Indigo Testimony

by Aomine Daiki

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After Teiko Middle School won national championship second time in row, the basketball's club members was granted with a 2D1N hot spring trip to heal their fatigue. Everyone was excited.

"Not bad at all." Akashi thought a rare occasion like this was good for his team.

"We can do pillow fight at night!" Kise suggested.

"Are you a girl?" Midorima responded sarcastically.

"Sounds fun~" Murasakibara was totally interested with the idea.

"Tetsu, you like hot spring?" asked Aomine before they going in.

"Yes." replied Kuroko, unusually cheerful.

They was enjoying the moment of tranquility to the point of doing endurance contest (except Akashi who had something to attend), as if the things that happened during the national championship was just a dream.

"Murasakibaracchi, you're welcome to withdraw." Kise teased Murasakibara who was as red as tomato.

"Nope, I'm staying..." said Murasakibara, pretending to be tough.

"Stop bluffing." Midorima warned him. "In fact, you look like you're going to faint."

"Midorima, you're talking to a rock." Aomine pointed, laughing.

"Sorry, I think I'm going to..."

"Huh? Tetsu?!" Aomine didn't get it at first but panicked when he saw Kuroko almost half-drowned.

"Kurokocchi!" Kise panicked.

"Murasakibara, not you too!" Midorima also wasn't ready to face a situation like this.

Aomine could easily carry Kuroko like a princess, but it took both Midorima and Kise to carry Murasakibara off the pool. They were scolded by Akashi later for defeating the purpose of the trip.

"Kurokocchi, I got you your drink!" Kise who volunteered to go to the nearest vending machine, returning with two bottles of sports drink.

"Don't shout, stupid!" Aomine who was fanning Kuroko, snatched the drink and passed it to Kuroko.

"Thank you." Kuroko took off the towel that covered his eyes, appreciating both Aomine's and Kise's kindness.

"You sure you're okay?" Kise looked worried still.

"If I rest a few more minutes, I think I'll be able to make it to the dinner. Why don't you go first?" Kuroko assured Kise that he would recover soon.

"Alright, but don't push yourself, 'kay?" Kise warned him. "I'm gonna deliver this to Murasakibaracchi. What about you, Aominecchi?" He still had a bottle of sports drink left because he had prioritized Kuroko.

"I'm gonna stay a bit more." said Aomine, still fanning Kuroko.

"Although I claimed to be your 'shadow', it's embarrassing for me to show my weak side to you." Kuroko admitted after Kise left them.

"The heck you're blabbing?" Aomine pushed Kuroko gently so he could lie down again. "Just be good and rest." He put the cold towel back on Kuroko's eyes.

"Don't worry, Aomine-kun. I'll be fine." Kuroko reassured him.

Aomine stayed by Kuroko's side, watching him falling back to sleep. To tell the truth, his heart almost stopped when he saw Kuroko unconscious and this surprised himself as well. He finally came to understand that he might have thought of Kuroko more than a mere friend or a 'shadow' to his 'light'.

"Tetsu?" Aomine called out to Kuroko but no response.

At this moment, Aomine suddenly had a very strong urge to find out the taste of Kuroko's lips. The next second, he did kiss him without a blink of hesitation. However, when he realized that this might be Kuroko's first kiss and he had stolen it from him when he was vulnerable, Aomine detested himself for the very first time. He wouldn't know what he was going to do if he stayed any longer, so he ran away for good's sake.

Half an hour later, Akashi showed up with Kuroko at dinner. It seemed that Akashi went to check Kuroko's condition after finished the things he had to do. Kuroko looked much better than before so Generation of Miracles felt relieved, including Murasakibara who recovered first.

Omake:

Kise landed a fist on Aomine's cheek the moment he finished his story. The others had to act fast to separate them before it became a fight.

"Mine-chin~ That's unfair~" Murasakibara protested, holding Kise tight.

"Lemme go! I'm gonna kick his ass! How dare you stole Kurokocchi's first kiss like that?!" Kise tried to get away from Murasakibara's hold.

"Look who's talking now?" Aomine snickered, making fun of Kise whom indeed tried to do what he did but ended up in failure every time.

"Would you guys just stop it already?!" Kagami who was holding Aomine, worrying about his apartment.

"Calm down, Taiga." Himuro was worried that Kagami would make the situation worse.

"Do you ever in fact consider the consequences if Akashi found out?" Midorima reminded them whom exactly has the right for the privileges.

Aomine petrified while Kise looked terribly pale, as if the color drained from his face, both was horrified to imagine what Midorima had said if it came true. Akashi would make their lives worse than hell if he knew what they had done to his lover.

End's note: I know the ending is really lame. But I assure you it's not over yet! (yes, unfortunately there's some more... ) I'm planning to conclude it with the story from both Kuroko's and Akashi's point of views. Hope you won't get bored following the series (?). Thanks so much for reading~