UNBOUND - h. iwaizumi

chapter twenty-three

"kuroo, you're so freaking annoying!" y/n yells, chasing him around the gym. "you can't just force people to come see you just cause you're bored!"

kuroo laughs mischievously and loudly, making the rest of the schools sweat drop at the two third years. who should be the example for their underclassman.

yaku sighs, handing sugawara a towel and water bottle as they stood off to the side. "were they always like this?" suga wonders, chuckling as he wraps the now damp towel around his neck to cool off.

"yup. just like siblings. or a bunch of five year olds." the libero sighs.

"that's a bit generous." kai adds, walking over to the two. "though i heard it's cause kuroo managed to get iwaizumi-san to come down tomorrow."

"hah?!" the few players that knew of seijoh's ace and were nearby heard, going towards the group.

hinata smiles brightly at the news, "seijoh's ace is coming?!"

"what strings did they pull?" daichi wonders.

kai shrugged, though a knowing smile popped up. "i'm sure we all have a hunch."

kageyama, the volleyball genius he is, lacks skills and academics outside of the sport. however, even he realizes (after a moment) the reason his former upperclassman was coming all the way to saitama from miyagi. and why he folded so quickly after kuroo's teasing.

though maybe he's not the slowest person in the world outside of volleyball because in unison, bokuto and hinata wonder, out loud, why iwaizumi was coming down.

kageyama smacks hinata's head while akaashi calmly explains to bokuto that iwaizumi and y/n show some interest in each other. the two gasp, the ginger blushing at the sudden talk about dating because of his inexperience while bokuto becomes a defensive older brother.

'how dare he!'
'does he think he's good enough for y/n-chan?!'
'wait he's driving by himself from miyagi?!'
'wow! what dedication!'

though the act didn't last long.

meanwhile kuroo and y/n found themselves in the school, kenma sighing as he became the median for their argument.

"ken! tell tetsurou he's insufferable!" y/n pouts.

the older boy just scoffs, "kyenma! tell y/n that she's a wimp!"

"ugh! i am not! he's literally on a break with his girlfriend!"

"yeah right! fanbase told me all about how she's not even a good one!"

"well we still have to respect his wishes, idiot!"

kenma just groans, grabbing two rubber bands and flicking them in the face.

"what the hell, kenma?!" "hey, that's not cool ken!"

"y/n, it's not the end of the world to be liking iwaizumi. he seems like a genuinely good and caring person. and kuroo, i know you mean well, but you need to know that you can be overbearing and really annoying."

kuroo scoffs at his scolding, "why are you nicer to her?!"

"because she's not overbearing and really annoying." kenma deadpans, y/n blows a raspberry at the taller boy. the second year turns to the girl, "y'know we wouldn't want you to be labeled as a homewrecker, and you really wouldn't be one if you actually like iwaizumi. we've learned enough from that cheery weird setter in his team that they've been having a problem for forever. we don't want to interfere, but you need to actually make your feelings known."

y/n sighs, nodding her head. it's weird for kenma to be talking this much, even giving out advice is rare for him. "i understand where you're all coming from... and i actually do kind of appreciate it... if it was from anyone other than tetsu."