AN: If you guys are wondering, I had to take down my letter column on this website. It was against the rules. Spoilers may ensue if you have not caught up with the manga.

Why does the cowlick move? What if we pulled the cowlick?

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Cowlick

Suzuki Atsushi and Yamada Hayato stared at the green cowlick. The green thing always fascinated everyone. The moment Yamaguchi Tadashi walked into Karasuno high school, everyone knew that his distinct feature was the cowlick. Well, wouldn't it be? The thing moves. It's not weird movement, though. You can see his cowlick start wagging like a dog's tail when Yamaguchi is happy or embarrassed.

Take for instance when he received a compliment from a girl. "Wow! I saw you at the game yesterday! You were so awesome! That was a nice serve!" she had said.

Yamaguchi had blushed. "Th- Thanks." A restrained smile played on his lips while his cowlick started shivering.

"What is up with that thing?" Suzuki asked before stuffing rice in his mouth. "Is it an alien that inhabited his head?"

Yamada shrugged in reply. "Maybe the cowlick is the real Yamaguchi, and the human is just the host."

"Or..." Suzuki said, "maybe we're crazy."

"Atsushi, that means everyone in this school is crazy," Yamada groaned, rolling his eyes.

"I got it!" Suzuki exclaimed, turning to Yamada. "Yamaguchi is one of those weird aliens!"

"The ones with antennae?" Yamada mumbled.

"Yamaguchi is from outer space and he displays affection and happiness with his antenna!"

"Maybe you're the crazy one."

Suzuki sighed. "Then what do you think?"

"I don't know," Yamada sighed as well. "But..."

They turned to watch Yamaguchi. He was lifting an onigiri up to his mouth from his bento. When he bit into it, he chewed happily. The green cowlick waved around in a frenzy. Everyone else in the classroom furtively glanced at the cowlick. They stopped eating and speaking to watch the little dance of Yamaguchi's cowlick. The only one who didn't stare was Tsukishima Kei. He was busying himself by reading a book. He only noticed the wagging cowlick when Suzuki and Yamada addressed it.

"Does the cowlick ever stand up straight?" Yamada suddenly questioned.

"I have no idea," Suzuki mumbled. "What if we pulled on it?"

Tsukishima's eyes glinted deviously. He turned to Suzuki and Yamada and suppressed a diabolical grin. "Hey."

The two boys turned to Tsukishima. "What?" Yamada asked.

"I've seen his cowlick stand up straight before," Tsukishima told them. "A few years back in middle school, there were some guys picking on him..."

Suzuki and Yamada were entranced by the story. Not only was the topic strangely interesting, but the Tsukishima Kei actually spoke to them.

"They were arguing about something. It was about his clothes, probably," Tsukishima continued. "He was getting a good beating, too. Everyone was watching. Nobody dared to stand up for him. It was pretty bad. The guys were making fun of him and hitting him. Of course, the cowlick came up as a topic to make fun of."

Suzuki and Yamada weren't the only ones listening. A couple other students were listening in, hoping to catch a good story. Poor Yamaguchi kept on eating merrily, unknowing of the story telling as his cowlick danced happily to the beat of his heart.

"They were pulling at his hair and poking his face. They couldn't stop making fun of his hair. 'What a sickly green!' Suddenly, one of the guys grabbed his cowlick..."

Everyone held their breath. Sure they were sorry for Yamaguchi, but what would happen?

"Yamaguchi suddenly turned pallid. The guy pulled the thing straight up as he laughed and yelled. Yamaguchi then turned rigid as well. Then everything was silent. But..." Tsukishima stopped.

Everyone had an exasperated look on their faces. What next?!

"So," Tsukishima told Suzuki and Yamada, "I bet if you pull on it, something might happen."

"That's ridiculous," Yamada muttered. "The whole thing sounds fake—well, except for the bullying part—and there's no way one of us will—"

Suzuki stood up abruptly. He turned away from Tsukishima and Yamada to face Yamaguchi. "Hey, Yamaguchi-san!"

Yamaguchi looked towards Suzuki. His cowlick stopped moving. "Yes?" he replied.

"Can I say something to you?" Suzuki walked over to Yamaguchi.

Tsukishima grinned. Yamada and the other classmates stared in horrid shock. No. Suzuki wouldn't...

Yamaguchi answered, "Sure!" His cowlick started dancing even more. Oh, that poor cowlick. Little did it know the trouble looming in the distance.

AN: lol, poor cowlick. Imma name you Moo. (cuz it's a cowlick. Get it? Yes? No? Okay, nvm. No more names for strands of hair.) Hope no one's OOC. Anyway, I hope you liked the update!

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