Sarhutahiko

chapter 5

Kuroo groaned, leaning his head back in exhaustion. The group had played until dark. Kuroo honestly forgot the thrill of playing with these guys. It was a good feeling.

When Kenma showed up, everyone sensed the odd tension around them. Thankfully, Hinata was the first to snap everyone out of it by telling everyone to hurry so he could beat Kageyama. This resulted in Kageyama and Hinata bickering as always. It made the entire ease down.

For the rest of the day, Kuroo and Kenma kept a comfortable distance. This was kind of hard to do though because Kuroo had ended up playing on a team with Kenma. They worked surprisingly well together and were able to win a ton of the matches.

Kuroo had fought back the urge to hug Kenma everytime they would pull off some quick attack or if they won. He quickly realized how much he wanted to celebrate good news with Kenma.

Mostly everyone had gone home already. The only people left were Hinata, Kageyama, Daichi, Suga, Akaashi, Bokuto, Kenma, and himself. Daichi and Suga had to lock the place up, Hinata and Kageyama were chatting with Bokuto as Akaashi helped Daichi and Suga clean up. Kenma was sitting down, playing his DS.

Kuroo caught himself staring at Kenma. He smiled softly at the male. God, he missed him. He missed Kenma's hand in his. He missed watching Kenma react to every flirting attempt.

Kuroo really liked Kenma, huh?

Kuroo stood up and walked over to Kenma. He stopped right in front of him, his shadow hovering over Kenma's smaller figure. "Can we talk?"

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Kenma kind of knew this was coming. He guessed that there was no way Kuroo wouldn't try to approach him today. Still, his heart skipped a beat as he looked up at Kuroo. Kenma didn't say anything and only nodded.

Kuroo turned and started walking away. Kenma stood up and started following him.

Kenma soon found himself outside with Kuroo. It was quite dark outside save for the lights that lit up the outside of the gym just a little.

Kuroo didn't speak for a while, but Kenma only waited patiently for what was about to come. He wondered if Kuroo was going to say that he wasn't interested in him in a romantic way and that he only wanted to be friends.

Kenma ignored the twinge of pain that shot through his chest. He fiddled with his thumbs, eyes glued to the floor.

"I like you." Kuroo finally blurted.

Kenma's head snapped up. He stared at Kuroo.

"And not in a friend way or something. I mean...I mean like I want to be with you all the time and I want to hold your hand again and I wanna make you happy kind of like. At first, it was just me joking around, yeah. I just thought that I wanted to see what you looked like smiling. But as the weeks passed, you were who I wanted to see everytime the door opened at work. And when I asked you out, I never thought you'd say yes. When I see you, I get so nervous but I love it. I love the way you make me feel. Kenma, I like you."

Kenma froze. He didn't know what to say. His heart thudded against his chest and he felt like it was getting hard to breathe. He felt his chest tighten as he tried to think of something...anything to say. Kenma opened his mouth to speak when--

"Kenma~! Come on! We're gonna miss our train." Shoyo whined. "Kageyama's dumbass already left with Daichi and Suga."

Kenma looked at Shoyo and the at Kuroo. There was a desperate look on his face as he struggled to find his words.

Kuroo only smiled. "It's okay. We can talk later...I'll see you." Kuroo forced himself to smile at the two. "It was fun. Let's play on the same team next time, okay shrimpy? Maybe then you'll win."

Hinata gasped dramatically. "Hey! That's mean. It's only cause you guys had Bokuto on your team too. I could totally beat you on your own!" He stuck out his tongue before grabbing Kenma's wrist, dragging him along. "I'll beat you next time, rooster head!" Hinata declared, leaving Kuroo to wallow in despair.

Kuroo felt like crying. The look of fear that flashed across Kenma's face made his heart ache in the worst way possible. He knew that there was a good chance at getting rejected but he never thought he wouldn't get an answer.

Was it bad to feel a little hopeful?

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Hey guys!! ! I know that this chapter was short but I hope you still liked it 

I'll post the next chapter soon :)