I Can't Live Without You

Chapter Three

  Kenma woke up his stomach in a knot. Today he would receive the results of the semester exams. He wasn't able to eat anything and headed straight to school once dressed.

Even though he was pretty nervous about the results, he went to school just like the other days, slowly and lazily. Since he left early, he had a little more time than usual. His eyes were glued on his phone, playing a stupid and addicting game. He occasionally raised his head to watch where he was going.

At an intersection, the teen looked up before crossing the street and noticed Kuroo ahead of him. He sped up slightly and decided to call out to him.

"Kuroo!"

Kenma's voice croaked since he hadn't spoken of all morning and came out with a weird sound. He clasped his hand over his mouth and blushed in embarrassment. Kuroo turned around then burst out laughing once he saw Kenma advancing towards him with a red face.

"H-Hey, Kenma," Kuroo said trying to stop himself from laughing. The younger teen didn't glance up in his direction still humiliated from before. He lowered his head and practically glued his face in his phone, trying to "hide". Kuroo gently tapped Kenma's shoulder. The gamer raised his head his eyebrows furrowed in discontent.

Kuroo bent down and pecked Kenma's lips softly. Kenma jumped back in surprise and looked around frantically. "W-What are you doing? What if someone saw us?!" the shy boy shouted in a whisper.

  Kuroo raised an eyebrow smugly and casually answered, "Don't worry about it, no one's even here this early in the morning..."

"It's not that early... But anyway, what are you doing here, you usually leave your house really late and barely make it to school on time."

Kuroo turned away grimacing. "Well, uh, I was so nervous last night, I barely slept, then when I woke up this morning, I thought I was super late so I rushed out and later found out I wasn't actually late..."

Kenma chuckled and looked at his boyfriend mockingly. He quickly changed his expression to his usual blank one knowing he wasn't much better. They continued walking without an other word said. Kuroo slipped his hand in Kenma's, who jolted and tried to pull back.

"I'll let go a block before arriving at school, promise."

Kenma acquiesced, actually loving it when they held hands. He entwined their fingers and slightly leaned near Kuroo, however not making it too obvious. The rest of the way to school was silent until they turned the corner of a street and let go of each other's hands. They passed the school gates and parted ways, both heading to their respective classrooms.

"Bye Ken, see ya later," Kuroo smiled, waving at the gamer. He replied with a small nod and went to class. After each step closer to the class, his stress started coming back and his stomach tightened. He sat at his seat and laid his head on his crossed arms.

The bell rang and their homeroom teacher entered the noisy classroom. Every student took their seats and Kenma lifted his head. The teacher pulled out papers from his folder and stood in front of the class.

"When I call your name please come to the front of the classroom so I can return you the results of your exams. Sit at your desk until everyone has their documents then you may open the file," he explained. Students started to whisper and the professor started calling names in alphabetical order. Kenma sat silently and waited patiently, his anxiety not dying down.

"Kozume Kenma."

At the mention of his name, he stood up. Kenma awkwardly walked up to the front of the class. He accepted the file with both hands and regained his seat. Every student waited impatiently to look at their scores.

"You may look."

The sound of flipping paper filled the room and then cries of joy, relief and shock were heard throughout the class. Kenma eyed his paper, not wanting to actually know his mark. He flipped the file open, turned the pages until the last page. He breathed out and glanced at the bottom of the page nervously.

He passed.

The teen let out a long sigh of relief and slouched back in his chair. He smiled and closed his eyes. He couldn't wait to tell Kuroo the good news. He then started wondering whether his boyfriend had passed or not. For a short instant, he worried, then shook his head, on the contrary of what people think, Kuroo is actually pretty smart, regarding studies that is. Kenma observed his classmates then decided he could allow himself sleep a little.

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The bell echoed, signaling the start of recess. Kenma put away his belongings and left them on his chair. He walked out of the classroom and headed to the superior floor to find Kuroo. The small teen stood out standing next to all the tall seniors but he kept his head low and made a beeline to Kuroo's class.

He opened the door and saw his boyfriend talking and laughing with some of the boys from his class. Kenma stood in the doorway hesitant and fiddled with his sleeves. A girl from the class noticed him and walked up to him.

"Hey Kuroo, it's that cute underclassman again, I think he wants to see you," she shouted pushing Kenma forward. The boy blushed as every student of the classroom turned to look at him. He hung his head low, his long hair covering his red face. Kuroo stood up and walked to the younger teen and swung his arm around his shoulder pushing him out of the classroom.

"Thanks Mira," he grinned at the girl and she nodded with a sweet smile. Both boys stood in the hallway and Kuroo leaned against an open window.

"So, what did you come here for?" the black haired boy asked facing outside.

Kenma rested against the wall right next to his boyfriend while facing the inside of the school. "I, I just wanted to tell you that I passed, and, and I wanted to know if you, well, passed too," he replied staring ahead.

"You passed? That's great! Congratulations!"

"Thanks."

"And you don't have to worry about me, I passed with no casualties! I practically aced it!" Kuroo boasted turning to face Kenma. The boy nodded and shoved his hands into his pockets.

"So... You coming to practice tonight?" Kenma asked not knowing what to say.

  "Yeah, I think so, it depends on how long they intend of keeping us in that stupid auditorium," Kuroo answered, sighing with annoyance.

"Oh. Okay. See you later, maybe," the underclassman voiced
obviously disappointed, looking down and pushing himself off the wall.

  "Yeah, see you, I guess..."

Kuroo watched as his boyfriend walked away and couldn't help but feel guilty. He realized Kenma was sad about him graduating but he unfortunately couldn't do anything about it. He sighed once again and headed back to his classroom as well.

At least they would be able to spend time after the graduation and during the spring break.