Kuroo laid in his bed wide awake. He had woken up in the early afternoon, and now he's currently waiting for [name]'s text to indicate that she's awake. He kept looking at his phone and sighed after seeing that she hasn't texted him yet.

"Maybe she didn't want to hang out after all…" he mumbled.

"Wait, why am I thinking like this?!" he asked himself in his mind with wide opened eyes.

His phone vibrated in his hands, and he quickly lifted it up to his eyes, hoping that it was a message from [name]. But his hope was soon dashed as he saw that it was from the group chat from Nekoma's boys' volleyball team.

"Yo. Everybody awake? Want to hang out?" – Yaku.

"I just woke up not too long ago. Where do you want to hang out?" – Kai

"Yo, yo, yo! I'm cool with anything!" – Taketora

"…" – Kenma

"Let's go out!" – Lev

"Oi, Kenma! You're going out too!" – Inuoka

"Where's captain?" – Yuki

"Probably still asleep…" – Shohei

Kuroo clicked his tongue as he typed a reply to them…

"I can't join you all today. I've got plans." – Kuro.

"Oya, oya, oya. With who?" – Yaku.

"Probably [name]…" – Kenma

"Definitely her…" – Kai, Taketora, Lev, Inuoka, Yuki

"Enjoy!" – Shohei

"SHUT UP! I'm just bringing her around the neighbourhood since she just moved in only! Nothing else!" – Kuroo

"Yeah… Sure…" – All the other members

"Damn it. I can't believe I'm acting this way because of her. This is so confusing!" Kuroo yelled as he slammed his head into his pillow.

[name] groaned as she woke up to a hungry stomach. She stretched her body in her bed and let out a loud satisfying growl and turned to the side to grab her phone. She stared at the time as she rubbed the sleep away from her eyes.

"Ah… It's only… WAIT WHAT?! 14:28?! Oh crap! Kuroo!" she yelled and quickly opened her messages to see all the messages that she had received while she was in her sleep coma.

"Are you awake yet?" – Kuro

"Come on, it's already 1pm!" – Kuro

"[name], T_T" – Kuro

She quickly typed a reply to Kuroo and immediately rushed for a quick shower.

Kuroo was just about to doze off when all of a sudden his phone vibrated again.

"If it's the team again I swear – Oh." And his frown turned into a grin when he realised he had received a message from [name].

"Hey! I'm sorry! I just woke up! Give me 20 minutes and I'll be ready to go! See ya!" – [name]

"Yes, she's awake!" Kuroo cheered and did a pose while kneeling on his bed. Then he opened his eyes wide and hit his own head hard.

"Damn it Kuroo! Stop acting like you're in love with her!"

And he rushed to prepare himself.

[name] groaned as she changed her shirt for the 6th time. She was planning on wearing a long sleeve shirt since she wanted to hide her scars but another side of her is yelling saying that it's hot outside, and she must be crazy to wear a long sleeve shirt!

[name] scratched her head hard, and she heard her doorbell rang. She ran down to the front door, still clad in her long sleeve shirt, and opened it, revealing Kuroo. He was wearing a short sleeve black coloured t-shirt along with black jeans and covered shoes. His hair was still in his normal bed head hairstyle, and it was causing [name] to wonder if that was his natural hairstyle.

"Ready to go?" Kuroo asked, snapping [name] out of her thoughts.

"W-W-Wait! I'm still deciding what to wear!" she blurted out.

"Ah? It's hot outside, so maybe you shouldn't be wearing long sleeves." He pointed at her shirt.

"B-B-But…" [name] stammered, and Kuroo figured out to why you were hesitating.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure nobody looks at you." He patted her head, assuring her. She then just nodded and headed up to change into a plain white t-shirt and she wore some denim blue shorts. She looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but noticed the scars on her arms. She hesitantly left her room after grabbing her bag and walked to the front door to meet up with Kuroo.

"Much better. Let's go." Kuroo spoke and turned, leaving [name] to lock the door and follow him soon after.

"So, what do you want to eat?" Kuroo asked as both [name] and him stood in front of the order counter, looking at the variety of ice-cream flavours before them. Kuroo had decided to bring her around the neighbourhood to get her familiarised with the place.

"Hm… I'll try that one." [name] spoke as she pointed to a certain flavour, [Ice cream flavour].

"Alright! Then I'll get the [ice-cream flavour]." Kuroo chuckled and headed to order for them both while [name] went to grab a seat near the window.

Soon enough Kuroo came back with two ice-cream cones with spoons stuck into it, and he sat opposite of [name], handing her one of the cones.

"How much is it? I'll pay you back." [name] asked as she grabbed hold of the cone and was about to get her wallet out when Kuroo stopped her.

"It's my treat. Take it as a welcome gift." He smirked and winked at her, whereas [name] just rolled her eyes.

"You're such a flirt, bed head." She commented as she ate her ice-cream.

"Hey, you want try mine?" Kuroo asked, and [name] nodded. She then leaned over as Kuroo brought the cone closer to her, and she was just about to take a bite when Kuroo smacked her mouth with the ice-cream, causing her to stare with surprised eyes.

Kuro was smirking the entire time, and then his smirk turned into a wide grin as he saw how stun [name] had actually looked.

"Hehe, alright let me try yours!" Kuroo spoke and he leaned in. [name] smirked and did the exact same thing to him, causing him to yelp in surprise. She then giggled as he saw how he tried to get the ice-cream that has landed on his nose with his tongue.

"Tch! Cheeky lady." He commented as he grabbed a tissue and cleaned his nose instead. [name] just stuck her tongue out at him and continued to eat her ice-cream.

All of a sudden Kuro's phone and [name]'s phone vibrated, and they both took a look at it.

Yaku has sent an image to Nekoma High VBT

He then opened the chat, and immediately his face turned extremely red as he saw what the image was actually. It was a photo of [name] feeding him the ice-cream just now. He quickly turned to look outside and he saw his teammates out there, waving at him.

Ai has sent an image to you

"Aiyu sent it to me!" - Ai

[name] then opened Ai's chat, and her eyes immediately widened in surprise. It was a photo of Kuroo feeding her the ice-cream which had happened not too long ago. [name] then looked around, trying to find the area where Aiyu could have possibly taken the photo from, and sure enough she looked out of the window and spotted the Nekoma High's girls volleyball team standing just beside the boys volleyball team.

They were all giving smirks and some of them did heart shapes with their arms and fingers. [name] just rolled her eyes and stood up when she noticed Kuroo had walked out of the café with his ice-cream cone in the hand and he pushed Yaku's head down, hard. Glaring at his teammates.

[name] walked towards the girls as they giggled when they saw her. She rolled her eyes again and passed Aiyu the ice-cream cone, telling her that she can have it, which she gladly accepted and started to eat like a kid.

"So, are you two dating?" Aria asked and giggled when Kuroo's face went extremely red.

"They probably are…" Kenma commented as he continued to play his game on his PSP.

"No, we're not. Get that thought of your heads you lot." [name] spoke and took a look at everyone.

"Alright~" they called out, and [name] sighed because she knew they're not going to let this matter rest.

"[name]-senpai! There's a carnival just in town, do you want to go with us? We're going with the boys." Aiyu asked as she took the last bite of the cone and finished it, cleaning her mouth with a tissue.

"Sure." [name] replied as she stretched a little.

"Nene, Ai-chan~ Where did [name] transfer to?" Oikawa called out as he was in practice with the girls.

"Tch, how would I know." Ai spoke and blocked the spike that was coming.

"Oya? You're not going to tell me?" Oikawa continued as he tossed another ball to Iwaizumi.

"I have no idea." And Ai blocked Iwaizumi's spike once again.

"Then…" Oikawa picked up a ball and tossed it to himself and spiked hard.

"I'll have to find out myself." And the ball hit Ai's arm hard, causing her to wince in pain.

"Oi, trashykawa, stop being an asshole." Iwaizumi called out and threw a ball hard at Oikawa's head.

"Nene, isn't that [name]?"

"Why is she hanging out with Nekoma High volleyball team?"

"I heard she transferred ever since she broke up with Oikawa."

"Or rather, Oikawa broke up with her. He's too good for her anyway."

"Ne, but she's quite pretty."

"Shhh, they're looking at us."

Kyoko had on a disapproving look as she heard all the whispers. She then hit [name] hard on her back, causing her to choke on her drink and spitting it out like a water fountain onto Lev.

"What the heck was that for?!"

"We got your back girl!" Kyoko winked and she giggled when she saw [name] glaring back at her.

"Really… I'm starting to turn numb to all these whispers already, Kyoko." [name] mumbled as she grabbed hold of some tissues and passed it to Lev who was still dripping with the water that she had spat out.

"No! Not the haunted house! No!" Aiyu shouted as Kyoko was dragging her towards the haunted house.

"Come on, it's not that scary! Right, [name]?" Kyoko winked at [name], and all [name] did was to shrug her shoulders. All of a sudden she was pushed forward, and she turned to glare at who had pushed her.

"Come on, let's go together." Kuroo voice was heard, and [name] just stood where she was.

"Nene, come on [name]~" Naomi called out and dragged [name] towards the haunted house by her hand.

[name] wasn't scared. She was just, sick of haunted houses. She had watched too many horror movies to the point that she's just… numb. She shook her head as she saw Aiyu trembling, and Kyoko and Aria were comforting her. She saw Naomi holding onto Yuki, slightly trembling but she said she wasn't afraid.

"Scared?" Kuroo whispered into [name]'s ear. She nudged him in the chest with her elbow and glared at him, "Bed head, you need to stop invading my personal space." She spat out, and Kuroo just shrugged his shoulders and looked forward.

"Kuroo is trying hard, don't you think so?" The boys' Yuki spoke.

"Yeah, but he's being rejected flatly by [name]." Inuoka whispered back.

"HAHAHHA, the great Kuroo getting rejected!" Taketora burst out laughing and Yaku immediately elbowed him hard in the stomach, getting him to shut up.

"But you've never seen Kuroo so, affected by a girl before." Kai whispered.

"He's probably head over heels for her, but he doesn't know." Kenma spoke as he continued to play his video game on his PSP, while waiting in line.

"Or rather, he's in denial." Shouhei spoke and snickered.

"Oi, Lev. What are you doing?" Yaku whisper-yelled as he saw Lev's hand hovering at the back of Kuroo. The volleyball boys' team stood and watched as Lev pushed Kuroo towards [name], causing Kuroo to fall on top of [name]. They then snickered as they saw Kuroo's face turning extremely red, whereas [name] was glaring at him, as if she was putting a hole through his head.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I lost my footing. Hehe." Lev apologised and immediately ran to hide behind Yaku when he saw Kuroo's glare directed at him.

*Snap*

And both Kuroo and [name] turned to look at who had taken a photo. It was one of the photographers in the carnival, and he smiled as he put down the camera. He then handed out two pieces of the same photo to Aria and quickly walked away.

"Oh my god, you two look so cute together!"

"Oh damn, that distance. Kuroo-senpai, just kiss her already!"

Kuroo's face turned even more red, and [name] just stared dully at the girls fangirling over that stupid photo. She then turned to face Kuroo, an angry mark on her forehead.

"Bed head! Get off of me already!" she yelled, and Kuroo quickly scurried to his feet.

"I'm so sending this to my sister, hehe!" Aiyu called out and whipped out her phone to take a photo, and she immediately send to Ai, and handed the photos to Kuroo. [name] sighed in defeat as she stood up, and Kuroo handed her one of the photo.

"Do I have to?" she asked, wanting to just throw away the photo. Then Kuroo grabbed hold of her phone and opened the casing. The back of her casing was transparent, and Kuroo slot the photo in between the casing and phone, before sliding the phone back and handing it back to [name].

"Don't you dare." Kuroo mumbled as he saw [name] about to get her phone out of the cover. She sighed in defeat once again and let it slide. A photo on the back of her phone won't do her any harm, she guessed.

"[name], what do you want to eat?" Kyoko called out as the whole group of volleyballers stood in front of the ordering counter, staring at the fast food menu. [name] looked through the menu, but she somehow didn't manage to find anything that she wanted to eat.

All of a sudden, the girls giggled as they looked at [name]. She stared at them with a confused look before turning to look behind, and she noticed Kuroo was staring at her. She then waved her hand in front of him, and he snapped out of wherever his mind was.

"[name], let's get the Couple pack. It's cheaper, and filling." Kuroo spoke, and [name] just stared at him. He then rubbed the back of his neck.

"Crap… She's going to think I'm a creep…" He thought to himself.

"Fighting, Kuroo!" the boys and girls whisper-yelled at him.

"Okay." [name] answered as she looked at the couple pack to see it what it consisted of, while Kuroo headed towards the order counter to order.

Kuroo and [name] were walking down the street, and it was already late at night. Silenced filled the air as they were both exhausted from the outing today. Kuroo though, couldn't help but just stare at how [name] was breathing, and pulling her hair to the side as it was a humid night.

"Ne, bed head." [name] called out. Kuroo then turned his attention to her eyes, and gave her a questioning look.

"Do you think that I'll be able to get over everything?"

Kuroo knew what she was talking about. Her depression, her heartbreak.

"Of course you will. You're a strong girl."

"Ne, I don't know…" she mumbled and stopped walking. Kuroo then stopped as well and looked at her. He noticed that she was gripping her arms tightly, at the area where the scars were. He gently grabbed hold of her hand and patted it.

"You will. I believe in you." Kuroo whispered. [name] then removed her hand from his grasp, and looked up to him with tear filled eyes.

"You're doing all these, out of sympathy… You know it… Just like Oikawa…" she mumbled, and turned to walk away, leaving Kuroo shock at the words she had said.

"You're pathetic, [name]. You can't even protect yourself from my fangirls!" Oikawa laughed.

"T-Then… Why…" [name] whispered as tears welled up in her eyes, and she blinked them away quickly.

"Out of sympathy. I never loved you. I did everything out of sympathy. You're my toy to vent anger on, [name]… You belong to me…" and Oikawa pushed [name] hard against the wall and he roughed her up.

The dates, the walks home, the kisses and hugs. The comfort, the gifts, were all out of sympathy…?

Kuroo leaned against the railing of his room balcony. He ran a hand through his bed head hairstyle hair and let out a loud sigh. He saw the room light in [name]'s room still on, and he couldn't help but worry. Was she doing anything foolish again? What made her think that he's doing everything out of sympathy? What had happened between her and Oikawa that caused her to not trust him?

Many questions ran through his mind, and he headed back into the room once he saw the room light in [name]'s room switched off. He laid on his bed and scrolled through his phone. He went into his image gallery and stared at the photo that Yaku had sent to the group, of [name] feeding him ice-cream.

"You are really so interesting, yet you worry me so much." Kuroo mumbled as he used his finger to lightly trace [name]'s face.

[name] sighed as she tossed and turned in her bed. She felt extremely guilty about what she had said to Kuroo, but yet she feels that it's the truth. Her phone then lights up all of a sudden, and she took a look at it.

"I'll find you." – Oikawa

She immediately tossed her phone to aside, and tried her best to ignore the negative feelings that's about to rise up in her heart.