Chapter 4: Encounter

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"K-kenma..I think we're lost." I say nervously. He looks at me and pats my head. 

"Don't worry, I'm sure Kuro will find us." He assures me. I nod. We were currently roaming around trying to find our way back to where our team was.

- Flashback 10 minutes ago

"Are we there yet?" Lev asks, groaning. Yaku looked at him and glared.

"Stop your whining, it's not gonna get you anywhere." He says, while hitting Lev's head. I could see Kenma's form slouch, and noticed that he started to walk slower. Kuroo noticed this too and asked if he was okay. 

"I need..water and food." He replies dryly. I look around me to see a vending machine right beside a corner and tugged on Kenma's jacket. He looked at me and raised his brow. 

"There's a vending machine over there. I can get you some snacks if you want." I say, giving him a small smile. His eyes visibly brighten at the sight of the vending machine and started to walk towards it after saying his thanks to me. 

"Kitten, can you follow him? He's not really the smartest when it comes to directions." Kuroo says. I look at him and nodded. He patted my head, and ruffled my hair before ushering me towards Kenma. Just when I was about to reach Kenma, I looked back remembering something. I silently hoped that Kuroo was still there, only to see nothing.

'I'm not good at directions either.' 

I mentally scold myself for agreeing to the rooster head's request and started to slap my cheeks. Kenma looked at me a bit startled and asked if I was okay.

"A-ah, I'm fine.." I say. He looks behind me for a second then focused his attention back to me. He looked confused for a second.

"Where are the others?" He asks, opening the bag of chips. I laugh nervously. Even though I avoided his gaze, I could still feel him looking at me. I sigh, giving in to his intense stares.

"That stupid rooster head asked me to keep an eye on you, and assumed that I was good at directions." He quirked his brow, munching on a chip. He nudged the bag of chips towards my directions, forcing me to take one. 

"I'm sure they haven't gone that far yet, we can catch up to them." He assures me, patting my head. 'What's up with people and patting my head?' We started walking towards the direction I last saw them, taking turns in holding the bag of chips. 

After walking for a while, there was still no sign of them. Kenma crumpled the bag of chips, and shoved it in his bag. We stopped walking and looked at each other. There were two roads to choose from. 'Great..' 

"M-maybe we should call them." I suggest. Just as I said that, it got me thinking why we didn't do that in the first place. Kenma nodded and got out his phone. Pressing a few buttons, his phone started to ring.

Beep--Beep---

"No signal.." He says. I sigh frustrated.

"I-i'm sorry." I say, putting a hand over my face. It was only fit to say that, since I was the one who got us in this mess. Kenma looked at me and tilted his head. 

"About what?"

"About getting us lost?" I reply. He shook his head, and put a hand on my shoulder. 

"Don't blame yourself. It's Kuro's fault. He should've done it by himself, instead of dragging you into this." He says, reassuring me. I sigh in relief, knowing that Kenma wasn't mad at me. 



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