"Okay! You got it right and as a prize... you get a hug from me!"
Nagishima eyed her cousin with a straight-faced expression. She didn't bother speaking or disagreeing and simply moved away from him. She grabbed her bag and went to the other side of the table, keeping her face unchanged.
Kuroo, who had his arms wide open, huffed while smiling before grabbing his pillow and embracing it tightly. He nodded lamely and kept staring at his cousin with a feigned look on his face. "How could you be like this towards me? I taught you everything you need to know and you just abandon me!" he whined immaturely.
Ushijima, who was sitting on his bed, looked at his black-haired roommate with disbelief. "Is he... always this childish? I thought Oikawa's the only one like this." Ushijima comments.
Oikawa gasps at the taller male's remarks and covers his mouth to emphasize how insulted he feels at the moment. He gives a forced smile and a glare at Ushijima before retorting. "Just so you know, Kuroo and I –" points at his black-haired roommate then himself. " – are completely different from each other. It's obvious, especially at this part –" he places his palm under his chin " – and this part." Before raising his shirt to show his six-pack.
Nagishima fakes a gasp and Oikawa notices it instantly. He pulls his shirt down and grins playfully at her. "It's different from your cousin, right? Mine looks better, right?" Oikawa asks.
The younger girl shakes her head and eyed her cousin then the brunette.
"Both are the same. It looks useless in my eyes."
Ushijima clears his throat after hearing the younger girl's response. He hides his smile and focused on his book, even flipping it to the next page. Oikawa and Kuroo gawked at the younger girl before Oikawa points at the door.
"Leave." He says. "Someone who can't see a blessing in front of them doesn't deserve to see someone like me!" he exclaimed with irritation.
"He's right. Leave if you can't differentiate between treasure and trash!" Kuroo added while staring at his cousin with disgust.
Nagishima heaved a sigh and gave a sympathetic glance at Ushijima who was equally staring at her with an apologetic look pasted in his face. The female stands up and brushes her tracksuit to remove the dust. She then sends a cool glare at the two immature college students.
"Is that so?" she questioned like she's conversing with children. The two male says yeah at the same time while nodding. Nagishima smiles while packing up. When she finishes, she slings her bag over her shoulder and gazes at the two male in a gutsy manner.
"Hmm, okay then. Since I don't know what a blessing is and can't distinguish between treasure and trash, it must be why both of you looks like one thing to me."
Oikawa and Kuroo waited for Nagishima to continue speaking and when she doesn't say anything, Oikawa groans. "Finish your sentence! What do we look like?" the brunette demanded. Nagishima eyed him with a flicker of mischievousness in her eyes. When Kuroo sees this, he gasps.
"Garbage. Both of you."
Ushijima, who was drinking his can of cola, coughs and hits his chest as if it would push the liquid down his throat. The two male gaped at the black-haired high school girl. Nagishima grabbed her phone from the desk and stares at her two senior. She bows and as she raises her head, Oikawa swore that he saw a smug smirk tugging on the girl's lips.
"I'll be going. Thank you for today's lesson." Nagishima walked out and Oikawa can't help but remember the feeling he felt at the moment. It was similar to what he felt when he loses to Ushijima.
Chuckling darkly, Oikawa starts speaking.
"You'll never get a boyfriend when you're cooler than most men."
Kuroo blinked at what his roommate said. "He said something bad! That's an insult to Rino!" he thought while carefully observing his cousin who stopped dead on her tracks. "Does Oikawa know? He's good at reading people's personality so he must know." He pondered while watching the situation placed in front of him.
The black-haired male peers at Ushijima and catches him staring at the two as well. Kuroo stands up and sits at the taller male's bed.
Nagishima turns around and looks at the brunette with an undescribed expression. "What should I do? Will I keep being manlier than most men? My female classmates keep on saying that they like me more than their respective boyfriend." She rants with regret.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! In good conscience, I want to say that someone like you, who wears tracksuits and makes suave moves on girls on habit, would make men intimidated. That's why..." Oikawa crosses his arms and smirks.
"Stop hoping."
Kuroo dropped his entertained smile when he witnesses Nagishima frown sadly. He clenches his fist and scoffs while displaying his scheming smile. He leans his elbows on his knees and glares at Oikawa.
"Hey, Oikawa. Wanna talk outside?" Kuroo invites while keeping his scheming grin plastered on his face. Nagishima exhales tiredly and massages her temples in an exhausted way. "Thanks for saying that, Oikawa...san. I'll keep that in mind." She intervenes before bowing once again.
She sends a serious look at the brown-haired male and leaves the room.
Once the younger girl leaves, Oikawa looks at Kuroo and sees him standing and stepping towards him. The brown-haired male jumps off of his bed and goes to the door. "Calm down, Kuroo." He tried to appease while pouting cutely, earning him a mocking grin from the black-haired male.
"That won't work on me. You're not a cute girl." Kuroo informs before drawing near Oikawa, who runs to Ushijima, who was now standing up. Oikawa uses his former enemy as a shield from the seemingly furious man. "Chill, would you?!" Oikawa yells in fear.
"I just want to talk to you though. What's wrong with that?" Kuroo cracks his knuckle while smiling threateningly. "Don't do that then! You look scary!" Oikawa responded while pushing his poor taller roommate towards Kuroo. Ushijima sighed and grabbed the two males' shoulder, stopping them instantly.
"Oikawa, go talk to Nagishima. Kuroo, stop it." Ushijima ordered.
"Why should I listen to you?" Oikawa rejected the male's idea.
"Do it." Ushijima replied shortly with a grave look on his face. Seeing his face, Oikawa nods and leaves the room.
"Rino-chan!"
Nagishima blinks in stun when someone's arms slings over her shoulders. Looking to her left to know the person who did that, she blinks once again when she recognizes Oikawa's usual handsome face.
"Let me walk you to the bus stop. It's already dark outside so let me guard you." Oikawa says in his usual charismatic voice but Nagishima can't help but feel like he's joking her. She peers at her right shoulder and sees the brunette's hand so she returns her gaze at Oikawa before pushing him away.
"I've been going to your dorm for one week and three days now but you never did this, so why are you doing it now?" Nagishima questioned suspiciously while stepping away from her senior. Oikawa clicks his tongue and pushes his hair back. He then heaves a sigh and looks at the younger female.
"What I said earlier... I didn't mean it." Oikawa spoke in a way that seemed like he was forced to say it. "I remembered that you hate being called cooler than men and wants to be treated like a girl so, here I am." Oikawa points at himself while grinning charmingly.
"Let me treat you like a princess, just this one evening." He adds.
The two stopped walking and stared at each other. Nagishima gulped and eyed the brown-haired male. She looks down and thinks about what she's supposed to do. Certainly, she wants to be treated like a woman but if a person who's going to do it to her looks forced, then it wouldn't feel authentic. Taking a glimpse at her senior, Nagishima cautiously points at her hair.
"What? Why are you pointing at your hair?" Oikawa asks. "If you could... do that, patting my hair, I mean, then... I would be satisfied." Nagishima stuttered with uncertainty. Her plan was to make Oikawa not pat her so she could have a reason to go home alone. Surely, the brunette wouldn't pat anyone just because they said so, right?
"Like this?" Oikawa effortlessly stroked the black-haired girl's hair, as if he was fixing her messy hair. Nagishima made another gulp when she realized she failed. How can she go home by herself, now that Oikawa seemed to be taking his role seriously?
"So Rino likes being treated like a cat, huh?" Oikawa mused while smiling softly. He kept his eyes at his hands then decided to check Nagishima's face. To his amusement, he catches her looking away, cheeks slightly pink from embarrassment.
The brunette's gaze was fixated on the black-haired girl and chuckled at her reaction. "What's with this girl? She's being unexpectedly cute." He thought to himself. "Is this your first time being patted? What's with that face?" Oikawa questioned teasingly.
"Tetsurou pats me when he wants to test out if he can make a girl's heart flutter." Nagishima informs before looking up at the brunette. "There was never a time when he did it because he wanted to do it to me so right now, I guess, it's my first time being patted like this." She told with a calm smile.
Feeling a bit flustered, Oikawa blinks and removes his hand that was on top of Nagishima's head. He huffs in amusement and tried to clear his thoughts. "This girl just made patting someone more romantic. What wrong with her? And what's wrong with me?" he contemplated subconsciously. Oikawa stared at the shorter girl then clears his throat.
"Since I won't do anything on the weekend, let's meet this Sunday." Oikawa invited easily. He kept his gazed at Nagishima and waited for her response. When he caught her sending him a puzzled stare, he smiles.
"I'm cooler than most men so are you cool with that? Wouldn't you be intimidated?" Nagishima spoke worriedly. Oikawa brushes her worry off and pats her for the second time, clearly entertained by how unconcerned the younger girl is with being touched by a man. "If you remember when we first met, I told you that you're cute so obviously, I'm not intimidated by you. Now that I know you better, I see pass through that manly facade of yours." He said with a tone of pride, as if knowing the younger girl was an achievement.
Nagishima paused. She's cute? Is she really? Suddenly, she feels a huge smile break out so she pushes the male's hands away and turns around. She then covers her mouth and walks away.
"I'm going home. Please go back." Nagishima said without looking behind her. Oikawa catches up and throws his arm over the girl's shoulder once again. "I can't do that. I promised your cousin that I'll keep you safe. By the way, are you embarrassed?" Oikawa peered at the shorter girl's face only to be shoved away.
"Come closer and I'll kick you." Nagishima warned before stretching her arms then positioning herself to make a high kick. "Just so you know, I've practiced Taekwondo because Tetsurou said so." She notified before feigning a kick, successfully making Oikawa step back.
"You and Kuroo are scary!" Oikawa comments loudly, still accompanying the black-haired female to the bus stop.
Meanwhile, a female stranger watched the two friends talk with each other with an interested look on her face. She snaps a picture of it and sends it to her friends before huffing in disappointment.
"Honestly, that man knows no limit. Flirting with a young high school girl. Wow, he's shameless." The lady says as she dials another person's number with the intent to tell what she saw.
A/N:
GOSH GUYS!
THIS STORY IS BURNING ME UP. I CAN'T WITH MY MIND'S ODD WAYS OF THINKING A RANDOM SCENE.
Anyway, this is kind of a filler, isn't it? Sorry for this but don't worry, the person who'll make the plot start is about to arrive! You know, that stranger in the last paragraph?
Guys, I'll end my chapter here. If you like it, please laugh!
With hopeful thoughts that you'd like this, this is author and thank you for reading!