no matter how far apart we are, your light shines on me
『 synopsis 』
⤷ reaching his all-time high, kuroo tetsurou thinks he’s on top of the world and that nothing can stop him from reaching his dreams. that is until his world comes crashing down, pulling him into the dark. as kuroo is pulled deeper into the shadows, a crack of light seeps through, beckoning him to come back
— OR —
in which y/n becomes the light that kuroo needs in his life
➳ pairing: rapper!kuroo x actress!reader
➳ genre: fluff, humour + sprinkle of angst
➳ warnings: mentions of death and car accidents
➳ status: ongoing
➳ written by: kiri ♡
➳ taglist: CLOSED
— notes: banner made by rena @sushimii using official art
— more notes: here’s the long awaited collab between me, cake (@kei-kui), rena (@sushimii ), aera (@agaassi) and sophia (@sophiawithstars) !! i’m so glad i got the chance to work with these girls,, make sure to check out each members story !
Kushimaru: ladies, gentlemen, and underaged smartasses who've joined our ranks ILLEGALLY.
Haru and Haku: *fist bumps each other*
Kushimaru: I'm afraid that in recent days, I've come to the conclusion that we must retaliate towards the Mizukage in a mature, professional and reasonable manner....with dignity, responsibility and understanding.
*three hours later*
Various members of the Anbu plus Zabuza, because why not, violently pointing at yagura: BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN BABYMAN!
Yagura: *writhing in pain and confusion* oh God what the fuck oh God please help me why are you all doing this please sthhap!
So, I noticed recently that some of you have only just discovered the reprise of the song Dear Westminster. For those of you who haven’t heard it yet, it is located here on admin Pixie’s soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-370823099/dear-westminster-reprise
Anyway!
I thought about it for a little while, and figured you guys might like to know the story/context surrounding the creation of the reprise. So, that’s what this post is for!
The explanation might get a little long, so I’m putting it under the cut!
So, it’s likely that by now, you’re all aware of The Island - the roleplay server which myself, admin Endless, admin Shiro, admin Chara and Griz’s creator Pops run on Discord.
We are over there very often, running the server and its weekday alternative Port Town, which is why we’ve not been as active on this blog as of late (we’re trying to get back into the swing of things, though!).
However! We don’t just simply run the server. We - along with admin Pixie - take part in roleplays, as the family you’ve all come to know and love on this blog - Fell, Sci, Westy and Griz.
The Island roleplays are set around two years in the future of what happens on this blog, and currently, we are treating them as canon. Err, or well, most of them. Some of them are far too ridiculous to be treated as canon... like that one time the swimming pool turned into wine and Fresh Jesus rose from beneath it-
Okay we’re getting off topic. So, basically, the gist of things is that Fell, Sci, Griz and Westy have found themselves stuck in the universe where The Island is situated, and are currently trying to continue living life as best they can until they can find a way to get back home. But a lot of strange things happen on this Island - and sometimes, they can be very, very dangerous. And this is how we get on to what happened to spark the creation of the Dear Westminster reprise.
To give some background context, Fell and Sci had recently made a big decision - a life changing one, that they were both very much looking forward to - having another baby. They had spent a week off on their own together at another resort, and had just returned to The Island after putting their ‘plans’ in place. Recently, certain events had caused new areas to open up, and Sci - being the curious nerd that he is - really wanted to explore them. That’s where the story begins.
I hope you guys like long reads, because it’s in the form of a 65 page roleplay, haha. Welp, here you go: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yb0ByjMWm6a9nJor3ATtTk6QLR9GrCIXXbHnoOjL6j4/edit#
I really encourage that you read it, we put our hearts and souls into it. Oh, also, here’s a drawing admin Shiro did for this roleplay~
*cackles*
Hope you enjoy~!
If enough people want to know what happened after all of this, I’ll make another post. Though I will say - it doesn’t all stay bad! :D
⤷ y/n is an outgoing and bubbly girl who just landed a job as a secretary for bouncing ball corp. kenma kozume, ceo of bouncing ball corp, works secretly as a gaming youtuber and streamer under the name kodzuken. after a miscommunication and y/n learns the truth about kenma both their worlds collide. what does fate have in store for these two?
a/n: wow it’s fully finished now. i can’t believe that my first ever series and smau has come to an end. i honestly didn’t think it was well-written, nor did i think it would’ve gotten this much love and support but it really means a lot! i won’t be saying anything else too detailed for this fic but if you do have questions, this should be released at the same time our “sleepover” event is taking place so feel free to ask any questions regarding MHSCEO during the event !
be sure to check out my new smau series “LIGHTS” — a collaboration series — (aha the last screenshot was my homage to my new series)
⤷ y/n is an outgoing and bubbly girl who just landed a job as a secretary for bouncing ball corp. kenma kozume, ceo of bouncing ball corp, works secretly as a gaming youtuber and streamer under the name kodzuken. after a miscommunication and y/n learns the truth about kenma both their worlds collide. what does fate have in store for these two?
a/n: AND ITS HERE,, this is the final chapter for MHSCEO (chapter 20 is the epilogue) i decided ti make it a written part just bc there were too many things that needed to be explained. anyways thank you guys for reading this series and i’ll see you in the epilogue mwah !
oh! and pls make sure to stream OYA for clear skin !!
➳ word count: 3.2k
➳ warnings: workplace harassment/bullying; mentions of drinking and alcohol
➳ written by: kiri ♡
[ ! ] written part is under the cut
The thirty minutes passed by quickly, and soon (Y/N) found herself sitting in the passenger’s seat of her boss’ car. Now that she was actually with him, she had no idea what to say. She stole a glance at Kenma, wondering what he was thinking. So many things had happened within the span of 24 hours; she wasn’t watching how much alcohol she was consuming, which then led to a picture of her and Kuroo getting posted across the internet — she cursed herself for that — but when she learned that Kenma also had one too many drinks, and proceeded to film himself drunk on camera, (Y/N) couldn’t have blamed herself more for everything.
“Stop blaming yourself.” Kenma’s soft voice interrupted her thoughts. Her head turned to look at the blonde, who still had his head facing towards the road. Those were the first words he had uttered since (Y/N) got into his car.
“How can I not blame myself”
Kenma’s eyes glanced at her quickly, before refocusing on the road. “It was my choice to be careless and drink that much (Y/N).”
She watched the blonde carefully, one particular question sitting on the tip of her tongue. “Why’d you become so distant Kenma. Why did you keep avoiding me?”
The Youtuber pursed his lips, staying silent for a moment before opening up his mouth to reply. “I was...I was just hurt.” (Y/N)’s brows furrowed at his words.
“Hurt?” She gave him a confused look. “I hurt you? When did I— what did I say to you?” she had a panicked look in her eye.
“No— (Y/N), you’re not the one who hurt me. Well, I’m not saying that you didn’t hurt me, but I wasn’t in the right state of mind to really process anything, but when I say that I was hurt, I wasn’t talking about you, (Y/N).”
That made her even more confused. “Then who are you talking Kenma—”
BZZT! BZZ! BZZT!
(Y/N)’s phone buzzed in her lap, interrupting her question. She had gotten a text. Her eyes widened as she bit your lip, hesitating before lifting up her phone to unlock it. Kenma took note of that, and when the car reached a red light, he turned his head to study (Y/N)’s face. He watched as her eyes read over the text that she received, eyes starting to water a bit. Her expression turned grim, and she sniffled before turning off her phone and stared out the window. What could have made (Y/N)’s mood turn sour?
“(Y/N)?” he whispered, and placed a hand over hers which pulled away, bringing it to her chest.
“Please, just, not yet Kenma.”
The two of them remained in silence for the remainder of the ride to Kenma’s house. (Y/N)’s mind too focused on the text she received, and Kenma too focused on what made her upset.
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Once they both arrived at his house, Kenma told (Y/N) the directions to the room he wanted her in before going down a different hallway, leaving her alone. She walked straight down the hallway she was currently in, smiling softly when she passed by his recording room. If it wasn’t for that same recording room, she would have never found out about Kenma’s double life as a young CEO and a famous Youtuber.
(Y/N) passed by two more rooms, before reaching the room Kenma said to wait for him in. Sliding the door open, she scanned the room before her. The floor was covered with tatami mats, a small table sitting on top of them right in the middle of the room. On one wall, a painting of a small tabby cat taking a nap in a flower bed was strung on one of the walls. Across the same wall, led to his backyard, which just so happened to be a garden.
“(Y/N),” she turned yourself around to see Kenma standing behind her, holding what seemed to be a tea set on a silver tray. “Come on.” he said, walking into the room.
(Y/N) followed him and sat crossed-legged on the tatami mats, gazing at the garden the room was beside. She didn’t know why, but the garden certainly calmed her down. Still staring at the garden, she heard something being placed in front of her on the table. Kenma had placed one of the teacups that was on the tray he was carrying in front of her.
“Tea?”
Kenma nodded, as he held the ceramic teapot and poured some into her cup. “Chamomile tea. It’s to calm you down a bit, you were shaking a little in the car, and even when you were coming into the house.”
The girl had barely noticed it. (Y/N) bit the bottom of your lip due to habit before asking, “I didn’t think you’d be the type to be knowledgeable on tea.”
“Oh he isn’t sweetie,” a voice said from the direction of the garden. (Y/N) looked over to see an elderly woman sweeping the floors outside. “I saw him in the kitchen looking at the various teas we had. He ended up asking me what tea was the best to relieve one’s stress and anxiety.” the little old lady smiled, before sweeping away from the room.
When she looked back at Kenma, she could see him avoiding her eyes, a small tint of red could be seen on the tips of his ears. ‘How cute.’ she thought to herself. That elderly woman must have been Kenma’s caretaker.
“So,” (Y/N) started off after taking a sip of her tea. “If I wasn’t the person you said ‘hurt’ you, who were you talking about then Kenma?” she asked, as she recalled their earlier conversation before you were interrupted by that text message.
Kenma sighed, “I don’t like bringing this up,” he gazed into his tea cup. “But this happened a few months before I had met you.”
(Y/N) focused her attention on the blonde that was seated in front of her, as he started to tell his story.
“I had already made a name for myself in the business world. Sealing business deals, coming up with new concepts and ideas that no other businessman had thought of yet. I didn’t have a secretary yet, since I seemed to handle everything already, but Kuroo suggested I hire one thinking I’d become too busy to look for one later on. I trusted him on that, so I ended up hiring a woman around your age. Her name was Yui.”
She couldn’t remember if Kuroo or Kenma spoke of this Yui, but she noticed how tense Kenma got when he mentioned her name. “What did she do?”
He crossed his arms, and rested them on the table before continuing. “Yui played her role as my secretary to a T. She handled and scheduled my meetings within the first hour of her shift. She didn’t need any supervising when it came to typing any sort of documents I needed. Her papers were written excellently. She was the model secretary.”
“If she was the model secretary, why is she gone?”
“About three months into her position, she started to get closer to me. She would try to start up conversations with me. She would text me outside of office hours, inviting me out to dinner or drinks. I didn’t know what game she was playing at, and when I had asked her about it, the only thing she said was that she wanted us to be friends. I didn’t see a problem with that, so we went out a few times for lunch and dinner. I had started to talk to her more often, even video-calling her sometimes. We had our little inside jokes and banter that made my day. I started to develop feelings for Yui.”
(Y/N)’s eyes widened at that. It sounded like Yui reciprocated Kenma’s feelings, so what went wrong?
“I was never the best when it came to dealing with my own feelings and emotions — you can ask Kuroo that — so I never acted on them. I didn’t wanna ruin the relationship I already had with Yui, so I just stayed quiet. I was perfectly fine with just being friends with her.”
Kenma’s mood started to turn grim, and (Y/N) could tell something bad had happened between the two.
“I had completely forgotten about a lunch Yui and I planned one day, because of the endless paperwork I had to go through. I was behind on a video for my youtube channel because of it, so I started to record a short one. It looked like Yui was waiting for a while at our usual restaurant, and when she tried calling me it had only gone to voicemail because I turned off my phone during the recording session. Yui came here looking for me. She told my caretaker that I had invited her over, and she walked in on me finishing up my recording. Just like you, she found out about Kodzuken.”
Another person found out about Kodzuken? And they were also a secretary for Kenma? ‘Huh, what are the odds.’ (Y/N) thought to herself.
“When she found out, Yui promised and said that she would keep it a secret. I trusted her words. On the way out, Kuroo stopped by and I introduced the two. A few weeks passed and I noticed that Yui had started to grow more distant. We started to talk less, she passed on any lunches or dinners I invited her too. I started to get confused, and hurt. I thought that we’d gotten pretty close. But it turns out that Yui was just playing me the whole time.”
(Y/N) and Kenma both finished their cups of tea, and she moved to pour both of them a second one. As she poured the tea in his cup (Y/N) asked, “How was she playing you?”
“I was heading towards my office, when Kuroo texted me saying that he was dropping off some stuff his father asked him to pass on to me. I noticed that Yui wasn’t at her desk, so I thought that she was just running late. Pretty dumb of me now that I think about it, since Yui was never late to a shift. I ended up walking in on Kuroo and Yui, who had her arms wrapped around his neck bringing him down to kiss her. The minute I opened the door, Kuroo pushed her off glaring at her. He passed by me and I already knew that Kuroo had no intention of kissing her. I asked Yui what she was doing, and instead of her kind smile, she wore a different expression. One that felt darker. Turns out that the Yui I thought I knew was just an act.”
Kenma recalled how he was feeling back then.
“I was so confused then, and Yui just laughed at me. When I asked her to explain what the hell she was doing, she just laughed at me. Apparently, she put on that nice girl facade to get closer to me. She never really wanted to be friends with me, nor did she want anything else to happen between us. She saw me as this young rich guy who had power in the business industry and thought she could have used that to her advantage. Turns out that Kuroo was more her type, and she thought that she could have won him over by asking him to team up with her to take over my business. Obviously, she didn’t know that Kuroo wanted nothing to do with the business industry. I told her that she was fired right on the spot, but she wouldn’t let me.”
“What?” (Y/N) asked. “What do you mean she wouldn’t let you fire her?”
“Exactly as it sounds. She threatened that if I fire her without giving her some sort of compensation, she would expose me as Kodzuken. I had just taken over as CEO, and even though I made a big name for myself, not everyone approved of me because of how young I was. I knew that if word got out that I was a Youtuber on the side, everyone would have said that I wasn’t focused on the business. I ended up paying Yui fifteen grand to keep her quiet about Kodzuken.”
Kenma’s eyes widened when he saw (Y/N) choke on the tea she was drinking. “(Y/N)!”
“I’m sorry, how much did you pay her Kenma?”
“Fifteen thousand.” (Y/N) stared at him. She couldn’t believe her ears when he told her that’s how much it took for Yui to stay silent.
“And she was quiet ever since?”
Kenma shook his head, “She started to bug me a few weeks back, but I told her that I didn’t care if Kodzuken’s secret identity got out. I already proved myself to be a good businessman and entrepreneur, if Kodzu got out, it wouldn’t have been the end of the world.”
(Y/N) didn’t know what to say after Kenma shared his story. Her thoughts were jumbling together going over his past once again, before her phone gave another buzz.
BZZT!
She grimaced when she heard the buzz, and lifted her phone to see yet another text message sent to her. (Y/N) didn’t expect to start getting these texts again. She placed her phone, face down on the table before staring straight into her cup, deep in thought.
“I told my story, now what’s going on with you (Y/N)?” Kenma questioned, watching her.
“Who keeps texting you?” (Y/N) stayed quiet, not answering him. Kenma opened his mouth to say something before (Y/N)’s phone buzzed again once more. Unlocking her phone, she barely got to read the newest text, before Kenma grabbed her phone out of her hands and read what was on her screen.
His eyes widened, “(Y/N)— these texts—”
“These weren’t the only messages I got,” she muttered. “I just deleted the others when they started coming up.”
Kenma couldn’t believe what he was reading. Why was (Y/N) getting these types of texts? He looked back up at his secretary, whose eyes started to get glassy. She sniffed, before wiping a tear that escaped the corner of her eye. “Guess it’s my turn huh?”
“You already know that I had a previous secretary position somewhere else. I told my friends I quit, but I didn’t exactly say why. You talked about how Yui was great at her job, well I guess I could say that I was the Yui of my company— minus the whole two faced thing— I actually worked hard to move my way up the employment ladder. I got along with my boss who was a sweet old man, just on the edge of retiring. He reminded me of my grandfather, so I was constantly in his office making sure he wasn’t over-working himself.”
Her eyes started to squint, brows furrowing as she recalled the next events that took place afterwards.
“Guess I started watching out for him too much, because rumors started to surface saying that I was sleeping with him so I could become the next CEO. When that was far from what I had wanted. Each time I walked into the room, all conversations quieted down, and hushed whispers followed. They were speaking as if I couldn’t hear them. They kept saying things like, ‘That’s the girl who’s sleeping with the boss’ ‘She thinks she can become CEO by giving herself up like that.’ It started to weigh me down.”
Kenma’s fist clenched at (Y/N)’s words. Those were her coworkers? Kenma guessed that none of them really got to know (Y/N) otherwise they wouldn’t have thought those things.
“I decided to quit once they started harassing me outside of work. I told my boss who wanted to do something about it, but I told him that saying anything would have made things worse. So, I packed up my things when I knew everyone was gone and left that place for good. I still check-up on my old boss from time to time though. I didn’t think that this harassment would start up again. It’s a shame that these people have no lives.”
“Stop that.” (Y/N) looked up at Kenma.
“Huh?”
“Stop doing that,” he glared at her. “You show how you're feeling for a quick second, before hiding them away again. Stop hiding them already.”
“Kenma— I’m fine—”
“No you’re not. You were about to break down in the car, you were shaking when you came into the house and you were tearing up again just now. Don’t say you’re fine when you’re not.”
“I don’t want to become a burden to anyone. They shouldn’t have to deal with my feelings and personal problems.” (Y/N) argued.
“This happened again back when we were at the beach house. When you didn’t tell anyone that you weren’t feeling well because you didn’t want to ruin the fun for everyone else.”
“I can’t help being so self-less.” (Y/N) huffed out. “Would you rather I just stop being self-less, and just not care about anyone else?”
“What— no!” Kenma let out a big sigh. “How can I ask you to stop being self-less when it’s one of the things that made me fall in lo—” Kenma stopped himself before saying anything else.
“Made you what Kenma?” the blonde kept his mouth shut, cursing himself in his head.
Everything started to become much more clear to her now. “So if what I heard was correct, the reason you got drunk…”
“When I saw that gossip account post a picture of Kuroo carrying you, and I got jealous.” Kenma muttered. “Is that what you want to hear?”
“Question is, why did you get jealous, Kenma?” (Y/N) poked at him. “Why did you seeing me in Kuroo’s arms get you that jealous, hm?”
“I’m not saying it.”
“Say it.”
“No.”
“Hm, you’ll say it again eventually.” (Y/N) chuckled. “By the way, I feel the same way”
The Youtuber looked at her, “What?”
“Anyways, now that your secret is out, what do you plan on doing?” (Y/N) smiled at him as she diverted the topic. But before Kenma had the chance to answer,
BAM!
(Y/N) and Kenma both flinched at the sound of the door being slammed open. The two looked up to see both Kuroo and Oikawa standing there. They were both wearing suits as they leaned against the doorframe. “Come on you two,” Oikawa sang. “We managed to get a press conference for Kenma so he could provide his statement and his story on everything that’s happening.”
“Oh yeah, sorry (Y/N) we overheard you telling your past—”
“I can’t believe my poor baby was accused of sleeping her way to the top! Do they have no shame?!” Oikawa interrupted.
“Alright, Mr. Dramatic calm down. (Y/N) you could probably set those ex-coworkers of yours straight considering your picture got taken off, with yours truly. Let’s go fix this mess that you two fell in.”
As Kuroo and Oikawa walked away from the door, Kenma and (Y/N) looked at each other.
“Well, what better way to end both of our problems than to face them head on?”
⤷ y/n is an outgoing and bubbly girl who just landed a job as a secretary for bouncing ball corp. kenma kozume, ceo of bouncing ball corp, works secretly as a gaming youtuber and streamer under the name kodzuken. after a miscommunication and y/n learns the truth about kenma both their worlds collide. what does fate have in store for these two?
a/n: aha lowkey struggling how to move this along but still make it entertaining :’)
