Four days later.
Morisuke has skipped school on Friday. He'd spent all day Saturday and Sunday mentally preparing himself for this moment. He'd put this upon himself, after all. He knew it was going to happen.
But for the love of god, did Lev really have to snatch him off his feet the instant he got to the corner?
"YAKU-SAN!"
Was all the warning the young omega received before his entire body was swiped from the ground by the 194 cm five year old that was Haiba Lev.
"PUT ME DOWN! DOWN!"
Yaku felt like he was yelling for a dog to stop misbehaving as he hammered his fists against Lev's empty skull.
Why did the alpha felt it necessary to remove his feet from where they had been very comfortable on the ground in order to hug him? A regular hug would have bad enough but now Yaku was stuck with nearly nose to nose with the same exact person he'd been close to having a drop over not even 24 hours ago.
"I was so worried about you! I waited and waited at the gym on Thursday and you didn't show up and then you didn't come to school or practice on Friday and I called you and texted you and you didn't answer and I even went to your house on Saturday..."
"HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE!?"
"...and your Mom said you didn't wanna talk to anyone and you felt really sick and I was so so so worried!"
Yaku sighed heavily as he planted a hand to his forehead.
"Lev. Put me down. Or I swear, I will never let you pick out of my lunch again."
"But Yaku-san, you always punch me whenever I try to pick out of your bento." Lev replied quizzically.
"LEV." Yaku growled in warning.
"Ok, ok, sorry!"
Lev bent and reunited Yaku's sneakers with the sidewalk.
Morisuke instantly turned and stalked towards the school, trying to calm the growing blush on his cheeks.
I felt like gunk on the sole of life's shoe all weekend because of this idiot? It's like he's trying to stay as close to me as possible!
"Yaku-san, were you sick?"
Morisuke rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and assumed his 'strict senpai' demeanor.
It had always worked before.
"Yes. I caught a cold, but it was gone by Sunday evening." He answered stiffly.
Lev gave that 100 kilowatt smile that could put the sun to shame, and Yaku internally cursed his rapidly warming cheeks.
"That's good to hear. Glad you're all better"
Stop it face. Stop turning into a tomato. Stop it. Stop. STOP!
Out of no where, though, a pale, cool hand was pressing against his forehead.
"W-What are you..." Yaku stuttered as Lev bent nearly double in order to look him in the eye.
"Are you sure you aren't still sick? You're all red in the face. Your skin is warm too, do you still have a fever?"
Lev straightened back up with his hands on his hips.
"You shouldn't be going to school with a fever, Yaku-san!" He exclaimed.
For Morisuke, an eye twitch was starting up.
A. He's concerned. Which only somehow encourages me that I might have a chance with him, which is a big no after what I overheard that made me, must I remind myself, cry all weekend.
B. He's acting like a responsible young man, which is not true in any sense of the word 'responsible' seeing as I've had to help the idiot get off the roof of the school gym more then once. There aren't even stairs to the gyms roof! What, did he climb the gutter rails!?
C. He's acting like a freaking alpha who's worried about an omega they've already courted or, do I dare even think it, claimed. It's attractive, dammit, and the last thing I need right now is to take a nose dive and just straight up drop! If I drop right now I'll just go full on omega and confess everything and then this entire weekend of trying to stave it off at home will be for nothing.
Yaku steeled is eyes and exhaled slowly.
There's only one thing left to do.
"GOD DAMMIT LEV LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!"
Lev hit the ground for the first time four days from Yaku's precise kick to the backs of his knees. As the older of the duo strode off towards school, fully intending to escape to the third years floor where Lev wouldn't be able to get to him, Lev managed to get his limbs under control again and stood up, jogging to catch up to Yaku.
"But I didn't even call you short that time...why did you kick me?"
Yaku gave him a glare that would normally send him screaming to Kuroo about how Yaku had it in for him, but for now, Lev only returned it with a determined look.
What annoys me about this is that, instead of being pissed off since I, an omega, floored him, an alpha, he's just curious about why I kicked him since I only ever kick him when he cracks jokes about my height.
Yaku sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, a nervous habit of his.
"Lev...look. I'm fine, ok? I've just been...dealing with some things. And I'm really stressed out and kinda emotional at the moment, so I'd appreciate it if everyone would just give me some space. Especially you."
The detached way in which Morisuke spoke left Lev looking incredibly crestfallen.
"Oh...ok. Sorry I was bugging you..."
Lev stopped his usual slight stooping, which he always did to see Yaku's face properly, and lengthened his strides.
Whenever he normally walked with Yaku, he took what could be considered as basically baby steps for him. If he took full sized strides and walked at an average pace, Yaku would have to pick up his feet and run to keep up.
This put a good bit of distance between them almost immediately, and Yaku looked after him for the next three minutes they spent walking. Lev was easily putting more yards between them, seeing as he was now walking at a comfortable pace for him. It looked more like a brisk jog for someone of Morisuke's height.
The omega didn't miss the way the silver haired boy's head was hanging as he walked.
An exasperated look crossed his face before he massaged his temples.
Why must I ruin everything?
He thought to himself in irritation.
Lev picked his head when he heard approaching footsteps.
He looked down to see Yaku quite literally jogging to keep up with him.
"If I go to the nurses office when we get there, will it make you stop with the pouting?"
Lev eyes lit up.
"Uh-huh! I was just really worried!" He replied, looking happy as he instantly slowed his strides again and slouched his shoulders so that he could look the shorter high schooler in the face.
The third year gave him an appraising look.
"You're ridiculous." He murmured.
"Huh? How come?"
Morisuke merely shook his head.
"Look, I really do appreciate the concern, ok? I'm sorry I made you worry, I should've checked my phone at the very least. I was just having a bit of a breakdown."
Lev cocked his head to the side.
"You mean, like, when you're not as good as everyone thinks you should be?"
Morisuke furrowed his brow.
"Um. No. But...where is that coming from?"
Lev shrugged as he arched his back to look up at the sky.
"Well...a lot of times the omegas and betas in my year, or even second or sometimes third, will come up to me all shy and weird. They act all giggly and blush a bunch and give me sweets. Then the second I open my mouth and start talking to them, start actually trying to get to know them and help them get to know about me, they look all disappointed. After that, I never talk to them again."
Lev looked down to the sidewalk.
"Everyone thinks I'm this great, big, strong alpha just because of how I look. Then, when they talk to me, and they realize how I really am...I'm still a kid in my head. Then they never want anything to do with me. In fact..."
He looked back down at Morisuke with an awkward smile.
"I've never actually met any omega who would ever actually want to be my friend. Except you, Yaku-san."
Yaku felt the flames in his face again, and groaned.
"C'mon, don't undersell yourself. How about Kenma? And that shrimpy kid from Karasuno, isn't he an omega?"
Lev gave a hum.
"Well, Hinata and I talk every once and a while, but we aren't really 'friends' you know? And Kenma-san...he sorta just sits there and plays video games whenever I'm with him."
Yaku rolled his eyes. "Kenma does that with everyone. Kuroo is his court mate and all of their dates consist of Kuroo talking and Kenma occasionally nodding or shaking his head while on his PSP. Trust me, Kuroo complains to me about it constantly."
Lev perked up a bit at this.
"Well I guess that means that two omegas want to be friends with me!"
"I wouldn't call it a want..." Yaku replied with a very obviously joking wave of his hand in a dismissive snap of the wrist.
"Yaku-san! Don't be mean!"
Yaku laughed. "Oh, don't be a baby. You've got everyone on the team by your side, me and Kenma included. And you're only a first year, I'm sure you'll have all sorts of friends by your third year!"
Lev smiled and nodded.
"Yeah. Really, though, with what I was saying. I just mean that sometimes I feel like people build me up to be this big amazing person. Then once they get to know me...it's sort of like...oh. You're not as cool as I was expecting. You're actually kind of a freak."
Yaku waved a finger up at Lev's face.
"Don't let them make you feel bad! Have some self confidence! Who cares what all of those jerks think? If they don't like you and don't want to be friends with you, then it's their loss!"
I am such a hypocrite.
Yaku berated himself internally.
Lev suddenly had a dawning look on his face and looked down to Yaku.
"Wait, did you say you felt similar to me, Yaku-san?"
Yaku's eyes bugged slightly when he recalled that, as a matter of fact, he had been the topic of this conversation only a few moments ago.
"Well...I'd say...I don't really want to talk about it." He concluded finally.
Lev's face dropped slightly and he bent just a bit more from the waist so Yaku didn't have to look up a lot.
"Please? I won't tell anyone. I mean it with something important like this."
Morisuke crossed his arms and glared at the sidewalk like it had just destroyed his home village.
"I feel the opposite of you." He murmured, barely even audible.
Lev worked out what this meant in his head for a moment.
"So...you feel like your never good enough for anyone? That no one wants you?"
"Give the man a prize." He grumbled rudely in response.
Lev instantly squawked.
"W-What? But you have to have gotten tons of courtship offers, right?"
Yaku bit his bottom look as his continued to watch the pavement fly by as they moved forward.
"No."
Lev deflated a bit. "Not even one?"
"No, Lev. No one has ever wanted me as what I am."
Off color eyes flashed as he turned on the taller boy.
"Because I am terrible at being what I am supposed to be."
Yaku gestured into the air with a resigned look on his face.
"No one has ever once said that I was anything an omega was supposed to be. All they ever do is talk behind my back about how hideous and pathetic I am. So what's the point in trying, you know what I mean?"
An awkward, painful chuckle.
"Why the hell do I even bother with putting up the act that I'm ok anymore?"
Lev took a breath to speak again, his heart feeling oddly squashed, but Yaku spotted the school building in the distance.
"I'll be late! See you at practice!"
With this the libero took off like a shot, all by sprinting away down the pavement and before Lev could blink, he'd vanished into the school.
Lev's arms dropped weakly to his sides as the auburn haired boy disappeared.
Yaku-san feels...pathetic? But he's so pretty, how can no one see?
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