Fated (Akakuro)

Chapter 18

"Its okay. And well, I know I'm in no position to budge into your family business but I feel the need to inform you of Kuroko's problem" Hanamiya said as politely as he could.

"You know what happened to Tetsuya?" The old man's eyes shot up to meet Hanamiya's.

"You see, I'm actually an old friend of Kuroko's and I know how stubborn he can get. The reason why he's hiding this from all of you is because he doesn't want you to worry about him"

"What happened?!" Kuroko's mother also came rushing over to hear the "truth" about her son's injuries.

"Kuroko, he... he's been attacked by some unknown man in Kyoto... I happened to find him and brought him back"

"What?! My precious son! Which heartless person hurt him?!"

"Unfortunately, the attacker hasn't been found. I will inform you if there are any news of him"

"Thank you so much Hanamiya-kun! Thank you for taking care of our Tetsuya!" Kuroko's father shook Hanamiya's hand gratefully. Yes! The plan is a success!

"You're welcome, its the least I can do for a friend"

Just then, Kuroko's mother managed to coax Kuroko out of the toilet.

"Go home with Hanamiya-kun and rest Tetsuya, you can visit us and Nigou when you're better"

"Okay Okaa-san, sorry for worrying you and Otou-san"

"Don't ever hide such things from us okay Tetsuya? It'll worry us even more"

"Sorry Okaa-san, Otou-san. I'll be leaving now. Take care. Bye" Kuroko hugged his parents goodbye.

"Bye Kuroko-san"

"Bye Tetsuya, bye Hanamiya-kun" Kuroko's parents waved us goodbye as we got into the car.

"Why did you tell my parents about that?" Kuroko asked accusingly as Hanamiya drove them back to his house.

"They would be more worried about you if you keep them in suspense"

"But still..." The stubborn blunette tried to retort but couldn't find anything else to say.

~Akashi~

"Okay Akashi-san, you can be admitted out" The doctor smiled. The butlers cheered at the news and began packing Akashi's belongings. "Don't hesitate to come back here if you feel any pain, particularly at your chest area"

"Thank you doctor" Akashi thanked, going to the toilet to change out of his hospital attire. Akashi had lied again. He had told the doctor that he felt fine and have gotten his energy back in order to get out of the hospital. Truth to be told, the pain at his chest had not subsided and had instead worsened. If Akashi were to rate the pain from a scale of one to ten, he would've rated it four the previous day and six today, and considering his high pain tolerance, that's a lot. "Its nothing, it'll go away soon" Akashi kept telling himself.

"Seijuro-sama, take a look at the headlines on today's newspaper!" A newspaper was waved in front of his face by Kise as Akashi stepped out of the washroom. Akashi Seijuro has found his soulmate... interviewed a nurse... who is this lucky person? And why doesn't he want to be Seijuro's soulmate? What is this crap?! Akashi scanned through the article.

"Who is the reporter? And who is the nurse?! I want them fired immediately! How dare they spread nonsensical gossip for the world to read?!" Akashi demanded, flinging the newspaper onto the floor.

"There's a huge crowd of reporters outside the hospital right now... wanting to interview you... and us... The hospital's security guards are trying their best to keep them at bay... For how much longer? I don't know..." Kise said sheepishly.

"I don't have time for this kind of rubbish!" Akashi rubbed his temples in frustration. Stupid mortals... how am I going to get out of here without being surrounded by reporters? Even if I get the police to chase them off, they'll still come after me... "Who's the fastest driver here?"

"Uh... Daikicchi...?"

"Okay, you and Daiki shall go sneak over to the carpark, and drive the limousine,past the main entrance. Make sure they see you. They'll probably follow you so you shall lead them away and buy us some time Shintarou, hire a vehicle. Any one will do, as long as they can fit all of us, excluding Daiki and Ryuota. We will use that vehicle until the two of them come back with the limousine"

"Okay Seijuro-sama"

~Time skip~
~Kise~

"FASTER DAIKICCHIII! THEY'RE CATCHING UP! \(º □ º l|l)/" Kise shrieked, looking in horror at the dozens of cars and taxis chasing after them through the rear view mirror.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT RYOUTA! WHY DID YOU TELL SEIJURO-SAMA THAT I COULD DRIVE THE FASTEST? YOU COULD'VE SAID MIDORIMA OR SOMETHING!" Aomine shouted back, stepping hard on the accelerator.

"I'M SORRYYYY ~T_T~"