𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄

again, i don't know how these work, so everything that happens is just coming out of my imagination, and the way that helps the plot. please bear with me :)

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you stepped into fukurodani's gym, looking around at your surroundings. a stage was set up to your right, and the rest of the area was filled with standing tables and buffet style food options. it looked beautiful and elegant, and people dressed in formal wear milled about the space, making small talk with each other.

nerves churned in your stomach, but you pushed them down, telling yourself not to worry and that everything was okay.

music played loudly throughout the area, and some people were dancing with each other casually in empty spaces. it was entertaining to watch. 

suddenly you felt a presence behind you, wrapping their arms around your waist carefully.

"hey," he said in your ear, and you felt a chill of both nerves and excitement.

"hi baby," you said, placing your hands on top of his. kuroo chuckled and held you like that for a moment before pulling back and spinning you around so that you were facing him.

he was wearing a dark blue button down shirt tucked into black pants. small silver hoop earrings hung from his ears, and a silver cross necklace sat against his chest, exposed because of the way he left the top two buttons of his shirt open. he looked breathtaking. he always did.

"you're so handsome kuroo," you complimented, reaching up to run your fingers along his jawline.

he smiled, his eyes moving across your body. "but how did i get such a beautiful girlfriend?"

you pursed your lips. "i don't know."

kuroo clicked his tongue, and gave you a playful warning look. you just smiled and pulled his face down to yours, pressing your lips on his. he responded quickly, holding your waist and moving his lips against yours.

you smiled into his kiss, and ran your tongue along his lips. that caused kuroo to immediately pull away.

"careful," he warned, pressing the pad of his index finger to the tip of your nose. 

you looked up at him cutely.

"so, don't be startled," kuroo began, reaching down to hold your hand. "but my parents are here."

you bit your bottom lip before speaking. "i want to meet them."

kuroo smiled with closed lips and nodded, giving your hand a squeeze before leading you through the crowd of people towards two people who were standing at a table and drinking wine.

you could see where kuroo got his looks from; both his parents were very nice looking, and their posture was elegant and professional.

kuroo put his hand on the small of your back as you approached them. they noticed you and smiled.

"hi," you said shyly, bowing respectfully. your heart was pounding against your chest. "i'm y/n, it's nice to meet you."

kuroo's mom came over to you and gave you a hug. "hello y/n, it's nice to meet you too. you're so beautiful, wow."

you smiled. "thank you so much," you said to her, hugging her back hesitantly.

"so, you're tetsuro's girlfriend?" kuroo's dad asked you after you'd pulled away from the hug with his mom. he reached out to shake your hand, and you did.

"yes, i am." you nodded politely. "we go to school together."

kuroo's parents nodded in understanding, and began to ask you questions about yourself. they asked you about your classes, whether or not you did sports, and about your hobbies. kuroo told them you did art, and you told them about dance. they wished you good luck regarding your competition, and you thanked them. they seemed nice, just based off of what kuroo had told you, not always present in his life.

"y/n?" your father's voice interrupted your conversation with your boyfriend's parents.

you whipped around, eyes widened, coming face to face with both of your parents.

"you came," you said, feeling a bit overwhelmed, but also relieved.

"yes, honey." your mother smiled at you and pulled you into a hug. "we knew it was important to you. we wanted to make an effort."

you sighed. "thanks, mom."

"hey, tetsuro!" your dad greeted your boyfriend excitedly, shaking his hand.

"hi, mr. l/n. um, these are my parents." kuroo gestured to his parents, and before you knew it, the two sets of parents were deep in conversation with each other. they got along so well that you and kuroo didn't even have to speak anymore.

"do you want to get food?" kuroo asked you softly, snaking his arm around your waist.

you looked up at him and nodded. "mhm."

kuroo led you to one of the tables with food, and you made yourself a small plate of things you liked. he did the same, and the two of you walked over to a standing table in the corner. you were just beginning to eat when the booming voice of a man came over the speakers.

"can i have everyone's attention, please?"

you straightened suddenly, your heart rate increasing drastically and your stomach churning.

"we are now going to announce the winners of tokyo's annual dance competition," the man said, and you saw his figure from the stage. he was standing at a microphone, holding cards in his hand.

you gulped, looking him with wide eyes. kuroo looked down at you, and tapped your arm.

"are you nervous, baby?" he asked softly.

"yeah. really nervous," you answered, taking deep breaths to calm yourself. the suspense was killing you.

"look at me," kuroo said, turning you so that your eyes could meet his. you looked up at him, noticing how concern was etched in his features.

kuroo lifted your wrist and pressed your hand to his chest. you felt his heart beating quickly against your hand, and you tilted your head to the side in confusion.

the man on the stage announced the winners for jazz; a group of girls from fukurodani, but it all faded into the background.

"why is your heart beating so fast, kuroo?" you asked him.

"i'm nervous too," he told you, giving you a soft smile.

"why?" you moved your hand from his chest to his arm, running your hand down it.

"i want you to win, our parents are literally talking over there, and something else, but i can't tell you that yet. anyways, my point is: it's okay to be nervous. you're going to be fine. everything is going to be fine. okay?"

you nodded as the man on the stage congratulated a group of girls from nohebi for winning ballet. the group went up to get their awards, which were little medals for each of them, and one big trophy for the school to keep.

"for our hip hop competition," the man began, looking out at the silent crowd.

you bit your bottom lip, and kuroo reached out to rub your back.

"i'm happy to announce the winners from nekoma high school: ayako and y/n!"

your eyes widened, and a grin grew on your face in excitement. you looked over at kuroo to see that he was grinning as well. he made a gesture with his head towards the stage, showing you that you needed to go there to meet with ayako and get your medal.

you nodded, and made your way to the stage as quickly as you could in your heels. you met up with ayako at the steps up to the stage, and the two of you hugged each other tightly.

"we did it," you said into the hug, your face buried in the crook of her neck.

"i know," she said back to you, squeezing you even harder. "our work paid off."

that made you smile big, and you pulled out of the hug with her and grabbed her hand instead. together you climbed onto the stage, looking out at the applauding crowd. you locked eyes with kuroo and smiled big. he clapped and gave you a proud smile.

"here you go, ladies," the man said, handing each of you a beautiful medal. you put it on and gave ayako another quick side hug. finally, the man gave you the bigger trophy. it was heavy in your hands, but you and ayako beamed at it, pride swelling up in your chests.

you bowed to the man and then to the audience before stepping off the stage in search of your club moderator.

she was drinking wine over at a standing table with some other nekoma staff, but she seemed extremely excited when you reached her with the trophy.

"great job, girls!" she congratulated you, taking the trophy and putting it on the table before hugging you and ayako at the same time. "you make me so proud, seriously."

"thank you for helping us," you said as you pulled away from her hug.

"of course!" said the club moderator. she smiled, her eyes crinkling at the sides. "you two are so talented. i hope you never stop dancing."

you and ayako looked at each other happily.

"you girls enjoy the rest of the night, okay?" the club moderator patted your arms, and with that, you and ayako walked away.

"you killed it, bestie," ayako said, punching your arm lightly.

"no, you killed it. real hot girl shit."

"for real."

the announcements were ending now, and the man was stepping off the stage as the music began to increase in volume once again. many people were dancing now, and you had to weave through dancing couples to get back to your boyfriend. he was waiting for you with a soda can in his hand. 

you ran up to him win a grin, and he opened his arms for you. you ran into his hug, wrapping your arms around his waist as he enveloped you in his arms. you noticed his heart was still beating quickly.

"congratulations baby," kuroo said in your ear, rubbing circles on your back with his thumb. "i knew you were gonna win."

you smiled, pulling your face out of his chest so you could look at him.

"i'm so happy," you said.

"let me see that," kuroo said, reaching in between your bodies to take your medal in his hands. he examined it. "wow, it even has your name on it."

you looked down at it with him, a proud smile on your lips.

"yeah," you said softly. "it's pretty, isn't it?"

"mhm. just like you." kuroo leaned his face down to kiss your cheek lovingly.

your stomach fluttered. it always did when kuroo called you pretty, or when he touched you, or when he even looked at you. your heart was swelling, and you felt your throat tighten.

the music changed in the background, and you noticed people coupling up to dance. you pulled away from kuroo  and took a sip of the drink you'd started earlier, and looked out at the sea of dancing pairs.

now playing: opia - savannah ré

a small smile formed on your face as you swayed to the soft piano and listened to the beginning of the spoken intro.

"y/n?" kuroo came behind you and  placed a hand on your waist. "want to dance?"

you nodded eagerly, letting kuroo take your hand and lead you to a spot in the gym. couples surrounded you, but it still felt intimate as kuroo placed his hands on your waist and pulled your body closer to his. you touched his neck, and tracing random lines on his skin.

kuroo looked down at you with shortened breaths and a beating heart. you were so gorgeous right now, eyes sparkling as you looked around the gym curiously and then back at him, giving him your beautiful smile. everything about you was perfect. he'd never stop telling you that.

kuroo gulped nervously as he remembered the conversation he'd had at bokuto's house while he, bokuto, kenma, and akaashi got ready for this event together. he'd been thinking about it the entire night, the mere thought of it causing nerves to course through his body and his heart rate to speed up.

"kuroo," bokuto said, walking out of his bathroom after doing his hair. "have you told y/n you love her?"

kuroo shook his head, adjusting his shirt in the mirror next to akaashi. "no, not yet. i'm nervous, bro."

"don't be nervous," akaashi told kuroo softly. "i think she loves you too."

"i don't deserve her," kuroo sighed, turning away from the mirror and sitting on bokuto's bed next to kenma.

"don't say that," bokuto said, patting him on the back. "you deserve her."

"kuroo." kenma's gentle voice interrupted the conversation, and the long haired boy turned off the phone he'd been using and put it in his lap. 

everyone turned in his direction.

"you always tell her that she's beautiful, you take interest in her hobbies, you introduce her to your interests, to your friends. for fuck's sake, you take showers with her! who wouldn't fall in love with someone who does that? how would you not deserve her?"

kenma sighed, looking almost frustrated. kuroo pressed his lips together.

akaashi turned from the mirror and looked at kuroo with a meaningful expression. "y/n gave herself to you in several ways. her mind, her worries, her body; she shared all of that with you. and i'm sure you did the same. so, love her to the best of your ability. don't overthink it. just love her."

the music floated into kuroo's ears as he held you in his hands, swaying with you to the song. his thumbs rubbed against your waist, and he tried to gather his confidence for what he was about to do.

your fingers ran along his jaw, and then his cheeks. you were just admiring him; how handsome he was and how the lights hit his features. every second felt endless with him.

"i haven't felt like this in a really long time," kuroo said suddenly, lowering his head a bit. he couldn't meet your eyes. "or, ever."

you blinked at him, continuing to touch his face as your heart rate quickened. 

"you changed me," kuroo spoke. "you showed me that i'm not my reputation, that i'm capable of something more than that. you taught me how to feel something real again, y/n."

you didn't know what to say, so you just looked up at him as his eyes met yours.

"i love you. you taught me how." 

the words hung in the air between the two of you as you processed what he'd just said. kuroo looked at you with eyes full of an emotion you couldn't read. perhaps it was hope, perhaps it was nervousness. his body was frozen, and so was yours.

finally, you gave him a small smile.

"i love you, kuroo," you said, and before you could say or do anything else, you were pressed against his chest in a tight hug. kuroo's face rested on the top of your head, his eyes closed as he focused exclusively on the feeling of you against him.

your heart felt so happy and full as you pulled out of his hug, wrapping your arms around his neck and pulling his face down for a kiss.

it felt like it was the first time. kuroo's lips were soft against yours, and he tasted like soda. he loved you, and you felt it in the way he moved his lips delicately against yours, holding your hips with a gentle yet firm grip. you closed your eyes and tilted your head to the side, playing with the hair at the top of his neck and pulling on it slightly.

you kissed him until you were out of breath. you pulled away from him with a soft pant, and kuroo chuckled and rested his forehead on yours.

"i love you baby," he said once again. "i love you so much."

you couldn't suppress a flustered giggle, and a grin spread on your lips.

"i love you," you said again through your giggles, and then the both of you were giggling softly together. you pressed a quick kiss on his lips, and then he straightened, looking down at you with loving eyes.

"i want to take you somewhere after this," kuroo said, his gaze never leaving yours. 

"okay," you agreed, brushing his hair out of his eyes. "i want to go now."

"yeah?" kuroo raised an eyebrow. "so impatient."

you shrugged. "can we?"

"mhm." he nodded, taking his hands off your waist and taking your hand, leading you towards the standing table you'd previously been at.

"i just want to say goodbye to ayako first, then i want to leave."

kuroo nodded, and you walked off to find your best friend. your body was basically buzzing from joy and excitement as your eyes found the girl over by the food. she seemed to be looking through the crowd as well.

"ayako!" you yelled out to her, running over as best as you could in your heels.

"bitch!" ayako called back, meeting you halfway.

you stopped in front of her and exhaled sharply, your eyes wide with so much emotion you didn't know how to describe. ayako had the same kind of look on her face, and she took a deep breath before talking.

"tanaka asked me to be his girlfriend. he said he really liked me, and that i made him laugh and that i was beautiful. and then he told me he was willing to leave kiyoko for me and that i should feel honored, and then he was like 'do you want to be my girlfriend?' so obviously, i was like, 'uhh yes. is that even a question?' and so now he's my boyfriend, i guess."

you squealed. "that's amazing, ayako! i'm so happy for you!" you pulled her into a hug.

"what happened to you?" she asked once the two of you were done celebrating ayako's new relationship status.

"kuroo said he loves me. like, loves me."

ayako's jaw dropped. "and?"

"i said i love him too. i have for a while now, you know that." a giddy grin rose on your face.

"i told you he loved you, bitch!" ayako squealed, jumping up and down while holding your hands.

"i know, but he actually said it. i almost disintegrated, he's so cute."

"i literally don't think you even realize who you pulled," ayako said, eyes fixing on kuroo's figure that was standing at the doorframe. "by the way, is he leaving?"

"oh, yeah. i came to tell you... he wants to take me somewhere, so we're gonna head out."

ayako nodded in understanding. "what about your parents?"

you shrugged. "i'll see them tomorrow. i just want to be with kuroo right now."

"okay," ayako smiled at you and gave you a final hug. "have a good time."