A Realization | kurooxkenma (Haikyuu)

14. operation: kagehina

Kuroo's POV

"Boke! Wake up." Kageyama declared as he slightly shook Hinata's shoulders. "Maybe you should slap him- it might just do the trick." I shrugged. Kageyama looked like he was actually considering the suggestion. Akaashi glared at me and I grinned. "What's going on?" Hinata mumbled as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. We all stood around the couch and smiled at him. It took him a second, but finally saw Kageyama and he started to blush. Just from seeing him.

"What's going on with you? Why do you look like you're dying?" Kageyama asked. Kenma choked on laughter. "I'm not dying bakayama!" Hinata frowned and stood up, pushing past everyone. "Wait- Hinata." Kageyama called, before stopping in his trails and sighing, his head drooping. It only took one look between Akaashi, Kenma, Bokuto and I to silently agree with what we had to do next. Operation kagehina was set in place.

"I'll go after Sho." Kenma said and left the room. "I'll come too!" Bokuto followed. There was silence in the room, Akaashi and I looked at each other and nodded. "So Tobio, how's it been? Is Karasuno doing well at nationals?" I asked, even though I already knew, Kageyama just nodded his head. "If it wasn't for you and Hinata, I'm sure Karasuno wouldn't have gotten this far." Akaashi added and smiled at a sad looking Kageyama. Kageyama sighed again. Akaashi and I looked at each other again with worried expressions. "Kuroo-san, Akaashi-san, can I ask you both a question?" Kageyama randomly said. "Yeah sure, what's up?" I replied, starting to get anxious.

"If someone you really care about started to ignore you all of a sudden, what would you do about it?" He finally asked. Akaashi and I pretended to act like we had no idea who he was referring to. "Well that depends, how do you know they're ignoring you?" Akaashi wondered. "Well whenever I approach them, they literally run away most of the time so that could be it." He said with innocent eyes. I slapped my forehead. Hinata is one big idiot. "Is something wrong Kuroo-san?" Kageyama wondered. "No, don't worry- it's nothing."

Kenma's POV

"You are one of the most dramatic people I have ever met." I glared at Shoyo, making him frown. "I don't know how to control it, okay? I'm just a nervous person! I've told both of you how nervous I used to get before games haven't I? New stuff and new feelings just don't sit right with me!" He whined. "Hinata, running away from Kageyama is going to make him think you hate him. This is a lot more simple than you think it is." Bokuto chuckled. Shoyo looked like he was going to throw up.

"Listen, you're gonna go back in there and discuss your feelings with him, or I'm ending this night and everyone has to leave." I stated. Bokuto and Shoyo both looked at me with sad puppy eyes. "Wait don't make us go home." Bokuto whined. "You're supposed to be on my side here Bokuto-san." I looked at him. It took him a second, but then he readjusted and nodded. "Yeah, I'm with Kenma on this one." He said with a change in tone. I sighed. This was going to take a while.

Kuroo's POV

"Is there a chance that we know the person you're referring to? Maybe we can help you out more if we know who it is?" Akaashi said, trying his hardest to get Hinata's name out of Kageyama's mouth, so we can stop pretending to not know who it was. Kageyama blushed and looked away from us. "Well, you definitely know him." He crossed his arms. "Him?" I said, making Kageyama flinch. "Y-yeah, him." He nodded.

"Well are you talking about Hinata then?" I asked, making Kageyama flinch. "H-Hinata?" He let out. "Ah, so you've finally figured out your feelings for him huh? That took a while." I grinned. Kageyama was unresponsive. "How did you even know?" He finally spoke. My grin immediately turned into an unimpressed face. "Seriously Kageyama? I knew you and chibi-chan liked each other for a couple weeks now. You two got involved with my boyfriend at nationals, so I had to intervene and listen to the conversation. Was that not obvious, or do you just live in a bubble?" I squinted at him.

"Lay off a bit Kuroo-san. Kageyama, you only really think about volleyball right? So that's probably why it took you a while to realize that you like Hinata?" Akaashi assumed. Kageyama blinked a couple times. He didn't even reply. "See, a bubble." I mumbled, then Akaashi forcefully elbowed my side. "OW!" I reacted. "Be nice." He told me.

Kenma's POV

"What the hell am I even supposed to say?!" Shoyo continued to whine. "I don't know, just go in there and be your usual confident self." I suggested. "Wait, why do I have to even confess if it took you like ten years?" Shoyo glared at me. "And same with you Bokuto-san, it took you two whole years to confess to Akaashi!" Shoyo pointed out. Bokuto and I looked at each other. "It's cause we want you to be happy Hinata." Bokuto said, sounding defeated.

"No, I agree with Bokuto, we finally got what we wanted, so it's your turn. And the earlier the better?" I added. Shoyo dropped his head and sighed loudly. "I wish this wasn't so awkward. Kageyama and I have such a weird relationship, so it's kinda hard to tell him that I like him. It like- defeats the whole purpose of rivalry." Shoyo started. "I don't doubt that Kageyama likes me back, I just think that a relationship between us wouldn't be the greatest idea. I told him I was going to beat him, not get into this sorta relationship with him." He stopped. I felt my heart drop.

I grabbed Hinata's shoulder. "Sho, that's what you're supposed to work out with him. You can't know what you'll do without speaking to him about it." I patted his head. "Kenma's right. It's something that you two should discuss, and it might not even end badly. You two like each other, no one else. So even if you two can't be together in that sort of sense, it doesn't mean you two are gonna stop liking each other. There's a right time for everyone." Bokuto added. I smiled at Shoyo. He looked up at us and nodded.

"Hey, Hinata?" Kageyama said as he walked up from behind us. Hinata looked up and blushed. "We're gonna head out now, see ya in a minute." Bokuto smiled as we walked back to the kitchen together. Apart of me wanted to go back and spy of them, but Shoyo was really serious about this and I didn't want to intrude on something like that. He's one of my best friends after all. "How's chibi-chan?" Kuroo asked me as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. "It seems that he's scared about losing Kageyama." I replied. Kuroo looked a little concerned. "He's okay." I said, looking up at Kuroo. He smirked slightly and bent down to kiss my forehead. "I love you." He said. I smiled into his chest. "Me too."

Kuroo's POV

I gave Kenma another forehead kiss when my phone started to vibrate. I pulled it out of my pocket and it was Nekoma, probably about to question my frequent absences from school. As I left the room to go outside and answer the call, I walked by the room that Hinata and Kageyama were talking in. I felt tempted enough to peek slightly through the doorway. Hinata and Kageyama were kissing, but like it was their first time. Really romantic if you know what I mean. I walked away quickly so that they didn't see me, and I smiled as I closed the door behind me when I walked outside. I spent that entire call thinking of whether I should tell Kenma what I saw or not.

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uh hi guys...
IM SORRY I SUCK AT UPLOADING :((((

my crappy excuse for not posting this chapter is that I recently watched all of my hero academia and I literally can't get over the characters oh god- (I have a weird attachment to characters if it's not clear) I'm absolutely in love with bakugo and deku's relationship and I'm so hung up on their character development AH

okay I'll shut up now-

ANYWAY I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS UPDATE AND JUST SO YALL KNOW, IM ALWAYS WRITING THIS FIC- JUST VERY SLOWLY :)