Oblivious

Chapter 43: Sleep partners

TW - Use of a homophobic slur.
Thoughts in italics.
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It was starting to get really late and Suga and Daichi were in the middle of sorting out the futons for everyone to sleep on. Kuroo had decided to head upstairs again to go find Kenma. They had ended their conversation on really bad terms and it was starting to bother him more as time passed. He was more frustrated than ever because he didn't do a good job at expressing his feelings. He knew he had overstepped his boundaries and that he had ended up sounding overprotective and possessive so he knew he had to apologize.

Kuroo searched in the first rooms of the first floor but he wasn't there. "Kenma?" He sighed in frustration and walked through a dark corridor to the farthest room. He knocked on the door but there was no answer. He's really mad huh..."Kenma! Open the door!" Kuroo knocked louder but the room remained quiet so he decided to open the door.

Kenma was sitting on the floor but he wasn't playing any video games, he was just looking at the ground with a blank expression. Kuroo walked towards him and crossed his arms. "Forgot your charger?"

It took a while for Kenma to respond but he eventually nodded. He hadn't looked at Kuroo even once since he had entered the room and it was making him feel desperate. He needed to fix things with him for things to go back to normal.

"Let's go downstairs, everyone's getting ready to sleep."

Kenma shook his head.

The silent treatment was starting to get to Kuroo's nerves but he knew he couldn't get too mad when he had acted like an idiot earlier so he took a deep breath and clenched his jaw.

"I'm telling you this because they're arranging couples to sleep together."

Kenma tensed and his eyes widened slightly at the news.

"I know you have bad anxiety and that you probably don't like the idea of sleeping next to someone that you're not close with so we-"

"I'll sleep with Shoyo"

Kuroo felt like punching the wall. Kenma hadn't spoken to him ever since he had gotten there and when he did it was to say that he wanted to sleep with Hinata. Fuck this.

"No."

Kenma turned to look at him in confusion. "What?"

"You're sleeping with me."

Kenma frowned and looked away, a blush spreading on his cheeks.

"I'll be waiting for you downstairs." Kuroo left no room for discussion. He immediately left the room and headed to where the rest had gathered.

Kenma's anxiety had subsided now that he knew who he'd be sleeping with and that that someone was his childhood friend. But a new anxious feeling settled inside him.

He started to pull at his sleeves and his heart started to beat faster whenever he thought of sharing a bed with him. He furrowed his eyebrows and looked down.

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"You'll always be good enough for me."

Oikawa's eyes widened, tears still streaming down his face. "I-Iwa Chan"

Hajime's hands were still resting on Oikawa's cheeks, pulling him close. "You don't have to say, anything idiot."

Oikawa shut his eyes tightly, his nose was red as well as his cheeks from all the crying and their closeness. "Didn't think you had a soft s-side Iwa" he began to cry again.