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“Shouyo, I can’t,” Kenma says urgently. There’s a hard lump in his throat and for a moment he’s terrified he’s going to start coughing again, but—no, this time it’s just his emotions. “I have to let him go. I have to let what we had go. Please. I’m so tired. Can’t you see how tired I am?”
Shouyo looks like he’s going to cry. He tucks Kenma’s loose bangs back behind his ears.
“I know, Kenma,” he says. “I know you are.”
“Kozume-san,” the doctor says quietly. “You have six months to decide. You don’t have to commit to anything now. Just think about which would be…more bearable, in the long run.”
It’s both the kindest and cruelest thing he could say, but then, what else does one say to a hanahaki patient nearing his terminal stages?
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09 Apr 2026
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“Hi,” Kenma murmured.
Kuroo smiled, something soft and beautiful that stole all the air from the room. “Hi.”
Kenma brought his hands to Kuroo’s shirt. He let his eyes drop to follow the movement. He fiddled with the buttons there. Not trying to undo them, but more a nervous tick. Kuroo’s thumb snuck under his shirt and rubbed against his hipbone. It was distracting.
Eyes still averted, because it was safer that way, Kenma whispered, “Do you love me?”
To Kuroo’s credit, his thumb did not falter in its soothing gesture. His hands did not twitch and his breathing did not change. His voice was perfectly even, unreasonably calm, as he leaned forward and whispered in Kenma’s ear, “Yes.”
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kuroo and kenma from middle school to college and all the fluff that comes with them admitting their feelings
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31 Mar 2026
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Kuroo has been showing up at Kenma's apartment for years — with pudding, with patience, with voice messages sent at midnight that he pretends are casual. Kenma has noticed. Kenma has always noticed. He just needed to run the numbers first.
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28 Mar 2026
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In theory, Kuroo was ethically opposed to conning innocents. In practice, he could never resist watching Kozume ply his trade.
It always started out the same: Kozume’s victim of the night would let him break. Kozume would hesitantly line up his cue behind the cue ball, elbows tucked, form all over the place. So of course, to be a good sport, his opponent would give him some pointers—shift Kozume’s upper arm, adjust his wrists, let their fingers brush for a moment too long. Despite the language barrier, a definite something lingered in the air.
(The scent of blood. Kuroo knew that, Kozume knew that, Victim #1 did not.)
Kuroo’s job is to pour drinks and watch out for hustlers. He’s a great employee: he makes a mean martini, and whenever Kozume Kenma comes in to hustle pool, Kuroo sure does watch.
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- Part 1 of Shark-Infested Waters
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20 Mar 2026
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According to wikipedia, tsume problems present situations that might occur in shōgi games, and the solver must find out how to achieve checkmate. For Kuroo, this means coming up with the best way to accept Kenma's sly invitation to move in together.
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