His Kitten || Kuroo Tetsurou

Chapter 23

After the finals, the members agreed to gather in Kuroo's house to celebrate Christmas together. By the time Kuroo was done preparing himself, the doorbell rang. He quickly headed to the entrance to see Kurumi with rosy cheeks and nose. "Hey, Kuroo-san!"

Kuroo stood at the entrance in a daze as his mind was filled with how adorable she looked.

"Kuroo-san?" She called out to him in confusion.

He quickly snapped out of his daze as he let her enter his house. "You must have been cold!"

"It's really cold outside. I feel like it will snow soon," she said as she removed her shoes. "Am I the first one to arrive?"

When Kuroo nodded, she gave a look of surprise. "I expected Kenma to be first since he lives right beside you."

"That's the exact reason why he is going to be the last one to arrive," Kuroo laughed along with her.

Soon the members arrived one by one, filling his living room with joyful laughter.

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Kuroo looked out the window and noticed how it was dark out. "Shouldn't you guys start heading home? You might miss the subway or the bus."

They all nodded and began to head out one by one. Soon it was only him, Kenma, and Kurumi.

"I'll go home as well," Kenma said as he stood up.

"I should be going as well then," Kurumi stood up along with him.

"I'll walk you home, Kitten," he said as he grabbed his coat and scarf.

She shook her head. "It's not like I live that far anyway. Don't worry about it, Kuroo-san."

"Let me walk you home. It's dark, I don't want something to happen," he insisted that she ended up nodding her head.

Kenma headed right to his house while Kuroo and Kurumi headed in the other direction, towards her house. Both of them were walking in silence until he noticed her shivering in cold. He quickly removed his scarf that was around his neck and wrapped it around her instead.

"K-Kuroo-san! It's okay!" She said as she tried to untie his scarf.

He placed his hand on top of hers. "I don't want you to catch any cold."

She glanced away from him with red cheeks either from shyness or the cold. Maybe both.

"C-Can we hold hands?" She shuttered.

Kuroo's eyes widened in shock but nodded his head immediately with a smile. He held his hand out towards her in which she placed her hand on top right away. When they held hands, he shoved them in his pocket to keep them even warmer. This was a good sign, right?

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They continued to walk hand in hand when Kuroo felt something cold drop to his face. He glanced up at the dark sky and saw that it was snowing.

"Kitten, it's snowing," he said as he looked at her smiling form.

Both of them stopped on the track to watch the snowfall.

"It's the first snow," she said.

He nodded as he continued to look at her. It reminded him of what the girls were excitedly talking about in his class.

"Kuroo-san, have you heard of the myth about first snow?" She asked.

"Yeah, I heard that if you watch the first snow together with the person you like, you will be together forever."