Sickness was the first real symptom I started to develop. I woke up with an agonizing pain running through my head, painful enough to make me sick the second I woke up. Its not like I hadn't expected this, especially since my medication dosage increased due to my radiotherapy being stretched back a couple weeks. Telling mom that I was okay was the hardest part of all of this, we both knew I was lying yet we both decided to pretend it was true, it made things that little bit easier.
She recommending staying home today, but seeing Kenma about to walk past our house from the kitchen window made me leap up from the chair and run out.
"Kenma! Hey dude!" damn it he had his head phones in
"HEY SHORTY"
He slowed down in his tracks a little, not yet turning to face me until I began walking at a pace to his side of the road, my arm found its way over his shoulder in a friendly manner as I took off his head set.
"And here I was thinking you planned to go without me"
I was waiting for a frown to appear on his face, but instead he just shook my arm off of him and put his hands in his pocket. Normally most people would take offence, however with kenma this actually felt like I was progress building.
I spoke a lot of nonsense to him on the way, he'd give occasional and brief answers but I could tell this was his way of acknowledging what I was saying, so I just continued speaking until we reached the gate of the school. Before he could escape, I took his arm in my hand and pulled him to the side, out of the crowd to avoid him getting anxious.
"Can we walk home together from now on, and to school if you don't mind?" In a way I was waiting for him to pull an annoyed face, maybe even reject me, but this time he just hesitated shortly before shrugging his shoulders. I felt my face light up and made an awful attempt to hide it.
"thennn, i'll pick you up after volleyball"
"idiot we're on the same team" Kenma walked off after saying that, but I could tell he was embarrassed. Unfortunately for him, the light tint covering his ears gave him away.
The rest of the day felt like buzz, volleyball soon came around and competitions were to be announced soon. The first game we were going to play was against karasuno in January, we had 6 months before game season, plenty of time to train but... how much time would I have left to play.
Whatever its not until ages, stop thinking about stuff like that kuroo. My thoughts were interrupted when we were told to pair up, I didn't know weather I should hesitate to pick kenma or not, but I didn't have to. He was the one that came to me.
"you need to get used to different sets so you know where to stand when blocking" that's pretty much all he said before picking up his volleyball and heading toward the net, shortly followed by me after. That session went pretty quickly, probably because I could barely last 20 minutes without needing to sit down.
"You really don't have a lot of stamina do you?" Kenma gave me a head tilt as he stood in front of me, likely questioning why I was so out of breath.
"Wow you're blunt" i let off a small chuckle, and then a lie.
"I haven't been exercising for a while, my body's just adjusting"
He nodded understandingly before checking the time, despite our constant breaks, we managed to get in a fair amount of practice within the hour we were given. Coach soon blew the going home whistle, this time the entire team packed away allowing us to go home way earlier than when it was just me. Lev reminded us all that we should fit in as much practice as we could at home, this opened up another perfect opportunity for me to become better friends with Kenma.
Our way home was pretty much the same, only this time, kenma turned into my driveway with me. It took a little convincing but he finally agreed to come to my house and practice once I said I had an Xbox we could play afterwards. We entered through the back door as mom wasn't home yet and i didn't have a front key.. well- lost it anyway. I gave kenma a pair of slippers and he followed me to my room, admittedly I wish I cleaned it better but he didn't seem to mind. We sat in silence for a bit, admittedly I felt a little awkward so suggested we should go out and play.
"Do you have a cold?"
I stopped in my tracks and turned to face Kenma, a little confused at why he would assume that until he saw where kenmas eyes were facing. The mass amounts of pills on his desk.
"ah, t those are- for my indigestion. I get it really bad haha" I prayed that he would believe me as I swiped them quickly into my draw. Kenma didst ask anything else after, he just nodded and walked out the door heading for the front yard. I shortly followed him.
We practiced for about two hours before both of us were out of breath, me a lot more than Kenma but that was to be expected. I felt a little nauseous and could tell that I'd pushed myself a little too far.
I turned on the Xbox once we got back inside and handed Kenma a controller, he clearly had his own Xbox at home judging by how good he was. I lost 14 games out of 15 and i'm pretty sure Kenma let me win the last one.
''I should go, mom will be worried about me" Kenma stood up and collected his items, handing me back the slippers once he stood outside the door.
"Hey Kenma. We are friends, right?" I felt stupid after asking that, what if I offended him, or worse, deluded myself into thinking what we had was friendship when in reality I was just an-
"Friends go round each others houses don't they?" Kenma gave me a small wave before he closed the door, passing the kitchen window and walking his usual path back home.
I kept replaying what Kenma said before he left, would it be dramatic if I said this was the best day of my life. Today marked the first day I gained a true friend in Nekoma city.
One that didn't pity me.
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Fanfiction"It may not have been said by someone famous, and maybe no one will feel comforted by it. But the only person I need it to comfort is standing right next to me"
