Matchmakers | KuroTsuki ✓

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[Tsukishima]

I fucking hated Bokuto and Kuroo, why the hell didn't anyone talk me out of living with them? Why couldn't Akaashi or Kenma have at least given me a warning, considering they'd known the two much longer and much better than I had. But, whatever. It's fine. It's not like I was currently sitting in the bathtub, fully clothed, watching them jump about in the sink water that they'd managed to flood the bathroom with. Nope. Absolutely not.

Okay, time to cut the crap, that's exactly what I was doing. These idiots really just dragged me into our tiny bathroom, pointed to the sink and practically begged me to fix it. I literally just had to turn the tap off. For Kuroo apparently being so smart he lacked so much common sense it physically hurt.
So, after I'd explained that they were going to have to fix the sink-water-flooding-our-bathroom problem, I'd sat in the tub because I knew otherwise Bokuto would convince Kuroo to just leave our bathroom flooded and honestly? That would probably make me jump off a cliff.

But I digress. While they were mopping up I could have a nap in the tub, which was good considering I hadn't gotten a good night's sleep in a while. Kuroo had bought a cat he called Mario (well actually, Kenma had called it Mario) and that little bastard had decided my room, my bed, would be his new home. Kuroo had whined once he realised Mario preferred me over him and it was actually quite funny, but because of the cat I haven't had a good night's sleep in a while.

So I suppose that's why I fell asleep in the tub so easily, my roommates' antics playing in the background.

In all honesty, apart from the occasional fuck up like this living with Bokuto and Kuroo was pretty nice. During my third year of high school I'd told the 'third gym squad' that I'd gotten into a college in Tokyo and, as it turned out, Bokuto and Kuroo both attended there and shared an apartment nearby. They'd offered the spare room to me and, since it would be better than having to live with someone I didn't know in a dorm, I took it.

Kuroo would help us with our studies when he wasn't busy with his own schoolwork or part-time job at the local pub and he was actually really smart. Dammit, I wanted to be annoyed with his generosity but he made it so hard because he was just so good at tutoring, even if he barely knew the subject. Kuroo was so good at just... everything, really. Don't tell him I said that, it would only enlarge his stupid ego.

Bokuto had less lectures than Kuroo and his schedule matched up with mine pretty well, so often times when we had free periods he would drag me to the gym so that we could practise volleyball. He would bug any of the setters or even sometimes drag Akaashi down just to practise with us. It was amusing but I couldn't help feeling bad for poor, overworked Akaashi. He never said no to his dumb owl though.

Honestly they should just get together at this point, they're so obviously in love with eachother it's actually kind of annoying. Like, make out already God. I hate being a third-wheel with a couple, but I hate it even more when the two aren't even together yet. Kuroo agrees.

Speaking of relationships and Kuroo, he's way too busy with schoolwork for any kind of romantic interest. He's told me so after someone confessed to him and honestly? Hell yeah he's too busy. This guy is so overloaded with work yet still manages to make the time to spend with his friends. Dammit! So good at everything!

I started waking up as I felt myself being lifted by someone, but didn't open my eyes cause I was still tired. Bokuto and Kuroo were talking, so I decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"...I just think he's cute, lay off." I heard Kuroo whisper-yell to Bokuto in some sort of effort to stay quiet.

"Bro that's so sweet, I'm serious! Ask him out already!" I heard Bokuto's excited whisper and, in an effort to make it look like I was still asleep, shifted slightly in Kuroo's arms so that I was pressed against his chest. How the fuck was he carrying me so easily? I was definitely taller than him and it's not like I had zero muscle like I had in high school. But whatever, his chest was warm so I could forget about that.

What? I'm not embarrassed to admit when a guy is hot and Kuroo is the very definition. Who was he calling cute though? He was always so focused on not getting a crush.

"What? No way! Between training, homework and seminars I'd have absolutely zero time for him. Plus, I don't know if it's gone that far yet... It's not at the point you are." Kuroo grumbled back, seeming to have paused while I shifted. I heard Bokuto click open my door and push in, then a scurry of feet as he probably chased Mario around to grab him. If I wasn't awake before I definitely would be now, but I still pretended to sleep. Kuroo would've never said this stuff if I was awake, he knew I'd laugh at him.

"Eh?"

"You know how you pine after Akaashi every chance you get. You're like a married couple." I could practically hear Kuroo's eyeroll and if I had my eyes open, I knew I'd do the same.

"Well maybe if 'Kaashi liked me back I'd make a move, but I just don't know dude! He gives such mixed signals." Kuroo paused and I swear I could hear the words 'I live with an idiot' radiating off of him. He then laid me down in my Mario-free bed and pulled the covers over me with a gentleness that surprised me.

"You're terrible at reading people, you know that?" Kuroo chuckled as he pushed away from my bed, following Bokuto out the room. Oddly enough though, he paused at my doorway and just kinda stayed there for a moment. What did he want? What was he looking for...?
Well, can't have been anything too important because a moment later he flicked my light off and closed the door shut, leaving me to slowly sit up and fiddle with the hem of my duvet.

So Kuroo liked someone hm? That was sure to make life a lot more interesting.