10 | Kuroo Tetsurō

| seven x ten |

- he never leaves my mind

The final bell had gone and you had stayed behind to clean the classroom. There were more people earlier but most of the good student had clubs to attend and then the other students only picked up a piece of paper to place in the bin and took their leave. You'd get angry at them but it was something that you could see yourself doing as well.

The orange light of the sun hit your face and reflected in your eyes that were trained on the sports gym. You had let out the sixth sigh of that afternoon, or was it seventh? It didn't matter how much because you only thought about the reason.

You had no idea when you should, but you knew you had to tell Kuroo about these feelings inside of you. You never realised he could be so dense as to hear you say that the boy you're crushing on, 'Always knows when something is wrong, he always helps me without me having to say a thing,' and yet he still couldn't figure out when you were staring him in the eyes when you said so. He was another level of stupid and frustrating and attractive and thick-headed, and thicc as well but it was beginning to make you question why you were even telling Kuroo in the first place.

It sounded so ridiculous in your head, the fact that you were actually describing the boy you like to the boy you like.

The door of your homeroom slid open and you turned slowly, thinking it may be the class president but it was actually the boy you were thinking about. The boy that you were always, always thinking about and he saw you, the way you had craned your neck to see him with a ghost of a smile.

"You look so wise [Name]-chan. Did I interrupt your thinking?"

His black hair was spiked up though it was done naturally as it was his bed hair. You thought it was incredible when he still looked so delectable with some of his fringe falling over his forehead slightly, partially covering his right eye. He was tall and he easily towered over you when he stood over six feet. His body was thin but muscular as well while his narrowed, hazel eyes could do wonders to your stomach when you felt those butterflies.

His sly smirks and his voice brought shivers up your spine and if you could listen to him saying your name all day, you would. Dear god, you would because you were a silly little girl too scared to even call this love, "No, I was just looking outside.. Is everything okay?"

He nodded, sliding the door closed behind him to walk next to you, "Everyone else had left so I was wondering where you were."

"Oh, yeah.." You changed the subject, "I thought you'd be at practise today?"

"We stayed back more than half the time we usually finish yesterday so there isn't practise today. Are you nearly done?"

His voice was soft but deep at the same time, it was like a breath of fresh air when you brought the chalkboard erasers back to the board after cleaning it out the window, closing the window, you shivered a little and Kuroo noticed you had goosebumps along your arms from the breeze.

"Here, take this." He removed his blazer and walked behind you to swivel the navy clothing on your shoulders when it sagged down your thighs, "It's so big." He grinned and you turned with a brow raised, smirking though you were still grateful. It was warm, consuming you with his scent. Your blazer was only a few feet away but you decided to stay quiet.

"Were you thinking of 'Kuroo'?"

He saw your confused gaze when you turned around to face him, looking up at him when he smirked, "Before, when you were looking outside like you were in some shoujo manga confirming her feelings for the guy with that weird and optimistic determination they usually have."

A giggle left your mouth making the smirk on Kuroo's face widen to a smile instantly and he was in bliss, "I guess you're sort of right actually." He held his chin up at your affirmation to his random guess but the way you were previously looking outside in thought also helped his assumption.

"Wanna talk about it? I've got all day. Literally."

"Yeah me too.." You walked around him to lean against a desk and he stood in his spot when the sun shined on you, making your hair glow and your skin brighter when your eyes were reflecting the suns light. It was a sight he never knew he needed until now, "I don't know what to do Kuroo.."

"About what?"

His hands rested in the pockets of his pants while he stood with his legs spread apart slightly, "These feelings I guess.. I don't know how to get him out of my head. It's frustrating but it's so.." He saw a hopeless look cross your face, puzzling him as you remained smiling a tiny bit, "I can't stop thinking about him, Kuroo."

He didn't speak and you were surprised by how quiet he was, only looking back into his eyes when he was found staring at your face, "Is there something on my face?"

"Wha-? Oh, no.. it's just-"

"What is it?"

The way your voice travelled to his ears, that inquisitive look on your face made him smile bashfully when he looked at the ground, unashamed to speak only so much about what he just witnessed, "The face you make when you talk about him it's really.. nice, I guess? You smile like you don't even realise it and your eyes are always glowing, it's really cute."

He hadn't seen the red explosion on your face until he looked up but he had mistaken it for the colour of the orange run on your face, you were thoroughly glad.

"So why don't you confess then?"

You missed the way his voice almost cracked, the muscles straining in his face as he restrained himself from revealing how heartbroken he was becoming.