is it her? ➢ 𝘬. 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢

chapter twenty

nightmare, a frightening or unpleasant dream.

i wake up in the middle of the night after experiencing a nightmare.

"about what?" you may ask. my face reveal. what'll change when i actually do it? will the phantoms leave because i'm not what they expecting? am i not the cute gamer girl they think i am?

i'm overthinking, aren't i..

"ghostarix.." kenma softly and sleepily says. he's awake?

"kenma..?"

he doesn't answer.

"atsuko.." kenma softly says again. i slightly move my head to see his eyes still closed. so he sleep talks.. about me?

"perfect.." his arms tighten around me. i nuzzle my face into kenma's chest and try to sleep again. nope, can't sleep. i carefully take kenma's arms off of me and get off the bed.

"you're up?" kuroo quietly questions as i get my phone from the bedside table, making me slightly jump.

"don't scare me like that. obviously, i'm up." i grab my phone and the keycard. kuroo sits up on his bed.

"where are you headed?"

"i dunno. just gonna walk around."

"can i join you? to make sure you don't get kidnapped or something, obviously~"

i shrug. he doesn't hesitate to shoot out of bed, with no pants on.

i quickly cover my view of him and gag. "put some fucking pants on."

"it's not my fault, i don't remember taking them off!" he quietly exclaims while scurrying to the dresser. i put my phone in my spandex waistband while holding the keycard in my hand.

"dude, how long does it take to put on some pants?"

"sorry! i grabbed the wrong ones."

i go over to the door and wait by it for kuroo's slow ass. he quickly comes over to the door as i'm opening it.

"wait for me in the hallway, i have to do something real quick." i say. he nods and goes out to the hallway. i quickly go over to kenma's bed. aw, he looks so peaceful. i move his hair out of the way of his face and softly kiss his forehead, then go back to the door, out to the hallway and lock the door.

"sooo.." kuroo starts as we walk down the hallway, towards the elevator, "how's it going with kenma?"

"good.. i think? i don't know, i've never been in a relationship." i say as we step onto the elevator.

"kenma.. he's a tough cookie, i'll tell ya. but he really does like you."

"how do you know."

"he's always talking about ghostarix this and ghostarix that." kuroo gestures his hands while he's talking.

"but that's ghostarix, not me."

kuroo puts his hands on my shoulders and looks deeply into my eyes. "haven't we been through this already? you're literally ghostarix."

i push his hands off as the elevator opens to the lobby. "sure, i'm ghostarix, but that doesn't mean he's talking specifically about me. i'm known as atsuko, not ghost."

"aaatsukooo, stop ranting. just.. accept his love for you."

"it's not as easy as you make it sound."

"what's so hard about it?"

"like i said, never been in a relationship."

"well, now you're in one. and your precious senpai will teach you all the ropes!"

"no thanks. i'd rather, fucking.. drown than have you teach me anything."

"ah- rude! i'm the pro at advice!"

"mhm."

"c'mon, just-"

"no."

"let me-"

"uh uh."

"teach-"

"nah."

kuroo sighs. "you."

"nope."

"that was a good try though, can't even lie."

"it really wasn't."

kuroo and i head back up to the rooms after our walk and conversation.

"it was nice talking to you, one on one." kuroo says as i'm about to put the key card into the lock.

i softly sigh. "i guess." i put the keycard in and unlock the door.

"a 'thank you' would be nice! i was basically your protection system."

"i didn't ask you to come. i'm pretty sure i could defend myself if need be."

"yeaaah~ okay, chibi-chan." kuroo pats my head.

"tch." i walk into the room and place the keycard and my phone back on the bedside table.

"make sure you actually get some sleep though." kuroo says as i'm crawl onto kenma's bed.

"..you too."

"goodnight~"

"night."

i crawl back into kenma's arms, the position we were previously in, and slowly doze off, listening to his heartbeat.

the next morning, i wake up as kenma gets off the bed and heads to the bathroom. i stretch my arms out in front of me and yawn, then proceed to slowly get up.

"yaku atsuko i am going to kill you!" morisuke bursts through the connecting door.

i narrow my eyes at morisuke to see him better. "why?"

"the whole purpose of us having different rooms is to sleep in them!"

"your point is.."

morisuke lightly slaps the side of my head. "you're supposed to sleep in your room."

i slap the side of his head as well. "nobody told you to share a room with me."

"i did!"

"again, nobody told you to~" i get up from the bed and head into our room, grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste from my duffel bag and going to the bathroom.

"atsuko, stop taking your sweet time getting prettied up, we might miss breakfast!" morisuke exclaims as i'm getting out of the bathroom.

it's literally 9am, i'm pretty sure we won't miss it. i sigh and go to the middle room, where everyone's seated on either bed and waiting for me.

"atsuko-chan!" akane embraces me with a hug.

"hi, akane-chan~" i ruffle her hair.

"okay, let's get going." kuroo says with the keycard in his hands. we all go out the hotel room and to the elevator, heading to the main lobby.