Did you guys know the voice actors for the Kiseki no Sedai/GOM sang Love 1000% (the song from Uta no Prince)?
If you didnt, I TOTALLY suggest checking it out on youtube! They're adorable and funny and have pretty impressive voices, may I say? (Kise whines "Kurokocchi~" in the begining...that alone is worth several re-listens haha) As you would expect from the GOM~ LOL :3 I'm listening as I write this chapter~ le sigh...talk about dreamy...And also Kuroko's voice actor has a mini album singing as Kuroko (I think everyone has one. But Kuroko is my favorite). Just in case you didn't know and wanted to check it out.
Anyway! Thanks for reading this chapter of Kuroko the Housekeeper!
As always, please excuse the typos and terrible grammar!
Kuroko sat patiently as the GOM talked around him, only responding when he was addressed specifically. It wasn't that he was avoiding talking with them... Kuroko almost exclusively ate vanilla milkshakes as meals and having this odd combination of things had started to upset his stomach. Not that such a thing would show on his stoic face. No matter how he was feeling, he slowly continued to eat the food the GOM piled onto his plate. They had worked hard making the dinner for him, so he wanted to appreciate all they had done. However, no matter how strong Kuroko was mentally, there was only so much his body could take. It wasn't long until the room started to spin and Kuroko fell out of his seat, unconscious.
"KUROKOCCHI!" Kise yelled diving to the ground to prevent Kuroko from hitting his head. "Kurokocchi! What happened?" Kise cried out, cradling Kuroko in his arms, bringing one hand to Kuroko's face, stroking it gently.
"Does he have a temperature? Is he sick?" Aomine asked urgently, slapping Kise's hand away from Kuroko's face, replacing it with his own. "It doesn't feel hot or anything..."
"Hot heads produce hot hands" Midorima chastised, shoving Aomine out of the way, "Let me touch"
"Your hands are bandaged!" Aomine barked, "You can't feel anything!"
"Maybe he has low blood sugar? Should we pop these candies in his mouth and see what happens?" Murasakibara asked, rattling a bag of hard candies in his arms.
"He'll definitely choke..." Kise, Midorima, and Aomine said together.
"Enough. Let's just take him to the hospital" Akashi said, already with his shoes on and holding Kuroko's coat. "Move aside"
"Thats...unnecessary" Kuroko groaned, sitting up and wincing.
"Tetsuya. Don't take fainting lightly" Akashi said, kneeling down.
"I didn't faint...I just...blacked out for a moment" Kuroko corrected, "And I don't need a hospital. I just need to rest a bit" Kuroko moved to stand up.
"I'll carry you to your bedroom, Kurokocchi~" Kise said softly, still holding onto Kuroko.
"I'm not a little girl, Kise-kun. I'm capable of walking on my own" Kuroko sighed, pulling his arm away. Kuroko sighed, his stomach tightening and cramping as he moved. He leaned on a chair with a soft groan.
"Don't push yourself, Tetsuya" Akashi said, appearing at Kuroko's side before anyone else could make a move. Akashi grabbed Kuroko's arm and swung it on his shoulder so that the bluenette was leaning against Akashi.
"Akashi-kun..." Kuroko started
"You said you didn't want to be carried like a little girl" Akashi interuppted, "though if you changed your mind, I'll gladly hold you in my arms as long as you want" Akashi smirked, moving to whisper lowly in Kuroko's ear.
"What are you saying to my Kurokocchi?!" Kise whined, seeing how Kuroko had frozen for a second.
"It's between us" Akashi smirked at the copy cat.
"So unfair, Akashichi!" Kise whinned.
"You snooze you lose, Ryouta" Akashi replied.
Kuroko sighed and moved himself out of Akashi's grip. "You're going to cause problems" Kuroko said before Akashi could protest. "Aomine-kun, please help me to my room" Kuroko said waving a hand at Aomine.
Aomine stood stunned for a second before smiling with a toothy grin, "Of course, Tetsu". He practically teleported to Kuroko's side. "We can go slow, Tetsu. Don't push yourself" Aomine said as the two left the kitchen. Aomine threw his friends a cocky smirk before disappearing around the corner.
"...Oh Daiki, its such a shame, how you don't care about your life..." Akashi smiled.
"So nosy" Kuroko sighed, plopping on the bed with a soft poof. He laid down and sighed, placing both hands on his stomach.
"Are you sure you're OK?" Aomine asked, unsure of where he should be. He sat on the floor, leaning on the bed, the idea of sitting on the bed with Kuroko a little too awkward for him. Aomine looked back at Kuroko, his eyes widened. Kuroko eyes were closed...fast asleep. "That was quick..." Aomine mumbled, he stood to adjust Kuroko's position and pulled the covers up to the smaller man's chin. "O-oi...do you need tea or something?" Aomine asked, not wanting to leave Kuroko's side just yet. Aomine sat in silence. He sat back down beside the bed. "So this is your room, huh?" Aomine mumbled, taking time to look around the small, clean room. Everything was well organized, and when Aomine squinted, he saw that even the books on the shelf were alphabetized. "No wonder you were our housekeeper..." Aomine said, looking back at Kuroko. "H-hey...you're definitely sleeping, right, Tetsu?" Aomine asked, staring intently at Kuroko's face. Kuroko didn't respond, his breath still even and slow. Aomine gulped and stood over Kuroko, hands on either side of Kuroko's head. He looked at Kuroko's lips and leaned down. He was a centimeter away from Kuroko's lips when he decided to settle for kissing Kuroko on the cheek. He quickly sat back down by the bed, his face a bright red. He placed a hand on his throbbing heart. "When we kiss for real...I want you to remember it" Aomine mumbled. Aomine almost jumped out of his skin when he heard a knock on the door.
"You're spending a suspicious amount of time in Tetsuya's room, Daiki" Akashi said, not bothering to wait for an answer. He walked quietly into the room, the rest of the GOM close behind.
"What were you doing, you pervert?" Midorima asked, eyeing Aomine's red face in suspicion.
"I-I was doing anything. You're the pervert. Thinking like that" Aomine growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Hmmmmm, something is fishy, fishy" Murasakibara said, raising an eyebrow.
"I said I-!"
"Be quiet, Daiki. Tetsuya is sleeping" Akashi interrupted. He completely disliked how defensive Aomine was acting. Afterall, there was no need to be defensive if nothing happened, right?
"Ah! Speaking of...this is Kurokocchi's room...waaa" Kise looked around a small blush appearing on his cheeks. Everything about the room screamed Kuroko. The soft color palate, the organization, the smell. Kise was swimming in a sea of Kuroko and it made his heart ache and beat faster.
"Ah..." Midorima said, involuntarily. His main concern had been Aomine doing weird things to Kuroko, he hadn't given barging into Kuroko's room a second thought. The thoughts forming in his mind made him blush. "Kuroko's sleeping. W-we should head out, nanodayo..." Midorima said, adjusting his glasses.
"But its no nice in here" Murasakibara protested. He inhaled deeply though his noise and sighed, "it smells like vanilla"
"Kuroko is sick. We should give him time to rest" Midorima responded, he grabbed Murasakibara by the arm and pulled the giant into the hallway, the other's followed. Kise followed behind Akashi and Aomine, a smile on his face.
He looked back at Kuroko's sleeping form as he left the room, "Sleep well, my Kurokocchi" Kise reached back, flipping the light switch off and closing the door behind him.
Kasamatsu called Kuroko early the following morning to ask if he wanted to have lunch at the bar. They had just finished some renovations and Takao hadn't stopped whining about wanting to see Kuroko. Himuro felt the same, though he was much more quiet about it than Takao's loud rants. When Kuroko arrived, he had told his three old friends everything involving the GOM and their feelings.
"No, I mean...it is a freak show" Takao said. He crossed his arms across his chest and sighed, "But Tetchan has always been extremely popular..." He pouted, purking his lips out and looking away with a huff.
"Me? Popular?" Kuroko asked, cocking his head to the side a little and taking a long slurp of his milkshake.
"Of course" Himuro and Kasamatsu said together.
"Don't tell me you never noticed, Tetchan!?" Takao yelled in shock.
"But I have a low presence" Kuroko said simply.
"That's true, but even so, you were really popular in high school, Kuroko. It's really when people start to notice you, you become very popular" Kasamatsu folded his arms over his chest and nodded, "As I recall, you got a lot of love letters our senior year, didn't you?"
"I don't think it was a lot" Kuroko looked up thoughtfully.
"Of course he did!" Takao threw his arms around Kuroko, "I feared someone would steal him away!"
"Do you remember the number of letters, Kuroko?" Himuro asked with a smile.
"I'm not sure. My whole high school career was probably around...30?" Kuroko said, absentmindly.
"30?!" The three friends shouted together
"Isn't that normal?" Kuroko asked taking another sip of his drink.
"And thats with a low presence..." Kasamatsu sighed.
"But you know, every time I went to the place the letter asked me to go to, they didn't notice me waiting and eventually just walked away. Even when I tried to talk to them" Kuroko added.
"Thank goodness for that low presence..." Takao nodded.
Himuro chucked, "But now you have five guys asking for you, ne, Kuroko? It's not like you can use your low presence to run away"
"And you already decided to take them seriously" Kasamatsu nodded.
"And! And they sound pretty aggressive! Don't just be passive when it comes to them, OK?" Takao wiggled from side to side, his arms still secure around Kuroko.
"Yes, Yes" Kuroko said with a sigh.
"Hmm, I don't believe you..."Takao pouted.
"Maybe we should get him some pepper spray" Himuro asked.
"That's a bit extreme" Kasmatsu shook his head
"Akashi-kun did kiss me"
"...maybe we should get you a gun" Takao lowered his eyes.
"Don't be so dramatic, Takao-kun" Kuroko gave his friend a gentle smile. Kuroko leaned back into Takao's hug and reached back to pat his hair.
"Hmmm" Takao hummed, "But I worry, Tetchan.."
"We all worry" Kasamatsu sighed, "So, you'll definitely call us if you need anything, right?" Kasamatsu smiled.
"...Yes" Kuroko smiled, a light blush on his face.
"Hehhh, Kuroko so cute" Himuro smiled. "Ah, let's take a picture"
Himuro and Takao looked at each other with evil smiles while Kasamatsu tried to fix Kuroko's slight bed head. The same evil idea crossing their minds. "I'll take it with your phone Takao" Himuro smiled, plopping on Kuroko's right side. Kasamatsu sat on Kuroko's left. Takao hugged Kuroko from behind and smiled at the camera. "Ne Kuroko. You're our friend, OK? No matter what, we'll be there for you...so...lean on us sometimes." Himuro said, his finger hovering just above the button on his phone. And for a split second, Kuroko smiled, a light blush adorning his pale cheeks, his eyes filled with happiness. Himuro quickly snapped the photo to catch that look. He smiled and passed the phone to Takao, the two sharing a knowing look. They knew exactly what to say to make Kuroko smile like that.
"Ah I like. I'm going to send it to everyone!" Takao smirked. Kuroko and Kasamatsu nodded, the two figuring Takao meant he'd pass it amongst the four of them, they didn't know Takao meant much more. He smirked and secretly looked through Kuroko's contacts to send the photo to the GOM as well. Himuro and Takao slapped hands under the table. A move Kasamatsu didn't miss. He raised an eyebrow at his friends, who merely smiled back. Kasamatsu sighed, whatever they were doing was sure to cause chaos.
Kasamatsu had no idea how much.
Somewhere, Akashi was sitting in an important with very important, and ultimately mundane, boring people, when his phone vibrated in his pocket. The presenter was droning on about things Akashi already knew, so he decided to see open his phone. He smirked when he noticed the presenter falter at Akashi's disregard. Akashi raised an eyebrow when he noticed it was an unknown number, still, Akashi opened the text.
He almost snapped his phone in half.
The aura he was giving off was dark and thick and everyone in the room felt the wrath of Akashi. His eyes were glued to his phone. The closeness of those three lit a fire in his chest. He quickly uploaded the picture to his gallery and cropped the photo so that the only face that was seen was Kuroko's. His eyes were shining, that light pink blush barely visible on his cheeks, his small, adorable smile. He closed his phone and turned his attention back to the presenter, "Well, don't keep me waiting" He smiled his sickly evil smile, causing the presenter to gulp.
"I..I think that's all...for...today" The presenter's stomach twisted in tight knots in the presence of an angry Akashi.
"I thought as much. Re-write these reports and we'll talk" Akashi said simply before walking out of the room. 'Now to find whoever this number belongs to' He smirked. As he left the building, all he passed whispered silent prayers for the poor sucker who would be on the other side of Akashi's smile.
"Aominecchi!" Kise yelled, bursting into the tanned man's room without so much as a knock. Aomine grumbled, unhappy with the disturbance from his nap. Kise ignored Aomine's protests and plopped happily on the bed. "Did you see this picture of Kurokocchi?!" Kise asked happily, his heart bursting with joy.
"Shut up, Kise" Aomine growled and shut his eyes tightly, trying to fall back asleep.
"Aww Aominecchi...but Kurokocchi looks so cute!" Kise sang shoving the phone into Aomine's face. Aomine groaned, the phone's backlight attacking his very sleepy eyes. Aomine shoved the phone from his face with a growl. He grabbed an extra pillow and placed it over his head and rolled over in attempt to fall back asleep.
"You're missing out Aominecchi!" Kise continued to whine. Aomine sighed, eventually getting fed up with Kise's incessant whining, and sat up. He snatched the phone from Kise's hands. He froze when his eyes locked onto sky blue ones. A shiver ran down his spine. Aomine couldn't tear his eyes away from the phone. Kuroko's eyes were shining...the smile on his lips was so genuine...that slight, yet unmistakable blush staining those beautiful pale cheeks was...breathtaking. It felt like someone had reached into Aomine's chest and was tightly squeezing his heart. Kise watched Aomine with a smile. He had experienced the same emotions not 10 minutes ago. The pure happiness on the normally emotionless man was an amazing, heart-wrenchingly wonderful thing."I...I'm sending this to myself" Aomine said.
Kise smiled, "There's no need. You probably got the same text I did." Aomine quickly snatched his phone from off the night stand. He didn't even turn back to Kise when he tossed his phone unceremoniously over his shoulder. Kise gasped and dove for his phone, falling off the bed and landing with a hard thud on the floor. His feet still propped on the bed. "Ow..." Kise groaned.
Aomine quickly flipped on his phone and sure enough, he had been sent the same picture. His eyebrows furrowed as he continued to stare. He wondered what it would be like...what it would be like to see such a smile in real life, in person...what it would be like to be right by Kuroko's smiled like that...what it would be like to have Kuroko smile like that at him...or what it would be like to be the cause of sure a genuine, sincere smile. Sure, Kuroko had smiled at Aomine from time to time, but those were nothing like this...he was never...this happy. Aomine placed a hand over his chest. Aomine's chest welled with giant waves of emotion, crashing into him relentlessly.
Kise let out another groan from the floor. He sighed and looked over his phone, making sure there weren't any cracks or anything on it. He turned his phone back on and stared at the picture when a thought ran through his mind. "Hey, Aominecchi?"
"What?" Aomine asked, not liking how his thoughts had been interrupted.
"I...really, really love Kurokocchi...with all my heart" Kise said, staring at the picture, his smile quickly fading.
"I know, you idiot. I love him too" Aomine sighed.
"Kurokocchi never smiles like this when he's with me" Kise said, a frown on his face.
"That's because you're annoying" Aomine snapped back
"...He never smiles like this when he's with you either." Kise said after a moment.
Aomine glared at Kise, but was unable to see him from his position. Instead he opted to shove Kise's feet off his bed. "Whats your point?" Aomine growled.
"He never smiles like this when he's with any of us" Kise sighed, sadness causing his voice to break. His eyes had begun to water. Aomine froze at Kise's implication. "Aominecchi...what if we can't make Kurokocchi happy? What if one of these guys can make Kurokocchi happier?"
The thought hurt. It physically hurt, in such a raw, cruel way. What if he was never able to make Kuroko smile like this? What if he wasn't able to make Kuroko this happy? What if he selfishly kept Kuroko by his side knowing whatever he gained, whatever he did, Kuroko would never, ever smile like that at him? What if ...he wasn't good enough for Kuroko? The thoughts made Aomine nauseous. He quickly ripped the blankets off of his body and stood up. He couldnt think this way. "Shut up already, Kise" He growled.
"But Aominecchi..."
"I don't care what you do." Aomine said grabbing a towel, "But I will spend the rest of my life making very damn sure Tetsu is as happy as he can be" He said as he left the room, leaving a stunned copy cat on his floor.
Kise stared at the door, stunned. A smile crept its way to his face and he laughed. "Talk about resolve" He said standing and rubbing his aching back. "Yeah...me too." His smile widened as he stared at the picture, "The rest of my life to make Kurokocchi happy...I'll definitely...have you smile like that at me" He said happily as he left the room.
Midorima sighed heavily. He was weighing two different items in his hands. In one was a bright blue piggy bank. The pig had giant, exaggerated red lips with a mole just above them. It also had bright, neon purple eye shadow stained on it's half-lidded eyes. If Midorima was honest, he'd say it was a bald, blue Miss. Piggy. In his other hand, was a blue Power Ranger mask. The original blue ranger, of course. He stared at the two items lifting one higher than the other then changing positions. He sighed again. "Blue will guide you today" was all his horoscope for tomorrow had said. And these were the brightest, bluest items he had. He sighed once more and placed the items carefully on his desk. He quickly took out a piece of notebook paper and began writing down the pros and cons of the two equally blue items. He glared at his phone when it pinged, not liking the disturbance from his very, very essential work. He absentmindedly poked his phone to life and froze. The pen slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a soft clink. He brought the phone closer to his face and adjusted his glasses.
Kuroko Tetsuya was smiling. He was smiling. Midorima had seen Kuroko smile before, sure. But something was just...with this smile. It erupted with pure, innocent happiness. Midorima's eyes narrowed, glaring at the frozen Kuroko. Piercing green eyes stared at unblinking, shining sky blue ones. He looked up from his phone and nodded. "This will do" He said. He quickly printed the photo and grabbed a small blue notebook from his bookshelf. He taped the picture onto the inside cover of the notebook and nodded, satisfied with his work. He cleared a spot on his desk so the notebook would lay without disturbance. He tapped the lamp on his desk off the other hand placed flat on the notebook. A smirk on his face, Midorima adjusted his glasses, "Lucky item indeed".
Murasakibara sat leaning on a tree at a nearby park. He munched happily on the absolute mountain of snacks he had bought. And they were all on sale. Murasakibara continued to eat, disregarding the looks of passersby. He smiled, enjoying his peaceful time in the park, the sun shining through the tree branches, illuminating his snacks. He was damn well proud of himself. He had spent about half of his snack allowance fro the week and had already bought double his normal haul. It was a damn good day. He was so impressed with himself he didn't even notice when his phone went off. Instead he continued to eat until much of the bags around him were empty. He didn't snap out of his bliss until he heard a sigh from beside him. "Ah...Kurochin?" Murasakibara asked.
Kuroko sighed again. He had been hoping the giant purple-haired man had just been some sort of doppleganger or lookalike or something...but no. The man so happily covered in crumbs and wrappers was most certainly Murasakibara. "What is all this?" Kuroko asked looking down at Murasakibara with emotionless eyes.
Murasakibara smiled happily. Murasakibara had never seen Kuroko from below. Plus the light from between the trees was now on Kuroko...Murasakibara decided he really liked seeing Kuroko like this. "I went snack shopping, Kurochin"
"You ate all of this in one sitting?" Kuroko asked.
"Yep! Are you proud of me, Kurochin?"
"That's not the word I would use..." Kuroko shook his head in disbelief.
"Is it cause you want some?" Murasakibara offered, "If its Kurochin, I don't mind sharing"
"I actually think you should take a break from eating snacks" Kuroko said.
"Hmm...then Kurochin have some~" Murasakibara smiled.
"Murasakibara-kun..."
"If Kurochin doesn't sit with me and eat...I'll eat all of it myself...I wonder what would happen~?" Murasakibara mused.
Kuroko sighed, "Alright, alright I give"
"Yay~ Come sit, sit" Murasakibara smiled taping the space between his outstretched legs. Kuroko sighed and sat, leaning back on Murasakibara. "Hehe, Kurochin is all mine~ Ah, you can have these. Vanilla suckers." Murasakibara smiled handing Kuroko a small bag. Kuroko nodded his thanks and popped one into his mouth. Despite himself he found he was rather enjoying sitting in the park like with Murasakibara. Murasakibara smiled and wrapped his arms around Kuroko and hummed softly in Kuroko's hair.
"Ah, actually Murasakibara-kun" Kuroko said after some time had passed.
"Yes, Kurochin~?"
"I called you earlier to ask what you wanted for dinner" Kuroko leaned back and tilted his head back to look at Murasakibara.
"Hehhh~ You did?" Murasakibara adjusted and grabbed his phone from his pocket. "Ah, I see. I got a text too~ Who is this from?" Murasakibara bent his knees and placed his elbows on his knees, holding his phone in front of him so that Kuroko could see too. "Hah? Unknown number? Who is this?"
"Eh? That looks like Takao-kun's number?"
"Takao-kun...? Kurochin" Murasakibara pouted, "who is that?"
"You dont remember? He came for a visit when you snuck into my daycare"
"I don't remember~ Remember only Kurochin's cute rabbit ears" Murasakibara hummed happily. Kuroko grimaced. "But why is your friend texting me~? Such a pain..."
"Let's see what he wants. May I?" Kuroko asked reaching forward toward the phone, only tapping the message when he felt Murasakibara nod behind him. "Wait...this is?" Kuroko gasped when the phone was suddenly dropped and big arms wrapped around him tightly. "Mura..saki...bara...kun" Kuroko gasped out.
"Too cute, too cute, too cute~~" Murasakibara rubbed his face from side to side against Kuroko's back. "Kurochin is too cute~" Murasakibara whined.
'So...this is how I'm going to die...' Kuroko thought, his waist being crushed by Murasakibara's monster hug. "D-y-ing..." Kuroko coughed out, causing Murasakibara to loosen his grip only slightly. Kuroko sighed.
Murasakibara apologized and snuggled against Kuroko. "Sorry...I can't control myself when it comes to Kurochin...~" He whined from against Kuroko's back.
"It's Ok" Kuroko sighed, "But I wonder how Takao-kun got your number" Kuroko picked Murasakibara's phone back up and handed it to him.
"Hmm" Murasakibara hummed, "I don't care. I got such a cute picture of Kurochin~...except there are these random people in it...still...I'm going to make it my background picture. That way I'll see you everyday, Kurochin"
"You already see me everyday" Kurok sighed, "And those people aren't random. You've met them, Murasakibara-kun"
"Hmmm...I dont care" Murasakibara smiled holding onto Kuroko.
Kuroko sighed, "We should head home now"
"Hehhhhh? But Kurochin..."
"I need to make dinner. Don't you want to eat dinner?"
"...Yessss..."
Kuroko smiled at the sulking Murasakibara, "I'll cook whatever you want, OK?"
"Yay! I love Kurochin~" Murasakibara smiled, turning Kuroko around and hugging him again.
Kuroko froze for a second and sighed. He gently gave Murasakibara a pat on the head before removing himself from the giants arms. "Come on, Murasakibara-kun. Let's go home. Ah, what did you want to eat?"
"Cake!"
"That's not dinner, Murasakibara-kun"
"Hmmm but Kurochin said he'd make whatever I want..."
"That's tricky..."
"Hehe~"
"Cake for dessert then" Kuroko sighed.
I have GOT to remember to save periodically. Had ~3000 words written...accidental backspace at the wrong time and BAM page goes back...leaving me with only~900 words...GG. I liked my first draft better...I think I had more emotion in the Aomine, Kise part? But the rest of it kind of flows the same. Ohohohohoho
Anyway,
Thank you so much for reading and as always, please R&R if you feel up to it.
Well I guess just a singular 'R'...right? Omg what does R&R stand for? Isnt it read and review? But its the end why would you re-read and then review? I don't know man. I just dont.
I just know I love you.
Kthxbye.