The One (Kuroko No Basket Fanfic)

Our Love

Winter cup trainging was workiing out well. Murasakibara wasn't bummed out at all for not being able to play until the final six. Which still itches at me every night and i just wonder why it doesn't bother him. Maybe he is just as lazy as Akashi says. He's lazy and just plain childish. I have to make him run everyday at practice with a bride of poki.
But besides the point is because i love him...wait...love? No i cant love Murasakibara Atsushi. I can't i'm sixteen years old. I'm a first year at Yosen. Who is dating the Generation of Miracle, Murasakibara Atsushi. Who is a candy loving giant who likes me back. Oh i think i am in love with Atsushi.~

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"Aria?" I hear my dad's voice from my doorway. I was finishing up a homework project when i turned around from my desk. I look up at him, my hair pulled back, strands fall in front of my glasses. After so many years i've had reading glasses because i can't read things correctly, but my doctors don't understand that i have a small case of dyslexia but yes 'let's give the athletic girl glasses because we can.'

"Yeah dad?" I take off my glasses and set them on my desk. I pull the strnads of hair behind my ear and stare up at him. He looks older than he did yesterday. I wonder why time makes you age like you do.

"Do you know what today is?" He says and leans against my doorframe. I stare at him. Nervous at first like i forgot his birthday. I check my phone which lays on my right leg. I click on the top button to reveal the date and time.

Saturday December 16, 8:30 A.M.

December 16, the day my mother was in her accident. The day she died, and i wasn't there to be with her when she died. She was there in that hospital bed with no one who loved her while she died. I always regreted this day and the day next because it was the day my father would stop talking, he'd leave me to myself. We would mourn about her alone, without each other. Why is he talking now, does he not know? No. He must've known cause he asked.

"December 16 dad. Everything alright?" I say like i forget about the date. But how could i forget the loss of my mother. I was young, yes i was only ten when she passed but i could never forget what the sadness felt like, how my dad would scream into his pillow, how he would cry when he thought i wasn't around. I never wanted to see that side of him again.

'Oh no everything is alright i just wanted to know if you were free this afternoon. We could go to dinner tonight. Father and daughter bonding?" He said, his arms are crossed but i see the sadness in his eyes when i turn back around. He wants to celebrate my mother's death? Or is he trying to forget about the time when he was just alone and all there was is me.

"No i'm free." I say. I don't want to cry, so i bite my bottom lip. When i was younger it used to be a sign that i was going to start crying, but soon that pain faded into something where it would make me not cry. But i still feel the tears coming. I still feel the regret of not being there. What do i do? I don't want to cry in front of my father. I don't want to be the weak one anymore. I want to be strong for him, so he won't have to hurt anymore.

"Okay i'll take us to somewhere nice. Just be home before 7 okay?" He says and i nod as he leaves. He shuts the door and i can't help but let out a sob. It sounds croaked and cold like i don't care. All i see is a blur of tears, they're hot on my face. I can't help it i cry as hard as i can to get it out. I pick up my phone and text Murasakibara because i can't help it. I need him. I don't care about anyone else. I just need him.

Me: Meet me at Avenue Park. Need you.

I sit there and wait for him to text back, i wipe off the tears that fall down to my cheeks. They streak my face, wet and dry spots hang on my face and i try to stop. I just have to try and stop crying. My phone vibrates on my leg and i pick it up.