Sarhutahiko

chapter 2

Kenma and Kuroo exchanged numbers that day and have been texting ever since.

They decided to have their "date" on Saturday since that was when Kuroo was going to be off. Kenma couldn't believe he actually was convinced to go out with Kuroo. He could remember the look of absolute and utter happiness that practically exploded out of Kuroo.

"Really?! You mean it? Wait right here." The male had spoke to one of his co-workers before stumbling into the back of the shop. He quickly returned, a flustered look on his face as he walked out from behind the counter. He stopped himself right in front of Kenma. "Let's exchange numbers okay?"

Kuroo texted him that very night.

[Rooster Head] 8:33pm

> Goodnight chibi-chan. See you tomorrow. <

Kenma didn't respond to that first text. He didn't know how to.

Kenma found himself refusing to go to Karasuno Koffee for the remainder of the week. He thought his heart really wouldn't be able to handle it. He told Kuroo he was busy.

Still, Kenma found himself texting Kuroo every day after that night.

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It was currently Thursday and Kenma didn't have any classes today. He decided it was the best time to make a video but found himself not really wanting to edit or anything today. He decided a YouTube Live was the best option.

He posted on his Twitter:

"Hey guys! Today I'll be going live on YT at 2pm. Come join me playing Rox Damage. Join the party. Code: PBXKozume See you guys there."

Rox Damage was a great sponsor. It was one of the first games that offered to pay him for a review. Kenma bashed them the first time around but instead of getting petty, the gaming company took the review seriously and even fixed the bugs that Kenma pointed out. It was some shooting game that Kenma now enjoyed playing. Every time he played the game on his channel or posted about it, he'd get paid. Regardless if the review was bad or good.

The time came and Kenma started his screen-recorder. He was able to set up the basic gaming style recording, his face in the small bottom left corner. It had taken him a year to figure out how to go live like that when he first started. Now the set up was quite easy.

"Hey everybody! It's been a while. Whoa, we just started and we already have so many people here. Look at all these people who want to join the party. Unfortunately we can't have everyone play with me at once. I'll pick a few people each round, okay? So please be patient and don't get sad when I kick you out! I want to let everyone have fun!" Kenma smiled slightly.

When Kenma first started out, he had a problem of speaking and smiling. He's used to playing silently and would often get hate for not speaking. He didn't smile much still, but he can speak more freely now. Although he still had trouble speaking when it came to in-person interactions.

"The people who aren't playing or planning to play, you guys feel free to ask me some questions or games you want to see me review. I'd love to hear what you guys like!" Kenma smiled at the camera before opening the game's lobby and letting in about 6 people into the round. With Rox, you could do stuff like this. Control the group as the "captain." It was pretty cool but it was only available on the CP version of the game.

Kenma started the round and the group followed Kenma excitedly. He glanced at the comments and smiled at all the comments.

From Gamergirl657: "you are so cool kenma-chan"

From BuddyBitch: "go too lookout tower lol"

From CODKiller: "yooo i was chosen :3 im killblazer!!!!"

From Tyler: "what's your favorite color??"

From Caire Love: "Are You Dating Anyone?"

"Hi KillBlazer. Glad you're in the game. My favorite color is red and no, i'm not dating anyone at the moment." Kenma smiled, ignoring the way his heart "badumped" at the dating question, Kuroo popping into his head. "BuddyBitch said to go to lookout tower. Sure. Follow me everyone."

Kenma was about five minutes into the match when he looked at the comments again. The group was in a secluded area so he didn't have to worry about getting attacked yet. He was scrolling back up the comments when he froze.

From KTcoffeeboy: "Aw, Kitty. I thought you were definitely dating someone."

Kenma's face was probably red. He scrolled down and saw more comments from him.

From KTcoffeboy: "you look so cute when you smile, pudding."

"wow, so good at shooting the bad guys."

"nOtIcE mE, SeNpAi" was the most recent comment.

Kenma found himself smiling at that. "KT...you're such a dork," was all he could say.

Kenma had no idea that Kuroo knew about his YouTube channel. Had he just found out? Had he always known?

Kenma found himself silently wondering this as he continued to play.

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"Okay guys! What a great game! You were all great and I wish I could play more, but I have to go. See you guys next time! Hope you had fun today!" Kenma smiled and waved goodbye to the camera before logging out of the live.

Kenma let out an exhausted sigh. Smiling like that took too much energy out of him. He almost forgot about the whole KT thing when Kuroo texted him.

[Rooster Head] 5:15pm

> You were vewwy cute today, chibi-chan. <

Kenma glared at his phone.

< please don't call me kitty or anything on my channel... >

[Rooster Head]

> awww, but your reaction when i did was sooo cute <

Kenma sighed. Kuroo was definitely getting too cocky. Kenma rolled his eyes, not noticing the small smile that appeared on his lips. The two continued talking until ten.

Kenma didn't even realize until he heard Shoyo enter the apartment. "Ahhhhhh, Kenma! You home?"

Kenma texted a quick goodbye to Kuroo before leaving his phone and his room. He didn't even wait for Kuroo's response. "Oh, Shoyo. Off of work? No practice today?"

"Nope! Kageyama is being a butt so I'm not going to be practicing with him for a while. I'll probably get Koganegawa to set for me when he comes back from Okinawa Saturday." He pouted pettily. "'Meanwhile, you should toss some sets for me!" Shoyo jumped.

Oh yeah, Kenma used to play volleyball too. Only because Shoyo needed members in middle school. He played in high school for a year after Shoyo forced him to but he never particularly liked the sport. He was told often that he was good at it, though. "I don't really want to."

"Come on! Some of the old volleyball guys are having a reunion party next week. You're coming right? Right?!" Shoyo jumped up and down, smiling brightly.

Kenma stared at his friend. He really couldn't say no when Shoyo looked so eager. "I'll go...but I'm not playing any volleyball."

"Yahoo!" Shoyo jumped once more, the highest jump of the night, before giving Kenma a quick hug. He was definitely planning to get Kenma to play. "Okay, next Saturday, okay?" He made an okay sign with his fingers before rushing to the bathroom.

Kenma sighed, "This is troublesome."