soft side | k.kenma x f!reader

chapter 7: viral

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ The couple send the volleyball players back to Osaka, with the exception of Motoya, who is heading back to Shizuoka prefecture. They watch as the trains leave, Y/N continuously waving out to Shoyo, who does the same, until the athletes are no longer within their sight.

Now that their guests have returned home, the two are back to their regular routine. They make their way back to home, hand-in-hand talking about all the catch up they need to do– streaming, editing, general work business, the whole nine-yards. Kenma opted on streaming for the day as he was unable to do so with Shoyo's visit and preparation for Y/N's graduation, while Y/N decided to get some work done. As soon as they got home, they retreated to their respective rooms: Kenma to the gaming room and Y/N to the office.

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Once in the shared office, Y/N gets to work on writing and designing her very own game. One that combines modern fantasy with the magic of chemistry, a game about witches who integrate into societal norms as chemists. She's kept it a secret from everyone, with the exception of her boyfriend, but she finally feels as if she'll put the years of studying for her masters degree to use. She's excited to have such a big project and anticipates how her fans will react, especially when they realize that it's in partnership with a certain someone.

She's been working on the script and the world building since before she even started her masters program, now it's been three years and her work is nearly ready and just awaiting its last touches of editing. She reviews the notes from her development team, revises her script, and sends it along to her editor for the final read-through, praying that it is now finalized. Turning her attention now to character design, she pulls out a large well-loved sketchbook from one of their file cabinets and skims through the pages.

This game has been her secret passion and this sketchbook was the proof. Hundreds of different character designs dating back to her high school years filled the book to the brim, a project that had begun long before she ever imagined she would create a game.

Looking through the pages she's brought back to high school when she first shared her designs with Kenma, to college when she expressed her interest in making a game, to the beginning of her master's program when she revealed she began writing a script.

Y/N pulls out a few of the looser papers with designs to add to a character portfolio, then scans some others to get printed, before deciding to brainstorm additional ideas. She pulls open one of the desk drawers to grab her markers, but quickly realizes they're in the new desk.

Sighing, she gets up to retrieve them.

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In the other room, Kenma is busy streaming and talking with the chat. It seems as if there has been a buzz surrounding the couple for the past few days, but they were too preoccupied to even notice.

"It's been a while, I was busy with family stuff this week."

"A graduation. Oya? You guys knew I went to one already.. ok..."

"Why do you guys keep asking about Kuroo's wife?"

"No no he's not married. If he was, I'd kill him for not inviting me to his wedding."

"Kuroo Y/N? You guys better stop with that, she's not gonna be happy that all of you think she's married to her own brother."

"Of course, I know who Y/N is she's my–"

A knocking interrupts Kenma's sentence and makes him turn towards the door. He sees his girlfriend's head peeking through the doorway as she makes gestures towards her desk.

"It's ok, come in and grab your things," He reassures the girl.

He moves his camera downwards so as to not show her face, angling it just at the tip of his nose. Y/N moves quietly until she reaches her desk and opens the drawers to find the markers she was looking for. She turns to face Kenma, noticing a lack of video games, and giving him a confused expression.

"No gaming today?"

"Just chatting," He says, smiling up at her. She smiles back at him and runs her fingers through his hair for a moment before deciding to get back to her work. However, before she can leave, Kenma decides to return the affection by giving the palm of her hand a small peck before she retreats it away from his face.

Doing so causes the girl to blush profusely, no matter how long they've been dating, she could never get used to Kenma showing his affections so openly. When she finally finishes processing his actions, she quickly retreats back to the office as he watches her with a large grin on his face.

When he hears the office door shut, a little louder than usual, he eventually turns his attention back to his stream and immediately notices that the camera was pointing to the bottom of his face.

"Hmm? I forgot I lowered this," He mumbles, then pushes it back up so that his entire face was in view. Once the camera is adjusted he looks back at the chat to resume, but sees a massive stream of comments flooding in.

KodzukensPinkyFinger: this man is softttt

KodzukensLeftEye: GIRLFRIEND CONFIRMED?!!

KodzukensHusband: WHO IS THAT???

KodzuFan: quick guys lets act surprised

He smiles as he reads the comments, finding his fans' surprise amusing. He takes a moment, deciding what to say before addressing their interests in his love-life, something he hasn't done before. When he's finished reading through the chat he looks straight into the camera and smiles.

"Looks like you guys caught me."

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The pinging on his phone was ever familiar. Just a couple months ago people were theorizing on whether or not he had a love-life. Now they were theorizing who his partner may be. He felt he had given enough hints for them to piece things together, but he supposes he could give them a little push soon.

"Look what your stunt did. Everyone's talking about you now," Y/N sighs.

"Let them talk. Don't pretend like you didn't like it," Kenma replies.

She can't deny she liked it, she enjoyed it- quite a lot. However, that particular moment of the stream has become so viral that every time she sees clips of it she can't help but get flustered all over again.