Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke and all characters inside except for the OC characters. The plot belongs to me.

Pairing : Aomine x OC

Maybe OOC. Maybe AU.

Chapter 26 : She was totally right

"I don't want it."

That's the only words –sentence, that only her daughter murmured since this morning. Ever since she found out that she had to be treated outside Japan, Aoki had been acting this way. She was looking outside the window all the time, and she didn't even bother to answer to anything that being asked to her. Aoki only responded when her parents tried to bring up the topic about going outside Japan to have better treatment, but the answer was still the same.

Darn, maybe I and my husband had made the wrong decision to tell her that early.

But, maybe that's not the only reason why Aoki seemed down like this. It was afternoon already and that dark-blue haired boy had not showed up. Quite unusual, because every day that boy accompany Aoki from early morning. Maybe I can ask her why, I thought when I stole a glance at my daughter.

"Speaking of which, Aoki-chan, do you know where Aomine-kun is? He seems to be late today."

I observed her reaction. Aoki didn't respond right away, but she took a deep sigh before her mouth slightly opened, "Well, I don't know. He didn't contact me since last night."

Wow, wow. That was the longest sentence she ever had today. And she looked more than depressed now. Their last contact was only yesterday's night, and now her daughter looked like she hadn't heard anything from Aomine since last year. What an interesting sight.

"You don't try to contact him?"

Aoki reached her phone on her left side, checked the display for a while, before throw it lightly beside, still on the bed of course.

I raised my eyebrow, "Well, maybe he don't know if you didn't tell him."

"Don't know what?"

"Don't know that you miss him of course."

"Wh- WHAT? Who said that I miss him?" Aoki's fast and flustered reaction made me little bit surprised. It's the fastest and liveliest reaction that she had ever made today. I chuckled a bit, left her there, "Well, do you want to go around? I will take you on the wheelchair."

My daughter still has that flustered expression on her face, before gradually changed. I know she must be hoping that Aomine suddenly show up at the door and take her go around the hospital like they usually do. I nearly cancel the plan to take her when finally she sighed and said, "Yes, Okaasan."

"Okay, wait here Aoki-chan, I will take the wheelchair first."

I stepped out of the room, and when I back Aoki had sit on the edge of the bed, one hand gripped the infus hanger tightly. I hold her body, moved it from the bed to the chair. My heart felt like being crushed. Aoki had a thin figure ever since she was still a kid, but today I felt like her body becoming thinner day by day. I need to hold back the urge to hug her, crying loudly in front of her. I tried to smile and reached the handle, pushed the wheelchair outside the room, "Let's go."

We went aimlessly throughout the corridor, passing by the people. We passed the children room, where the younger kids that being treated here spent their time with the toys and playing with other children. I wanted to tease my daughter by directing the wheelchair towards that room, but considering that Aoki has minimal sense of joke, so I put off that idea.

We reached the garden in the central part of the hospital. I pushed the wheelchair there, maybe Aoki need little bit fresh air here, "Do you want to sit on the bench?" I moved to the front, take a closer look at my first and only daughter. I could see her tired look on her face. It wasn't like she was physically tired, I knew.

"No, Okaasan. It's fine like this," Aoki tried to smile a little. We then entrapped by the awkward silence. Right now I didn't know what to say, I was afraid that she would be more depressed than now.

"You know Okaasan, if only the doctor come up with that idea months ago, I will not objected at all."

I didn't expect that she will said about that by herself. Little bit surprised, I asked her back, "Is that because you haven't known him back then?"

Aoki only looked at far away. I waited for her next words.

"I'm afraid that he won't wait for me," she said again. From what I heard, I knew that her lips trembling.

"True friend will stay, Dear. And I know he is beyond it."

"No, the right thing is, I feel that I can't made it last any longer."

I was sure my heart about to jump out of my body, "Don't say that, Aoki! That's why the doctor and us had encouraged you to take further, better treatment outside the country! Instead of staying here, it will be be-"

"And can you guarantee that I wil completely healed if I go abroad? How can you afford the hospital fees? Will Otousan stay here if I being treated abroad?"

"Well, that… we are sure we can do something about that," I answered her questions with an uneasiness feeling built up inside my heart.

"See? You don't even sure that we can afford it. Dad had worked all the time only to pay my medical treatment. And it's getting worse day by day. Okaasan and Otousan should not try so hard just to spend it lavishly on this bullshit medical treatment!"

If it was a normal condition, maybe I had shouted back to her. I never heard that low and harsh word coming from her mouth this entire time. I knew that ever since she was a kid we made a strict education for her, ensuring she would be a well-behaved girl. But this time it was different. The stress piled up and causing her to throw out that word.

And she was totally right. When last night the doctor brought up the topic about moving Aoki to get better treatment abroad, it will make us even more suffered than all this time. We had done anything to keep Aoki at good condition, and I wasn't sure I and my husband could afford the hospital and medicine fees while Aoki being treated abroad.

I saw Aoki's shoulders trembling. She was crying. A stream of tear had made its way down through my cheek as I murmured, "Please be healthy for us, Aoki. Your parents do not mind spend the entire world just to see you healthy and happy."

I'm really sorry. This year I need to finish my study, so that's why I have taken the decision to hiatus from this fanfiction. Now, eventhough I still don't have much free time, I try to update the fanfiction regularly. I'm sorry for the inconvenience :(