"The volleyball club would enter in the winter cup. Would you watch them?"

Mayuhina chewed on a candy as she nodded. Her friends was there so why shouldn't she watch? Besides, she wanted to see how Yachi acted on situations like that so the brunette will definitely go.

"Sasaki-san, I need to go to home now. I already memorized my lines so I –" "If you're planning to go to the Winter Cup to watch whoever you want to watch then I'm sorry to break it to you but we'll practice the whole November." Sasaki, the president of the drama club, notified as she flipped through the script. Mayuhina gulped at her schedule and groaned. She glared at her senior and faked a smile when Sasaki glanced at her.

"Of course, I won't go to our volleyball team's matches. Our drama club is more important because we'll be having a community outreach program at early December so we need to practice the whole month of November. Yeah, definitely cool." Mayuhina repeated, her voice had a hint of grudge as she grabbed her senior's bottle and drank from it. Sasaki grumbled and hit the female brunette in the head with the script that the president was holding.

The two female then went quiet before Mayuhina stands up leaves her senior alone inside the drama club. When she opens the door, Mayuhina is instantly greeted by the cold air of autumn. Sighing contently, the brunette closed the door behind her and thought about her schedule.

"I can't see Yachi or Yamaguchi or Tsukishima at the preliminary rounds. On the final round, if they entered it with vast effort, I still wouldn't be able to see them because practices ends at 7'o clock and the match probably ended by the time I arrive at Tokyo. If things don't go my way, the final round or whatever it's called will be on the same date as the community outreach program." Mayuhina mumbled out loud. She was walking aimlessly with her bag behind her.

"What are you on about?"

Mayuhina stops walking when she sees Tsukishima staring at her weirdly. The two stood awkwardly near a vending machine and Mayuhina can't help but gulp and look away when she realized that she was thinking out loud.

"I'm simply thinking about your match. I wanted to cheer on the team but it seems that I can't, the yearly community outreach program will be held at early December." The brunette informed. Tsukishima nodded as he pushed the button on the vending machine and waited for his drink to drop.

"Good. You're a bad luck so don't come. You might ruin my focus." Tsukishima replied before uncapping the water bottle.

The female brunette smiled playfully and inhales deeply before speaking. "Is it because of my –" she places her hands under her chin, imitating a flower, and smiled. " – prettiness that always catches your eyes?" she asked while staring up at her seatmate.

Tsukishima stopped drinking and capped his bottle before placing it on the bench behind him. He gazes at the shorter female and grabs her hands, shocking the brunette. Tsukishima tightened his hold on Mayuhina's hands and pulled it away from under her chin and positioned it on the same level as her cheeks. Smirking at his plan, Tsukishima pushes the hands that he held onto Mayuhina's cheeks and squeezed her cheeks tightly making the brown-haired girl yelp in pain. After five seconds, Tsukishima let goes of Mayuhina's hands and grabs his water bottle.

"You're pretty." Tsukishima says earning a cold stare from Mayuhina. "Will you say that I'm pretty? Pretty disgusting?" Mayuhina guessed while rubbing her red cheeks.

"Yeah, pretty. Pretty cute."

The brunette blinks at what she hears. She clears her throat then scratches her eyes before slapping her cheeks and pinching herself. "Oh god, I'm dreaming. Something like this... this is a nightmare." She uttered in deep confusion, ignoring the teasing smirk that Tsukishima was giving her.

Truth is, after much thinking, the tall blonde decided that it's best to just be as straightforward as possible. Hopefully, his seatmate isn't as dumb as a certain of teammate of his to not notice that he likes her.

"Tsukishima, are you sick? Do you want me to help you go to the infirmary? I'll tell your team that you're sick so stay here, okay?" Mayuhina motioned for her seatmate to stay as she turned her back around and proceeded to head to the gym but when someone grabs her wrist, she turns around again and finds Tsukishima holding onto her. Puzzled by the sudden amount of skinship that she's receiving from her seatmate, Mayuhina's thoughts sails to one idea.

"Are you flirting with me?" she asked with a weirded out expression.

Tsukishima secured his hold on the shorter girl before tugging her close. He let goes of her and waits for a response from the brunette for his sudden pull.

"Are you sick?" Mayuhina questioned worriedly. "I might be but I don't need to go to the infirmary to be fine." Tsukishima answered.

"If you want me to be fine, close your eyes."

Mayuhina gapes at the tall male and covers her lips. Tsukishima scoffs and crosses his arms. "Don't think that I want to kiss you. I'd rather kiss the wall than you." He comments. The female brunette gulps and lowers her hands before closing her eyes warily. The blonde male was about to open his mouth when he sees the brunette slightly open her eyes open so he covers her eyes. "I said, keep it close." He repeats. Mayuhina shut her eyes tight when she notices one thing.

"You... your hands were so small back then, when did it get so big?" she asked curiously making the taller blonde move his hands away from her eyes and sighing. "Shut up and listen carefully." He says before inhaling deeply and tapping his pocket to check if his phone was there.

"Why were dinosaurs so big?" Tsukishima asked as he pulled out his phone from his pocket.

Mayuhina almost opened her eyes. She snorted when she catches what her seatmate was doing but decided to save him from humiliation. "Why?" she mused.

"Because..." Tsukishima paused while he positioned the camera in front of Mayuhina's face. "Jurassic times call for Jurassic measures." He says.

When Mayuhina gives a small laugh, Tsukishima taps on his phone's screen to take a picture of the girl and checks it after. Seeing that he took a good picture of her smiling, he smirks and pushes his phone inside his pockets once again. He observed the brunette's face in front of him and smiles at how she was still displaying a small smile after the joke passed. Tsukishima raised his hand to try and touch her cheeks but stops when his hand was an inch away.

Tsukishima smirks at her before turning around and leaving her with her eyes closed. He walked away quietly as he felt his mood rise.

Mayuhina wondered what was taking so long so she opens her eyes and sees her seatmate walking away from her. Realizing that she was made a fool again, Mayuhina pondered over why she keeps losing to Tsukishima recently. Calling out to the male, the brunette runs to his side not noticing that someone was watching them.

The people that followed were none other than the teammates of Tsukishima along with the four former third-years who decided to visit the team.

"Be quiet, we need to follow Tsukishima without them realizing." Sugawara ordered while sneakily trailing behind the two seatmates. Daichi scanned the area and sighed. With his best friend acting like this, it's no wonder that the younger members were acting like a... Daichi pushed the words away and followed the group. Asahi gulped and since he has no choice, he trails behind as well.

"Tsukishima-kun was cute earlier." Kiyoko commented in a hushed tone making Tanaka and Nishinoya groan in envy. Hinata and Kageyama gawked at the blonde male as if they've seen something banal while Yamaguchi and Yachi grinned with a flustered face.

As the two seatmates walked, Mayuhina felt her heart suddenly race. "Why am I nervous? It's really weird but what's more weird is my seatmate acting kind of manly." She pondered subconsciously before finally deciding to walk ahead of the tall blonde and stop in front of him. Tsukishima halted when he sees his female seatmate stand in front of him with arms wide open.

"What? Do you want a hug?" He asked before sneering at the brunette.

"You..." Mayuhina paused before inhaling deeply and asking her question. "Do you like me? As a friend, I mean. I've been receiving skinship from you, like my wrist being held by you, and holding my hands then you even told me a joke so I thought that you probably wanted me as a friend. Besides, you said that you don't not like it when I'm teasing you so I'm starting to think that you want me as a friend. If that's the case, then I'll be happy to be your friend so don't act weird and just act the same with me, okay? You're making me feel awkward right no –"

Mayuhina stops ranting when Tsukishima grabs her cheeks and inches closer. The brunette blinked and quickly covered her lips so she wouldn't get kissed. She tried to keep eye contact with her seatmate but with how hard he's staring, Mayuhina ended up closing her eyes.

"Oh my god. God damn it, Tsukishima, you sly bastard." Nishinoya spoke while feeling his cheeks burn up. Tanaka, Hinata, Asahi, Yamaguchi and Yachi was no different. They covered their mouth as well as if they were in Mayuhina's position. Sugawara, Daichi, and Kiyoko felt flabbergasted at how brave Tsukishima can be. Meanwhile, Kageyama narrowed his eyes at the scene with a confused face, baffled by his teammate's shift of personality.

Back to the two seatmates, Tsukishima eyed the brunette before pulling himself away but keeping his hands on her cheeks. "You've always been that seatmate next to me until I dropped my pen. When that happened, you really irritated me." He informed as he sees Mayuhina open her eyes and give him a look of nervousness. The blonde can feel the warmth that Mayuhina's cheeks were emitting so he smiles with satisfied look.

"If you don't say anything within three seconds after what I say next, then I'll take that as my cue to kiss you." Tsukishima said as Mayuhina nodded, readying herself for the worse.

"Keep being the girl to my right and date me."

Mayuhina blinked at the confession she received all of a sudden. She felt speechless and didn't hear the count that the male blonde was saying out loud

"One."

Mayuhina blinked twice, trying to figure out what she should say to Tsukishima.

"Two."

Observing the tall male's face to figure out if she's being pranked, Mayuhina failed to hear the male's countdown.

"Three." Tsukishima muttered and only at that moment, Mayuhina realized that she forgot to speak. With the countdown finished, the brunette knew that she was about to change her entire perspective of her seatmate.

Closing the distance between them, Tsukishima made his lips touch his seatmate's lips. Being new to kissing, Mayuhina had a hunch that somehow, she wasn't Tsukishima's first kiss and that thought, as much as she dislikes it, makes her disappointed.

The sky that was painted by warm hues felt even warmer as the two kept their distance close. The crows flew with vigor as the day slowly came to an end. Mayuhina, who simply wanted to befriend her seatmate because she was a forgotten friend of his from the past, never expected or waited for an experience like this, in fact, she would've been happy if she somehow helped Tsukishima get a girlfriend and helped him kiss a girl yet why does she have to be the girl who the blonde chooses and kisses?

A moment like this is the reason why Mayuhina hates surprises.

A/N:

There it is!

The kiss that I've been itching to write! I hope this satisfied you but guys... I'm so sorry. This isn't the end. This has 12 chapters so please hold on, okay? Good luck on reading this short story and I hope you liked this chapter~~~