Beautiful Dream
Chapter 10
Your palms were sweaty as you held onto the strap of your sling bag. It's not like it was your first time in Tokyo, a relative of yours live here and you won't consider it as an unknown territory but you are nervous. It took you a lot of courage to come out and go to where you are right now.
All you see is unfamiliar faces and that adds up to your anxiety, you've been looking around like a lost kid and you don't have any idea what to do, you did not tell Kuro that you will watch him but Kenma knows and he says he's gonna see you and do everything he can so you can sit in the front and surprise Kuro.
"Kenma…" you let out a sigh of relief when you saw him approaching you, you know that he hates being the center of attention and he hates being stuck in crowded places but here he is meeting you in the middle of the sea of people. "You don't look well, did anything happen?" that was the first thing that Kenma said, he noticed that you were pale and you're sweating and you're wearing a hoodie and underneath that was a jersey that looks exactly like Kuro's but yours were smaller. He smiled at that and he held your wrist and guides you while doing his best to avoid people.
"I just don't know what to do, what should I do?" you asked as you remember the banner you created for Kuro, you don't think you were creative but Yachi was such a great help. Shimizu also helped you that's why you were so thankful to have friends like them.
"Nothing, just be you." he chuckles as both of you pass by people, you saw that the front seats were all taken and there were two girls standing beside each other, you were pretty sure that the smaller girl is in junior high and the other is a drop dead gorgeous college girl and guess what your insecurities are waving. Kenma gently pulled you towards the two and he politely greeted them. "Akane-chan, Alisa-san this is YN and she's here to surprise Kuro, is it okay if you two accompany her? I don't want her to be alone." Alisa and Akane looked at you, it may not be intentional but they glanced at you from head to toe and you almost hid behind Kenma.
Alisa was the first one to cheerfully greet you with a hug, yes, a hug. "OMG! Kuro-san has a girlfriend? You're so pretty are you interested in modeling? If you are, just let me know gosh you are gorgeous." you awkwardly stood there and just smiled with all your might. "Well, we're not yet…you know official we both want to take things slow and stuffs so…I'm not his girlfriend." you clarified and Alisa giggled.
"You’re so darn adorable." she commented while clapping.
Akane looked up at you and waved with a smile, "Hi, I'm Taketora Yamamoto's sister. Nice to meet you." she bowed down and you did the same, "I'm YN, it's nice to meet you too." Akane just smiled back at you, she wouldn't want to jump on you the way Alisa did, because of the age gap obviously but it is also because she can see that the whole situation seems awkward to you, given that you're all blushy and stuffs.
"Ah yeah, before I leave can we talk YN?"
You both moved away from the two and Kenma looked at you worriedly, he noticed that you look so anxious and he knows why, "Kuro's not in a good mood when he received your text saying you can't come. He's way more anxious right now but if you'll announce your presence maybe both of you can ease up a little? He looks pretty sad today, that might help him cheer up a bit." he smiled and pat your head. It was strange, Kenma rarely makes new friends but your connection with Kuro is not the only reason for this closeness, he genuinely sees you as a friend and he wants to help you and Kuro took the next step for this relationship. "I'll go ahead, think about it. He'll be awfully happy to see you." he said before he walked away while you return to where Alisa and Akane stood.
Alisa keeps on looking at you while you stare at the screen of your phone, "Something's wrong?" she asked. The reason why she got all excited to see you was because she heard about you from Lev, her brother seems to have a little crush on you but the first year says he just admires you and seeing you look anxious makes her want to help you lose all those tensions. "Tetsu didn't know I went here, Kenma told me he looks a little sad. I feel bad." you told her.
"Yeah, it would've been nice if YN is here." Kuro says as he watched Bokuto walk as if he owns the court.
Kuro would admit that it's more than that, aside from the fact that their opponent is the team of one of his closest friends, he's quite upset that you couldn't go to watch him, but he didn't want to get in the way of your studies and you mentioned that you have manager duties and he just don't have the heart to ask you to abandon all of that.
"Oh yeah, he looks sad." Akane commented, you looked at where Kuro was standing, he's not even looking around the court and just staring at Bokuto walk like a model. "I'll send him a text." you muttered before tapping the send button. You were quite shy to hold the banner up but Alisa is such an angel. "Hey this is a cute banner! With hearts and you're wearing his jersey?!" she gasped and Akane took a look at what you were wearing underneath the hoodie.
"H-He wants me to wear it." Alisa took the banner from you and winked, "Okay talk to your lover boy first. I'll hold this for now." you thanked her before looking at Kuro who don't have any plans on looking at his surrounding that's why you have to send another text. Kenma looked at you and you pointed Kuro, the quiet boy took the hint and nudged his friend who looks at him with a confused expression written all over his face but Kenma looked over at you and pointed your direction, Alisa immediately handed you the banner and you held it up, even if you were a blushing mess.
"YN-SAN!" Lev shouted and the whole team looked at where you were, "Now, that was unfair. Why Kuro has his own banner?" Yaku complained while Yamamoto's eyes sparkled. "YN-san standing beside Lev's sister will stop Global Warming." Kuro gave them a death glare and everyone shut their mouth.
When he looked at you, his smiles widened especially when he saw how red you were. You saw him gestured for you to put down the banner, he wants to look at your face right now even if the banner actually made his heart flutter. But when his eyes scanned your whole, he felt his heart skip a beat.
You're wearing the jersey and without even thinking, he mouthed. "I missed you." maybe some wouldn't even know what he said but it was really clear for you, so all you could do was do the same and mouthed "I missed you too." to him with a wide smile plastered on your lips.
When their coach called for them, Kuro's eyes remained on you even if he was marching to their coach and when he was about to turn his back on you, he sent a flying kiss on your way and then looked away out of embarrassment, not having any courage to wait for your reaction.
"I never saw Kuro-san like that, you're amazing YN-san. He must really like you." Akane looked up at you, she was also blushing, obviously giddy of the interaction she witnessed but Akane's smile faded when she heard girls screamed.
"DID YOU SEE THAT?! KURO-SENPAI SENT US A FLYING KISS!"
Alisa scoffed beside you and whispered, "Shall we shut them up?" you just shook your head with a small smile, you don't mind if they think Kuro did it for them, what's important to you is that you know that in this gymnasium full of his fan girls, he only smiles like that when it's you.
When the game started you were anxious for Kuro, and you won't deny the fact that you're also nervous for Fukurodani. Akaashi became a close friend of yours and Bokuto claims that he's your big brother, with all those moments you crash in their night training the boys became close to you and you just wish all the best for everyone.
You wish two teams can win but sadly that's not how things work.
"Yaku is a nasty libero. He's scary." you whispered.
As a person who played volleyball before, you knew how bad it could be to receive such powerful spikes, Bokuto is a canon, if you were a receiver, you would be scared to receive the ball that he hit. "Shit, that was another nasty straight shot." you muttered. Alisa looked at you and she saw how focused you were in the game, "Are you a volleyball player too, YN?" she asked, you turned to look at her and you slowly nod your head. "Yeah, way back in junior high. I'm a manager now,, though." you told her before you turned to watch the game again.
Your eyes focused on Kuro, he's such a good blocker and he just looks cool whenever he touches the ball. That would be pretty stressing for a setter and spiker, Kuro is just built different.
"My girl is watching. So I'm going to show off a little." Kuro smirks when he blocked Bokuto's spike after switching places with Kenma. Fukurodani's ace was let out an irritated growl, "It's just one point!" he hissed before he looked around and saw you standing while cheering for Kuro.
"Alright, I'll give you that one since she's here." he said and Kuro just smiled before he looked at your direction to wink at you and you blushed once more, this guy really, he's such a show off but you still love him despite all of that.
The game proceeds and you noticed that Nekoma is putting up a great fight against Bokuto's team, they cornered him enough for him to hit the ball out of bounds and when Lev went inside the court, it was Kuro's turn to serve and he didn't forget to look at you before he hit that beautiful serve.
"See that Akane-chan? YN-san and Kuro-san keeps on stealing glances kyaah!"
It was a great match but Nekoma ended up losing to Fukurodani, you greeted Akaashi and Bokuto before you went to find Kuro.
(LET'S PRETEND THAT SHIRATORIZAWA VS. KARASUNO AND FUKURODANI VS. NEKOMA DIDN’T HAPPEN AT THE SAME DAY, LET'S SAY THAT KARASUNO ALREADY WON THE DAY BEFORE THIS.)
"The moment of being immersed in teamwork is much more refreshing than you think."
Lev was sitting while Kuro was standing in front of him, it looks like the first year was having regrets about the match. "Keep your head up, future ace." the captain pat Lev's head before he turned to walk towards you. He looks pretty tired and you immediately greeted him with a hug, Kuro was frozen when you rest your head in his chest. Lev, felt like he was intruding and he excused himself.
That was the time where Kuro hugged you back, tightly. "Sorry, we didn't win." he whispered as he caress your hair but you pulled away from him with a glare. "Why are you saying sorry? I came here to congratulate you, Tetsu." you handed him the banner and Kuro smiled as he looked at it. Before, he thinks his heart couldn't beat any faster when he's with you but after all of this, Kuro is afraid that his heart won’t be able to take it.
"I'm proud of you, Tetsu."
When his eyes met yours, all he could think of was how lucky he is to have you. "Can I have another hug? It was pretty draining." you chuckled and hugged him once more, much tighter than before. You let yourself be drowned in his scent, he is a little sweaty but he does not stink. He smells great and his manly scent is quite addictive, "You look good wearing that jersey." he whispered, his face buried on your neck.
"Thanks." you responded, your cheeks heating up and you were thankful that he couldn't see your face right now.
"I missed you too, Tetsu."
Kuro left you with the other Nekoma players to grab his things and as usual they were asking you lots of questions. Lev is the noisiest of course, you expected that Yaku would be a little quiet but he's so loud today too. "So did he ask you to be his girlfriend?" you looked at Kai and shook your head, both of you did not talk about being official yet, but sometimes Kuro brings up the topic in a playful manner but you were never ready to answer his questions.
You would love to take it to the next level but you don't really know how to say it to him so you just wait for a perfect time to arrive.
"Kuro-san is probably nervous, you know. He is a little shy too like when he told me that my sister was pretty cute."
Yaku's eyes immediately flicked towards your direction, if he can walk properly he would've smacked the first year real hard, Kai looked at the first year and shook his head, a sign to tell him that he should quiet down. When Lev received those stares, he realized what he just said.
He didn't mean anything when he said that, he's just the type of person that gets too carried away when he's saying something and things that aren't suppose to slip just ended up being spat and he never meant any of that. He panicked and immediately apologized. "Sorry, YN-san! But that was before they went to Miyagi and met you, believe me!" you know that Lev is sincere and just smiled at him. "You don’t have to apologize, Lev." you said before you bit your lower lip and look around to look for Kenma, you really wish he'd show up to save you from this awkward situation.
"YN? Let's go and meet Kuro."
Thank goodness, Kenma did show up and excused you from the group. The setter told you that he's off to meet Kuro as well so he decided to look for you and accompany you. "Well he said he'll come back to get me but thanks for looking for me Kenma." Kenma looked at you and sees that you look like something is bothering you. "Did they do anything weird?" he asked, you looked up at him and smiled but Kenma noticed that there is something wrong and as much as he wants to help, he wouldn’t want to overstep the boundaries.
"If you want to know anything about Kuro, you can ask me anything."
"Thank you, Kenma. I-I'll keep that in mind."
Kenma stayed silent after that, he should give Kuro a hint that something is bothering you, he wonders if Kuro is the one who made you upset, but either way he should let Kuro know that he should comfort you.
Kuro has changed his clothes and went out to meet you and Kenma, the setter sent him a text saying he's with you that's why he didn't bother going back to where his other teammates were. When he saw you walking with Kenma, you just gave him a small smile, something that he finds weird because you were so cheerful ever since earlier. Are you tired? Or maybe you're hungry? He really should take you out now and eat somewhere nice.
"I'll head home first, Kuro. I don't want to be a third wheel in your first official date. Take care of YN." the long haired boy looked at you and pat your head before waving to say goodbye, you just waved back with a smile before you looked up at Kuro who's looking at you with a frown, "W-Why?" you asked quietly, your voice so soft it seems like a whisper.
Kuro shook his head before he wrapped his arms around you, "What do you want to eat?" he asked as you both walk together, some players greeted him and he'll just nod and say; 'Hey, sorry gotta rush. My girl's hungry.' he will be teased for that but Kuro would be too quick to get you out of their sights, he did not want you to be uncomfortable and overwhelmed because he knows there's something wrong and he didn't want to add up to that.
"I think I want fast food, Tetsu…"
You know that Kuro has no fault in this, but you just couldn't help but be insecure. You saw Alisa and she's every teenage boy's dream. She's also sweet and kind, no wonder Kuro liked her. You're not blaming Lev for accidentally saying it, you're the one bothered of this matter and you know you can't blame anyone else.
Kuro just got more worried, you don't sound lively at all. What happened when he left you? Did Lev teased you too much? What happened?
Your eyes flicked upwards and saw Kuro waving his hands in front of you. "I've been calling you for three times, you're not responding." he said worriedly, he handed you a burger and a large fries. You took it from his hands with a small smile, "Sorry, I just spaced out. Thanks, Tetsu." Kuro leaned forward and nipped your chin, "Did I do something?" you blinked, before leaning backwards to have more distance between you two, your cheeks heating up. "No, it's nothing…" you whispered, looking away from him as you start eating.
"YN, I missed you so much. I just want to be with you in this day, so if I did anything wrong please tell me."
"It's just me, don't worry Tetsu. Let's talk after we eat, you must be hungry." you took a fries and fed it to him, Kuro ate it with a pout and you chuckled. "I promise, I'll say what it is after we eat." you assured him and he starts digging into his food while you both talk about Karasuno's match with Shiratorizawa.
"He's a monster, it was a tough match but guess what? Tsukki was able to block him, alone! And Suga spiked, can you believe that? And Hinata received another ball using his face, dang it."
Kuro listened to everything that you said, "Well, crows did so well stopping Ushiwaka." you nod your head and smiled, "Nishinoya also did a double receive, I was scared that he twisted his waist or something. I'm glad he was fine but he sacrificed his body to receive the balls you know…he worry me sometimes." you sighed, sipping onto your drink while Kuro took a tissue to wipe his mouth, his eyes still fixed on you.
"He's a dedicated libero, look at Yaku. They all took pride in receiving the ball so we can’t do anything about it."
"You hurt yourself too…" you told him and Kuro just chuckled. "I'm all fine, no need to worry about it." you rolled your eyes as a response before you stood up and grabbed his wrist so he could stand.
Kuro lets himself be dragged outside and when you stopped dragging him, you looked up and laughed. "Congratulations, Tetsu." you said before handing him a small paper bag . Kuro took it from you and he stared at it for a minute, before looking back at you with a confused look.
"Don't open it, open it when you get home. Let's just walk around here." you held his hand tightly but Kuro didn't move a bit and when you frowned at him he pulled you to him so he could hug you. "Give me a warning, next time. My heart can't take it when you're like this…" he whispered and you pulled away from him because there's lots of people staring at you two.
"Have mercy on me, there's only one heart in this body…"
"S-Stop saying things like that…let's just go."
You walked away from him and Kuro chased after you, chuckling because he saw how red you were. "Alright, alright…come on hold my hand, love." you both held each other's hand tightly and your heart won't shut up, Kuro's warm hands is much bigger than yours and he's much taller than you as well, and there's something about it that makes your heart flutter.
Especially when he'll lean down so he could hear you better, when his hazel eyes looks directly into yours, when he keeps on pulling you in his side, not wanting to have much distance between you two, everything that he does affects you in a way you never experienced from anyone else. It was scary, exciting and overwhelming but you were thankful that Kuro is the first one to make you feel this way.
That heavy feeling you felt earlier after knowing that Kuro liked Alisa was gone. Because every time he'll look at you, you just know that this moment is for you two only, not for anyone else.
"YN, will you tell me what was bothering you earlier?"
Kuro is aware that you look like you finally got over of what was bothering you but he still wants to know what it was, you didn't respond for a while and Kuro had already come up with the conclusion that you don't want to talk about it but he heard your voice, he heard you asking for something he did not expect.
"What do you think of Alisa?"
Kuro felt like he was hit real hard in his chest, he stopped walking to look at you and observe your face. He knew that no one in his team would mention anything about him crushing on Alisa before but there's someone who says the most random things ever unconsciously, that person is Lev. Kuro's grip on your hand tightened and it was obvious that he was taken aback by the sudden question, you were about to tell him to not answer but Kuro already talked over you.
"Before I met you, I thought she was pretty."
"Hmm, thanks for answering that question."
You just wanted to know what he thinks and this is much better than overthinking of how he sees her. You were ready to drop the topic and tell him that you'll be staying at your cousin's condominium unit but Kuro has other things to say to you. He looked straight in your eyes, intensely. His eyes were sparkling, his hazel orbs makes you feel like he can see right through you, as if he knows what's on your mind without even hearing it from you.
"I thought Alisa was pretty but after meeting you…I wonder if I really know what is the real definition of beauty."
Kuro let go of your hand and he gently cupped your face, caressing your cheekbones as he leaned down for a bit, "I..I love you, and I know it may not sound flashy but that is my truth, YN. Every girl that I've met before you is nothing but part of my past, if you could only see what's in my mind and my heart…you'd see nothing but the picture of the most beautiful thing that happened in my life aside from volleyball, and you know what that is? It's you." the next thing you knew, you felt his warm lips pressed gently on your forehead, his hand still cupping your face and when he pulled away, his lips was trembling.
"I love you, so much it scares me. I told myself to take it easy because we're both young but damn it…I just want to be with you. Even if things may not last forever, I want to do everything that I can to keep you in my arms. Will you be my girlfriend, love?"
A/N: I'm terribly sorry for the slow update, I was busy because of our finals for this semester and I'm anxious about my grades and all that so forgive me. Please accept this chapter as an apology. Keeo safe everyone