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I woke up with a foul taste on my tongue, blood splattered on my pillow which I quickly stripped and washed before mom could see. This was the worst morning yet, I felt sickly tired and my head was throbbing, I could barely keep my eyes open without everything turning fuzzy. I decided to skip today, mom obviously had no objections and neither did the school knowing my condition, the only issue I had was figuring out my excuse for Kenma before messaging him.
Kuroo: You have to walk to school alone today, I have a cold kenma-san :((
Kenma: I thought I told you to stop calling me that. Get better soon.
Per usual I was thankful that kenma didn't ask questions, I was a pretty shitty liar even when it was over text. I put my phone back next to my pillow and curled up into a ball under the duvet, mom said this was side effects of the radiation, but we both knew spitting blood wasn't. She stayed on the phone to the doctor for a while after that, I was too busy sleeping to listen to their conversation, and I wasn't even sure I wanted to know what he was saying to her, after all it wasn't rocket science to know that coughing up blood isn't normal.
5 hours later
A ring at the doorbell woke me up, I seriously slept for half the day without even getting up to use the bathroom. I could hear faint voices coming from downstairs, it sounded like mom had invited whoever it was in. I got out of bed still feeling pretty sluggish before I went and stood at the top of the stairs, now recognizing who's voice it was.
"Kenma did you say your name was? Ah my Kuroo speaks highly of you. Would you like some tea?"
"I'm alright thank you Mrs tetsuro, I just came to drop Kuroos assignment off"
"Ah I see, I think hes still sleeping, poor thing hasn't been feeling to well, then again no one would with the amount of drugs they have him on"
"Sorry? I thought Kuroo had a cold, why does he need so much medicine?"
"ah, you see its for his-"
"MOM! Uh the radiator leaked upstairs so be careful. Kenma hey, what are you doing here?" I practically flew down the stairs before she could say anything else, I forgot to ask her to keep my cancer a secret for now. Kenma looked a little surprised to see me appear, his eyes quickly scanning my body before focusing back on my face.
"You're sprightly for a sick person"
A sick person...
"Yeah ha, I think I slept off my cold, I'm feeling suuuper energized" I dropped down and did a couple of push ups to back up my statement, earning a small giggle from kenma as he shook his head. I liked when he laughed.
"Alright Alright, get up before you hurt yourself" I made a pouty face in his direction before taking the papers from his hands and chucking them on a chair, yet another assignment I probably wouldn't do, I'll just try and sweet talk the teacher and ask for an extra week.
"Kuroo. If you're feeling better.. wanna have dinner at my house?" He spoke quietly and scuffed his feet on the ground, almost like he was nervous asking me to come over. I wanted to act cocky about this, but he already seemed to be having a hard time, so ill hold the teasing for another day. I said goodbye to mom before taking Kenmas arm and dragging him out the house. I let go as soon as we got out and sighed, ruffling his hair before heading in the direction he took, waiting for him to take the lead and show me where his house was.
Kenmas road was filled with cherry blossoms on each side, big flowering trees that filled this area with color. I took a moment get out my phone and take a picture of it, Kenma was still walking in front so I got one with him in it as well, not that i'm complaining. We soon got to his house and he dug under the plant pot besides it before pulling out a key.
"My dad isn't home tonight" Kenma bluntly said before letting me in. I looked down to see two pairs of slippers waiting by the door, kenma put on the green ones and implied that the blue ones were for me. It took me a second to realize but if kenma came straight to my house after school, that meant he'd been wanting o ask me to come over since yesterday. A smug smile made itself visible as we walked through his living room and into the kitchen, i'm not sure what Kenmas father does but he must get some money for it judging by the size of his house.
"Kenma what do your parents do?"
"My dad's the director of Bluetail if you're wondering about the house."
"B-BLUE TAIL, as in the huge movie company" the house definitely made sense now, but I noticed Kenma didn't say anything about his mom and considering there were no sighs of a women living here, i'm guessing he didn't want to talk about it.
"mhm, its why he isn't home a lot" Kenma got out two aprons from the cupboard and handed me one, his voice didn't seem phased when he mentioned about his dad not coming home, but something in his face changed.
"Hmm, then make sure to invite me round a lot more got it" I leached off his shoulders and pulled at his cheeks, earning myself a groan and small shove to the chest, causing myself to lose balance slightly and my eyes to fuzz. I held onto the side for a second before slowly regaining my focus, having a worried looking kenma staring at me.
"Kenma-sannn you're too mean, how dare you push me so hard" Of course I made out like I was only playing along, but Kenmas face barely changed at my joke. I swindled the smaller male around to the cupboards so we could start cooking and distract him with something else. By the looks of things we were going to be making pasta. something I was definitely not good at cooking.
A couple minutes in and we were both a mess, covered in tomato sauce that had exploded from the jar, a long with half the cupboards and floor. We got into a fit of giggles before desperately trying to wipe it all up. Dinner was alright, a little salty but not too bad for two college students.
We then watched a couple of movies, discussing the cast and who should date who, leading on to an intense game of monopoly which I crushed kenma at. Guess he was better at video games than bored ones.
Before we noticed, it was pretty late at night, Kenma had pondered for a while before asking if I wanted to stay the night which I enthusiastically accepted. I got given one of his tops but I could barely get it over my shoulders, so in the end I decided to sleep topless a long with some of Kenmas dads trouser bottoms. Sorry Mr Kozume. Kenmas face lit up like a Christmas tree when I started to strip, I wish I had taken a photo of it, but I was too busy being beat with a pillow and told to change in the bathroom.
Finally we settled down, Kenma on the bed and me on the floor. It was peaceful again and I was the happiest I'd been in a while, Kenma seemed to enjoy today too, his face was bright and he almost never stopped smiling all through our cooking experience. I wish I had some more time with him. I still needed to figure out what to say once my side effects started to get worse but I didn't want to think about that right now, all I could think about was the male besides me.
"Hey Kenma.. have you ever had a girlfriend?"
"No"
"Thennn- a boyfriend?" I heard his breath hitch, I could already tell he was blushing and I had to stop myself from laughing.
"Dating doesn't interest me"
"Hm, not even me?" another long pause.
"What crap are you spouting this time, go to sleep" I heard the duvet shuffle around as he tried to get comfortable, I wish I could of seen his face when I asked that question.
"Ok ok, sleep well shorty" a tiny huff came from the cocoon of sheets and I couldn't help but smile to myself.
He never said no.
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