#kentaka

It was strange going on college tours, that was always true. Takao had been chatting with Midorima for a while, but the reverse carrot had gone off to talk to some instructors. Pouting a bit to himself he started to wander, trying to avoid the recruiting tables. He heard all the voices blurring together, join this club or take the pamphlet for this one. Shaking his head he tried to clear the noise pollution away, unfortunately when he opened his eyes he was about to crash into someone walking with their head down also having a similar problem who was clearly trying to focus on a game instead. Uh-oh, this is going to suck. Although he could see it coming, there were too many people to dodge and he didn’t want to make this pudding pop drop his game.

Takao knew how expensive those systems were, and even a phone would be something best not to drop. Taking a breath he decided to take a risk to keep them both from getting hurt and from having the system break. The hawk was used to falling anyway, so upon the impact he fell backwards, this caused the startled cat to fall with him, the game system sandwiched between them.Thankfully this red clad kid didn’t weigh much, Takao still coughed hitting the paving stones, they were harder than the wood floors.

Kenma’s eyes widened and his thoughts were racing as he fell, it was a jumble Oh no, I wasn’t paying attention… I must have lost Kuro… Ack… I just got this system if it breaks I’m gong to have issues getting a new one… Wait? This guy… He’s falling to make sure that this doesn’t fall? Of course the system had slipped out of Kenma’s hands on impact, but it was caught by Takao’s chest. Wincing he tried to catch himself to avoid crushing this guy, he looked very uncomfortable to land on in the first place with those muscles. Unfortunately Kenma failed to catch himself and landed entirely against the point guard. Sighing he pushed himself up, tucking the system in his pocket seeing it wasn’t damaged and the GAME OVER screen was showing. “Er… Sorry… I wasn’t paying attention…” He slowly got up and offered a hand to the other wanting to escape the eyes that turned to them as soon as possible.

Takao blinked seeing the fact this kid wanted to escape he got up. Smiling he nodded and laughed lightly “It’s fine, it’s fine~” He chuckled ignoring the stinging pain on the back of his arm and draped it over the kid’s shoulder to hide him from the views of others and lead him off to a fountain he saw on his ventures, it was out of the way of people and wouldn’t hinder either of them. Once clear of the people watching and squawking at them Takao let go and rolled up his sleeve “Sorry if I made you uncomfortable~ You just seemed to want to get out of there as soon as possible~ Being so small you would have been harassed more given that game you were playing right in front of the gaming clubs.” The hawk laughed checking out the reflection of his elbow and splashing some of the fountain water on it, a fabric burn stung like heck but at least it wasn’t bleeding.

Kenma was startled again, he sort of froze when Takao wrapped his arm around him and didn’t have a clue where they were going, stumbling along beside him he had no real choice but to follow confused. When he was released he exhaled and realized he was trembling, he fidgeted with his hands a bit before sitting on the ledge of the fountain watching the other. He mumbled “Er… Thank you… And again… For helping me twice…” This guy was similar to the current Kuro… He was really out going and very courteous, and perhaps deviously smart… Kenma tilted his head “Erm… How did you react so fast…” Takao looked up seeing the other had actually responded to him his eyes widened slightly he smiled He’s cute and honest and curious, unlike Shin-chan~ This is surprising. The point guard rubbed the back of his neck giving an awkward laugh “I wish I could have had a better reaction~ I have really good vision so when I saw we were gonna crash I knew that your system would fall… They’re way to expensive to fix or replace so I just did what would save it… I play basketball so I’m used to hitting the ground a lot… I was surprised though you’re also dressed up in sports gear~ What do you play?”

The cat blinked a couple times listening to Takao’s explanation and tilting his head “Really good vision?” He hesitated and nodded “Mm… I play volleyball…” Takao laughed again and nodded “Yeah~ I basically have crazy strong eye sight, I can see everything around me about the distance of a court when I’m playing ball, about half of that normally… It’s super crazy and I used to get a ton of headaches from it.” Takao whistled softly “Volleyball huh? I never actually tried that one~ The rules were really annoying to keep up with” He smiled sheepishly  and Kenma blinked hesitating before muttering “Oh… I can understand that… That’s why I keep my bangs in my face… I see or hear too much otherwise… It’s really distracting…” 

Shock filled Takao’s steel eyes as he nodded totally understanding, it was rare for him to find others who understood the pain of sensory overload like this he nodded again and grinned “I’m Takao Kazunari, nice ta meet you~” Kenma smiled very, very slightly, maybe he wouldn’t be a bad person to befriend “I’m Kenma Kozume… Sorry about before.” Takao grinned brightly and plopped down on the fountain beside him stretching a bit as he did, leaning so far it looked like he’d fall into the fountain if he moved back anymore. The cat’s golden eyes widened as he muttered “You’ll fall in…” Takao sat forward before he did fall thankfully and smiled “Nn I would have deserved it if I did~ Aren’t the sports teams recruiting in the gym? Wanna go check them out? Since I’m guessing you got dumped by your friend too?” The ravenette seemed as if he’d be foolish, but he really was intuitive. 

More hesitating Kenma finally nodded and murmured “I probably should… My friend was headed there…”  It was obvious they got split up by the crowd, and with the pudding cup being so short it probably wasn’t obvious right away for someone with normal vision, even if they were talking, which Takao assumed it was one sided. Getting up the two headed to the gym, the volleyball team and basketball teams were using half courts to try to recruit, there was a net in the middle but if anyone used power a ball would fly straight through, and the sidelines were always a risk naturally. As if to prove the thought right a volleyball from the court in front was hurdling towards the two who just walked in and were adjusting to the lighting change.

 A startled voice had called out “Watch out!” Both of the two were blinking when Kenma sighed putting his hands up quickly despite his lazy movements from before he was entirely different. He set the ball back easily, the game system was falling out of his pocket from the movement though, since sports jersey’s weren’t meant to hold such large things. Takao had recovered enough to see that and catch it with an “Utto. Not again” There were some surprised gasps from the volleyball side seeing the nimbleness of the two freshman who had just walked in to observe. Kenma put the system back in his bag almost petrified it’d break on the third incident. Takao laughed before Kenma could thank him and grinned “You’re like a different person when you play~ So serious, thanks… Even though they’re softer I don’t doubt that would have hurt.” Kenma gave another rare small smile and nodded before shifting behind the hawk not liking the attention again, earning another chuckle from the hawk as he lead the way over to the net to watch.

Humming softly Takao acknowledged the people watching them, and saw a curious tall black haired player watching with a sheepish smile give a slight nod. Clearly that player was Kenma’s friend, also the one who yelled. From the other side there was another yell. Takao flinched shaking his head self deprecatingly Just who did I piss off to be targeted for pain today? Taking a breath the hawk adjusted himself his shifting caused Kenma to step back instinctively to not interfere, the hawk caught the ball flying toward the spectators clustered here. The normal hollow sound seemed a bit louder as it impacted at such high speed, having been swatted away during the scrimmage. The hawk sighed and threw it back to the guy chasing it shaking his hands afterwards for a moment to get rid of the tingling. The hawk sighed and shook his head muttering to the setter behind him “Maybe it would have been better if we didn’t come… It seems everything is targeting us at this point huh?”

Even Kenma couldn’t help but shrug wanting nothing more than to turn invisible… This might have been a mistake, he could even see Kuro smirking from the court. Takao might not mind attention, but even he couldn’t help run his hand through his hair and quietly laugh to himself I wish Shin-chan were here, at least carrying that damn globe he’d steal the attention away, this is so awkward… Clearly not caring the two were loathing the limelight there were managers with clipboards from both sides who scurried over chirping their recruitment pitches. The hawk and the cat sighed in unison, Takao chuckled and was trying to charm the two into calming down, which seemed to take a while. While Kenma apathetically nodded just signing the form to make her go away, making it clear he didn’t want to say much. The girl pouted and joined the group bugging Takao. Kenma retreated to the wall to avoid getting dragged in again. 

What seemed like ages later a slightly tired but still smiling hawk escaped and joined the blonde who was fiddling with his phone. Takao handed him a scrap of paper and sighed “The guy I came with messaged me while I was dealing with that, he wants me to deliver him home so I gotta go… Sorry about that Ken-chan~ That’s my contact info and game tag, add me if you need any help clearing anything.” He grinned and headed out. Disappearing like a storm that he came in as.