"I want to end this" Kuroo said seriously, without even looking at him.
"I was kinda expecting it ..." muttered Kenma. He knew that his relationship with Kuroo was lost the moment he saw him, holding hands with another boy before entering the restaurant where they were meeting for lunch.
"Ken, I ..." Kuroo started talking, he didn't want Kenma to think that he never loved him. ―"I really fell in love with you, you were my first great love and with whom I have shared great experiences. You are and will be a special person for me, I don't want you to think that all this time I have not loved you".
"Kuroo, even if you say that now, it doesn't mean it won't hurt" Kenma whispered trying not to cry. He had mentally prepared himself millions of times for this but imagining it and living it was totally different.
"I just ... I wanted you to know that what we had was real," Kuroo said with his voice a little muffled.
"It was ... you are speaking in the past tense," with each word Kuroo said, Kenma seemed sadder and sadder.
'' Well ... I ..."
"Kuroo" Kenma called out a little more firmly. "I knew this day would come, I had known for a long time but I hoped it wouldn't arrive. In any case, I want to propose something to you." Kenma swallowed, he really wished he had never had to say it. Kuroo looked at him expectantly, what could Kenma ask for? - "Give me 20 more days"
- "What? What do you mean...?" Kuroo asked confused.
"Give me 20 more days by your side," Kenma said firmly. The way he said it sounded like he was sure of himself but he couldn't even face Kuroo.
―"Kenma, you should know that I already have a partner" Kuroo disagreed. He would have done anything for Kenma, but that was a somewhat strange request.
"I know, Tsukki right?" Kuroo looked at him even more confused, since when did he know? ―" It sounds really crazy I know, you try to break up with your boyfriend and he asks you for 20 more days. I just want to spend the last 20 days with the person I love the most in this world"
- "Why 20? How about we drop it in a week?" Kuroo asked.
―"If you accept, it will be only 20 days, no more, no less. And don't worry, in those 20 days I won't try anything with you. Not persuading you to stay with me or manipulating you or anything, it's just being together a few hours a day, reliving some moments together. With just that, I'll be fine. After 20 days I will disappear from your life and I won't ask you for anything else" Kenma finished. He really must have been crazy when he thought of that. "Although if you prefer ... I give you the option to leave me whenever you want or simply reject my proposal, you choose," he added, seeing Kuroo undecided.
Kuroo seemed to think about it for a long time. In the end, he decided to accept, he had spent the last 4 years with Kenma and had been in a secret relationship for 6 months.
He just had to keep doing what he had been doing for 20 more days. Furthermore, he had a feeling that he owed it to Kenma. He had waited patiently for him to be the one to decide to whether start their relationship or not and at no point did Kenma et up a scene of jealousy on him.
"Okay, I accept your proposal." Kema grinned at that. He didn't expect him to accept, really. - "But on one condition, no physical contact. Neither hugs nor holding hands and much less kisses or anything like that"- Kuroo pointed out.
Kenma just nodded. They shook hands and said goodbye to each other. The first of the 20 days began tomorrow, at 10 in the morning.
