"Tsukishima looks angry!" Hinata exclaimed when he sees Tsukishima's expression. Kageyama gets curious by what the smaller male was about fussing and checks Tsukishima as well. When the black-haired male sees the blonde, he blinks.
Yamaguchi walked beside the two with a smile on his face. "Tsukki found his match." He muttered with an entertained look. Hinata eyed the freckled male with a puzzled expression as he tried to decipher what that meant. When Hinata finally got it, he beams.
"Really?! Who?!" He jumped up as he waited for a reply. Kageyama secretly listened as he checked his nails.
"Do you know that girl who acted as Juliet on last year's theater? Mayuhina Mikoto?" Yamaguchi asked. Hinata recalled seeing the drama club's show last year but he can't remember who the actors and actresses were. Putting a thumb on his chin, Hinata hummed in thoughts.
"Ah! That girl!" Hinata suddenly shouted as he remembered who Mayuhina is. He cheerily turns to Yamaguchi before speaking. "Yachi-san's friend! I know her, she's really nice!" he eagerly informed. Yamaguchi felt curious when he hears what Hinata stated.
"Invite that girl here." Kageyama suddenly speaks up. Both Yamaguchi and Hinata glances at him with a perplexed look. Kageyama looks at them seriously. "It's so Tsukishima could stop being a jerk while he's here." He notified.
"Woah, you're actually right about that." Hinata wowed at the black-haired male's suggestion. "Since her and Yachi-san are friends, convince Mayuhina-san to be our manager!" Hinata spoke with excitement.
"Manager? Who?" Tanaka popped in the conversation as he scanned the three younger males' faces. "Mayuhina Mikoto, the girl who can bring Tsukishima down!" Hinata answered happily. Tanaka made a face as he recognized that name before.
"Mayuhina-chan? How can she bring Tsukishima down? She's too polite." Tanaka brushed off his younger teammates' statement. "No! She actually out-sassed Tsukki!" Yamaguchi retaliated but when Tanaka shoved him and Hinata, he stops speaking.
"Nah, you're just bored. Let's practice so you won't start imagining ridiculous things." Tanaka said while Kageyama trailed behind him. Hinata and Yamaguchi tried to explain but their words went unheard. Unbeknownst to them, Tsukishima heard all of it and based on his expression, he doesn't like an ounce of it.
Mayuhina closed her notebook and when she hears that soft "plop" after closing her notebook, she smiles lightly.
"Are you that entertained by closing your notebook?"
Mayuhina shifted her attention to her seatmate when she hears him speak. Displaying her usual gentle smile, Mayuhina spoke. "Of course."
Tsukishima narrowed his eyes at her and clicked his tongue thrice while shaking his head. Mayuhina took note of his reaction and realized that he probably thinks her source of entertainment is weird. Sighing to herself, Mayuhina prepared to explain herself.
"Enjoying the small things that happens in your life is what makes your life sunny, but" Mayuhina paused then side-glanced at Tsukishima. "I guess, you don't understand that. You're too busy being a bitter person after all." She said with an evident displeasure.
Seeing her peeved face, Tsukishima felt a little bit satisfied. "You seem attacked by my statement. Did I hit a sore spot?" he questioned.
Mayuhina showed a calm smile before fixing her things, when the teacher bids goodbye to the class. "No, not at all. You just seemed low earlier, attacking someone's happiness and all. You're one of the people who dims the world just by existing."
"That's too much."
Tsukishima and Mayuhina glanced towards the voice of the person and saw Yamaguchi standing in the middle of them with his hands covering his mouth and looking horrified by what he heard. Mayuhina heaved a sigh when she finally grasps what she said. Deeming her words too rough and insulting, Mayuhina stood up and bowed to Tsukishima before grabbing her bag and leaving.
Tsukishima eyed his seatmate with confusion. He peers at Yamaguchi and sees him looking at him.
"Tsukki, did you feel offended?" Yamaguchi questioned. "No." Tsukishima answered shortly, simply feeling stunned by how Mayuhina can drop a word that's so offending without thinking and hesitating. "She's like me, after all." Tsukishima thought.
"Go first, Tsukki! I need to talk to someone." Yamaguchi told his friend before rushing to leave the classroom. Tsukishima watched as the freckled male left the classroom, leaving him alone. Suddenly, something catches his attention and when he looks at what caught his eyes, Tsukishima feels his gaze go to Mayuhina's desk.
A pastel blue wallet with a cat keychain attached to it.
Eyeing the wallet, Tsukishima wondered what he could do with it. Throw it in the trash? No, that's too much, Tsukishima might get accused of bullying Mayuhina. Keep it with him? But what would Tsukishima do with it?
Picking the wallet, Tsukishima observed it carefully. An idea enters his mind and with a smirk, he decides to keep it in his pocket.
Going to his club, Tsukishima felt satisfied. He entered the gym and once he does, he hears various people call his name. Scanning the area to see if something happened, Tsukishima saw Mayuhina with the volleyball team.
"Tsukki, I convinced Mayuhina-san to be our manager." Yamaguchi notified with a happy grin.
Dissatisfied with the turn of events, Tsukishima clicks his tongue. He eyed Mayuhina and saw her usual calm and collected expression. He then decides to use the situation that was presented in front of him before approaching his seatmate.
His teammates watched him with curiosity as he neared Mayuhina. Tsukishima then pulled out a wallet and dangled it in front of Mayuhina.
With a smirk, Tsukishima spoke. "Leave the volleyball club and join the drama club instead."
Mayuhina eyed him with surprise before checking her bag. When she doesn't see her wallet, she groans. She gazes up at her wallet and reaches for it but Tsukishima raises it and Mayuhina gave the tall male a deadpan look.
"Please give it to me." She smiled politely only for Tsukishima to sneer at her. Left with no choice, Mayuhina inhales deeply before smiling innocently.
"You like me, don't you?"
The people inside the gym, except for Tsukishima and Mayuhina, gasped at Mayuhina's braveness but they also prayed for her to leave the gym without crying.
Tsukishima stared at his seatmate with disbelief. He scoffs at her over-confidence and wondered if she hit her head while she was being born. "If you keep insisting that I like you, then you might be the one who actually likes me."
"Me? Why would I like someone bitter? I have standards, you know?" Mayuhina retaliated.
"I –" Tsukishima couldn't find a response after that. He eyed his seatmate and saw her hiding her smirk. Mayuhina then turned to Yachi and bowed to her. "I'll be leaving then. I still need to go to Tokyo so see you on Monday." She said as she waved at Yachi before leaving the gym.
The whole place was quiet and by the time Mayuhina was gone, all the male inside screamed with amazement.
"I told you so! Me and Yamaguchi told you that Mayuhina-san would bring Tsukishima down!" Hinata jumped cheerfully while Yamaguchi gaped at Tsukishima. "Tsukki, are you alright? You didn't get offended, did you?" he asked frantically.
Ennoshita blinked at the event that transpired while NIshinoya covered his mouth at the swag that he witnessed. Meanwhile, Tanaka was making a Buddha-like expression. Yachi smiled sheepishly as she glanced at the blonde male.
"Tsukishima-kun, Mayu-san isn't actually our manager. She just made Yamaguchi-kun say it to tease you." Yachi informed.
Bested by his seatmate once again, Tsukishima simply inhaled deeply and huffed before going out of the gym.
A/N:
Did you see what I did? Do you understand the effort I gathered just to make a good comeback for Mayu just so she can end up smirking in the end? If youo don't, well... now you know!
This chapter is fun to write and I hope that the fun I got from writing it would make you entertained as well! Please enjoy it and if there's something wrong, please inform me! Thanks for reading~~~