#promptsthingy

Now Daichi feels awkward. He barely knows Kuroo, so he’s quite unsure what to even say. They’re sitting across from each other at Daichi’s kitchen table, and Kuroo has one of Daichi’s towel’s wrapped around his shoulders as he tries to rub glitter out of his hair. Maybe he should start with that. “So… why are you covered in glitter?”

“It’s kind of embarrassing.”

“I won’t judge. It can’t be as embarrassing as anything Oikawa does. ”

“I was coming back from the library when it started raining, so I started running, and I ran straight into this girl who was carrying a giant bag full of arts and craft stuff, and her glitter got all over me. I now owe her seven bucks apparently.”

“Why were you at the library so late?”

“I went there to escape my own roommate. His girlfriend is spending the night, and that snake forgot to tell me. Then I forgot the library closes at 2am.”

“So what brings you here…”

“I figured Oikawa would let me crash on the couch, but since he’s not here… I can leave.”

“No, no! It’s fine! A friend of Oikawa, is a friend of mine…. Or at least that’s what he always tells me.” Daichi confessed, “It kind of looked like you were crying earlier, are you sure you’re okay?”

“Crying? My contacts are just a bit dry. Wow… i must have been quite the sight, huh.”

“Well, yeah! Just imagine if I was to come to your door at 3AM, seemingly crying, soaking wet, and covered with glitter!”

“Okay, you have a point… I would be concerned too.” Kuroo admitted, his cheeks tinting red.

“What?” Daichi questioned, wondering why Kuroo was suddenly red.

“Sorry, I uh... I was just thinking that you’d be pretty cute too.” It was Daichi’s turn to blush. Is this what happens at 3am? 

“You’re just saying that.” 

“No, I’m not. You are cute, Sawamura.”

“Yeah? Why can’t you do that yourself?” Oikawa asked.

“I am unfortunately stuck in an inter-dimensional time warp.”

“Sounds unbelievable, but okay.” Sawamura stated, Oikawa agreeing with him. 

“I understand it does seem unlikely, but it is very true. I can show you…” Kita’s face faded away and was instead replaced by a live feed of someone terrorizing planets with their henchmen. “This is Washijo, an evil sorcerer who is planing on controlling the universe, earth is his next stop, but you all can help prevent that from happening.”

“And how can we do that?” Kuroo wondered.

“You’ve been chosen to become an elite team, and will each be given great power derived from ancient dinosaurs. Bokuto?” 

“Oh! YES!” Bokuto ran out of the room, only to quickly return, shoving necklaces into everyone’s hands.

“What are these?” Ushijima questioned, examining the huge pendant. 

“The keys to your powers: your power morphers. When you need them, raise them to the sky, call the name of your dinosaur and you will be able to unlock and tap into it’s power, morphing you into… the Power Rangers. As Power Rangers, you will have immense fighting power, and will be able to control fighting machines called Dino Zords.” Kita explained. “Kuroo, you are bold, powerful and a natural leader, you were given the Tyrannosaurus, you are the red ranger. Sawamura, clever and brave, a little crafty as well, you are the black ranger, the Mastodon. Ushijima, fearless and agile, the yellow saber tooth tiger. Moniwa, patient and wise, you are the Triceratops, the blue ranger. And lastly, Oikawa, graceful and strong, you are the Pterodactyl, the pink ranger.”

“Pink?” Oikawa squealed, “I’m more of a teal, if we’re going towards pastels…”

Kita ignored him, “Together, if needed, you can all combine your zords and form the Megazord.”

“Look, Kita-san, we’re just some teens who just graduated high school and are trying to enjoy our summer break together before we all separate and go to different universities. It’s very nice of you to…bestow this honor on us, I think, but we will have to decline.” Sawamura spoke up, “This is all just too weird.”

“Yeah, Sawamura-kun is right.” Oikawa agreed. 

“Let’s go…” Sawamura started to lead the way to what he assumed was an exit, Oikawa right on his heels, while Ushijima and Moniwa followed a little after. “Kuroo?”

“Huh?? Oh I’m coming.” Kuroo watched his friends leave, “Sorry for wasting your time, Kita-san.” Kuroo apologized before leaving as well.

“No need to apologize, just let the power protect you.” Kita called out, watching them carefully.

“But boss! We can’t just let them go!” Bokuto whined, “I’ll stop them! I’ll bring them back!”

“No… let them leave. They will use the morphers. Trust me.”

The five teenagers wandered out of the lair, and were then surrounded by mountains it seemed. “Maybe we should have had Bokuto teleport us back into town… I don’t even know where we are.” Oikawa complained after five minutes of mindless hiking.

“We’ll find a way home, don’t fret.” Ushijima stated. “Amazing how it is neither too hot nor too cold... and we are all breathing fine.”

“Yeah… if I could only get some cell reception, I’d be able to map us back home in no time!” Moniwa commented, tapping away at his phone screen. “Let’s walk a little further, away from these mountains and into more clear land?” Moniwa, Ushijima, and Oikawa started venturing out further, while Kuroo and Sawamura fell back a few steps to talk.

“Do you really believe all that stuff that Kita was spewing?” Sawamura questioned, “Can these pendants really just gift us power? Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 60 million years! How are they supposed to still give us power?”

“I don’t know, but I also don’t doubt it?”

“That’s your inner scientist talking, but use your common sense, Kuroo. We can’t just trust some random face that’s apparently stuck in a time warp? Who’s to say he’s not there for a reason?”

“Yeah, but you said it yourself, Sa’amura. We’re trying to enjoy our summer break together before we’re all separated… maybe this is our chance to do that and save the world.”

“This can end badly… we could all be in danger. You can get injured, Kuroo.” Sawamura pouted, reaching out to grab hold of Kuroo’s hand, “I don’t want to witness that possibly happening, especially if it could have been prevented.”

“Uh, guys!” Moniwa called out, catching Kuroo and Sawamura’s attention. 

Up ahead, a group of strange creatures in silver were all starting to surround the teenagers. “What do we do?” Moniwa panicked. 

“Remain calm for one.” Kuroo commanded, running over to his friends, “Sawamura, help me out?” Sawamura nodded, running over to help fight off two guys that were trying to sneak up on Ushijima, who was helping Moniwa relax. 

“Moniwa, I know you are scared, Oikawa is afraid too-“ 

“Hey!” Oikawa called out, using his own skills in marital arts to fight off three creatures threatening to grab hold of him. “I’m not afraid!”

“-But we must fight them off in order to get home.” Ushijima finished up, “I will leave you here for a moment while I go help Kuroo and Sawamura.” Moniwa nodded his head, watching his friend retreat to join the others in fighting off this random enemy. He felt bad that he wasn’t good enough in martial arts to help them fend off the enemy…but maybe...

“K-Kuroo?” Moniwa called out, “I think now will be a good time to morph into the Power Rangers, don’t you think?”

“Yeah, there’s too many of them, and they keep appearing! Everyone, use your power morphers!” They all lifted their pendants to the sky, calling out the name of their dinosaurs, like Kita had instructed them, amazed when they transformed into the Power Rangers, wearing their own respective colors. 

“I actually look quite good in pink.” Oikawa complimented himself.

Meanwhile, back in Kita’s lair, Bokuto was monitoring the rangers, getting signal from their first metamorphosis. “They’ve done it! You were right, boss!”

“Teleport them to Osaka! Washijo just unleashed one of his henchmen!”

“Of course! this is so exciting!” Bokuto hooted, clicking a few buttons, with his fist up in the air in victory.

“We’re teleporting? Again?” Oikawa pointed out, “But we haven’t even finished these guys off!”

“Where are we even going?” Moniwa was starting to panic again.

Sawamura applied, and got accepted, though he wasn’t in the same department as Kuroo, he was a front desk agent, while Kuroo worked in concierge. That did however mean they would be on the same floor, and their desks weren’t too far from each other.

He had a few concerns about working with Kuroo. He’s heard the horror stories about working with your partner, and how it could cause a lot of stress and strain on the relationship. But, Sawamura liked to think he and Kuroo wouldn’t have that problem. They had been long-distance for so long, up until Sawamura moved to Tokyo for school, and therefore moved in with Kuroo in a cute studio apartment not too far from their universities. They went from barely seeing each other, to living together and still only managing a few stolen moments at night after school and work. Maybe, this opportunity will help them get a squeeze a few more hours together, even if they were stuck working.

His first few hours at work were the standard orientation, introduction to the computer system, listening to all the rules, etc. “Sawamura, do you mind bringing these supplies to the concierge?” his supervisor suddenly asked, and Sawamura had been waiting for this moment. He grabbed the packs of pens and paper with their hotel’s logo branded on them, and headed towards the tiny desk tucked away into the corner of the lobby.

~

Kuroo was bored. He was so bored. There weren’t a lot of events going on, and he already set up dinner reservations for certain top of the list guests, so now he was stuck just waiting out for someone to request his services. He thought about texting Sawamura, see how his new job was going, but decided against it. He did wonder what was his precious boyfriend was up to… “Kuroo-san!” He looked up to see Mika, the hotel’s restaurant’s hostess, walking up to him. “Hi, Mika-chan. How’s your favorite snake doing?” “He’s fine. have you seen the new front desk agent?? Everyone’s saying he’s quite the eye candy.” “New front desk agent? No, can’t say I have.” Kuroo admitted, “I’ve been stuck behind this desk since I got back from lunch. I’m sure the guy is nice. What’s his name?” “I can’t remember… but I heard he’s your type!” “Mika… you do know that I’m taken, right?” “You are?? Suguru said that they broke up with you!” “….No… we live together and everything…” “Oh! Maybe I just misunderstood him! I’ll be back, I’m going to go call him and clear this up!” Mika waved goodbye, pulling out her cell phone and heading towards the entrance. Kuroo began to wonder about the new front desk agent, and who it could possibly be.