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The worry of introducing Kuroo to her mother had been the reason for many of Yachi's sleepless nights. It's not that she hadn't told her mother about Kuroo, but now whenever Yachi mentioned him, a dark aura seemed to surround her mother. Once, she swore that she'd heard her mother muttering about murder while holding a picture of Yachi with Kuroo. To say it had put off Yachi inviting Kuroo over would be an understatement.
"Don't you think you're overreacting?" Kuroo asked as they walked hand in hand towards the train station. College was coming to an end for summer, so they'd both be heading home. They had been trying to come up with a way to meet up, seeing as they didn't actully live close to each other. So far they'd cleared it with Kuroo's parents for Yachi to stay over at their house whenever she visited, but Yachi hadn't wanted to ask her mother. Kuroo didn't seem to realize the danger he would be putting himself in, that or he simply didn't care, Yachi believed it to be the later.
"I just don't think she'd be open to letting us sleep together, I'm sure that I can figure something else out."
"I don't mind sleeping on the sofa, so I don't see the problem," Kuroo responded, smiling as if the entire problem had simply vanished with that one sentence.
Yachi liked kuroo, loved him if she was being honest with herself, although she hadn't actully voiced it out loud, still, she wasn't willing to put his life in danger. "I'm meeting up with Hinata and Kageyama for dinner tonight, when I get back home I'll talk to my Mom." She promised.
"I don't know what I'm going to do,"
"I can't really blame you for worrying," Kageyama said, his pale skin suddenly becoming paler and Yachi had a feeling he was remembering the time he'd been introduced to her mother.
"I don't see what the problem is, Yachi's mom is one of the nicest people I've met," Hinata said, between mouth fulls of food.
"Stupid, don't talk and eat at the same time." Kageyama growled, "And I don't why, but that woman has always liked you most." It seemed like Kageyama was extremely confused, but Yachi knew that her mother was fond of Hinata.
In her mother's eyes, it was Hinata who had pushed Yachi to become the woman she was today. Hinata was one of her closest friends, one her mother thoroughly approved of. When she met Kageyama it hadn't worked out well, first, her mother had silently glared at him without Hinata or Yachi noticing. She'd then cooked them up dinner, Kageyama's hadn't resembled their own dinner at all, but the kicker had been when they were leaving.
Yachi's Mom had patted Hinata's head fondly, telling him to come over to visit Yachi any time he wanted, then with a glare which had sent shivers up Kageyama's spine, she'd slammed the door without saying another word. Kageyama still refused to visit her house again, in fact, she knew he went out of his way to walk the long way if it meant he wouldn't have any chance of running into her mother
It was a side of her mother that she'd never seen before, and it only caused Yachi to worry more than she already had been. If Kageyama was only a friend, what should Yachi expect when introducing her boyfriend? She paled at the thought.
"Don't get so down, Yachi, I'm sure it'll all work out fine" Hinata tried again, reaching over to pat her shoulder, a smile lightly up his face.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Kenma, whose side are you on?"
Kenma's deep sigh threw the phone was all Kuroo needed to know Kenma was actully thinking about his answer. "After hearing from Yachi, I'd say the side where you still live."
"You shouldn't really believe any of that, Hinata told me that Yachi's mom is one of the nicest people he's ever met."
"Hm? Odd, because Kageyama said he lost about 10 years off his life after meeting her."
Kuroo didn't speak to Kageyama much, it was rare that he ever visited Yachi, although he knew that the two texted one another quite often, but then Yachi still texted many of her old volleyball team. Hinata was Yachi's main friend, although since she'd begun attending college, it was Kenma who Kuroo would say had become Yachi's best friend.
Oddly, Kenma who had trouble making friends had bonded easily with Yachi. He spent more time over at Yachi's then Kuroo himself, and it wasn't uncommon for Kuroo to find Yachi over at his, the two playing video games together, something Yachi was surprisingly good at.
If he wasn't so sure of Yachi's feeling for him, Kuroo might have been worried, but then Kenma would never go behind his back to try to steal his girl. He was actully happy that the two got along so well.
"Still, I don't know if it's a good idea to just suddenly turn up at her house without any notice."
"It'll be fine, besides I've just arrived."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, so I'll call you later," He hung without waiting for an answer.
"I guess this is where we part," Kageyama said, his eyes darting about as if her mother would suddenly appear out of the blue.
If Yachi didn't know just how frightened of her mother Kageyama really was, she might have laughed. "Thanks for walking with me,"
"It was no problem."
"Well, I better get back before she comes looking for me." Kageyama nodded quickly in agreement, backing away slightly. "I'll see you next week for movie night at Yamaguchi's?"
"Yes, I'll be there."
"Okay, bye for now.
"Bye for now," Kageyama called as the two finally parted ways.
It was still partly bright out, the sun setting off in the distance, thou Yachi wasn't actually able to see it past the tall buildings which surrounded her neighborhood. Taking her phone from her bag she sent Kuroo a quick message to tell him how her evening had gone and that she was almost home.
It wasn't often that Yachi got to return home, and when she did, she usually had to divide her time between meeting up with her friends and spending time with her mother. Her mother had never taken a shine to any of her male friends, except for Hinata.
Her phone beeped and thinking it was a message from Kuroo, Yachi opened it only to see that it was, in fact, a message from Kenma. Her mouth falling open in shock, she looked ahead to see her apartment complex in view, her feet taking off before her mind.
She passed the elevator, taking the stairs two at a time all the way up to the fourth fall. Yachi clutched her hand to her chest as she finally came to a stop outside her door, a light sheen of sweat coating her skin from her short run. With a shaky hand, she turned the key and opened the door.
She stepped inside, her eyes darting down the hallway to where she could hear mother's voice. Kuroo's small going away case stood in the hallway, placed next to his shoe's, she knew they were his as she'd bought them as a gift on his last birthday.
Fearful of what awaited behind the door she strode forward, her shoe's having been kicked off in her haste. Swinging the door open she was met by a surprising sight, her mother and Kuroo sat across from one another eating cake.
Kuroo grinned at the sight of her, hopping to his feet to place a kiss on her cheek and to offer her a cheeky grin.
"Hitoka, I was just getting to know Kuroo here." Her mother chimed, still sitting at the table, her chin propped up on her hand, a soft smile gracing her lips.
"Re-Really?"
"Yes, Kuroo's such a nice boy."
"He is?" She asked ignoring Kuroo's frown and kept her gaze firmly focused on her mother.
"Yes, and we've had a talk, I'll be allowing him to sleep over here whenever he visit's, but there shall be no bed sharing while under my roof, so he'll be sleeping on the sofa."
Yachi biting her bottom lip, shyly looked at Kuroo to find him grinning at her. "So you followed me here and spoke to my mother, all without telling me?"
"Yup," He said, popping the P. "I even brought cake."
Yachi's text assured Kenma that all had gone well. He'd been slightly worried after having spoken with Kageyama, but he was happy to know that things had worked out well in the end.
He did find it odd thou when the next morning he found a text from Kuroo.
Kuroo:
Message received at 2:53
Yachi's Mom has been around sharpening the knives ever since Yachi went to bed, she keeps grinning at me every time she passes by the doorway.
Kenma frowned, maybe he should call Yachi and make sure that Kuroo hadn't been murdered while he'd been asleep.