pánthēr – Predator of all animals
The black panther, Kuroo Tetsurou: dark and sleek and dangerous
The jaguar, Kozume Kenma: brilliant and beautiful and solitary
Before you realise it, they're already hunting you…
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"…This is so annoying. Why won't it stay down?"
The tall man glares at his reflection in the train's window as he stubbornly tries to flatten his tall fringe of pitch black hair. He turns his attention to his companion, a young man with hair black on top and golden blonde on the bottom, but he was more interested in playing a game on his phone than his friend's hair problems.
"Oi, Kenma! Are you listening!?" The tall man sighs exasperatedly, as he looks back to the train window.
"…Not really, Kuroo." Kenma responds in a quiet, monotone voice, as he taps the buttons on his phone rapidly.
"Ngh—Why is it so hard to get rid of this stupid bed head?!" Kuroo practically snarls at his reflection, pushing down on his hair roughly.
"…Um…Ah—I—I think your hair looks really nice…"
A sudden voice startles both men, and they quickly look up to see a girl beside them. She meets Kuroo's eyes for a second before quickly staring at the floor, and then shyly looks at them from the corner of her eyes. Around them, people start to move towards the doors of the train, as it slowly grinds to a halt.
Kuroo is surprised for a moment, before he grins brightly. The girl's face turns bright red and, before Kuroo can even open his mouth to thank her, she turns and runs off the train.
Kuroo stares at the slowly closing train door in surprise. Just as the train starts to move again he turns back to his friend, who is already back to playing his game.
"Hey Kenma…do you know that girl?"
"…No." Kenma replies, not looking up from his game. "But…she lives a few doors down from our apartment…and she goes to our university too…she's in some of my classes…"
"So she's a first year too huh? Weird…I don't think I've ever really seen her before…" Kuroo murmurs, running a hand through his hair (only for it to spring back immediately, to his annoyance).
"…I think she's tried to talk to us before…But she's very shy, so she can't…" Kenma mutters, holding his phone tightly as he tilts his head slightly away from Kuroo. "…I see her playing games sometimes…" Kenma whispers, so softly it's almost impossible to hear.
"Hmm…well, we'll have to talk to her next time. She seems like an interesting girl." Kuroo grins at Kenma, patting his shoulder good naturedly. Kenma makes an annoyed snort, and twists his body away from his friend. Kuroo laughs, before stopping suddenly, as if something had just occurred to him.
"…Hey, you said she went to our university, right?" Kuroo turns his attention to the large train map near them.
"…Yeah." Kenma mutters, still not looking up.
"Well, I hope we didn't cause too much trouble for her…" Kuroo suddenly chuckles. "…scaring her off two stops before the one for the university."
"…You're the scary one…" Kenma mutters, causing Kuroo to smirk again.