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"I can't believe I have to go to this party all alone! I hate him! I hate this day! I hate New Years! It's so stupid!" Kasumi complained to her best friend as she curled her hair for the party that was happening later.

"Seriously what's the point of it all? Celebrating a new year when it's going to suck just as much as the one before? It's all just stupid!" Kasumi whined.

Her best friend, Akari, just listened to her rant, knowing all too well how heartbroken she felt being dumped right before New Years. She never did like Kasumi's ex, but she never told Kasumi before because of how happy she was with him. Now, however, she sort of regretted that decision.

"I mean who breaks up with someone on New Year's Eve? How cruel do you have to be?" Kasumi whined again, but this time she was much quieter. Akari could tell how hard it was for her to keep it together. Kasumi had been crying on and off all day and had practically taken to sulking in the corner.

In fact, if Akari hadn't come back to the apartment when she did, she probably would have found the house absolutely trashed while Kasumi dramatically stared at black TV, muttering god knows what to herself. But fortunately, she came just as Kasumi had hung up the phone with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I just don't get it... is it me? Did I... is something wrong with me?" she mumbled hopelessly to herself, now covering her eyes with her hands.

Akari let out a long sigh. She finished the last curl and grabbed Kasumi's hands from her face. "Don't you dare cry. I just spent an hour on your makeup," she said, unplugging the curling wand.

Kasumi narrowed her eyes at her best friend. "How could you be so insensitive at a time like this?!"

Akari turned back to Kasumi, crossing her arms over her chest. "Because it's New Year's Eve. You have a whole new year ahead of you and instead of looking forward to it, you are sitting here being emo over an idiot boy who never deserved you in the first place."

Kasumi's mouth was left opened from the shock of hearing her the usually quiet girl say so much as once. And while what she said might have come off as a bit rude on the surface, her words truly were heartfelt and very true.

"Now, go get dressed so we can go." And with that, Akari turned away from Kasumi and started doing her own makeup, leaving her best friend stunned by what had just happened.

Kasumi went to walk out of Akari's room, but then paused and stuck her head back in to ask her a question.

"What time are Akaashi, Bokuto, and his girlfriend getting here?"

"In an hour."

Kasumi nodded her head and left, knowing well enough that was all the response she was going to get. She walked into her room and stood in front of her closet.

She had absolutely no idea what to wear. She tapped her chin thoughtfully as she scanned through her closet. Kasumi picked up a few dressy outfits and frowned at them before tossed them onto her bed and out of her way while she looked for something she actually liked.

She huffed after few moments and turned around, realizing that she had tossed half her closet onto her bed.

"I don't know what to wear!" she shouted loud enough for her roommate to hear. When a full minute passed with no response, a frown slipped across her face. Suddenly, she noticed a plastic bag pushed all the way into the back of her closet. She threw her black curled hair over her shoulder reached into the closet to grab the bag. When she did, she quickly noticed the silk dark blue dress that was folded up inside the plastic. She remembered her mother getting her this dress to wear on a special occasion. She had forgotten all about it and grinned victoriously to herself now that she was looking at it again.

'Perfect.'

An hour later, a loud knock was heard from the front door. Akari brushed off any wrinkles she had on her red dress before going to answer the door.

She took a deep breath before finally opening up to greet her boyfriend of three years. Her eyes immediately lit up at his presence, completely ignoring the sulking Bokuto behind him.

Akaashi eyes widened briefly. "Wow..."

Akari blushed, pushing a piece of hair behind her ear. "Wow yourself..." she said with a small smile, looking him over as well. He was wearing a red dress shirt paired with a skinny black tie. Clearly, he was matching with his girlfriend on purpose.

"Yeah, yeah, we get it. You're in love. Can we talk about my problems now?!" Bokuto complained, dramatically pushing his way past Akaashi and Akari and into their apartment.

Akaashi wanted to smack him upside the head while Akari felt slightly bad for him. Before Bokuto could say anything else, Kasumi had walked into the living room with a crestfallen look on her face.

"Akari-chan I don't think I'm going to go to the party..." she walked out, dressed in the gorgeous silk gown.

Bokuto's head immediately turned at the sound of Kasumi's voice. As soon he laid his eyes on her, however, his eyes widened and he felt his throat go dry.

She was absolutely stunning.

He quickly shook the thoughts from his head, allowing what she had said to fully sink in.

"Whaaa?! Nooooo! You have to go!" Bokuto pleaded desperately.

Kasumi's eyes widened. She hadn't even realized that they were here already. Her eyes softened and she immediately avoided his gaze.

"Everyone will be coupled out, and I'll just get stuck alone with some weird guy who will probably be wearing a sweater vest talking about how his mother sewed him the stupid, disgusting thing for Christmas!" Kasumi exclaimed dramatically.

"I should just stay home, be alone forever with my thoughts, and plan out how I'm going to die." She plopped down onto the couch, placing her chin on her hands before leaning forward.

"You won't be alone because I'm not going either!" Bokuto agreed, completely understanding how she was feeling. He sat down next to her and leaned back against the couch with his arms crossed over his chest stubbornly.

Akaashi and Akari shared an exasperated look. They really needed new friends.

Before Akari or Akaashi could say anything, Kasumi spoke up, now glancing at Bokuto with evident confusion in her eyes.

"What? Why aren't you going?" she asked him, now noticing the broken look on his face.

"Because if you're not going, I'll be alone too..." he responded sadly. He felt his cheek start to redden, causing him to avoid Kasumi's gaze.

"But what about your girlfriend...?"

He blinked. "She broke up with me to be with someone else..."

Kasumi's heart immediately shattered for him. Bokuto had been one of her best friends for a while. They always used to tell each other everything and always stuck together twenty-four seven. But when they both started dating, that all changed. They started seeing less of each other and eventually started talking less.

It took a huge strain on them for a bit before it blew out into a huge, dramatic fight between the two of them and they just hadn't been the same ever since.

Kasumi placed her hand on top of his crossed arms.

"The same thing happened to me..." she admitted sadly.

Bokuto's gaze hardened and he immediately uncrossed his arms to wrap Kasumi into a firm hug. His grip was tight and comforting and she couldn't help but fall into his embrace, clutching him tightly.

"I'm so sorry Kōtarō. For everything," she mumbled for only his ears to hear.

Bokuto tightened his grip on her, burying his face into her shoulder. "I missed you so much."

Before she could start crying, she pulled out of the hug and glanced at him with a now determined look. "Let's go to the party together."

Bokuto's eyes widened.

Kasumi's eyes did too after realizing exactly what she had said. "No! Not-not like that! I meant as friends!" she stuttered nervously.

Bokuto instantly relaxed and couldn't keep the grin from forming on his face. He jumped up excitedly from the couch.

"Hey, hey, hey! Let's bring in the new year together!" he shouted with his hands up in the air.

"Now that, that dramatic meltdown is over with. Can we head out? We're already late enough as it is," Akaashi spoke up, breaking the two out their moment. He and Akari were standing near the door, wrapped up in one another.

"It wasn't a meltdown!" Kasumi and Bokuto shouted in complaint.

"Sure it wasn't. Let's go," Akari said, grabbing Akaashi's hand to lead him out the door.

Kasumi nervously took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. She wasn't sure if she could really do this. But when Bokuto stuck out his hand towards her, she could help but smile at him gratefully.

She could see that his own breakup was eating at him as well, but he was trying his best for her sake, so she could do the same. She took his hand as he pulled her off the couch and out the door.

He never let go of her hand once. And she couldn't shake off the feeling of how good their hands always just seemed to fit.

Kuroo opened the door with a grin. He pulled his old friends into a hug, even sparing Akari and Kasumi a hug as well. He motioned the group inside, beckoning them to join the crazy antics going on at his house.

Akaashi and Bokuto immediately went to greet some of their old teammates and rivals from other schools. It was amazing how everyone had managed to stay in touch no matter how much their lives have changed.

Kasumi didn't follow them, however. Instead, her eyes scanned the whole room, glancing at some of the familiar faces she had gone to high school with and the faces that she had seen plenty of times at all of the volleyball games she attended. She let out a quiet laugh to herself and decided to go and get a drink. If she was going to get through this night, it definitely wouldn't be without a drink.

She walked into the kitchen to find a bar service pouring people drinks. She shook her head in amusement at how Kuroo going all out for a party like this.

After ordering a glass of wine, she leaned up against the bar as she waited for the bartender to pour her drink. As she waited patiently, she glanced around everyone and frowned when she noticed how everybody seemed to be with their significant others.

The bartender placed her wine in front of her and she felt her shoulders slump even more. Before she could fall into another deep pit of sadness, however, someone swooped in and wrapped their arm around her shoulder, ordering a drink of his own.

"Two shots of vodka!" Bokuto proclaimed.

Kasumi nudged him, raising an eyebrow. "You're going to drink two shots on your own?"

When the bartender placed the shots in front of them, Bokuto turned to her with a grin. "No. You're going to drink one with me!"

Kasumi immediately shrugged his arm off of her and narrowed her eyes at him. "I'm already drinking wine!" she argued.

But then he brought out the pout.

She couldn't resist the pout.

"Please? I really need this and I know you do too. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing at the bar by yourself."

Kasumi let out a sigh. Before she could respond, Bokuto cut her off to continue.

"'Sides, didn't you say you wouldn't leave my side tonight? We walked in and two seconds later you're gone." He poked Kasumi's side.

She let out a tiny giggle, slapping his hand away. "Okay, fine. Just one."

He grinned and slid the shot to her. They lifted the tiny glasses and held them up.

"Here's to leaving shitty relationships in the past and moving forward in the new year," Kasumi said, pushing her tiny glass to hit Bokuto's in cheers.

"Here, here!" And with that, they both downed the shots, Bokuto handling it a lot better than Kasumi.

She let out a hiss at the hot, burning sensation as it traveled down her throat. Bokuto chuckled at her reaction.

"You never really could hold your liquor, could ya?" he teased. She rolled her eyes, slapping him playfully on the chest. She grabbed her wine glass and he wrapped his arm tightly around her waist, causing her to turn beat red.

Yet she still didn't push him off.

They were soon stopped by Fukurōdani's old manager and Bokuto's team and classmate.

"Oi! You two finally get together?" Akinori, "the jack of all trades", asked.

Bokuto lets go of Kasumi's waist and the both of them leaped apart from each other. Kasumi was careful not to spill her wine while Bokuto started waving his hands frantically.

"N-no! It's not like that!" Bokuto exclaimed.

"Yeah! We're just friends!" Kasumi agreed, nodding her head vigorously.

If anyone in the room looked over right now, they would have shrugged the scene off. After all, everyone knew full-well how dramatic the dynamic duo was when they were alone, not to mention together. The only thing that surprised people about them at this point was that they were not together yet. Everybody could tell how deep their connection was as it had always been that way—even when they were in high school.

"Okay..." Fukurōdani's manager replied hesitantly. She did not want to set either of them off, knowing how that usually went from having to deal with Bokuto's episodes many times in the past.

They both nodded and stepped closer together as they walked around the party. They were talking and laughing with old friends and even some new friends.

They were having such a good time that they almost forgot what had occurred earlier today. But just as the clock was about to strike midnight, they noticed people start to spread apart for the intimate moment of bringing in the new year. And just like that, they were reminded once again.

It also didn't help that Bokuto had to go to the bathroom right before everyone started breaking off into pairs. Kasumi placed her empty glass on a random table and walked over to a corner by herself. She rubbed her hands up and down her arms, feeling a chill run down her spine.

She looked around and found her best friend in a close conversation with Akaashi. She was happy for her best friend, but it stung a little because of how lonely she truly felt. She's been in continuous horrible relationships while her best friend has been with the same person since high school.

Where does one find that?

"Hey, hey, hey!" Bokuto greeted, now standing in the corner with her. He frowned noticing her shiver slightly. "You alright? Here, take my jacket." He slipped his jacket off to reveal his dark blue long-sleeve. He wrapped the jacket around Kasumi, leaving it to hang loosely around her shoulders.

She couldn't help but blush immensely at the intense feeling she got from this simple gesture. It made her heart start to pound heavily in her chest.

"You okay?" he asked her with concern laced through his tone.

She nodded her head. "Mm... thank you."

"For what?" he asked in confusion.

She bit her lip and gazed up into his golden-colored eyes. "For giving me your jacket. For just being here with me tonight. I honestly don't think I'd be coping very well by myself right now."

He blinked, processing her words slowly. His face lit up in a small grin and he playfully flicked her forehead. "We're in this together, yeah?"

Kasumi's face broke out into a beautiful smile, causing Bokuto's heartbeat to quicken its pace.

10!

The countdown had finally begun. They both felt their cheeks turn red, clearly having the same thought.

9!

8!

Bokuto turned towards Kasumi and let out a tiny chuckle when she immediately looked away from him.

7!

6!

"Do you- uh… mind? I mean, we don't have too… uh…" Kasumi stuttered out nervously, still avoiding his now heated gaze.

5!

4!

"What?" Bokuto asked, wanting to know if she was thinking the same thing that he was.

"Nothing. Never mind. It's stupid," she shrugged it off, now looking at him. She noticed how his gaze hardened and she couldn't help but feel a bubbling feeling in her chest and stomach.

They continued to stare at each other—afraid to look away.

3!

2!

1!

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone screamed excitedly as they pulled their beloved ones for hugs and kisses.

Bokuto couldn't stop himself. He cupped her cheeks and pulled Kasumi in for gentle, but longing kiss.

Kasumi instantly felt fireworks burst through her entire being as she wrapped her arms around his waist to tug him closer to her.

They both pulled away, trying to catch their breath from it all. Bokuto leaned his forehead against hers, still breathing heavily.

"Happy New Years, Kōtarō."

He grinned before placing a few more light kisses on her lips.

"Happy New Years, Kasumi."

Happy New Years! :)