Kenma POV:
This training camp really is stupid. Though I do know better than to not go. Kuroo or the entire team even would drag me out of my house to the bus if they had to most likely. And Kuroo took my phone so I wouldn't be on it. At least the fluffy orange haired kid, Hinata let me use his phone for games. He's not actually that bad to talk to. He's pretty energetic which I don't usually like, but it's less of an annoying kind of energy. Too bad Kuroo had to ruin it by taking Hinata's phone and giving it back to him. After I'm forced to practice with him for awhile I hide under the tree near the court. It's a willow tree so it kind of covers me from the outside with its vines. I'm watching some other players practice. Kuroo is practicing with some bulky guy with spiky grey hair and a smaller but average sized guy with short wavy black hair. Kuroo and the bulky dude are yelling quite loud so it wasn't hard to figure out their names. The big one is Bokuto and the black haired one is Akaashi. Bokuto seems like a very annoying, loud, and energetic person. He fits Kuroo quite perfectly, double the trouble in my opinion. Then there's Akaashi. He seems very responsible, put together, quiet but firm. Overall kind of perfect. You know, I'm just a little bit mad about it. He just a bit too perfect, it's probably all faked. I've seen too many people who fake being calm and collected. I might just be making assumptions, just something about him sits different in my head.
Kuroo found me with his creepily good sense of where I might be. And again dragged me to practice with him. But this time we're practicing with his two new friends. Akaashi a setter and as perfect as I had guessed back under the tree. It really annoying, not as annoying however as Bokuto and Kuroo. Which to my surprise are even more annoying together than I had originally anticipated. They were so loud that it was close to ear splitting. I had a headache before, but now it's I'd say ten times worse. Akaashi walking to me when the other two were messing around and asked " Hey Kenma, are you doing are right? You don't look like your not feeling very well." To add to his perfection he also super observant. Curse him. "Yeah, just fine. It's just a headache." I replied. That came out a bit colder than I had intended but whatever. He looked at me with a mixed look of concern and doubt and said "Alright, if your sure." No mater how annoying his perfection was I still found myself drifting towards him at lunch. I sat by him on the bench and played on my phone I had managed to get back from Kuroo. I came and sat by him because he has a very calming aura I think. And it's not just me, other people seem calmer around him too. Even Bokuto, who seems to have just had six bottles of Mountain Dew, ten energy drinks, and seven pots of coffee twenty four seven. It's quite impressive actually. "Have you eaten yet?" he asks. "Huh, oh. Yea no, I'm not hungry."I say. "Well, it's not good to skip meals. You should at least eat something."he replies. I grudgingly take a small sandwich knowing that he's probably right. "Is Bokuto always that energetic or do you only have to deal with it sometimes?" I decided to strike up a conversation because not that the silence it's pleasant , just that I want to talk to him. He gave a little chuckle before responding. " He's not to bad without Kuroo, just dealing with his emo modes every once in awhile." "Emo modes?" I ask. I have no idea what that would be."It happens when he doesn't do something right. Like a receive or spike. He goes into emo mode. That's what we call it, he gets all mopey and grumpy. Doesn't really respond to anyone or get off the floor. It takes at least ten minutes to get him out of it." "That sounds utterly awful" I reply. I wouldn't have even tried if I were in his place. I don't have the patience for that. "Well as the vice captain of the team it's kind of my job." He says after a couple seconds. "Wait vice captain? Aren't you a second year?" This surprised me, I don't think there's ever been a second year vice captain. " Yeah that actually what I had said when Bokuto said I was going to be vice. I gave in when the other third year encouraged it." "Wow" was all I said. What else was I supposed to say. Again another thing that makes him more perfect. I feel like I'm adding something every second I spend talking to him.
It's a couple day later. Most of the time we spend together consists of small conversations. I can tell that he's letting up a bit of his perfection around me. I'm starting to think that he isn't just a fake person but just a very guarded person. I haven't yet seen him smile at anyone besides me, I actually quite like his smile. I small and sweet. And the one or two I saw were natural. I could tell. I saw him shot a fake one at Bokuto. Not just at Bokuto, but at others as well. It's kind of endearing how close we've gotten over the last few day. Not to say his perfection isn't annoying, it is. But, he's not as perfect as I had thought a couple days ago. Maybe he just doesn't have his guard up as much around me. I'd say that I'm a person that people what let there guard down around, because I admit that I am not the most impressive person. All the same it's still nice that he seems comfortable around me. I find myself less likely to be on my phone when I'm around Akaashi, probably because he's the only person I can talk that doesn't make me feel like I'm talking to a toddler. Besides Yaku maybe.
It's day seven, the last day of torture. At 4:00 today we're going to get on the bus and go home. I mean it wasn't really torture because Akaashi was there. I'm actually think I'm going to miss him, we've gotten really close over the past week. I was just a bit distracted and didn't Akaashi coming up to me. " Hey Kenma,do you want to do some practice with me. Don't worry about Kuroo and Bokuto, their still sleeping." " Yeah that'd be great, but how in the world are they still sleeping? It flipping 11:00 am." I replied. "Their both deep sleepers, they'd sleep through the apocalypse if it happened." He says. We both laugh a bit before heading over to the court. It's about two hours later before Bokuto and Kuroo joined us. We already had lunch around an hour ago but the two older boys hadn't, so after five minutes they went and ate. We practiced and talked for the rest of our time there, Bokuto and Kuroo coming and going. Not really sure what the two of them are up to when they go off by themselves, probably to go practice with some of the other players. I couldn't really care. What I cared about was that we were leaving the camp soon.
Me and Kuroo are starting to walk over to the Nekoma bus when Akaashi ran up to me." Hey Kenma, it was really fun hanging out with you. Could I get your number ,so we can hang out more?" he asks. " Oh yeah sure" I reply as I pass him my phone. I very glad that Kuroo it's paying attention and instead making faces back and forth with Bokuto, because he would have teased me about this. Not about the situation, but the fact that I had a smile on my face. One that no one on the team has ever seen for whatever reason. I may have escaped Kuroo's eyes, but not Yaku's. He just looked a bit surprised and continued his talk with Lev.
It's a couple weeks after the trading camp. We've met up a couple times a week. His annoying is really not that annoying. Actually he's pretty much dropped the perfect act around me. I kind of hate his perfect cover, it reminds me that I can't see his true self when others are around. I really like his personality without the cover of perfection. It might be a bit more than like, but I prefer not to think about it.
Today we are meeting up again. We're going to to the park to have lunch. I'm quite excited about this meet up since it's just the two of us, instead of having Kuroo and Bokuto with us. Akaashi made sandwiches for us and brought a blanket, I brought snack and drinks for us. We've been talking for awhile when Akaashi asks something that catches me off guard. " Has Kuroo told you yet? He and Bokuto are dating." " No, that's a surprise to me. Though when I think about I shouldn't be." I replied. " Bokuto came rushing to the team with excitement the day it happens, I was a bit doubtful that Kuroo would tell." He says. I just nod in agreement. At this point I'm already a bit lost in thought. I always though that they were really good friends. I always think that me and Akaashi are as close to each as they are, maybe closer. What if I've just had a crush on him the entire time. I mean it's not a bad guy to have a crush. He's in good shape, responsible, handsome, calm, good sense of humor, and has some hair. I have put my hand in it a couple times, it's as soft as it looks. I look over at him. The sunlight gently coming down on us. It hits Akaashi's hair, making it a dark-brownish color. From this spot I'm in I can clearly see his long eyelashes, his soft looking pink lips, and his grey- blue eyes. My face now what I can assume is a bright shade of pink given how hot my face feels. I turn my head to face away from him and at the stream that ran through the middle of the park. Oh I definitely have a crush. Just a little bit of a crush.
We continued to have a more meetups, with and with Bokuto and Kuroo. We did some things that I was quite embarrassed about, but wouldn't have gave up for the world. Me and Akaashi we're playing video games and suddenly the heater cut out. I went downstairs to see if I could figure out why. When I couldn't I went up to see Akaashi. He was trying to hide it, but I could tell he was already shivering. " I don't know why it cut out. Here's a blanket." I say. "Won't you be cold?" He asks me. Yes is what I think, but I tell him I won't. I have proved myself wrong when Akaashi notices I'm shivering. He scoot over and behind me. Akaashi turns off his controller, throws the blanket over my shoulders, and and wrapped his arms around my waist. I was about to say something, but just then I was drowned in a wave of warmth. I felt so nice. Not to mention that Akaashi had nuzzled his face into my neck. As my face gets quickly more red I pretend this doesn't faze me by trying to focus on my game. This is one memory that I'm going to cherish forever. I have still to ask Akaashi out. It's makes me nervous and it doesn't help that Kuroo is constantly bugging me about it. Like I definitely think I have a chance with Akaashi since he cuddled me, but all the same everything could go horribly wrong. He could end up hating me or just declining me and then every thing will be super awkward.
Okay, today's the day. I'm going to confess and ask out Akaashi. I've mentally prepared myself for rejection. Not that it would probably make it any less heartbreaking, but it's something. Me and Akaashi are going to the same park we went to a few weeks prior. I thought it was the best because the park isn't a very crowded place. I'll do it before we depart and just pray that me nerves don't get the best of me. We're sitting down talking about Bokuto and Kuroo's antics while eating sandwiches. We're starting to pack up when I stop Akaashi. " Actually before we leave I wanted to talk to you about something." he looked up from what he was doing with a curious look. " What is it?" He asks. " I like y-you Akaashi and I have for awhile! Like in a romantic way!" Stupid voice cracks and I said it way to soft. I really was hoping to sound at least a little bit confident when I was confessing. My head is tilted down. I'm looking at my feet while I await his replies. "Actually I was was planning on asking you out today, seems like you beat me to it." he say as he lifts my chin up so, I look at him. He has bright pink check and a wide smile. With all the time I've spent with him I've never seen him smile that big. Its beautiful. Not really sure who leaned in first, but as our lips met I could feel how soft his were. This must be what heaven's like I think.
We have our first a official date was two days later. We decide to go to a cute little coffee shop that's a couple blocks down from my house. It was amazing. We hadn't really talked at all we had planned to talk about our situation on the date. I learned that he bisexual, I haven't ever thought. With much thought I come to the conclusion that I'm gay. I've never had a crush on a girl, but come to think of it I think I had a crush on the one boy in my middle school class. Akaashi says that he realized his crush around a few weeks ago, close when I did. Though I'm pretty sure I've liked him for longer.
What we were expecting from Bokuto and Kuroo when we told them was some load cheering and Kuroo to be telling them that it took long enough. But they went even more over the top than they thought. It was hosted at Kuroo's, they both set up a party for them. Not to say that the previously mentioned stuff didn't happen, but it was a bit overshadowed by the festivities. We all talked, ate snacks, and planned a double date for the four of us. With Kuroo and Bokuto there I wasn't sure this would actually be fun, but to my surprise I genuinely enjoyed myself.
Things now go bit slower than back then, but still fill me with joy. It's two years later, me and Akaashi talked and found a college we both wanted to go to. We move into a one bedroom apartment together that was placed near the college. I are very comfortable sleeping in the same bed at this point. We've been together for around two year now after all. Life like this is perfect and I wouldn't change it for the world.