The day after

"Kenma, you're overthinking things."

Kuroo snickered as he watched the hopeless pudding head grumble in embarrassment. His face was bright red and covered behind both hands. He stayed this way since their visit to Yume's house the other day.

"Seriously. Kenma. It wasn't a bad move." Kuroo tried to reassure him. "Though I am a bit surprised. Didn't know you had it in you."

The wide smirk on his lips was enough for Kenma to blush brighter, if that was even possible. He glanced at Kuroo from the corner of his eye with a frown. "There's no way I can face her today." He said. Kuroo grinned and sighed in amusement.

"Come on. You guys already made up... Sort of." He shrugged. "Wasn't the whole problem in the first place because you were avoiding her?"

"But I kissed her yesterday..." Kenma grumbled, rubbing his face with both hands, wishing that his blush would disappear.

"You'll be fine~"

[Flashback]

Yume sat frozen in place, eyes wide, as she stared at her boyfriend's adorable face. His lips were soft and the kiss was clumsy, but gentle and full of love. When Kenma pulled away from her, his eyes darted to the ground.

"K-Kenma..." She softly gasped and reached up to touch her lips, still unable to fully register everything that happened in that moment.

"I..." He began to explain, but somehow along the way he lost his voice, resulting him into a stuttering mess.

"Kenma...?"

"I... Sorry."

Just like that, he was out of the bedroom and running through the halls, not even caring that Kuroo and Akira had been watching the entire time through a small crack from the door.

"KENMA! HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" Kuroo shouted from behind him.

The embarrassed little pudding head didn't stop running. He dashed through the house and out the gates to freedom, leaving behind a shocked and confused Yume in her room.

[End of Flashback]

Kuroo stood outside class 2-3 next to his best friend for two reasons: 1) There was a chance that the gamer might try to run again, and 2) He really wanted to see what happens. One glance at the boy next to him and he could tell that he was silently debating whether or not to go in or skip school. Kenma was still nervous about meeting Yume that he couldn't even will himself to open the door to the classroom. Kuroo chuckled quietly, patiently waiting for either the door to open or for Kenma to open it himself.

"....I can't do it." He spoke after about ten minutes of standing outside.

"Here. You just reach out and slide the door like this--" Kuroo demonstrated by grabbing Kenma's shaking hand and using it to slide the door to the room open.

"Kuro!" Kenma tensed as the door opened.

Yume sat in her seat with her head resting on the desk. Her eyes were closed almost like she was sleeping. When she heard the clattering of the door opening, she sat up instantly and shook her head to alleviate the drowsiness.

"Good luck." Kuroo gently pushed him inside the room with a mischievous grin.

"I hate you." Kenma grumbled and shot him a light glare, before slowly walking over to his seat next to Yume.

"What should I do? Am I suppose to say hi? Should I wait for her to say something first?"

Various scenarios played in his head as he tried to decide what to do. Before he even realized it, he was standing in front of Yume's desk, and the girl was staring at him.

"Kenma?" She called him out and he gasped, snapping out of his train of thought to look at her. "Can we...talk? About the kiss?"

She was straightforward as ever; the very opposite of himself. With a slight nod of his head, he sat in his seat and took a deep breath to calm himself down. Yume smiled as she watched him, her affection for the shy boy fluttering in her chest like a million butterflies.

"So... Yesterday I was kind of...erm..." Talking about it seemed harder than she thought it would be. Nevertheless, she forced out the words she wanted to say to him. "I-I wanted to apologize for kind of...uhm...bursting into tears like that in front of you...and...and for ignoring your calls the entire weekend...a-and for pretty much everything that troubled you..."

Kenma listened as she spoke, a bit confused as to why she was still apologizing for anything. It was his fault for her behavior in the first place, wasn't it?

"Don't apologize..." He mumbled and fidgeted anxiously in his seat. "I'm sorry for kissing you so suddenly... It was the only thing I could think of..............to make you stop crying..."

"Ah, I see." She nodded and the two fell into an awkward silence.

Kuroo stood at the doorway, watching the couple with uncertainty. "Did they resolve anything? I can't really tell..." He wondered. Neither of them moved to do anything or speak to break the tension. "This is...sort of painful to watch. Kenma, hang in there."

Yume opened her mouth as if to say something but quickly shut it again and shook her head. Kenma noticed and raised an eyebrow at her. "What's on your mind, Yume..?" He finally asked her.

"Ah, well... I-I was wondering... If maybe we... W-Well I just thought..." She sighed and looked away. It was too embarrassing for her to even mention and there was no way Kenma would ever agree to do it. Again. "Nevermind. Forget about it."

Yume began to face away from him, only to stop short when a hand gripped her wrist. She looked up and saw Kenma staring at her anxiously.

"T-Tell me......" He said. "Tell me what you're thinking..."

In a way that she could not point out, Kenma seemed to be more...bold? The shy setter of Nekoma normally would have left the matter alone but he actually insisted in knowing what she was about to say.

Yume took a breath and shyly looked at him in the eyes. "I was wondering if we could do it again..." She told him. Then, her eyes trailed down to stare at her shoes. "If it's alright with you... I'd like to kiss you again."

"....."

Maybe she shouldn't have said anything.

"....."

This was a mistake.

"....."

Does he hate her now?

"...Okay."

"Wha??" Her head shot up at his answer. She didn't expect him to agree, but he did. Right!? "Did you just say okay?"

"......Yeah......" Kenma mumbled as he slowly let go of her wrist.

If happiness could make someone glow, then Yume was positively shining brighter than the stars. Without even a second thought, she leaned forward and grabbed Kenma by the front of his shirt, and kissed him fully on the lips.

"Mmph!?" Kenma's eyes were wide as saucers. He didn't know she meant to kiss him now.

Kuroo was loudly cheering from the doorway, followed by a chorus of applause from the entire volleyball team. His classmates were absolutely stunned. The silent and aloof Kenma was being kissed by a girl! He was pretty sure that he even received some glares from jealous boys who probably wanted to date his girlfriend too.

"Those two are dating?"

"I never would have guessed. They seem so different."

"Damn that pudding head..."

Kenma heard the murmurings began to get louder. People were starting to notice him now. Yume didn't seem to care as she happily kissed all over his face.

"Y-Yume, people are staring...." He pointed out shyly.

"Oh! Sorry!" She grinned and pulled back, bouncing in her seat. "I'm just so... So HAPPY~"

As much as he hated the unwanted attention he was receiving, Kenma had to admit that seeing her smile so wide was worth it.