Behind The Smokescreen (Kuroo x Kenma)

Everything Went Wrong

I own nothing but my characters and the plot.

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Kenma's POV

   I had a bad feeling. I just felt like everything would go wrong today. It was already off to a bad start when I got a text from Kuroo apologizing and saying he had an early morning meeting with the coaches and couldn't walk with me to school. It only got progressively worse after that.

   "Well now look at that. Little Kenma all by hisself today."

   I sighed, too tired to deal with these idiots. Instead of responding, I ignored them and kept going, walking through the front doors of the school.

   "Don't be like that Kenma. We just want to talk."

   I was getting really uncomfortable. Fujimaki Hayate and Abe Saburo bullied me during my third year of middle school when Kuroo went to highschool. Kuroo eventually found out even though I tried to hide it. After Kuroo beat the living day lights out of them, they didn't do anything for the rest of the year. And when I got to Nekoma, I thought it would get better, but when Kuroo wasn't around (which rarely ever happened) they would try something. Today was another one of those days.

   "I don't want to talk, now go away and let me get to class."

   I've been told that I was a blunt person but wow. Where did that come from?

   Saburo put his arm around my shoulders, steering me away from the hallway my class was on. I was tense and I prayed they didn't notice but it turns out luck was against me today.

   "What so tense? We're just friends talking with each other."

   Hayate chuckled at that.

   They led me to the cafeteria. No one was there during the morning except for the lunch ladies, preparing to get lunch food ready. Around the corner where no one would see us, Saburo shoved me roughly into the wall.

   "See? Just talking."

   "Talking my ass," I mumbled under my breath.

   Hayate and Saburo look at each other annoyed, and then they get this look that only fuels my fear even more.

   "Well that's not very nice Kenma," Hayate says," Why don't you go in the corner and think about why you're there."

   Corner?

   Right as that thought passes through my mind, I hear a door to my right open and then it's dark. I hear laughing outside the door, fading footsteps, and then silence. It smells like bleach and cleaning supplies and I know where I was.

   They pushed me into a janitors closet.

   I sigh, pull out my phone and turn on the flashlight. Shining it on the door, I try to open it but it was locked.

   Wow. So original.

   Next I think about people to contact. Kuroo immediately comes to mind but I dismiss that idea. He's still probably in the meeting. They always run longer than planned. Yaku? That would be the next best option so with that, I text him hoping he'll answer. The smells in here are giving me a headache.

You - 7:24 AM: Yaku-san I'm trapped in a janitors closet. Can you come let me out?

Yaku-san - 7:25 AM: Sure but why are you trapped in there? And where is it?

You - 7:25 AM: I'll tell you later. I'm by the cafeteria.

Yaku-san - 7:26 AM: Alright. I'm on my way.

   I sigh with relief, glad I'll be able to get out. Although Kuroo will probably find out what happened.

   I hear quiet footsteps coming down the hall and hear Yaku call my name. Right when I'm about to respond, a scream comes from the kitchen followed by a loud alarm.

   The fire alarm.

   There scuffling outside the door and I hear Yaku shout about someone else being down here. And although I'm a quiet person, I know I need to make noise to get out. I start banging on the door and shouting but the noises only get farther away until all I hear is is the alarm.

Kuroo's POV

   We all walk outside after hearing the alarm. Right now all I can about is whether Kenma is alright or not. He never liked alarms, saying they were too loud. I'm pulled from my thoughts when I hear Yaku.

   "Kuroo!"

   "Yaku? What is it?"

   "It's Kenma! He's still inside!"

   It feels like my heart stopped.

   "W-what?"

   "He texted me saying he was trapped in a janitors closet outside the cafeteria. That's where the fire is!"

   Next thing I know I'm running to the cafeteria, ignoring the cries from everyone for me to stop. The only thing going through my head is Kenma! Please be okay! I'm coming! I burst through the doors and I'm hit with a wall of smoke. I start coughing and my eyes start watering, but I have to find Kenma. I faintly hear something banging and know that's Kenma. I crouch down and start making my way toward the noise. Toward Kenma.