Can I ask for uhm friends - enemies - lovers with kenma kozume?
Basically a drabble of angst to fluff???
Summary:
Some people are oblivious, others ignore hints on purpose. When you and Kenma rant to each other about each other anonymously, you start to see the wonders of Instagram and shabby vending machines.
An apology was at the tip of his tongue, and it was going to come out. He swears he was going to apologize, but you came in. You cut him off. It was your fault, not his. At least that’s what Kenma tells himself every night one of your posts pops up on his dash. He never could bring himself to unfollow you.
Kenma swipes down, his finger lingering on your smiling face just a moment longer than he liked. Distaste fills his thoughts, he scrunches his nose ever so slightly, and he bites the inside of his lip. His thumb hesitates before closing the app. He didn’t like Instagram all that much anyway.
Kenma sighs, an arm stretching out of his bed, and the other bent on his face so that the crook opposite his elbow lay on his face. He closes the off button on his phone and places it on his bedside table. Kenma didn’t like to see you, he didn’t like remembering you, he didn’t like you.
You made him uneasy, like there’s a pit growing in his stomach. He wants to rush over and apologize and tell you how pretty you were in your uniform the other day or ask you if you wanted to come over. But if he ever started talking, he wouldn’t ever stop.
You made Kenma childish, you made him giddy like the girls from his class, you made him swoon and he hated every second of it. He liked to explore the unexplored, in games that is. He liked finding secret missions in games, or easter eggs that others have yet to find. But this was new, and he could feel everything. It wasn’t all that fun anymore when it was him who went through it all.
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You almost jump out of bed when you see that notification.
kodzuken liked your photo
what. what. what. You double tap the notification, showing you the text again, but then it reloads. And just like that, its gone. he unliked it? He’s still following you? He remembers who you are? Was it an accident? you go to your profiled and there it was.
huh. You never unfollowed him too. You groan inwardly at your reaction. “He’s an asshole, Y/N! Remember?” It wasn’t like you and Kenma were strangers. You were still classmates, you occasionally got paired up for school work, but you never interacted. At least not like how normal people do. Whenever you and Kenma talk, you pretend nothing ever happened.
You hand him project papers as if he didn’t push you that one day. He thanks you as if you didn’t call him an unlikable asshole that one day. You smile at him as if he didn’t tell you that you were a pushover that one day. He cooperates with you as if you didn’t scream at him when he was in midsentence that one day.
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“Why don’t you just apologize to them, Kenma?” Kuroo asks, slinging an arm around Kenma’s shoulders.
“Why not? If I’ve got this right, and I do. I heard the story about a million times. You wanted to apologize, don’t you still want to?”
“I’m not apologizing for something that wasn’t my fault. I was trying to stop the argument and apologize but then they snapped at me. It’s their mistake.”
“I guess it can’t be helped, then. You have too much of an ego to apologize.”
Kenma glares at the raven haired boy leaning on him. “I don’t have too much of an ego. I just don’t like apologizing for things that aren’t my fault.”
“You were at fault, too. You were angry because what?”
“Because I had a bad day. That’s all there is to it.”
Kuroo sighs, shaking his head. “No, you liked them, and you couldn’t understand your emotions at that time, you still can’t. You liked them, didn’t like liking them, and you pushed that anger on them.”
Kenma’s eyes are trained on his phone. Anyone would’ve assumed Kenma wasn’t listening if they didn’t know better. But Kuroo did know better, judging by the way Kenma’s eyes narrow every so slightly, and his eyes intentionally focus on the screen, Kuroo knew he hit Kenma’s buttons.
“Fine, I’ll stop nagging. But you keep thinking about what I just said.”
Kenma doesn’t reply, Kuroo knows that Kenma’s listening, though. “Alright, its getting late, let’s go home and get some food on the way!”
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You open your phone, tapping the app icon.
It was a famous app, ranking somewhere in the charts, you didn’t really care where in the charts it was. Mino was a chat app, except you can’t pick who you talk to. You talk to someone until you’re both satisfied, where you click the heart button on the top right of the screen. Once both people have pressed the button, the chat disappears and you meet another person to chat to, and the process repeats.
koxucat - how was ur day?
Kozu was your current chat mate, neither of you had the heart to press the satisfy button. You really do love talking to him.
n/nhrs - k liked my post.
then he unliked it
i didn’t even know he still follows me
koxucat - do u still follow him
koxucat - you don’t see his posts on ur dash?
n/nhrs - he doesn’t post on ig :\
koxucat - i feel the dude.
i liked the post of someone i fought with a long time ago
i don’t think they noticed tho
n/nhrs - i feel bad for u kozu :((
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Kenma closes Mino. N/n always made him feel a lot better. A part of him wanted to know who they were, but the other part liked the feeling of ebing anonymous. he had nothing to lose. His phone vibrates in his hand.
Against better judgement, he opens the notification. It was a picture of your desk, cleaned. Captioned: “Mino <3″ He smiles, his finger hesitating on the top of the like icon, but he taps it anyway.
A notification from Mino.
n/nhrs sent you a message
n/nhrs - he did it again ??!??!?!
kozucat - he’s hitting on u
n/nhrs - hes not taking it back?
kozucat - he isnt unliking it?
n/nhrs - no omg its still there?????? what?????
kozucat - hes hitting on u, n/n
go talk to him
n/nhrs - omg im not doing that
hes an ass
its probably a misclick
kozucat - but hes not taking it back?
n/nhrs - fjfgjfhjghfhfh ????!?!?!?!?!??!?!?
He smiles and closes his phone. He places it on his bedside, and resigns to his computer games, of course, in a particularly good mood.
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You walk over to the vending machine, pressing in the numbers for your drink. All seemed to have been going well until it got stuck. Of course. You were lightly tapping the glass, tapping turned into knocking, and knocking turned into banging on the glass. You sigh, turning around to walk away when you hear a ‘peep!’ from the machine.
You turn to see Kenma kneeling down to get his water, and he hands you your snack. “Thank you,” you sputter out reflexively. He smiles, mutters a “no problem”, and walks away. You hesitate before bringing out your phone, opening the app.
n/nhrs - so maybe he’s not that much of an ass
And by just a tiny bit, you don’t notice the notification buzz from Kenma’s pocket.
kozucat - see? i say you should text him
kozucat - sure. he doesn’t sound bad. if he is, you could just stop talking to him
n/nhrs - ur right ill do it
You lay on your bed, exhausted from having walked home earlier. You open Instagram and look for Kenma’s profile.
y/ntime - thanks for helping me out earlier!
kodzuken - np, i was going to use the vending machine anyways
y/ntime - do you use the vending machine a lot?
y/ntime - yeah. i don’t bring snacks to school so i buy some
kodzuken - oh, then i think i’ll be using the machine a lot more now, then.
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Kenma stares at his screen in utter disappointment. He has no idea what invoked him to try and flirt with you out of nowhere. Kuroo must be rubbing off on him. Read. You haven’t even replied. What if you think he’s weird?
n/nhrs sent you a message
n/nhrs - hes cute lol omg
n/nhrs - i chatted him and idk if he was flirting with me
kozucat - what did he say
n/nhrs - its weird out of context, but hes not the type to flirt, like EVER
kozucat - u might be overthinking it...unless?
n/nhrs - kozu pls u suck,,go away
Kenma looks at his phone, curiosity getting the better of him. At first, he was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but you not only had the same story with him, but did it really just so happen that he’d talk to Y/N L/N, the same time this mystery guy talked to N/N?
Kenma knows better than that, he isn’t an idiot.
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You walk over to the vending machine again, the previous encounter forgotten. As you grab your drink from the chute, someone clears their throat behind you. Kenma smiles at you, and you step aside leaving an opening for him to use the machine. Almost instinctively, you stop in your movements and observe as he buys a bottle of water.
“How have you been?” You ask, deciding to take that leap of faith. “I’ve been okay, I guess.” You nod. “You still play volleyball with Kuroo, right?” He nods, unscrewing the lid, and taking a sip. He swallows the water down and turns to you, “I don’t have practice today, can I walk you home?” You check your phone, you should be on your way home anyway. “Yeah, okay.”
So Kenma walks next to you, his hands buried in the pockets of his jacket, his right hand fidgeting with the phone in his pocket. He stops for a second. “Kenma, are you okay?” He nods, and walks again. “I’m okay. I’m just sorry.”
Right. In the calm of the afternoon, everything just slipped out of your mind. “I’m sorry, too.” And in Kenma’s head, he could almost hear Kuroo’s voice.
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n/nhrs - he’s sweet kozuuu
n/nhrs - HIM!! YK THE GUY IVE BEEN TALKING TO U ABOUT
kozucat - why dont u just tell me his nameeee
n/nhrs - what if u know him?????
kozucat - there are millions of people on this app, slim chance
n/nhrs - fineee,,his name is kenma
kozucat - thats a nice name
n/nhrs - BESIDES THE POINT, he walked me home today
kozucat - wtf didnt u guys literally started talking yesterday?
n/nhrs - yeah but he offered, what did u want me to say?
kozucat - so u didnt want to walk w him?
n/nhrs - kozu ur weird today,,,asking so many questions
butbut i rlly did want to walk w him
and we both even made up,,,,kind of
n/nhrs - we apologized kozuuu
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kodzuken - y/n, im here to pick u up
y/ntime - gimme a sec,,im still fixing my shoes
kodzuken - kk but hurry the coffee shop might close, im downstairs
y/ntime - theyre open 24 hrs on fridays and saturdays remember
kodzuken - oh k, but hurry still
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kozucat - so hows u and kenma
n/nhrs - i think i like him
kozucat - thats great, will u tell him tho?
he prolly likes u back too
n/nhrs - u dont even know him kozu :\
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n/nhrs - do guys drink like, a lot of water?? normally??
n/nhrs - kenma buys a lot of water
kozucat - doesnt he buy 1 a day?
n/nhrs - yeah but he has this massive water jug that should last him a day?
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n/nhrs - kenma and i are hanging out at his house today for a project
hype me up im kinda nervous
kozucat - im sure ull be fine
n/nhrs - ok but how r u and the person u fought w a long time ago??
kozucat - oh we’re good :)
n/nhrs - thats good!! ttyl im going over now
You place your phone in your pocket, and walk over to his house, where he’s waiting for you. You take a seat on a vacant seat in his room and bring out your papers. “Wow, that’s a lot.” You nod in agreement. The two of you start working for what feels like hours, Kenma helping you take notes as you start doing the research.
Hours passed and that’s how you find yourself, stuck sitting on the floor, which is sure to give you some soreness once you get up, with Kenma’s head resting on your shoulder. You reach your left arm into your pocket as subtly as you can, as not to wake Kenma up. You open Mino and text Kozu.
n/nhrs - guess what
ok i guess you arent active but
wait
Kenma’s phone on the table in front of you lights up and lets out a small ping consecutively, thrice.
Again. Three times. And you catch a glimpse of his screen.
n/nhrs sent you a message
“Kenma?”, he stirs awake, “are you Kozu?”
You feel him stiffen beside you as you turn to look at him. “Yeah.”
“Did you know that I was..?”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
You walk over to shut the door, and for a second, Kenma worries that you’re about to leave. “Yeah. I do like you, Kenma. And if you don’t feel the same or it bothers you, I promise I have no problem pretending this never happened.” He sighs and shakes his head, suddenly worrying about how clammy his hands are, he hesitates before taking yours.
“No, it’s not that, I-, I like you. I really do, and I’m sorry for not telling you that I knew. I just liked listening to you talk and it was nice to think that you trusted me when I was Kozu.”
“You think I don’t trust you?”
“Not as much as you trust me when I’m Kozu.”
“I only keep things from you, Kenma, because I’m really in love with you.”
“Well, I love you too, and I’m glad I don’t have to keep buying a bunch of bottled water.”
You laugh, and he giggles alongside you. “I’m serious, Y/N! This is the most hydrated I’ve ever been!”