Whats hidden behind the shadows

chapter 2

TW: selfharm

*3rd person pov*

(at morning basketball practice)

*kuroko walks in the locker room, usually he comes earlier but he took a long time getting ready so he came a little later, but he didn't expect the generation of miracles also being early*

"goodmorning.." he mumbled, scaring the shit out of everyone (excluding akashi) "why are you all so early?"

"actually we hoped to get a chat with you" akashi said, in a kind of threatening voice.

"oh? okay.. about what?" -kuroko

"we just.. we were wondering.. um.. you know..." kise

"kuroko, where are your parents?" akashi asked directly

kuroko stayed silent for a while, staring at akashi in a, sort of creepy way? Nobody could stand the silence anymore

"well, it's because you never talk about them, we wanted to know you better!" kise asked like a puppy

"um.. thank you? i- i dont really know what to say about them..." kuroko mumbled

"okay, what if we ask questions and you answer them?" akashi suggested

kuroko looked very uncomfortable, he wanted to run, he wished they never said anything about him, he didn't want them to know his past.

"my parents are normal." kuroko said quickly "anyway, i have to change and start practicing." he said as he grabbed his clothes, for some reason he always leaves somewhere else to change

"okay what the hell was that?" aomine asked irritated

"watch your language aomine, but i agree, that was a little weird" midorima replied

"so what should we do? i think he's definitely hiding something.." kise said

"yeah no shit, we knew that, that's why we wanted to interrogate him" aomine snarled

"hey! no need to be so mean!" kise whined

"we have an training camp next week, it lasts a whole week. I think there definitely will be some time where we can ask him, for now i want you all to keep a close eye on him." akashi said strictly and then walked away.

*at practice, when everyone had already started*

kuroko was in a match with the generation of miracles, when all of the sudden their coach walked in.

"sorry to disturb you all, i wanted to ask kuroko something." he said

"uh sure" kuroko said as he was about to walk to his coach

"oh no it's not super private, i can just say it here. All i wanted to ask if you got the money for the training camp, everyone had paid it already"

"oh, yeah sorry, how much was it again?" kuroko asked

"75 dollars, I expect to get it before 18;00 tomorrow, otherwise you cannot come." he said as he walked away, most people would not listen to their conversation but the GoM sure did, and now they were staring at kuroko, who looked spaced out and stressed.

"everything okay kurokocchi?" kise asked, putting kuroko out of his trance

"um, yeah everything is fine.." kuroko said, but really nothing was fine, how was he going to get 75 dollars out of nowhere?! he has a part-time job but he can only afford his food with that, he might have to.. visit his mother. Just thinking about that woman made him stress out, he coule feel a panick attack coming.

"excuse me, i have to go to the bathroom, be right back." he said as he walked out as quick as possible

"kuroko, wait!" akashi said but it was no use, their shadow had already ran out.

"what should we do?! should we follow him?!" kise asked hysterically

"calm down kise, maybe he just had to go to the bathroom very badly?" aomine said

"idiot, something was obviously wrong.. do you think it has to do with the money?" midorima

"i think so, i mean he isn't the richest, have you seen his shoes? they're basically falling apart, and those wristbands are also super old, and he has a full scholarship meaning that his parents don't have to pay a single penny, i guess he is poor? maybe that's why he never tells us anything about his home life.." akashi rambled

"i dont think so.. kuro-chin isn't really one to be embarrassed, especially when it comes to people he loves.. maybe his parents aren't nice?" murasakibara said with a frown

"or dead" aomine said bluntly

"aomine! can't you be a bit more respectful! dont you even care about your best friend?" midorima said, then got punched.

"ofcourse i fucking care! It's been in my head all the time, god I even have nightmares about this! My best friend might be going through something horrible, and I don't know a damn about it!" aomine yelled

the people around them broke the 2 up and are now seperating.

*meanwhile with kuroko*

he stumbled his way to the toilet, got in a stall and locket it, then sat on the floor. His breath was shaky and he was crying, he barely could breath. He took off his wristband and looked at the fresh cuts he made last night, he then started scratching his arm like crazy, re-opening all the wounds, he dug his nails in the cuts that were open and made them worse, but not bad enough to lose too much blood.

It calmed him down, he caught his breath and stopped the scratching, he then curled up into a ball and stayed still like that for a while. After a few minutes he finally got up and walked out of his stall, he washed the almost dried up blood and put on his wristbands, they didn't cover up everything but they helped.

He washed his face and walked back to the gym like nothing happened.