Unhealthy obsession (Haikyuu AU)

Chapter 16

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Kuroo arrived at the studio in no rush, despite having made the rest wait for almost two hours. Tsukishima was breathing fire from his mouth, and had wasted another almost twenty minutes yelling at Kuroo how irresponsible he was for being so late. Bokuto tried to intervene to blame himself since it was because of him that they took so long to arrive, but that didn't seem to calm the manager, who kept screaming until he was tired. And yet Kuroo didn't erase his usual smile from his face.

"Go get ready," Tsukishima had said angrily, pointing to the set where Oikawa was waiting for him looking at his phone.

Kuroo sighed upon seeing him and, for the first time in his life, he felt bad for being so cocky. He approached the boy, who raised his head from the screen and offered him a sweet smile.

"You like making me wait for you, huh? That's not nice from you, Kuro-chan," Oikawa said in a sing-song voice and feigning a pout.

"I'm sorry, Oikawa-kun," Kuroo said seriously, without a trace of his usual smirk. "My boyfriend forgot and he's my bodyguard so I couldn't leave without him."

"Well, I'm not complaining," Oikawa said with a shrug. "I have nothing better to do than you. And you said it yourself, good things take long," he said with a wink.

"My, my, Oikawa-kun," Kuroo replied, finally with a smile playing on his lips, "your way of flirting with me is very direct, don't you think?"

"I can stop if you ask me, but do you want me to?" Oikawa said.

"I think you already know the answer," Kuroo replied. Oikawa winked at him and laughed softly. "Still, even if you don't have anything to do," Kuroo said returning to his serious expression, "I didn't want to be late. I don't normally apologize for this kind of thing but... I think I owe you an apology for wasting your time like this. I may have a bad fame for being a bad boy but I'm not unpunctual. I know Tsukki and Kenma have a lot of work to do, most of it because of me," Kuroo said rubbing the back of his neck with his head down and a guilty expression on his face.

"I don't think you should worry about that, it wasn't on purpose," Oikawa said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Even though Ken-chan has things to do, he seemed so unamused as always when your manager told him you'd be late."

"Still there are few things that make me feel guilty, but wasting people's time is one of them," Kuroo said shaking his head.

"Hey, stop. It's not a big deal," Oikawa said dismissively. "Don't worry."

"Thanks for understanding," Kuroo muttered raising his head to look at him again.

"Of course," Oikawa said offering him a sweet smile. "The truth is... I didn't expect you to have this responsible side. But it's nice."

"And I didn't think you would be so understanding," Kuroo said. "I've always heard that you were a diva, you also have a partially bad reputation. Although seeing this, I think it's quite inaccurate. Thank you, Oikawa-kun," Kuroo said heartily.

"There are a lot of things that people don't know about me and, sadly, they usually mistake me for an asshole," Oikawa said with a sigh and a sad expression. "And I guess the same goes for you."

"Yeah, sometimes," Kuroo admitted. "Which is sad, and a bit rude, if I'm totally honest."

"Yeah... Speculation hurts sometimes," Oikawa whispered lowering his head.

Kuroo fell silent, observing the pained expression on the brunet's pretty face. He seemed so... vunerable that Kuroo felt bad for him. "I'd like to meet you," he said suddenly.