Chapter 10: Reunited

Friday night, Akaashi stepped off the train and sluggishly made his way to the spot he was supposed to meet Bokuto. He was exhausted. It had been a long and stressful week at work, and the three-hour train ride was tedious. He really just wanted to sleep, to be honest, but on the other hand, he was excited to see his lover.

Akaashi saw Bokuto first, standing right at the top of the escalator, looking around anxiously. For a moment, Akaashi's breath hitched at the sight of his handsome boyfriend in dark jeans, a t-shirt, and a jean jacket, reminding Akaashi of their first date. He smiled and felt a sense of calmness come over him that he hadn't felt all week. It was him, Bokuto. Seeing him again seemed to soothe some anxiety that Akaashi hadn't realized he felt. It felt like he could breathe easily again after gasping for air for days. Everything is all right now, he thought.

When Bokuto finally locked eyes on Akaashi, his grin was from ear to ear. When Akaashi got to the top of the escalator, Bokuto grabbed him in a huge bear hug and spun him around a little, embarrassing Akaashi and also bumping into a couple of people. Bokuto didn't seem to care, and Akaashi thought it was cute.

"Kaashi! I'm so happy you're here. I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too, Bokuto-san."

"Here, let me get your bag for you," Bokuto said, grabbing for Akaashi's duffle bag.

"You don't have to do that, Bokuto-san."

"I want to," replied Bokuto, still sporting a huge smile and moving to grasp Akaashi's hand. "Are you hungry?"

"No. I'm just exhausted. Can we just go hom… can we just go to your place?"

They walked the short distance to Bokuto's apartment hand-in-hand, with Bokuto doing most of the talking. He was explaining to Akaashi everything that had happened since the last time he texted him, which was only a couple of hours ago. Akaashi was just listening, thinking how excited his boyfriend was and feeling happy to be here again, to hold his hand, to hear his voice.

When they entered the apartment, they both removed their shoes and jackets and Bokuto took Akaashi's bag to the bedroom while Akaashi practically collapsed onto the sofa. Bokuto found him there a few minutes later, eyes closed and looking angelic. He got them both something to drink and came back to the living room to cuddle up next to his drowsy boyfriend.

"Hey, babe. Are you that tired? Do you want to sleep now?"

Akaashi opened his eyes and managed a half-smile. "No. I waited all week to see you. I can stay awake. What do you want to do?"

"We could watch a movie," suggested Bokuto.

"That's fine."

"What do you want to watch?"

"Oh anything really. I don't care." Bokuto considered some options and decided on a horror movie so that Akaashi would be scared and stay closely glued to his side all night. However, within an hour it was Bokuto who was jumping with fear and covering his eyes. Akaashi thought it was impossibly adorable and teased his boyfriend multiple times. The movie ended pretty late, so they decided to head to bed when it was over. Akaashi went into the bathroom first, and heard Bokuto whining for the several minutes he was in there.

"Kaashi? I … I don't want to be alone. I'm scared. Are you almost done?" Akaashi chuckled at his boyfriend's immaturity and finished "getting ready." He had a surprise for Bokuto.

When he emerged from the bathroom, Bokuto started to say, "Oh, good. You were taking a long…" but then he saw what Akaashi was wearing. Or rather, what he wasn't wearing. Akaashi had on Bokuto's practice jersey. And absolutely nothing else. Bokuto stopped mid-sentence, mouth gaping open.

"Shit, baby. I REALLY like you in my shirt. So hot. Come here."

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A couple of minutes passed. "I love you, Keiji."

"I love you, Kotaro."

Saturday night, the Black Jackals had another match. Unfortunately, it was a tough opponent and the team did not play its best. They ended up losing the match and the players were down and frustrated. The younger players - Hinata, Bokuto, Atsumu and Sakusa - decided to go out for drinks and of course, Kageyama and Akaashi joined them.

They were sitting at a table for six, with Kageyama, Hinata and Atsumu on one side and Bokuto, Akaashi and Sakusa on the other side. They had been drinking steadily for a couple of hours, talking about the match and their mistakes and life in general. While Kageyama wasn't drinking much, Hinata was very, very drunk. He was all over his husband, groping and kissing and hugging. It was almost embarrassing for the others. Kageyama blushed and explained "Sorry. He's always like this when he drinks too much." The others just nodded and tried not to look.

The other four were also pretty drunk, though not quite as far gone as Hinata, although with Akaashi it was hard to tell. He was definitely slurring his words a little but he was a little more restrained than his redheaded counterpart in that he was only groping Bokuto clandestinely under the table rather than being out in the open. However, it was clear to those on the other side of the table, well at least Kageyama and Atsumu since Hinata hardly took his eyes from his husband, that something was going on between the two. They could tell by Akaashi occasionally blushing and Bokuto's eyes going wide or his quick, urgent glances at his boyfriend.

Atsumu had finally had enough, of both alcohol and seeing his friends get busy when he had no one to go home to. He looked over at Sakusa, "I'm heading out. I can't watch this any more."

Sakusa threw back the last of his drink and said, "Yeah, me too."

"Well," said Atsumu as he stood up, "It's been great but I'm goin' home. You guys have fun." Sakusa only nodded in farewell and followed Atsumu out. Kageyama decided that this would also be a good time for him to get his clearly drunk and horny husband home as well, so the final couple rose to leave as well.

When they parted ways, Bokuto grabbed Akaashi's hand for their walk home, as much to steady him as to feel his warm skin. "Akaashi, you were being naughty back there," he teased. Akaashi just smiled and said nothing. He appeared to be focused on walking, making his boyfriend smile at his cuteness.

When they got back to Bokuto's apartment, Akaashi literally kicked off his shoes, one flying halfway across the floor, and stumbled to the bedroom, with Bokuto close behind. He was pretty drunk as well, though he wasn't nearly as inebriated as his boyfriend.

Apparently, drunk Akaashi had very little inhibitions. He was already starting to strip when Bokuto entered the bedroom a few steps behind him. Bokuto chuckled again, amused at this different side of Akaashi he hadn't yet seen. He came up behind his lover, who looked like he might fall while trying to remove his pants, and asked, "Well, well, getting naked already? What does my Kaashi want?"

Akaashi turned to face the ace, HIS ace, wrapped his hands around the back of Bokuto's neck and up into his hair and leaned in close, almost nose to nose, to whisper, "I want you." Bokuto felt his heart skip a beat and was about to kiss Akaashi senseless when he found himself pushed onto his back on the bed, his lover straddling him.

"I want your fucking hot body. All through that match, I couldn't help but watch your body and your muscles and your strength and I got jealous that thousands of people are watching you and admiring your body too, but then I thought, I am the only one who gets to touch you, so then I felt better, but then I really wanted to touch you and I had to wait SO LONG." He practically whined the last part.

Bokuto laughed softly at his drunk boyfriend's long rant. "So you want me for my body, huh?"

Akaashi suddenly looked down, his blue eyes intensely staring into his lover's gold ones, his face serious. "Don't get me wrong, baby. You are sweet and thoughtful and considerate and I love being around you, cause when I'm with you it's like a hole in my heart that I didn't even know existed is filled. When you're gone it's like a gaping wound is torn back open and my heart hurts, but it stops when I'm with you. So what do I want? I want you. I want to be with you. Always."

Bokuto could only stare, speechless, at his boyfriend's proclamation. He could find no words to respond and just looked up into that beautiful face that was slightly flushed, but very earnest. He opened his mouth but nothing came out, because he knew that whatever he said could not match the power of that outpouring of emotion he just received. He closed his mouth again, deciding to communicate with his body all the things he could not seem to say with his words. But then, his boyfriend continued.

"But right now, I just want your fucking hot body."

Bokuto only laughed and proceeded to give his lover what he wanted.