The two seatmates was unusually quiet.
Yamaguchi watched the two interact but somehow, they aren't mocking each other, glaring at each other, or clicking their tongue at the sight of the other. The two downright ignored the other and had their earphones in their ears.
"Why are they not talking to each other? Did something serious actually happen?" Yamaguchi mumbled under his breath. He was worried because, for the first time, someone actually had the guts to talk back and mock Tsukishima yet somehow, the two became acquainted because of their arguments and attempts to rile the other up.
It was an odd way to get to know someone but it worked with Tsukishima.
Yamaguchi wished for the two to converse, especially when he became close to Mayuhina as well, because of reasons he doesn't want anyone to know.
Suddenly, Mayuhina smiled and showed her phone to Tsukishima, who stared coldly at her and said "I don't care", if Yamaguchi's lip-reading is correct. The freckled male looked at Mayuhina's expression and noticed that she was giving a hard stare at his childhood friend before smiling happily.
Mayuhina covered her mouth and said something. Tsukishima then glanced at Yamaguchi and caught the freckled male watching the two seatmates. Left with nothing to do but approach the two, Yamaguchi smiled sheepishly as he walked near them while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Sorry Tsukki. I was just confused on why you two weren't talking to each other." Yamaguchi immediately explained. He peered at Mayuhina and saw her looking at an image in her phone. It looked like an idol.
The brunette girl saw that Yamaguchi was staring so she grinned and showed it to the freckled male. "If you like this, then she'll definitely like you." Mayuhina gave a thumbs up after her recommendation. "How could I like that? Aren't these men more oriented with female fans?" Yamaguchi questioned.
"Tch, tch, tch! That's where you're wrong! These boys have many male fans as well because of the fact that they sing about topics that aren't usually talked about besides, their tunes are very catchy so go ahead! Listen to them!" Mayuhina tried to convince the freckled male as she handed her phone and earphones.
Yamaguchi smiled timidly and took her phone.
"Don't listen to what she's saying. You might end up becoming weird if you listen to what she's listening." Tsukishima muttered, making Yamaguchi stop. "Besides, you don't need to change to make someone like you. If they don't like you for who you are, then they're not for you." Tsukishima glanced at his friend and saw Yamaguchi blinking.
Shifting his gaze from Yamaguchi to Mayuhina, Tsukishima eyed his seatmate with disapproval. "Don't coax him into listening to what you listen to." He reminded before scoffing at her.
"I don't think you understand. The person he likes isn't a kind of judgmental person. She accepts Yamaguchi-san and your friend here finally wants to make a move on her so I'm helping him by telling him that having the same hobby, even if it's just one, can help build a relationship." Mayuhina explained, using the same voice she uses when she's talking to her friends.
Hearing the tone of her voice, Tsukishima can't help but feel disgusted by Mayuhina. It sounded too sweet and soft. Where's the usual snarky tone of voice? It just doesn't feel right when Mayuhina talks sweetly, it feels a bit... frightening, for some reasons.
"Don't use that voice on me. Are you selling me something?" Tsukishima retorted. "How can you still be irked by my voice? I'm talking normally." Mayuhina responded.
"No, you aren't. Your voice is weird." Tsukishima replied. "You're being weird." Mayuhina retaliated.
"Your face is weird."
"Your existence is weird. Why do you keep existing anyway?"
"Are you insinuating that I should go die?"
"No, I'm implying for you to leave."
"Maybe, I would."
"Maybe you should." Mayuhina retorts and Tsukishima stands up, clearly annoyed by his seatmate.
"I'll go then. I don't want to see your face anyway." He says as he walked away.
"Yeah, bye to you too! Have a safe trip!" Mayuhina waved as she watched her seatmate leave and slam the door behind him.
Yamaguchi gaped at the two and gulped nervously. He peered at Mayuhina and saw her checking her wristwatch.
"Don't you think you took it too far?" Yamaguchi asked nervously. "No. I'm still angry at what happened yesterday." Mayuhina informed. Yamaguchi wondered what happened so he asked the brunette about it. To his surprise, Mayuhina's anger is justified.
Groaning at the event, Yamaguchi watched the door.
It opened all of the sudden and Tsukishima entered, looking pissed off. He sat down his seat and stared at Yamaguchi. "The teacher's almost here. Go back to your seat." He informed, earning him a shocked look from the freckled man before he rushes to his seat at the exact time the teacher opens the door.
The two seatmate then felt a tension between them. Not awkwardness, but tension. The kind where a passerby can quickly know that something happened and a fight or a brawl will soon commence. Basically, the two seatmates were emitting dangerous vibes around their area.
"Tsukki, I heard what happened days ago. Mayuhina-san said that you were almost beaten up and she tried to help you but you didn't even thank her and just scolded her." Yamguchi started. "Maybe you should apologize." He added unsurely.
Tsukishima scowled and peered at the freckled male. "Why would I apologize? Did I do something wrong?" he spoke with a snarky tone. Swiping through his list of songs, he can feel his irritation rise at the thought of saying sorry to his seatmate. He then tapped a random song and went back to studying.
Yamaguchi sighed and checked his phone for the time. Seeing the time, he turns his phone off and when he sees a reflection of someone behind him, Yamaguchi sneakily smiles. He stands up and faces the person behind him.
"Good morning, Mayuhina-san." Yamaguchi greeted softly as he walked away, leaving the brunette and the tall blonde alone.
Mayuhina scanned the area and glanced back at Yamaguchi who was about to leave the room. She then shifts her focus to her seatmate who looked to be struggling with a lesson in math. Taking a quick scan of his notebook, Mayuhina immediately caught the problem her seatmate is facing.
Sighing to herself, the brunette decided to act normal.
"Hey, Kishi!" Mayuhina greeted with her usual bright grin. She plopped down on her seat and placed her bag on the floor.
When the blonde male turns to his seatmate, he sneers at what he sees. "You really aspire to be a trash, don't you?" Tsukishima greeted back, immediately noticing the brunette's messy hair. Mayuhina quickly caught on what her seatmate was implying and fixed her hair.
Tsukishima kept his eyes at his math notebook. There's a part that he didn't understand so he decided to study it last night but he still couldn't understand it so he chose to study it today.
Yet he still couldn't get why h is equals to negative two if line AB is perpendicular to line CD.
"Hey, can I see it?"
Tsukishima hears his seatmate's voice but he ignores her. He kept his focus on his math book but when a math notebook drops on his desk, he glances at Mayuhina, who was reading her English book.
"If the solution seems to be correct yet the answer you have isn't negative two, then the given you wrote must be wrong. Check it again." She informs as she wrote something on her book. Tsukishima glances at Mayuhina's math notebook and sees the given that she wrote before scanning over the given he wrote.
It was different. Point D isn't (6, 1) but (h, 1).
Realizing his mistake, Tsukishima bit the inside of his cheek and accepted his mistake, even though he didn't want to. The blonde male corrected his given and tried to answer the question again. This time, he got it right.
Tsukishima took the notebook and gave it back to his seatmate, who took it back without sneering or smiling mischievously at him. Instead, her smile was warm, confusing Tsukishima even further.
"If you can't see properly, then you should change your glasses. Your eyesight must've gotten bad again." Mayuhina suggested. "Why are you being kind? Do you want something?" He asked while he pushed his glasses up.
"If there's something I want, it wouldn't come from you." Mayuhina commented before she rests her chin on top of her palm, making her look listless. Suddenly, her expression changed when she thought of something.
"The only thing I'd want you to do is to remember me." She mutters in a teasing manner that it made Tsukishima wonder if she meant what she said or if she was simply trying to get a reaction from him.
Eyeing her expression to figure out what she meant, Tsukishima noticed one thing about his seatmate but kept it to himself. Clicking his tongue, Tsukishima contemplated on using that small observation to get a reaction from the female brunette.
Gazing at his seatmate, Tsukishima smiled pretentiously innocent.
"I just noticed it now but..." he paused, making Mayuhina lean forward in anticipation. Smirking to himself, he says "you actually look pretty."
Blinking once, blinking twice. Mayuhina can't believe what she just heard. She leans on her chair and kept her stunned eyes on the tall blonde who was smiling slyly at her. She opened her mouth to say something but when she finds herself speechless, she closes her mouth and bites her lips to keep calm before looking away.
Seeing his seatmate's reaction, Tsukishima huffs in satisfaction. The sense of fulfillment that filled him when he sees Mayuhina's flabbergasted reaction, especially since it's the first time seeing it, was enough to make him feel proud of himself for a week.
Until his own words dawned on him, that is.
"Did I just... did I just think she's pretty?" Tsukishima thought to himself. Understanding what he just said, Tsukishima realized that he didn't make Mayuhina speechless because he roasted her, instead he had to resort to complimenting her to get a reaction from his seatmate.
Tsukishima didn't want to compliment his seatmate. Never, in his entire life, did he think of flattering someone so what happened a minute ago was a moment that he wanted forgotten.
Peering at his seatmate, he catches her glancing at him as well. Out of awkwardness, Mayuhina smiled sheepishly and placed both of her hands under her chin, as if she was emphasizing her pretty face.
See? This is why Tsukishima doesn't want to praise anyone. Their ego might inflate.
"You finally realized that I'm cute, huh?" Mayuhina spoke teasingly but a hint of bashfulness was still present in her voice. "I take it back. You're not one." Tsukishima replied coldly causing the female to grin comfortably.
"Good. Don't compliment me again. It sounds weird coming from you." She uttered while pulling the sleeves of her sweatshirt. She sent a warm smile towards her seatmate and once she did, a weird sensation filled Tsukishima.
Thinking to himself, maybe Mayuhina's uncomfortable reactions to compliments can be a way to stop her from riling Tsukishima up. Denying his ideas but accepting the way it felt like a correct answer, Tsukishima looked away from his smiling seatmate and heaved a sigh.
Was he hungry? Is that why he feels weak right now? Honestly, why is he acting like this?
A/N:
Longest chapter for the day! Yay!
This chapter was inspired because of two idols almost fight that wasn't actually a fight so if you know, give yourself a clap! Hint, those two idol are Korean and one of them is worldwide handsome.
Anyway, please tell me if I'm going out of character with Tsukki. I'm worried that I am.
I'll keep this short because I need to write so hope you laughed reading this~~~