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"good morning!" kenma glared at the overly cheerful girl, mumbling a sluggish greeting back before his eyes returned back to his gaming device, wondering how the girl before him was so full of energy so early in the morning. the aforementioned girl blinked, turning to her best friend who joined the pair.
"don't mind kenma, the new first year has been getting on his nerves during practice." the bed headed boy explained. "how are you on this lovely morning, riri?" akaari hummed, the sound of her nickname tearing her attention away from the pudding haired boy who continued to ignore her presence. she narrowed her eyes at the rooster head, knowing that he only ever spoke so nicely to her was when he wanted something.
"no." she answered flatly, following after kenma before kuroo even had a chance to ask what he wished to ask.
"hey, wait―!" he called out, his long legs easily catching up to the girl. "you don't even know what i was going to ask." he whined, his lips in a pout as akaari rolled her eyes. the three of them were walking towards hers and kenma's class, kuroo always walking with them to their class first before he'd head off to his own one.
"i don't need to know." she shrugged, more interested in the game kenma was playing than what kuroo had to say. however, they all knew akaari was doing it to annoy kuroo, remembering how the girl had once vowed that she'd never play video games ever again after binge playing overwatch when it had come out during their last year of middle school and almost being held back a year. her bank account had taken a loss that year too.
"pleeeaaase!" he begged, dragging out the vowels. akaari sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be hearing the end of it until she agreed, and knowing how persistent kuroo could be, she wasn't willing to risk her poor ears like that.
"what is it?" she questioned, exasperatedly. kuroo grinned, surprised that the girl gave in quicker than he expected. he wrapped his arm around the shorter girl's shoulders, bending over slightly so he was eye level since he was basically double her height. the girl frowned, turning her head to face kuroo's which was right next to her's, flustering the boy for a second as he didn't think she'd look at him so suddenly.
"e-english." he stuttered out, realising that he was just staring at her like an idiot. "help me." he meekly added, unable to form a proper sentence. this caught kenma's attention as he turned his head slightly to look over at his best friend, only to find kuroo completely hypnotised by akaari's gaze. kenma sighed, knowing that the older boy was far from needing help in such an easy subject that he'd constantly boast about during practises.
"english?" akaari questioned, pouting her lips cutely as she pondered on the idea. "what do i get in return?" she smirked, knowing that there was no way she'd give away her perfectly written notes to just anyone without getting something in return. akaari was a hardworking student and number one in her whole year, who could easily beat the third year's number one student. she had a perfect score since first year, was a teacher's pet and in all the advanced classes, so it was no surprise that she would be able to help out the third year, already having begun her studies for next year alongside her work from this year. kuroo hummed, tapping his chin in thought as he wondered what he could possibly give the girl that would also be in his favour.
"how about i take you out for food, we can go to that expensive place you like?" he suggested. akaari, despite loving that restaurant with her whole heart and wishing she could dine their everyday if she wasn't so broke, declined his offer.
"pass," she waved the idea away, knowing that kuroo suggested it, but still couldn't help feeling bad knowing that damage it can do to his wallet. "how about you give me the number of that cute setter from fukurodani and then i'll consider it?" she grinned as they came to a halt in front of the classroom.kenma's interest was piqued once again as he looked over at kuroo, wondering how the sly captain would deal with the situation.
"deal." he agreed, the two shaking on it to seal the deal. kenma stared at his childhood friend in disbelief, knowing that with his huge crush on the girl he was currently staring at, he was about to make the biggest mistake of his life. akaari grinned, entering the classroom first as kenma hanged back, his eyes narrowing at the bed headed boy who stared lovingly after the girl.
"what do you think you're doing?" kuroo snapped out of his daze, glancing down to realise kenma was still rooted in his place, the older boy had expected him to enter first without them even realising so he was surprised to see kenma still there. "you know akaari's had the biggest crush on akaashi since they first met, so why would you throw your crush into the hands of your enemy like that?" he questioned, speaking as if they were game characters. kuroo smirked, patting his friend's shoulder assuringly.
"let's not forget what kind of person akaashi keiji is."
