𝚙𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚢 ~ 𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗

Cats vs. Crows

A/N: hey just a quick heads up, this chapter has a little KageHina, so if for whatever reason you don't like that uhm.. skip? Maybe? I dunno lol. I also just wanted to say thank you so much for the support this has been getting I seriously love and appreciate everyone who has read this far <3 okay enough of me rambling, hope you enjoy!!
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Kenma's POV:

I waited on one of the gym benches with Kuroo next to me, awaiting Karasuno's arrival. Kuroo was finishing off a juice box and had convinced me to drink one too while we waited.

The loud gym doors were flung open with great force and a familiar redhead came bounding towards me.
"IDIOT! SLOW DOWN!" Another familiar voice called out after him.
"KENMAAAAAA!"

"Shoyo!" I stood up, abandoning the beverage and braced for impact.

"HELLO! HI! HOW ARE YOU! HOW ARE YOU AND KUROO?! READY FOR THE GAM-"
Hinata was very excited and enthusiastic as usual, but Kageyama pulled him by the scruff of his shirt mid jump, holding him in the air. Both Kuroo and I attempted to conceal a laugh.

"OUCH! KAGEYAMA!!" He turned towards the larger boy and punched his arm to free the hold before screaming and outrunning a now angry setter.

"Both of you pipe down!"
Daichi emerged with Asahi and Sugawara by his sides as they entered the gym. Kuroo stood and greeted them.

Hinata returned, this time a bit less jumpy and we caught up.

His eyes sparkled as he noticed my ring. He ran back and forth between me and Kuroo. His head whipping between the two of us as well. I felt my cheeks turning red once again.
"YOU BOTH HAVE MATCHING RINGS EEEEEEEEE!!!"

"Shoyo I'm right here. There's no need to be that loud."

"BUT THATS SO CUTE!" I smiled, yeah it is, I thought.

"So how are you and Kageyama?" I questioned.
Kuroo and I had both been trying to get entail as to whether they were anymore than friends for a while now.
We also currently had a bet going to see who could get one of them to confess first, as it was pretty obvious they liked one another.

"Wha- what do you mean? He's just as violent and drinks as much milk as ever. Though I guess volleyball has been increasingly good!" He went from slightly puzzled to ecstatic one again.

I shrugged, "I dunno, I guess I was just wondering if you were.." I gestured with my hands.

"AH! I- UHM,,,, NO! HES AN IDIOT I HATE HIM?!" His face went a slight pink color and he concealed it in his hands.

"... uh huh,"
I responded as I saw Tobio strutting his way towards the both of us. He tugged on Hinata's hair with an extended arm.
"What was that about me drinking milk?" The familiar face of a tight-lipped smile loomed over Shoyo. He looked up, laughing nervously.

"So are we gonna play or what?" The boy who's name I believe was Tsukishima asked. I recognized him from the karaoke. This gave Hinata the perfect execution of an escape from Kageyama's hold and we all made our way onto the court.

I stood by Kuroo and let out a large exhale, tying the upper half of my hair up out of my face, for the most part, and into a small ponytail. Kuroo glanced over and flicked it with his finger repeatedly.
"I'm- do you mind?"
He chuckled and went back to stretch the sides of his body and toned arms.

The whistle blew and play began.

After the first set with Karasuno in the lead, all of Nekoma was sweating. Kuroo clapped loudly,
"COME ON!! LETS TAKE THIS SECOND SET BACK!" A roar from the other players each fueled us with more energy.

At the end of the second set we stood 1 to 1.
I narrowed my eyes on Shoyo who reciprocated the action.

The whistle blew once again to mark Kuroos turn to serve. With great force, he palmed the multicolored ball, which moved swiftly over the net, and landed with a loud smack in front of their libero, who stood shell-shocked.

All of Nekoma roared. I looked over my shoulder to see Kuroo bounding towards me. Before I knew it, I was hoisted into the air and spun around. He placed a forceful kiss on the top of my head before setting me back down, and giving a hard high five, which left my hand stinging.

"Get a room!!" I heard the skinhead yell from the other side of the net. Kuroo gave him a silencing death glare as I was tried to cool off my face. I glanced over to the Karasuno benches where I caught their coach, with his jaw dropped, and staring which didn't help with the process of calming myself down.

The game ended in a deuce but with Karasuno taking the victory just slightly. We shook hands and took our bows before getting some water and chatting with one another after the game.

I saw Kuroo talking to the unamused boy with glasses and his friend with the freckles beside him.

"THAT DUMP YOU DID KENMA! IT WAS AWESOME!! SO AWESOME!" Hinata spewed his reactions of numerous plays.

"Well your quick with Kageyama never fails to amaze me." I said winking at Hinata.
That seemed to throw him off. His pumped up self seemed confused.

"Where's the restroom here again?" Shoyo grabbed my wrist and was the one who lead me to the bathroom.

"Kenma, I need to tell you something... but it's a secret and I'm still a bit confused so please don't tell anyone..."

Already knowing what was coming and that I'd won the bet with Kuroo, I looked at him, "What is it?"

"Well... I think I like Kageyama... and ugh I don't even know why. He just like, well I don't know. I'm not ever sure I do, but I get this funny feeling when I'm around him. But he's such an idiot, I- ughhhh." He slid his back down the tiled wall.

"It's alright. I felt the exact same way with Kuroo a couple months ago."

"Wait really?!"

"Yeah, maybe just try to give him subtle hints over time and see how he responds?" I was pretty shit at giving advice.

"THATS A GREAT IDEA!! THANK YOU KENMA! THANK YOU!!"

He left me in the dust as he sprinted back to the gym. I followed suite, but at a much slower pace.

Upon returning, I made my way to Kuroo,
"You owe me 2 packs of pocky. One chocolate and one strawberry please." I felt great pride telling that to him.

"Wait really?! Shrimpy confessed?!"

"Mhm, he likes Kageyama."

"Damn. Alright, I'll pick up the pocky next time I'm at the store." Kuroo responded, clearly just slightly annoyed with the fact he didn't get 2 of my moms brown rice onigiri.