"please don't leave..i know we fight too much, but-"
"no. , i'm done. i can't keep fighting for a relationship with you if that's not even what you want."
"i-i never said that's what i wanted."
"it doesn't matter, okay? i'm leaving. i love you, but i can't do this with you anymore. goodbye, _."
—
(text)"hey, noya? can i talk to you after practice?"
sent 6:38
read 8:47
"yeah! what's up?"
sent 8:48
read 8:50
"satori and i broke up again and i think it's really over for good this time"
sent 8:54
read 8:54
"open the door"
sent 9:17
read 9:18
—
(speech) "noya? why-?"
"are you okay, _?"
"i-i'm fine."
"no you're not and we both know it."
"noya-"
"please don't lie to me."
"you didn't need to come here, nishi. i'll be okay."
"too bad. i'm staying here tonight. i don't feel comfortable leaving you alone."
"nishinoya, no. you really don't have to. i'll be fine, okay?"
"no, _. i'm staying."
"there's no reason to worry so much, but fine. the company would be nice..."
"you can choose a movie if you want, but i'm going to shower. do you want anything before i go?"
"i know where everything is, if i want something, i'll get it. go shower."
———after
"you were crying."
"i'll be fine, nishi. i promise."
"i know you will be. because there's no way i'm letting you stay this sad."
"thank you...for being here for me. i know i keep saying i'm okay, but i'm not. i'm sad. but thank you for coming here tonight..."
"come to watch practice tomorrow. i'll walk you home after. i don't want you to be alone, so please come with me."
"i'll go, nishi. i don't really want to be alone, anyway."
————next day
"_! what are you doing here?!"
"hey, hinata! i'n just here to watch practice today. noya basically forced me to come."
"that's not true! you gave in pretty easily, _."
"shut up, nishi!"
"why is _ pouting at nishinoya?"
"suga-senpai! noya was mean to me!"
"alright! time to start practice, guys!"
"right!"(everyone except tsukki)
———after practice
"bye hinata!"
"thank you for convincing me to come today, nishi. it was fun to watch. a good distraction."
"you should come tomorrow, then, too. i'll walk you to practice and back home. i-if you want me to!"
"thank you, nishinoya."
———4 months later at practice
"are you going to tell her, nishinoya?"
"i don't know, asahi. i don't know if i should. has it been enough time? what if it ruins our friendship?"
"it won't ruin your friendship. she's very understanding and wouldn't make fun of you. i don't think she would hate you, either. i think you should tell her."
"fine. but only if she calls me senpai! when she calls me 'nishinoya-senpai' i'll tell her. but until then, i'll keep quiet."
"hm. it's better than nothing."
—
"daichi! suga! come over here!"
"what's up, asahi?"
"can you help me with something? i'm trying to convince _ to refer to nishinoya as senpai, just once. if she does, he said he'd confess to her."
"you shouldn't meddle, asahi. but...i'll talk to her. i can be pretty convincing sometimes!"
"thanks suga."
—
"_! wait up a minute!"
"hey suga! what do you need?"
"daichi, asahi and i are curious about something. and we need your help, if you're willing."
"depends on what that curiosity is, but sure!"
"we need you to call nishinoya 'senpai'. just once, but in front of the team, please!"
"that's easy enough, but why?"
"we've only seen a few people call him that, and he gets pretty worked up over it. we're just curious to see how he'd react to you calling him that. you've been friends for so long, he won't expect it."
"alright, sure. i'll do it!"
"thanks _!"
———confession day
"you should do it today, _."
"alright! i already have a plan! and i'm using his first name, instead of nishi."
-right before practice ends-
"yū-senpai! walk me home, please?"
"_-_"
"oh my god, she actually did it."
"she used his first name, he's going to explode."
"do it, noya."(asahi)
"_! I LIKE YOU A LOT! PLEASE GO ON A DATE WITH ME!"
"no, she's going on a date with me."(tsukki because he likes messing with noya)
"h-HUH?!"
"it was a joke, calm down."
"s-sure, yū. let's go out sometime."
"tsukishima, you're an ass. , let's go right now!"
"o-okay!"
"oh! also! tsukishima!"
nishinoya hugs , kissing her cheek softly before glaring at tsukishima.
"n-nishi-senpai?"
and then he kisses her. in front of everyone on the team.