Things I couldn't tell you || Haikyuu!! fanfiction

Number 1

Number 1 of the things I couldn't tell you: It wasn't love at first sight.

It definitely wasn't.

"Hey, can I join your game?" I stared at the two boys who stood in front of me. One with brown hair which almost reached his shoulders, the other with black, messy hair which made him look as if he just woke up.

The first time I met you was when I was five years old. You were two years older.

The black haired boy stretched his tongue out. "No girls allowed."

And at the very first moment I even kinda hated you a bit.

"Eh! So mean! I've even brought a ball since I saw you guys playing soccer with a stone, the last time you were here..." I held out the ball I brought along and showed it to both of the boys.

"Kuro... Let's just let her join." The brown haired boy had a stoic expression on his face. I nodded hastily in agreement. The other boy now even pouted. "I'm older than you, you know? So you have to listen to me."

But we were children. Small humans, loaded with a bunch of exaggerated emotions.

The tears almost came out of my eyes. "You big meanie... I just wanted to make new friends after moving here..." At the sight of me almost wailing, both boys seemed to react. "Now you made her cry." The black haired panicked a little. "No! Don't cry! You can join us!"

But I think it was good, not feeling amy sort of romantic affection when I first saw you.

"Really?" I sniffed. The black haired boy nodded and sighed in relief as he saw that there were no tears forming in my eyes, anymore.

Like that I got to know you as a friend.

"I am Kuroo Tetsurou, seven years old and going to second year of elementary school," he exclaimed almost proudly. "This is my friend Kenma Kozume, six years old and in first year of elementary school." The brown haired boy nodded at me.

I didn't have to worry about heartbreak, rejection or unrequited love...

"I am Miketsuya Kasuka, five years old and also in first year of elementary school." Kuroo smiled brightly at my response. "So you also are younger, eh?" He seemed very proud about that fact.

I just was able to get to know you as the person you were with all your flaws and imperfections.

"What is that for a ball, anyways? It isn't a soccer ball, is it?" Kenma ignored Kuroo, who looked pained after realizing that nobody cared, and pointed at my ball. I smiled.

I am glad it wasn't love at first sight.

"It's a volleyball! Do you know how to play?"

For if it was, this story might have gotten bitter, too early.

After that, we met more frequently at the riverside. We played different games, told each other jokes, laughed together... Just the stuff normal kids did.

We were just friends. And at that time it was more than enough for me.

But I got busy. I found other friends at school and in my neighborhood. I engaged myself in a lot of club activities at school. I didn't come to the riverside as frequently as I used to. And I didn't get to see Kozume and Tetsurou since they weren't in the same school I was.

But that was okay.

When you are young, you get to know a lot of new people. But you also forget about other people. And that's okay. In my opinion that was part of life.

Being friends with you was all it took for you, be one of the protagonists in my story of life.

So I also didn't feel anything when both my friends also stopped coming to the riverside like they used to.

After all that's how everything started.

I wasn't sad. Nor was I disappointed. 'I might not see them anymore,' I thought. But they were one of my first friends I got after moving to Tokyo. So I was still thankful.

And that's it. That's all there was to it, when I got to know you.

No romantic feelings, no fear of rejection. Just childish friendship.

It definitely wasn't love at first sight.

And yet I do sometimes wonder what would've been if it was.

And in all secrecy I kinda hoped to meet them again, someday.