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Annoying.
The one word that he knew you never liked hearing - was that you were annoying.
Annoying was the word that could bring up a dozen million memories of your previous relationship. All you had wanted to do was show your support for them and be there for them, but they found it Annoying.
Kuroo had saved you from that relationship yet there you were, in shock at his use of the word that scared you the most.
Despite knowing this, Kuroo still called you Annoying. Whether it be out of frustration or anger, he should have known this was one word he should've never said to you.
**Earlier**
You had went to go find him after their loss to Karasuno, you were their manager and went to comfort your boyfriend, who happened to be on the other team, after the match.
It was an intense game, The Battle at the Dumpster as they called it.
You were unable to locate him on the court so you asked the rest of the teammates where he'd gone.
"No clue! He was here just a moment ago," Yaku replied back to you.
Kenma, sitting on the floor, exhausted, looked up at you, "I think he may be in the hallway Y/N - san. He may look cool on the outside but I'm sure he still took this loss kinda hard..."
"Thank you Kenma, i'll keep that in mind," you replied back to him flashing him a smile and throwing him a banana to refuel.
You walked past the rest of Nekoma, through the gym doors into the hall in search of your raven-haired boyfriend.
After looking for him for about 10 minutes, you found him sitting on a bench in a non-crowded hallway near the washrooms. He was bent over, face in his hands, you could tell he had kept all his frustration to himself. He never showed it to his team. He was the captain after all.
You walked over to him, "Kuroo....are you okay?"
"Fine. I'm fine," he replied raising his head to look at you. You could tell that he'd been crying from the slight redness forming under his eyes.
You reached out to pat his head, but Kuroo caught your hand, "I'm fine, Y/N, i just....really want to be left alone right now..."
"But Kuroo..." You looked at him with a face of concern and sadness, "It's alright...it's gonna be ok-"
"HOW IS LOSING OKAY?!" His grip around your hand tightened.
You stood there in shock, he had never raised his voice at you before.
Realizing his mistake, he released your hand, "Please Y/N...just leave me alone for now. I need to sort out my thoughts."
"Kuroo I- I just want to help y-"
"PLEASE Y/N, YOU'RE BEING REALLY ANNOYING RIGHT NOW." He was standing above you now, he was angry.
You were looking up at him, shocked at his tone and use of the word - Annoying.
Your shock transitioned into pain.
Your eyes moved from his eyes to the floor. The only thing that managed to come out of your mouth was, "...I'm sorry...I'll leave you alone..."
Kuroo said nothing, which prompted you to walk away before he said anything else.
Then it sunk in, he realized he'd messed up, messed up pretty bad.
"Fuck....what have I done...?" Frustrated, he sat back down on the bench.
He knew he'd hurt you, but he couldn't bring himself to go after you in that moment.
Instead he watched your figure disappear into the crowd.
Unknown to him, his eyes weren't the only ones that watched you walk away.
You caught the attention of a pair of sharp green-yellow eyes, which had witnessed your whole exchange on his way out of the washroom...
**Later that Evening**
You'd finished dinner with your team and had bathed to relieve the stress from today.
Changing into a baggy shirt and sweats, you walked through the hall of the inn. You wanted tea to help you relax so you decided to get yourself some hot water from the lobby.
You turned the corner into the lobby when you bumped into someone you would rather not interact with.
Your then childhood friend turned ex-boyfriend Tsukishima Kei stood before you, looking down at you with that annoying smirk on his face.
You looked up at him annoyed.
"Oh my bad I didn't see you there Y/N," still smirking, "Hmmmmm? I'm surprised you're not hanging out with Kuroo-san tonight...oho unless...oh nooo, are you two fighting?"
You avoided his gaze.
He leaned in to get a better look at your face, "Ahhh, so you are fighting...hmmm knowing Kuroo-san he doesn't get mad often," he then had a realization, "Unless....you managed to annoy him, Y/N."
You didn't say anything.
Tsukishima let out a small laugh, straightening himself out while continuing to look at you.
"You know Y/N, if you've already managed to annoy him, it wont be long until he leaves you."
Oh, like you did right?
You looked up at him, your eyes brimming with tears, "You're an asshole Tsukki."
You changed your mind about the tea and turned around to head back to your room. You were mad at yourself for letting him get to you.
Opening the door to your room, you grabbed your phone, a volleyball and Karasuno jacket from your bed.
Your best friend Hitoka Yachi who was in the middle of brushing out her hair noticed your mood as you came in, "You okay Y/N? Did something happen?"
"I'm okay Hitoka-chan, just gonna step out for a bit and practice some serving in a park or something..."
"Are you sure? It's getting late Y/N..."
You gave her a reassuring smile despite how red your eyes looked, "I'll be okay Hitoka-chan, I just need to blow off some steam for a bit..."
Yachi was aware that you didn't like talking about whatever you were going through until you've had a day or two to calm down.
She gave you a worried look, "Just be careful okay? Call me if you need anything...I'm here for you Y/N..."
"Thanks Hitoka-chan..." you gave her another smile and headed out the door.
You left the inn, ball in hand, in search of the nearest park with a volleyball net.
Eventually, you found one with a sand court a 20 minute walk away from the inn. It was quite the walk but it did you some good as a breather.
If there was anything that helped calm you down, it was taking it out on a volleyball practicing some serves.
You stretched and started serving the ball over the net and retrieving it over and over.
It was tiring but helped take your mind off of today's events.
After what felt like an hour, you decided to take a short break. You wiped the sweat off your forehead removing your jacket in the process. You plopped yourself down on the sand and drank some water.
The night air felt nice and cool on your skin. You looked up at the moon, admiring how big and bright it was. This was the most relaxed you'd ever been today. It was refreshing.
Just as you were getting up to continue, you heard some footsteps walking towards where you were.
You looked at your phone for the time, 10:11 pm.
You hadn't realized how long you'd been out for. What felt like an hour was actually 2.
It was late now, you were all alone in a park being lit by a single lamppost, far from your inn and now faced a potential serial killer or kidnapper approaching you.
You stood frozen in your place from fear as you stared at the unfamiliar shadow coming closer to you.
From the silhouette you could tell it was a man, possibly wearing a track suit, and much taller than you were.
You didn't know how to fight but you knew how to use a volleyball.
Mustering up all the courage you had, you shakily got your stance ready to serve the ball at this person's head.
"Don't come any closer!" You yelled as the figure was almost 10 feet away from you.
The figure finally stepped into the light.
The first thing you noticed was their eyes - a green yellowish tone that resembled green tea and honey.
His eyes drew you in, the fear from earlier disappearing.
If it was anyone else you may have looked away, but you found yourselves just staring into each other's eyes.
You recognized this person, more like recognized those eyes.
Suna Rintarou.
Inarizaki. Number 10. Middle Blocker. Great range.
You had played a match against them the day before.
Those eyes had you captivated when you caught a glance of each other as their team was making their way to the gym.
You felt your heart skip a beat and your breath hitch in that brief moment. Then when you realized you were staring, you brought yourself back to the match.
The person before you now was examining your stance in front of him.
"Were you going to serve that at my head..?" he asked, trying to stifle his laugh.
You realized how dumb you must've looked right there and then. Embarrassed, you got out of your stance, holding the ball with both hands, looking down at the ground in front of you.
"I'm sorry...I thought you were a serial killer or something..." you replied.
At this point Suna couldn't hold back his laughter, "And you were planning on serving me to death if I was?"
You nodded still looking at the ground.
"That's the first time I ever seen anyone try to do that, although your serving stance is a bit off..."
You started to turn red.
He noticed this and then said, " I'm sorry, it was just funny...wait, you're one of the managers on Karasuno aren't you?"
You finally looked up at him, you hadn't realized how handsome he was until he was this close.
Aside from his sharp eyes, he was pretty well built and boy was he tall.
Realizing you were staring again, you quickly nodded.
"So what's the manager of Karasuno doing all the way out here this late at night," he asked looking down at your volleyball, "Practicing...?"
You averted your gaze and started walking towards the net, "Just relieving some stress...didn't realize I'd been out here so long..."
You readied yourself to serve another one, when he spoke up, "Boyfriend problems?"
You looked back at him.
He continued, "Nekoma right? You're dating their captain?"
"How'd you - "
"How'd I know? I saw the whole thing between you two after their loss to Karasuno," he answered.
"You a fan of spying on other people's relationships or something?" you asked coldly.
Suna laughed, "No no spying...just happened to be walking out of the washroom at the time. Even so, i felt bad for you...he shouldn't have raised his voice at you like that...you were only trying to comfort him right?"
You didn't say anything, instead you looked down at the volleyball in your hands.
He walked right up to you, taking the ball from your hands, tossing it a couple times in the air.
You looked at him again, "So you know about me then. Now why are you out here so late Suna-san?"
"Just Suna is fine...and same as you just relieving some stress... especially after losing to your school," he replied.
"I'm sorry," you immediately answered back.
Suna laughed once again, "No need to be sorry, your team is pretty good, your megane middle blocker is annoying though."
"Oh yes he is," you agreed.
"Ex-boyfriend?" Suna joked.
You went silent.
When you said nothing he went surprised, "WAIT REALLY?" he let out a whistle, "You must have it rough, having to deal with seeing him all the time and now you and your boyfriend are fighting...."
You took the ball from his hands, "I'll take my leave now..."
You started to grab your things to head back when you felt his hand on your shoulder.
He turned you around having you look up at him, "Look I'm sorry, i didn't mean to add to the fire. Sorry for coming off as an asshole....Look, we're both here to blow off some steam so what do you say I help you with your serves for a bit? I'll even walk you back to your hotel after. What do you say?"
You examined his face to see if there was any ill intentions behind his proposition.
Finding none you answered him, "If you can show me how to properly serve it at someone's head then we have a deal."
"Deal," he said smiling at you.
The next hour he showed you the proper form and technique for underhand and overhand serves.
He was a great teacher, he made it easy to understand and did his best to correct any flaws that your serves may have had.
When he felt like you finally had both down, he offered to teach you to jump serve.
"I don't know about that Suna," you replied.
Suna reassured you, "It'll be okay Y/N, promise. We'll take it slow, baby steps."
He proceeded to show you how to position the ball, how to run up and make contact with the ball once you were up in the air.
Eventually you decided to apply everything he taught you and give it a try.
Suna stood near the net to watch your form.
You stood at the edge of the court. Talking a deep breath, you threw the ball in front of you.
You started your run up, eyes on the ball, arm ready to swing into action.
And then you jumped.
The only thing was, you forgot that this court was much smaller than the ones you were used to.
You had ended up jumping forward into the net face first. You also didn't realize how high up you had jumped.
The last thing you heard was Suna's "Oh shit, Y/N!" before falling.
You thought you had fallen flat onto the sand. You expected it would hurt more but you were surprisingly okay.
You slowly opened your eyes and were met with Suna's eyes.
He had caught you before you hit the ground. Now you were laying on top of him just staring at each other.
Suna started to sit up causing you to shift into his lap.
Then you both started to laugh.
"You actually caught me! What are you? A libero for humans?!," you said still laughing.
"That was actually pretty funny, you almost face planted there," he replied back wiping away tears from laughing so hard.
As your laughter started to die down, you found yourselves staring into each other's eyes.
Suna reached out to tuck a stray hair behind your ear.
The slight touch was enough to send your heart beating. If you weren't careful you were sure he could hear it.
His hand lingered on the side of your face, thumb softly stroking your cheek.
Crimson started to form on your face from the contact.
You brought your hands up to his chest, surprised at how fast his heart was beating as well.
Suna then slowly leaned in, your noses barely touching.
His eyes were still staring into yours, looking to see if you wanted him to stop.
When you didn't say or do anything he took that as an okay.
His face leaned in closer...and closer, until -
You felt a pair of lips meet yours.
They were surprisingly soft, each kiss sent a jolt of excitement through your body.
You held each other closer and the kisses became deeper.
As much as you knew how wrong this was, it was hard to separate yourselves from each other.
There was something about the two of you that seemed so different from your previous and current relationship.
You could tell that Suna felt something too by the way he stared at you each time you would occasionally break the kiss to breathe.
The two of you were in your own world, completely forgetting that you were making out in a random park at almost midnight.
Eventually, Suna broke the kiss and examined your reaction.
He held your face between his hands, resting his forehead on yours.
Staring at your lips then looking up at you again he asked, "Stay with me tonight...?"
You looked into his green tea and honey eyes. Without a second thought, you replied, "Okay..."
**The Next Morning**
You woke up to his breath near your ear, warmth on your bare back and a pair of strong arms wrapped around your waist.
The previous night had been the best you felt in a while.
You had spent the night with Suna Rintarou.
The two of you left the park hand in hand, Suna had found a place for the two of you to stay.
You messaged Yachi to cover for you since you would not make it back. You promised to explain to her the next day.
Feeling him shift behind you, you turned yourself around to face him.
"Good morning, beautiful," Suna greeted you, kissing your forehead and both eyes.
You smiled at the gesture, "Good morning, Rin."
Taken aback, he looked at you with wide eyes and then remembered, "Oh right, I told you to call me that...last night..."
You both blushed.
Suna stroked your cheek, "You okay? I wasn't too rough was I?" He gave you a concerned look.
You shook your head, "No no, I'm fine..." Your blush deepened at the thought of all the things the two of you did the previous night.
He took your hand and brought it to his lips, peppering kisses along your fingertips.
His kisses sent shivers down your spine, you were sure that if he continued on like this, your bodies would be entwined again soon enough.
"Rin..." you said shakily, "We're gonna have to get up soon, we gotta check out..."
Suna looked at the clock beside the bed, "Damn, you're right."
He sat up and picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialing the reception.
You sat up in a panic, "Rin we don't have to check out right now, we're not even dr-"
"Hi there, yes this is room 101. I was wondering if I could extend our stay one more night? .... Oh, okay, perfect thank you so much."
He hung up the phone
"Rin why did you-"
"Stay with me again tonight," He took both of your hands in his and stared into your eyes, "Today is the last day of the tournament and closing ceremony. After we leave tomorrow morning, we might not be able to see each other again, for a while maybe. I feel something between us that's like nothing I've ever felt before and I know you feel it too Y/N..."
"But Rin, I'm - "
"I know you're with Nekoma, but please...one more night..."
It was hard to deny that you felt like you'd finally found the person you were meant to be with.
But the biggest issue here was that you were currently still in a relationship and even if you were to be with Suna, it'd be a long distance one. You weren't sure if you could handle that much change and distance in so little time.
Sure Kuroo didn't apologize yet, but you still did love him and you were still dating him.
That was when the guilt started to settle in. You had cheated on Kuroo while finding the one who you felt was your soulmate in the process.
This timing really sucked.
Suna read your reaction, "I'm sorry...I know its a lot to ask, I'm aware you're still in a relationship Y/N. I completely understand if you say no...." He looked down at your hands.
At that moment you heard a ping from your phone.
You both looked at it, Suna let go of your hand to allow you to reach for it.
You unlocked your phone and saw a text from Kuroo.
Hey, I took the night to clear my head, what I did to you yesterday was wrong, can we talk later today? I want to make things right again, Y/N, please?
Judging from your reaction, Suna knew it was Kuroo.
"He wants to talk and fix things between us," your eyes shifting from the phone to him.
Suna took your free hand and held it, "That's great Y/N...," he let out a sigh, "I only hope he learns to treat you better this time..."
"Rin - "
"It's fine Y/N, I knew what I was getting myself into...," he gave you a small smile, "Let's get dressed and maybe grab some breakfast on the way back?"
All you could do was look at him and nod.
The two of you got dressed and headed out of the hotel. He lent you one of his medical face masks to hide your face in case someone were to spot you two.
You went to the nearest convenience store to pick up some breakfast before heading back to your inn.
He walked you until a block before the inn Karasuno was staying at to avoid people from seeing you two.
Facing each other, you looked into his eyes again.
"Hey Y/N," he started as he placed his hands in his jacket pockets, "I know you and Nekoma are gonna patch things up today but if you change your mind about tonight....I'll be there..."
"Rin..."
"Only if you change your mind Y/N...but if the closing ceremony is the last time see you then...I guess this is goodbye...you take care of yourself okay? Don't let him talk to you like that again, or else I won't hesitate to come all the way to Miyagi or Tokyo and steal you away from him," He let out a small laugh.
You smiled at him and laughed. You could feel the tears starting to form in your eyes.
He pulled you into a hug, pulling his mask down and placed a kiss on your forehead.
You hugged him back, "Thank you Rin..."
Looking up at him, he took your face in his hands, wiping away your tears.
You placed your hands on top of his, "I'll be seeing you Rin..."
"Mm. You too Y/N."
You turned around and started to walk back to your inn with both the feeling of sadness and guilt.
Suna watched your form slowly disappear into the building before walking back to his own hotel.
When you got back into your room, Yachi wanted answers. You told her everything that had happened the previous night and made her promise not to tell anyone. She was shocked and surprised that you would ever do something like that.
You also explained to her that Kuroo wanted to fix things between the two of you later today.
She understood that the situation you were in was crazy but assured you that she would be there to support you no matter what.
You thanked her for this.
The day progressed with the finals, Karasuno unfortunately had not made it to top 3, the closing ceremony went down without a hitch.
You and Suna had seen each other in passing, eyes briefing meeting each other before resuming whatever it was that your teams were doing.
Kuroo had met up with you later on in the day and apologized for his behaviour in which you forgave him. He promised you he would visit once all the stress of nationals had died down.
After your talk you went to your respective lodging.
Later that night, you were packing your stuff to leave tomorrow. Things were okay with Kuroo, but you couldn't get Suna out of your thoughts.
Suna would be staying in the same room as last night, he said he'd wait there if anything.
You tried to shake the thought from your head but it kept coming back to you.
"Are you going to see him?" Yachi asked examining you.
You looked at her, "I cant Hitoka-chan, this is wrong..."
She frowned, "Your eyes are saying something else Y/N. You want to see him..."
Your eyes widened. Was it that obvious?
"Y/N...I know this is wrong but....go. You won't be able to see him after this right? And you want to right? I don't know much about soulmates but if that's what you feel you two are, this is the only time you can be together right?" She shot you a smile.
"Hitoka-chan...." Your eyes started to water.
"I'll cover for you...now go," she gave you a hug.
"Thank you Hitoka-chan..." You cried.
You quickly grabbed all your things and snuck out before anyone could spot you.
This time you decided to take the bus to the hotel where you and Suna had stayed.
You walked through the automatic doors, past the lobby and walked down the hallway.
You stopped in front of the room. There was still time to change your mind, yet the only thing you could think of was seeing him again.
Taking a deep breath you raised you hand and knocked on the door.
You heard someone quickly walk to the door.
The door opened and there he was looking at you as if he couldn't believe you were here.
You tried to find the right words to say to him, "Rin, Hi I-"
"Y/N....you actually came back..."
He smiled at you and pulled you into the room.
Dropping your bag on the floor, you looked up at him.
The two of you didn't say anything, just stared into each other's eyes.
He grabbed your face with both his hands, leaned in, and kissed you.
"Tonight, you're mine Y/N."
You nodded and let yourselves get lost in each other for one more night.
**The Morning After**
The two of you barely slept a wink last night.
You wanted to spend as much time together before parting ways. You weren't sure if you'd ever see each other after this.
Caressing your face, Suna spoke up, "Hey Y/N..."
"Yes, Rin?" You replied sleepily.
"If ever... in the future we meet again, if we're both not seeing anyone, and if time allows...I'm going to marry you Y/N."
You looked into his green tea and honey eyes before replying, "I'd like that..."
Suna held you tight as you sobbed quietly in his arms.
Fin.