(Kuroo's PoV)

As I walked through the hallways of the castle while on my way to take care of some private matters, I noticed the prince out in the garden through one of the arched windows. I went to the window to get a closer look. Hm, another one of the suitors was with him. Kenma, I believe. The two of them were tossing a volleyball back and forth while they chatted about something.

"Lord Kuroo, is something wrong?" Yaku, my attendant, asked coming over to me.

"No, everything is fine." I grumbled, eyeing the two below me. It bothered me to see Hinata with the competition. This is not a match that I'll lose; not to anyone. I turned away from the window and went on my way.

(Hinata's PoV)

Kenma and I were out in the garden, tossing a volleyball and chatting around Kuroo. "You know, even though I had kind of a sketchy impression of him at first, I don't think Kuroo is that bad of a guy. I mean, especially after he told me that he wouldn't do anything I don't like." I told Kenma, who caught the ball we had been tossing.

"Ehh, I guess so. You sound like you've fallen for him, Hinata." Kenma sighed, hitting the ball to me this time.

My face went turned redder than the stripes on the ball. "What!? No way! I have not!" I denied before being hit in the face by the ball and falling backwards from the impact.

"Quit lying to yourself and just confess already." Kenma sighed once more, bending down to help me up.

I took Kenma's hand and went after the ball that had rolled away after hitting my face. I hate to admit it but Kenma's probably right…I do like Kuroo.

Later that evening, Kenma and I were sitting in my study. "So, you also take lessons from Takeda? He's a much better teacher than Ukai." I said, "Ukai is just so mean and yells at me all the time."

"That's probably because you aren't paying attention, right?" Kenma laughed under his breath, "I also have Ukai as a teacher but he doesn't yell at me unless I fall asleep."

"I do pay attention! Most of time…" I scratched the back of my head and grinned.

"Uh huh, sure."

"Okay, maybe sometimes." I'm glad Kenma is different from the other suitors. He's a cool guy to hang out with. Maybe after this is over, me and him could still be friends.

"Oh! So this is where you were, Hinata!" Kuroo had appeared out of nowhere, causing both me and Kenma to nearly jump out our skins.

"What the-!? Kuroo, don't sneak on people like that!" I shot him a mean glare.

"Seriously, that was uncalled for." Kenma agreed.

"Sorry, sorry! Didn't mean to scare anyone!" Kuroo came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my neck. "Ahhhh, I've been so busy with work that I need to recharge on my Hinata cuddles." He gave an exaggerated sigh and leaned some of his body weight on me.

"Hey! Don't lean on me! You're heavy!" I tried pushing him away with all my might, but it was no use. Kuroo just wouldn't budge.

"No way! I'm staying right here!" He fake whined before laughing at my failed efforts.

Kenma sighed and stood up. "I'll see you later, Shoyo. Good luck."

"What? Wait, Kenma!" I called out to him, but he was already almost to the door. After he left, I turned back towards Kuroo. "You made Kenma leave! I was hanging out with him before you butted in!"

"So? If he can't handle it, then he should just leave." Kuroo refused to let me go. In fact, he pulled me even closer.

Angry, I smashed my heel down on his toes, causing Kuroo to both yelp and release me. "That's just immature! Grow up!" I stomped out of the room over to my bedroom and slammed the door.

This incident happened several more times until one day I got fed up.

One afternoon, Kenma and I were sitting in the garden again. "Geez, I can't believe how much Kuroo clings to me! I mean, he follows me around everywhere! I can't ever be alone at all anymore!" I complained, "I'm sorry we can't hang out together as much anymore, Kenma."

"It's fine, Shoyo. It's not your fault that he's so annoying." Kenma scowled in irritation, "If that big idiot wants you so badly, he should go ahead and claim you because this is getting ridiculous."

"Is that so?" a voice asked from behind us. Of course, it was the big idiot himself. "Sorry to inconvenience you."

"Yeah, you should be sorry. Get your shit together already and stop being so bothersome." Kenma shot back.

"Hinata hasn't said anything to me about being bothersome. Why don't you just mind your own business, you catty prince?" Kuroo glared at Kenma, earning him a glare in return. The tension between them was building and I had no idea what to do.

"Is that what you think? Hinata is always complaining to me about how annoying you are, clinging to him all the time!" Kenma explained, pointing at me.

Woah, wait! Please don't drag me into this, Kenma! I tried to back away from the argument, but was suddenly grabbed by Kuroo. He pulled me close to him and away from Kenma.

"Hinata would've told me if what I was doing was truly bothering him, isn't that right!?" Kuroo looked down at me expectantly.

"Go ahead Hinata and tell him exactly what you've complained to me about." Kenma grumbled.

I stood completely frozen, unable to respond to either of them. It's not like I hate what Kuroo is doing, even though it is a bit annoying. I couldn't just tell him that and hurt his feelings though. But I couldn't lie and say that I haven't been talking about him either. What do I do?

"Now, look! You've freaked him out by being clingy with him again." Kenma stated, pulling me away from Kuroo.

"Hey! Don't just go doing what you want!" Kuroo grabbed my hand, trying to keep me beside him.

"He doesn't even feel the same way as you! Unless the feeling is mutual, you should just leave him alone!" Kenma tugged even harder on my arm now.

"Like you even know how he feels!" Kuroo kept his grip on my other arm, beginning to win his and Kenma's tug-of-war.

I was still stuck on what I was supposed to do and my head was all gwooooooohh! I snatched my arms away from the both of them, causing them to look at me in shock. "Neither of you can tell me how to feel! I can like whoever I want and be friends with whoever I want! But right now, I don't like either of you!" I shouted. Realizing what I said, I glanced up and saw the hurt on their faces. As quickly as I could, I ran away from them and into the castle.