After a while spent together in each other's arms, Kei had calmed down completely and was just staying curled up to Tetsurou. The older teen was running a hand through his hair, the gentle touch leaving a tingling feeling whenever his fingers brushed against the skin of Kei's forehead. It was peaceful, and despite the crappy things that had happened, he was able to push the negative thoughts away for a bit and feel happier.

"So, Friday..." Kei began, pulling away slightly and putting his glasses back on before looking up at Kuroo. There was some things that had been on his mind for a bit, and seeming as the majority of the difficult stuff they had to talk about was done, he figured it was finally time to ask. The dark haired male had already began to blush at the mention of Friday, and even more so at his next question. "How much of that was real, and how much of that was my imagination?"

Lev had mentioned Kuroo being blushy when it came to him, but he never really thought it was that obvious of a thing. Kei had never seen it first hand before, and he didn't realise just how much the other actually blushed. It was adorable, seeing Tetsurou tilt his head and furrow his eyebrows with reddened cheeks and a bashful smile, and he couldn't help but give him a kiss on the cheek and watch as he blushed a darker shade. It made him want to smile, and smile Kei did, waiting for Kuroo to give him an answer.

"Well, uh... some of it was? What do you mean, exactly? Some of the stuff I did was pretty embarrassing... I'm confused, I don't know how much you remember and how much you don't..."

Kei watched as he spluttered and tried to give an answer, and soon let out a soft laugh. "Oh, Tetsu, you're too cute," he said with a giggle, moving to run his hands through the mess of dark hair. It was soft, and despite being styled in that unruly bed hair there weren't too many tangles in it. The other clearly took care of his hair despite the way it looked, and Kei could see this quickly becoming a favourite past time, especially with how Tetsurou leaned into the touch and seemed to enjoy it. "I was arguably more embarrassing, to be honest. When I'm tired or sick I pretty much lose all filters, but I also dream quite vividly, so I can never tell if I did anything or whether it was a figment of my imagination. Holding my hand in the infirmary, me being in your jacket and you carrying me, saying that we love each other multiple times, you taking me to your place, feeding me?"

Tetsurou blushed even darker and looked away, and Kei giggled a little bit more. He was a little surprised with himself as he didn't usually giggle, but not as surprised as he was about seeing how flustered the older teen was. "All of that was real," he mumbled, glancing back and giving him a shy smile. "I don't know how I handled it. You were so cute and clingy, and I just wanted to look after you since you didn't look well at all, but every time you woke would do something adorable and then all of my feelings came spilling out as well. I didn't see a point in hiding how I felt if you were being so affectionate, especially since your feelings probably came from somewhere, and if you remembered what happened after I didn't want you to think I didn't feel the same way."

The blond smiled at hearing the last part, his cheeks turning a soft pink and his ears a shade of red. "That's sweet, Tetsu, you're so sweet," Kei murmured, moving his hand to cup Tetsurou's cheek and pressing a kiss to his nose. He heard Kuroo's breath hitch, and laughed softly once again, peppering a few gentle kisses across the dark haired male's face. "Just look at you, you're so red. You know, when we first met I thought you were going to be some arrogant hot bastard with that dumb smirk, but you're really a huge softie. And it just makes me love you even more, knowing that you have such a kind and loving heart, knowing you're so gentle and thoughtful. You're genuinely one of the best people I know, Tetsurou. I wasn't expecting you to give me such a thoughtful response, if I'm honest, though I probably should have been. I was mostly asking because of something that happened when I wasn't well. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't real, but I dreamt that I woke up a sixth time," he whispered, leaning in closer and brushing his lips against Kuroo's.

Once, light as a feather, before the other could react. Twice, soft and slow, and returned with just as much care. Three times, gentle and full of love, lasting much longer than any of their other kisses. Kei smiled warmly as they pulled away, stroking over Tetsurou's cheek with his thumb. "I woke up, and you'd fallen asleep beside the bed with your head in your arms. Not realising you were there because it was dark, I woke you by accident, and convinced you to lie in bed where it was comfortable and warm. We wrapped our arms around each other, and we kissed, just like that. I guessed it wasn't real since I woke up right after, but I just wanted to know for sure... and to know what that kiss would really be like."

"Well, I guess you know now, right?" Tetsurou replied breathlessly, giving him a warm smile and resting his hands on Kei's hips. His cheeks were still flushed a deep red, and Kei loved the sight, knowing that he had been the reason the other was blushing. It made him feel happy, because a blush like that couldn't be faked, giving him more assurance that it was all real. "You say I'm sweet, but I think you're sweeter. You say I'm an angel, but I think you're the angel, Kei. You may not have been my first kiss, but god, I'd let you kiss me for all eternity if you wanted to. I love you, Kei, my firefly, my boyfriend..."

Kei blushed darkly at that, their cheeks both matching the colour of Tetsurou's Nekoma jacket that he was still wearing, but neither of them cared to hide it. They were lost in each other's eyes, one pair that seemed like liquid gold with the way they lit up, and the other pair that were a beautiful shade of hazel, both as equally full of love. "I love you too, Tetsu, my angel," Kei told him, bringing him into another kiss, "my wonderful boyfriend." Even as they pulled away and simply held each other close, the warm smiles never faded. Just for a while, they could forget about the difficulties of life and focus on each other, on the love they shared.

As the time passed, their blushes died down, and Tetsurou had returned to running his fingers through Kei's hair while the other traced shapes on his chest. The action, while small, made Tetsurou feel really special for some reason. Just watching Kei with that smile and his eyes brighter than he'd seen in a while, feeling the tenderness of his touch through the hoodie — even if he couldn't figure out what it was he was drawing, the moment was special. The blond was in his clothes (that were just a bit too big on him, which the older teen thought was cute), and he looked adorable in Tetsurou's jacket. It made him want to pull him in closer and cuddle him forever, so that Kei would always wear that smile, would always be so happy. In that moment, it was just the two of them, close together and sharing quiet, innocent intimacy, and Kuroo adored it.

Contrary to the way many people in the school assumed he was like, and despite the many confessions he got, he wasn't interested in having a good time. He had never done anything more than kiss, and the first and only other time he'd done that was when both he and Yaku were in their first year and only starting to come to terms with their sexuality. (They were together for about a month, and then decided they were better off as friends).

With Kei, Tetsurou just wanted to love him tenderly and with the care he deserved, and have a relationship focused on love. He didn't care about what people would say, he didn't care if some would tease him for being a virgin. They could do things like that when they were older, but Kei was fifteen and Tetsurou was seventeen, and right now there was no need for any of that. They had only known each other for two months, but already Kuroo knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with the male in his arms, and he would be damned if he didn't give it all the love he had within him.

Tetsurou smiled softly at him, pressing a soft kiss to his forehead and sighing happily. Even if things weren't great at the moment, he would do everything he could to love Kei and to help him see how wonderful he was. Right there in that moment, as Kei looked up at him and gave him a kiss, Tetsurou couldn't have been gladder that things had worked out well between them.

x-X-x

"We should probably get back to the others," the blond whispered eventually, leaning and nuzzling his nose against Kuroo's, "but I like it here with you. You're warm."

Tetsurou gave him a warm smile and nodded, leaning forward just a little more and giving him a gentle kiss. "I know, firefly, but you're right. Lev was pretty worried about you, everyone was, but I think he'd like to see you again and see that you're alright. We can still cuddle out there if you want to. If you want to stay close I can take you, I don't mind."

Kei thought for a moment before nodding. "Yes please, Tetsu," he murmured, snuggling closer to him. The other chuckled softly and kissed his forehead before scooping him into his arms and standing up. Kei seemed happier being close to him, and Tetsurou liked holding him close, so he didn't mind carrying him around in the slightest.

When they got to the door, Kei opened it for them, and Kuroo made his way over to the couch to sit them beside Koutarou and Keiji. It was a two person couch, and Bokuto didn't hesitate to pull Keiji onto his lap so that there was room for the four of them on the couch. Hiroki, Kenichi and Lev had sat on three of the chairs from the dining table after moving them over, and though they easily could have brought over another one, neither of the younger couples minded being close to each other.

"I see things went well then?" Lev asked with a smile, moving his chair to be beside the side of the couch where Tetsurou and Kei were sitting. The blond was curled up beside him, the older teen's arms wrapped gently around him. They were both blushing lightly, and Tetsurou did even more so as Kei moved to hold his hands, their fingers intertwining.

Kei nodded, giving him a small smile. "Yeah, it did. Thank you, Lev," he said softly, weakly squeezing Kuroo's hand as he looked to his best friend. He was extremely thankful for what Lev had done, since he wasn't mentally in a state able to tell even more people his life story. He'd broken down enough times talking to Tetsurou about it, so four more people was just way, way too much for him to handle at the moment. "Thank you for talking to them for me, I really appreciate it. I don't think I could have done it on my own."

The silver haired male shook his head and smiled warmly back at him. "It's no problem, I'm glad to help you out whenever you need, especially when you've been through some shit. That's what best friends are for," he said kindly, giving him a thumbs up. "And besides, you look a lot happier now, so I'm happy I could give you two the chance to talk things out." There was a loving look in Lev's eyes, one just like the one Yamaguchi and his brother gave him, and Kei felt a spark of happiness as he saw it. He knew his friend cared, that they were like brothers, but it didn't cease to make him even happier to see that knowledge confirmed by things like that.

Kei smiled a little wider and nodded, humming quietly in agreement to his words. "It'll be a while before I'm over all of this, before I can really let go of it all, but talking to Tetsu was a big help. It feels good to not have all of that stuff stuck inside, and to know that for a lot of things that were on my mind, I don't need to worry anymore." He looked up at his boyfriend and nuzzled him softly when he was finished talking. Tetsurou smiled fondly at him in return and kissed his forehead before looking to the half-Russian.

"Thank you for being their for him, Lev. And you guys as well," Kuroo said, giving him a smile before glancing to the other people in the room, finishing with his gaze on Kenichi. "I'm not sure exactly what happened last night, but I've got the gist of it, so I'm glad that if anyone could have been there it was you."

Kenichi smiled softly and shook his head. "I'm glad that we were there as well. You're one lucky guy, Tetsurou, having him love you the way he does." Kuroo nodded, murmuring an 'I know' and giving his boyfriend's hand a gentle squeeze as Kenichi kept on talking. "Kei, I don't know many people that would have been able to stand up the way you did in that situation. I know it's going to be difficult, but you did the right thing. No matter what happens with those shit stains, I can promise you that you'll never be without a home, Hiroki and I will make sure of it. While you were in the other room one of my guys sent me a message to say he got the footage from last night, but they didn't have any audio recordings at the venue. I wish we could do more, but with only witnesses and that one bit of footage, going to the police or trying something with legal action would likely only provoke them more. It's not like they've really been doing anything bad, aside from being shitty parents and that one punch, and there's not much we could use against them."

"Yeah, I figured as much," Kei muttered, sighing and shaking his head. His smile had faded somewhat as their point of conversation changed, but he knew that they needed to discuss some things like this. There was no point avoiding it all forever. "Thanks anyway, though. I'm honestly surprised they haven't came along to kick me out yet, but I'm not complaining."

"Well, what we can do is make sure that you have a place to stay, even if they kick you out from here," Hiroki said kindly, and Kenichi nodded in agreement. "We'll try our best to keep you at Nekoma as well, or at the very least Fukurodani which isn't too far away from here. It's really hard to tell what they're going to be up to, seeming as they at least have some brain cells when it comes to business, and I don't imagine they'd be wanting to have any more big losses after Kenichi broke off the deal they had before they could sign the contract."

Kei scoffed and rolled his eyes, shaking his head. There was a pang of hurt in his chest even despite the annoyance he felt, and he squeezed Kuroo's hand tightly as he began to speak. "I mean, it's pretty easy to narrow it down to a few things that they're likely to do. You give them too much credit, they're the type of people to hold a grudge for a very long time over very little things. On top of that, they're greedy and try to manipulate the situation to get the most they can out of it. Yeah, they've got some smarts, but it's not like they've got it all together. They hate me, but I'd imagine they'd not want to give up just yet when they can still get something out of this whole thing if they play their cards right. They still technically have legal custody over me, so as far as the government is concerned they can do whatever the hell they want with me until my life is in danger. As if the police are going to care that they hate me, if they're not actually doing something legally wrong they're in control."

Keiji's eyes widened as he realised what it was Kei was implying, as did Koutarou's, and the two shared a glance with Kenichi before Bokuto spoke up. "Kei, you don't think that they would seriously do that? You and Tooru? You saw how they reacted to it, they called the two of you freaks? I know you're not freaks, if anyone is it's them, but why would the four of them suddenly change their opinions?"

"Wait, do what? What are you talking about?" Lev asked worriedly, him and Kuroo looking at them in confusion. Unlike Bokuto and the Akaashi's, they weren't there, and they hadn't met Kei's parents. They didn't know enough to make the guesses that the rest of them could about possible scenarios, possible future events.

Kei sighed, moving closer to his boyfriend and looking between the two of them. "Oikawa Tooru is the older brother of Oikawa Aiko, the girl they were trying to marry me to. When I came out as gay, he came out as bi and went with us, and we took him to his boyfriend's house. It's just a guess, keep that in kind, but if I were to guess what they're going to next I would think they'd try to put Tooru and I into an arranged marriage. They wouldn't change their opinions, not in the slightest, but if they played it right they could make it seem like we were in love, and the marriage was our choice. Perhaps people aren't all accepting, but as the world is changing more and more people aren't as against it. They would come out of it with the same benefits with each other as if I'd married Aiko, they seem like the good guys for being 'supportive' of us, and they get to keep us away from our boyfriends. Who knows if they're actually smart enough to consider that, but I wouldn't put it past them. It's just the sort of shit they'd do." Kei looked away, a sinking feeling in his chest as he finished talking, his voice thick with tears he was hoping he wouldn't shed. He'd began to worry about this potentially happening in the car on the way to the apartment, and as he verbalised his worries the chances of it actually happening seemed even more real.

And then, he felt Kuroo let go of his hand, and cup his cheek instead. The other male gently tilted his head to be facing him so that when Kei opened his eyes he was looking into Tetsurou's hazel ones, and then pulled the blond in for a kiss. "Kei, love, we aren't going to let that happen. If they try taking you away, we'll get you back, no matter how long it takes. If they want to try marrying you to that guy, or anyone else for that matter, then we'll just have to elope before they can do that. Who gives a damn if it's 'too soon' for me to say because we've only been boyfriends for less than an hour, I love you and I'll love you forever. I meant it when I said that you could have my last name if you want it, even if it can't happen officially for another two and a bit years. For as long as you want me, I'm yours and you're mine, and I'm always going to be by your side. These guys are too, we're your family, and we'll be there for you."

His vision blurred, and he tried his best to blink away the tears. Eloping with Tetsurou, having the name Kuroo Kei, he wanted that too. It was assuring to know that his boyfriend would go so far for him, would do so much for him, even if he wished that it wouldn't be happening under such circumstances. Kei wanted them to be able to take their time, to have a proper wedding and engagement and have it all not be so rushed. But if the situation was that extreme that it didn't allow for it, there was nobody he would rather marry. Still, aside from the prospect of marriage, Tetsurou made a very good point. Whatever happened, Kei wasn't going to be alone, and he had more people there for him than ever before.

That much was only confirmed when another voice spoke up, and Kei glanced towards Akaashi Kenichi. "We'll do our best to keep you away from them, son. Even if you're stuck there for a while, the minute something happens or you turn eighteen we'll get you away from there," Kenichi said softly, his voice holding a kind and fatherly affection that Kei had longed to hear for so long. Him and Hiroki had caring smiles, and it took him a moment to register that they were just as caring as when they looked at Keiji and Koutarou. "Try not to worry too much on what hasn't happened yet. You're a smart and wonderful boy, Kei, just like our Keiji and Koutarou are. I know it's really easy to overthink things and stress during times like this, but they don't have you right now. You're here with us, with Lev and with Tetsurou, and you're safe. And right now, it's all going to be okay. I know you're scared, and it's okay to be scared, but whatever happens we have your back. We won't let you go easily, not without a fight."

Not for the first time that day, and perhaps not for the last, Kei broke into tears. Tetsurou pulled him onto his lap and cradled him in his arms, and Kei hugged him tightly. He'd always only had Akiteru and Tadashi, they had been the only family he'd had for a very, very long time. But now he had all of these people too, and though they'd not been around for nearly as long as Akiteru and Tadashi, they were just as much a part of his family already. His icy heart, frozen by the loneliness he'd felt all his life, was finally thawed and beginning to grow warm.