It was the day right after Karasuno lost to Aobajousai High. Karasuno, his team, had lost. It left a bitter taste in Yamaguchi's mouth. If only he didn't mess up on his serve, if only he practiced more, if only he was as good as the king or Tsukki. All those thoughts resounded in his head forming regret. He didn't want it to be over. He wanted to play on the court more. He didn't want to let his team down again.

"Tsukki, let's have lunch!" Yamaguchi yelled as he got up from his desk. He put on a fake happy face.

"You're too loud, Yamaguchi," said Tsukishima as he looked over at the freckle boy.

"Sorry, Tsukki!" Yamaguchi said in the same loudness and moved to the empty seat in front of Tsukishima's and turned it around so Tsukishima's desk became the table for their lunch.

It was a comfortable silence at first. They were just eating and that incident where Yamaguchi heard Tsukishima say "Yamaguchi, I love you" was just trying to be forgotten by Yamaguchi. He believed that he heard wrong and that Tsukishima probably said "Yamaguchi, you idiot" or just said it in the spur of the moment. Who doesn't say "I love you" as they jerk off in their room while thinking about someone they didn't love? Yamaguchi believed, even though it hurt him, that that's what it was.

"Yamaguchi," Tsukishima pushed up his glasses and stared at the other boy, "aren't you going to eat more than that?"

Yamaguchi had been thinking up to the point when Tsukishima called his name and had only opened his lunch box and are only a few bites. This was an unusual behavior of Yamaguchi.

"Sorry, Tsukki," Yamaguchi sounded cheerful as he spoke to the blond with glasses. He started eating at his normal pace but he wasn't feeling as cheerful as he sounded.

"Yamaguchi," Tsukishima took a bite from his food and swallowed it slowly. "Today in the locker room, after the club. We're doing it," he said it in a normal voice but quiet enough so others couldn't hear, but it's not like they would have anyways for the classroom was loud with students talking with other students.

"Okay, Tsukki," Yamaguchi agreed even though he really didn't want to do it.


"Guess we couldn't do it today," Yamaguchi said as the two tall boys walked home together. Apparently Hinata and Kageyama were being forced by the third years to clean the gym after practice which gave Tsukishima and Yamaguchi no excuse to stay.

Tsukishima grunted in reply, "Your house then," he said.

Yamaguchi was taken aback by this. Usually if they couldn't do it Tsukishima just wouldn't bother trying to think of another place to do it.

"Sorry, Tsukki, but my parents are home today so we wouldn't get any privacy," Yamaguchi apologized.

"Then my place," he used a firm tone.

"Okay, Tsukki," Yamaguchi agreed even though he still didn't want to do it. The pain of doing those kind of things with the person you loved hurts.

When they arrived at Tsukishima's house, Yamaguchi noticed no one was home. The two walked to Tsukishima's room and set their bags down on the floor.

"Yamaguchi," Tsukishima took a deep breath.

It's all or nothing. Tsukishima thought in his head.

"I love you," He said in a clear voice, he tried to sound confident when inside he was as nervous as Hinata was on their first practice game. Yamaguchi was shocked. He wasn't expecting this at all and wasn't expecting Tsukishima to continue either. "I've liked you for the longest time. It changed to love last year and that's why I wanted to do it with you. I only used the excuse of finding out if I was gay or not just so I could continue doing it with you because I thought you didn't like me."

"Tsukki," Yamaguchi didn't know what to say. So, he said the one thing he wanted to say to Tsukishima for the longest time: "I love you too."

Hearing those words for the first time Tsukishima just wanted to hug the smaller boy in front of him. But he didn't, that wouldn't be like him at all. Instead Tsukishima took Yamaguchi's hand and lifted it up to kiss it. He looked right up into Yamaguchi's eyes and said, "Yamaguchi Tadashi, I love you. Be my boyfriend."

Yamaguchi's cheeks reddened from blushing. "Tsukki, I will," he said smiling an honest and happy smile.

That night Tsukishima and Yamaguchi slept together in Tsukishima's bed not doing anything sexual. They both exchanged their "I love you" to each other and that was enough, there was no need to do it anymore and now when they would do it they would do it out of a love that they both knew they felt towards each other and that the other felt that way towards them too.