Chapter Three
*Beta-ed by imKimTheWriter! Thank you! Despite all the exams you're having, you still got around to do proof read my story!
Previous on Chapter Two
"Damn it all…" He cursed underneath his breath, his visions were completely blurry.
'I…want to hear more of it…'
Akashi weakly opened his eyes the moment he felt a familiar warmth, so familiar that he would have mistaken it as a dream. In front of him, Kuroko looked at him with such kind and gentle eyes, smiling at him. He held her hands, seeking the warmth he has been searching all these years.
'I finally found you…'
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The morning sun light beamed warmly yet so brightly through the windows covered by a simple blue sunflower print curtain into the peach colored painted room. The walls were filled with different type of flower-printed wallpapers. The room was decorated with a simple desk, a cupboard and a wardrobe. The bed is leaned against the wall which is occupied by a certain renowned lead singer of the Generation of Miracles, Akashi Seijuro. On his forehead laid a new fever patch, leaving his locks messy. His breath came in slightly as his cheeks flushed in red tints. At the side of the bed, a bucket of cold water and several clean cloths were left there; ready to be used every two-hour of the day.
The door creaked open quietly and there entered a small bluenette holding a small tray with a bowl of porridge and honey-flavored drink along with several medicines. She put the tray on the nightstand before gently wiping off the sweats on the red-haired singer's face. Even with the gentlest and slightest movement, Akashi's eyelids struggled to open before wincing at the sunlight. Her gentle warm voice rang in his ears.
"Akashi-kun, you need to eat something before you drink these medicines, I made porridge for you." She helped him to sit up, then she quickly stuffed more pillows behind his back for him to lean against to. His hetero orbs are glazed by extreme fatigue and fever. He simply nodded before shifting his gaze to the lady who was busy preparing his meal.
"When did I get back…into the bed…?" His voice was hoarse from the coughing he had earlier.
"Taiga carried you back to the bed when we found you in the living room asleep on the floor." She replied, although the last part was a lie. She found Akashi half conscious in the living room when she heard raspy breaths echoe lightly in the quiet living room of the apartment while Kagami was already dead asleep in his own room.
"I gave the university a call about you being absent today, Taiga has passed along a message to your friends that you will take a few days leave from work and school." She smiled.
However, Akashi was too delirious with the fever; she knew that she mustn't let him know anything further about herself as he already overheard her singing voice. It was something she must not let anyone heard other than her childhood friend, Kagami, and the recording team.
"I see…I apologize for troubling both you and Kagami…but I must get back to work; next performance is in a week…" Akashi said weakly, trying to leave the bed before staggering. Kuroko quickly put the empty bowl away and caught the red-head in time before he crashed to the floor. She sighed in relief before the door burst opened. The tall tanned teen who Akashi had seen with the bluenette back at the university's campus glared at him.
Kagami approached the two before pulling Akashi away from the bluenette and promptly pushed him back to the bed. The taller crimson haired teen towered him.
"I didn't follow Tetsu's request to bring you back with us just to see you going back to work in that shape of yours. So either you shut up and sit in the bed quietly until Tetsu sees your fever's gone, or I will throw you in a ditch." He warned before motioning his childhood friend to get the medicine from the tray.
"Taiga, you didn't have to be so mean to him." She pouted but quickly gave the taller male the medicines and a cup of water.
"If I wasn't, he will be falling dead somewhere in the streets. Now drink these and sleep." Kagami answered before shoving the small saucer filled with medicines to the shorter male.
"You have no right to keep me confined to the bed all day long." Akashi retorted.
"Ah? What was that? You're right, I don't have the right to whatever. However, Tetsu insisted that you should be brought here instead of calling one of your friends to pick you up. If you got a problem, suck it up." With that, Kagami stood up and stopped abruptly at the door frame.
"Tetsu, I need to have a word with you." He motioned her to follow him. She hesitated to leave Akashi by himself but whenever Kagami has that serious look on him, he must have something serious to talk about. She nodded before gathering the bowl and cups on the tray.
"Please get some rest, Akashi-kun. We will be right outside in the living room if you need anything." She pulled the blank up to his chin before patting his chest gently and left the room, leaving Akashi staring at the peace-colored ceiling.
He felt much better than he felt these past few days, but still, he was wondering what he saw the night before if it was merely one of his delirious thoughts or even dreams. He could have sworn that the warmth which had left him craving for it for over three years belonged to the bluenette. There is no way in hell that he was having a dream. It felt too real to be a dream; her melodious voice rang in his ears. It was such a sad melody.
He sighed before turning to his side. He noticed his phone and wallet were left on the nightstand while his belongings were left hanging on the wall-hook nearby. Summoning each ounce of energy he has, he brought himself towards the nightstand and grabbed his phone before letting his back fell back on the comfortable bed.
He flicked the phone open to only frown at the endless missed calls and text messages list before turning to his side to shut his eyes close before drifting into a blanket of darkness.
'What am I doing…?'
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In the kitchen, Kagami grabbed a folder from his backpack that has been left on the counter when he reached home and handed it over to the bluenette. He poured a cup of coffee before settling in one of the high stool while waiting for Kuroko to finish reading the folder's contents.
"It's a big contract, but you do know that Rakuzan Records Agency is the same agency that that idiot is in?" He broke the silent air in the kitchen. She nodded.
"The recording team that has been put up especially for you has agreed to the contract that they will never say a word about your identity, but here is where the big problem lays." He pointed at one of the blue colored paper before sliding his finger on one of the listed musicians that will be using HEAVEN's compositions in one of their album. Her sky blue orbs looked at the name before frowning.
"Can you see why I didn't accept the contract on your behalf now? You will need to meet the lead singer face to face if you accept this contract." He questioned her as he took another sip of his black coffee.
"…but ..." She trailed off.
"Look, Tetsu, I know that you will not let anyone else but him to sing your songs but think about it, if you let him into your life once again, things will only turn out for the worst. You remember what happened before, don't you?" He was not happy with his childhood friend's decision.
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All these years prior to one incident when they were just children, both of the Kuroko and Akashi family have come into terms that when both of their only children grew up, they will be married to each other to combine and widen both companies. Their children, Kuroko Tetsuki and Akashi Seijuro were engaged at a young age, even though it was an arranged marriage, both of them were happy with each other. They loved music, they wouldn't ask for anything more other than having to listen to each other singing. However all things doesn't end well.
They both were playing at a nearby park. Akashi threw a ball to her but he threw it with more force, Kuroko wasn't able to catch it as it flew above her height. The orange ball rolled over to the road. After telling Akashi to stay put, she ran towards the ball. Things went ugly after that. She didn't notice the incoming sports car until the red-head boy shouted for her. She couldn't move as her eyes widened the moment she felt her body flew the other side of the road. Her body went cold the moment she heard a loud thud.
Akashi has pushed her to the side and couldn't save himself in time before getting hit by the car. He was rushed to the hospital before both sides of their parents showed up. Akashi fell into coma. His parents were furious that they began to blame her. Eventually, they broke the engagement. The Kuroko Corporations went down the drain after the Akashi Corporations began to buy out almost every single stock it has, leaving the Kuroko's to bankruptcy. She has lost her voice due to endless crying and extreme fever.
A year later, Akashi Seijuro finally woke up from coma, everything crumbled down. He has lost his memories. Her parents disowned her due to what happened. She began blaming herself for what happened.
As time goes by, she slowly regained her voice. She was lucky that Kagami was always there for her. His parents were more than happy to give her shelter and even called her their beloved daughter as the Kagami's parents wanted a daughter.
Then after Kagami Taiga found her unconscious in their house's piano was later then diagnosed with a spinocerebellar ataxia, a rare inherited neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by the slow degeneration of certain areas of the brain. However, it was only the on first stage and there was no cure for it. In other word, her life time has been limited once it reached stage four. Since then, Kagami has always been on the edge, making sure no one hurts her and willing to sacrifice his own dreams for her dreams.
Along the way, Kuroko began to send in some of her song compositions to several music agencies. Later, she has been offered to a large number of contracts. She accepted the contracts under two conditions: Kagami will be assisting her in each composition as her guitarist, and she will hide under the stage name, HEAVEN. Not long after that, she made a debut in the industry. Her listeners have claimed that her music changed their lives.
No one knows how she looked like, not even her real gender. Only Kagami and the contract recording teams knew. Kagami never asked her about it, but he knew that her real dream is to sing. To him, she has the most beautiful voice he has ever heard. He tried so hard to get her to sing but it's harder than he expected.
When he found out that her former fiancee, Akashi Seijuro attended the same high school back then, he would do everything in his hands to get her to leave the Teiko Private High School, they transferred to a school in abroad but all of his plans has been ruined after both of them returned to Japan to continue their studies in Tokyo University of Arts. There, the two met once again.
Only this time, Akashi has no memories of her.
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"Even so…I don't care if he will hate me for what has happened before, Taiga." She closed the folder. Her orbs glued to the folder's cover – Rakuzan Records Agency Contract Offer - HEAVEN/Kuroko Tetsuki.
Rakuzan Records Agency is one of the biggest and renowned music agencies on the globe aside KING RECORDS and SONY RECORDS. Each of it contract musician has made his or her name known all over the globe. And now, it set its eyes on HEAVEN, a mysterious musician that has sat in top charts for the past 5 years. The agency managed to get a hold of Kagami Taiga, one of the few people who knew the mysterious musician and is close to her.
"Why are you so stubborn…?" He mumbled. Kagami then left his stool and turned the bluenette's stool around to face him. He bent down to an eye level with her, both of his hands are each on her shoulder. His orbs softened.
"Tetsu, all I want for you is to live your life to the fullest. The last thing I never want to happen to you is for you to get hurt once again. If this is your decision then…" He trailed off.
"I'll support you till the very end." He gently hugged her. Kuroko returned his hug. She felt bad enough that Kagami is willing to throw away his dreams for her. He was supposed to sign a contract back in United States with one of the famous recording agency, but he declined it without hesitation. His reason was – "I will only agree to it if HEAVEN agrees to sign the contracts, if she doesn't then I will not sign any contract. My place will only be next to HEAVEN's side."
Since then, contract offers have been coming in for both her and Kagami, but they both knew better that the bluenette cannot have too much contracts in hand since her health began to deteriorate lately.
They knew…it won't be long until she will be confined into bed.
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"…it's a promise!" A voice said, smiling at him as they made a pinky promise. Akashi couldn't see who it was.
"I would be even happier if you are the one that sings my songs." The small frame girl turned around.
"Forgive me, Sei…" Soft sobs rang in his ears. He could feel that whoever the voice belongs to, it is filled with sorrows.
"I hope one day…you will be able to sing my songs once again…Sei." With that, the owner of the warm hands he loved so much let go of his, disappearing into the bright blinding light.
"Please don't leave me alone…"
"Sei…"
Akashi tried his hardest running after the person, but it felt so far away no matter how hard he tried. He desperately reached out for the person, but only to …
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He woke up abruptly as his eyes wide opened. His breaths were labored. His hands were in the air as if trying to reach out for someone. He furrowed before taking a deep breath, covering his eyes with his right arm. Never in his life has he had such dreams.
'What was that…?'
Then he noticed it was finally late evening. The orange sky spread across. He looked around the room, searching for a certain bluenette. He sighed. He slowly got up from the bed, feeling much better than earlier. He noticed a piece of note on the nightstand.
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Akashi-kun,
Both me and Taiga will be out for a while. Here is your food. Please eat it since your fever just broke. We will be home as soon as possible. Please have as much rest as you can. If you want to take a warm shower, you can use any change of clothes that Taiga has provided in the wardrobe, please feel free to pick any to your taste.
Kuroko Tetsuki.
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His hetero orbs blinked for a couple of time before shifting his gaze to the nightstand. A plate of oatmeal ham sandwich and a bottle of honey drink to ease his sore throat. For the first time in his life, he felt so loved. He took a bite on one of the sandwich. He chuckled lightly.
'It tastes good.'
He finished the entire sandwiches and the honey drink before walking towards the window. The neighborhoods were quiet, but he spotted a few families with their kids at the nearby playground. His orb stared at the sight of families with their children before it saddened. He felt sorry for himself. He couldn't remember most part of his childhood days. His parents refused to let him know about anything during his younger days. The only thing he remembered was waking up after a long deep slumber. It took him a long time to move normally; apparently he was comatose for over a year.
How he went into a coma? He doesn't know the answer to that.
He moved around the room before stopping abruptly in front of the wardrobe. He remembered the note the lady in blue left. Thinking he should take a short shower as he felt slightly uncomfortable for not having any shower these past two days. Spotting a stack of clean towels, he searched for a set of fresh clothes. He frowned when he noticed all of the clothes come in x10 his size. He cursed inwardly for having such a small body. He sighed. He settled with a white dress shirt and a t-shirt while going with his jeans.
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After a while in the shower, he made his way towards the living room, accessing it. The whole apartment is decorated with simple decorations. There were five rooms, quite large for a male teen to stay in but who was he to comment, his own apartment was larger than this. He then noticed the white grand piano standing beautifully by the veranda, and then a large blue ribbon is tied at the stand, letting its tail flow down. He approached the piano; carefully he opened the key cover, pressing on one of the key. He smiled at the beautiful sound echoed throughout the apartment.
'It's very well maintained.'
Akashi knew how a musical instrument was properly taken care of just by looking and pressing on one of the keys. He learnt that a musician must take care of his or her instruments just like it's his or her own life. He spotted a few blue colored cover music sheet books stacked on each other at the top of the piano. He took one of it before going through several sheets before he furrowed. He quickly went through another stack. He has seen all these compositions for his band's next album release, no one is supposed to have these other than the composer.
'Hold on…this is HEAVEN's original compositions, why does Ms. Kuroko has it?'
Then something fell off from the sheets. He knew he shouldn't be sneaking around other people's apartment, but his curiosity got the best of him when he saw a familiar folder belonged to his agency, stating – Rakuzan Record Agency Contract Offers – HEAVEN / Kuroko Tetsuki. His orbs widened at the contents:
Rakuzan Record Agency would like to offer you a contract to be the personal composer for our teen band, Generation of Miracles, we have enclosed several documents for you to look through in the conditions that Kagami Taiga has laid out for us. We hope to see your answer soon as this will greatly benefit both sides.
'Kuroko Tetsuki…is HEAVEN…?'
He was too lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice someone was opening the main door of the apartment. He heard light footsteps and someone conversing with another echoed in the apartment as he was about to turn around. The person's tracks stopped abruptly. Her sky blue orbs widened the moment she saw the folder she was looking through earlier in the hands of none other than Akashi Seijuro. The last person she ever wants to know about her secret.
"You're HEAVEN…"
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Whew! *wipes sweats away on forehead* That was long! Over 3.5K words in total as promise to the requests from reviewers for longer chapters. The stupidest thing I ever done today while writing this chapter on Microsoft Words after finishing the whole chapter is I accidentally clicked NO to save instead of YES to save! I had to rewrite the whole thing down! Can you just imagine how long I spent on rewriting it based on memories?! XD Stupid, stupid, stupid me! LMAO
Either way, her secret has been revealed. What was the promise in his dream about? Will he ever remember who Kuroko Tetsuki is to him? How will things turn out for Kuroko after being discovered as HEAVEN, the mysterious genius musician the industry ever had. Follow up for next chapter~ and don't forget to drop a review, it means a lot to see more reviews, they give me more push to write and update more~
For reviewers/readers that have given their two cents into the white box down there, I'm so happy to see your positive reviews and that you guys are happy on the last chapter! I hope this chapter is better than the last one :)
Please do take note on the last chapter I have asked to vote on which character will be the second pairing, and since I received a lot of Kise Ryouta x Kuroko Tetsuki. The 2nd pairing [3rd wheel person] will be Kise! Please don't hate! LOL
I made a new cover picture for this 2nd version of Frozen Melody- For I love you , consisting Kuroko Tetsuki as the main background , Kise and Akashi as the two main character that will fight for their place in her heart! Please let me know if the cover sucks also, if you have wattpad, don't hesitate to find WinterRaineeDay there and follow me up for updates, I'll follow you back ~
Owh and Happy New Year! Just realized tomorrow will be the last day for 2013, how fast time goes by. To my faithful readers who have been following for my updates in my profile ever since I started in fan-fiction last February, Happy New Year! ~
Until next chapter ~
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