Kuroo and Ushijima stared at the brown-haired male as he plopped down his bed with a smitten smile on his face. He pulls out his phone and starts typing something and Kuroo can't help but feel curious.
"What's up?" Kuroo asks.
"The sky." Oikawa answers.
"Isn't it supposed to be the ceiling or Kuroo's bed?" Ushijima asked with confusion.
The two male stares at Ushijima before snorting at what he said. After laughing at the taller male's statement, the two returns to their respective actions earlier. Oikawa went back to his phone, changing someone's name in his contact to something more endearing while Kuroo kept his eyes on the brunette.
"What are you doing? You're smiling too much." Kuroo interrogated. He then narrows his eyes on the brunette's lips and notices that it was glossy and slightly red. "Did you go do it with a girl? Go to bath if you did." Kuroo says and Oikawa stops to look at the black-haired male with a grin on his face. "Does my lips look red?" Oikawa asked before touching then biting his lips to prevent himself from grinning too much. "Did she put on a lipstick before meeting me?" he mused out loud but when he recalls that Nagishima went to meet Sugawara first, he frowns.
"That lipstick was probably for Mr. Refreshing." He groaned before scoffing in jealousy. Kuroo and Ushijima stared at each other before Ushijima gets an idea.
"Did you get together with Nagishima?"
Kuroo and Oikawa both halted at the same time. Kuroo eyed Oikawa's lips and thought that it was impossible for his cousin to do that. Nagishima wasn't a person like that so Kuroo laughs. "Nice joke, Ushiwaka." He snorted before glancing at Oikawa who had a serious look on his face. Blinking at him, Kuroo raised an eyebrow. "What?" he uttered shortly. Oikawa clears his throat and moves to Ushijima's bed just in case, forgetting his phone that was on his bed.
"Well... your cousin and I... we're dating now."
Kuroo stopped and registered the situation. He goes down his bed and finds Oikawa's phone so he checks it and sees the name that his roommate changed for his cousin. It wasn't "Rino" or "Girl who's weird" anymore, it was an endearing name that he dared not say out loud because of uncomfortable reasons. Sighing at the situation, Kuroo nods. "Okay... cool." He mumbled before wearing his jacket and grabbing his phone and wallet. "I'm going out for some fresh air. I'll buy pizza on the way home as well." He informs as he opens the door to leave.
"Kuroo!" Oikawa calls out and when the black-haired male looks back, the brunette suddenly gulps, unsure with what he'll say. Kuroo sighs at him before saying, "I'm not mad. I'm buying pizza. See you later." He said in a chill tone of voice before closing the door behind him.
Kuroo proceeds to walk out of his dormitory since it wasn't ten in the evening yet. He has two and a half hours to get some time to calm his mind so he decides to call Nagishima. Waiting for her to answer, Kuroo inhales deeply when he hears his cousin's voice. "Hello?" Nagishima greeted. Kuroo took note of his cousin's voice and felt that Nagishima really did grow up to be a lady so he sighs. Perhaps he was wrong in trying to keep her safe his own way.
"Hey, Rino... so you're dating Oikawa, huh?" Kuroo greeted back. The line went silent until he hears Nagishima sigh. "Yes, are you angry? Or worried? Or both?" she asked apprehensively. The black-haired male then laughs before saying, "Worried? Yes. Angry? No."
"How do I say this... it's like meeting my first love then finding out that she's a porn star now." Kuroo made a ridiculous compare before adding, "I can't tell my first love to stop being a porn star because it's her life and her decisions but I'm worried... Always worried." He says before chuckling light-heartedly. When he hears Nagishima laugh on the other side, he felt like a father seeing his daughter walk down the aisle so he groans in frustration.
"Honestly... this feels so painful. Why does it feel painful? Argh! I wanna drink some alcohol now." Kuroo thought out loud. "He better not make you cry. I'll skin him alive if he does." He adds. Nagishima smiled softly at her cousin's words and laughed. "Thank you for taking care of me. I won't die so please keep watching over me." She says.
"Me? Watch over you? No way! I don't want to trouble myself anymore. It's your life, go take care of it. You're a grown-up, right?" Kuroo asked as the two cousin kept conversing with each other while Kuroo went out of the campus grounds to buy something.
The next thing Kuroo knows, he's inside a female's room.
Looking down his clothes, he sighs in relief when he sees that his clothes were still with him. He looks down beside him and when he sees no one, he sighs in relief once again. He leans on the bed and observed the room. Where was he? This wasn't his room and he's certain that it was a female's room.
"You're awake."
Once Kuroo hears a voice, he backs away when he sees the rarely angry face of Horikoshi with her arms crossed to show how crossed she is with the black-haired male's mess. "Do you know how much trouble you put me in last night?" she asked with a seriously cold voice that Kuroo didn't recognize. He guessed that he didn't know more about his seatmate as much as he thought he did. Shaking his head, Kuroo grinned sheepishly.
"Did I do something bad?" he asked causing Horikoshi to face palm.
Last Night, 10:37 PM
In the middle of the night, Horikoshi was reading a book by herself since her roommates were out until tomorrow evening. She soloed the room and she never felt better. Sighing in relief, Horikoshi suddenly hears a knock on her window. She immediately perks up and narrowed her eyes at her window. Backing away from her window, Horikoshi watched as the window opened to reveal a man with black and gravity-defying hair.
"Kuroo-san? What are you doing here?" Horikoshi asked as she helped the male enter through her window.
"Oikawa and Rino are together now... how do you think that makes me feel?" Kuroo asked as he showed the cans of beer that he bought with his own money. Horikoshi gulped and gave the male a suspicious glare. "Are you planning on drinking here?" she asked before grabbing the cans from the male only to find out that they're empty. Gasping in shock, the female brunette realized that Kuroo probably drank all of it and now, he's drunk which explains everything.
"Kuroo-san, please go back to your dorm." Horikoshi stated before helping her seatmate stand up. "I can't... The inspector is roaming the halls at this time and it's better to stay out the whole night than sneak back inside." The black-haired male spoke before lying on Horikoshi's bed cozily, earning a distressed sigh from the female. When she sees Kuroo pulling his jacket's zipper down, she quickly moves on her feet and holds the male's hands to prevent him from stripping, if that's what he's actually doing.
The two then stayed frozen until Kuroo chuckles at the female brunette's actions. "I have a shirt inside this so don't worry. You won't see me half-naked." He assured before gently pushing the female's hands away. He stops when he notices the size his seatmate's hands before gazing at her face. Gasping at what he sees, he grins, clearly intoxicated at the moment.
"Since when did you look like a girl?" Kuroo asked and Horikoshi clicks her tongue, getting an answer to her question on whether her seatmate thinks she's a man.
"Since I was born." Horikoshi replied with a straight face.
"Really? You don't look like one, especially with your short hair." The black-haired male states as he petted the female brunette softly. The female blinks and paused because of the awkwardness of the situation. What would happen if her seatmate knows about the next day? It would cause a rift between the two, probably. Then accidentally, Horikoshi glances at the male on her bed and gawks at him. Why is he crying?
As Kuroo patted his female seatmate, he couldn't help but sniff.
"I feel lonely..." he muttered while sniveling. Horikoshi gave a worried look before she calms down under the male's touch and lets him pat her as much as he likes. "Why do you feel lonely?" she questioned in her soft and calm voice. "Did... something bad happen?" Horikoshi asked hesitantly. Kuroo sends her a look of uncertainty before asking, "Is it alright to feel like this?" Once he asks that, Horikoshi blinks and slowly, she smiles softly at the male as she grasps the situation. Knowing that her seatmate's two childhood friends are together and now his cousin has a partner, Horikoshi guessed that Kuroo was feeling one emotion.
"Are you jealous?" she mused with amusement. After hearing this, Kuroo glances at his partner and scoffs at her in disbelief. "No way. Why would I?" he denied.
"You told me you were feeling lonely." Horikoshi argued back.
"That's... that's another thing."
"What is it then?"
The room went quiet after the female brunette's response. After three seconds, Kuroo grumbles. "Why are you acting like a psychologist right now?" he uttered before gazing at the short-haired female. He then observes her and when his seatmate smiles at him gently, Kuroo pulls the girl in his arms out of impulsiveness. He then hiccupped while his hold on the female brunette tightened. Horikoshi fought her own urge to slap the male and tried to understand his situation but when Kuroo says, "Just date me." Horikoshi feels her heart shut down.
"I – wha – why?" Horikoshi stuttered and wondered if the black-haired male was still joking. Sure he was drunk, yet... the situation and the atmosphere was set at the right moment and Horikoshi knew that in a situation like that, a confession was bound to happen but now that something like that actually occurred, what should she do?
"Just kidding... heh."
Instantly, Horikoshi pulls back and slaps the male. She stands up in irritation and goes to her roommate's bed so she wouldn't see the male sprawled on her bed. Meanwhile, Kuroo held his cheek and registered his actions and words. Heaving a sigh at how stupid he was, Kuroo pulls the cover over his head and forced himself to sleep.
In the Morning, 07:08 AM
Kuroo gaped as he recalled all of his stupid decisions last night. Why did he think of going to Horikoshi's room? What entered his head?
"Argh! God damn it!" Kuroo exclaimed before standing up from Horikoshi's bed and wearing his shoes in a hurry. He scanned the room and when his eyes darted at the window, he wondered if he should exit there. Clicking his tongue in irritation, he decides to exit through the window but Horikoshi stops him by grabbing his wrist, almost making Kuroo trip in the process.
"I know a way out where people won't see you. Follow me." The female brunette mumbled, still irked, before letting go of the male and walking to her door and opening it. She motions Kuroo to follow her and left with no choice, he trails behind the short-haired female.
Nagishima wore her new shoes and her new clothes. She then turned around and behind her, Saikane and Kenma eyed her with amazement.
"Woah... Rino's... really pretty." Saikane murmured her words as she admired how appealing her female childhood friend is. Kenma simply sent two thumbs up to Nagishima, who smiled at her friends. She then grabs her phone from her bag and sees that a text message was sent to her.
"Rino, why did Kuroo say that it starts with Sugawara when Oikawa was the one you actually liked?" Saikane interrogated when she saw her first love stare at her phone with bright eyes. Nagishima hummed in response before saying, "It starts with him because he made Oikawa-san jealous and made him pull me to the bus stop where..." Nagishima pauses when she recalls what the male brunette did at the bus stop. Saikane leaned closer in order to hear her friend and when Nagishima bites her lips to stop herself from smiling, Saikane squeals.
"Did he kiss you there? Did he?" Saikane questioned while covering her mouth. Nagishima shook her head causing Saikane to frown. "But he did kiss my forehead and it was really, really sweet." Nagishima bragged making Saikane gape at her before freaking out over how cheesy their situation is.
"What else did he do? That time when both of you confessed to each other, you kissed, right? Was he a good kisser?" the female blonde grilled even further and when she sees the black-haired female's flushed face, Saikane covers her lips and leans back unaware that Kenma was behind her. When the two accidentally bumps on each other, Saikane realized that she should tell the male so she turns around and starts ranting about how Nagishima's road to romance was cheesy as hell. Kenma simply listened to her with a small smile playing on his lips whereas Nagishima smiled at the two.
While Nagishima was with her friends, Oikawa with Aizawa and Ushijima, who was having a spat at the moment.
"How can he forget the day where I was born? How, in all layers of heaven, can he do that?" Aizawa whined to her cousin who simply nodded in agreement.
"That's why... break up with him." Oikawa suggested, ignoring the cold glared that Ushijima was giving him.
"You two –"
"Who's that? Is that a bird?" Aizawa cut off her lover's sentence as she inspected the sky for a single sign of a bird. Oikawa eyed his cousin with a straight face before glancing at Ushijima then mouthing, "Do something."
Ushijima sighed before drawing near the red-haired female. He then pulls out a small red box and hands it to the female who stared at it with wariness. Taking the box with hesitation, Aizawa opens it and when she sees the item inside, her eyes widen.
Oikawa wondered if Ushijima bought his cousin a necklace, if he did, Oikawa would change his perspective of the male for about... point zero two percent probably? Curious about what Ushijima bought for Aizawa, Oikawa went closer to his cousin and gazed at the small red box. He gasps at what he sees while Aizawa can almost feel herself jumping.
"Tooru! He bought me the keychain of my favorite character! Look, it's so cool!" Aizawa bragged as she raised the keychain and saw how the light reflected it. Beaming in happiness, Aizawa kisses her keychain dearly. Oikawa, who didn't know why it made his cousin happy, asks, "Is it that good?"
"She wanted it for a while now. It was made with silver so it was pretty expensive." Ushijima explained. The male brunette hummed in response while nodding. His eyes shifts to his cousin who was still ogling her keychain. After a while, Aizawa lowers it and steps closer to her lover. Looking down, Aizawa held her keychain tight. "When did you buy this? It didn't cost you too much money, did it?" she asked worriedly, her irritation completely forgotten.
Ushijima shook his head and kept walking beside the red-haired female. "It cost me money but since it's for you, I bought it." He replied causing Aizawa to cover her face in delight. The child-like excitement that she displayed made the male beside her eye her with an unusual fond smile plastered on his face.
Oikawa, who was agitated that he was being used as a third-wheel again, scoffs but when his phone rings, he picks it up and checks the message.
"You can send me off to university. I'll wait for you at the mall."
Punching the thin air, Oikawa says goodbye to the two and heads to the mall.
Kuroo read the message from Saikane and waited for his two childhood friends inside the library. Beside him was Horikoshi who looked uncomfortable to be there but with the black-haired male gripping her wrist tightly, she couldn't escape.
"Uhh... why am I here?" the short-haired female asks. "Because I said so." Kuroo replied before loosening his grip on the female to avoid making her uncomfortable. Horikoshi sighed at the response she gets and when she recalls the night from two days ago where Kuroo breaks in on her room, she remembers what she wanted to say.
As the two waited for Saikane and Kenma, Horikoshi felt the need to say what was on her mind the whole night. It's now or never so she'll take the risk and prove the male that she's another gender.
"Kuroo-san!" she yelled as she stood up and took the offense then waited for an attack from the male. Kuroo eyed her with a raised eyebrow before standing up as well and waiting for his seatmate to speak. Horikoshi's lips wavered so she bites her lips and when the black-haired male sees this, he looks at her eyes instead.
Taking a deep breath, Horikoshi starts her statement.
"I'm not a man, Kuroo-san."
Kuroo blinked as he grasped what the female brunette said. He then smirks and nods before telling, "I know." This irks Horikoshi so she huffs and crosses her arms in frustration. "If you know, then stop treating me like a man. Don't swing your arm over my shoulders, don't brag to me about the girls who confessed to you and most importantly, don't tell me what type of girl you like... it makes me wonder if I'm suited for you." She ranted. Pausing for a second, the brunette wondered if she should say it but remembering Nagishima's words to be frank, Horikoshi gulped before saying, "Look at me as a woman."
Seeing his seatmate's rare embarrassed and flushed face, Kuroo blinks before breaking out into a grin. He looks up at the ceiling and sees its color. "Look at the ceiling, it's plainly colored." Kuroo stated the obvious and when Horikoshi naively falls for it and looks up as well, Kuroo takes the chance and steps forward before towering over the female and blocks her vision of the ceiling with his face. Smirking conceitedly, Kuroo clicks his tongue thrice before cupping the female's face with both of his hands and inching closer to close the distance between them but he stops when he's centimeters away from Horikoshi's face to watch her squirm under his gaze.
"Um... Kuroo... san?" The female brunette tried to move back but the position she's in stops her from moving away as the male kept his eyes on her. Fidgeting over how embarrassing her situation is, Horikoshi closes her eyes and doesn't open it unless Kuroo would let go of her.
Highly entertained by the situation, Kuroo decides to rest his forehead over Horikoshi's forehead. This gesture shocks the female and she opens her eyes to see what just happened.
Kuroo sighed at his situation and pinched the female's cheeks. "Why are you telling me to treat you as a woman? Do you even know what I'll do to you if I start treating you as one?" he mused out loud as he pulls away. Kuroo's been putting lots of efforts in making the short-haired female a friend of his. If he decided to treat her as a woman now, Horikoshi might end up avoiding him and for some reasons, Kuroo didn't like the idea of it. Humming in thoughts, the black-haired male pondered over what he would do next until he finally gets an idea.
He tilts his head and when Horikoshi sees this, she covers her lips. Kuroo smirks and inches closer to his seatmate. "What was that? I was just stretching my neck. Do you think I'd kiss you?" he asked in a strangely suggestive voice.
Horikoshi was about to lower her hand that covered her lips but stops when her seatmate pulls her behind a shelf. Her hand was still shielding her mouth and when she stares at the male in front of him while looking away from her, she decides to remove her hands from her lips. Kuroo then gazes at her and when he catches her open her mouth to speak, he quickly kisses her. This catches Horikoshi off-guard as her hand fell limply beside her. She stood still and when the male who locked lips with her pins her to the wall, Horikoshi shut her eyes before clenching her hand to punch the male but Kuroo holds her hand and pins it to the wall as well before deepening the kiss. After a while, he pulls back with a smirk on his lips.
"If you can't handle being treated like this, don't demand me to treat you like a woman." He notified before releasing the short-haired lady and stepping back. He then sighs before saying, "Now that I did that, I feel reaaaaally bad." Kuroo then eyes Horikoshi's expression and when he finds her look of embarrassment, he groans lowly.
"Ugh. I've befriended you because you remind of Rino but honestly you..." he stops before huffing in exasperation. "Why are you're prettier than her?"
Horikoshi blinked in shock as she grasped what her seatmate said. "I don't understand the situation... what are you implying?" she questioned in a seemingly lost voice. Kuroo groans before grabbing the female's hand and pulling her close to him. "Isn't it obvious? I'm starting to like you." He says with a laidback grin. He kept his eyes fixated on the female brunette and when she blinks once again, he looks up and sighs in exasperation.
"Never mind. Let's just eat." The black-haired male says before pulling the girl along with him. "Let's eat at that place you like. My treat."
Horikoshi remained silent and instead of her path, she focused on the male in front of her. Hearing him say that he'll treat her to food, Horikoshi felt a bit swooned. "What's this? Am I being swooned by food?" she thought to herself as she eyed Kuroo. She then looks down and decided to play along with the male. He's probably bored after all and soon, he'll stop acting like he likes Horikoshi. Somehow, that thought was enough to bring Horikoshi's mood down.
Nagishima scanned the food court, searching for a tall male brunette. When she does find one, her small smile transforms into a frown.
Beside Oikawa was two girls who seemed to be asking directions. "But why? Why would they ask him for directions? Does Oikawa-san look like he's the map from Dora?" Nagishima thought out loud, unaware of what she's doing. She then clenches her fist and when she catches the two females purposely acting cute, she huffs. "They don't look cute..." she murmured as she crosses her arms. Waiting for her lover to finish talking to the two girls, she kept her calm under control until Oikawa finishes and waves at the two ladies who left.
Nagishima walked towards the brunette and with her new shoes, she drops her last step loudly, catching Oikawa's attention. The two stared at each other before the brunette smiles at Nagishima but due to annoyance, instead of smiling back, Nagishima motions the male to approach her as if she's inviting the male into a fight. Nevertheless, Oikawa approached the black-haired female to avoid angering her further. Once the brunette was an inch away from her, Nagishima sighs.
"I'll consider that scene with you and those two 'cute' girls, unseen. Let's go?" the black-haired female uttered.
"What?" the brunette said out of shock. This short word irks Nagishima and further irritates her.
Narrowing her eyes, she asks, "What did the two girls asked you? Did they ask you for direction?" she spoke in a soft tone that the male brunette ends up thinking that she's probably curious and not jealous. "Ahh... that... they just asked me where some place was. I was just being kind." He muttered, unaware that Nagishima was annoyed by his actions so she nods then turns around and starts walking, deciding that it's bad to focus on negative things. Whereas Nagishima was walking with irritation, Oikawa was thinking if he did something wrong.
"I didn't do anything bad, righ – Oh..." He realized.
Holding the younger female's hand, Oikawa drew Nagishima closer and slung his arm over her shoulders before tugging her close while smiling with entertainment. "Are you jealous? I didn't expect for you to act like this." He blurted out in bemusement. The younger female sighs when she hears this and says, "I'm not jealous. Who said that?"
She then takes a deep breath before blurting out, "I'm just surprised that you like cute girls? Do you really like cute girls? If so, why don't you just date a baby that way, you can have all the cuteness every day?"
The two went silent after that. Oikawa gaped at the shorter girl and blinked while Nagishima huffed in annoyance before stopping herself and the male from walking. She then clenches her fist and faces the brunette who faced her as well out of shock. Inhaling deeply once again, Nagishima crosses her arms in a child-like way before pouting childishly.
"Hmph! If you keep acting like this... Rino will get sad! Rino's gonna cry! Hmph!" She spoke in a child-like manner with her cheeks puffed. Oikawa gawked at what the younger female is doing before breaking out into an entertained grin. "Why does Tooru-kun have to like cute girls? Rino thought she was cute enough! Honestly, Tooru-kun is making Rino sad! Hmph!" Nagishima huffed and placed her hands on her waist. She puckered her lips in an attempt to look adorable and fortunately, Oikawa was beyond smitten at this moment.
Reaching out his hands to hold the female's cheeks, the brunette pinched Nagishima's cheeks and smiled dotingly at her. He then observed her and noticed that the female was cute without trying.
"Did I make you sad?" Oikawa asked softly.
"You made Rino sad." Nagishima nodded in agreement.
"Did I make you jealous?" he asked again.
"... Yes, you made Rino jealous." Nagishima answered with hesitation.
"Then... what should I do to make Rino feel okay?"
"Say... I love you!" Nagishima said as she made a heart with both of her arms on top of her head.
Hearing this, Oikawa lets go of Nagishima and turns around with a flushed face. He bites his lips to stop himself from grinning too much and punches the air as he felt a tingly sensation surround his whole system. He faces the black-haired female once again and this time, he sees her clothes. Taking note of the fact that she's wearing a skirt, the brunette blinked in surprise.
"Why did you wear a skirt?" he asked. Nagishima stops acting cute and looks down on her skirt. "Ah... this one... well, I'm meeting Sugawara-san later –"
"Why would you meet him?" Oikawa didn't make Nagishima finish her sentence since he was irked that a name was mentioned all of a sudden. Nagishima knew nothing about being aware of a jealous person so she ignored the male and smiled in a clueless way. "I asked him to show me around and he told me that he'll tour me on the first day of classes." She spoke softly, still unaware of the brunette's jealousy.
Scoffing at the female, Oikawa kept his cold stare on Nagishima. Noticing this, the female tried to think of appeasing the male and was subconsciously tightening her hold on the male brunette's hand. She then accidentally digs her nails on the brunette's hand and when he yelps in pain then pulls back out of shock, Nagishima catches what she's done. Staring at the male worriedly and guiltily, she pulled Oikawa's hand and eyed it with remorse.
Heaving a sigh, Nagishima gulps. "Sorry..." she mumbled under her breath. When Oikawa sees this, his jealousy cools down a bit. "Why are you sorry? Most girls do it. They think it would mark me as their territory." He informs as he comforted the female but Nagishima only felt even bad as she hears that information.
"I was told that you should care for someone you like. I didn't know that hurting or scarring them is allowed. I don't think I can do that." Nagishima spoke lowly as she tried to make the small bleeding go away. The male brunette smiles at her words and doesn't speak so he could hear more of her. Gazing up at the male, Nagishima says, "Why would they hurt you? It's really weird. Are they a dog or something?"
Oikawa chuckles at what he hears before speaking. "It's fine if it's you. Most of the time it irritates me but if it's with you, I'm cool with it." He notified but Nagishima shakes her head. "I won't do it. Even if you beg me to hurt you." She says in disagreement before proceeding to walk to her university. The brunette grinned with content as he caught up to the girl and accompanied her to Tokyo University. In his thoughts, he was asking questions. Did he save a country in his past life? Why is his girlfriend so sweet? He must've done something really good before. Sighing dreamily, Oikawa grabs the shorter female's hands and when Nagishima notices this, she lets the male do whatever he wants. After all, his action was enough to fend off other enemies vying for his attention.
The two then kept walking and teasing each other as the morning sun shone bright. The spring air was felt and most people outside were students rushing to go to their school for their first day. Hopefully, Nagishima reaches the campus she's attending and Oikawa goes back to Waseda University before his first class begins.
A/N:
There it is! The end!
Whoa... that was a slightly long ride. Slightly. I had a hard time with the plot but I enjoyed it. I think I learned a lot while writing this and somehow, because of this, I got obsessed. I kept thinking about all the ideas I could write in this story and even after I finished the last chapter, I could still feel that it hasn't finished yet like... how do i say this...? I want to add more. I still get random ideas for this plot and lots of hilarious moments to add.
Thanks for following this story and have a good day! I'll write another story and it probably won't have an OC in it so see you soon~~