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It’s your first day of your second year at Nekoma high school. You run out the door still brushing your hair.
Your mother calls “Have a good day at school”
You turn around and wave at her as she’s backing up into the house. You make your way to the corner where you meet Kuroo and Kenma, your two best friends.
“Sleep in?” Kuroo asks you as you approach them.
“Yeah, sorry if I made you guys wait too long.”
“It’s all good, I think Kenma’s happy that he got to play on his phone a little longer.”
Kenma rolls his eyes although you can see a slight smirk on his face.
As you approach the school Yamamoto comes barreling towards you, Kuroo and Kenma instinctively put their arms around you and turn you the other way.
Yamamoto whines “No fair!”
Kuroo laughs “better luck next time!”
You all go to the main doors and look at the class lists, you and Kenma are in class 2-C. You and Kenma part ways from Kuroo and make your way to your class. The morning goes by quickly and before you know it it’s lunch. You and Kenma walk behind the gym where you meet Kuroo and to your surprise Yaku. As you approach them you ask “What’re you talking about?”
Kuroo sighs “First years.”
“I see… Anyone outstanding?”
“Well, we have this one he’s about 6’5””
“Woah! That’s tall-”
“There’s a catch… He’s never played volleyball before outside of school.”
“Ah, that’s a bit of an issue…”
“Yeah.”
“I’m gonna beat him into top form.” Yaku interjects
Kuroo’s stomach rumbles
You laugh, “Are you hungry?” You reach into your backpack and fish out a bento. “Here’s your lunch.”
“Thanks y/n, sorry to make you make my lunch everyday”
“It’s really no problem. I’m your manager and your friend after all.”
After lunch it was back to class, which passed just as quickly as the morning. Soon after Kuroo comes to get you and Kenma from class and you all walk to the gym together. They head off to the club room and you fill up water bottles. As you’re heading back to the gym you hear unfamiliar voices, probably the first years. Then you hear coach Nekomada telling them to quiet down. You walk into the gym and sit on the bench and watch as they start practice. And then you see him, Kuroo wasn't kidding when he said that that first year was tall. Practice was short, it was more of an introduction just to see where everybody was at.
After practice it was still quite early, after you changed back into your uniform, you wait at the stairs for Kuroo and Kenma. They walk down the stairs and you all go to the nearby crepe shop. It was Kuroo’s turn to pay and he whined “We should really start buying something cheaper.”
You say “Hey! Don’t complain, you're the one who introduced us to this place.”
He looked like he was about to say something when his phone started ringing. “Hello?” He says as he picks up his phone. He cringes and holds the phone away from his ear and you hear an enthusiastic “HEY! HEY! HEY!” It was Bokuto. You hear some “yeahs” and “okays” and then he hangs up and says “D’you guys wanna meet Bokuto and Akaashi at the park?”
You say “Sure!” And Kenma just nods. You like hanging out with those two, Bokuto always brings out the best side of Kuroo. When they’re together it’s like a couple of ten year old boys. And Akaashi and Kenma get along quite well.
You get to the park and meet at the fountain Kuroo and Bokuto do their secret handshake and then Kuroo high fives Akaashi. You say, “Hey guys!”
“Hi, y/n!” says Bokuto.
Akaashi smiles slightly and nods.
Bokuto turns and hits Kuroo on the side and says, “Tag! You’re it!”
“Hey!” Kuroo laughs and they chase each other around the park. Like you said, a couple of ten year olds.
You sit with Kenma and Akaashi and watch those two running around and you smile.
Akaashi turns to you and asks, “you have a crush on him, don’t you?”
“Who? Bokuto?” You say.
“No, Kuroo. We all see the way you look at him so don’t even try to deny it.”
“Oh fine.” You say, “yes. I do have a crush on Kuroo, okay?”
“Knew it,” says Kenma.
“Was I really that obvious?”
“Yes.” Kenma and Akaashi say in unison.
You can feel yourself blush a bit, were you really that obvious? Did Kuroo know?
And as if he could read your mind Kenma says, “don’t worry. He’s just as oblivious as you.”
You let out a sigh of relief.
“Why don’t you just tell him?” Asks Akaashi.
You reply, “I don’t want to ruin our friendship.”
“Trust me, it wouldn’t,” says Kenma
“But what if it does!?”
“It won’t, I promise.”
Akaashi adds, “And if I were you I’d say it sooner rather than later, Kuroo’s pretty popular…”
“You’re right. I’ll tell him tomorrow, I need to rehearse.” you say.
“Finally! And don't chicken out, okay?” Says Kenma
“Fine,” you say.
That night you rehearse it a million times, you even ask your older sister, Kiyomi, for help, she’s going to the nearby university. She laughs at you the entire time and you’re just getting more and more flustered. Finally you crack.
“Could you do any better!?” You half yell, half pout.
“I mean seeing as I’ve been in about five relationships, yeah, probably.”
You’re about to lose your composure, she was like a trillion times prettier than you and all those guys asked her out. She’s never asked anyone out before.
Before you can say anything she says, “calm down. You're just working yourself up. You’ll do great.”
You breathe out and quietly say “You think so?”
“I know so,” she says reassuringly. “You better get to sleep, do you want your eyes to be all puffy when you confess to him?”
“Alright.” You say, “okay, yeah, you’re right. I’m gonna to bed”
She says, “goodnight.” as you walk out of the room.