Cold as Ice (KuroKen)

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Double post day :))
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Kuroo's POV

Sunday turned to Monday before I even knew what happened, soon enough I found myself trudging through the halls of schools trying to avoid the mass of people and get to my class. My Sunday had been wasted doing school work and studying for some tests. I had planned to go see Kozume skate that night but I got lost in my work and before I knew if the rink was closed. I wonder if he's studious? Does he skate on school nights? Hopefully since practice was cancelled today, due to half the players getting sick from the harsh winter, I could go see him if I- this is normal, right?

My mind couldn't help think about what Suga and Oikawa said. I mean he's just a new friend, it's normal to want to see a friend. Contrary to popular belief I really only have two friends, Suga and Oikawa, so it's normal to want to make more. It doesn't mean I have a crush on him. I just enjoy watching him ice skate especially when he's really good, nothing weird about that.

Eventually I made it to my first hour class, which was painfully long and boring. I took my seat and listened to my teacher ramble on and on and ancient Japanese history, I couldn't think of anything more boring. My mind wondered often to the ice skating rink I hadn't even noticed till this weekend. More specifically the quiet boy who could be sort of mean but was really good at gliding across the ice. I replayed his many jumps and spins, of which I didn't know the names, each looked better then the last.

I thought back to the way he walked into the cafe Saturday morning, rubbing his hands together to warm them up. His face was slightly red from the cold weather and the look of shock from seeing me was rather funny. He made a similar face when he saw me again that night at the rink, although he looked slightly more annoyed. I would've loved to stay and watch him practice but he kicked me out after he tied his skates.

Soon enough the bell rang for... lunch? Did I really just spend hours thinking about a boy I'd just met? I-... this is normal. One hundred percent normal. People think about their friends all the time and even though Kozume didn't consider us friends I did.

I pushed my chair back, grabbed my things, and made my way towards the quiet lounge we ate at. We used to sit in the cafeteria but it was too loud and busy. I preferred the lounge though since it was quieter. I planned to take my normal way but as I approached the hallway I would go down there was a mass of people and shouting. Sounds like another fight, these happened rather often especially lately although I'm not sure why. I turned to take another hallway which would lead me to the same place.

However, on my slightly longer walk, as I surfed through the crowd of people I noticed something, or rather someone. A shorter boy, with pudding like hair kinda like Kozume's. That couldn't be him could it? My height gave me an advantage, I could easily see over the crowd and follow the boy to were he was heading. This may seem like borderline stalking but... no this is borderline stalking. Oh well, he already thinks I'm stalking him might as well commit to it.

He headed to a small corner of the library, I didn't know you could eat lunch in the library. However, he didn't eat lunch. Instead he sat down and pulled out a game console, tapping away on the screen seeming to forget about the break to eat. I slowly walked up to him but he was too entranced by the small device to notice.

"Kozume?" I question to make sure I was stalking the right pudding head. He sighed, paused his game, and lowered it to glare at me menacingly.

"Are you going to follow me everywhere I go?" He seemed genuinely annoyed but all I could do was laugh at his pouted face. He sighed and turned his attention back to the game in front of him. "It's Kenma." He whisper so quietly I barely heard it.