𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫 (𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐮 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫)

𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏

Kuroo helped me wipe away my tears, but I still stayed attracted to his shirt as I took deep breaths calming myself down. My heart pounding against my rib cage as if it were a drum playing to the music. When I had finally relaxed a bit, I pushed away from him as I glimpsed at myself in the mirror. I looked so bad, my eyes were swallowed from crying, but as I carried on staring into the mirror, I made eye contact with him.

For a second, it just felt like it was only us in the world, I was the first one to look away first as my hands began to feel sweaty. Splashing water on my face trying to stop the redness so none of the others would ask anything. Looking back at the mirror to see water droplets falling down from my face, the redness looked less noticeable now. My eyes were still swollen, but I could lie my way out, "just because I told you doesn't mean I'm telling the rest." I turned around as I leaned the sink. Kuroo nodded his head before leaving the girls bathroom with my following behind him.

We were just feet away from the gym door, but instead of going in, he stopped and looked over his shoulder at me. He gave me one of his mischievous smirks, "make sure you cheer for me" giving me a wink before opening the door and walking. "Maybe I'll cheer for everyone" I smiled softly at his back before following him.

It was strange how this boy could bring me out of my miserable state and make me smile. No one has ever been able to do that.

The team looked over at me with worry before running over, causing me to let out a light laugh. They were all shouting over each other. "are you okay?" I nodded my head with a soft smile as they all stared at me in shock, "did she just smile at us?" I stopped smiling, feeling embarrassed by the attention, "no. Now go and win if you can." I waved my hand as they roared out with motivation, "of course we'll win" rolling my eyes as I walked to where Kiyoko sat. "Your team really cares about you," she said as I watched the boys get into their positions, "yeah, I guess they do." My eyes lingered on Kuroo a little longer than the others.

The match began, and it was mesmerising that I couldn't take my eyes off the court. I didn't know volleyball matches could get this entertaining. That crazy duo on Karasuno, I don't know what they did, but it looked like the orange head was flying. They even surprised my team, causing them to lose a point. Maybe they need some more motivation.

Standing up from my seat and cupping my hands around my mouth to project my voice, "go Nekoma!" I cheered once causing all the boys to move their attention over to me instead of the ball, resulting in them losing another point. I facepalmed myself as they carried on staring at me in shock, "are you serious? I cheered for you to win not lose" I shouted at them in frustration as they stood there with their mouths open like fishes.

"You heard her! Our manager wants us to win! Let's do this" Kuroo helped the boys from their frozen states as they focused back on the game. The team shouted out, "let's win this for our manager (Y/N)" standing down in embarrassment as I covered my face not expecting them to say that, Kiyoko giggled at my reaction.

In the end, we won, and they immediately came rushing towards me with bright smiles on their faces. They squished me into another team hug, making it hard for me to breathe. "Let's not kill our manager" Yaku saved me as they pulled the guys off me. Thanking Yaku as I saw Yamamoto and Fukunaga crying while hugging each other, "I can't believe she cheered us on" rolling my eyes at their overexaggerated behaviour. They ended up playing two more games while Kiyoko taught me somethings about volleyball.

Eventually, the first match ended, and everyone was tired except for the orange head, which I found out his name to be Hinata but everyone was still willing to play another match. Kuroo walked over to both me and Kiyoko, "can I borrow you for a second?" Nodding my head as I waved to her before being led by Kuroo outside where no one could see us.

He moved closer to me as his eyes were sparkling, I could feel butterflies fluttering around my stomach with every inch he got closer. "I did some research, and there are treatments for it" he carried on explaining the different ways, but I stopped him. "I know, I've had cancer for a while now." Kuroo stared at me in shock before grabbing onto my shoulders "then why don't you try one?" rolling my eyes, "I am. I'm going to have a pneumonectomy surgery on the last day of term."

"The day you were supposed to quit?" I nodded my head as everything began connecting in his head, "so in two months?" I nodded my head once more, "but like everything, there are risks, it might not work."

There was a moment of silence between us before he grabbed ahold of both my hands, "I promise to give you a life full of happy memories before that day." Letting go off one hand as he stuck out his pinky finger, "you don't have to do that" I shook my head as I let go of his other hand.

"I know, but I want to, please (Y/N) let me help you experience this world to the fullest, so you have no regrets." Rolling my eyes as I lifted up my pinky slowly before wrapping it around his, I could feel his warmth against my finger. It was so comforting that I actually felt like I could trust him with this one touch. Kuroo closed his eyes, giving me a radiant smile.

But I had another problem, standing in front of me was the boy my sister liked. But it was also the boy that I was slowly falling for. I was in trouble this time.