Late evening...

At the onsen...

Hinata was relaxing in the hot water with Narita and Kinoshita chatting about something. Kageyama was busy soaping himself when the door slid open.

"Kageyama, is that you?" a familiar voice asked.

Hinata and the others immediately stopped and found Nishinoya with his hair down and a towel covering his manly parts.

"N-N-Noya-san!" the redhead stuttered. Crap! The others will be following after us a bit later. What if Noya-san finds out that the whole team went here to stalk him and Akihana-san?

"I-I-I don't want to die yet! Please have mercy!" Hinata suddenly begged.

Nishinoya tilted his head in confusion and Kageyama threw his soap at his head. "The heck are you saying, Hinata dumbass?" He glared at him.

"Oi Shoyo! Why suddenly hang out with Kinoshita and Narita?" Nishinoya asked.

"E-Er... it's..."

"Hinata and Kageyama wanted to bond with the other second years," Narita explained, quickly placing an arm around his shoulders like they're the best of friends. "Isn't that why we all came here? Right, Hinata?"

There was a jab on his stomach. "Y-Y-Yeah. Kageyama and I wanted to strengthen our bonds with them." And he followed it with an awkward laugh.

Nishinoya grinned and joined them in the water. "That's great! The strength formed in friendship will help us win."

The three awkwardly smiled. Good thing, he bought it.

"By the way, what are you doing here, Nishinoya?" Kinoshita asked.

"Saeko-nee-san gave Manju two free tickets here so we decided to use it and relax."

"Wow! That's great!"

"Yeah, right? With this, I can finally be alone with her tonight."

Now all attention were pinned on him. Was he really looking forward to this moment?

"Manju's always busy with the shop and there's the volleyball practice after school. We may see each other everyday but I haven't touched her!" Nishinoya complained.

"What do you mean?" Narita asked.

Nishinoya was so focused. "You know..." Then he made a squeezing motion with his hands as if he was imagining pinching Aoi's cheeks.

But for Hinata who was dumbfounded with a super red face and steam shooting out of his ears, Why is Noya-san moving his hands like a perverted old man? Did Kageyama teach him about these things?

Narita and Kinoshita blushed at that. So he was pertaining to that.

"We get what you mean. We're growing boys after all!" Kinoshita just agreed, secretly wanting to avoid talking about the topic on hand.

"Y-Yeah! It's only natural to think of those things," Narita continued.

And after that they switched their topic to volleyball and other various stuff. When they were all finished bathing, they had to drag an almost lifeless and dizzy Hinata in the room.

"Is Hinata dead?" Sugawara poked on his form lying on the floor.

"What happened this time?" Ennoshita was the one to ask. Kinoshita whispered something in his ear and a few minutes later, Ennoshita was also lying beside Hinata.

"Everyone, hold on! Don't die on us!" Asahi almost wanted to cry.

At the guest room...

Aoi was busy drying her hair with Nishinoya doing the same thing but with much more force so he could wax it up like he usually does. Upon noticing his distress, she knelt in front of him and helped him dry his hair with the towel.

Her hands were brushing with his and with her leaning forward, he could make out a bit of her fair skin. He decided to fixate his eyes on the floor, pretending to be interested on it.

"There. All done," she said, removing the towel.

Before she could go away, Nishinoya suddenly held both her hands with his and looked at her straight in the eyes. He looked so serious, his hazel ones drifting down to her dark ones until it rested on her lips. When he looked up, her eyes were wide in realization but her gaze was unwavering with her cheeks reddening.

"Manju," he called softly, rubbing circles around her hand, "we're interrupted last time."

It wasn't a question, but a statement. His face was getting closer, his warm breath fanning her lips.

"Do you want to continue where we left off?" he whispered huskily.

Her mouth slightly opened at the suggestion.

"Aoi?"

And the next thing, they were kissing each other. It was a soft and gentle one, very unlike the previous one which was short and sweet. Nishinoya moved his hands on her waist while she was threading her fingers on his hair.

He wanted full dominance so he gently set her on the futon which made her awkwardly blush even more. The mere fact that the lady set the futon into a single one when they announced they were a couple didn't help the situation. When she found him hungrily anticipating for her, she gulped.

Will it happen now?

Nishinoya leaned down. Aoi instinctively closed her eyes.

I hope it won't hurt!

Nishinoya only kissed her forehead, then her nose, the corner of her mouth, until he captured her lips again in a searing kiss. She clung on his shoulders for support and returned the kiss despite being inexperienced.

When he let go to catch his own breath, he noticed that her yukata was a bit crumpled with her lips raw red from kissing and eyes slightly dazed. The way her chest heaved with every pant from her pant made her all the more erotic.

Nishinoya gently placed a hand on her cheek and she slightly jumped. He was surprised.

She's scared.

Nishinoya didn't want to take it further so he immediately removed himself off her and sat with his back facing her.

"I almost trudged down the line of inevitable!" Nishinoya said aloud, holding his chest to calm his beating heart.

Aoi finally regained her senses and rolled over to his direction. "W-What are you saying?"

"Manju, touching you further without your consent is definitely a no!"

Now that got her attention so she sat up as well. "Yuu-kun—"

"I like you! But we're not ready for this stage yet. I just started dating you," he pointed out. "Also, you were so scared earlier. I thought you're gonna cry or something."

"Oh." So he noticed... "Thank you. I am glad you thought of my feelings."

Nishinoya finally faced her but his face was full of determination. "Then let me take a pledge again."

He bowed. "I promise not to only take care of you, but to think more of your feelings in the future. Will you go out with me again?"

He didn't dare look up. Aoi only giggled, pulling his face up then kissing his lips.

She softly smiled. "Yes."

BONUS:

From the bushes, Tanaka and Hinata were crying their eyes out.

"Noya-san is so cool!" Hinata proclaimed, sniffing.

Tanaka agreed with him. "No wonder Aki-chan likes him."

"But Tanaka, you know that them spending some alone time here is your fault, right?" Sugawara reminded him.

Tanaka only frowned. "Shut up, Suga-san. It was an accident! An accident!"

And a few days after that, Daichi made a new rule to everyone in the team.

"The next time you want to talk to Nishinoya, be polite and make sure it is really important. We cannot risk him going somewhere again and almost doing something dangerous with Akihana-san."

Everyone deadpanned, "Yes."