[His hand goes to Tsukki's hair, then he looks up, to the side, sighs when he realizes he can't get out of this. Kuroo leans forward to kiss Tsukki's forehead, then only leans back enough to talk. So no one overhears them. It's not that the guys don't know, but he doesn't want them paying attention and fussing.]

My mother died in childbirth when I was about ten. The baby didn't make it, either. My father died in a freak accident in the mines we manage when I was fifteen. Everyone thinks it was an assassination, but we'll never be sure. [And that is how he became a Count.]