Ready, Set.

Kitten*

"Just come in." he marched into the locker room and Kenma followed, unsure of what was to come of this. Did he fill out his forms wrong? Was a transfer student not allowed to play? Did he do something wrong during practice?

He shut the office door behind him and took a deep breath before facing coach.

"Okay kid," Coach sighed and sat down behind his desk, cluttered with the papers and notes of a mad man.

"Okay." Kenma mumbled and set down his things, taking a seat infront of the desk. he felt his hands get sweaty, his leg began to bounce.

"It has come to my attention that you and Kuroo have a ... special ... relationship." He stumbled through the words. Kenma felt his stomach become a knot and his head spin,

"I-" Kenma started but the coach raised his hand to silence him,

"I couldn't care less son," he said, " I just need to know that it won't affect my team." he gave him furrowed look. A fatherly look.

"No sir, it..it won't.. but," shit, he'd said the but, he didn't mean to bring anything up.

"Yes?" coach pushed

"I think two, of the guys, like... might not be okay with it?" Kenma stuttered, coach took a deep breath,

"I know, I can address them individually, they both came up to me before practice, basically painting you two out as bad guys. I told them already that I would handle it in the best way for the team." Coach stood up and walked around to lean against the front of the desk front of Kenma, he watched the coach fold his arms and soften his gaze,

"Kenma, I know you're smart enough to see how special what we have going is, I know that Kuroo has given everything he has to this team and this sport. I trust that my two star players will only help each other grow. I just don't want two idiots to jeopardize something special, do you understand?" Kenma nodded. He smiled at the ground, something special.

"I think I understand, coach." Kenma said,

"Good," coach said, Kenma stood up and grabbed his things, "Oh, Kenma?"

"Yeah?" he turned as he held the doorknob in his hand,

"Try and keep the marks below the neck and above the knee alright? I don't need the ace to look like a punching bag." Kenma turned bright red, gripping the handle tighter,

"Of course coach."

"And send your boyfriend in here, he needs the same talk." Kenma rushed from the office and ignored the stares he was getting from everyone,

"Hey what was that about?" Kuroo asked when he got close enough, Yama perking up. to eavesdrop,

"Coach wants to see you, its nothing bad, just... awkward." Kenma said. He watched Kuroo toss a shirt on and hurry over to coaches office, Yama and Lev quick to close in on Kenma, the rest of the team waiting for deliberation

"Hey, wanna share?" Lev asked, Kenma smiled at them, they both looked uncomfortable. watching him smile,

"Coach knows about me and Kuroo, he said we better not ruin the team, but he didn't care." Kenma summed up the meeting, leaving out the weird parts and the awkward tension.

"Wow, thats uh.. thats unexpected." Yama laughed, Lev just shrugged,

"Happy for y'all" Lev said, "I'm glad Kuroo is being a bit more open with you, he seems much happier than I've ever seen him." With that the gray haired Russian walked back to his locker, Yama shrugged and continued getting dressed,