Attraction

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"Akaashi, I need your help with this problem I've been having."

"What is it? Is it serious?"

"I think it is. It might become something huge and the team might start fighting again."

"What's going on?! Another fight might break out in Nekoma?!"

"That's why I came to you for advice."

He had a sense of urgency to his voice. "Don't worry, I'll help you with anything."

"I need to talk to Kenma-senpai about something but I don't know how to go about it without making him feel uncomfortable. I can't have him avoid me when I need to talk to him."

"Oh, well... I guess you can just approach him like normal. Make sure your voice is gentle, maybe try to act as if nothing's wrong. Kenma usually does a good job of listening, no matter what he's being told. The big thing is to not make anything to sudden, try to ease him in with whatever you need to tell him."

"Thanks. I also need your input on something about this, for the team."

"How can I help?"

You became dead serious, getting right to the point. "You know for a fact which guys on the team have a serious crush on me. Tell me who exactly has admitted to having genuine feelings for me."

There was a moment of silence before Akaashi answered. "I see. I'm trapped and have to admit to something personal. I can assure you, Bokuto-san may be in love with you. He hasn't come out and say it outright, but I can infer based on his behavior."

"I was talking about the guys on the Nekoma team. I couldn't care less about your idiotic captain."

Even though you couldn't see it, Akaashi had a nervous drop of sweat roll down his face. "I see. Well, from what I know, Yamamoto is the only one serious about having feelings for you. The others just value having you around to help them out. Kuroo is Kuroo and just acts smug about having you as a manager."

"And what about Kenma-senpai? If anyone would know how he feels about anyone, you'd know. And I need to know, so I can figure out how to keep the team from fighting. I'm guessing that Kenma's behavior had something to do with me, meaning the fight the team had involved me somehow. So tell me, how does Kenma-senpai feel about me?"

He was quiet for a bit. "I feel like Kenma himself should be telling you. But, I will admit, the fight did include something about you and Kenma, along with Kenma's unusual behavior. It's really not my place to tell you how someone else feels, and I wouldn't want to upset anyone by sharing information I was supposed to be keeping secret. But I can let you know that Kenma's change in behavior recently was to keep peace within the team. He only stopped looking at you to prevent another fight breaking out with the team."

You frown. "So the rest of the team had a problem with Kenma always looking at me?"

"Yes. And that was what caused the fight. Of course, it doesn't help that Kenma isn't the type to talk to others with anything personal. A fight was bound to happen with how little Kenma was communicating and with how off he was acting. As for Kenma's reasoning behind him looking at you, I can't tell you. He realized something recently, but I'm not the one that should be telling you. I think you should just talk to Kenma directly, if you really want these answers. I won't be saying another word about it."

"I understand. Thank you for telling me everything you could. I might be able to handle the rest from now."

"Glad I could help. Kenma and I are about to meet up at an arcade, so I'll be going now."

"Alright, tell Kenma I said hi."

"Will do. Bye, Y/n."

"Bye Akaashi."

You sighed, hearing the beeping to signal that Akaashi had hung up. You had more information now, but it still wasn't enough for you. You had to know how Kenma felt about you.

And you needed to know soon.

You decided you'd ask him when he picks you up from the station on Sunday. Until then, you focused on what was going on in Miyagi.

However, someone noticed a slight change in your behavior. And he was determined to figure out what happened.