It was the beginning of April, the beginning of your first year abroad. You were starting your last year of high school in Nekoma High, in Japan. Your life was not that exciting but you were expecting something special this time. You felt that Tokyo...
« My name is Kuroo Tetsurō, and I'm the captain of the team! » You blinked for at least 5 long secondes before nodding at him. « My name is (l/n) (y/n). I'm the... uh wait no I don't have any title actually. So yeah, I'm just (l/n) (y/n) I guess. Yeah. » you answered very awkwardly. Why do I have to be the incarnation of cringe sometimes ???????? « Well, your title can be "future-potential-manager" I guess.» You snorted a little bit. « Uhm about that... » Kuroo looked hastily at his watch and cut you off. « Sorry, we're actually supposed to have a lunchtime meeting with the team, so I don't really have the time to talk about it right now. Come to class 3-5 when class is over, 'kay? » I didn't even have the time to answer when he waved at me and turned his back to meet with his two friends. They climbed the stairs together and soon disappeared from my field of vision. —————— Class was over and you had come to Kuroo's class. You were now nervously sitting across him, as he was writing some stuff on a notebook. « When Yamamoto asked for a cute girl manager, I said yes but I would have never thought he would actually find one! This guy is so helpless when it comes to talking to women, how did he even approach you? » he asked snickering a bit. You stared at him silently, at loss for words. Am I dreaming or did he call me cute ??? Wait no no no that's not it I'm definitely seeing things right now. Right? Right???? « Actually he didn't approach me. I bumped into him and when I saw the pamphlets, I asked if I could become the manager. He just stayed silent the whole time and stared at me. At one point I even thought he had had brain death or something. » Kuroo looked at you and let out the weirdest hyena laugh ever. It was so dorky you couldn't even believe it. « WAHAHAHAHA, well I'm not surprised to be honest. Oh by the way, you're not Japanese right ? Your name definitely sounds foreigner. Well that and you don't look very Japanese either. » You nodded. « You're right. I'm (whatever your nationality is). » « That's pretty cool. Anyway, mind answering a few questions about volleyball? » He clicked his graphite pencil and looked at me with a serious look on his face, his sly smile gone. I gulped and nodded. This guy must be serious about volleyball and his role as a captain I guess. « Okay, so first question, are you familiar with volleyball? » You nodded, and he drew a tick on his sheet of paper with a smile. « Do you like volleyball? » You nodded again, and he drew another tick. The questions went on and on. He asked if you had already played volleyball, and then tested your knowledge on the rules, vocabulary, player positions etc. You managed to answer all of his questions, and at the end, he looked at you really surprised. « Uh okay. Well I'm surprised. You really seem to like volleyball, and you know quite a lot about it too y'know? Well I mean that's a good thing, definitely. » he muttered, lost in thought. You snickered to yourself. Little did he know you knew so much thanks to that one volleyball anime you had been obsessed with for the past few months. You would have never thought your passion for anime would come handy one day. But it did. And you even impressed a guy. A cute guy. You stared at Kuroo for a bit. His features looked really nice, and his hazel cat-like eyes struck calmness in your heart. After a while of self-reflection, he looked back at you. « I'll talk about it with the team, but I think you'd be a good manager. Anyway, you can come to look at us practice this week if you want. To get an idea of the team's vibe. Plus since you're a girl, I'm sure everyone is going to work extra hard if you come! » he said, his usual sly smile back. You smiled and nodded. « I'll come. » His smile intensified. « I've got to go to practice now. My dear kouhai can't do anything without their captain after all! See ya, future-potential-manager-chan ! » And with a smirk, he suddenly left, leaving you alone with confusing feelings that you didn't quite understand yet.
(Bonus : Kuroo surprised about your impressive volleyball knowledge (thx Haikyū!!))
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