Courting You

Snuggler - Kuroko Tetsuya x Reader

Kuroko Tetsuya was a snuggler when he slept. This was a fact that you learned firsthand that morning.

“How did I get into this situation?” You pitifully asked yourself in a whisper. Being an early bird, you often woke up early in the morning. Attempting to peer at the clock on Kuroko’s nightstand, you noticed that it was only 5:30 am on the dot. 

As a restless person, you wanted to get out of bed to brush up despite it being an early Saturday morning. However you were at a rather perilous location - in the arms of a sleeping Kuroko who held you gently to his body, yet with an unbreakable grasp. It would be quite an awkward event if he woke up with you huddled close to him on his bed.

Why don’t we explain how you got into this situation? 

Every Friday, as Kuroko’s best friend, you two always held a movie night. Most of the time you would end up sleeping over at his house, though you’d always been able to sleep in his guest room. 

However, yesterday night, the movie you’d picked was an incredibly long one of about four or five hours. At the beginning of the show, you and the light blue haired male watched the television with enthusiasm while slurping down some homemade vanilla milkshakes. Though, around the middle, you both began to feel slightly tired, and moved to rest on the pillows of his bed for a more comfortable position. Nearing an hour before the end, it was about 1:00 am, and Kuroko and you were struggling to keep your eyes open. Not wanting to stop the movie, you guys watched for another half hour before completely crashing, the vanilla milkshakes left forgotten on the nightstand.

You were so sleepy that you didn’t even get the chance to take a single step towards the guest room, instead falling asleep on Kuroko’s bed with him next to you.

Something Kuroko had never bothered to tell you before was that he always ended up hugging something in his sleep. With his male pride (you’d laugh if you’d heard this), he didn’t want you to know that he often slept while holding onto his Alaskan Malamute puppy, Nigou. As a man (again, you’d laugh at this), he thought you’d find his sleeping habits “cute” (true, true), and he’d rather have you see him as “handsome” or “manly”.

Although, that night, Nigou was keeping Kuroko’s mother company as you two watched the movie. Thus, having no dog to hug in his sleep, he instantly latched onto you, wrapping his arms around your dozed off body and tangling his legs with yours.

Now that you’ve been enlightened of the circumstances surrounding the situation, we will return to the present.

Currently, you were trying to escape from Kuroko’s grasp. You knew from experience that he was a rather deep sleeper, as once before, you’d had to splash cold water on him to wake the boy up. Therefore, you’d managed to successfully untangle your legs without waking him. 

Silently celebrating the small victory, you quickly prepared for the next advance. Trying to carefully wiggle yourself from under his arms, you were delighted that things were going smoothly so far, reaching a few inches.

Unfortunately, fate wanted to play around a bit more with you, as Kuroko’s face showed the slightest expression of discomfort at your leaving. His eyebrows were furrowed, and the male pulled you back into his embrace, only you were placed even closer to the male this time with your head resting on his chest. Now that you were secured against Kuroko’s body, his displeased, sleeping face relaxed.

Groaning mentally, you blew a piece of your (h/c) hair that had fallen to land on your nose annoyingly. Sighing a bit, you brought your eyes up to examine Kuroko Tetsuya’s face. His expression was currently peaceful, and his baby blue hair was messed up and sticking all over the place. Still, the teen managed to look adorable, if not even more than usual.

As soon as you thought that, you blushed bright red. God, this was Kuroko - your best friend! You shouldn’t be thinking such things. You also couldn’t even bring your hands up to hide your burning face. Despite the male being asleep, you didn’t like having your blushing face out in the open.

You were flailing just a bit, in a desperate attempt to escape, but upon examination, Kuroko’s eyelids began twitching. You instantly stopped all movement as the boy calmed down and returned to a tranquil sleep. 

Now thinking about Kuroko’s eyelids, your train of thought drove you to ponder about the eyes that were hidden underneath the pale skin. They were such a pretty shade of blue, much more lovely than your own (e/c) eyes. Though, the male would be a gentleman and compliment you, straight out saying that yours were much more beautiful than his. Damn Kuroko and his blunt statements that can make you blush.

Anyways, back to Kuroko’s aqua blue orbs, they truly were the windows to the soul. Although the male almost always wore a neutral, blank expression, his eyes told everything. You’ve known Kuroko for years, and have grown accustomed to reading the emotions within his eyes for an accurate interpretation of his emotional condition. Yesterday when watching the movie, his eyes sparkled in fascination at the characters and their story. It was really, really endearing how excited he can get about the littlest of things, despite not showing it on his face.

And now your face was flaring up again. Dammit, Kuroko had you wrapped around his finger, and he didn’t even know it. Finally calming down, you realized something odd. Kuroko’s television had been turned off, and yesterday night, you both fell asleep before any of you could shut it down. When you’d finally managed to get your face to its usual tone, you heated up again. 

His mom must have come in to shut off the television. With her low presence that Kuroko apparently inherited, she didn’t wake anyone up. She definitely had saw you and her son sleeping together! That was so embarrassing! What was even worse was that she never woke you up to move you to the guestroom, implying that she didn’t mind you laying down so close to her son. Now that you thought about it, the woman really liked you, a lot more than any other of his female friends. No! This whole thing also implies that Kuroko’s mother shipped you with him!

Flushing the worst you had in ages, you became increasingly aware of how Kuroko’s arms were wrapped around your waist. You became aware of his breath that was released in little puffs of air that caressed the top of your head. You became aware of his soothing heartbeat that you could easily hear with your head pressed up against his chest.

You had to get out of here now. Your tightly locked feelings that you refused to acknowledge were bubbling up to the surface, screaming to be known. “N-nigou!” You whisper yelled.

The little puppy was very fond of you, and often came running whenever you called his name. This was no exception, as you heard the small dog pawing at the door and whimpering.

“Nigou, I need help! God, please help me!” You begged, heartbeat racing even faster at how the sleeping Kuroko somehow managed to snuggle you even closer.

The little puppy barked, and Kuroko didn’t even react at the noise. Nigou began scratching at the bedroom door, and jumped up, hitting the door handle to open the door. He was an intelligent animal - being able to figure out how to open certain doors. The little puppy walked into the room, tail wagging excitedly.

“Thank you, Nigou! Do you think you can find a way to get me out of here?” You questioned with a hopeful look.

The hound tilted his head, as if contemplating on what to do. Then he barked and wagged his tail.Yes, the puppy was going to help you! If you had a tail as well, you were sure that you would wag it too.

You were waiting in bated breath to see what Nigou would do. The Alaskan Malamute ran in a circle three times, barking amiably before hopping onto the bed. He wiggled his tail one last time before diving in between you and Kuroko to rest comfortably, warmed by both your and Kuroko’s bodies, falling asleep.

And despite the rough entrance, Kuroko did not wake up. “Nigou! That was not helping me at all!” You lost your cool and began full-on flailing to try to escape. You managed to break Kuroko’s grip on you, and were about to run straight out of the Kuroko residence, never to return. 

Only, for the male to quickly grab onto you again, luring you back into his embrace. You groaned, and turned to face the male, who you believed to be still sleeping. But your (e/c) eyes met blue.

Absolutely mortified, your face burned, and you instantly hid behind your hands. However, the the male gently removed your hands and locked his sleepy, dazed eyes with yours.

“(Name)-chan, what are you doing awake? It’s only 6:00.” He muttered softly.

“I-I-I-!” You began, but you could only get out incoherent stutters. He was acting so casually, as if it were normal to wake up with you in his arms.

Kuroko pulled your form closer to his, resting your head on his chest. “Let’s go back to sleep. Nigou’s still tired as well.”

You tried to protest, but your words would not form. Feeling defeated, you hid your face in his chest, and said, “Okay.” You wrapped your own arms around the napping dog in between your bodies.

Your heart pounded hard when you felt Kuroko land a feathery kiss on the top of your head. Yet, you also felt the way his own heart beat quickened. Kuroko sleepily stated, “I could get used to this.”

You could as well, and that was the last thing you thought, before you fell asleep in Kuroko’s arms. On the bed were three bodies, a boy, a girl, and a puppy snuggled together.