"Guys! We're going! We're going to Tokyo!" Takeda shouted swinging the door open and falling forward on his face. The team looked at him confused.
"Tokyo?" Hinata asked as Takeda nodded rapidly as blood started to run.
"Nekoma invited us to a training camp in Tokyo and we are going!" Takeda shouted with a huge smile on his face. The whole team busted out in shouts of joy and excitement. Even Tsukishima had a small smile on his face thinking about getting to face Nekoma again and nothing to do with seeing a certain raven haired team captain that he has not left his mind since he first met him. The team settled down and sat down talking about the details of the trip and the requirements since it was during a school week after final exams. Tsukishima rolled his eyes as Hinata, Kageyama, Tanaka, and Nishinoya all paled at the mention of final exams and all hell broke loose. Tsukishima separated himself from the team as the second and third years tried to rein in the four idiots. Once the team was calmed and the details sorted out the teams were dismissed to go home.
"Tsukki you ready to walk home?" Tadashi asked and Tsukishima nodded. The duo walked out of the gym after waving by to their seniors and headed out the school and down the hill. "So… Tokyo…and Nekoma…" Tadashi trailed off watching his best friend with a smirk.
"Yeah… Don't start." Tsukki shut down what he knew his best friend had started to hint at.
"TSUKISHIMA!" A voice yelled behind them causing them to both jumped. They turned around to see Hinata and Kageyama breathing heavy behind them. "Sorry. But will you tutor us?" Hinata asked bowing. Tsukishima sighed.
"No." he deadpanned.
"Please Tsukishima! Or at least give us some hints or something?" Hinata begged wanting nothing more to get help and be able to make it to Tokyo. Tsukishima smirked and turned to Kageyama.
"Ah come on you going to make him beg all by himself now here King?" Tsukishima asked watching the setter getting frustrated and mumbled something. "I'm sorry what was that?"
"Please tutor us!" Kageyama called bowing flinging his bag forward with the momentum. The shock made Tsukishima step back and nodded after Coach Ukai yelled at them to get home.
"Hey Tadashi can I speak with you for a moment?" Hinata asked turning to Tadashi. Tadashi nodded as they walked further ahead causing Tsukishima to watch in confusion and looking back at Kageyama who had to same look as him. They followed behind them.
"What's up Hinata? Need advice about Kageyama again?" Tadashi asked smiling as his teammate blushed and shook his head.
"No uhm its actually about Tsukishima… I have been talking to Kenma and she said that Kuroo hasn't stopped talking and asking about Tsukishima. He found out that Kenma and I talk and well he wants Tsukishima's number…" Hinata trailed off. Tadashi glanced back at his best friend and knew that without a push he would never get anywhere with Kuroo or anyone in that matter. He only sticks to his family and Tadashi himself. Tadashi nodded to Hinata.
"Okay, but what is he saying about Tsukki? Like is he interested in him?" Tadashi asked needing to protect his friend before anything.
"From what Kenma says yeah. He is really interested in him. Apparently he made a huge impact on him at the practice match and as Kenma quotes 'He is so tall and handsome but when he blushes he looks so cute.' or along those lines." Hinata said shrugging. Tadashi smirked and nodded.
"I'll text you his contact info to forward along." Tadashi whispered as they came to an intersection and waited for the other two to catch up. Kageyama and Hinata turned left while Tsukishima and Tadashi turned right.
"What was that all about?" Tsukishima asked suspicious of what just happened.
"Nothing, just asking when we could all study together and about some volleyball stuff for Tokyo." Tadashi lied as they came up to his house. "Well goodnight Tsukki." He called as he ran to his door. Tsukishima watched him closely knowing that he was lying.
"Night." Tsukishima mumbled as he walked to his house the rest of the way with music blaring in his headphones. Once he got home and greeted his mother Tsukishima walked upstairs to his room depositing his school and gym bag and headed for a shower. He left his phone on his bed as he grabbed a pair of shorts and a shirt.
Tsukishima quickly showered and dressed drying his hair as he walked downstairs grabbing the food that his mother had warmed up for him. After he quickly ate and rinsed his plates he walked upstairs and flopped down on his bed. His phone was flashing and he grabbed it seeing a new message had appeared.
[10:24 P.M.]
From: Unknown
To: Tsukishma
Hey there Tsukki!
Tsukishima stared at the message with confusion due to only one person ever calling him Tsukki would be his family and Tadashi and as far as he knew no one got a new phone.
[10:35 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Unknown
Who is this?
[10:36 P.M.]
From: Unknown
To: Tsukishima
Omg I got a response! Kenma said you wouldn't reply!
[10:36]
From: Tsukishima
To: Uknown
Kenma? Are you a player from Nekoma?
[10:37 P.M.]
From: Unknown
To: Tsukishima
Yeah! Do you really not know who this is? I'll give you a hint. I'm your favorite middle blocker.
Tsukishima felt his eye twitch as he opened a new message to send to his treacherous best friend.
[10:38 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Tadashi
Really? Studying and Volleyball. I knew you were lying. How does Kuroo have my number?
[10:39 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To Unknown
Is this Kuroo?
[10:39 P.M.]
From: Unknown
To: Tsukishima
Winner winner! Did ya miss me?
[10:40 P.M.]
From: Tadashi
To: Tsukishima
Well… According to Kenma he has been talking about you and asking about you… So I gave Hinata your info to pass along! You know you want to talk to him before seeing him! This is for your own good!
Tsukishima growled at his phone and sighed knowing his friend may be right but still he is not ready for this. Especially with the weekend training camp starting in a couple days. He decided to deal with Tadashi in the morning and try to figure out how to handle this with Kuroo for the night. He quickly updated the contact information from Unknown to Kuroo.
[10:41 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Not really. How and why do you have my number?
Tsukishima blushed trying to keep his message sounding indifferent and collected, the completely opposite from what he was feeling inside.
[10:41 P.M.]
From: Kuroo
From: Tsukishima
Hey now no need to lie. Kenma got it from Hinata who got it from your friend Yama-something. The one I call Freckles.
[10:42 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
That still does not explain why you wanted it though…
[10:43 P.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Oh that. Well you see I wanted to get to know you obviously
Tsukishima heart picked up pace as he read the message several times feeling his face warm up.
[10:43 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
But why?
[10:44 P.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Why not? You are interesting and I want to get to know what is going on in that brain of yours. Plus you're really cute.
[10:45 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Uhm. Okay.
Tsukishima felt his face getting hotter and groaned at the feeling in his chest. Tsukishima doesn't handle these emotions well. He does not do crushes, love, or any type of major emotions. This is why he doesn't do this stuff. He doesn't know how to handle them. He initially planned to ignore Tadashi til seeing them in the morning but he needed advice.
[10:46 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Tadashi
He wants to get to know me… and he called me cute… what do I say?
[10:46 P.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Is that ok? Plus I will be seeing you in a couple days anyway so you can't ignore me there.
Tsukishima glared at his phone knowing he had that sly grin on his face sending that. Two can play at this game.
[10:47 P.M.]
From: Tadashi
To: Tsukishima
OMG HE CALLED YOU CUTE! AND HE WANTS TO GET TO KNOW YOU?! YOU BETTER TALK TO THIS MAN KEI! I MEAN IT!
Tsukishima rolled his eyes knowing that his friend was probably yelling as he was typing that and he was serious since he used his first name.
[10:47 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Tadashi
I am. And I will get to know him. Just stop yelling. Go to bed you have explaining to do in the morning both you and hinata.
[10:48 P.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Okay. I won't block your number. We can get to know each other. But its almost 11 and I have practice at 7:00 in the morning so good night Kuroo.
[10:50 P.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Good night Tsukki!~ Have sweet dreams about me cutie!~
Tsukishima rolled his eyes but felt his face get even hotter. He quickly locked his phone and pulled it in to charge as he tried to not do what the older teen had suggested. He ultimately failed.
The next morning when his alarm started going off around 5:30 in the morning, Tsukishima partly regretted staying up so late talking to Kuroo. He flushed at the thoughts of his dreams that night and shook his head to get the thoughts out of his mind. He got out of bed and headed straight for the bathroom and took a quick shower. Once he was dressed and had his gym and school bag he walked downstairs into the kitchen to have breakfast.
"Good morning Kei!" Tsukishima's brother, Akiteru, greeted handing his a bowl of omurice. Tsukishima nodded and grabbed the bowl as he sat down and started eating. "You seem more tired than normal this morning. Could that happen to be because you were up late texting all night?" Akiteru joked as his brother's cheeks turned a light pink. Akiteru raised an eyebrow at this but did not push it further.
"Shut up." Tsukishima muttered as he quickly ate his bowl. Akiteru did not bring it back up but he was definitely interested now. "I got practice. Bye." Tsukishima stated as he deposited his bowl in the sink and headed for the front door. He made a quick exit and sighed when he started walking toward Tadashi's house. He slipped his headphones on and turned up the music as he thought about how he was going to scold Tadashi for giving out his number.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.
[6:30 A.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Good morning Tsukki~
Tsukishima's face heated up and bit the inside of his cheek. He stared at the message battling if he should message him or not this early.
[6:31 A.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Good morning Kuroo. A bit early for you to be up is it not?
"Tsukki!" Tadashi called out from his house as he ran down the steps and out the front gate. Tsukishima looked back not realizing he completely walked right pass where he meant to stop. He quickly shoved the phone back into his pocket and turned to his best friend with an unimpressed face. Tadashi skidded to a stop in front of his best friend and bit his lip. He quickly started bowing to his friend muttering out apologies.
"Whatever. You should have told me that you were going to do it." Tsukishima said as he turned back around and headed towards the school. Tadashi quickly caught up and looked up at his friend with a smile on his face.
"So… How is it going with Kuroo?" Tadashi questioned watching the blush form on his friend's face and neck.
"Shut up Tadashi." Tsukishima muttered as his phone started buzzing again. He sighed and pulled his phone out ignoring the snickering of his best friend.
[6:40 A.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Nah, I needed to get up. Got school in a little while. Plus I wanted to talk to you! Remember you said we could get to know each out before the training camp. So how did you sleep~
Tsukishima groaned remembering about the weekend training camp.
[6:40 A.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
I slept okay. How about yourself?
[6:41 A.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
I slept great thank you for asking! Had a wonderful dream last night about this beautiful, tall, blonde middle blocker! Did you have any interesting dreams? Huh?
So are you excited about the training camp? I want to introduce you to two of my best friends from one of the other schools that will there.
[6:42 A.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Well, glad you slept well. Nothing too interesting… I guess, I know the rest of the team is excited for it. Even Tadashi. That just mean it's more practice though.
Why do you want me to meet these people?
"Uh Tsukki…" Tadashi called as the school came into sight and he almost walked right pass the entrance again. Tsukishima swore under his breath as he followed his short friend to the volleyball club room groaning as he heard Tadashi chuckling.
"Tadashi. Stop it." Tsukishima warned sending his best friend a glare. Tadashi shivered and nodded as they headed up the stairs to the club room to get changed. The majority of the team was in the room and were changing or just finished changing and heading to the gym when the two first years walked in. They nodded to their teammates and made their way into the corner and quickly changed into their practice clothes. Tsukishima quickly grabbed his phone when it started going off forgetting to put it on silent.
[6:50 A.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Ah no fair! I told you about my dream! I bet you dreamt of me and just don't wanna admit it. I can tell you excited you just don't wanna show it. Plus we all need the practice if we wanna make it to Nationals. But I've kinda already told my friends about you and they wanna meet you. They are the ace and setter for the other school and they are really good. Maybe we can do extra practices and work on blocks and things.
[6:51 A.M.]
From: Tsukishima
To: Kuroo
Shut up. I'm not telling you about my dream. And maybe. But I got to go. If I'm late to practice Daichi will kill me and I wont hesitate to blame you. I'll text you when we are done. Besides shouldn't you be getting ready for school.
[6:51 A.M.]
From: Kuroo
To: Tsukishima
Fine go practice! Make sure you give it your all on those blocks. I am already heading towards Kenma's to go to school. Talk later Tsukki!
Tsukishima rolled his eyes and quickly put his phone in his bag and turned to see Tadashi and the two captains standing at the door waiting for him. He quickly looked away and walked pass them through the door heading to the gym. He heard the three teammates behind him following.
"Who is Tsukishima texting? I didn't think he talked to anyone but you outside of practice." Daichi asked. Tsukishima tensed hoping that Tadashi wouldn't let the cat out of the bag. He internally rolled his eyes at how the metaphor fit the scenario. He quickly changed into his gym shoes and entered the gym starting to stretch.
"Daichi, leave them alone. If Tsukishima has friends outside the volleyball team that is good! Stay out of our kids business!" Sugawara scolded and smiled at the two best friends as Tadashi walked over to Tsukishima stretching with him. Sugawara winked at Tsukishima and clapped his hands together getting everyone's attention. "Okay everyone lets stretch and get to practicing then we will discuss about this weekend's training camp. Hinata! Kageyama! Stop fighting!" Sugawara called out as everyone circled around and started the group stretching. Tsukishima shook his head putting Sugawara's wink to the back of his head for future analysis and focused on the practice ahead knowing this weekend was going to be interesting.