Kuroko Alternate Ending

Kuroko’s head snapped up in surprise at those words. But he looked around my age…but then so do you guys…
“Did you find the name of the president, Shintarou?” Akashi inquired. He pulled out a map of the city, and laid it across the living room table.
“Of Planaedius? No, not yet,” Midorima said while letting out a heavy sigh. “I found the one they use for the media though, but he knows nothing about their true purpose. He is just a puppet.” He stood next to Akashi and surveyed the map. He brought out a pink pen with a cute frog on top. “Here, I’ll circle all the areas they have control over.”
Murasakibara stared at the pen. “Ne, Mido-chin. Is that your lucky item for today?” He crumpled up the wrapper from his now finished candy bar and put it into his pocket to dispose of later.
Midorima nodded, already

immersed in making perfect lines on the map. Most of the entire map was circled or highlighted. Akashi looked at the markings with dismay. How could they have-oh, yes. I was trapped as a jewel for quite some time. He stood up and brushed passed Midorima, who was checking the map for inaccuracies. Midorima looked down as Akashi walked by.
“You start the planning with the others,” Akashi ordered, pausing in his step to look at the group. “I am going to go check on Tetsuya.”
Kuroko slowly scribbled numbers on his paper as he tried to find the value of x. His numbers were starting to look a bit off, so he glanced back over his work only to find that he had forgotten to carry a negative sign. Mentally face-palming himself, he diligently began erasing his markings. His rough erasing was interrupted by a knock on his door. Kuroko turned around just in time to see Akashi slip in.
The redhead silently closed the door behind him before looking at Kuroko.

From a quick once-over, Akashi could tell his light-blue head was in a state of agitation. His eyes fell to Kuroko’s hand, which was tightly gripping his pencil before spotting the worksheet laid across Kuroko’s desk. “Ah, let me help you, Tetsuya,” he offered while walking over to Kuroko.
Kuroko blinked a couple of times. “That’s not necessary.” He turned back around only to feel Akashi press against his back and two arms appear on either side of him.
“Let’s see,” Akashi murmured in Kuroko’s ear. “You want to take both sides of the equation to the third power first.” He could not see Kuroko’s face, but Akashi could tell that he was surprised.
Kuroko silently did as Akashi said. After that he managed to solve the rest of the problem on his own. His grip now looser on his pencil, he decided to ask Akashi a question that had been bothering him for sometime. “Akashi-san, why are you helping me?”
Akashi arched a brow. “I’m not following, Tetsuya.”
Kuroko let the pencil slip from his hand. “You are just supposed to protect me, correct?” he stated quietly. “You don’t need to do anything

else.”
Akashi felt a small pang of hurt in his chest, but pushed it away. It must have been what I said earlier. “It is my job to protect you, Tetsuya,” Akashi said as he moved his hands to hold Kuroko’s. “That much is correct.” He spread Kuroko’s fingers so that he could entwine his own with the smaller male’s. “But you’re wrong when you say that I don’t need to do anything else.” Akashi gave Kuroko’s hands a gentle squeeze before letting go and backing up.