prologue

The best way to put it was, that Tetsurou Kuroo was like a stray cat wandering freely as he pleased but he wasn't your any day typical stray cat, he had found and gathered other stray cats and cultivated it into his volleyball team at Nekoma High.

If you really thought about it, he was much scarier and smarter than the average cat, and that came with a thundering acknowledgement as those dark eyes turned towards Mai. The smirk said everything words didn't need to. She had been caught staring red handed at Tetsurou Kuroo and he was very aware of that fact, much to her sudden dismay. Mai's eyes quickly snapped downwards, gluing themselves to her blank sheet of paper, her mechanical pencil busying itself as she pretended to write notes on whatever the teacher was currently teaching.

It wasn't that easy, her foot tapped the floor as she could feel his gaze continuing to bore into the back of her head, just as she had to him moments before. Making the mistake of glancing back quickly to make sure it wasn't her being delusional. Mai saw the smirk stretch across his lips as their eyes locked. If it wasn't obvious before, it surely was now.

Making quick of the situation, she glanced up at the clock to make it seem as if she was checking the time, only to realize in horror the clock sat at the front of the room ruining any piece of pride. As if on cue the bell finally rang, signalling the end of class and allowing her to shrink away with whatever dignity she had left.

Shutting her notebook and grabbing her bag, trying to make for a quick getaway but unfortunately luck wasn't on her side. They always said if you'd get back luck if you ever crossed a black cat...

And with those cat like reflexes, Kuroo stood at her desk before she could even make a move to stand up, the sudden figure looming beside her desk startling her as her notebook she was holding tumbled to the ground with an audible 'thud'.

She stared at the book that was laying wide open on the ground, horror striking every fibre of her being as she looked at the words scribbled on the page. 'He saw me. I've been caught. He definitely saw me. My life is over'. The horror and desperation seething out of every word that was written on that page. Time slowed at that instant watching as kuroo bent down and grabbed her notebook, every second feeling like a minute to long.

He definitely saw those words scribbled in the notebook, as he held out her notebook for her to take with a smile all to pleasant.

"Here" It was one word and it came out far to smooth. Her heart stuttered in her chest, daring to glance up at him. It was the wrong move. That smile looked friendly but he was definitely toying with his new found prey.

"T-Thank you" Mai stammered out, taking the book from him as she looked down at the book, busying herself as she stuffed it into her bag. There was no way he couldn't of seen what was written in there. It was plain as day. He was toying with her...purposely ignoring what he saw, which brought her to the next horrifying question. What did he plan on doing next?