Yamato Akiko, whose name sounds like a girl's, has two secrets.
First, he was raised as a girl at a shrine and works part-time as a shrine maiden.
Second, he's secretly in love with Kuroo, the senpai from the volleyball team.
Yamato Akiko was precocious. From the moment he saw that timid child hiding behind their parents, he understood that everything was fated.
The two promised that when they grew up, he would become his bride.
Then they parted without a word. All he could do was lament how everything in the world changes, and bury with his own hands the sapling that had yet to grow.
That was until, after transferring schools, he saw the name he knew by heart, along with that signature hairstyle, always mussed up from sleeping...
Wait, what happened to my shy, bashful little cupcake?!
Who is this six-foot-plus giant black cat full of manly hormones???
Yamato Akiko believes in pure love. He can't change his feelings just because of the other's appearance.
Yamato Akiko, who's only five foot seven, says: A short, short seme is... is fine too!
But just as he got over that mental hurdle, he discovered that the other guy seemed to like someone else.
He takes him to play volleyball, encourages him, cherishes him, and treats him like his heart and his brain.
(Kenma: Me??? )
Once Yamato Akiko figured out their relationship, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was all a false alarm.
Happily bringing him home for the first time, he then found that the other guy seemed to have fallen in love at first sight with his older sister.
Yamato Akiko: You heartless jerk! You two-timing scumbag! You big meanie!!!
QAQ
Kuroo also has two secrets.
First, he's had a crush on someone for a long time, so long that he can barely remember her face or name. He only remembers that