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A little over 4 months have past since the incident with his father and Aomine is still lying in his comfy hospital bed with no feeling at in his lower half. He was tired but not from sleep. He wanted to do things. Mostly on his own for once. When he closes his eyes he can see himself running, running like there is no tomorrow but when he opens his eyes again and look down a long sigh escapes his mouth. The door opens and reveals his red haired lover.
“Hey Daiki how are you doing today?” Kagami asks while walking towards the tanned teen.
“Same as the past couple of week I think” Aomine answers flatly.
Kagami sighs Aomine really isn’t making this any easier for anyone.
“Oh well come on you have an appointment with your therapist in the rehab room”
“Oh ya well let me just get out of bed and WALK towards you so we can WALK tighter now shall we” Aomine answers pissed.
“Dammit Daiki shut up so I can help you and get on time for your appointment”
“Fine..” Aomine grumbles.
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With help from Kagami he stands up form his wheelchair with great difficulty. He grabs the bars of the parallel bar device and lifts himself up. Kagami smiles bright at Aomine who in return gives him a pain smirk. After such a long time without any form of exercise tanned arms tremble with the effort of keeping himself upright. Warm sweat runs down his face already and he didn’t even take his first step. Feeling a warm hand on his back he looks up slightly and look right in those blood red eyes. Those eyes are so full with many things, things that are pushing Aomine to take a step. But his leg won’t moves, listen to him.
“Goddammit MOVE!” he yells to himself.
“Daiki don’t push it. This takes time’’ Kagami says with worry in his voice. The deep voice rings trough Aomine’s head but he won’t listen. He needs his fucking legs to listen to him right now!
“Ka-kagami shut up..” Aomine pants. It hurts. It hurt so much. With those thought his arms finally give in and Aomine falls on the ground. At first a shocked expression grosses his face but then realisation hits him. He clinches his fists and hits the floor in between his useless legs. He wants to laugh at himself for being like he is now but rather than a laugh slipping from his mouth a quit sob leaves it instead.
“Daiki! Are you alright?!” Kagami is at his side in an instant, unsure of what to do he places his hand on Aomine’s shoulder. When Aomine feels those warm hand on his body he loses it. He is so mad. He bats Kagami’s hands away and struggles to get in his wheelchair. Kagami stands up with to help him but Aomine lets out this animalistic growl and Kagami back away.
“I can at least do this on my fucking own. So let me be and go away!’’ Aomine yells the last part rather hard. Kagami opens his mouth to shout to him to not be so hard on himself and the people around him because it won’t do him any good but shouts it again and walks away. His hand hanging because he just doesn’t know anymore maybe Aomine’s doctor was right. Likely Aomine would never walk again…
Aomine struggles to get in his wheelchair but it somehow worked and he rolls out of the rehab room. With specific place in mind he just rolls around the hospital.
People pass him and whisper things to one an other but Aomine doesn’t heard is doesn’t want to hear their pity talk. After some time he arrives at the small restaurant with large windows. Pushing himself toward those windows and looks outside. People enter and leave the hospital every 2 minutes or so. Some with a broken arm and some with just a bandage around a finger.
Letting his eyes room around some more he sighs and just when he wants to turn around his eyes catch a glimpse of a little boy with an orange ball in his small hands.
Gripping his wheel tight Aomine looks as the boy walks towards the playground and sees for the first time this hospital has a sports field.
The boy is small so he stands close to the basket and grows the ball. Aomine holds his breath as he watches the ball fly to the air but misses the hoop. The boy shakes his head and walks towards the orange basketball, picking it up he once again throws it. Aomine is long gone from the window and rolls towards the door, cursing when he can’t open it himself. He looks around for help but the door gives away and he can wheel away. Looking up he sees a woman smiling down at him. He mumbles a quite
thank you and rolls away towards the sports field.
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The boy is still there trying to shot but every time he misses. The man rolls towards him and the boy sees him coming, lowering the ball and watches as the strange blue haired man in a wheelchair stops in front of him.
“Hello” The man greet.
“He-hello” the boy reply shyly
“My name is Aomine Daiki whats yours?”
The boy looks around nervously. The man looks at him and laugh suddenly, looking back at the man with a questionable look in his eyes the man replies.
“Look kid I’m not gonna kidnap you and even if I wanted I wouldn’t come far with these things” the man signs at his legs. “Can’t walk so you probably outrun me” he chuckles.
The boy stares at the man and then laughs at that, his shyness gone with the wind.
“My name is Azuma Daikichi” the boy replies.
“ So Azuma-kun whatcha doing?”
“I’m playing basketball. Do you know it Aomine-san?”
“Ah yes I know what kind of sport it is. I used to play it before the thing with my legs happened” Aomine says. A thought crosses his mind. He talks about his situation so freely with this young boy like it’s nothing. Not even his therapist couldn’t get him to talk.
“Really? Were you good at it?”
“Hahaha yes I was really good, nobody could even beat me when I was in middle school” Aomine says somewhat proudly.
Daikichi looks at him with eyes filled with awe. Bringing the ball up towards Aomine’s face the boy smiles and asks if Aomine could teach him some tricks. The blue haired teen smiles but as soon as that smile appears it disappears again.
“I can’t”
“Why not?”
“Because I can’t walk anymore…”
“N-never ever again?”
“Yes”
Daikichi looks down towards his shoes. He wanted to ask why he couldn’t walk anymore but his mother said it is rude to such questions so bluntly.
“I was stabbed in my stomach but something happened with my back with the nerves and shit so that’s why I can’t walk anymore”
Daikichi up into midnight blue eyes.
“I’m sorry”
“For what?”
“For asking”
Aomine looked at the small boy. Watching as his body sifted from his left leg to his right. He was really pale, maybe he was a patient here but the boy didn’t look sick at all if you put the paleness aside. So his not so bright mind concluded that the boy was visiting someone.
“Don’t be you didn’t even ask to begin with so no harm done there. Are you visiting someone here?”
“Ah no I sort of live here. I’m sick”
“Oh mind if I ask what your sickness is?”
“Uhhmm it was something like lukeania?”
“Leukaemia...?”
“YES that one. My treatment is today but I feel fine so I went outside when my mom wasn’t looking”
Aomine could only look at Daikichi. He couldn’t be any older then 9. How could the world work this way. He only lost his legs but would live on but this small pale boy… Only god knows how long he has to live.
“I-I can help you I think with your shooting that is. If you still want”
“Really?!”
“Yes. Oke so let’s begin with your form”
The last 1,5 hour he spent with Daikichi were the most fun he had since he lot his ability to walk. Daikichi was a fast learner and as soon as he understood what he did wrong he would ask Aomine for advice and such. But all to soon it was over. A woman came running towards the 2 boys. Calling for Daikichi the woman bent over to catch her breath.
“Daikichi, so this is where you went. I was so worried” the woman huffs out. She looks at Aomine and his wheelchair.
“Oh my I’m so sorry did he cause you trouble?”
“No not at all. If anything he helped me in more ways than one”
The woman smiles at him and Aomine’s brain than makes the right connections. This was the woman who opened the door for him so kindly.
“Daikichi I’m glad you had fun but we need to go now”
“Do I really need to go? I feel fine today!”
Daikichi’s mother sighed and rubbed her forehead. This happened every time but it was never easy.
“Hey Daikichi don’t give your mom such a hard time. You need to go though your treatment like a man so you can get beter 100% therefore I can teach you all the thing I know. An athlete need to be in top form”
“I-I’ll go so just you wait. I’m gonna be super healthy the next time you see me!”
“That’s the spirit!”
“Bye bye Aomine-san”
“Bye Daikichi”
Mother and son walked away talking about his treatment and that after if he was a good boy they would get some ice cream. Aomine smiled and looked as they went into the hospital. 10 minutes passed without any movement from the teen but then someone hit him in the back of his head. Rubbing the sore spot he looks up to the only person who dared to hit him.
“Kagami what the actually fuck?”
“Come on lets go inside and get you to bed”
“But I’m not tired at all”
Kagami looks down at his boyfriend who looked so alive right now, so happy, he was worried about Aomine as soon as the Tanned teen rolled out of the rehab room and followed him silently. When Aomine stopped before the window Kagami felt like crying. The once so proud Aomine Daiki sitting in a wheelchair looking out of a window with a depressed look on his face. But then Aomine spotted something and went towards the door. Kagami almost rushed towards him to help him but a lady beat him to it.
Grinning at the awkward Aomine he followed behind Aomine, thanking the woman on his way, his eyes widened when he saw where Aomine was heading.
Kagami just watched as Aomine and the boy on the court played. He just fixed his gaze on the two and let them be, keeping a special eye on Aomine.
“I know but you have a appointment tomorrow and I don’t want you grumpy like an old person. So come on get you wheelchair ass in motinon or do I need to help you?”
“You are a royal bastard you know that?”
“Yes I know but you didn’t answer my question”
“Push me asshat”
“With love sweety” Kagami replied sweetly and wheeled him towards the hospital
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That night Aomine couldn’t sleep. His mind playing to much images. Quite a few things happened today but the small pale looking Daikichi was what stayed within his mind the most. Such a small body fighting for its future and Aomine was being a whiney little bitch about his own body with had a 40% healing change, the doctors had said that, so he need to get his act together. Not only for himself but for all the people around him especially Kagami. A small sound pulled him out of his thoughts. Looking at the door with a questing look he saw a small body press it self inside.
“Aomine-san are you still awake?” a small voice whispered
“Yes Daikichi I’m still awake. What brings you here doh? How did you even know where my room was”
The boy walks up towards Aomine’s bed and climbs in his bed. Aomine helps him because his small legs couldn’t really reach his bedside. Now with the boy on his numb lap Daikichi smiled up towards him.
“Well I’m going to help you walk and as for your room I asked a nurse” the small boy says with much pride puffing his chest up.
“You what?” Aomine asked stupidly.
“I. am. going. to. help. you. so. that. you. can. walk. again”
“And how are you going to do that?”
“Well I looked it up on the computer here and asked some doctors and they said to take it with little steps. So come on!”
Aomine couldn’t believe his ears this boy was going to help him too. Daikichi jumped of his lap, walking towards Aomine his wheelchair bringing it to him. He pulls on Aomine’s arm and the tanned teen dumbly follows suit. Once in the wheelchair Daikichi puched Aomine out of his room and towards the rehab room.
“Was that your best friend?” Daikichi asks after a little while.
“Who?”
“The red haired man”
“Ah no uhm yes also but he is my boyfriend to”
“As in the same way as a girlfiend?”
“Yes”
“And he helps you and stuff?”
“Yes even before this all” signing towards his legs
“Wow that’s cool”
Aomine snickers never had he thought someone would say this to him that having a male partner was cool. But he agreed Kagami was cool. They arrived at that room a couple of minutes later. Pushing Aomine towards the much hated parallel bar device placing Aomine on one side. Before Aomine could ask any questions Daikichi runs to the other side, steps in between the 2 bars and grabs them and walks towards Aomine again before he stops 50 cm away from Aomine.
Aomine looks at Daikichi with wide eyes.
“Stand up”
“Daikichi I-“
“No don’t give me a hard time be a man and take your treatment” Daikichi says bratty.
Aomine looks at him and laughs at him. Damn brat is using my words against me!
Taking a deep breath Aomine reaches for the 2 bars, grips the tide and heaves himself up. Again his arms tremble with much effort and sweat is forming on his forehead.
“Yeay Aomine-san you are standing” Daikichi says while clapping his tiny hands.
Aomine smiles at him but soon his expression darkens when he feels his arms giving away. Before he can think of what to do next Daikichi claps his hand and sing his name as if calling a puppy. Daiki snorts at this a takes one hand of the bars and places it down 10 cm further dragging his dead lower body with him. Before he knows it he stands before Daikichi again. Smiling like a crazy person looking over his shoulder at the distance, patting like a horse who just won the derby he sinks down on his but. Still smiling.
“I-I just walk Daikichi I just..”
“Yep you just walked 50 cm. how do you feel?”
“I feel like I’m on top of the world like really”
He just walked how can he not feel happy right now. After 4 months he finally took his first steps ON HIS OWN. The muscles in his face are starting to cramp from the big smile but he doesn’t care. He looks up towards Daikichi with bright eyes.
“Again”
“Aomine-san you need to take it easy remember?”
“I-I know but just one more time!”
Daikichi sighs but smiles. Adults are such a hand full.
2 week have passed and Aomine and Daikichi kept their nightly training up. Aomine was able to walk 120 cm now with out help and he felt like god the device was 150 cm long so only a little bit more and he would show Kagami. When another week past Aomine was sure he could show his new skill to Kagami. It was midday when
Aomine called Daikichi and explained his plan to the boy.
“Oke Daikichi here the plan. First place me in the position you as always sat me in, then go and get Kagami for me I want him to see this”
“Oke Aomine-san!”
The boy walks away after setting Aomine on the beginning of the bars. Aomine is nervous as hell and if he could he would wobble up and down with his leg. After what felt like hours Kagami and Daikichi finally arrived. Daikichi looking proud and Kagami confused and panicked.
“Aomine what is this all about? Daikichi said you wanted to trow yourself out of the window!” Kagami asks
Aomine look at the boy in question and frowned.
“Well I couldn’t give away the reason as to why he needs to be here now could I?”
“Point taken” Aomine says bluntly.
“Aomine?!”
“Relax Taiga I’m not gonna jump but.. Kagami do me a favour and go stand on the other side”
“What why?”
“Just do it asshat!”
“Oke oke be nice dickweed… Jeez…” Kagami replies but goes anyway.
“Oke so now what?” Kagami huff out grossing his arms over his chest somewhat irritated because aomine has an appointment in less then 5 minutes.
“Oke watch this!”
Aomine grabs the bars and Kagami’s eyes go wide. Is he going to… noway… he wouldn’t….couldn’t…
But he does. Heaving himself up the first thing Kagami noticed are Aomine his arms. No sign of trembling at all, a little bit of sweat but that’s it. But that’s not all what left Kagami gasping is what Aomine does next. Placing his hand 10 cm further he drags/steps and moves forward. Half way there Aomine pants but keeps going. He needs to do this dammit!
Kagami is in awe his boyfriend is walking towards him. When Aomine finally reaches him he falls the last 5 cm but Kagami catches him, crying like a baby but smiling all the same.
“Ohmygod DAIKI!”
“Ya I did it” he puffs out, tired as hell but feeling great about it.
After that Aomine begins his new trainings schedule and slowly learns to walk again with really small steps. Surprising everybody around him. He was a goddamn miracle so he could preform one at least!
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3 years later
Kagami wakes up from a nice dream. He and Aomine were plying a game of basketball and it was just so nice he was kind of pissed he woke up. As to why he woke up there was a heavy weight on is stomach but also a wet nasty feeling. Sighting he pulled the blankets away and was rewarded with the cute sight of his boyfriend sleeping face. Slightly drooling on his stomach but Kagami forgave him. Last night activity proved to be a real workout for Aomine their first time after so long was just... Their life together had been a roll coaster with its ups and hell deep downs but never did they give up an each other. They fought to get where they are now. Smiling down he pats Aomine’s hair softly as to not wake him up but it fails. Aomine stirs and slowly wakes up rubbing sleep from his eyes.
“Hey you” Kagami says
“Mhmmm”
“How are you feeling?”
“My butt hurts”
“Thank god it does”
Aomine looks up and pretends to look mad but fails and starts to laugh.
“Ya thank god it hurts…”
Kagami smiles and ruffles his hair fondly.
“How’s Daikichi?”
“Good last text from his mom said he turned 14 and is still fighting hard but the treatment helps him”
“Good to hear, we need to go and visit him sometime soon”
“Ya I promised him to teach him some tricks”
Aomine’s basketball skills were almost back with some difficulty but he managed it just fine against Kagami. So the dream Kagami had was a memory rather than a dream.
“Hey Aomine?’’
“Mhm?’’
“Not Alone”
“What?”
“You’re not alone” Kagami says while cupping Aomine’s cheeks and letting his forehead touch Aomine’s lightly.
“You never will be. Ever’’