This story has been on my mind so I decided to give it a try. Maybe slight OOC, I dunno.

Disclaimer: I don't own Haikyuu


It all started when the two managers of the volleyball club announced that they won't be participating that day because Kiyoko was busy with her entrance exams and Yachi had something to do at her home. So Sugawara decided to treat everyone and made a call to deliver nikuman since they'll be the ones to do the managerial activities. And when their activities did end up late, that was when the nikuman delivery girl came in time. When Sugawara paid her and the girl was about to leave, Nishinoya dashed straight towards her and patted her head which was covered by a cap.

"Manju, you're here!" he said, grinning all the while, not noticing the confused and dumbfounded stares of the other members. "Why didn't you call out to me when you saw me here though?"

The girl's bangs might be covering her eyes but the boys are all sure she was blushing red especially when Nishinoya started brushing her hair out of her eyes and pouted when the girl only avoided him.

Sugawara wanted to tell Nishinoya to leave the girl alone, but he was also curious about their relationship since the girl was mumbling: "Stop touching my hair, Yuu-kun." And if you'll look closely, the two looked like a pair of kids playing with each other's hair (the girl is about Nishinoya's height though).

Hinata turned to Tanaka. "Tanaka-san, do you know who she is?"

"She's Aki-chan from Class 2-5, the nikuman girl near Noya's house," Tanaka answered. "Noya knows her because she sometimes takes care of his grandfather."

Hinata just hummed in response but something didn't make sense at the picture. "Is that so? Then why is Noya-senpai touching her so casually?" Hinata asked, observing the odd pair. "Like... a lot."

"You're just imagining things again, dumbass," Kageyama commented.

"Shut up, Bakageyama!"

"Now that Hinata has mentioned it, Noya and her have been closer these past few days," Tanaka said.

"I thought so too," Ennoshita agreed. "I also saw Nishinoya visiting her class earlier."

Tsukishima then sighed, "Isn't it because they're dating?"

The others could only stare from Tsukishima then back to the odd pair.

"Tsukki!" Yamaguchi hissed loud enough as if telling him not to say anything.

"What?" Tsukishima just shrugged. "I thought they knew."

They're dating? they all thought.

Nishinoya kept on grinning at the nikuman girl then he pinched her cheek so hard that when she cried, it sounded like a puppy whimpering in pain.

"Stop teasing her," Daichi smacked Nishinoya on the head then turned to the poor girl. "I am sorry... uh..."

"Akihana Aoi," she introduced.

"Yes, Akihana-san. But may I know what your relationship with Nishinoya is?"

Nishinoya only scrunched his face in disbelief, rubbing the sore spot on his head. "Isn't it obvious? She's my girlfriend."

There was a moment of silence as they tried to take in the new information.

She's my girlfriend.

My girlfriend.

Girlfriend.

"WHAT?!"

Tanaka could only cry in disbelief. "Noya, how could you? You betrayed Kiyoko-san!" Then he added, "you didn't even tell me that you're dating the nikuman girl!"

"I did not betray Kiyoko-san!" Nishinoya responded, more like screamed. "I still like her, but my 'like' for Manju is different!"

So he's not even denying it.

Tanaka was pointing an accusing finger. "Then how long are you keeping this from me? You've been stopping by their shop behind my back, is that it?"

"I AM NOT!"

"Is she really your girlfriend? Not just your lost sister or something?" Asahi asked, still surprised about the fact that Nishinoya bagged himself a girl.

"ARE YOU DOUBTING ME?"

While they were busy arguing, Hinata turned to Tsukishima and Yamaguchi. "Hey, how did you know that they're dating?"

"We saw him waiting for someone at the vending machine," Yamaguchi interjected. "We thought it was Tanaka-san but he said..."

A very confident Nishinoya appeared at the back of his mind with a grin plastered on the libero's face while saying: "No. I'm waiting for my girlfriend."

"We thought it was a joke so we didn't tell anyone."

"You saying I can't have a girlfriend, huh, Yamaguchi?" Nishinoya glared at him.

Nishinoya was busy arguing with the other club members and when Aoi tried to stop him, she tripped on her shoe laces. To avoid her from falling, Kageyama (who was near her at the moment) instinctively caught her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

Aoi nodded and looked up to him. "Thank you," she murmured then immediately got off him.

They all thought that it was only a natural thing... until they looked closely and saw the tiny hint of blush on Kageyama's cheeks.

"Kageyama." There was a dark aura surrounding Nishinoya. "You saw her face, didn't you?"

The poor boy looked away in shock. "I saw nothing," he denied.

Kageyama, you saw something. No doubt!

"Yuu-kun, it's fine. I will be leaving first," Aoi informed to prevent him from arguing further but Nishinoya flicked her forehead.

"I'll walk you home. Just wait here first. I'll go change."

Aoi only nodded and when Nishinoya left, the boys gathered around her.

"Akihana-san! Akihana-san!" Hinata called her attention, jumping around excitedly only for Kageyama to hold him down in place. "Since when have you been dating Noya-san?"

"... just yesterday."

"Noya and I went straight home because the manju shop was closed," Tanaka remembered. "How did you two started dating by then?"

The girl was hesitant for a moment. "Yuu-kun... er... I was sleeping in their house yesterday."

It was an innocent statement, but for Tanaka—

"THE TWO OF YOU ARE ALREADY SLEEPING WITH EACH OTHER? I REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SNEAKY NOYA!"

"Tanaka, she didn't mean it like that," Sugawara piped in.

"She didn't mention about sleeping with him either," Ennoshita added.

"I... I was visiting his grandfather yesterday and he told me to sleep in their house instead since my parents are not over. Then..." Before Aoi could continue, there was a furious blush on her cheeks and she covered her face with her hands as if hiding from them.

"Then what happened, Akihana-san?" Hinata asked, but then his attention turned towards the hair on her eyes. "Hey, why don't you try pulling your hair back like this so you could see us?"

When Hinata pushed her hair back behind her ear, that was when everyone (except for Tsukishima) had a mini heart attack. The girl was surprisingly cute! Kiyoko was on a different level of course, but Aoi could definitely pass for a model with her dark round eyes and brown locks. It's just a shame that she's not showing her beauty to everyone though.

Hinata pulled back and tried to fight the blush on his face. "I-I-I-I'M SO SORRY! I MUST'VE STARTLED YOU!"

Aoi shook her head. "It's nothing. Yuu-kun also does it since I tend to forget cutting my hair."

"So what happened at his house?" Daichi reverted back to the topic.

"I told him not to bother about me sleeping in our house alone. Besides, I don't want anyone, especially his grandfather and my parents, to get the wrong idea about us," Aoi told them and there was a soft smile on her lips. "But Yuu-kun was always worried about my safety so he asked me to go out with him."

That guy really is such a simpleton, Tanaka and the other seniors thought.

"Akihana-san, do you also like Noya-san?" Hinata asked.

"Eh?" Aoi gasped and Kageyama muttered, "what kind of question is that, you fool?"

"I like Noya-san because he is so cool! And he's kind since he teaches me how to receive. He also treats me ice cream sometimes!" Hinata rambled so proudly that everyone just stared at him as if he was making an idiotic speech somewhere. "How about you? Do you also like Noya-san like how he likes you?"

"Er... I... to Yuu-kun..." Her hands was fidgeting while she was trying to force the right words way out of her mouth.

All she could remember last night was his serious expression when they sat on his bed. His hair was down and he looked at her sincerely, his hazel eyes focused on her dark ones intensely while confessing, "I want to take responsibility for my actions. I want to take care of you in their stead so please go out with me."

She wasn't able to properly respond to his confession at first because of the tears flowing from her eyes so she just nodded firmly. "I will be in your care, Yuu-kun."

"Yuu-kun doesn't need me to say it. He knows my feelings very well."


BONUS:

Nishinoya dropped her off like he had said but he was eyeing her a lot which caused her to squirm a little at his gaze.

"Yuu-kun, is there something wrong?" she asked.

Nishinoya inched his face closer and when Aoi thought he was about to kiss her, she tried to cover his mouth but he just placed a blue hair clip on her bangs then grinned at his masterpiece.

"You told me Shoyo touched your hair so I thought this would do."

"Oh, thank you." She was about to go inside when she remembered something. "... Yuu-kun?"

"Yes?"

"Were you jealous?"

Nishinoya was only silent. She inched closer to his face to read his expression. "You don't like other guys touching me?"

And he went home blushing.