A/N:

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Sentences in Italics are [Y/N]'s thoughts.

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GLOSSARY:

Oji-chan - Grandpa

Sensei - Teacher

Senpai - Senior

Kohai - Junior

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Your POV:

I opened the paper and it had two little changes in it.

~YOU ARE FILTHY HOT~

~YOU TOO~

~P.T. O ~

I turned the paper as quickly as possible only for my mouth to fall apart.

~I KNOW IT WAS YOU. I KNEW ALL ALONG! ~

This guy! Oh God, This guy!!!

I sighed loudly as I placed that piece of paper in my schoolbag. I left the school premises and I started to walk as fast as possible towards my home. I couldn't contain my emotions. I reached home in a jiff. I crashed on my sofa and all I could think from then on was 'Kuroo'.

He made a fool out of me! Ughhh! How did he know all along? Why did he say 'you too'? You didn't have to Kuroo. You are just making it difficult than it already is. I am pretty sure you know that everyone is attracted to you. It had to be Anzai-san along with Horie-san who must have told him that I wrote that. But he did act to Kaneda-san regarding her confession, 'sweet', my foot. If that's not the case, the first bencher must have told him that I gave him the paper before the class started. I need to figure this out.

I was brought back to my senses as my phone started blaring. I picked up the call and said,

"Hello, Oji-chan!" (grandpa)

"Yeah, it was great."

"Yeah, I like this school, Don't worry Oji-chan!"

"I'll be fine, you can visit me whenever you want to!"

"Um-uh before you cut the call, I just want to make sure that no one else knows. I don't want anyone else to know. Enough people are involved already."

"That's great, alright I'll hang up now. Thank you for checking up on me Oji-chan, have a good night", I smiled, as relief welled up on me.

Time passed, as I watched my favorite shows and finished my homework after dinner. I prepared myself to go to sleep as it was 11.00 pm already. I went to bed, but sleep said "NO". I kept thinking about, how Kuroo knew. I didn't mean to hit on him. 'Yes, you did', my mind echoed.

"No, no stop, stop. I do not want to debate on whether I did or did not, I just have to sleep.", I whispered to myself, grabbing my comforter above my head.

I kept turning around, trying to find a comfortable position as I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up the next morning to my alarm. It was only 6.00 am and I prepared myself for a morning jog. I left my house after locking it as I put my phone and my keys into my armband. I put on the music in my air-pods and I started to jog in the direction of my school.

I focused only on my breathing and my strides. The roads were not packed with vehicles and Mr. Sun was just starting to wake up. Maybe I don't hate the morning's after-all, I thought to myself. I passed my school with a smile on my face as the school was quiet and stunning. I liked the quiet, hence it was stunning. I kept running until I reached a park.

The park had a beautiful fountain surrounded by shrubs that had small white flowers in them. It was a Children's park, of course, it had a play area with swings and see-saws.

The park was situated 1Km away from my house and it was my halfway marker. I made a sharp U-turn as I bumped into something, more like someone. I had good equilibrium, so I didn't fall on my butt. On the contrary, I was startled to see Kuroo-san.

"Hai!", he waved with a grin plastered on his face. What the hell is doing here?

"Bye!", I waved back in response and I started to run back home.

He caught up to me in no time as he ran up to my left. I could feel his presence beside me. He was wearing a red jacket and shorts, it was his school-gym outfit, as it read 'Nekoma High'. I tried to outrun him, but it was of no use. He kept up with me. He was weirdly silent.

I looked at him from the side of my eyes as I continued to run. His bangs, moving up and down in rhythm along with his strides, sweat dripping on his forehead and neck, his legs so toned and perfect. It was a breathtaking view indeed. I kept looking at him when I noticed that he was doing the same.

I stopped on my tracks and he followed my suit, almost immediately. He looked at me with a smile, while I gave him a questioning look.

"Okay! I followed you till the park", he spoke as he raised his hands in surrender. From where? Why?

I wanted to voice my questions, but I started to run again. He started to run beside me again, but he inched in a little closer. Suddenly, he grabbed my air-pod from my left ear and I looked at him with annoyance. He placed the air-pod in his left ear, as he kept running with me. I didn't say a damn word. I didn't want to avoid him, but at the same time, I wanted to.

I cannot show him that I was fazed by his actions, including yesterday's drama. We neared our school and I expected him to return my air pod, but he didn't. I stopped running, as we crossed the school just by a few meters.

"Don't you have practice, Kuroo-kun?", I questioned him with an irritated face.

"How did you know [F/N]-chan? Did you study me or something?", Kuroo asked in a playful tone. Do not rile me up, first thing in the morning.

"I want my air-pod back", I said nonchalantly.

"Oh, I will return it once we reach the outside of your house.", he replied with a smirk. What no, no way you are going to know where I live.

I removed the air-pod from my right ear and tossed it in his hands and started to run. He did catch it and put them in his pockets. He ran behind me and held my wrist to stop me. I turned to face him. His hands are not cold today.

"What?", I barked as I rolled my eyes. He unzipped his jacket and he put them on my shoulders and his face stopped adjacent to mine. What is he doing? He is going to give me a heart attack.

"Wear a jacket or a hoodie next time when you go for a run", he whispered into my ears. I gulped loudly at our 'close' proximity and I took a step or two back.

"I -uh", I was interrupted by a 'shush'.

"Shush, hear me out alright? First of all, I am feminist and women can wear whatever the hell they want to. But as a man, when I saw you jogging, my animal instincts kicked in. I started to follow you from the 4th street crossing because.... I don't know why. Just Don't ask why. Um, you clearly don't want me to know where you live, so the least I can do is, offer you my jacket." He sighed loudly and gave me a pleading look.

"I'll take your jacket for now, but you definitely can do more", I replied as I smirked at him.

"What do you mean I can do more?", he asked, as he arched his eyebrow in question.

"6.00 am. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. 4th street crossing. Jogging till the park and back to the crossing.", I said as I looked into his hazel colored eyes.

He took a step forward without breaking eye contact and with a smirk, he asked: "Why?".

"Punishment, for eavesdropping. You can go now.", I said as I put on his jacket properly and zipped it up.

He gasped in disbelief. He was honestly shocked. I started to run towards my house as I heard him yell, "Don't you want your air-pods?".

"I'll trade your jacket for my air-pods later during school", I yelled as I waved my hand signaling him a 'bye'.

I looked back after a few steps to see him get inside the school gates. I continued to run as I reached my house in a few minutes. I unlocked the door to my house and entered. I inhaled a long breath to realize that I had started to smell like him. It was a warm, soothing and very masculine scent that reminded me of cinnamon with minty, citrusy notes which were infused with his sweat. The scent made me weak in my knees.

I quickly took off his jacket and tossed it into the washing machine for a quick wash. I headed into my bath as fast as I could and, as the cold water hit my skin, it was just pure bliss. I came out of the shower, got dressed up for school and took his jacket out of the drier. I carefully steamed it and put the jacket in a paper bag and put it inside my school bag. I left my house around 8.10 am so that I could reach the school on time.

It was almost 8.25 am when I entered my class and Kuroo was expectantly looking at the door. I noticed that Kozume Kenma was in my seat chatting with Kuroo but mostly he was just focused on his phone. Yaku-san was also involved in the conversation. Kuroo got up from his seat and urged Kozume-san to go back to his class. Kozume-san put his phone inside his pocket and left the seat as I neared him. Kuroo curtly bent as he pointed towards my seat and he mouthed 'Milady'. STOPPPPPP. THAT IS CUTE. DO NOT BLUSH!

"You are 'her'!", Kozume-san said plainly, as we faced each other in the middle of the class. That was dangerous. I would have collided with him. Totally.

"What do you mean by 'her'?", I asked quizzically.

"This is Kozume Kenma, our kohai, he is also the setter for our volleyball team", Kuroo intervened as he moved towards the both of us.

"Just call me Kenma", he said with a smile. He waved me a 'bye' as he disappeared into the hallways.

"Yaku-san, what is happening here? What did he mean by 'her'?", I asked in all seriousness.

"Kuroo, what did you do?", Yaku-san questioned Kuroo without moving an inch from his seat. That was a deathly glare, a glare that said what did you do to my daughter.

Before Kuroo could answer, our homeroom teacher had entered the class, making us all settle in our seats. Sensei [Y/N], not a teacher.

Our sensei took our attendance and he assigned Soma Reiji-san to be the class representative. Sensei, also assigned every one of us with a mentor. I ended up with our homeroom sensei, Hayashi Toshiro himself, while Yaku-san and Kuroo-kun ended up with Nekomata-sensei.

"That's our coach", Yaku-san whispered it enough for me to hear.

I acknowledged his comment with a nod as I looked at him from the side of my eyes, my face still facing our sensei. It was almost time for the classes to begin, when Hayashi-sensei announced, "[L/N]-san, Kocho-sensei wants to meet with you before the first assembly of the school. Make sure you meet him when you have time."

Hayashi-sensei swiftly exited our class after that announcement and I could feel everyone's eyes on me. The students in the class started to murmur amongst themselves. Just great! You had to go ahead and do that sensei? Why? Now they've got some gossip to make. This is not on me. This is on you Hayashi-sensei. This is completely on you.

"What was that about? Are you in any trouble [L/N]-san?", Yaku-san asked with a concern filled voice. Can't tell you now, Yaku-san. I honestly want to, But I just can't.

"I don't know what that was about Yaku-san. But I am not scared. I didn't do anything wrong. I follow all the school rules, so it should be fine. I guess the Principal just wants to address me since I got transferred during the final year or something?", I said, which seemed to convince Yaku-san.

"Yeah, that makes sense [F/N]-chan. But why did you transfer in your final year?", Kuroo asked curiously. You scheming son of a cat, I am not falling for that.

"Why, do you not like me being here Kuroo-kun?", I questioned him back, making an innocent face.

"Kuroo-san", Yaku-san called him out.

"Ahhhhhh, the sensei is here Yak-kun! Let's talk later", he pointed out our history staff, who was beginning to enter our class.

History? First thing in the morning? NOOOOO!

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