genre | angst, fluff, nsfr
setting : Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi
a/n : this took me so long (approx. 2 weeks) to finish so I hope you guys like it! This was really hard to work on since I kept running away from writing for literally no reason?? I'm not sure how to describe it but I guess I was scared that I'd have writers block or something 🙏
Even though it took a long time, I really enjoyed writing their dynamic since Y/n's pretty flirty and Kuroo was a lil bit more awkward than he usually is so it was a lot of fun :))
The street lights turned on one by one. A distant but radiant chirp reached his ears. The sunset bled onto the trees, creating a golden hue of warmth. Even so, Ashikaga Flower Park felt lonely. The wind whistled a sad tune in his ears and he frowned due to the sudden chill. It's getting late. He should get home before it rains.
The constant buzz of his phone pulled him away from his thoughts. His heart dropped. It was his father. An awful reminder that he should get back home this instant. But the only reason Kuroo was here in the first place was to escape his father's expectations. Expectations that were impossible to reach.
Nonetheless, the boy smiled at the memories of his childhood that crossed his mind. He remembered the days that were full of happiness, with his mom by his side. He remembered when mom had her beautiful smile after eating the flower park's signature ice cream. She was in love with it. He remembered when he was annoyed at mom's never ending teasing after she found out he had a crush. Coincidentally, his mom was best friends with the girl's mother and happened to know of his confession. It was infuriating. She always had her way of knowing everything that happened in his tiny bubble. As he grew older, she grew even more frustrating with her constant invasion of his personal space. Hugs and kisses and cuddles and piggy backs. He was too old for that.
Kuroo grimaced at the thought of his mother. Even though it was too much, she was never short of love. She was always his source of happiness, even if he never said it out loud. All he wanted was for her to come back. All he wanted was for her to stay by his side. To never leave him ever again.
Kuroo felt a familiar stinging on his nose. He pursed his lips just so his mind could focus on a different kind of pain. He held his breath so he could regulate his throbbing heart. Closing his eyes, he scowled at his own pathetic behaviour. It's been years and he's still not used to the pain. He had to stop feeling this way.
Let her go. Stop doing this to yourself.
He tore at his hair while his mind raced with words to stop the pain. He tried so hard to keep his tears in. He hated the way it hurts. It felt like he couldn't breathe. A petal fell onto his face and he bit his lip. He just wanted to be happy. He just wanted her to come back so he would be happy again. Kuroo slapped himself on the forehead, thinking it would keep him from falling apart. It worked.
Thank god there's no one around.
"Kuro?" Y/n approached him, happy to see her childhood friend after all these years. His eyes widened. He recognized her right away. Kuroo opened his mouth in disbelief.
"Y/n," he whispered. Tears escaped without his permission as he turned around. Y/n's heart stopped, covering her mouth at the sight in front of her. Kuroo was a mess. His eyes were red, his eyebags swelling and tear stains everywhere. She had never seen him this vulnerable.
Her hands travelled to the sides of his face, wiping his tears. She opened her arms and pulled the boy into her embrace.
"I'm not going anywhere," her voice cracked. Kuroo's eyes filled up and he tried his best to hold in his gut wrenching sobs.
"It j-just hurts so much," he cried onto her shoulder, gripping her shirt. Hearing this caused her to tear up but all she could was pat his back. His pain hurt her too.
"It's gonna be alright. Just- just let it all out."
"No it's not." She hugged him tighter, keeping in her emotions.
"I'll take care of you. Don't worry about it okay?"
His sobs subsided and his breathing returned to normal. Y/n took his hand, leading him to the nearest restroom.
"Kuroo, close your eyes."
"Putting some cotton pads."
"Wait." Kuroo held Y/n's wrists to stop them from going close to his face. "For what?" Y/n rolled her eyes.
"So your eyes stop swelling." She turned on the tap and soaked the cotton pads then proceeded to place them on top of Kuroo's eyes.
The silence was a bit awkward for Kuroo. He looked around and noticed the way her tight clothes highlighted her figure. She grew up. A lot. Her face was still the same though. He pressed the cotton, releasing some of the water onto his eyes and put them away to start a conversation.
"So… um L/n?" She furrowed her eyebrows.
"Are we on last name terms now?" Kuroo mentally punched himself. He fidgeted on the toilet seat, thinking that he just made it even more awkward.
"It's not fair that you call me Kuro and I call you Y/n." He pouted, waiting for her to respond. She was still busy with her purse.
"You want me to call you Tetsuro?" He nodded. "But it sounds so weird I don't wanna," she whined while fixing bits of her hair.
"You'll get used to it right?"
"Tetsuro, Tetsuro," she cringed, "I hate it."
"Then I'm gonna call you L/n."
"It's just a name, L/n." She gagged at the use of her last name.
"Fine if you hate it that much." Kuroo looked away at the end of their conversation with a slight smile on his face. Even though both of them have grown up and matured, their conversations were still as childish. Kuroo reminisced all the memories they spent at the flower park while Y/n was busy rummaging her bag to find her oil absorbing tissues.
"Do you need help?" Right after he asked, she held up a blue packet in the air with a grin on her face.
"Nope, I found it." She opened it, pulled out a blue sheet of plastic and slapped it onto her nose. She dabbed the blue plastic all around her face while looking in the mirror. Soon enough, the plastic turned a different colour. He raised an eyebrow at her actions. Soon enough she caught him staring and offered him the packet.
"What's that," he asked, eyeing the blue sheets.
"They absorb the oil on your face so your face won't be oily." Kuroo hesitantly took a piece and dabbed it all over his face just like Y/n did. She scoffed in disbelief as Kuroo's sheet was still blue.
"There's no way your skin is drier than mine, the hell?" She grabbed another sheet and pressed it down on his nose. To her surprise, nothing came out. "Are you serious you literally have baby skin," she sulked, pointing at her sheets, "Look at these?!"
"I guess I was just born with great skin, huh?" he winked while Y/n looked away, muttering something under her breath. She caught a glimpse of something on his arm. She tugged at it and her eyes widened.
"You have a pimple… on your arm," she said, in shock. She burst into laughter. "You got baby skin but I guess your showers aren't clean enough, pfft." He swatted her hands away and pulled his arms to his chest.
"It's just one pimple goddamnit."
"Oh look there's another one there."
"AAARGJHS." Kuroo huffed as Y/n giggled. Suddenly a gasp emitted from her mouth.
"Do you remember the ice cream we used to get when we were little?"
"It's still early, we should be able to get some, come on." She led him out of the restroom and they walked side by side, a little distance between them. She noticed Kuroo getting further and further away. Y/n grabbed his fingers and held him close. "Why are you so far away, gosh it's not like I have cooties."
"Ew~ cooties," he cried in a high pitched voice, "Y/n let go your palms are so damn sweaty."
"Be grateful that I wanted to hold your hand in the first place."
Silence. "You wanted to hold my hand?" She nodded. "Ew! Y/n let go."
"Just let go for a while."
"Yes you are. Are you sure you're Y/n?"
"I promised I'd take care of you… right?" Her innocent gaze and her sincerity caused Kuroo to stop in his tracks. He covered his face that was growing red with his free hand.
"You're so not her today." He escaped her grip and put both hands in his pocket, wiping the sweaty palms she gave him.
"So…" she stopped in front of him, "do you wanna talk? About it?"
"No. Not really." He looked away to avoid her eye contact. He didn't want her to know what's going on. Of course he trusted her, he just didn't want to talk about it.
"What about now?" She handed him enough money for 2 ice creams.
"Are you seriously trying to bribe me?"
"I want you to buy ice cream for the both of us but okay, Tetsuro kun." A glint in his eyes surfaced. He quickly grabbed the money and zoomed to line up for Ashikaga Flower Park's signature ice cream. Y/n smirked at his behaviour. He became so cooperative just because she called him by his first name.
Kuroo returned with his half eaten purple ice cream cone on one hand and Y/n's on the other. She said a small thank you that didn't go unnoticed by Kuroo. He remembered when she was too quiet to say anything, when she wasn't as polite as she was now.
"L/n,"he said as he devoured the cone, "you grew up well."Kuroo flashed his signature sloppy smile while Y/n tilted her head in confusion.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Her head spun with questions. 'Grew up well'?!'
"You're no longer the little girl my mom and I found under the wisteria." Heat crept up along her face to her ears and she covered her face. She didn't know why she reacted this way. Was it what he said or was it his smile? "You okay?"
She opened her lips and his hot tongue entered her mouth. Kuroo's fingers trailed down Y/n's arm and she shivered. A light moan escaped his lips as he reached under her shirt when Y/n pulled away. Legs shaking, breath quivering, she said wait.
"You want me to stop?" He whispered. Her eyes darted left and right, toes curling at his voice. She could feel the unfamiliar heat of her body and the pounding of her heart in her ears. His breath tickled her neck and she grimaced at the stimulation. She was trying her best to fix her shaky breathing but Y/n felt so excited all she could focus on were his lips.
"It's not… it's not right." She held onto the lamp post.
Kuroo's heart plunged. He stood, frozen under the lights with his eyes wide open. "I mean… I had a boyfriend. He broke up with me. Just 2 weeks ago," her voice cracked. "We were together for a really… really long time and it feels so weird without him." Kuroo enveloped her with a hug, tracing circles on her back.
"What's his name?" Y/n didn't respond.
After a few minutes he cheekily slapped her butt. She hit his shoulder lightly and yelled, "What was that for?!"
"Just look at that fat ass," he sniggered, rocking her body back and forth in his arms.
"You're so weird," she said as her ears turned red and her mouth curved slightly.
"So… do you wanna talk about it?"
"No. Not really," she mocked Kuroo and their laughs filled up the silence of the park. He squinted his eyes to see the clock on the other side of the street.
"You know… it's getting really late." He let go of her body and put his hands in his pocket.
"No," she gripped his waist and pulled him back towards her, "A little bit longer. Please." The desperation in her voice caused him to stop breathing for a moment. He smiled at her honesty. She's just like a little kid.
Y/n caught a petal in the palm of her hand. "Look! It's so pretty," she cooed as she looked at Kuroo, "just like you."
His breath shortened and heat dominated his face. He retracted his arms from her body and covered his mouth.
"How are you so smooth?!" He croaked while Y/n cackled.
"You're so cute when you blush," she cackled.
"I'm home," Y/n shouted as she entered her house, taking off her shoes. Her mother appeared in the hallways, saying a small hi before she exited to the kitchen. Y/n took off her coat, smiling endlessly. She had a wonderful time and her heart felt like it would explode.
"What's wrong with you?" Her mother asked, mortified at her daughter's face.
"All your smiling makes me sick," her mother said sarcastically as she made a disgusted face. Y/n could only respond with laughter.
I was smiling the whole time?
She didn't even realize it.
Y/n hugged her teddy bear as she closed her eyes to go to sleep. She grinned once again before her mind drifted away because all she could picture was Kuroo's face.
"You smell like Y/n," Kenma said. Kuroo's eyes widened.
"What does she even smell like?" he asked, suspicious of Kenma's sense of smell. "She doesn't really smell like anything though?"
"Yeah. It was great." Kenma smiled at him. After a few minutes of silence, he turned off the lights.
Kuroo laid down with a grin on his face, as he tossed and turned all night. For some reason, he couldn't sleep. There was an unsettled feeling in his gut but he couldn't figure out what it was.
He jolted awake and screamed at the top of his lungs.
"KENMAAA! I FORGOT TO ASK HER FOR HER NUMBERRRRR!" Kuroo continued screaming in agony while tearing at his hair. Kenma threw a pillow at him.
"I don't know where she lives or what school she goes to? What the fuck am I gonna do?!"
"I have her instagram," Kenma yawned.
"I'll show you tomorrow."
"NO NOW." Kenma frowned, reluctantly pulling his phone out his pocket.
"That's her right?" Kuroo stared at her instagram page. Her full name was her username so it wasn't impossible for Kenma to find her. However, Kuroo couldn't tell if it was her by just her profile picture. He tried scrolling up and down to find more pictures of her but all it did was refresh the page. He tried examining her bio carefully and found four familiar kanji right at the end.
"Is that Fukurodani?" Kenma and Kuroo locked eyes.
"That's Bokuto san's school," Kenma said while eyeing Kuroo's reaction and noticed the unease in his eyes. "What's wrong?" Kuroo bit his lip.
"Y/n said something about… an ex boyfriend. She didn't say who."
@yunggumii @blobbyx2blobfish @daiseukis @noyapai @letshaikyuu @gulfwanq @blkjackals @heccingdead @baby-boy-taichi @bokutokoutarou @dateko @maple0bwawe @allywritesimagines @chasin-l @1tsnoya