You chose her, not me

"Kitten?"

Kenma's POV:

Kuroo was being even more annoying than ever today on our way home. He's been nonstop bragging about a girl he had met in his Science class and now their like 'best friends.' He also said that he never noticed her in his class as well. Weird. Well, not that I care or anything. I was too distracted on my switch that I didn't hear all the details about this girl, only that her name is Yumi and she goes to our high school. The name sounded familiar to me, I think I've heard the name being called in my English class. New transfer student or something like that? Obviously, I didn't tell Kuroo that, otherwise he'd beg and beg me to pass on messages from him to her.

Annoying.

"So then she got all mad at me because I didn't pick her as a partner for the project. How weird is that?" Kuroo said while pulling out his phone. "More like annoying, who'd you pick then?" I asked. Kuroo laughed and said, "My one and only brother, Bokuto! Also, you were joking about Yumi-chan being annoying right? She's not that bad. You'd like her." He always thinks I'm joking around when I say my honest opinion on the people he talks to. It kinda bothers me, but then again, I think it's better that way. He'd probably hate me for saying I didn't like any of his friends. Except for Akaashi and I guess Bokuto. Well anyway, Kuroo's like the only closest friend I have, after Akaashi, of course. Although, since Akaashi's always hanging out with Bokuto, I'm mostly at Kuroo the whole time at school.

"How come you don't date anyone Kenma? You have the looks, not as much as brains as I do though," he asked while laughing at his own joke. I looked up at him and rolled my eyes, "I don't want to date anyone." I replied back in a annoyed way. Kuroo stopped laughing and smirked, "Not even me?" Now when I tell you my face felt like it was on fire, it felt like it was on fire. I felt my face burning with an extreme amount of red. I was reacting to his statement in such a strange, weird way. I tried to look for the words to say back but he then said, "I'm just kidding, that's gay." I couldn't tell if he meant that in like a, "Ew, gay!" or "I'm not gay, and neither are you." way.

I started to walk at a quicker pace, trying to hide my embarrassing face from Kuroo's vision.

"Kenma? Hey, wait up!" To be honest, I never really known my own thoughts of assigning myself a sexuality but when Kuroo had said that, in a way like he didn't gay people, it felt like a punch to my stomach. I kinda just always thought I was straight. It's not like I've ever liked a girl before though, but same thing goes with boys. Video games and volleyball were the only two things I ever really thought about. I guess I think I don't have time to think about stuff anyways. Like I told Kuroo, I'm not looking for or wanting a partner.

After I had calmed down a little, I stopped walking to let Kuroo catch up with me. When he finally did, I turned to look at him and asked, "Is there something wrong with being gay? Not that I care, it's just, I'm curious.." I trailed off.

"Man, why I am nervous?"

He looked at me, out of breath, and said, "No I guess not." With my switch in my hands, I hummed in response and turned to focus on it again. Kuroo started walking again, and I followed. He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, "Just curious eh?" I stayed silent. Kuroo sighed, "You're a strange one..Kitten." My character had died in my game, but I didn't seem to notice, for as I was distracted on Kuroo's nickname he had just called me. I put my switch in my pocket, my hands starting to fiddle.

"K-Kitten?" We stopped at a red light. I turned to look at him, waiting for a response, but he just kept looking straightforward. With one of my hands, I grabbed his jacket to get his attention, "Kuroo?"

He looked down at me, removing his eyes from the red light to me. He then put one hand over my head and ruffled my hair.

"Do you not like your new nickname, Kitten?"

I let go of his jacket and removed his hand that was over my head, messing up my hair even more than it already was. "Why Kitten?" I asked, giving him a confused look. He chuckled quietly, "You remind me of a cat, actually, more like a baby cat, so that would make you a kitten. Although, don't tell Yumi-chan I gave you a nickname or else she'll get jealous," said he as he winked at me, his hand traveling down into his pockets of his jacket.

I looked away, noticing the green light flashing and started walking through the crosswalk. I heard Kuroo's footsteps close behind me, so I said, "Okay. Don't forget about me when you guys get together." I didn't turn to look at his face, I imagined it being a shocked yet pleased face, and I didn't enjoy that.

As we walked in silence, we finally reached my neighborhood. I told Kuroo I would walk the rest of the way home by myself. After all, I needed time alone to think about some stuff in privacy, and maybe also because I wanted to listen to one of my favorite bands, Stray Kids. Kuroo gave me the go-ahead and we waved each other good-bye and started walking our own ways. As I was walking to my house, I decided that I would talk to Akaashi about my thoughts, maybe he'd understand. Even so, I wanted to ask him about his relationship with Bokuto. If you ask me, they act and look like their dating. And most of all, I wanted to ask him about his thoughts on gay people, whether he was or wasn't gay. I think he'd give me his honest opinion, because see, he's kinda like me. Quiet and calm, but obviously not addicted to video games like me.

I walked up to my front porch and opened the door to let myself in. "I'm home," I yelled to the kitchen. I took off my shoes and laid my backpack by the door. As I walked towards the living room, I saw a girl around my age sitting there, on her phone. When she noticed me standing there, she stood up and ran to hug me. I immediately got her off me and ran towards the kitchen, looking for my mom or dad. "Kenma-kun?" I heard her say. As I got to the kitchen, I saw my mom and hid behind her, scared to death by that girl. "Kenma? For lords sake, what's wrong?" She asked me. I asked her who that weird girl was in the living room, and she started laughing.

"Do you not remember your own cousin?"

I looked at her in complete shock. "Cousin?" I said. As I tried to process what my mom had just said, the girl came running towards the kitchen.

She had long blonde hair with bangs covering her forehead. She wore a hoodie that I recognized. Kuroo once wore the same one as her. It was black with a design of those bottles they use in Science class, like with chemicals. "Kenma-kun! Why'd you run away from me?" She pouted. "Do you not remember your favorite cousin?" I looked over at here and turned back to my mom, who was cooking some beef. She noticed me staring at me, waiting for an explanation. "Oh! That's right! You haven't had a play date since you kids were five. Kenma, this is your cousin, Yumi. Her parents had to go on a trip for a few months, so she came to stay here with us."

"Yumi? As in the Yumi? The one Kuroo was blabbing about? No. It can't be her. There's a lot of Yumi's at our school. He's talking to a different Yumi, besides I don't even know if she's going to my high school too."

"I also just started going to Nekoma today too! Isn't that your high school Kenma-kun? Although, I just got to go to my last two classes since I had to sign up to the school after all." I put on a straight face and nodded. "Yes. I go to Nekoma as well. Nice to meet- see you again Yumi." She giggled and gave me a smile. "So serious Kenma-kun!"

"Now I'm really starting to think this COULD be the Yumi Kuroo is talking to."