It was a Monday afternoon in October when the Karasuno team noticed that two of their own had not followed them towards the Foothill Store.
Daichi and Suga were the leaders of the second years, even if their only charge was Asahi, the big guy who was afraid of his own shadow. It was unusual to not see them with the group, and the others were starting to wonder what was going on.
"They totally ditched us! They probably have girlfriends, ones that they don't want us to meet. We'll go back to school and investigate everything," Nishinoya planned.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Noya. They probably went home already," Asahi pointed out. "Even if they are still at school, Daichi will kill us if he finds out what we're up to."
"I want to see, though," Tanaka said. "If they aren't at school, then we won't bother them anymore. Yeah! Let's go spying!" As Nishinoya and Tanaka made their way back to school singing the James Bond theme, they were completely unaware that the rest of the team hadn't followed.
"It's so pretty out here! Thanks for bringing me up here, Daichi. Now, what did you want to talk about?"
Suga turned around to see Daichi staring at the rooftop beneath their feet and looking uncharacteristically nervous, rather than the confident and sometimes frightening person he normally was.
"If you don't want to tell me right now, I'll understand, but I think you'll feel better if you do."
"I'm in love with you. I know it sounds strange, but it's been like this since the day we met. I can't look at anyone else in that way anymore. Now, when I think of the word 'soulmate,' I picture you. So I'll ask the question I've waited an entire year to ask- Koshi Sugawara, will you be my boyfriend?"
He almost gave up and told Suga to forget everything he said when Suga looked like he might start crying at any second. But then he started smiling, and everything would be alright once more.
"You act so tough around the team, but you have this side to you, too. It's cute. I like that there are parts to you that only I've seen. And yes, Daichi Sawamura, I will be your boyfriend."
Daichi was about to lean in for a kiss when he heard a sound that suspiciously resembled sobbing coming from the stairs. He turned to Suga, raising a finger to his lips and silently making his way over to the source of the noise.
When he opened the door, he was greeted with the sight of Nishinoya and Tanaka, huddled together on the ground and crying their eyes out.
"Which one of you two is going to explain this to me?" The two first years continued to cry, leading Daichi to start tapping his foot. "Come on, we don't have all day. The school closes soon. Do you want to be stuck here all night?"
"Come on, Daichi. I'm sure they have a decent explanation for this. Well, at least they'd better." Who knew Suga could be this scary? Tanaka thought. I thought he was supposed to be the nice one!
"Well, we thought it was weird that you weren't coming to the Foothill Store with us, so we thought you might secretly have girlfriends." Tanaka flinched at the cold stares of his upperclassmen. The story sounded terrible even to his own ears.
Luckily for them, Nishinoya thought he knew how to save the situation. "But that confession was super cool! I didn't know you had it in you, Daichi."
Daichi had a dazed expression on his face. "Well, I think we can let them go this time."
"Alright, just please don't tell anyone what you saw. We want to tell people ourselves, when we're ready." Suga had planned on keeping things quiet until after the Inter High, so he would use any excuse necessary to keep things quiet.
However, if he had known what was going to happen to their ace and libero after their Inter High elimination, they would have shared the story sooner. In hindsight, they realized that they were in the eye of a storm, between Ukai Sr.'s collapse and that unforeseen future event, a storm that would only blow over after the introduction of spring's incoming freshmen.
Hello! This is my first time writing for Haikyuu! I decided to post this today because I got excited for the second season. Hopefully, I'll get to watch the episode before I have to go to work tonight.
I'll have another story on Tuesday- this time, Asahi/Nishinoya.
Thanks for reading!
~Aurora
