Kuroo x reader (HAIKYU FANFIC)

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Through the sound of slots excreting coins and the automated voices speaking from the games within the arcade, a crowd had begun to form around the brightly-lit, blue air hockey table. With Kuroo and Y/N on one side, bystanders were watching excitedly as they prepared for their final round.

So far, unsurprisingly, they were in the lead winning 3 out of 4 rounds played. Honestly, this was expected since Kuroo had a best friend who dedicated his life to playing video games. He had picked up strategies that allowed him to easily halt the others attempts at scoring. What else was he to use the techniques he had learnt throughout countless hours of observing Kenma's games for?

"You ready?" The bedhead asks whilst passing y/n a bottle of water that he had packed in his bag. "Of course," she replied, happily accepting it. Her heart felt full - being here, so close to the man she'd been crushing on for weeks now.

"Let's end this, I'll buy you a protein shake~" she whispers knowing it's all she had heard him talk about to Bokuto and Tsukishima the night before. Apparently he had 3 a day.

"I'm holding you to that," Kuroo replies with a small wink - his confidence heightened by the excitement of finally getting *somewhere* with this girl who had just stumbled into his life one day.

On the other side of the table, Lev was looking angry yet still motivated, whilst Hinata kept his competitive spirit to a T. "We're gonna crush you," lev laughs with an evil smirk.

"Try it, I dare you." Kuroo replies with the same evil glint in his eye.

Within seconds, the machine makes a 'ding!' and the disc begins to slowly move around the board. Already on their side, Y/N decides to let Kuroo shoot the first shot. She figures he would be able to send a shock through the opposing team's confidence. And he did just that.

Pulling his arm back, it took him no strength at all to immediately shove the disc to the other side of the board and through the slot, gaining him and Y/N a point. A grin on his face, he turns to her and offers a high five which she eagerly accepts.

Hinatas face quivers for a second before he stands back into place, lev already grabbing the disc to make his move. He pulls his arm back, and shoots as hard as he can. Apparently too hard, as the disc shoots off the table and hits a light on the ceiling. Y/N gasps and covers her mouth with a giggle, looking at Levs' embarrassed face and hinatas slightly terrified expression. "That's what they get for trying," y/n whispers to Kuroo who lets out his hyena-like laugh.

"M-my bad.." Lev stays, going to retrieve the disc and making sure no passers by had seen the accident. Unlucky for him, Tsukishima and yamagachi were stood on the other side of the room laughing their heads off.

He passes the disc to Hinata, who now looks to be gaining some confidence (or pretending to, who really knows), since it is in his hand instead of his partners. He gently and precisely hits the disc, almost gaining one shot if it hadn't been for kuroos quick reflexes, who blocked the shot and immediately fired one back at full speed.

Precisely 3 minutes later, the game had turned into a battle. 6/8 points to Kuroo and Y/N, 5/8 points to Hinata and lev. Their agressive game had gained the attention of some middle schoolers, who had positioned themselves at a safe distance around the table - watching eagerly. Sweat dripped from Kuroos face and tethered lightly throughout his jet black hair. He looked breathtaking to say the least. Y/N had to mentally hold herself back so she could physically stay in the game. She knew if she started inspecting him the way she wanted she would end up salivating or something embarrassing.

Holding the disc, Y/N took a deep breath before shooting it towards the goal. Unfortunately, Hinata was worked up and now in some sort of manic state, bouncing slightly as he stood. As the disc headed towards the goal, he hit it away, aggressively, shooting it right back towards y/n where it ended up hitting her in the face. The nose. Giving her an almost instant nosebleed.

"Hinata!" Lev shouted, looking terrified.

"Ouch.." y/n said, holding herself back against a nearby table behind her so she wouldn't go tumbling from the force and the surprise of the hit. Kuroo immediately dropped his 'bat' and stood by her side, inspecting her.

"Shit, y/n are you okay? Hey let me see, love your hand hm?"

She lets him guide her hand away from the pain, him crouching infront of her and looking up carefully. Like some sort of magician, he pulls a clean tissue out of his pocket and uses his other hand to gently lift y/n's chin upwards. He presses the tissue to the blood firmly but gently. "Hold this here okay? Let me get you to a seat, are you hurt anywhere else? Feeling dizzy?"

Embarrassed and trying to stop the tears from coming, because she obviously didn't want to cry infront of him and the rest of the audience of middle schoolers, she just gestured towards her head with her hand. Y/N had always had a very sensitive body, especially to pain. Her eating disorder didn't help - the loss of blood was making her head spin and vision blurry.

"Very dizzy," she managed to get out.

Lev rushed over with Hinata, who looked like he was about to burst into tears from what he'd just accidentally done to y/n. "Y/N! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry I'm sorry- it was an accident don't hate me I'm sorry-" he rambled, concern written all over his face. Lev looked appalled at the scene infront of him - probably wondering how he'd ended up teamed with someone who could cause this much damage in one game.

"Hey back up, give her some space." Kuroo said firmly, waving the two off before turning to y/n. He looked at her for a moment, seemingly contemplating something, before he just picked her up princess style and started heading over towards the exit. "H-huh?" She gasped, grasping onto his shoulder confused and flustered.

"There's a first aid kit in the van - sorry, I couldn't risk you falling and hurting yourself even more. I've got you, I won't let you fall." He answers, firmly holding her into his chest. A few of the other volleyball players have now noticed the commotion - spitting the bloody tissue against y/n's face and her being carried by Kuroo.

To say the least, it could have been a scandal with the way they were all staring.

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guys I started this on Nov 5th 2025... it is now 9th June 2026. Oops..