Scattered Wishes

Chapter 3

"Te-Tetsu said that?" Aomine asked, his face was so pale.

"He did. He told me everything. Those painful sentences, the way how you kicked him out of the group, the way how you abandoned him. Everything. Kuroko... He had too much emotional breakdowns after he started warming up on me." Kagami said, hands balled into a fist though he wasn't showing signs of punching anyone from the Generation of Miracles.

Izuki sighed. "Kuroko told me stuff as well."

Riko and the others looked at Izuki with a confused look.

"When?" Hyuuga asked.

"Remember when Kuroko was running a high fever and we visited him? I stayed a bit longer because his Kagami had to buy some groceries for the both of them. He... Kuroko mistook me as Midorima." After hearing those from Izuki, Midorima's eyes widened a little. " It was so heartbreaking to see Kuroko cry and try to reach out to you, Midorima. He was calling your name, saying sorry for being weak and saying that he wants all of you back. I can't do anything at first as he gripped my shirt as he cried. It was the first time I saw Kuroko cry. Much less, show any emotion. In the end, I hugged him and tried to assure him that everything will be fine... I didn't know how much pain he was hiding from everyone. I... Didn't tell him what happened though."

When Izuki looked up as he finished his story, he didn't expect to see tears running down from everyone's faces. How much pain was the Phantom player really hiding?

"Kuroko Tetsuya?" A deep voice was suddenly heard

.

"I-I am Kuroko's cousin." Kagami suddenly said. Pretty smooth lie, I must say.

"Where's his family? Parents?" The doctor asked.

"They're working overseas. They're rarely here in Japan. They can't have a break most of the time" Aomine said, which was the truth. No matter what, Kuroko's parents were rarely over. They only call Kuroko to check up on him twice or thrice a year only.

The doctor sighed. "Very well, come with me. I need to discuss something with you," He said as he prepared to leave but Kagami didn't follow him.

"They'll know even if you tell those to me privately. Its better if you just tell us right now. Here."

"Four broken ribs. Dislocated left arm. He experienced internal bleeding as well. He lost a lot of blood that we had to do blood transfusion. The hospital has a lot of supply so we won't ask for donors right now. He just have problems in breathing so we had to assist his breathing for now. He's out of danger already however..."

With the doctor's long pause, everyone knew something was not good about Kuroko's condition.

"His current brain waves aren't showing signs of being in a coma. The patient himself is refusing to wake up."

Everyone was shocked to hear this from the doctor.

"What do you... Mean?" Midorima asked.

"Kuroko-kun just refuses to wake up. His brain waves appeared that Kuroko-kun will regain consciousness a while ago however, the brain waves changed as soon as it happened. Putting Kuroko-kun in a state of deep sleep once again."

"So you mean, Tetsu refuses to wake up?" Aomine asked.

"It happens when someone is experiencing intense emotional and mental pain. The brain is trying to shut itself down to prevent any more pain." The doctor said and was surprised to see the three colorful haired teens react.

Kise sat on the floor with his face hidden on his knees.

Aomine punched the wall continuously.

Midorima hid his face with his hair.

But all three of them were doing one same thing as well: crying.

"C-can we see Kuroko?" Kagami asked the doctor.

Six. Six people were allowed to visit Kuroko per time.

"I-I-I'll call Akashi and Murasakibara." Midorima said as he excused himself.

"Aomine. Kise. Kamami-kun. Izuki. Hyuuga. Let's go to Kuroko-kun". Riko said as she stood up from the chair.

"We'll fill up the papers," Koganei said as he stood up with the other members of Seirin following him.

"I'm so sorry, Kurokochii" Kise muttered over and over again.

Room 302.

Riko took a deep breath to calm herself before opening the door of Kuroko's hospital room.