I Can't Live Without You

Chapter Five

Kenma opened the gym door and saw the whole team already inside. Everybody greeted him with a huge smile. He kept his usual blank expression and walked in. Tables were set one after the other with drinks and food on them. Music was playing in the background while the conversations between teammates hid the sound. Kenma walked up to Lev who was bragging about how he made the dippings.

  "Kozume!" the giant hollered, seeing the small boy. He grinned widely and shoved a bowl of dipping sauce in Kenma's arms. "Here try it! It's delicious! I made it!" Lev shouted energetically, stuffing a plate of chips in Kenma's other hand. "You idiot!" Yaku yelled kicking Lev in his lower back. The tall Russian fell down dramatically. "Ow~... Yaku-senpai," Lev whined slowly getting up. The short strawberry blond paid no attention to him and turned to Kenma to apologize.

  "Don't mind him, he's an idiot," Yaku said placing his hands on his hips. Kenma shook his head not really caring about Lev's actions. In fact, he liked the way the soon-to-be ace acted. It made him feel at ease with that energetic personality, it sort of made him think of Shoyou. Kenma put down the bowls after dipping his fingers in the sauce and tasting Lev's creation.

  He regretted it soon afterwards. His mouth was on fire. He stuck his tongue out and tears started to form in the corner of his eyes. His face became hot and he looked around frantically searching for water. Yamamoto noticed and started panicking. "Kozume! Are you okay? What happened?" he shouted catching the others' attention. Kuroo poked his head from behind Inuoka and Lev, who started flailing their arms in the air dramatically while Kenma sniffed softly, his tongue sticking out.

  Yaku acted quickly and threw the poor boy a water bottle which he caught and drank in an instant. Everyone stared in worry and confusion since they still hadn't fully understood what happened to the team's "brain". "What happened Kenma?" Kuroo asked walking up to the red-faced boy. He looked up and glanced over to his teammates who were all gazing upon him.

"I-I, nothing..." he answered not wanting everyone to know. However Kuroo wasn't that oblivious. He burst into a laughing fit which surprised everyone around him.

  "W-Wait... Don't tell me... Y-You tried... Tried Lev's... D-Dipping... Sauce?!" he hollered holding his stomach with both hands. Kenma's eyes widened and a blush spread across already colored face. The others boys let out small laughs, some hiding it, and some not caring at all.

  Yaku stepped forward and placed a hand on Kenma's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Kozume. It's okay, not everyone can handle spicy food," he comforted the younger teen. Kenma shrugged, slowly cooling down. Kuroo was still letting a couple small laughs escape from his lips. The rest of the team continued having fun like before, eating, talking, laughing. At some point, Kenma walked up to Kuroo and tugged his shirt. The senior turned around.

  "Yeah?" he asked smiling softly. Kenma's head remained facing the ground.

He softly murmured while fidgeting his feet, "I... I would like to leave." Kuroo looked at him a little shocked. He passed his arm around the smaller teen's shoulders.

"Sure, I'll get my stuff," he replied smiling. He gathered his belongings and went up to Kenma. They waved and said goodbye. Every second and first years said farewell to Kuroo. He promised to check on them occasionally to make sure Nekoma was successfully pumping the blood to the brain of their team. He ended it with a joke and the couple left the building slightly saddened.

  They walked in the streets, side by side. "Do you want to go home now?" Kuroo asked his hands in his pockets facing ahead. Kenma was playing on his phone sticking close to his boyfriend so he wouldn't trip and fall.

"No, not really," the gamer answered fiddling his thumbs on his phone.

"You want to stop by the park?" Kuroo proposed.