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Fingers diligently tapping away at the buttons on his handheld game, Kenma focused all of his attention on his current boss battle. He'd been going at it for a long time now, trying his best to use his resources wisely. That plan had gone to waste though the moment he used up the last of his healing items. Totally on his own, he had to pray that his dodging skills had gotten considerably better between the beginning of this battle and now.

"Oi, Kenma."

Grunting in response, the second year merely flickered his eyes up toward his messy haired best friend before returning them to his game. He couldn't waste a second or the battle would end and it wouldn't be in his favor.

"Kenma, come on. Pay attention."

Kuroo sounded annoyed, but Kenma could barely hear him over the sound of his own adrenaline pumping fast paced heartbeats into his ear. Just a few more hits and he was sure the boss would go down. His eyes glanced toward the top of his screen, viewing his character's health bar. This wasn't looking good. One more hit and—

"Ugh," Kenma grunted in annoyance as a scream echoed from his handheld's speakers, signaling his character's death. This was the third time he'd died in only an hour.

Sighing in defeat, Kenma closed his game and returned it to his bag; he'd have to finish it later when he calmed down again. Reaching for the soda he'd ordered a while ago, he noticed that it had gone lukewarm from sitting out for too long. Even the ice that had been in it was melted away and gone. Grimacing a bit at the watered down flavor, he continued to sip until it was about halfway gone.

"You lose again?" Kuroo's question, punctuated with a teasing smirk, made Kenma glare up at him. "Anyway, I was trying to tell you that we should probably stay here for a while. Look."

Eyes following where Kuroo was pointing, Kenma peered out of the large window that made up the front half of the cafe. Outside, the sky had grown considerably darker than when they had first arrived. Fat drops of water were falling from the dark clouds above, painting the streets and sidewalks with a darker shade. The rain that collected on the cafe awning spilled off in rivulets, creating small streams where they landed on the ground below. It was definitely the kind of weather you wouldn't want to be caught in.

Sighing, Kenma muttered out an agreeing, "Yeah," before pulling out his phone. The need to check on a few apps he'd just recently downloaded had surfaced since he felt no pressing need to get back to his handheld. Maybe he could play a thoughtless game while he and Kuroo waited out the bad weather.

Being so engrossed in his phone, Kenma didn't even notice the third person standing next to him until a semi-familiar voice coughed to get his attention. When he looked up, he noticed a girl he'd only ever seen at school prior to now.

"Kozume-kun," she greeted once he'd made a sign that he'd noticed her. "Hi, I'm [Name]," she introduced, then added, "From class?" Her eyes briefly went over to Kuroo, who was staring with interest, before tracing back to Kenma. "I, uh, this is really awkward, but I was walking home when it started to rain and I didn't have my umbrella…"

He could see that. From the way a few strands of her hair clung to her face, to the drips of water that were falling off the edges of her uniform, all the way to the small puddle that was beginning to form underneath her. It was pretty obvious that [Name] had been caught unprepared in the bad weather.

"Anyway, my phone is dead," she continued and Kenma was glad he'd started paying attention again when she was finally getting down to her main point. "And I was wondering if I could maybe, possibly borrow yours? I just need to call my mom and let her know where I am."

Kenma glanced around for a second, looking anywhere but at [Name] for a while before a soft, "Okay," left his lips. Unlocking his phone, he placed it on the table before sliding it over in her direction.

"Oh, thank you! I'll be real quick," she promised, smiling brightly at him before turning to make her call in semi-privacy.

Grabbing his lukewarm soda and gnawing on the straw between his teeth, Kenma tried to find something to do. While she was using his phone, Kenma had no choice but to actually glance up at his friend and teammate sitting across from him. Kuroo was staring back, a grin that could only mean he was up to no good settled on his features. He leaned forward in his seat so he was closer to Kenma, cupping a single hand around his mouth in an attempt to keep his voice from being heard by [Name].

"She's cute," Kuroo commented and Kenma made no move or sound to agree or disagree as he slurped slowly from his drink. He simply rolled his eyes, being far too used to Kuroo's shenanigans. "You should ask her out."

Kenma sputtered as he very nearly choked on his drink, narrowly knocking the entire cup over in the process. Kuroo was laughing at his friend's sudden reaction, being caught completely off guard by the little outburst. While Kenma tried to regain his breath, coughing a bit at the burning sensation in his throat, [Name] was just about finishing up her phone call.

"Thanks again, Kozume-kun," she said, returning the borrowed cellphone to the table where Kenma could reach it. "I'll see you tomorrow in class."

"Y-Yeah," he choked out, not looking at either her or Kuroo.