Anime One Shots Book 2

Kuroo X Fem!Reader (Haikyuu!!) {Thorns} [Knight AU]

I had this idea and was trying to think of a character who would match it. And Kuroo seemed to fit so here we go!

The castle where he once sunk into is now covered in thrones. He remembers the walls both inside and outside, the landscape which was once full of flowers is now nothing but overgrown weeds. With the gate closed off, and a dark goop surrounding the castle to serve as protection, the only choice was to become air born.

Kenma, a strong and wise young mage, placed a tracking spell on him and let's the others in the party take care of the rest. Everyone had already agreed to let him enter alone while they waited outside just incase the plan changed to a double rescue mission. Bokuto and Daichi threw him into the air and over the goop. Using his sword to land into one of the thorns and slides down, cutting them down and entering the castle.

Upon entering, everything was exactly how it was a decade ago. The curtains have been torn and many of the cups and plates have been shattered. A huge party took place that tragic night, the king and queen's child had become an official teenager. He was an outsider and had no place at the party. But he still found a way to celebrate with his friend without getting caught.

She had found him sneaking into the garden a few years before that night. His black hair and piercing eyes were the first thing that caught her eye. She asks for his name and what's he's doing here. He becomes frighten and makes his way towards the exit. Even in a dress, the princess blocks it off and asks him the same question.

He gives her his name and explains that he will not harm anyone. He tells her his birth status but swears he meant to cause only a little trouble. She laughs and her smile sends butterflies into his stomach. He was the first outsider she had ever met. After watching her mother make business deals for years, she knew exactly what to do. They came to a quick agreement; he tells her what it's like outside the castle in exchange she would not get him in trouble, and will even let him explore both the outside grounds and inside the castle.  Although he was very hesitant, he agrees. Thus starting the unlikely friendship between a princess and an outsider. 

Years pass by and the princess begins to dream about living outside these castle walls. To see what a non-formal party looks like, to dance in the streets for a celebration, what animals could she see from beyond the garden. What plants, trees, mountains and oceans has she been missing out on her whole life. Her friend who has brought this to her attention was the one who begged her to stay inside. He knew of the rumors surrounding the castle and about the princess herself.

The moment she set foot outside the walls, the place would be covered in thorns. She would then be laid to rest within two decades. None of the rumors gave an exact time, she could be dead already by now. The only way to save her was for the person she loved the most to come and save her. That person must be in a party alone and the brave castle along with getting her out of her prison.

Though he was there the night it happened, sneaking in her see her and try and stop her from leaving. She spoke about sneaking out that night many times before, asking him to be her travel companion and be on the run for the rest of her life. He tried to explain that it was not possible. He was just barley a teenager, not even fourteen yet. He begs her to wait three more years, to hold on just a little more, that he would always be by her side no matter what.

She argues back with how much she goes through within these walls. All the formal talk that isn't her style, her parents telling her who she will be, there were even talks about who she would marry in the upcoming years. She felt like a tool to everyone in that castle, no one loved her, people hardly spoke to her like she was another living, breathing, person. She figured she wouldn't make it very far outside the walls, hardly having a plan to escape past the knights. But if she had her friend by her side, she could do anything she set her mind to. Hearing him beg her to wait, to not escape even, caused to her thoughts to spiral and quickly started to think irrationally. And so she stuck with her plan, and snuck away from the party and tried to leave with a rope and her bedroom window.