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it was a tuesday, y/n's shortest day of the week for classes.

the spring semester was almost over, so it was finally warm enough for y/n to walk around campus and take in the scenery. she'd usually take these walks with her boyfriend, but he was in class still.

so, she took this time to listen to music and ignore the pending doom of her chemistry test at the end of the week.

y/n continued with her walk, she even made it to the business building before her phone started ringing.

"hey-"

"y/n l/n."

"um," y/n felt her heart drop. her boyfriend never used her full name. "wait, stop, i don't even remember doing anything."

she heard her boyfriend laugh on the other end, which annoyed her.

"tetsurou, i swear to- FUCK," y/n yelled as she felt someone's hand grab her shoulders. she turned around to see who it was, swinging her arm at them in the process. "never do that again."

kuroo laughed as he grabbed y/n's hand before it had contact with his face, pulling her closer to him so he could press a kiss onto her head. 

"i saw my chance and i took it," kuroo gloated as he put his arm around his girlfriend (or held her hand, depending on your height compared to his). "anyway, a little birdy told me you're struggling in chemistry."

"you little shit," y/n tried to push him off, but he didn't budge. "all you TA's do is talk about the students!"

"so they were right!"

"shit," y/n mumbled to herself as they made their way toward one of the dining halls. "i guess, yeah. it doesn't come as easily to me as it does for chem majors like you.

"chem and marketing, thank you very much," y/n rolled her eyes. "but why don't i come over tonight? i'll help you out!"

"you were coming over regardless," y/n pointed out as she released herself from kuroo's grasp, moving towards the dining hall door. 

"yeah, but now i have a reason to," kuroo opened the door before y/n could. "ladies first."

"nerd."

⚛ 

later that night

y/n tried to get some studying in before her boyfriend came over. emphasis on tried.

there was just so much content to go over. who decided to study chemicals anyway? someone with too much time on their hands, she figured. 

y/n huffed and got off of her bed when she heard knocking at her door.

"hey," kuroo gave y/n a wide smile before leaning to press a quick kiss onto her lips.

"yeah, yeah, come in," y/n groaned as she moved out of the way, allowing kuroo to make his way to her bedroom.

it was a rather stressful sight to see. pages of notes, a textbook wide open, flashcards were thrown around, and a laptop that was open to chat gpt.

"damn, you live like this?"

"not now."

"joking," kuroo said as he put his bag by the end of her bed. "but you really shouldn't be studying in your bed."

"why not? we could have bed chem," y/n snickered the second the words left her mouth.

"not now," kuroo said in a mocking tone. "but seriously, you should have your studying space separated from your relaxing space."

y/n only shrugged, grabbing the textbook and her laptop, and sitting down on the carpet beside her bed.

"better?"

"sure," kuroo smiled as he grabbed her opened notebook and pencils that were beside it. 

kuroo started his lesson by asking y/n to explain what she knew, what she was iffy about, and what she had no idea about. he looked through the slides that were posted and thought back to when he took general chemistry.

"oh this was such an easy unit-" y/n looked up at kuroo as he spoke, eye slightly twitching. "nevermind! i see where you got confused."

blah blah chem stuff is all y/n heard at first as she looks lovingly at her boyfriend.

"i just wanna eat you up," y/n says as her eyes flutter at kuroo, biting her lip slightly. what can she say, he looked hot explaining things to her!

"nope. please focus i can't have a chemistry-failing girlfriend"

"rude."

kuroo chuckled slightly as he went back to explaining the current topic, making sure to point out how the models on the slides related to what he was saying. 

after a while of reviewing the lectures, they changed paces to some practice problems that were found at the back of the textbook.

"okay," y/n said once kuroo circled some problems for her to practice. "but can we go on my bed now, my ass hurts."

kuroo laughed and nodded, helping y/n move onto the bed. he watched as she attempted, erased, and restarted some of the questions.

"watch your sig. figs!"

"i'm trying," y/n frowns.

"don't worry," kuroo pressed a kiss onto y/n's forehead. "you're doing great."

y/n smiles at her boyfriend before going back to finishing the problems on her page.

after about two hours of pure algebra (who decided chemistry had math in it?), kuroo decided she was ready.

"here," kuroo said as he reached down and grabbed his bag, pulling out a folder once he got it on his lap. "i have a practice test you can take while i go grab dinner."

"alright," y/n yawned. was she tired? yes! was she ready to give up? yes! but she knew kuroo wouldn't let her, so she kept going. 

"i'll be back," kuroo pressed a quick kiss onto y/n's head before leaving her apartment.

about an hour later, kuroo was back in the apartment, grading y/n's work as they ate dinner in the living room. 

y/n ate quietly, anxiously awaiting her boyfriend to finish.

"hey, y/n?" kuroo was the first to speak.

"what's up?"

"how come you never asked me for help," kuroo said, not looking up from the question he was checking over.

"i dunno," y/n mumbled. "i felt stupid asking you for help."

kuroo looked up from the page and at his girlfriend.

"now that," he pointed at y/n with the red pen he was using. "is a stupid thing to say."

"yeah, yeah."

"no, i'm serious," kuroo pulled y/n's hands into his own, placing a soft kiss on them. "i know how intelligent you are, and i don't want you to think that asking for help diminishes that."

"thank you," y/n gave kuroo a sad smile. "i love you."

"i love you more," kuroo placed one more kiss onto y/n's hands before going back to grading. "finish eating, i should be done soon."

and he was done soon, but he waited for y/n to finish eating to mention it.

"i would've done better," kuroo starts, and y/n's heart drops to her ass. "but you got an 84!"

"YOU BITCH-" y/n yelled as she stands up. kuroo stood up with her, smiling as he pulled her into a hug.

"i'm so proud of you."

"don't say that, i'll cry," kuroo chuckled and pulled her into a kiss. "i feel like i deserve an award."

"was the kiss not enough?"

"nah," kuroo dramatically sighed. "do you have anywhere to be tonight?"

"other than here? never."

⚛

about a week and a half later

y/n had finally gotten back to her apartment after a long day of classes. as she logged into her canvas account, she noticed that the grade for her chemistry exam was uploaded. 

"tetsu," obviously, the first person she wanted to call was her tutor-boyfriend.

"y/n"

"i got my grade back."

"and?"

"guess who got an 85!"

"me?"

"why do you hate me," y/n whined.

"kidding, kidding," kuroo laughed on the other end. "congratulations, babe. dinners on me tonight."

"when is it not?"

y/n laughed as kuroo hung up the phone. she sent him a quick "thank you" text before calling her mom to tell her about her amazing test score.