knee deep

His steps pause a moment as Nami lopes forward. At first, he is confused, hesitant that maybe she is running from him. Feeling silly of his insecurity, he smiles when she hops up onto an old, fallen log. Stepping forward to close the distance between himself and where Nami jumps down from, he listens genuinely to what she has to say. Kuroo feels his own mixture of emotions at her telling of her past. She had been alone, but he had never really known that feeling before. Usagi had always been with him from the day they were born and he still made sure to see his brother at least once a day since they'd joined Tojo-Kai.

He wondered if she missed it. Though she mentioned feeling crowded, did she miss her family? Continuing down the path through the old tree forest, he lets his gaze move from Nami so she doesn't feel nervous or anxious or whatever from him looking at her too often. It was hard. She was nice company and her attitude and kind face made it hard not to smile. Her jest at herself makes him chuckle too with a shake of his head. "I am hard pressed to believe that will ever happen," he jokes back though there was honesty in his words. Kuroo was dependable, if not predictable. He did practically the same thing every day and even through the grumpiness of Hattori, he stuck to Tojo.

"Do you ever miss home?" Kuroo is surprised he asks, but he knows it's because he misses home. He knows she doesn't have to miss her's, but maybe he did. Either way, it would be conversation to fill the stroll until they made it to the clearing he led her toward.

"Speech"