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𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 // 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓽 - 𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓭 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓸𝓷
Rain had washed away most of what was left of the snow, and the air felt unusually warm for February. The winter sun was bright, and the sky clear, allowing you to enjoy the outdoors on your break for once.
You were seated on a bench in the middle of a park, reading a book, waiting on Kuroo to bring you a coffee. You had barely seen him since your date since he had been consumed with work. Today was no different. However, when you made an effort to ask him if he wanted to join you, he surprised you by saying yes.
As you carefully read each word, an all too familiar feeling came over you, of someone lingering closely by. You marked the page in your book and looked up to see Akaashi once again. Time felt to have slowed as you stared at each other in silence. You hadn't seen or heard from him since your failure of a date.
"Oh, hi," Akaashi said, hesitantly, wondering whether or not to approach you.
"Hi, Akaashi," you smiled sweetly, allowing him to come closer. You wanted to tell him he didn't need to talk to you; you could've acknowledged each other and went on with your day.
"How are you?" He said as he looked down at you.
"I'm good," You gathered up your things and stood up to face him, "You?"
"I'm fine." The conversation between you two was unbearably dry. You almost wished you didn't look up from your book.
"I've been wanting to apologize, and if you don't hate me, possibly take you out again," He said as if it was a question. Akaashi made no effort to reach out since that day, so was this just because he felt he had to confront the problem?
"You could've just sent a text apologizing, it probably would've been easier." You ignored the second part of what he said. You motioned to turn away, but he clasped onto your wrist before you could pull away entirely.
"Akaashi," You said, regretfully. Maybe if things weren't going the way you wanted with Kuroo, and if Bokuto didn't redeem Akaashi from that date, you might have caved. But as you looked into Akaashi's eyes, you didn't feel anything. Not romantically, at least.
"I can't." You yanked your arm away from Akaashi, glancing behind you in the process. You noticed the raven haired bed head in the distance, it was hard not to pick him out of a crowd. You only had seconds before Kuroo would standing next to you.
"Y/n," Akaashi started, "I really want to - "
"Akaashi, I really can't," You quickly tried to cut him off, checking behind you to see that Kuroo had become aware of who was in front of you, it was written all over his face.
Akaashi peered over you, his eyes catching who you were looking at. His face hardened, before looking back at you. He let out a small laugh.
"I should've known," Akaashi muttered. You weren't sure how to respond.
His hand cupped your cheek, his thumb lightly brushing your cheek. You froze. You knew Kuroo saw this, and you knew he wouldn't perceive it as a harmless act.
"Have fun," Akaashi had a small smirk, before turning away in the opposite direction to avoid confrontation with Kuroo.
You exhaled, your mind racing to try and think of something to say.
Kuroo was finally by your side, before handing you a hot cup. Your gaze slowly moved from Akaashi to the cup, and you noticed there was a small heart drawn on it. You touched it with the tip of your finger, your lips impulsively pulling into a smile.
"Cute." Kuroo didn't react to your remark. His eyes were more focused on Akaashi walked away.
"Akaashi?" He said, changing the subject. You were hoping if you acted as if it was no big deal, Kuroo would see it that way.
"He actually tried asking me out again," You tried to laugh, not wanting Kuroo to think into it. You began walking together towards the office, "I said -"
Kuroo huffed, "Convenient."
You squint your eyes, confused, "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Bokuto just told me that Akaashi got his heart broken again by that girl, I was surprised because I thought you were also dating him," Kuroo shrugged.
Considering you never told Kuroo what happened with Akaashi, you understood why he thought you might still be seeing him. At the same time, this made you think about where you stood with Kuroo if he thought you were still dating other people.
"Are you ... seeing other people?" The thought slipped out as you pushed through the doors of the office building. Kuroo was handed a folder as he passed the front desk.
There was a short pause, Kuroo seemingly distracted by the contents of whatever was in his folder. He hummed, before glancing up at you.
"Wouldn't you like to know."
You watched as he walked ahead of you, not turning around or stopping for you to catch up. You knew he took your encounter with Akaashi the wrong way.
A heavy sigh left your chest. If you responded to him, you knew you would say the wrong thing and let your emotions get the better of you. Deciding to let you both forget about Akaashi was for the best, at least you thought.
