A/N: I do not own Kuroko no Basket, but I do own Chiaki.

~x~

Akashi Chiaki’s day always starts with a gentle patting on her shoulder.

“Chiaki, wake up. It’s already morning.” Furihata Kouki walked into Chiaki’s bedroom and opened the curtains to allow the sunlight to penetrate her room. He patted her shoulder repeatedly, trying to wake her up.

“Uhh...Five more minutes...” Chiaki turned to the other side, covered her head with her blanket while trying to get back to her sleep.

“You said the same thing five minutes ago...” Furihata went chided his daughter.

She reminded him of the fact that he used to be just like that back during his adolescence. Because of this, he almost failed to step into the school compound on time back then. Furihata smiled genuinely, Chiaki really is like him, didn’t she? Like father, like daughter. Although Furihata highly doubted that Akashi Seijuurou would even lie on the bed for a minute longer after his alarm rang.

But now, Furihata needed to wake Chiaki up before it’s late. He tried to yank her blanket away from her, “Chiaki, wake up. Before your father---”

“Chiaki.” Akashi Seijuurou’s solemn voice rang through the whole room.

Chiaki immediately sat up from her bed the moment she heard her beloved father’s voice. Her eyes were opened with frightened.

“Are you going to get out from your bed yourself or-“

Without giving Akashi any chance to finish his sentence, Chiaki jumped out from her bed literally and rushed out from her bedroom and into the adjoining bathroom. A “bang” sound could be heard from the bathroom. Furihata stared at Akashi, who had his hands crossed in front of his chest and leaning against the doorframe, while the aforementioned stared back at him.

“Sei, you shouldn’t threaten her like that.”

“I didn’t threaten her. I was just trying to wake her up.”

Yeah, right. It is just like you are trying to wake her up while placing a knife near her neck.

~QAQ~

Normally, Furihata Kouki would be the one who woke up first, followed by Akashi Seijuurou. After waking Chiaki up, Furihata would head to the kitchen and start to make breakfast for the whole family.

Furihata wasn’t good in cooking at first. The first time he cooked, he almost burnt the whole kitchen on his own and Akashi was forced to call a designer to redesign their kitchen, because it was completely unsalvageable. After that horrendous incident, Furihata had learnt how to cook better from his mother. After turning off the stove, he filled two bowls with tofu soup. He places the food and the soup on the dining table before going back to the kitchen to heat the milk.

Akashi Seijuurou will have nothing less than Japanese style breakfast every morning, whereas Furihata didn’t really care about that, as long as there was something to eat. As a child, Chiaki didn’t have much appetite in the morning, so Furihata will prepare warm milk and few slices of breads for her as breakfast.

Just when Furihata finished prepared their breakfast, Akashi came downstairs. He was wearing a white stiff-collared shirt and black trousers, followed by Chiaki who had changed into her kindergarten uniform. Furihata was wearing casually, since his working place didn’t require wearing formal clothing (since all that fancy ties and suits will be wrinkled an hour into working, especially if the dateline is approaching).

“Smells good Kouki.” Akashi complimented his lover with a smile.

“Yeah, you had the same thing yesterday, the day before and the day before too.”

“But since it’s your cooking, I don’t mind eating the same thing for the rest of my life.”

“You and your sweet words…”

After finishing their breakfast, Furihata would help Chiaki to tie her hair and ready all her things before going out. As always, he would walk Chiaki to her kindergarten on the way to Marukawa Shoten whereas Akashi would drive to the company. It wasn’t that Akashi hadn’t offered him a ride to work, he rejected his offer. And when Akashi offered to buy him a car, he refused that as well.

“Okay Chiaki. Say goodbye to Father.” Furihata looked at Chiaki who was currently in his arms.

“Bye Father!” Chiaki waved to her father happily.

Akashi gave a small smile to his daughter. He walked towards Furihata and gave him a kiss, “Be careful.”

“You too.”

~QAQ~

Marukawa Shoten was just few stops away from the kindergarten Chiaki was attending, so Furihata was not in a rush to send Chiaki to the kindergarten. When they reached the kindergarten, he squat down beside her and talked to Chiaki.

“Chiaki, remember to listen to sensei.”

“Enn!” Chiaki nodded her head.

“Don’t chat with your friends while sensei is teaching, okay?”

“Okay.” Chiaki nodded.

“And also---”

“Good morning, Furihata-kun.”

“Uwah!” Furihata screamed as his body fell backward. He looked up, only to see a worried Chiaki and an expressionless Kuroko Tetsuya, who was wearing a blue shirt and jeans with a blue apron which matched his hair, standing in front of him.

“How long have you been here?!”

“Just now,” Kuroko helped Furihata to stand. He then looked at Chiaki, “Good morning, Chiaki-chan.”

“Good morning, Te--Kuroko-sensei!” Chiaki greeted her class teacher cheerfully; even though she almost addressed him in the wrong way.

Furihata again brought himself down to his daughter’s height, “I haven’t finished. Remember you shouldn’t come out from the school compound before I come and pick you up, and also don’t follow strangers—“

“Yes, yes daddy. Chiaki can take care of herself. I need to go now.” Chiaki tried to talk like an adult. She stood with her toes in order to pat Furihata’s head lightly. She pecked him on his lips before entering the school compound. Furihata was stunned at his daughter’s reaction, without realizing Kuroko had taken a photo of Chiaki peeking on his lips.

I am so going to send this to Akashi-kun. Kuroko made a mental note before he placed his phone back into his pocket and stepped into the kindergarten.

~QAQ~

Kuroko stepped into his class, which was Class 2A with books and papers on his hands. Once the students have settled down in their own places, he placed his stuff on the table, “Remember the test we took last week? I am quite satisfied with your performance, keep it up. Now I am going to give out the papers.”

All the students were very excited. They just couldn’t wait to get their papers because they knew that Kuroko would give a special present to the one who got highest marks among the class. Everyone wished they would be the lucky one who got the present, although it was just something which could be bought from anywhere. It’s just that the present being given out by Kuroko-sensei made it extra special (everyone loved Kuroko-sensei, I mean who doesn’t?)

Kuroko held up one of the papers on the very top of the pile and read, “So the highest in our class is...” He stopped on purpose, only to see his students which holding their breaths. He controlled himself from smiling before continuing, “The highest is our class is Akashi Chiaki, as usual.”

“Wah!!” Everyone was amazed. Chiaki always got the highest score among them every test. As the students started clapping, Chiaki got up from her seat and walked towards Kuroko. One could see that Chiaki was very nervous, her hands were holding her sides of her dress tightly and she was shaking slightly. She always felt nervous around the crowd, although her father told her to be calm always; it was just hard for her to do as he said.

Once she was standing in front of Kuroko-sensei, he handed her the gift he prepared for her. “Congratulations, Chiaki-chan.”
The present was something which was wrapped with blue wrapping paper. Mumbling a “thank you” to him, Chiaki took the present and rushed back to her seat. Everyone around her was asking of they could have a look at the present as she got. Kuroko cleared his throat to attract their attention.

“So shall we continue our lesson for today? What should we do today?” Although he was talking to the kids, Kuroko still used monotones, just like he usual self, but the kids seemed to like the way Kuroko is.

“Kuroko-sensei, let’s act! I want to become a Power Ranger!” A boy raised his hand quickly and voiced his opinion.

“I wish Kuroko-sensei would tell us some stories, just like last time.” A girl with two pony tails whispered to Chiaki.
“Hmm...” Kuroko put his hand under his jaw, pretending that he was perplexed, “how about everyone talks about their families?”

“Okay!” Every one of kids shouted in unison. Most of them wanted to be the first to talk, so Kuroko arranged them based on their names. Chiaki was in front since her family name started with alphabet A. It was her turn after a girl finished talking about her family, which consisted of her parents, her younger brother and her. As Kuroko called out her name, she walked slowly to the front of the classroom.

She started to feel nervous. It was not like she didn’t know about her classmates; it was just that she was afraid to speak in public just like now. Her palms started to sweat profusely. She could feel that her emotionless teacher was trying to give her silent support. Everyone’s stare never failed to put more stress on her. Swallowing her saliva, she started to talk about her family.

“I-I live happily with m-my family which consists of my Father and my Daddy...” The moment she talked about her family member, the students started to gossip amongst themselves.

Kuroko looked at Chiaki who was still shivering in front, worried about the reaction of the students brought on by her comment, with pity in his eyes. He was afraid to bring up this particular topic in class because he knew that not every parent would accept the homosexual. This was Japan after all. The moment he got the order from the school to ask students to talk about their families, he phoned Akashi and tried to discuss the matter with him.

“Just do what the school ask, Tetsuya. It is only a matter of time that Chiaki will face this problem. She needs to handle it by herself.” That was what Akashi told him in the phone.

“I have a question!” A boy raised his hand and it made Chiaki to jump slightly, “Why do you have two fathers? Where is your mother?”

“I-I don’t know...”Chiaki looked at the student for few seconds before lowering her gaze to stare at her shoes, “...b-but my father and daddy love me, and they love each other too...” Her voice became softer and softer as she spoke.
Everyone started to get curious about Chiaki’s family; they kept asking her questions about her family. Although Chiaki was nervous, she still answered all their questions. When Kuroko was going to let her go back to her seat, a voice was heard from the behind of the classroom.

“Chiaki is a child without mother! How strange!” A boy was shouted at Chiaki while one of his fingers pointed at her. His eyes were full of spite. The moment he finished his sentences, the boys at the back classroom started to laugh at Chiaki.

“Yasumoto-kun, you shouldn’t be laughing at Chiaki-chan.” Kuroko addressed the boy solemnly.

Although his expression didn’t change, everyone knew that their class teacher were very mad at those boys. Sure, when Kuroko-sensei is mad, his expression won’t change but his eyes will turn into a steely, cold blue colour which would cause anyone who looked into his eyes turn away and a shiver to run down their spines. Yes, that’s how scary Kuroko-sensei can be.

“B-but Kuroko-sensei, she is from a family without a mother! I bet she is from the orphanage!” As soon as he finished his sentence, Yasumoto let out an even louder laugh. The other students tried to stop him and his friends from laughing at Chiaki but they all failed. Just when Kuroko was going to take action, Chiaki opened her mouth and started to speak.

“It’s true that I came from a family without a mother,” Chiaki’s head was lowered down; her long fridge had covering her crimson eyes as she spoke. Her palms was clenched into fists and placed firmly beside her shaking body, “I’ve never met my mother before, and sometimes I wonder how my mother actually looks like. But I am happy that I have my Daddy and Father who actually loves me. Although my Daddy is a man, he prepares delicious food, helps me to tie my hair and do things that a mother usually does for her family.”

Chiaki lifted her head to stare at the others. Her eyes were full with tears as she bit her lips. “I am proud of my family, and I don’t feel ashamed that I don’t have a mother, at least I was brought up to have good manners, unlike you!” Chiaki shouted the last sentence before burst out from the classroom with hands covering her face. Everyone was calling her name, except for Yasumoto who was frozen at his place.

~QAQ~

During recess, Kuroko headed to his office with Yasumoto beside him. He was staring at the floor as they walked to there. He used to be one of the most active students during class, but after Chiaki ran away today, he never said a single word for the whole day. Kuroko knew that he was regretting what did to Chiaki.

“Kuroko-sensei,” As they almost reached their destination, the boy broke the silence, “will Chiaki-chan still be my friend?”

“I think she will,” Kuroko gave him a small smile, “if only Yasumoto-kun will apologize to her properly.”

When they were in front of the room, they saw that Chiaki was sitting on a chair, staring out the window. When she heard someone at the door, she turned and saw that it was Yasumoto before turning her face away. Yasumoto felt extremely sad after realizing that Chiaki was still mad at him.

Kuroko, who was standing behind Yasumoto, patted his shoulder, “Chiaki-chan, Yasumoto-kun is here to apologize what he did this morning.” Chiaki stared at him; her eyes were full with curiosity.

“I-I...” Yasumoto was rather self-conscious when he was facing the girl. He was scratching the back of his head, eyes looking at everywhere but Chiaki, “Chiaki-chan, I-I am so s-sorry on what I said this morning...C-can we be...be friends again....?”

Chiaki blinked. After staring at Yasumoto for few seconds, which made him wondered why the time was passed so slow, Chiaki gave him a bright grin, “Of course!” She got up from her seat and walked towards the boy, “Daddy said we should always forgive others who admitted their mistakes, so I forgive you!” As she finished her sentence, she offered her hand to Yasumoto while grinning at him.

Slowly, Yasumoto took her hand while they shook their hands with each other. He stared at her face, this was the first time he thought that the girl who was currently standing in front of him was rather cute. He wished he could always stare at the girl and her smiling face.

They didn’t move until someone knocked on the door. A man with crimson-black hair with crimson eyes and a scary expression was standing outside the room.

“Taiga-kun? Why are you here?” Kuroko stared at Kagami Taiga, who looked like he ran all the way here with his windblown hair. He tilted his head, whereas the two children were just staring at them.

“You forgot to bring your bento again, Tetsuya. What are you going to eat if I didn’t realize it, huh?” Kagami lifted his right hand. It was a lunch box which was wrapped in blue cloth.

“I was planning to go to the canteen and buy something to eat.” He took the lunch box from Kagami and gave him a hug, “Thank you, Taiga-kun. You’re the best.”

“Tetsuya, stop that!” Kagami was struggling to escape Kuroko’s vice tight embrace, “The kids are staring at us!”

“Who is he, and why is Kurok-sensei hugging him.” Yasumoto was quite puzzled at the situation.

“He’s Kuroko-sensei’s lover, Kagami Taiga-nii!” Chiaki introduced Kagami to him with a bright smile. Yasumoto’s jaw dropped while Kagami was still struggling to get away from Kuroko.

“Leave the introduction aside, Chiaki! Come and save me!” Kagami pleaded with the young girl who just stared at him in puzzlement.

“Ehh?”

And when Furihata came and picked his daughter later that day, he saw that his precious daughter was in a very good mood, and her classmates were all staring at him with excitement.

Furihata was confused. “Eh? Chiaki, why are all your friends staring at me? Did something happen?”

-Omake-

At lunch time, Akashi decided to give his beloved Furihata a call. Furihata hardly glanced at the screen when he picked up his phone, he was up to his neck in manuscripts submitted by his mangakas.

“Moshi moshi, this is Furihata.”

“Kouki.” Akashi’s voice came from the other end of the line.

“ Yes, Sei?" 

“I received a MMS from Tetsuya this morning.”

“ Hmm? And then?”

“ He sent me a photo of you kissing Chiaki.”

“Yes, and then?” Furihata prodded on, still not seeing the point of Akashi’s call.

“Although Chiaki is our daughter, you are not allowed to kiss anyone other than me, understand?”

“ But that’s just a goodbye kiss—“ Furihata started to protest.

“Understand?”

“Yes...” Furihata sighed in defeat.

His husband was really the most possessive and stingiest person alive.

-to be continued-