How Kyotani Proposes to You
 You met your boyfriend in the worst way you could imagine. You were standing outside of the university gym where he was practicing, getting dumped. He walked out just as your ex had told you he met someone else. You felt yourself freeze as tears poured down your face, and you were forced into awkward eye contact as your ex left you behind. Both of you stood there saying nothing for what felt like an eternity.Â
 It was you who broke the silence as you tried to exit quickly. He stopped you to offer a drink from a nearby vending machine. At the time it felt weird, but you accepted and followed him down the hall. You both ended up laughing over how ridiculous the situation felt, and ended up staying in touch.Â
 Soon you both were inseparable. You would show up to his practices when he mentioned he forgot to bring lunch along. He would walk you to your classes on campus no matter how far they were from his own classes. When questioned about your relationship by anyone you would both turn red and deny there was any attraction between you.Â
 You wanted a relationship with him and were completely in love. But after two years Kyotani had never even given any sign of wanting more you decided it was best to move on. It took you going on a date, an unsuccessful date, for Kyotani to realize the feelings he had for you. So he ran to the restaurant you had mentioned in the rain to confess to you. It would be fair to say it was a surprise to see your best friend soaking wet, and out of breath burst into the small cafe. You excused yourself from the table telling your date it was âan emergencyâ. You walked outside with kyotani after a few members of the staff complained about the puddle he was creating.
 âWhat are you doing Kentaro? Youâre going to make yourself sick!â You berated him for not at least bringing an umbrella.
 âI love you,â He confessed as you ranted.Â
 âAnd I- you what?â You were taken aback. âWhat did you just say? Iâm here on a date, and you choose now to tell me this?!â
 âI know this isnât the right place or time, but I needed to tell you,â He looked panicked. âI love you.â
 You stood there stunned by his words. Did he love you? It was like the air in your lungs had been stolen away. You couldnât find any words at the moment as the information was still processing. You couldnât tear your eyes from where your friend for over three years stood looking pained. Your heart was beating so loudly you feared he could hear it over the rain.Â
 âShit Iâm sorry,â He let panic take over. âIâll go.â
 He started to walk away from you quickly almost disappearing in the rain. Suddenly you regained your movement and brainpower. You glanced back at the cafe where your date was sitting waiting on you, and back to your best friend who you were in love with. Your feet started moving as if on their own. You sprinted down the sidewalk after Kyotani not caring you had left your coat and umbrella behind in the cafe. You ran after him only seeing his outline through the heavy rain.Â
 âKentaro!â You yelled after him.Â
 The outline stopped in its tracks turning toward you. You ran faster than you ever had before throwing yourself into his arms. He caught you with ease staring at you in surprise. Your words failed you again so you did the only thing you could think of. Something you had wanted to do for so many years of your friendship. You kissed your best friend, Kyotani Kentaro, and he kissed you back. Even in the freezing rain, your body was warm as you kissed him.Â
 âI love you too,â you whispered as you broke apart.
 After that, you two were even more inseparable if that was even humanly possible. After a few months of taking turns staying the night together at each otherâs respective apartments, you decided to just move in together. Kentaro loved coming home to you after his away games, and you loved the warmth of sharing a home with him. You were both happy for a long time. The honeymoon stage that people swore would wear down in time never did. You had both been together much longer than this relationship. You knew things about each other no one else could ever possibly know.
 Kyotani had been in love with you since he saw you on campus all those years ago. You only shared one class together, and he wasnât even sure you knew he existed. You had an air about you that made him pay more attention to you than the professor lecturing. He had to retake that class, and no longer saw you the following year. He had thought the small crush he developed disappeared, but fate had other plans. He internally cursed himself when he exited the gym and got caught up in what looked like a bad breakup. He only stayed because he could not take his eyes off of you. You had tears running down your cheeks, and for some reason, his heart broke for you. So when your dick of an ex ran off leaving you he had to find something to do for you. He offered a drink.Â
 He was honestly surprised you accepted the offer, but happy you did. He bought you a cold drink allowing you to sit down and compose yourself. He was even more surprised when you started laughing. He couldnât help but chuckle along with you at the situation. He gave you his contact information when you asked. He never expected you to get in touch again after though. But you kept coming back and won him over again.
 Even though he had been in love with you for so long it never felt like the right time to tell you. IT didnât help that when questioned about the relationship you two had you would just reassure whoever was asking you were just friends. Leaving Kentaro to just silently agree with you even though it was killing him. After two years it felt like the right time was never coming so he tried to push his feelings for you to the back of his mind. It wasnât until he overheard you talking to one of your girl friends about a date with some guy he decided to take action.Â
 He had spent most of the night of your date pacing the floor of his apartment before rushing ouut into the rain. He ran the entire way to the cafe you were at. He knew he looked crazy when he burst in soaking wet. He earned some shocked looks from both the staff and customers, but he only saw you. You were smiling and laughing before looking up to see him soaked to the bone. Concern flashed across your face before you excused yourself from the table. He compiled when you ushered him outside due to the rising complaints of the staff. He saw you standing on the step of the store front and couldnât stop himself. âI love you.â It was something he had been longing to tell you for so long. But panic took over when he saw hurt cross your features. So he did the only thing he could think to do in that moment, run.Â
 He exited quickly walking back toward home where he could hide from the world. The rain was a good punishment, he thought, for making you hurt like that. He never even suspected you would follow him into the weather abandoning your date and coat at the cafe. He turned when he heard your voice through the rain. He felt joy rise in his chest as you threw yourself into his arms and kissed him. The kiss felt like it had lasted a lifetime before you broke apart. He stared into your eyes breathlessly. âI love you too.âÂ
 He had been happy with you ever since. He didnât even blink when Tsukishima made a few jokes during practice. Just happy to be with you.
 âSo whenâs the wedding?â
 Tsukki had meant it as a joke but it sent Kentaroâs mind into overload. He had never thought anything of marriage before now. He was just so happy with you it had never even crossed his mind how much he wanted to marry you. The idea made his stomach flip and his brain malfunction. He started staring at your left hand more often looking your ring finger over. Imagining what it would be like to share a last name with you.
 You hadnât noticed any of the changes to your boyfriendâs demeanor. As far as you knew this was just how your life was. He was in love with you completely just like you were with him. He spent his time sitting with you on the couch playing with your fingers. You ate up every moment of this loving the feeling of his hand in yours. As far as you knew this was just your life with a doting Kyotani.Â
 During games, you would sit with the wife of Tsukkishima. She was his exact opposite of him but it was easy to see he had a soft spot for her. It was her that brought marriage to your mind. It wasnât something you were restless about. You were happy with Kyotani whether you were given a ring or not. When you told her this she smiled amused like she knew something you didnât. You didnât think too much of it.Â
 Kyotani spent a few months planning out how heâd ask you. He found a ring thinking that would be the hardest part, but he was mistaken. Now he was tasked with planning how he would do it. The only married person he knew of and could talk to was Tsukkishima.Â
 âHow did I propose to my wife?â Tsukkishima looked amused but taken aback. âThe damn woman forced it out of me. We didnât even get to dinner before she figured it out.â
 âJust take her somewhere nice. It doesnât need to be extravagant,â Tsukkiâs wife chimed as she entered the gym.
 So he had planned an evening picnic with you. You could eat and look at the stars then he would ask. It was a simple idea you loved which relieved him slightly from the nerves. When you both arrived the sun was setting. He had abandoned making the food himself instead of ordering your favorite dishes from a little hole in the wall, and packing it neatly in a basket. Through the entirety he felt the weight of the small velvet box in his pocket.Â
 You both sat under a tree talking and eating happily. You were rambling about your day when you were interrupted by thunder rolling through the sky. Kentaro cursed his bad luck, and hurriedly started packing up the food and blanket. You couldnât get everything packed up quickly enough to get caught in the rain. You laughed looking up at the sky raindrops falling on your cheeks. Kentaro stared at you as you laughed and spun in the rain. He couldnât believe you were his.Â
 âIt's just like when you confessed to me,â You laughed.
 âYeah,â He chuckled pulling you into his chest. âI love you.â
 âI love you too,â You smiled holding his face.
 He took the opportunity to kneel in front of you his heart beating out of his chest. Presenting the ring as the rain poured from the sky.
 âIâd like to love you for the rest of my life if youâll let me,â He swallowed his nerves.
 You stared at him in awe. Looking between the ring and him raindrops rolling down his face. You felt your heart overflow with emotions as your eyes stung from hot tears that started welling up. You once again threw yourself into his arms in the rain.Â
 âIâd love that,â you laughed through the tears.Â
 After a few more moments of standing in the rain and Kentaro fumbling with a now wet ring. It was finally placed on your finger before you both dashed to the car. Even though you had blasted the heater you both ended up with colds. It was worth it because you got to lay in bed sick with your future husband.