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“But mom!”

“No. I can't excuse you for more
days, two days is the limit.”

“I know but.. Kuroo..”

“Kenma.
He's your boyfriend,
you can't hide from him forever.
And he's a great guy, you know that.
He won't be mad at you for needing
a few days to yourself.”

“But I.. I basically ignored him.
And I'm so bad at lying too.”

The blonde muttered as his mother
adjusted the scarf around his neck
and pulled his hood over his head.

“Tell him as much as you're
comfortable with and he'll
understand. I packed an extra
piece of apple pie in case you need
to calm him with food though.
But I'm pretty sure you'll
eat that yourself, hm?”

His mother chuckled as she cupped
his cheeks and squished them gently.

Now that she knew why her son had
developed quite the appetite lately,
she hadn't hesitated one second
to prepare his favorite foods.

“Take care, sweetie.
See you later.
Don't forget that it'll be only
you and dad in the evening,
I'll be at an exhibition
with a friend.”

“Yeah, bye mom.”

His father knew it too but so
far Kenma still didn't know what
his dad actually thought.

He hadn't been angry but there had
surely been a hint of disappointment
in his eyes when Kenma had told
him with the help of his mother.

“Hey kitten.
How was your trip to the moon?”

“Huh?”

The pudding head tilted his head
in confusion when Kuroo only
smirked at him as he held out
his hand as always, waiting for
his boyfriend to take it.

“It seemed like you left planet
earth for a few days. No call,
no message, no hint that you
were actually still existing.
I got a little worried, you know?”

But when Kenma looked down
in shame and made an attempt to
let go of the older's hand, Kuroo
gently lifted his chin to place a
soft kiss on his boyfriend's lips.

“I really missed you, kitten.”

“I uhm… I'm sorry.
A few things have happened
and I.. Everything was a bit
too much for me. I didn't mean
to ignore you.”

The blonde muttered softly but
Kuroo's small smile never faltered.

And instead of a verbal reply,
he only pecked Kenma's lips again.

Truth to be told, Kuroo hadn't
been just a little worried.

Ever since Kenma had disappeared
on Friday without a single word,
the small blonde had constantly
been on his mind.

He hadn't even said goodbye to

the small fry from Karasuno,
Kuroo had asked him.

Nobody had actually seen him
after the small barbecue opening
speech, he had just vanished
from everyone's sight.

Then he had ignored his messages,
he hadn't even read them.

Mrs Kozume hadn't been able
to reassure him either since she
had let Kenma decide if he wanted
to see the ravenette.

She was a great mother and Kuroo
would never criticize her for that
decision, he respected her.

But not knowing what was going
on with his beloved kitten had
almost made him go insane.

“Will you go to practice today?”

“No, I still need to recover a bit more.
Last week was very exhausting.”

“Okay. You'll go home alone then?”

“Mhm.”

“What about the team?”

“What about them?”

Kuroo sighed at his boyfriend's
cluelessness as they walked.

“They also wondered why you
just disappeared on Friday.
And today you won't be there too.
Not even to watch. But you'll be
at school. They'll wonder what's
going on just like me.”

And Kenma couldn't help but
frown at the last sentence.

Just when he had thought Tetsuro
had accepted and respected his
reasons, the ravenette was
starting to sound pushy.

Blame the hormones but the
blonde didn't like that, not at all.

“Well, you can tell them that I
had my reasons, okay?”

Kenma hadn't intended to snap
but it had just slipped out of his
mouth before he could stop himself.

“Okay, no need to get angry.”

And that was enough to make
the poor blonde boy tear up.

He couldn't help it, his emotions were

all over the place and the change in
his hormones only added to that.

The past nights had been rather
short too thanks to his morning
sickness so it wasn't surprising
how sensitive and moody
he was now.

“Are you free tomorrow
after training?”

“I think so.
Why?”

Kuroo frowned at the sudden
question, not expecting that to be
the next thing his boyfriend would
ask when he had just snapped
at him seconds ago.

“Can you come over? I need to
talk to you about something.”

First the sudden distance,
now he wanted to have a talk?

Tetsuro subconsciously held a little
tighter onto his boyfriend's hand,
making Kenma look up at
him questioningly.

There was this look on the ravenette's
face he had never seen before.

A mix of anger, sadness, worry.. fear?

“Sure. But let me shower and
change at home first, you surely
don't want me over all sweaty
and stinky, huh?”

And again he tried to hide his
insecurity about this whole
conversation behind a joking
way of wording but Kenma could
see right through him.

“Yeah, no need to rush things.
Just come over when you're ready.
It's not like I'm planning
to go anywhere.”

The pudding head shrugged but
his answer didn't make
Kuroo feel any better.

‘Please don't leave me.’

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I've been pretty sick lately,
sorry for not updating