Kuroo makes everything look effortless. The charm, the timing, the way he always knows what to say — it all looks casual from the outside. With you it's the same, except the calculation is gone. What's left is just him, slightly damp from practice, taking things from your hands before you've decided you needed help, walking you all the way home because Kenma can wait. He won't make it serious out loud. He'll just show up, every time, already decided. A slow burn that already happened — about a boy who frames everything as obvious because admitting he means it is harder than just meaning it.