Unhealthy obsession (Haikyuu AU)

Chapter 21

Bokuto stormed into Kuroo's dressing room like a hurricane, furious and gnashing his teeth. Kuroo jolted at the noise and ran out of the bathroom with only the towel around his waist, water dripping off to the floor from his body. But when he saw it was Bokuto, his at first frightened expression suddenly changed to a bored one.

"Tetsuro, what the hell is going on with him?!" Bokuto yelled as soon as he opened the door.

He slammed the door shut again but Kuroo looked at him without flinching, his expression neutral as he turned his back to Bokuto, letting out a snort. "With whom?" he asked without the slightest emotion showing in his voice, as if he didn't know who he was referring to.

"With Oikawa," Bokuto said as if he was spitting poison with every word. "Are you cheating on me with him?"

The look of aggressive rage shone in Bokuto's golden eyes, his nostrils moving with every deep breath he took trying to control himself so as not to punch his boyfriend, but Kuroo didn't see that look—although if he had indeed seen it, it would've made no difference. Kuroo wasn't going to give Bokuto the pleasure of showing any emotion in front of him so soon. But he was starting to get mad just with his presence, so a strange grin appeared on his face.

"What are you saying?" Kuroo said. "I'm not cheating on you."

"Don't lie to me!" Bokuto yelled. "First the caresses, then a date; a date, Tetsuro! You and Oikawa were trending topic after those photos were published, and now this. Today's recording! What was that!? TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

Kuroo didn't even bother answering the insinuation—or the affirmation—that Bokuto just did, and that made the golden-eyed boy's anger to rise even more inside him, consuming his reason and clouding his mind with hostility to the person that was once the man he loved. "Answer my fucking question, Tetsuro! BE A FUCKING MAN!" Bokuto squeealed.

"I'm not dating him, I'm sick of your fucking stupid jealousy!" Kuroo shouted, losing his temper and raising his voice, which echoed between the four walls of the dressing room.

"I saw you doing it with him just minutes ago, Tetsuro!" Bokuto kept yelling. "There's chemistry, a chemistry you've never had with any other guy you've worked with before! A chemistry you don't even have with me. AND I'M YOUR FUCKING BOYFRIEND!"

Kuroo moved a little closer to Bokuto and shot him a piercing look through narrowed eyes. "He's a friend," he hissed in a dangerous, low, deep voice. "I had to fuck him, Koutaro. Stop getting in the way of my job. I told you, if you don't like if, fuck off."

Bokuto gave a sarcastic laugh, throwing his head back and arching his back slightly. It was a bitter laugh, full of jealousy, anger, disgust, and even a hint of hatred. Who was Kuroo trying to lie to? To him? Was he so stupid that he thought he could fool Bokuto as if nothing? "No. No, Tetsuro," he said moving even closer to Kuroo with his arms crossed, their faces only a few inches apart. "Your job is to fuck. There is a very big difference between fucking and making love, y'know? And you weren't fucking him, Tetsuro. You were making love to him," Bokuto whispered hoarsely, his voice shaking.

Kuroo froze as if he had just been slapped. His eyes widened and his mouth went dry. His breathing quickened a bit and he tried to read the expression on Bokuto's face, but when he tried to immerse himself in his golden eyes, he found an impassable wall that prevented him from knowing what the other boy was thinking. Kuroo took a step back with a slight shake of his head, but the words didn't come out of his throat; he opened and closed his mouth a couple of times, but it only made the situation worse.

"You don't mean to say anything?" Bokuto kept whispering with worrying calm.

Kuroo looked at him in disbelief. This time, he had crossed a boundary that, until now, remained intact. When Bokuto had sex with someone else or when Kuroo recorded a video, it was desire and lust with no ulterior motives but to make the other feel jealous for touching another body. There was no affection, only sexual desire. But Oikawa reached a place inside Kuroo where there were hidden feelings that Kuroo had believed he had lost five years ago when he started dating Bokuto.