You take a deep breath, then let it out, and lean in closer to him, until you’re face to face, so close that if you lean in further, your noses might have brushed. “I want you to go out with me, Kenma.” He doesn’t speak, and you take this as your cue to go on. “I need someone to practice with, and you’re the only one I could think of! What happens if I date someone in the future and I don’t know what to do? Besides, I’ve played so many dating sims, I think it’s only right that I actually get to experience it for myself!” Kenma closes his eyes and lets out a long groan, burying his face in his hands. It’s not the reaction you were expecting. “Kenma?” you ask. His voice is muffled as he says, “I don’t want to.” “What? Why not?” “It sounds annoying. I don’t want to do it.” You lean back on his bed, frowning. “Come on, Kenma! It’ll be easy. You just gotta act like my boyfriend for a few weeks. And go on some dates, too. It’s fine! It’s just practice. It’s not real!” Kenma lets out another long-suffering sigh at that. “I don’t want to do it.” “Come on!” You smack at his shoulder with the flat of your palm, but Kenma doesn’t budge. “Kenma, please! I can’t ask anyone else.” “No.” You finger the ends of his bleached hair, twining them around your own. The strands are dry and split at the ends; Kenma doesn’t take good care of his hair at all. You’ve known him long enough to know that Kenma is unrelentingly stubborn; if he doesn’t want to do something, then he won’t do it, and nothing can convince him otherwise. “Fine,” you say. “You don’t have to. I can ask Kuroo instead. Do you think he would mind?” “Don’t ask Kuroo.” “Why?” Kenma is still staring down at his lap, but he finally looks up at your question. His eyes are narrowed to a cat-like slit, glittering like marbles. “Because I’ll do it.”
kenma fic wip but i've decided to overhaul my current concept and go in a new direction so this will likely never see the light of day + i'll need to repurpose it but i thought it was really cute and wanted to share it as it is lol <3