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( 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢 x 𝘴𝘩𝒐𝘬𝒐 )
━━━ ❛ sun and moon troupe ❜
❝ 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢! ❞
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Between waking up early after only sleeping 5 hours last night and getting confetti thrown at him by his own mom, Kenma was about done with the day already. Yeah, it was his birthday. But did everyone had to make a big spectacle about it?

He was only going to be 17 once. It wasn't that much of a big deal. It was just another Friday. But he was grateful of the love he received anyways. It's just he didn't really do well with showing sentiment much. It made him freeze up and want to crawl under his bed.

He went on about his day as usual. He didn't get to see Shoko when he got to school because she had to get to class quickly. Her English class had a really important test she couldn't be late for and he understood. Aside from being a literal ball of sunshine, she was very smart and serious about her studies.

People would often see the two and wonder how their dynamic works. Kuroo questioned it the day he met Shoko for the first time. He wondered how such a bunny girl like her, filled with positive energy and smiles date Kenma, who was often seen with his nose in his phone or video games, ignoring the rest of the world.

Usually, his answer would be something along the lines of i don't know or she decided we are together and I've been trapped ever since. To which Kuroo would just chuckle and shake his head.

When practice started after school, the entire Nekoma High Volleyball team decided to surprise him for his birthday with balloons and confetti. To let him know just how much they appreciate him. Even though they know Kenma would most likely shrivel up and become a blushing mess if they did so.

Kenma sighed a little as he looked at his phone. Shoko hadn't texted him back yet and he was beginning to worry a little. Usually whenever he would text anything, she would reply with a happy-go-lucky reply in less than three seconds. But it's been five minutes now. He was beginning to really miss her now.

He invited her to his practice, seeing as how she's never really seen him with the other teammates. And he thought it was the perfect time to introduce her to everyone else. Letting her into a different part of his world, now. But he still got nothing from her.

As he exited out of the locker room and entered the gym, he was immediately met with colorful confetti and a loud bang. Making him jump and nearly drop his phone.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KENMA~!" The entirety of the volleyball team shouted out loud, using party poppers to make confetti rain over his pudding colored hair.

Kenma, nearly having a heart attack, looked at all of them with widened eyes. He was not expecting this at all and he thought his soul left his body for a moment.

Lev and Yamamoto were holding a banner with the words HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENMA KOZUME! On it, Kuroo had one of the confetti canons and Yaku had the other. Kai, Shohei and Yuki had balloons in hand. All of them had big smiles on their faces.

"Happy birthday to you~ happy birthday to you~ happy birthday, dear kenmaaaaaaaaa~ happy birthday to youuuuu~!"

Calming down, Kenma looked at all of them, blinking a few times as they began surrounding him. They were all bad singers but he really did appreciate their efforts.

"Happy birthday to our game addicted setter!" Yamamoto exclaimed as Yaku placed a pair of birthday cards ears on his head. "You better appreciate this, blondie, I don't show off my singing skills to just anyone."

"What singing skills?" Kenma questioned, deadpanning. Which made Yamamotos smile fall off his face.

"Aww, who cares about that." Kuroo waved off, flashing Kenma his signature grin. "Kenma, after practice, we're all taking you out for your very own birthday dinner."

"We're taking you to that restaurant you've always wanted to go to." Yaku added.

"That's nice, but-"

"Ah ah ah," Lev interrupted him, knowing he was about to try and talk his way out of his own party. "You can't get out of this one. Coach allowed us to leave early for this so you better be ready!"

"Actually-" Kenma tried again. But he was interrupted by Kuroo.

"It's not like you have plans, anyways." He said, circling an arm around his shoulders. "We all know you'll be spending this glorious day in your room like a hermit. We can't allow that."

"But-"

"Come on, man! It's not like you have a girlfriend or anything-"

"Um, is this the right place?" A dainty and cheerful voice interrupted them.

    The whole team turned towards the entrance of the gym and saw a very pretty girl, dressed in their school uniform while holding a medium sized pink cake box. Her wavy hair reached her hips and was blonde with baby pink ombré. Her eyes were doe-like and hazel, her lips were full and heart shaped and her nose was button and slightly upright.

    She looked incredibly cute. Like super cute and beautiful at the same time. She also had a child like wonder, too.

      "AHHHHHH!!!" Yamamoto yelled, nearly fainting as his face turned rapidly red. "GIRL! CUTE! HOT! BEAUTIFUL!"

    His actions made the girl nearly jump as she closed the door behind her. She looked at him as if he needed help and he seemed like he needed a lot of it.

    "Stop being weird!" Yaku yelled at him, smacking him upside the head. He turned to her with a kind smile. "I'm sorry about him, his brain is smaller than a pea."

    "It's okay," she replied kindly, smiling at them. "I'm just looking for Kenma."

    "Kenma?" They all paused before Kenma broke away from them.

    As soon as she saw him, her eyes lit up like fireworks and an excited smile spreader a crossed her pink tinted lips. "Kozu-chan~!" She happily cheered, practically skipping over to him and planting a kiss on his cheek.

     Which caused him to blush and awkwardly bow his head. "Shoko, I told you I didn't want to draw any attention to myself." He mumbled sheepishly.

    Shoko, whom they all just found out was her name, giggled at him. "I'm sorry, I can't help it~ I'm always happy to see you."

     Kenma smiled just a tiny bit before patting the top of her head. She was shorter than him, standing at 5'3. He, himself, stood at 5'6.

    "I know."

     "Wait a minute!" Yamamoto yelled, coming back from his initial shock. "What the hell is going on?!"

    Kenma sighed. This wasn't how he wanted them to meet her but it couldn't be helped. "Guys, this is my girlfriend, Shoko Nakagawa."

    Shoko smiled and waved at them. "Hi~! So nice to meet you~"

     Everyone, minus Kuroo, stared at the bubbly and sunny girl with pure shock and awe. And it didn't fully register what he said until three minutes after he said it.

    "GIRLFRIEND?!"