it's cool, we can still be friends; kuroken

it's cool, we can still be friends

kuroo stuffed his hands in his pockets, eyeing the road ahead. the sky was clouded with gray, reflecting his mood perfectly.

he shuddered as the bitter cold seeping through the coat that was supposed to keep him warm and cozy.

funny enough, he usually looked forward to the early walk to morning practice. used to.

it didn't feel right anymore, not when he didn't have anyone to blab to about various topics.

he sighed, releasing a visible puff into the air. only one thing filled his mind (technically two, one being his desire for the warm weather to be brought back).

kenma.

he wanted him to be here, to make the mid-january weather feel like may.

kuroo quickly put that thought to rest.

it's stupid, really, he thinks.

to try to wish for kenma to magically appear beside him as if he wasn't the one that drove him away.

-

kenma rested his head inside his locker, probably on his phone, or switch, or ds, or whatever handheld device he brought to school today.

kuroo gulped, slowly approaching him.

"hey, kenma,"

kenma jumped, his head colliding with the inside of the locker, causing him to hiss out in pain.

"shit, sorry!" kuroo reached his hand out but stopped mid-way before he could touch him. "i didn't mean to scare you."

kenma pulled back, rubbing the top of his head. "it's fine." he muttered in his usual soft-spoken voice as his eyes flickered up to meet kuroo's. "hey."

a smile spread across kuroo's face, "how are you?"

kenma shrugged, slamming his locker shut. "okay, i guess."

"nice," he nodded.

kenma blinked his amber eyes at him, hair falling around his face, blocking his field of vision.

others found it strange, how kenma had the same haircut since he was small, all because he didn't like having a wide view. the only change he made to his appearance was dying his hair blonde when he got to high school and even then, he was too lazy redye his fading roots. kuroo liked it though. kuroo liked everything about kenma.

"did you need something?"

"ah-" kuroo scratched the back of his head, turning his gaze to the side as he realized he let himself stare. "i was just wondering since i have nothing to do this weekend if you wanted to come over saturday and maybe have a sleepover?"

'like we used to' he wanted to add but decided against it.

kenma looked down at his phone. "can't. already made plans with shouyou."

since when did he start hanging around the shrimp from karasuno?

he knew they texted sometimes but he never heard kenma mention hanging out with him and when were they on first-name basis?