The Introverted Kitten's First Date

Ask, Avarice, And Ameliorate

God, how had I even survived him this long?

Well, I guess it's besides the point right now.

"Thanks, by the way," I blush a little as my mind goes off into somewhere. "For getting me and Shou together. I'm really happy with him."

"Wow, Kenma expressing how he feels? What's next, you fuck him?"

I blink.

"I have never thought you could ruin a conversation worse than when you tried to talk to my mom about how you were my friend, but there's a first time for everything."

"I'll admit, that was not the most tasteful of jokes I've made."

"You just made me want to lose my sense of taste if you're going to continue making jokes."

"I am a comedian!" He scoffs, playfully offended. "Besides, am I wrong?"

I blush heavily. And I mean heavily.

I think Shou's hot. That's not wrong to do, right? Think your boyfriend is hot?

But he's so innocent...he probably doesn't even know what sexual attraction is. I'll deal with that another day. I should probably take him out on a date before we do...anything like that, right?

Unbeknownst to neither Kenma nor Kuroo, a familiar orange-haired middle blocker had gone through a flurry of sneezes within, what felt to him, 30 seconds.

"Hinata," Nishinoya furrows his eyebrows. "Are you sure you rested up properly?"

"You definitely just thought he was hot, didn't you?"

"Oh, shut up."

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"Kuroo, what do you want?" I hear Tsukishima sigh as he picks up the phone. "For the last time, stop calling me Tsukki."

Honestly, since this was practice, I'd normally just lecture him for a few seconds and tell him to drop the phone. But Kuroo didn't call that often, at least he didn't call us often. And when he did call us, something was definitely up. There was a ruse at hand, and I wasn't going to handle it one bit.

"Daichi, you good?" Sugawara fights a snicker back. "I've never seen you so on guard when literally nothing is going on. We're on a water break, if you haven't noticed."

"Hey, maybe he's channeling his inner Kageyama. Remember that time at the previous training camp?" Asahi jokes, and at that, I can't really help but crack a smile with an eyeroll as I lightly shove Asahi.

"Laugh it up," I chuckle lightly before I notice Tsukishima walk up to me. "What is it?"

Wordlessly, Tsukishima holds the phone up to me to show Kuroo's name on there, this time on speaker. Why he decided to put it on speaker was unknown to me as I take it back to the normal sound and hold the phone up to my ear.

"What do you want?" I sigh, already fed up with the prospect of having to deal with Nekoma's captain.

"Kuroo, are you seriously calling Tsukishima? Can you not get enough of him?" I hear Kenma speak in the background, and I blink.

He gulps, "Kenma! It's on speaker!" I've never heard him so caught off guard before. Usually, he's always prepared for some sort of snide or witty remark.

And that's when it finally registers what's going on.

"I swear, Kuroo, you really just messed up. Say something stupid enough, and I will tell the rest of the team, especially him," I instantly turn the tide, causing Tanaka to snicker a bit, Kiyoko to have a confused smile on her face, and Sugawara to nearly wheeze.