It was almost impossible to keep from blushing the next day, especially when Daichi caught the wink Kuroo sent his way, that familiar smirk on his face. Cheeks turning pink, he turned away, catching sight of a smirk on the face of Tsukishima. The small smile that had been on his face quickly turned into a dark frown until he saw the smirk vanish and a silent nod be sent to him.
With that agreement of silence, Daichi turned and walked to their coach, ready to discuss new strategies they had come up with yesterday. He patiently ignored the feeling of those eyes on his back, even when he could almost feel them lowering slowly.
He was more than happy when the first match started and both Captains had to join their teams on the court. At least now he had something else to focus on, to take his mind off the feeling of those eyes watching him. For the next few hours, they played match after match, improving with each game.
Finally, after playing in a few matches against each other, the Captains stepped out to watch from the sidelines and talk with their coaches about what needed improvement, possible new strategies and sometimes talk about a new move the other team had just used.
Daichi tried hard to keep from blushing when he saw those narrow eyes watching him, a flirtatious wink sent his way. Although, he couldn't hold the laughter in quite well enough when the bedhead haired Captain blushed and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment after Nekoma's setter said something Daichi couldn't quite hear.
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During each rest break, Kuroo would come and sit beside Daichi, drinking his water as he whispered things to the Captain that the others couldn't hear. Daichi could only be thankful for that small favor as he felt his face growing hot, the memories of the previous day's kisses running through his head when he heard the scheming Kuroo whispering his name from beside him as he leaned in closer.
"Sa~ wa~ mu~ raa~" Hearing his name called so softly sent shivers down his spine as he looked over to the side.
"W-what do you want, Kuroo?" He mentally flinched as he stumbled over the sentence, trying to force the blush on his face back down as he saw those mischievous eyes gazing softly at him.
"Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking about yesterday." Smirking shamelessly, the cat slowly stood up and stretched before walking off with a wink, leaving behind a wide eyed crow.
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Lunchtime saw a flustered Daichi sitting at the center of the table across from Kuroo, but as the meal went on he began to wear his own mischievous grin. Every time the smirking Captain of the cats tried to subtly flirt with him, he would come back with his own carefully worded reply, leaving the tall boy having to fight not to blush.
By the end of the meal both teams could only look on in confusion, for the most part, as their Captains sat still and refused to move, faint blushes turning their cheeks pink.
"Go ahead back to practice. We'll be along later.. We need to have a... Captains meeting..." One of the flustered boys told the two teams, refusing to look anywhere but at the person sitting across the table from him.
As both teams turned and walked off, they were both glad nobody had bothered to look back. If they had, they might have seen Daichi's fierce blush as he felt the long leg that had been slowly rubbing against his own. Or the pink that appeared on Kuroo's own cheeks when he felt a hand touch his knee.
"Flirt." The shorter Captain whispered as he gave a teasing squeeze to the knee his hand was resting on.
"I don't think I'm the only one here who could be called that right now. Besides... You know you love it." The wicked gleam within those cat-like eyes spoke of far more to come.
