The Introverted Kitten's First Date

A Puppeteer, A Tactician, A Teacher, and Two Guardians walk into a gym...

"What is it, Ki--" I turn around, only to realize it wasn't Kenma who tapped me on the shoulder.

It was Bokuto.

"Hey, hey, hey!" He introduces himself flamboyantly. "How's my favorite student doing?"

Silence.

I could probably hear a pin drop. Kenma noticed it, too, and covered his ears even more.

"U-Uh..." I stutter, trying to come up with a plan before something happens. "Kenma, d-do you wanna practice a little over there?"

"Hold it!" Nishinoya-Senpai interrupts. "Shouyou, I thought we were your favorite upperclassmen! What's this guy doing?!"

"Uh...oh, wait! You guys are the meat guys!" Bokuto remembers, probably remembering that time we sang and danced.

"We're not just the meat guys! We're Hinata's favorite upperclassmen!" Tanaka-Senpai insists, and Kenma and I slowly creep away, over to the other end of the gym.

"Hinata! Aren't we going to have a final talk about your date thingymajig?!" Bokuto cries, and I freeze, slowly turning to Kenma.

To my surprise, he has an eyebrow raised, "Shou...I don't know why you need dating advice when you could literally just ask me out and I'd jump at the bit to say yes...but asking for dating advice from Bokuto?"

I blink, his words getting through my head. I...could just ask him?

Um.

I see that he has a huge blush on his face from admitting that, and that he uses his hoodie to hide it. His tone was quiet, but his surprise was obvious. Weirdly enough, he almost seemed flattered that I wanted it to go so well, so I asked other people.

But the weirdest thing for me is what I ask Kenma. It's not to go out on a date. It's not even something that's on my mind. Honestly, it's probably the last thing I'd be thinking about at the moment.

"You're not mad at me?"

It's quiet. Soft.

I'm certain Kenma is the only one who heard it, especially since everyone else is focused on Bokuto, Nishinoya-Senpai, and Tanaka-Senpai.

And when he hears it?

He smiles. He just...smiles.

And I hear a soft laugh. It's just one little noise.

Then a few chuckles. He laughs a little bit.

"Jesus, Shou, you're stupid sometimes," he laughs a little more, walking over to me and grabbing my hand. "Ask Kuroo what I've been doing this entire training camp."

Kuroo, at the sound of his name, turns over to us and stupidly points at himself. I guess he can see the look in our eyes, especially by the smirk that came onto his face then.

"Oh, Kenma over there was too embarrassed to ask you out on a date, so I decided to help him," he laughs it off, before watching everyone else argue.

"Yoo-hoo~" A voice comes in, and everyone freezes. "Hey, Kenma, we gotta talk."

Oikawa.

"You! What are you trying to do to Kenma?!" Nishinoya-Senpai and Tanaka-Senpai blast, even though they probably haven't had a conversation with him in ages. Yet, when Kenma and I started dating, they considered themselves guardians of the both of us, I think. Or at least, protectors. It's nice...but it can be a bit problematic sometimes, like right now.

"Huh? Me? I'm just being myself," Oikawa smoothly denies.

"Hold up! What are you trying to do to my favorite student! I'm his favorite upperclassman!" Bokuto interrupts, pointing a finger at Nishinoya-Senpai and Tanaka-Senpai.