. I love Dai-chan. but he's a loose cannon. And he's kind of a brat. He like getting what he wants, and he gets jealous really easily.'
Riko got up and hugged Momoi. 'Don't worry, Satsuki, I'm sure it'll be fine, eveything will turn out okay.' She told her soothingly
Momoi smiled into the other girl's shoulder. 'I really hope you're right, I don't want Dai-chan to get in trouble.'
'Don't worry,' Riko said, 'I'm always right.'
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Akashi stared listlessly out the classroom window, thinking of Kuroko. It wasn't natural for Akashi to hug someone out of the blue that, or to hug someone at all for that matter. But with Kuroko, he felt different. He liked the way the boy smiled, the way he was so hard to read and the way he seemed to understand Akashi without Akashi being forced to talk about himself. Kuroko never asked uncomfortable questions, he never expected anything out of Akashi except to be Akashi. And he couldn't help but remember what Kuroko said last night. 'You're welcome, Akashi-kun, you mean a lot to me too.' He understood that Kuroko probably just misheard him, but he couldn't help but smile while thinking about it.
'But why?' Akashi pondered. 'Why do I smile so much while thinking about him? Why is it that I enjoy his company so much? It bothers me that I think of him so much, as well. I mean... I guess I could consider him my first real friend... no, there was someone before Tetsuya. But who? I can't seem to remember, I did have a friend when I was younger, right? Yes, I did, I remember now, he got sent to some private school when he was thirteen. He was year older then me, I think. Oh yes, he was. What was his name now? I'm drawing a blank, it wasn't that long ago... shit, what was his name? Why can't I remember?' Akashi rubbed his sore head, groaning slightly.
'Are you alright Akashi-san? Do you need to go see the nurse?' The teacher asked from in front of the chalkboard, pulling Akashi out of his thoughts.
Akahsi glanced at Midorima, who was watching him with slight concern on his face. He then gave the teacher a searching look before answering. 'Oh no, I'm quite alright, thank you.'
'Are you sure? Class is almost over, you wouldn't be missing much.' The teacher told him.
Should a teacher really tell a student that it didn't matter if he missed class? That doesn't reassure Akashi that this class really mattered.
Before Akashi could answer, he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. But he continued to shake his head. 'I should be fine, just a minor headache...' He told the teacher.
'Are you sure? You don't look very- Akashi-san!' She yelled, getting caught by surprise as the red-haired boy slid off his chair and on to the floor.
Akashi opened his bleary eyes to see feet surrounding him, he could hear people whispering and someone shouting. But he was having a hard time following what was going on.
'Get out of the way please! Let me see him. Move please!' The teacher shouted, trying to get by the number of students crowding around the semi-conscious boy. She knelt down next to him. 'Akashi-san? Can you hear me?'
Akashi tried to answer, but opening his mouth made him feel sick so he closed it again and just nodded.
'Alright, I'm going to take you to the nurse, okay? We'll get her to look at you, alright? Nod if you understand.' She said slowly and clearly.
Akashi nodded slowly and felt himself being lifted.
'I'm going to need help carrying him! He's much to heavy for me.' The teacher yelled around the room.
'Out of my way. Cancer's in the second spot today, so I know I can help.' Said Midorima. walking over with a slightly smug expression, as if Cancer being in the second spot made him invincible.
He helped the teacher lift Akashi and carry him out of the room towards the nurse's office.
'Midorima-san, can you just hold him while I call the nurse, so she know's that we're coming?" The teacher asked, watching Midorima nod she put the rest of the weight on him and pulled out her phone.
While Midorima waited Akashi started to stir. 'Akashi, are you alright?' He asked, examining the other boy's pale face.
Akashi nodded slowly. 'I'm... alright... Shintaro...' He said, trailing off as he tried not to puke.
'I don't think you are. I'm not surprised though. See, Sagittarius is in tenth today, and that's not good. I've been watching you, to make sure you were okay, you can't imagine how relieved I was when I saw that you had your lucky item today! But sometimes you can't stop fate...' Midorima shook his head sadly.
Akashi glanced up at Midorima. 'My lucky item... did I?'
'Your mechanical pencil? Oh, don't worry about it, I know you are hallucinating and that's why you don't remember purposefully bringing it.' Midorima assured him.
Akashi thought for a minute, he definitely didn't bring it because it was his lucky item, he brought it to write with. But Midorima seemed satisfied so he said nothing, he also didn't want to puke.
The teacher walked over, 'Alright, let's get going. We're almost there.' She took half of Akashi's weight and carried him down the hallway.
'Shintaro, can you tell Tetsuya... not to worry because I might not come back to the room tonight?' He asked, trying to keep his voice steady.
'Of course, Akashi.' Midorima answered.
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Kuroko was talking to Aomine when Midorima found him.
'Kuroko,' Midorima said, interrupting Aomine as he talked.
'Oi! I'm talkin' Midorima!' Aomine said, annoyed.
'Yeah, Why are you interrupting him, Midorima-kun?' Kuroko asked.
'Akashi wanted me to tell you not to worry, but he probably won't be coming to the room tonight. Good bye.' Midorima turned to leave.
'Wait. Why isn't Akashi-kun coming home tonight?' Kuroko asked, blankly confused.
'He got taken to the hospital wing, he almost fainted in class. He's sleeping right now...' Midorima told Kuroko.
Midorima watched Kuroko turn and run down the hallway quickly, though his face stayed expressionless.
'Sorry, Aomine-kun! I'll talk to you later!' Kuroko shouted over his shoulder.
Aomine stared at him in silence. He'd never seen Kuroko act like that before. He rarely showed interest in other people's health.
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Kuroko walked into the hospital wing. After talking to the nurse at the counter he made his way to Akashi's bed.
'Akashi-kun can you hear me?' Kuroko asked cautiously.
Akahshi opened a bleary eye. 'Tetsuya...? Is something the matter?' He asked, groggily.
'No, I'm fine. I just wanted to make sure you were okay.' Kuroko answered.
Akashi grabbed Kuroko's hand, trying to pull himself into a sitting position. 'I'm alright, just a head cold, it happens all the time.'
Kuroko reluctantly helped Akashi sit up. 'Are you sure? You don't look good at all. And what do you mean "it happens all the time?" Do you get sick often?' Kuroko asked the taller boy, getting slightly upset.
Akashi shook his pounding head. 'Not all the time. Just... often...' Akashi looked away from the other boy's intense stare.
'But you said all the time. Why are you lying to me?' Kuroko asked, sounding tearful.
'Tetsuya, why do sound like you're going to cry? I just don't see why it matters that I use to get sick.' Akashi told Kuroko, squeezing his hand.
'Because, what if it's serious? What if you have some sort of incurable disease.' Kuroko said, waving his arms around for effect.
'It's not serious. Just calm down, alright? If I ever get a serious life threatening disease I'll make sure that you are the first to know.' Akashi promised, a smile pulling at his face.
Kuroko shook his head, calming himself down. 'Really? Even before your parents?'
Akashi laughed. 'If I told my father, he'd probably get mad at me for being sick, then he'd give me a big rant on how I'm destroying the family honour or something.' He looked away, regretting that he said that out loud.
Kuroko stared at him for a minute, but chose not to say anything. 'Well, at least you didn't get in trouble last night. Imayoshi-senpai would have been furious that you missed your punishment because you got sick.' Kuroko said, shuddering slightly. 'I meant to ask, how did you get out of trouble?'
Akashi thought for a minute. 'Well, I was about to hear my punishment when someone came in and pretty much took control of the situation. He told everyone to shut up, then he talked to me a bit and figured out what was going on, they did a vote and I got off with a warning.'
'Who was it? Did you catch his name?' Kuroko asked, trying to figure out who would be able to control Imayoshi.
'Nijimura, I think it was.' Akashi replied, starting to feel tired.
'Nijimura-senpai? Really?' He watched Akashi nod before continuing. 'That's amazing. And it makes sense, Imayoshi-senpai always listens to Nijimura-senpai. Well, I mean everyone does, it's hard not to. He's just so... interesting...' Kuroko stared off in obvious wonder.
'Tetsuya, could you tell me who Nijimura is?' Akashi asked curiously.
'Nijimura Shuzo, He's in his second year of high school.' Kuroko told him.
'Shuzo... I've heard that name before...' Akashi mumbled to himself.
'Maybe you've heard it around school.' Kuroko suggested.
'Maybe...' Akashi said, but he knew that wasn't it.
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It took a while for Kuroko to leave, finally agreeing with Akashi that he did have class, so he did need to get going. He bid Akashi farewell and left, glancing one last time over his shoulder at the sleepy looking boy in the bed.
Akahsi drifted into a heavy sleep. The name Shuzo Nijimura still weighing on his mind.
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Well, there you go, not the most interesting chapter, but the entire next chapter is going to be flashbacks. So, tell me what you think, and I'll see you in chapter seven!