The (Aspiring) Little Giant's Plight

Happy Heart

"You got this, Kenma! Just like we went over!" Kuroo encourages, as he tosses a shirt at Kenma. He had insisted he be the one to choose Kenma's outfit, despite the fact that the teen was more than capable of choosing his own outfit.

"Can I at least have a hoodie?" He asks, putting on the shirt. It was a basic black t-shirt, paired with a simple pair of shorts. "Why are you even choosing my clothes for me, anyways?"

"Do you really think you'd be able to choose a good outfit with Hinata on your mind? You were probably thinking about him the whole day," Kuroo teases, causing Kenma to flush and quickly deny it. "C'mon, I'm joking! You don't have to throw stuff at me!"

"Yes, I do."

"Fine, I'll give you your hoodie. Which one?" Kuroo asks, opening the closet a bit more. Out of everything Kenma owned in terms of clothes, at least 80% of it would have to be hoodies, if he were to estimate.

"Just give me the black one. It's my favorite."

"Gotcha," Kuroo affirms as he tosses the hoodie to Kenma, who catches it with ease. "So, you're gonna ask him out today. How's it feel?"

"It's terrifying," Kenma admits, his tone way too calm to really match his words. "I...really like Shouyou, and I don't want to ruin what we already have between us."

"And you won't ruin it, because I am certain that Shouyou's fallen for you, too," Kuroo assures. "You're a pretty cool person yourself."

"Thanks, I guess...but I'm not," Kenma admits. "Well, I guess I should be on my way."

"Alright, see ya!" Kuroo smiles, waving him off as Kenma starts making his way to the subway station. Even though he had taken this route a bunch of times to hang out with Shouyou, or just to travel in general due to practice games, it felt different this time. It felt like he was taking a journey, a trek of sorts.

That being said, the emotions were bubbling inside of him and he was struggling to hide it. He was concerned, somewhat afraid, but at the same time extremely anxious. He was simply a nervous mess at the moment, even more than having to speak to people he's not familiar with.

He wasn't even sure if this plan that his team had come up with was going to work in the first place. After all, they had literally made it this morning and had only a few suggestions from Kenma to work off of. The fact that he couldn't even come up with a better plan wasn't going to help him, either.

Unbeknownst to him, Hinata was in a similar predicament.

In his own home, Hinata had been tossing around a bunch of clothes around the room as Kageyama sat on his bed. After the Karasuno team had done a rock-paper-scissors match to see who would be able to give Hinata that final push, it caused chaos between the team to see that Kageyama had won. While Yamaguchi, Tsukishima, Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita hadn't a big investment in this situation, most others had. That being said, Asahi was interested, though nowhere near the degree of the rest of the team.

Hinata's mind wanders back temporarily to the anguish Tanaka, Nishinoya, and Sugawara had exhibited when they learned that Kageyama would be the one to see him off. Unfortunately, Hinata had personally requested they make it discreet and not so loud; his reason, though, was justified. It would probably make Kenma a bit suspicious and uncomfortable, after all.

"Dumbass, stop throwing stuff around! What you're wearing is fine!"

"But what if Kenma doesn't like my outfit?"

"Kenma has literally never cared what you've worn! Neither have you!"

"That's what you think about Kenma! I mean, you're right but I'm still panicking!"