Destination: Permanent Vacation

21: Kenma - Tuesday-Wednesday

"Hey guys," Kuroo says to everyone after dinner, a couple of days after my incident. I know what he's about to say to the group. I hope nobody gets angry. "So my team at work think that it would be a good idea for us to make a reality series on YouTube or something to try and promote volleyball because there's so many pro players living in the house," Everyone blinks at him comically. "So it'd be like a reality tv show except instead of say... the Kardashians, it's us,"

"Do we have to make sex tapes?" Atsumu asks.

"We're not actually becoming the Kardashians, Atsumu, we're just going to be reality tv stars like them," Oikawa corrects him. "Or, rather, internet stars,"

"What do we think, guys?" Kuroo asks, needing to get an idea of the room's mood. I'm not entirely sure on it but I won't oppose it if it goes through.

Most people nod and eventually we get to the verdict of it going through.

We're going to have our daily lives videoed.

"Alright, cool... uh... I have a meeting in the morning and I'm supposed to reveal the verdict so uh I'll put it up on the big TV in the living room so you guys can sit in on the meeting," What? Uh...

That night, lying in bed, I curl up against Kuroo with a pout on my face as I look up at him.

"Hey, what's wrong, Kitten?"

"Whole house meeting with your boss. Really, Kuro?"

"Sorry, Ken," I pout more and turn over, away from him. "Aw, Kitten, no, come back," Kuroo wraps his arms tightly around me and I try to push him away. "Ple-"

"I'm on my period," I tell him, hoping he'll let go.

"No you're not, it finished a week and a half ago. Kenma, are you really this upset over the meeting," I ignore him. "Oh, Kenma," Kuroo sits up, pulling me with him and into his lap. "You'll be fine, you know that, right? I'll be there and you know how professional I am when I'm working an-"

"But what if I get scared and nobody notices?" I interrupt. "I always rely on you to notice but if you're too busy with the-"

"Ken, you'll be fine, I'll be right there. We can sit so that I can secretly hold your hand if you want to," I stop and think about it. "Would you like that?" I nod. "Alright, get some sleep, Kitten,"

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"Good morning, Kuroo-san," A voice says, coming out of the TV.

"Good morning, sir," Kuroo responds, squeezing my hand from where our hands are hidden behind Shoyo.

"I assume you got the go-ahead from your housemates then. Good job," Kuroo looks really happy with himself. This means a lot to him. This could get him a promotion if it goes well. "I assume your housemates are wanting a briefing on what this set-up will entail. You will set up an account on YouTube under an approved name and will vlog daily activities. You will need at least one video uploaded every day, unless something serious comes up. Before the channel starts with the regular vlogging, we need you all to make short clips of you introducing yourselves. One a week, we want a few of you to make a video interacting with the audience, such as a Q&A type video. How does this sound?"

Everyone agrees to it but Atsumu raises his hand.

"Are we allowed to show our relationships on camera?" Everyone freezes at that. The amount of relationships in this room that will probably happen during lockdown is astronomical.

"That's up to each individual person's PR manager. If neither person in a relationship is a professional player, they can be open to their heart's content, as long as it's PG-13. If one or both are, it's down to the PR managers. Any other questions? Yes?"

"Will we film the whole thing ourselves?" Oikawa asks.

"Mostly, yes. We're debating making specially filmed episodes but it depends on Covid restrictions,"

The call ends shortly after that and Atsumu and Sakusa rush off to ring their PR manager. Suna rings his, as do Yaku, Lev, Iwaizumi and Oikawa. Everyone left just isn't in a relationship... yet.

"Ken, can we maybe make a start on the filming of the introduction clips today with one of your cameras?" Kuroo asks. I nod to confirm.

"Yeah, sure. There's one on my desk with a full battery so I'll go and grab it n-"

"On it!" Shoyo springs up and dashes off to get the camera. Kageyama goes after him for the tripod. Saves me the trip, I guess.

Whilst he's upstairs, the people who needed to consult their PR managers come back in varying degrees of happiness. Yaku and Lev got the all clear from both of their PR mangers, as long it's not too over-the-top because Russia isn't as progressive (guns have more rights than gays in russia). The MSBY PR managers gave Sakusa and Atsumu the all clear because with Sakusa's mysophobia it's not like they'll do much damage anyway. Iwaizumi was told that he is allowed to make it known that he is in a relationship, his previous one ended and that he's gay but Oikawa...

"I just..." Oikawa breaks into tears again, curled up on Iwaizumi's lap. "They said it'd be fine if I had a girlfriend. They said that that would be fine but they don't think me having a boyfriend would go down well over there," Iwaizumi rubs his back. "I don't want to have to hide, Iwa-chan,"

"I have an idea," I pipe up. Oikawa sniffles and looks at me. "You two have always acted like you're together anyway, like so many people here do platonically anyway. Think of how many people here share beds without being in relationships. Just don't do anything explicitly romantic like kissing and you'll probably be fine,"

"You're a genius, Ken-chan!" Oikawa says, smiling through his tears. He's stopped crying now and instead tries to wipe away his tears with the heels of his palms.

"Hey. Hey, Tooru, look here," Iwaizumi says, pulling away Oikawa's hands and wiping the tears for him.

"I've got the camera!" Shoyo says, coming back into the room with Kageyama. I take the items from them and set them up. I'll edit the clips later.

"Okay, who's first?" I ask.

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