Saikane sat in front of a certain pudding-head. It was now or never. She has to make it clear to him or else, she'll feel uncomfortable.

"Okay, Kenma. Listen up." She started before crossing her arms. "Stop liking me, would you? Do you know how awkward it feels?" she questioned like a gangster.

"You confessed to Rino before. You told her that you liked her but she rejected you." Kenma responded as he brought up the past that Saikane desperately tried to forget. Sure, she liked the black-haired lady before but who wouldn't? Nagishima was a gentlelady that gave life to female fantasies if only she were a man. Saikane groaned rubbed her temples. "That's different." She replied. "How is that any different? If you're rejecting me, just say it so you wouldn't lead me on." The pudding-head spoke with seriousness.

Saikane rested her elbows on the small kotatsu before covering her face. "I can't do that. You'd... me." She spoke quietly despite her sentence being long. Kenma furrowed his eyebrows at the girl and lowered his PS Vita to focus on the person he likes. "What?" he uttered as he kept his eyes fixated on the female blonde.

"If I tell you my answer... you might hate me and avoid me."

Kenma gaped at the girl before his expression changes into a frown. With a sigh, he says "You're leading me on... Just reject me." He demanded before shifting his focus on his game. He tapped the buttons with force as he gripped his PS Vita firmly. Saikane lowered her hands and stared at her childhood friend guiltily.

"Kenma... I'm sorry. I don't like you so let's stay as friends, okay? Let's not change anything and keep being friends." Saikane rejected Kenma as she smiled at her childhood friend. She's perfectly aware what the pudding-head was feeling so she stands up and stared at her friend for a while.

"Just like what you said to Rino, I'll wait for you to like me back."

Saikane's eyes widened at what the male said. She gives a small chuckle before saying "You mean, you'll keep waiting until you don't like me anymore?" Kenma glanced at the girl in front of him. He displayed a small smile as he shook his head. "I've liked you for ten years now, even before you confessed to Rino." He informed. "I don't think I could easily stop liking you. So I'll wait for you." He told sincerely as he kept his eyes on his game. Saikane clicked her tongue and covered her eyes in frustration.

"You're really stubborn... stop it, would you?" she then sighs before lowering her hands and leaving the pudding-head all alone in his room. When he was finally alone, Kenma drops his PS Vita and pulled his covers over him. He sighed and closed his eyes to try and calm himself. After ten years of waiting, he got rejected. Kenma guessed that romance wasn't for him.

Out of the blue, Kenma's phone rings and when he reads the message, he feels his heart ache even more.

In Saikane's message, she sent: I still like Rino.

Reading that felt even worse than losing a game Kenma put effort into for many days, knowing that his rival is his fellow friend was more painful than getting hit in the nose by a volleyball, and realizing that everyday wouldn't be normal now that two of his close friends suddenly felt like a character that's yet to be unlocked in a game was about to kill Kenma. What gave him the idea that he'd have a chance with the female blonde? Was it because he thought that she stopped liking Nagishima?

Kenma groaned before deciding to sleep to pass the pain and confusion he felt.

Nagishima walked limply as she sighed in disappointment.

Two of her friends didn't go with her to school together. She doesn't know what the big deal was about but she hoped that it wasn't an argument or worse, it wasn't Saikane rejecting Kenma.

As the black-haired girl walked to school, she sees two toddlers talk to each other. The other child seemed quiet while the other was cheerful. Nagishima smiled as she recalled how Saikane confessed to her. Pondering if her blonde friend still liked her, Nagishima pushed the thoughts away and stops in front of a playground. She decided to go to the swing to rest her aching ankle and when she got close, she sees Saikane sitting by herself.

"Iori?"

Saikane turns around at the mention of her name. She sees Nagishima standing behind her so she blinks and forces a smile. "Hey, Rino. Miss me?" she asked teasingly, used to hiding her affection for the female despite being female herself.

The truth is, Saikane doesn't know why she liked her female friend but when she was fourteen, that's when she started liking the black-haired female. Looking back, Saikane knew the trigger of her sudden feeling for the female. Smiling at the memory, Saikane stood up making Nagishima look at her with bewilderment. The female blonde then looked at her friend before saying.

"I still like you... I mean it."

Nagishima's eyes widened at her childhood friend's confession. She gulps and looks away from her before clearing her throat. "Uh... yeah, I kind of... knew that." She said, uncertain with her words. She then gazes at Saikane with a serious look. "I'm sorry, let's just be friends." Nagishima rejected straightforwardly. Saikane's smile turned into a frown as she heard her long-time crush's answer.

"Is that what you said to Kenma as well?" Nagishima asked, earning a look of surprise from the blonde. "How did you know?" Saikane replied with a question of her own. The black-haired girl pushed her skirt a bit down and sighed. "Seeing that you still like me... did you not say your answer to him yet? Will you say the same thing to him next time?" Nagishima probed before sitting on the swing then pushing herself with her feet.

The wind blew past Nagishima's ponytailed hair and her skirt. The unzipped jacket that the black-haired girl wore flew open as she swung down before swinging up again. Saikane felt herself tear up in front of her friend. Coughing to calm herself, Saikane says, "I rejected him before confessing to you..."

"I see... are you scared that he won't talk to you anymore?" Nagishima questioned as she stared at the morning sky. She then looks at the female blonde and sees her with tears in her eyes.

"I'm not worried and I'm not scared. I'm just confused. I don't know what to feel about my situation and I still like you so I want to reject him but I don't want to at the same time. I thought of confessing to you at first so I can have a clear answer but I thought, if you rejected me then I accept his confession then I might look like I'm using him as a back-up for when I get rejected by you." Saikane ranted. "I don't like him, okay? I just feel bad that he likes me... honestly, that man! He has low standards, how can he like a girl who likes another girl?"

The black-haired girl smiled fondly at her friend. Something catches her eyes and when she looks behind Saikane, she sees a familiar pudding-head. Standing up from the swing, she loomed near the female blonde and grabbed her shoulders before making her look behind her. Saikane makes a small noise of surprise before going to face to face with the pudding-head.

Kenma frowned at Saikane before looking at Nagishima. He sighs at her and returns his gaze to the female blonde. Inhaling deeply, Kenma calmed his nerves.

"I'll wait for you to get a proper answer and that's final." He informed, shocking the two females. Nagishima leaned on Saikane's shoulder whereas Saikane scowled at her male friend. "Didn't I say that I'm rejecting you? Stop being stubborn and accept my answer." Saikane whined. "It's not a proper answer if you were confused while saying it." Kenma replied nonchalantly. Nagishima hid her smile behind her hand and backed away from the two.

The female blonde groaned and said, "I don't like you because I like Rino." Kenma replied with, "Rino doesn't like you." He then looks away to hide his eyes from the two females.

"Stop rubbing salt on my wound." The female retorted with an annoyed look as she covered her eyes to cover her teary eyes.

Nagishima gave a frown to her friends and stepped beside Saikane. "The three of us should stay as friends. Let's not focus on getting rejected and keep living happily." She advised with a laid-back look. Both Saikane and Kenma sent her a cold glare. Saikane scoffs at the female and says, "You're one to talk." Kenma then comes after, asking "Remind me, who got fooled by a man?"

The black-haired female glowered at Kenma and stepped near him. "Come here." She motioned for the male to approach him but Kenma didn't obey instead, he just stared coldly at her. "Come here!" Nagishima exclaimed as Saikane had her in a headlock so she wouldn't go to the pudding-head. "Stop it! You're making a scene!" she told Nagishima.

"I'm making a scene? Who confessed each other's love here? Isn't it you two?" The female gentleman reminded making Saikane hit her in the head. "Quit reminding us, would you?!" the blonde said.

Kenma eyed the two female with a weirded-out look. "Let's accept that the three of us are sad."

When Kenma said that, the two females stopped and gave him a blank look. They step away from each other and inhaled deeply before exhaling. The three friends then kept quiet as the cold winter wind blew past them. Suddenly, Nagishima goes to the swing once again and sits on it with a gloomy aura.

"The three of us... we're sad and miserable people. One liked a person of the same gender and got rejected, one liked someone for ten years and got rejected, and one got played by someone... aren't we amazingly stupid?" Nagishima mused out loud. Her two friends nodded as Saikane approached the female and joined her on the swing. She occupied the swing to Nagishima's left and pushed herself up in the air. "How can we live like this?" the blonde thought out loud. Kenma then went next as he sat to Nagishima's right. He kept quiet while lightly pushing himself up.

Suddenly, three males were heard from the distance and when the three childhood friends looks at the direction of the sound with an unfortunate look, they catch Kuroo jogging with two of other men. Upon further inspection, Nagishima's eyes widen as the two beside her stand up at the sight of a man that made the female gentleman who doesn't usually cry weep like a baby.

Kuroo accidentally caught a glimpse of his three childhood friends and when he does, he stops and tried to stop Oikawa from jogging towards the direction to Nekoma. The brunette gave him a confused look while Ushijima glanced at the playground and immediately halted. Tapping Oikawa's shoulders, he points at the three high-school students when the brunette looks at him. Oikawa sighs and stares at the playground. Taking a second to register, his face paled once he realized what that meant.

Kenma blinked before asking, "Isn't he the one that made you cry?"

Saikane laughed darkly before cracking her knuckles. Kuroo gaped at her and tried to push Oikawa to run. "You better not make him run away!" Saikane yelled at Kuroo, only to receive a sly smirk from him before running away with two of his roommates. Kenma gaped at his childhood friend's actions while Saikane shouted in anger. "That asshole! Siding with an enemy! That traitor better not come here!" she yelled in a thug-like manner.

Meanwhile, Nagishima was still sitting on the swing with a look of emptiness in her eyes. When her two friends look at her, they gasp at what they see. "Rino? Are you alright?" Saikane asked worriedly.

"Let's skip classes. Let's not go to school today." The black-haired girl suggested with her grey eyes. The two felt pity for their friends so in an attempt to cheer her up, they loomed near her and patted her. Saikane patted her head while Kenma gave a pat on the shoulder.

"It's alright, your family loves you." Saikane assured while Kenma hummed in agreement. Nagishima didn't get the connection between her situation and her family loving her but since they're trying hard to comfort her, she nods and forces a smile that seemed so unnatural, it creeped her two friends out and made them step away from her. Kenma gave a look of surprise before muttering, "You look like a more messed up version of Jigsaw from Saw."

Saikane snorted and accidentally hits Nagishima's head, much to the black-haired girl's irritation. She drops her smile and stands up before grabbing her friends' wrist and pulling them close to her, close enough that it made Nagishima sling her arm over their shoulder.

"Come on! Let's go to school!" Nagishima pointed onwards as she started walking, successfully pulling her two friends along. Kenma gave a small smile before looking at Saikane who was gazing at Nagishima with fond eyes. He sighs before ignoring that small pinch in his heart and walking along with his two friends, keeping his small smile to himself.

As they walked to Nekoma, they knew that from now on, things wouldn't be the same, especially when their trio was a messed-up love triangle.

"It's your fault for suggesting we run to your former school!" Oikawa yelled.

"If you didn't insist jogging around a familiar place, then I wouldn't've suggested we go running to Nekoma!" Kuroo yelled back.

Ushijima massaged his temples and sighed at his two roommates. "Stop it. It was no one's fault." He said tiredly. The two male looks at him before Kuroo scoffs and points at him. "If you didn't suggest that we jog in the morning then Oikawa wouldn't have insisted that we go jogging around a familiar place which in turn, wouldn't make me say that we run pass Nekoma!" he told with exasperation as Oikawa agreed.

"It's your fault, Ushiwaka!" Oikawa blamed the usually stoic male who now had a look of confusion plastered on his face.

Coincidentally, Aizawa was walking towards them, she hears their conversation and therefore, frowns. Grabbing the two male that's harassing her partner, Aizawa smirked at them as they peered at her over their shoulder.

"Oh? Aizawa?" Kuroo mused before smiling sheepishly. The red-haired lady sighed at them before releasing the two male then hitting the back of their heads, making the two male yelp as they held their head and covered it from the lady.

"What are you doing? Why are you blaming him?" she asked with smug as she walked beside Ushijima. "Who suggested for you to run in the morning? That person should be the one being blamed." She informed as she glanced at the tall male and saw him looking down at her with veneration.

"Ushiwaka suggested it." Kuroo replied while sulking. Aizawa stopped at what the black-haired male said and eyed her lover carefully. "Why did you suggest the three of you jog? You almost killed Tooru." She spoke before crossing her arms and humming in thought. "But this wouldn't happen if Tooru didn't do something bad, you know?" she mused out loud. "If he didn't make a stupid decision, then he would be greeting Rino instead of running away from her." She added.

Ushijima hummed in agreement before staring coldly at the male brunette. "He's a player. Literally." He remarked making Kuroo cackle at his words.

The black-haired male grinned at his friends when someone suddenly taps him on the shoulder. Turning around, he sees Horikoshi Kayo standing with a folder on her hands. "Woah! Hori, what are you doing here?" he asked with an amused tone of voice. His three friends observed him then the girl who was tall but only reached Kuroo's shoulders.

"Uh... I've found the sources and articles that talks about the effect of alcohol on our body. I printed all of it here and placed a citation on each article and research papers from other people. It's what you asked me to do, right?" Horikoshi handed the thick folder as Kuroo stared at her with stun. He takes the folder and realized how thick it was.

"It's thick." He mused while showing his usual grin. Horikoshi smiled softly as she nodded in response. "It is, isn't it? By the way, since the prof said that we should focus on the central nervous system, I ended up compiling a bunch of papers about alcohol and its effects on the brain." The female brunette informed earnestly. Kuroo wowed at the shorter girl's eager attitude and smiled at her. "You're keen on graduating, aren't you?" he asked.

Horikoshi gave a small chuckle before looking down. "I just want to finish the research paper as soon as possible. I have work to do after all." She mumbled and when Kuroo hears her, his eyebrows furrow. "Work? What work?" he asked interestedly.

Horikoshi bit her tongue and noticed the three people behind Kuroo. They were staring at her and because of this, Horikoshi gulps and shakes her head. "I can't say it. It's kind of... uh..." she tried to avoid the gazes of the three people behind her seatmate but to no avail, Horikoshi simply felt awkward and uncomfortable knowing that someone was eyeing her.

Meanwhile, Kuroo crossed his arms as he observed his seatmate. Due to his observation, he accidentally looks down her chest and realizes one thing. As much as he doesn't want to seem like a perverted man, he can't deny that Horikoshi had a... pretty huge rack. Looking away awkwardly, Kuroo whistled and avoided his seatmate's gaze. "Hori, you can go now." He said before motioning the female to leave. Horikoshi blinked and took note of the nickname she was called with.

"Ah... okay then. Please finish the project so I –" The female brunette paused as she grabbed her vibrating phone. She pulls it out and turns around before answering the call. "Hello, Eita-kun?" she greeted. She paused for a while before flinching. "You want me to go to your house right now?" she asked in an exasperated way.

Kuroo and his two roommates as well as Aizawa gaped at what the female brunette said. Kuroo blinked and turned to Oikawa who looked horrified by what he heard before his expression changes and he stares back at Kuroo. The two gazed at each other before Oikawa sends a knowing grin towards Kuroo. Ushijima eyed the girl carefully whereas Aizawa scanned the girl. She huffs and looks to her partner and sees him observing her. Aizawa hits Ushijima in the arm, making the male flinch.

"You'll pay me soon, right?"

Kuroo coughed as he tried to process what his seatmate said. "No way. Is she... is that why she's embarrassed to tell me?" he thought as he scanned the female. "Sure, she looks fit but... why is she working as that? Is she financially unstable? Is her family drowning on debt, that's why she's working as that? I can't judge her, whatever work she does." he pondered even more as Horikoshi turned around and ended the call with a huge smile on her face. She stares at Kuroo and bows to him before saying "I need to go. My boss is calling me for work so please do your best in that project." She raised her closed fist to look supportive before going away and leaving the four people behind, confused and shocked.

The four college student went quiet before Oikawa makes an obvious fake cough. "I wonder... what work she has." He pondered out loud as he peered at Kuroo who looked empty. "Kuroo... did you know about this?" the male brunette asked while Kuroo shook his head. "She looked innocent until I realized... her chest is kind of bigger than most ladies... is she a C?" the black-haired male mumbled as he eyed the folder that Horikoshi sent.

Who knew that he'll meet a girl who looked innocent, only to be a person selling her body? Honestly, what kind of ecchi manga is this? Kuroo thought about his situation before walking to his room to change clothes.

Oikawa stood in front of his father's workplace. He smiled before entering it without hesitation.

The female employees smiled at him and some even waved at him. As usual, he would be known in here. Who wouldn't know the vice president of the human resource's son?

The male brunette went inside the elevator and since the elevator showed the view outside of the building, Oikawa was able to see the condominium where he made a certain naive someone cry. He sighs and kept his hands in his pocket as the elevator went up. Once he reaches the floor, he exits the elevator and heads to his father's office. He waves at the people that greeted him and kept walking until he reach the door to his father's office. Knocking at the door, Oikawa then enters and sees that only one man was inside.

"Oh? Are you the Vice-president's son?" the male asked before bowing to the brunette. Oikawa gave an uncomfortable smile before ushering the older male to not bow to him since he's younger. "Where is he right now? Is he at a meeting?" Oikawa asked before taking a seat on the black couch. "Yes, he's currently attending a meeting but he'll be here soon." The male answered.

Oikawa sighed and leaned on the couch. It's been a while since he visited KT Entertainment. People in the drama department wanted him to be an actor or a model at least but since Oikawa was busy with volleyball at that time, he denied their invitation.

Glancing at the older male, Oikawa realized that he didn't know the person. "Excuse me but... who are you?" he asked, maintaining a tone of respect. The older male turned around and gave a small smile. "I'm your father's new assistant, pleased to meet you Oikawa..." the older male paused since he didn't know Oikawa's name. Clearing his throat, Oikawa said his name.

The older male nodded as he acknowledged the name when all of a sudden, he recalls the name that his nephew told him. The older male that stood in stun was Nagishima's father, Yusuke. Trying to remember if that was the name that his nephew actually told him. The older male takes a deep breath before muttering, "Do you know Nagishima Rino?" he asked with wariness as his blood slowly rose.

Oikawa blinks at the question and looked at the male's ID. When he sees the name of the older male, he stands up with a pale face. "I... you're... Are you Rino's father?" he stuttered with a question. Yusuke clenched his fist as he stepped forward. "Are you the one who hurt my daughter?" he replied coldly as he stepped forward. Oikawa gulps and felt his heart race.

The male brunette met Nagishima's father. What would he do? What would he say? He can't defend himself since he knew he was wrong but he can't lie as well. What solution does he have than tell the truth so with a deep breath, Oikawa nodded. "It was me. I played with your daughter." He claimed remorsefully.

When the older male hears this, he grits his teeth and approached the younger male until he feels his chest tighten. Grasping his chest, the older male felt weak while Oikawa noticed the older male turn pale. Worried about his father's assistant, Oikawa tried to observe Yusuke and wondered if the older male's high blood pressure rose. Taking his idea into consideration, the brunette went to the door and called for a security guard to help the older male whereas Yusuke was now on the ground desperately panting for air before fainting.

A/N:

Sooo.. let's talk about Horikoshi... she's a recurring character that I wanted to pair with our black cat because he has no one so yeah! Hope you accept Hori!

This story... how should I say this...? I guess this chapter was written because I like the idea of two female best friends and suddenly one of them starts liking the other because believe it or not, I experienced that... but yeah! I like how this is progressing so feel free to tell me if you like it as well! And by the way... THIS STORY HIT TWO THOUSAND VIEWS. WAT DA FUK PEOPLE? THANK YOU BUT STILL... WATDAFUK?

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