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The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Jen: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
Rin: Jen??
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Jen??
kodzutit supremacy: jen??
Tired: Jen-san?
Jen: MY BOUNCING BALL MERCH ARIVVED
Jen: AND I GOT A THANK YOU PHOTOCARD
Jen: LOOK AT THISJ
Jen sent a picture
kodzutit supremacy: OH MY GOD THEY
Tired: Awww. Look at Kuroo-san and Kozume-san.
Rin: they’re basically cuddling ohhhh and they SIGNED ON EACH OTHER’S FACES WHATTTT
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: every day they get gayer! I’m obsessed with them ❤️
Rin: WE’RE obsessed with them!
Tired: The things they’ll do before openly admitting they’re in love. Truly admirable.
Jen: Truly
Rin: truly
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: truly
kodzutit supremacy: truly
Tired: How much would you like to bet that Kuroo-san is going to make a ‘surprise’ appearance on stream again today?
Rin: honestly? My entire salary
Rin: don’t tell my husband I said that
Rin: I’m a reasonable spouse who spends their income on reasonable things <3
Jen: Me too. Clearly <3
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I don’t have a spouse so I have nobody to comment on what I do with my salary ❤️
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: all the more reason to live vicariously through krkn’s relationship ❤️
Tired: The romantic one they are definitely too stupid to figure out they could have? Because I don’t believe for a single second they wouldn’t be out if they had actually managed to start dating.
kodzutit supremacy: see, u keep saying that, but like. they would have to be truly stupid to not have figured it out by now lol
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: How are things going with Kuroo-san?
Kozume: nothing is going
Kozume: u know that
Akaashi: Is he joining you on stream again today?
Kozume: that has nothing to do with anything
Akaashi: So yes?
Kozume: maybe
Akaashi: That’s what I thought.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: Lol indeed.
“Can you guys hear and see me okay?” Kodzuken adjusts the camera slightly, then leans back in his seat. There are dark circles beneath his eyes, as always. His hair is slightly mussed. He looks off to the side.
“Kuro,” he says, slightly louder, “Can you check?”
“Already on it,” comes a deeper voice from off-screen. “You look and sound beautiful.”
Kodzuken visibly rolls his eyes. “Thanks, Kuro,” he says. He stares into the camera, clicks his mouse a couple of times, and the image of him gets minimised as a screencap of his PC gets displayed in the stream window. He has House Flipper opened.
“We’re just going to do a relaxation stream today,” he says. “In case you weren’t smart enough to read the stream description. I’m back to my usual gaming on Thursday.”
In the background, someone snickers. Kodzuken rolls his eyes again. His face looks soft, fond, a small smile playing around his lips.
“Don’t mind Kuro in the background,” he says. “In fact, just pretend he isn’t there at all.”
“Rude!” Kuroo shouts from the background. “That’s just rude!”
The voice comes closer, and then a tall man steps into view of the camera. He’s so tall he’s cut off at the neck, only his torso and hips visible. His shoulders stretch the fabric of his dark t-shirt, displaying his pectoral muscles. Kodzuken visibly rolls his eyes again, but the corner of his mouth lifts up even higher.
“Don’t be rude to me,” Kuroo says. He puts a hand on Kodzuken’s shoulder, his fingers splayed out, thumb rubbing against the fabric of Kodzuken’s jumper. Kodzuken leans into the touch for just a moment before straightening back up.
“You deserve it though,” he says. “Now stop hijacking my stream. Go. Nobody wants you here.”
“Are you certain?” Kuroo asks, his voice sounding smug. Kodzuken’s eyes flit critically over his computer monitor.
“Stop saying you want him here or I’ll close the chat for the rest of the stream. Don’t think that I won’t,” he says, nose scrunching up. The man behind him laughs, loudly, hand squeezing Kodzuken’s shoulder, before he leans over just enough that his face is visible in the camera: a strong jaw, warm brown eyes and unruly black hair.
“You’re so silly, kitten,” he says, smiling widely, and then he straightens back up, lets go of Kodzuken’s shoulder, and steps out of frame. “Have fun!”
“Ugh,” Kodzuken says.
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: Please release him from his misery and finally ask him out. Or just fuck him. Either one. This is getting unbearable to watch.
Kozume: nobody says u have to watch my streams
Akaashi: And nobody says I have to go out for drinks with you on Friday either, correct? Or answer your texts at three in the morning when you’re having a breakdown over Kuroo-san’s tight abs or abilities to provide?
Kozume: ugh
Akaashi: Ugh indeed.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: So we all saw that. Correct. I am not hallucinating things.
Rin: if we were actually betting for money I would have been RIGHT to bet my salary
Rin: is all I’m saying
kodzutit supremacy: !!!!!!!
Jen: I’m bringing the kids to bed real quick will be engaging with this in a moment but !!!!!!!
Rin: !!!!!!!!!!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: they’re so cute 😭😭😭
kodzutit supremacy: there is no way in hell they’re not dating
kodzutit supremacy: like not to discredit ur idiocy theory k, but like. no way in hell
Tired: Tragically I believe there Is a way in hell and it’s the hell we’re living.
Rin: so dramatic xD
Rin: I’m with you though. Kuroo-san looks at Kodzuken like he’s a freshwater ocean and he hasn’t had a sip of water in weeks
Tired: Good metaphor.
Tired: How is that more poetic than anything any of my co-workers have come up with in weeks.
kodzutit supremacy: lol ure a manga editor right?
Tired: Yes, tragically. Cannot recommend that job.
kodzutit supremacy: lol
Rin: someone should write a manga about kuroken
Jen: I’d read that
Jen: hi I’m back, the kiddos are successfully in bed
Jen: pray for me they’ll stay in bed. My youngest has the tendency to get up and start wandering in the middle of the night
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: prayer circle activated 🕯️🕯️🕯️
Rin: I remember when my daughters were still young. We never got a full night’s sleep until our youngest was around five. It’s been ten years but I remember the sleep deprivation
Rin: joining the prayer circle for you my friend
kodzutit supremacy: we should start a krkn kiss prayer circle while we’re at it
Tired: I am deeply in favour of that.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
kodzutit supremacy: sometimes i forget that my obsessions aren’t universal
kodzutit supremacy: and then i talk to friends back home and am like. right. lol
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: boy do I get you, Isla
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: who’d you talk to??
kodzutit supremacy: my childhood bestie wants to travel next month to visit me nd so we’ve been chatting nd she asked what things i’ve been rlly into lately
kodzutit supremacy: well
kodzutit supremacy: let’s say our interests have diverged in the 2 years since i moved to japan 💀
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: 😂😂😂
kodzutit supremacy: it does not help that studying digital media means that like all of my uni buddies do actually in fact know who kdzkn is lol even if none of them are in the krkn trenches with us
Jen: Let’s be honest, very few people are our level of in the Kuroken trenches
Tired: So true. And there are a couple of close friends I have been trying to convince for years. So far, no luck.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: put them in our gc. We’ll convert them 💪😤
kodzutit supremacy: honestly do it
Tired: … Hm.
Private chat between Akaashi and Bokuto
Akaashi: Koutarou-san
Bokuto: Baby!!!!!!!!
Akaashi: Do you think if I were to put Kenma-san into my Kuroken group chat, it could finally convince him to ask Kuroo-san out?
Bokuto: It’s worth an attempt!!!!
Bokuto: I respect your dedication to the cause!!!!!
Akaashi: Which is to say, even you’re not convinced anything would be enough to get these two idiots to take off their blinds at this point?
Bokuto: I have been trying to tell Tetsu-kun to ask Kenma out for years :(((
Akaashi: Yeah
Akaashi: Tragically, I am well aware.
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: Kenma-san, would you like to join a group chat I’m in?
Kozume: and interact w ppl? lol no
Akaashi: You didn’t even ask what kind of group chat it is.
Kozume: don’t care
Kozume: not interested
Akaashi: It’s about you and Kuroo-san
Kozume: no.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: Tragically, I have not managed to convince my friend to join.
Jen: maybe at some point, K!
Rin: I suppose it’s not the end of the world if a few people remain unconvinced
Tired: I do really wish this friend in particular were convinced, though.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: close friend?
Tired: One of my closest, in fact.
Jen: At least your boyfriend is a fellow Kuroken truther, if I remember correctly?
Tired: Believe me when I tell you there is no way he couldn’t be.
kodzutit supremacy: lol yeah if he sometimes watches the streams with u and isn’t fully blind he basically has to be
Jen: You would think that, but my husband watches almost all Thursday streams with me and remains unconvinced
Jen: I’m not sure where I went wrong
Tired: My deepest condolences
Jen: Thanks (T-T)
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Rin: so, any bets for the coming livestream?
Jen: other than another Kuroo-appearance? For how unwilling Kodzuken was to reveal anything about his roommate at first, you’d think they decided to get surgically attached at the hip, with how often he appears now
kodzutit supremacy: lol
kodzutit supremacy: the power of gay love
Tired: And gay denial.
kodzutit supremacy: no offence k, i still don't believe they're not dating
kodzutit supremacy: like they have to be or none of this makes sense
Tired: Wouldn't that be lovely
Rin: so. We’re all saying definite Kuroo appearance then?
What Kodzuken can teach us about the hidden Approachability of Volleyball: getting started with and excelling at volleyball with a low energy input, by example of Kodzuken’s teenage years
Kuroo Tetsurou
Oftentimes, we see volleyball – like many other sports – as unapproachable, simply because of its active nature and the thus perceived high amount of energy it requires to produce comparatively good results and be a functioning part of the team. This perceived unapproachability stops especially adults from getting into the sport, unwilling to dedicate so much energy and time into an activity, when these are ressources they’re already short on.
What goes often overlooked in this first assessment of volleyball as a viable activity, is exactly its team sport nature, and thus the possibility of the participation of a low-energy observer – and even the possible function of such an observer as a key position in the team.
Kodzuken, a YouTuber and streamer well known for his low energy attitude and insistence on reaching the best possible results with the least possible effort, played volleyball all throughout his middle and high school years, already displaying his now-famous attitude, then directed towards the sport – and nevertheless managed to hold a starting and key position on the team for his second and third high school year. If we … read more
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: FORGET THE LIVESTREAM TODAY THE FUKCING ARTICLE???
Jen: I COULD HAVE USED A WARNING I’LL TELL YOU THAT
Tired: Trust Kuroo-san to write an article that is basically an academic paper redefining our approach to volleyball based entirely off of Kozume-san’s teenage years, and then publish it in a renowned magazine so that the entirety of Japan can pay witness to his many intense thoughts about Kozume-san.
Tired: A completely normal, completely heterosexual thing to do, of course.
kodzutit supremacy: of course
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: SO very normal and heterosexual 👫
Jen: Cannot believe the article is almost twenty pages long and has footnotes and a bibliography like???? KUROO. SIR.
kodzutit supremacy: kind of obsessed w how intense they are about each other lol
kodzutit supremacy: like it’s nice to know that no matter how obsessed i am w kdzkn i’ll never be half as obsessed as kuroo is lol
Jen: I mean, it’s really cute, honestly <3
Rin: To be honest, if my husband did this, we’d have a huge fight about it. There is only so much the general public needs to know about me
Rin: but good for them!!
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: So, Kuroo-san’s article.
Kozume: i’d rather not talk about it
Kozume: that’s so much more information than anyone needs to have
Kozume: how dare he know me that well
Kozume: and then he has to share that w everyone???
Kozume: and the worst thing is he put so much thought into this???? how much time did he spend thinking about the way i play volleyball
Kozume: which isn’t half as impressive as he made it sound btw
Kozume: sure *i’m* the observant one but he writes an entire article
Kozume: years ! after school
Kozume: wtf kuro
Akaashi: So you do want to talk about it.
Kozume: no
Kozume: it’s just stupid that he’d write some sort of article that makes it look like he thinks about me too much
Kozume: also nobody needs to know all of that about me
Kozume: not even him
Akaashi: Kenma-san, with all due respect
Akaashi: Which is none, to be clear
Akaashi: Kuroo-san is horrendously in love with you
Kozume: fuck u no he’s not
Akaashi: Please just ask him out and put me out of my misery.
Kozume: no
Kozume: he doesn’t like me like that
Kozume: he’s just a good friend
Akaashi: Sometimes I feel the intense desire to start cursing at you
Private chat between Akaashi and Bokuto
Akaashi: Being friends with Kenma-san is exhausting sometimes
Bokuto: KEIJIIII :(((((((( babyyyyy :((((((((((
Bokuto: when are you getting home from work I will hug you so tight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Akaashi: I love you
Bokuto: I love you too!!!!!!!!!
Bokuto: Also did you see you Tetsu-kun’s article???? It’s so long!!!!!!!!
Akaashi: Yes. Yes, I did.
“Hi,” Kodzuken greets his stream, and then nothing more for a while. He sighs deeply, mussing his hair up with a hand. He’s wearing his hair open, the long strands falling messily around his face. His face looks tired, more so than usually: signature deep eye bags and a downwards slope to his mouth.
His eyes flit through the room and then settle on the screen before him, evidently reading the chat window. He sighs again.
“‘m not answering any questions about the article,” he mumbles, voice so quiet his microphone barely picks it up. He’s silent again for a while, eyes on his display, hand on his mouse, seemingly setting up something, and then he’s screen-sharing his game, BattleTech.
“I’m just gonna do something fun today,” he says. He starts the game without further commentary.
Kodzuken is in the middle of a mission when the door to his gaming room audibly creaks open. Seconds later, Kuroo comes into frame, crouching down to rest his chin on Kodzuken’s shoulder. Kodzuken does not react to this in any way.
“Having fun?” Kuroo asks. Kodzuken only hums in reply.
“Nice,” Kuroo says, and ruffles Kodzuken’s hair with a hand. “If you need me, I’ll be in the kitchen.”
“I won’t,” Kodzuken replies. Kuroo straightens back up, mouth creasing into a fond smile before he steps back out of frame.
For a moment, an odd expression comes over Kodzuken’s face: something almost longing. But it is gone as quickly as it came on.
The room door closes audibly. Kodzuken’s reactions in the game don’t falter for even a second.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I mean, I see why you’re so adamant that they haven’t figured their shit out yet @Tired
Jen: Honestly, I think you’re right
Tired: Nobody wishes I were wrong more than me, believe me
Rin: I’m also still with K-san on that
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: okay but real talk like how is it possible they are SO obviously smitten with each other and yet not dating. Like they would have to be blind right. But also the Longing with which they look at each other sometimes and then today AGAIN
Rin: 2:34:06 to be exact
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: thank you for your service 🫡
Rin: you’re welcome :-)
Tired: How is it possible… a question I ask myself every day.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: either way… ZERO straight explanations for their behaviour ❌
jendzuken
Analysing Kuroo Tetsurou’s Writing
On Thursday, Kuroo Tetsurou, Kodzuken’s long-term roommate and childhood best friend, posted an article about lowering the mental entry barrier to volleyball based on Kodzuken’s experiences with the sport as a teenager.
Since I keep getting asks about doing a comprehensive explanation of why I believe the relationship between Kodzuken and Kuroo is more than platonic, I thought I’d use this opportunity to do it. This is to say, I’ve written a thorough analysis of the entire article through the lens of queer studies, specifically operating from the assumption that Kuroo has romantic feelings for Kodzuken. I’m also incorporating earlier examples of their interactions and the way Kuroo specifically talks about Kodzuken into my analysis.
If you want a thorough explanation of how I think they see each other based on a clear example, this is probably the most elaborate I’m going to get.
Fair warning: Kuroo’s article is very long (over twenty pages) and so is my analysis. (If you’d like a more digestible entry point, may I suggest Rin’s well-curated list of gay Kodzuken time-stamps.) That said, I still tried my best to be as clear and succinct as possible in my analysis (without losing any nuance).
Keep Reading
#kodzuken #kuroo tetsurou #kuroken #kuroken analysis #jen talks
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Jen: so guys uh.
Jen has sent a link
kodzutit supremacist: holy fucking shit jen
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: 🤩🤩🤩🤩
kodzutit supremacist: sometimes i forget that u have a whole phd in japanese lit
Tired: Absolutely incredible. Jen-san, your hard work remains unmatched
Jen: stop it, you’re making me blush!!! (//w//)
Rin: evening read: secured
Rin: Jen-san, not only is this incredible, but the SPEED? I’m in awe
Tired: Quite genuinely, as someone who despairs over other people’s writing professionally, this is beyond impressive.
Tired: No despair here
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I am SO ready to read this, genuinely thank you for your service 🙏 🙏 🙏
Tired: Thank you for your service, indeed.
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi has sent a link
Akaashi: Do us both a favour and read this.
Kozume: too much effort
Akaashi: Please, Kenma-san.
Kozume: no
Akaashi: Please.
Kozume: ure being suspicious
Kozume: no. on principle.
Akaashi: I promise you will not regret reading this.
Kozume: hm
Kozume: no
Akaashi: You make my life so much more unnecessarily exhausting, as if it weren’t exhausting enough already.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: Just came back from an evening out with friends and I feel exhausted.
Tired: My friends are lovely people, they are simply really oblivious in some regards.
Tired: What are all of you doing on this not-so-lovely Friday?
kodzutit supremacy: getting ready to go drinking with some uni buddies hehe
kodzutit supremacy: also no offence but getting back from an evening out at 10 seems rlly early k lol
Tired: You could not have paid me to stay longer
Tired: Actually you could have. My job doesn’t pay that well. I could use the money
Jen: Isn’t that a mood
Jen: Would you like me to recommend you some Krkn fics to lift your spirits, K?
Tired: Yes, actually. Any AU that is not a Slow Burn and doesn’t have miscommunication would be greatly appreciated. Reading them actually communicate would be soothing, I think
Jen: Because of your oblivious friends? Are they miscommunicating at the moment?
Tired: Refusing to communicate, more like, but yes.
Rin: oh dear
Jen: Don’t worry, I’ve got you (>ᴗ•)☆
Jen: And for what it’s worth, it took my husband and me almost a decade to get together, so I’m sure there’s hope for your friends yet! \(^▽^)/
Jen: If they’re not-communicating about their feelings, that is
Private chat between Kozume and Akaashi
Kozume: it’s so rude
Akaashi: What did Kuroo-san do this time?
Kozume: look like THAT
Kozume: while being nice
Kozume: well he did berate me and force me to drink water
Kozume: but he just. went out to the konbini to get more milk so he can make me waffles for breakfast tomorrow
Kozume: i hate him
Akaashi: The audacity, truly
Kozume: ugh
Kozume: can he stop
Kozume: it’s making me feel things
Kozume: how do i get him to stop
Akaashi: You could just ask him out. So that you can truly enjoy the fact he will most certainly not stop. Which is good, because we both know you would be absolutely devastated if he did.
Kozume: i need reasonable advice not ur stupid ideas
Akaashi: My advice is very reasonable, you just continue to be a coward.
Kozume: no i just don’t want to ruin things w my best friend when it inevitably turns out he doesn’t feel the same way
Akaashi: *he does feel the same way
Akaashi has sent a link
Akaashi: Please just do me the favour and read this.
Kozume: no
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Jen has sent a link
Jen has sent a link
Jen has sent a link
Jen: some cute AUs with good communication just for you \(⌒▽⌒)/☆
Tired: Truly beyond appreciated, Jen-san. Thank you so much.
kodzutit supremacy: thx for sending them in the gc bc I will read the SHIT out of these tyvm
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I really need to get back into writing
Jen: PLEASE do, Nao!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I’ve been thinking about a fun urban fantasy AU recently. Kodzuken has plant magic but starts accidentally growing plants around himself that keep fixing him to things & only Kuroo can help him. Turns out his magic is responding to his longing. Or sth.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Idk idk 🌱
Tired: That’s honestly more original than 90% of what my mangaka send me. Deeply in favour
Tired: I wish my friends would be forced by magic to communicate
kodzutit supremacy: lol. affectionately, ur friends do sound like idiots
Tired: Not generally, but in regards to their relationship… no comment.
Tired: Anyway. I’m off to go read.
Kodzuken is starting his third round of Mario Kart when someone enters the room. Seconds later, Kuroo carries a chair into the frame, putting it down next to Kodzuken, and then sits down on it.
Kodzuken doesn’t comment on this. He shoots Kuroo a quick look, then focuses back on the game.
Kuroo doesn’t say anything either. He simply sits there and watches: not the game, but Kodzuken. His eyes are soft, and they don’t glide away from Kodzuken for even a second.
Private chat between Akaashi and Kuroo
Kuroo: Yoooo Akaashi-kun, my man
Kuroo: Koutarou-bro said you’ve been reading some good Kuroken fic lately
Kuroo: Care to share?
Akaashi: Care to FINALLY ASK HIM OUT?
Kuroo: And make him uncomfortable? Nah
Akaashi: So instead you’ll simply. Read fanfiction about the two of you. And write insane articles. Completely normal things to do.
Akaashi: I deserve to be financially compensated for the suffering you’re putting me through.
Kuroo: Want me to treat you to a coffee on Monday?
Akaashi: So I can listen to you wax poetry about the colour of Kenma-san’s eyes?
Kuroo: Maybe
Akaashi: … Consider yourself lucky that I’m easy to bribe with coffee. My lunch break is at noon.
Akaashi: Please be under no illusions that I’ll actively listen. I’m in this simply for the free coffee.
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: Please. Ask Kuroo-san out. I beg of you.
Kozume: what prompted this at 1pm on a monday
Akaashi: Many, many things.
Kozume: he doesn’t like me that way
Akaashi: I really cannot stress enough how tremendously wrong you are.
Kozume: i’m not
Akaashi sent a link
Akaashi: Just do me the favour
Akaashi: Please.
Kozume: lol no
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: Kuroken really are unbearably smitten with each other
Tired: The levels of unhinged Kuroo-san is about Kozume-san should not be allowed
Tired: And why must they make everyone around them witness it too
Jen: SO true
Rin: what prompted this at 1 pm on a Monday
Jen: what WOULDN’T prompt this
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: I was literally JUST thinking about this!!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Like. That article. I’m sorry but I can NOT get over it they are so !!!!
Tired: They really are
Jen: Oh to be foolishly, stupidly in love
kodzutit supremacy: u have a whole husband
Jen: That has NOTHING to do with the stratospheric levels of down-baddery Kuroken show
Rin: as a fellow husband-haver, I second this
kodzutit supremacy: god, i want a girlfriend
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Rin: bets for the Thursday stream?
Tired has created a poll
- Kuroo appearance 100%
- No Kuroo appearance 0%
Rin: well that was predictable
kodzutit supremacy: lol glad we’re once again all in agreement
The stream turns on to Kuroo sitting in Kodzuken’s chair, grinning widely into the camera. He’s wearing a pin-striped suit, and there are dark circles beneath his eyes, but his grin looks genuine.
“Don’t tell Kenma–” he starts, only to stop mid-sentence, his body turning towards the door.
Moments later, the microphone picks up the door opening and someone walking into the room.
“Kuro,” Kodzuken complains, stepping into frame. He’s wearing joggers and an oversized Nekoma Volleyball Team jumper.
“Kenma,” Kuroo says cheerfully.
“Did you hurry home just to –”
“Start your stream for you and talk about your achievements?” Kuroo’s grin widens. His eyes, intently locked onto Kodzuken’s face, are twinkling.
“Get out.”
“Kitten. Someone has to tell your streams about the games you 100%, because you don’t.” Kuroo flutters his eyelashes at Kodzuken.
“Kuro.” Kodzuken’s eyes narrow.
“Kenma,” Kuroo says, cheerfully, but he does get up. His hands reach out for Kodzuken in a way that looks entirely instinctive as he walks by him, one of them stroking along his shoulder, the other petting his hair. Then he disappears out of frame.
Kodzuken sinks down in his gaming chair and sighs, letting his hair fall into his face. His ears are red.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Jen: oh my GOD
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: THEY???
Tired: That about sums it up.
Private chat between Kozume and Akaashi
Kozume: help
Akaashi: Kenma-san?
Kozume: so i might have… read the post u kept sending me
Kozume: is that really how it looks to other people
Kozume: please be honest with me here
Akaashi: Kenma-san, you might think me stupid in regards to your relationship with Kuroo-san, but I’ve been nothing but entirely honest with you.
Akaashi: You’re the most observant person I know. Try thinking about this rationally. If YOU saw anyone else interacting with and writing about another person the way Kuroo-san does with you, wouldn’t you come to the same conclusions?
Kozume: i don’t know
Kozume: i really don’t know
Akaashi: Kenma-san.
Kozume: i’ve liked him since I was 14. 14! that’s a long time. it’s a really long time
Kozume: long enough to stupidly hope again and again, and then tell yourself it’s futile every time.
Kozume: because he’s been treating me the same way all this time. and yes he doesn’t treat anyone else this way, but we’ve been best friends since we were kids. and again, the way he treats me never underwent any kind of monumental shift that would make me think he fell in love with me. so what, i’m just supposed to believe he’s liked me all along? since he was eight? that’s stupid. and what if i’m wrong? is it worth fucking up this friendship over? he’s the most important person in my life.
Kozume: i can’t lose him, keiji
Kozume: not him.
Akaashi: Kenma-san.
Akaashi: He wouldn’t let you ruin your friendship over this. Even if he didn’t feel the same way, and believe me, he does, he wouldn’t let this affect your friendship.
Akaashi: If you trust him, even if you don’t trust me, you have to trust that.
Kozume: i don’t know
Kozume: i really don’t
Akaashi: Let me add you to my group chat, okay? Ask strangers what they think, and why they think he likes you.
Kozume: i don’t know
Akaashi: Please?
Kozume: fine
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Tired: One of my friends has finally agreed to let me add him so that we can convince him of our Kuroken Agenda
Jen: Hell yes (☆▽☆)
Tired: Everyone, be nice.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: 👀👀
Tired added Neko to the group chat
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Hi K’s friend!! I’m Nao ✨
Rin: welcome :-)
Jen: Welcome! (⌒▽⌒) /
kodzutit supremacy: hi i’m isla
Neko: hi
Neko: k said u could convince me that kuroo likes kdzkn?
Tired: He doesn’t need convincing that Kozume-san likes Kuroo-san, but remains sceptical the other way around.
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Oh boy can we
Jen: Well, you have come to the correct place (☆▽☆)
Rin: >:-D
kodzutit supremacy: i think jen has a whole dissertation ready to go so i’ll personally let her go first lol
Jen: Awww Isla (⌒▽⌒)
Jen: I do honestly genuinely believe that their entire dynamic simply speaks for itself, but yes, I have thoughts about this.
Jen: From what we know, neither Kuroo nor Kodzuken have dated anyone else in the entirety of the time they’ve been living together, and they moved in together the moment Kodzuken moved out. That doesn’t necessarily have to mean anything, but the fact that Kuroo isn’t dating anyone else and doesn’t seem inclined to/want to date anyone, hasn’t even made any comments about it at all during any streams he has appeared on – and he appears a lot – is definitely interesting, especially because he is only marginally famous as Kodzuken’s roommate, so any privacy concerns Kodzuken might have because of his public image don’t necessarily have to apply to Kuroo.
Jen: Additionally, it seems like not only does Kuroo not want to date anyone else, his vision for his future – from the few comments he’s made – seems to very clearly and indisputably include Kodzuken in a main role. Now, could he just be aroace, and perhaps in some sort of QPR with Kodzuken? Sure. But if it’s not that, then I do think things seem to be pointing in a very clear direction. And I’m not even going into how publically possessive he is of Kodzuken. He loves to make sure everyone knows he has a special role in Kodzuken’s life.
Jen: Also, the article? I posted an analysis about it, so I’m not going to get into it, but holy shit, that’s a lot of thinking to do about someone else. I’m not sure I’ve ever even thought that much about my actual husband.
Jen: Anyway <3
kodzutit supremacy: lol called it
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: Tbh I just think the way they look at each other is so intense. Like sometimes Krkn look at each other like they want to eat each other and sometimes they look at each other with so much longing that I have to sit down
Rin: Seconding that. Also, the way they move around each other is incredibly attuned to the other person. Which could be explained by being roommates and best friends, but it seems like not only are they used to the other’s presence, but they are actively noticing it. Kuroo-san looks at Kodzuken a LOT. I think he moves so familiarly around him both because he’s familiar with the ways Kodzuken takes up space, AND because he always has an eye on him and notices everything Kodzuken does or is about to do, sometimes even before Kodzuken notices himself. We all know Kodzuken is very observant, but I do believe, just from what we see on his streams, that Kuroo-san is equally so if not more observant when it comes to Kodzuken.
kodzutit supremacy: all of that
kodzutit supremacy: tbh for me it does really all come down to how they look at each other like nao said. idk i personally don’t look at a lot of my close friends like i want to fuck them yknow
kodzutit supremacy: but maybe that’s a skill issue tbh
kodzutit supremacy: should i start fucking my close friends
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: ISLA 🤣🤣🤣
Neko: oh
Neko: i see
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Akaashi: As someone who knows both of you personally, and has known you for a very long time: I do think they are correct, and the way he moves around you and notices you is different from everyone else, and we both know that he has given you a space in his life other people would reserve for a spouse.
Akaashi: Also, he does look at you like he is a starving man dying for a kiss. And clearly I’m not the only one noticing that.
Kozume: oh
Akaashi: Yes, oh.
Akaashi: Just tell him that you like him, Kenma-san. He likes you so much, he’d never be upset at you over this. I promise you that you won’t destroy your friendship with a confession.
Kozume: hm
Private chat between Akaashi and Kozume
Kozume: so maybe u were right
Akaashi: Kenma-san!
Kozume: yes that is my name
Akaashi: You disappeared for six hours. I started to worry that you took the coward’s way out again
Kozume: well. i didn’t.
Kozume: we’re dating now
Akaashi: FINALLY
Akaashi: Congratulations!!!!!
Akaashi: From the bottom of my heart, I could genuinely not be more overjoyed to hear this. Took you long enough, but you got there in the end! ❤️
Kozume: thanks
Kozume: for everything
Private chat between Akaashi and Kuroo
Kuroo: So, Kenma said you were the one who convinced him to confess.
Kuroo: I’m inviting you out for dinner soon. Wherever you want. Order the most expensive thing on the menu.
Kuroo: Thank you, Akaashi. Genuinely.
Akaashi: You could have spared all of us years of hassle and your yearning if you’d just taken my advice and confessed years ago, you are aware of that?
Kuroo: Just shut up and accept the dinner invitation 😤
The camera turns on to Kodzuken lounging back in his gaming chair, hair put up in a haphazard bun, wearing his black headset with cat ears and a jumper that is clearly too big for him. The jumper is plain black, with small white lettering on the left side of the chest reading ‘JVA’, and then below that, ‘Kuroo Tetsurou’.
“Can you guys see and hear me alright?” Kodzuken asks, eyes flitting over the desktop screen.
“Yes,” comes a voice from off-screen, and then a tall man with unruly black hair walks into the frame, looking down at his phone, evidently to check Kodzuken’s stream. He looks up and grins at Kodzuken. Kodzuken smiles back softly for a short moment, before his expression morphs back into something neutral.
Kuroo lets his phone slide into his pocket and leans against Kodzuken’s chair, one of his hands coming up to play with the few strands of hair that have escaped Kodzuken’s bun.
“By the way,” he says nonchalantly, “since your fans can see and hear us properly, I have an announcement to make.”
“Kuro, no,” Kodzuken groans. Kuroo’s grin grows sharp and wolfish.
“The famous streamer Kodzuken is now officially off the market! Taken. In a committed and loving relationship,” Kuroo says, voice loud and cheerful. Kodzuken hides his face in his hands.
“Kuro,” he whines.
Kuroo presses an unrepentant kiss to Kodzuken’s hairline. Kodzuken’s ears are very red. So is his face, when he finally looks back up.
“I’m turning off the chat,” he says, cheeks aflame. “I want no comments.” There is, however, a small smile playing around the corner of his mouth that he seemingly can’t fully suppress. It almost looks smug.
The Kuroken Agenda! group chat
Jen: WHAT THE FUCKKK OH MY GODDDNAJSISKK??
Rin: I HAVE DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN
Rin: SOMEONE TELL MY FAMILY I LOVE THEM
kodzutit supremacy: BITCH NONE OF US ARE GETTING INTO HEAVEN
kodzutit supremacy: btw I cannot believe u guys were RIGHT and they weren’t actually together yet wtf??
kodzutit supremacy: but also !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: CALLING IN SICK TO WORK TO HOLD A FUNERAL FOR MY SANITY
Jen: AND THE PDA!!!!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: THE PDA INDEED!!!!!!
Bounced Balls Enjoyer: ❤️‼️❤️‼️❤️‼️❤️‼️❤️‼️❤️‼️
Tired: I think there is a lot of PDA in all of our futures.
Neko: i keep telling u that u don’t have to watch the streams
kodzutit supremacy: lol clearly u haven’t been in the trenches with us for long
kodzutit supremacy: don’t worry, we’ll get u there yet
It’s been five minutes since their food arrived, and Tetsurou still hasn’t taken a singular bite, too busy holding Kenma’s hand with his one hand and feeding Kenma with the other. Kenma looks slightly embarrassed, but clearly he’s not embarrassed enough to not actually participate.
Keiji groans, not for the first time since they met up at seven.
“This is not how I imagined the dinner invitation,” he says. Clearly, that’s on him. He should have known better. They were already horribly affectionate before they got together, after all, and now they have two decades of not dating to make up for.
Tetsurou shrugs his shoulders, unconcerned. “That’s on you,” he says, because he’s kind of a dick.
Well, at least Keiji doesn’t have to listen to him and Kenma pine anymore. And the food is really quite good.
“By the way,” Tetsurou says, “I want in on the group chat. I promise nobody can fangirl harder over our relationship than me.” He grins.
Keiji should have seen this coming.