𝑺𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑹 ᵏᵒᶻᵘᵐᵉ ᵏᵉⁿᵐᵃ

二十六

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"You d-did?!" Kuroo stammered, surprised.

"Yeah... it's all in the past though! Suko helped me and all so I'm really grateful. I'm four months clean!" He beamed, reassuring everyone. "Well, more like two weeks clean..." He silently lampooned to himself.

"She helped you?" Yamamoto now asking.

He hummed in response, chuckling. "It's a long story but it all started when she failed her Math test during her finals last year. She was in the same class as me but I never really paid attention to her since I was mostly caught up with my own thing, having to quit cycling and becoming antisocial. I also hang out with the wrong crowd, so naturally, I didn't bother mingling with my classmates."

"No one really knew I was smoking until she caught me once in some alleyway. It was a Saturday night so I thought it was safe."

"I didn't want my parents to find out and break their hearts. For one second, I thought of silencing her, you know... using force if I had too." He formed a fist briefly, expressing his intentions.

"But man..." He chuckled dryly.

"Before I could even lay a finger on her, I found myself with a bruised cheek and a busted lip. She was so fast, I couldn't even process what actually happened."

"Kawanishi-san managed to lay a punch on you?! That cute and soft strawberry girl?!" Lev was baffled.

"Hey, she may be cute but shes no softie. Wait, why are you surprised? Didn't Kuroo-san and Yaku-san t-"

Both of the third-years shook their heads, their eyes pleading him not to tell them. Even Kenma shook his head indiscernably, signalling him not to spill.

"What was it, Kuge?" Yamamoto urged him, causing the mullet-haired boy to become flustered.

"I m-mean, yeah! It was dark, so I couldn't see properly! Besides, her badminton smashes are no joke!" He awkwardly lied, playing with the ends of his mullet.

"What's smash, Kuge-san? Is it the same as when a guy asks if you smashed your girlfriend?" The second and third years' eyes buldged out, surprised to hear that coming out from the substitute setter.

"WHO THE FUCK TAUGHT YOU THAT?!" Kuroo yelled. This immediately caught the attention of students in the cafeteria.

"H-huh?! I heard of it from one of the guys in class. He was asking his friend who has a girlfriend." Shibayama innocently answered, confused and not to mention scared to why the captain is getting all worked up on this. "And how long have they been going out?"

"I think it was already a month or two?"

"What the hell is up with teenagers these days?!" Kuroo had to slumped back into the table, the new found information too much for him to process. Kai had to clear the misunderstanding.,"Th-thats not what Kuge was implying."

"Y-yeah... It's a badminton term. It's when you use all the energy you have to hit the shuttlecock into the ground, in hopes the opponent wont be able to hit it. It's similar to what you guys call a spike."

"Oh. I see. Then what does the other term mean?"

"Shibayama, you don't need to know." Kenma simply answered, fumbling on the buttons of his Switch.

"Anyways, you still need to finish the story, how did she helped you?"

"Ah, right! As I was saying, Suko and I-"

"What about you and I?"

"Oh hey, Suko. I was just explaining how you helped me quit smoking." He answered back, not even turning around. Everyone's eyes was wide open, their bodies frozen.