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Sorry if this chapter seems kind of rushed~ I wanted to publish it before I drove back to school ehe

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Kuroko sat motionlessly at his desk - blankly staring at the piece of paper before him. He deftly picked it up and brought it closer to his face. The note was written in absolute chicken scratch and only had three words: See you soon. Kuroko's eyes moved to the bottom of the piece of paper. He looked at the name as if it would magically morph into something else - as if the fact that that Haizaki Shougo was back was some sort of cheap trick. But the more he stared the more reality shook him. Haizaki Shougo was, indeed, back.

But why?

What did Haizaki possibly gain from coming after him again? Kuroko's mind raced with questions. He never fully understood why Haizaki did what he did all those years ago. He never understood why Haizaki had turned from friend to foe in a matter of days. Kuroko forced his hands to stop shaking. If Haizaki appeared again, Kuroko wouldn't be caught unprepared. Kuroko was older and stronger than he was before.

"Oi, Kuroko, you want some tea or something?" Kuroko's head snapped in the direction of his door, the loud knocks shaking him from his thoughts. "I'm good" Kuroko replied. He sighed with relief when he heard footsteps walking away. He wondered if this was a matter he would have to bring up to Kagami and the rest of his friends. The whole "Haizaki problem" was such a huge ordeal for everyone involved...maybe it would be better to wait until it was absolutely necessary to tell everyone. Kuroko slammed his fist into his desk, willing the memories of the past away. 'Childish' Kuroko thought with a sigh. Kuroko could handle this. Kuroko could most definitely handle this. Haizaki was no longer the beast that haunted Kuroko's nightmares - Haizaki was a child begging for attention and was lashing out. Kuroko could do this. He didn't have much of a choice.

Kuroko soon forgot all about Haizaki when he walked into the GOM house. "I swear I'm really going to kill you this time!" Kuroko heard Aomine's voice bark. "I dare you to try something you stupid ganguro!" Midorima's voice echoed back. "Why don't you both shut the hell up?! Idiot megane! Ugly tanned monkey! All this yelling is hurting my ears!" Kise yelled. "You're adding to the yelling, stupid model!" Aomine yelled. "You say 'model' like its an insult! I'm paid to be good looking!"

"Yeah, you look like a real pretty girl!"

"I'm more manly than you!

"Tch, yeah right!"

"Yeah! I am right! I'm bigger and better than you anyway!"

"What are you saying, pervert?!"

"I'm saying you probably won't be able to satisfy anyone. Wasn't that obvious?!"

"Oi! It's not the size, its what you do with it!"

"Yeah yeah yeah...keep telling yourself that"

"Akashi is the smallest out of all of us, are you saying...that..about him as well?"

"Do you want to die, Ryouta?"

"I'm just pointing out- Akashichi, please no!"

"Oi! Be careful! HEY!" Midorima's voice yelled before a loud thud was heard. "BACK OFF TSUNDERE!"

"What is going on here?" Kuroko asked appearing by the stairs, staring blankly at the scene before him. Aomine was soaked in suds and was only wearing a towel around his waist. He was trapping pressing a shirtless Midorima into the wall with a fist . Akashi was all fours leaning close to a boxer-only-clad Kise with a pair of scissors pressed to Kise's neck. The GOM all slowly turned their heads to see their housekeeper. "This-!" Aomine backed away from Midorima. "It must be nice being so young. But please refrain from doing such activities the more public areas of the house. I would prefer to not clean up these kind of messes" Kuroko replied simply. "You got the wrong idea, Kurokochi!" Kise whined. "Shut up! This is all your fault anyway!" Aomine yelled back. "How is it my fault!? Midorimachi's the one that used all the hot water!"

"I wouldn't have used all the hot water if someone hadn't spent so long in the shower before me" Midorima adjusted his glasses and looked at Akashi. "You snooze, you lose" Akashi replied with a smirk, "Besides, it was Atsushi's turn to shower first - he's the one that left the shower on for so long"

"Speaking of which where is Mursakibara-kun?" Kuroko asked. "Who knows where that giant is.." Aomine rolled his eyes. Kuroko walked to Murasakibara's door and knocked.

Inside, Murasakibara's headache was only worsened by the yelling and noise. He groaned, his head throbbing painfully. The sharp pains in his stomach made it impossible for him to uncurl from the fetal position and he was way too hot and way too cold all at once. "Murasakibara-kun?" Murasakibara barely registered the opening of his door and the soft calling of his name. He could only groan in response. The fever making him much too dizzy and fuzzy to speak. "Are you alright?" He heard the voice say. He felt like he couldn't fully understand the voice over the ringing in his ears. He sighed softly at the coldness that suddenly touched his forehead. "My, you are burning up, Murasakibara-kun...you may need to go to the hospital." Murasakibara felt the hand slowly begin to leave and in his childlike mind was thrown into overdrive from the fever. He quickly reached up, keeping the hand on his head. "Stay" He rasped out. "I should call the school" Kuroko replied attempting to tug his hand away.

"No, stay..." Murasakibara forced out, his throat contracting rather painfully. His fever made him delirious causing him to be borderline hysterical. "Stay..." He whinned. Kuroko felt Murasakibara slowly move his hand to cover his eyes and Kuroko felt the hot tears touch his palm. Kuroko cocked his head to the side and looked at Murasakibara with a sympathetic look. "Is Murasakibarachi O.K?" Kise burst the door open, the other GOM standing behind him. "Shh!" Kuroko whispered harshly, "It seems he has gotten a rather bad cold. Midorima-kun could you please call the school and inform them that Murasakibara-kun will not be at school today and probably tomorrow? Akashi-kun please go call Riko-san and tell her the same. Aomine-kun, please bring be some towels and a bowl of luke warm water. Kise-kun, please go downstairs and bring me some medicine and tea"

"Stay by me..." Murasakibara whinned slowly drifting in and out of consciousness. "I'm staying, Murasakibara-kun. I'm not going anywhere." Kuroko said, taking a seat on the edge of Murasakibara's bed. "Promise...?" Murasakibara mumbled. Kuroko smiled, "I promise".

Aomine stood outside the room for a moment, listening in on the conversation. His heart beat painfully. Jealousy rose from his heart in big, painful waves. He gripped the towels in his hand and brought the bowl of water closer to his chest. He shook his head. It was stupid to be jealous of Murasakibara, he was sick for goodness sake and Kuroko was just taking care of him. Aomine should be more concerned for his friend, not the fact that his housekeeper was going to stay by someone else's side. But love is anything but logical. Aomine growled softly, suddenly wishing he was the one thrashing around with fever. "What are you doing, Aominechi?" Kise asked, appearing with a bottle of medicine and a cup of steaming hot tea.

"Nothing! Just shut up!" Aomine spat as he opened the door. "Geez, you don't have to be so angry, Aominechi" Kise whined following close behind. Aomine placed the bowl on the night stand near Kuroko. "Ah, thanks Aomi-" Kuroko was cut off as Aomine roughly threw the towels into Kuroko's face. "I'm going to school" Aomine growled, running out of the room and slamming the door as he left. "That Aominechi! So rude!" Kise gently removing the towels from Kuroko's face. "I wonder whats upsetting him" Kuroko thought, cocking his head to the side. "Guessing what Aominechi is upset at is like guessing what kind of snacks Murasakibara likes" Kise shrugged, "there's just too many". Kuroko laughed, causing Kise to freeze in his tracks. "I suppose that is true" Kuroko looked up, giving Kise a small smile, "Thank you, Kise-kun. I feel better"

Kise turned bright red, "I-I'm glad I could help you for once, Kurokochi..." Kise fidgeted. Murasakibara whined in his sleep. He rolled onto his belly and moved towards Kuroko. Murasakibara sighed as he snuggled into Kuroko's back and tightly wrapped his arms around Kuroko's waist. "Ah...you're holding on too tight" Kuroko sighed attempting to move Murasakibara's arms, but too no avail. Kise blushed. His body felt like it was on fire and his heart thumped fast and hard in his chest. He suddenly felt the urge to punch Murasakibara in his feverish face. Kise unconsciously balled his hands into fists. "What's wrong, Kise-kun?" Kuroko noticing how tense Kise had gotten. "N-nothing!" Kise yelled, following in Aomine's footsteps, Kise ran out the room, slamming the door. Kuroko felt Murasakibara flinch at the noise. "I wonder what's gotten into them..." Kuroko sighed, gently running his fingers through Murasakibara's hair. "We did as you asked, Tetsuya...what the hell..." Akashi growled. "You're an adult, you shouldn't let someone hold onto you in such a fashion" Midorima sneered. "Yes, well, if you think you have the strength..." Kuroko lifted his arms into the air, "then by all means, try to get me out of Murasakibara's grip"

Akashi lowered his eyes and Midorima looked away. "That's what I thought" Kuroko sighed, putting his arms down. "Could I ask one favor?" Kuroko asked the two teens. "What?" Akashi asked with a tone that could freeze hell over. "Could one of you bring me my book from downstairs?" Kuroko asked, completely unaffected. "Which one is it?" Akashi asked with the same ice cold tone. "Wuthering Heights" Kuroko smiled. "Shintaro" Akashi said simply. Midorima nodded, "I'll get it". Kuroko nodded, "thank you very much"

A few moments later, Kuroko quickly caught the book before it his face. Midorima stood at the door and adjusted his glasses. "You did not have to throw it at me" Kuroko said simply. "Whatever" Midorima mumbled. "Why are you acting so childish?" Kuroko asked raising an eyebrow. "If you didn't want to bring me my book you should have just said no. I have to say I'm rather disappointed. Especially in you, Midorima-kun. I thought you were much more mature than this" Kuroko chastised, a severity in his eyes. Midorma balled his hands into fists. It wasn't so much the words Kuroko had said, but the look in Kuroko had. His eyes could speak volumes and Midorima felt overwhelmed. There was a rather sharp pain in Midorima's chest that radiated down to his lungs. Not that he would show Kuroko any of that. Akashi just glared at the scene and quickly turned his back. "Take good care of Atsushi, Tetsuya" Akashi said simply, making his way downstairs, Midorima close behind.

"Ne, do you think they're doubting my abilities?" Kuroko asked the giant feverish mass that was Murasakibara. Murasakibara groaned and wrapped his arms tighter and cuddled closer to Kuroko. "Ah, right...medicine" Kuroko sighed and reached towards the nightstand to grab the small bottle of medicine Kise had brought. "Can you sit up for me, Murasakibara-kun?" Kuroko asked, gently running his hand through Murasakibara's hair. "hngh..." Murasakibara groaned, shaking his head. "If you sit up and drink this, you will feel much better" Kuroko coaxed the giant gently. Murasakibara leaned against Kuroko as he slowly lifted his body up. His arms were still securely wrapped around Kuroko, but his head was leaning against Kuroko's shoulder. "Good boy' Kuroko smiled, pouring some of the dark purple liquid into the bottle cap and bringing it close to Murasakibara's mouth. "No...smells...not yummy" Murasakibara turned away. Kuroko sighed, "If you drink this...I'll buy you any snack you want once you get better"

"But it smells so gross...Kurochin" Murasakibara groaned. "Well, what can I do to make you drink it?" Kuroko asked with a sigh. "...Hm...maybe if you fed it to me with your lips" Murasakibara smiled. "That would require me to put this medicine in my mouth, Murasakibara-kun"

"Even Kurochin doesn't want to drink it" Murasakibara mumbled. "No one wants to drink cold medicine" Kuroko shrugged, causing Murasakibara's head to bounce slightly. Murasakibara groaned and shook his head. "I don't want it" Murasakibara whined. "Yes, I know. But...it would make me happy if you drank it"

"It would, Kurochin?"

"Un. Cause then Murasakibara-kun will get better soon and we can share snacks together"

"Will you sit in my lap like last time?"

"As you wish"

"Hng...then...fine..." Murasakibara groaned as Kuroko brought the cap to his lips. Murasakibara drank it in one giant gulp, wincing when the foul liquid touched his tongue. Kuroko quickly grabbed the tea and brought it to Murasakibara. "Here, wash out the taste with this". While Murasakibara sipped the tea, Kuroko reached over to the nightstand and dampened one of the towels. Kuroko gently took the tea away from Murasakibara and helped Murasakibara lay back down slowly. "Kurochin..." Murasakibara whined in pain. "Shh...its O.K" Kuroko whispered softly. Kuroko slowly placed the wet towel on Murasakibara's forehead, earning a soft sigh of relief from the giant. Soon, Murasakibara was sleeping, a vice-like grip on one of Kuroko's hands. Kuroko sighed, the grip was making it rather difficult for Kuroko to read.

At school-

"You were the one acting childish!" Kise barked angrily at Aomine. "I didn't do anything!" Aomine bit back. "You were acting like a spoiled kid! You threw towels at Kurokochi!"

"They were towels! I couldn't have hurt Tetsu if I tried!"

"Still, you hurt his feelings!"

"He doesn't care!"

"He cares about us! So, of course he cares if you throw things at him!"

"Yeah, well he obviously cares more for Murasakibara!"

"Murasakibarachi is sick, you over-tanned ganguro idiot!"

"So, you're telling me you didn't get angry at Murasakibara when he got all close to Tetsu?!"

Kise paused, "T-that's..."

"See! You're the same!"

"Don't put me in the same boat as you!"

"Calm down you two" Akashi glared. The two glared at each other before puffing their cheeks and sitting on opposite sides of the group. "What are you fighting about now?" Momoi sighed placing her hands on her hips. "None of your business" Aomine hissed. "Oh come on, Daichan! Tell me! Maybe I can help!"

"You can't" Aomine mumbled. "You don't know that! I have a woman's intuition!" Momoi winked. "Well..." Kise thought for a moment. "It's Atsushi" Akashi started off. "Ah yeah...he..." Kise tried to continue. "Ah, he's sick today right? Probably from all that gorilla's training"

"Don't bring me into your shit!" Riko barked from across the room. "Oh right...she doesn't hear her top players arguing, but call her a gorilla and all of a sudden she's got super ears" Momoi mumbled under her breath. "Ah that! It's that! Uh...Murasakibarachi...has been getting special training and treatment from Rikochi"

"Ah, so?"

"We don't like it." Midorima said simply.

"Huh? Why?" Momoi asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because its not fair, right? We should all be treated the same!" Kise said, waving his arms around. "Hah?!...Oh no...Don't tell me you like Riko-kun?!" Momoi pratically screamed.

"How in the hell did you come up with that?!" Aomine yelled. "Well, what you're feeling...its jealousy isn't it? Oh no, its definitely jealousy...but because of Riko-kun?! WHY?!"

"It's not-" Kise tried to interject, only to have scissors thrown in his direction. "You found us out" Akashi shrugged. "Oh...gross!" Momoi gagged, quickly running away from the group. "What was that for Akashichi? Now she thinks we're in love with Rikochi!"

"Isn't that better than letting her know the truth? She has her eye on Tetsuya as well" Akashi shrugged. "Whatever...I don't know what your deals are...but I am not jealous" Aomine mumbled. "Hah? Isn't that Midorimachi's line?"

"Shut up, stupid model!" Aomine and Midorima yelled together, dealing Kise a rather hard punch.

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