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A cat hair tickled Kenma's nose, causing him to sneeze and wake up, sending his cat, Pudding, flying off of his chest with a hiss.
"Wha? What time is it?" Kenma mumbled to himself as he stood up and looked around for his phone.
It had fallen between the couch cushions, but when Kenma retrieved it someone called him. This, in itself a rare occurrence, caused Kenma to abruptly drop his vibrating phone, yelp as it hit his foot, and then fall over back on the couch.
Eventually, he was able to answer, seeing that it was Kuroo who was calling.
"Where are you? I've been trying to get a hold of you for the past three hours! Are you alright?" Kuroo's worried voice washed over Kenma, making him smile a little, despite his friend's obvious distress.
A loud crash came out of the phone, followed by some swearing and someone yelling, and then "HEY KENMA!!!!" another crash and Bokuto whimpering blasted out Kenma's eardrums before Kuroo came back.
"Are you alright Kitten? Bokuto I swear to God if you don't shut up I'm never talking to you again!"
Kenma yawned, "Yeah, I'm fine, I took a nap. Why? What's wrong? It's a weekend, we don't have practice or anything. Right?"
A door shut and Kuroo laughed, the sounds of chaos now muffled. "Sorry, had to close myself in the closet. Don't you remember? I invited some people to hang out at my house today. You said you would come. " The disappointment was evident in his voice. Kenma picked up pudding and placed her on his lap, stroking her soft fur to calm himself down.
"D-did I?" Kenma couldn't remember agreeing to come, he was still half asleep and there was a distracting knot in his stomach.
"Yeah, but you don't have too. Hinata and Kageyama are on their way, if you want to come now though, I was looking forward to seeing you." The cat spread itself over Kenma's crossed ankles and lazily rolled over for belly rubs. But Kenma could hardly concentrate on belly rubs, when Kuroo sounded so sad and dejected.
"Isn't Bokuto there? He's much more fun than me, I'd probably just end up playing on my DS anyways. I'm still tired Kuroo, but if you want me to come ... "
"Ok Kitten, have a nice nap, maybe we can go get coffee later, or apple pie, I know you like that. Talk to you later."
Kuroo sounded particularly dejected before he hung up, not even letting Kenma say bye.
Something was wrong.
But Kenma was tired, and Pudding was purring, the steady noise reverberating through his conscious, convincing Kenma it would be ok.
Getting a cat was one of the best decisions he ever made. Right up there with Kuroo, but that wasn't much of a decision, it just happened. Sometimes good things just happen.