Kuroko somberly got off the floor and went into the kitchen. It was times like these that vanilla milkshakes really saved him. Ahhh, that wonderful taste that would never change no matter what other events happened in his life... the familiarity comforted him. He was not used to showing emotion- ever since his Teiko days, he had been keeping his emotions bottled up so his misdirection would be more potent. And the fact that he had murdered a human being, had taken a precious life... was something he would probably never get over.

Entering the living room, Kuroko saw a light that he was not accustomed to. This room was the only lavishly decorated room, with elaborate drapings covering windows that didn't exist and a grand chandelier seemingly made of expensive crystal. Large framed photos of the Generation of Miracles created a colorful rainbow on the walls. A medium sized coffee table was placed in front of a large couch facing the wall, which had a 42 inch plasma TV attached to it. There were several potted plants in the room.

Wondering what the TV could be for (there aren't any TV channels in his own brain, right?), Kuroko picked up the remote controller that he found on the coffee table and pushed the "on" button.

He was surprised to see his friends being displayed on the screen. He saw that they had all been discharged from the hospital and smiled. But with them was his green eyed self.

Still sipping on his vanilla milkshake, he sat down on the couch and tuned into the show.
~~~

Today was the day that the group of colorful idiots were discharged from the hospital, and Kagami knew that he should be happy for them- but he just couldn't. How could he, when the Kuroko he knew and had befriended and turned a complete 180?

"Kagami-kun, is something wrong? You seem awfully tense."
"A-ah, no thing's wrong Kuroko. No need to worry."

Interesting... they don't seem to enjoy my company as much as Kuroko's. "Kagami-kun, I may act a little differently, but I'm still Kuroko-kun, you know? I'm not really all that different..." Sighing and looking away, the green eyed Kuroko pouted his lips in an attempt to appear cute.

Akashi saw this and blushed. Quickly regaining his composure, he said, "Please don't do actions that Tetsuya wouldn't do, Nise-kun. It's quite unbecoming."

"Tch. Hai, Akashi-dono."

The atmosphere immediately worsened further. Akashi was just barely holding back his urge to chuck his scissors at "Nise-kun" (he didn't want to hurt his precious Tetsuya's body), Midorima was anxiously rubbing his lucky item for the day (which happened to be a glass marble, Murasakibara was chewing his maiubo more ferociously than he normally did, Aomine was (for once) not playing with a basketball, and Kise wasn't self-advertising about the magazine that he was in. Rather than a group of close friends, an outsider would see this group as a gathering of strangers.

Raising his glasses, Midorima asked, "Kuroko-san... could you get Kuroko to come out for a little bit? It's not like I want to talk him nanodayo..."

"Tsundere." This was the one thing everyone could agree on.

"I-I am not!"

And thus, the atmosphere around the Miragen returned to normal... temporarily. No one noticed that the other Kuroko never answered Midorima's question.
~~~

Smiling wistfully, Kuroko turned off the TV screen. It seemed like his friends were doing okay. Putting down his now-empty cup of vanilla milkshake, he sank further down into the couch seat and recalled his other self's appearance in the TV screen. He wasn't certain, but he had a nagging feeling that if anyone in that group was extremely distressed, it would be his alternate. But why?

Wandering around the house for a while, he returned to the bedroom and took a look around. When he was rushing to put some clothes on, he failed to notice that this bedroom was identical to the one he had in real life (except for the closet). After changing into his pajamas and brushing his teeth, he lied down in bed and wondered what would happen if he fell asleep. He was currently just a mental projection; did he actually need rest? Deciding that he shouldn't break his daily routines, he closed his eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.
~~~

*Nise means fake in Japanese, so Akashi is essentially calling Kuroko's alternate personality "Fake-kun" because he isn't the real Kuroko.

So, yeah, I guess the house in Kuroko's mind is sort of weird... one room is completely empty and white and another has a bunch of colorful furniture... haha

I'm sorry if there are any grammatical errors.