Oikawa finished his crepe peacefully.
After Aizawa told him that she'll go to Miyagi for vacation along with Ushijima, Oikawa had no choice but to be left alone in his room. Kuroo was going to go back to his house because his father demanded him to so all in all, Oikawa was alone.
"Ahhh... I'm bored." The male brunette mumbled to himself as he stared at the sky. He still tasted the sweet dessert in his mouth so he returns his gaze in front of him and stands up. He then looks at the truck that's selling crepes when he catches a glimpse of a familiar female. Narrowing his eyes, Oikawa gasps.
"That's... that's Rino." He muttered to himself before fixing his glasses and grabbing his mask from his jacket's pocket. He then wears his black mask and pulls his hood over his head to look undistinguishable. "I can't be seen by her. I need to avoid her at all cost." He thought to himself as he watched the black-haired female reach out for her food then walking away. When Oikawa sees this, he sighs.
Until Nagishima stops and scans the area only to drop her gaze at the bench where Oikawa is sitting on.
Suddenly freezing, the male gulped and tried to calm himself as the younger girl approached, not him, but the bench for a seat. "Why, in all layers of pizza, does she have to be here?" Oikawa mused as he kept still. The moment was deceivingly peaceful as Nagishima ate her crepe all by herself. The brunette glances over the female and sees her place her empty layer of crepe on top of the bench before checking her phone.
Oikawa looked away so he wouldn't see what Rino was reading when all of a sudden, he hears the girl beside him mutter, "No way... I... I actually passed Tokyo U."
The male whips his head to the female out of shock. "She went to Todai? Why there? Why not Waseda where her cousin is?" he pondered while frowning in disappointment. To add his shock, Nagishima turns her gaze at him as an evidently shocked yet truly happy expression was painted in her face. "Is it alright to be really, really happy about passing an entrance exam?" she asked as her mouth twitched upwards.
The brunette paused as he observed the female. He opens his mouth to answer but once he realizes the position he's in, he bites his tongue and nods instead. When Nagishima sees that, she grins brightly before placing her phone down and jumping for joy. The male smiled amusedly while watching the girl make a small celebratory dance. He starts to wonder "Is she actually like this? Isn't Rino normally calm?"
Nagishima then sits down and sighs in relief.
"I did great, right?" she asked, a soft smile playing on her lips.
The male brunette kept his eyes fixated on her, taking note of how the black-haired girl became expressive after three months. Seeing her smile happily, Oikawa nods and answers "You did great. Congratulations."
He watched as the female's eyes widened. Oikawa then catches what he did and stands up then immediately tries to leave, only for his hoodie to be tugged by someone and fall. With shock, Oikawa turns around with wide eyes. Nagishima narrows her eyes to scan the male. He had glasses on so in order to find out who he is, the black-haired female pulls the black mask off of the brunette's face and in front of Nagishima, Oikawa stood with a petrified look with his mouth ajar.
Nagishima gasps and steps away. She eyed the male from top to bottom. "What are you doing here?" she asked with a baffled voice.
"Hi... Rino." Oikawa awkwardly greeted as he waved his hands hesitantly.
Seeing the male after not meeting him for three months, Nagishima frowns and grabbing his collar and pulling him down. "Why did you avoid me? Are you deaf to my calls? Are you only looking at your own opinion and turns a blind eye on someone else's feelings?" she immediately interrogated, pissed off that the older male didn't listen to her explanation last year's December.
"That moment at the hospital was supposed to be a closure." The male brunette replied weakly as he tried to get away from the strong female. Unfortunately, Nagishima told herself that she'll be strong on her own way. If she needs to mend a friendship, that shouldn't have been abandoned, by being like this in order to be called strong, she'll gladly do it. After all, her friend is a coward who runs away from his mistakes and doesn't take responsibility of it so Nagishima will do it by herself.
Pulling the male down, Nagishima sent a cold glare. "Closure? What closure? Did we have a mutual agreement? Weren't you the only one who agreed to not talk to me anymore, huh?" Nagishima spoke like a thug. Her way of speaking is heavily influenced by Saikane's tough way of talking so blame the female blonde.
The two people looked at each other before Oikawa huffs in irritation and grabs the female's wrist then clenching it tightly. "Let go. Now." He said in a threatening voice.
"Huh?" Nagishima replied shortly, her face darkening as she muttered that. Oikawa loosens his grip on the female's wrist and shows a lame smile. "I mean, please let go of me." He repeated in a much softer tone of speaking. The black-haired female sighs and let goes of him before pushing her hands inside her pocket. She then shifts her gaze to the male brunette and frowns sadly.
"My mom used to tell me that everybody deserves second chance. Since you looked sincere at that time in the hospital, I was thinking of hearing your reason but... Tetsurou and Ushijima-san told me that you didn't want to see me so I just gave up." Nagishima informed. Displaying a soft glare, she sighs at Oikawa with disappointment before leaving.
"God, it's the first time meeting her this year and she's already making me feel bad... just how many times would she make me feel guilty? Is she aware of what she's doing?" Oikawa thought as he observed the young female walk away. He eyed the bench so he won't look at the girl and notices a phone placed on the bench. Realizing that it was Nagishima's phone, the male brunette takes it and hesitated on giving it back. He groans in frustration before running to the girl's side.
Once Oikawa was beside Nagishima, he peers down at her and sees the young female showing a small smirk before it returns to a light-hearted smile. She then faces the male and utters a soft "Gotcha" before giving a small chuckle. Catching on the girl's actions, Oikawa gaped at the girl beside him. "You planned this, didn't you?" he questioned with a shocked look on his face.
"Please don't forget that my cousin is the schemer, Kuroo Tetsurou therefore, I am equally as calculating as Tetsurou." Nagishima replied as she took her phone from the brunette's hands and pushing it inside her pocket. The two then walked in silence as the male brunette kept eyeing the shorter girl with stun. Sighing at his predicament, Oikawa groans out load.
"Fine! Let's go to a coffee shop! Let's go catch up and secretly roast each other!" Oikawa exclaimed in defeat. He then whips his head towards Nagishima then says "That's what you want, right?"
The black-haired girl sent him a deadpan look before shaking her head. "What? I only wanted you to hear that I accepted your apology. That's all. I don't want to catch up with your life nor do I want to roast you. Are you on your right mind right now?"
The college male gawked at the girl. He's bested by her again, whether she did it accidentally or not, it doesn't matter. Oikawa was once again shamed. He scoffs and looks away before pushing his hands in his pocket. "I hate feeling guilty, that's why I avoided you." He explained. "Why are you explaining to me? Did I ask for one?" Nagishima retaliated, unaware of her slightly condescending words. The brunette reddened as he tried to make a reason.
"Well... I... I just – I'm worried that you'll..." Oikawa stuttered. "...think badly of me." He said in a hushed tone. Nagishima blinked at the college male's statement and tried to pretend like she didn't hear it. "He's acting weird. Saikane told me that if a man is like this then there's a possibility that they like..." Nagishima halts her thought. Like an author backspacing because they made a wrong description or a statement, Nagishima cleared her thoughts away because of how absurd it sounded to her. A man who played with her... now likes her? Nonsense.
"Rino... let's go get coffee." Oikawa invited as he kept his eyes away from the shorter girl. He's not acting like this because he likes her. That's the truth. Oikawa is acting like this because it's like he's trying to befriend an ex-lover. It's awkward and uncomfortable and you don't know what to say. Adding his horrible mistake of playing with the younger girl, Oikawa was beyond awkward. He was acting like it was his first time talking to a girl.
"Yeah... sure." Nagishima agreed. She might as well go with the brunette before going to her house that way, when she gets home to celebrate, she can be happy without a needle on her throat, if that makes sense.
Despite the invitation he made, Oikawa actually doesn't know what he'll talk about with the younger girl. If this were a normal day, then he'd start blabbering about himself but this day is different. It's the day where he'll try and fix the mess he made and hopefully, get Nagishima to befriend him. Again.
The two sat in front of each other. As the college male took a sip of his iced coffee, Nagishima copied his moves and the sudden coldness almost made her have a brain freeze. Coughing lightly, Nagishima sat comfortably when a small sound of someone blowing out methane gas from their feces' exit.
Oikawa and Nagishima stared at each with awkwardness as they both covered their nose.
"Oikawa-san... please don't do that here. Go to the bathroom please." Nagishima spoke in a stifled voice. Oikawa faked a laugh as he tried to smile despite hating what the girl said. "Let's not point fingers here, Rino. I won't get angry if you just admit it, you know." He replied with a snarky tone of voice. The two then kept their pointed glare at each other, no one wanting to be blamed for the disgusting sound that was made.
Nagishima leans in near the male brunette and feigns a sickened face. She backs away and covers both her mouth and nose with two of her hands. "Oikawa-san... that stinks. Are you a human stink bomb? What's with that smell?" she asked repulsively while trying to back away but she can still smell the horrendous scent.
Oikawa scowled at the younger girl before forcing a grin on his face. "That smell isn't mine. I don't do that in public Rino." He retorted. "If I wanted to do that then I would've told you." Nagishima responded as she lowered her hands because the smell was disappearing. The two sent a heated gaze at each other before another sound was heard. Quickly covering their nose, the two hurried to blame the other.
"It's you! I heard it!"
"It was definitely on your side. I heard it."
The two pointed at each other before they went quiet. A second after going silent, they hear another one and when they tried to follow which direction it came from by looking to the table beside them, they see a man looking flushed and holding his stomach while appearing to be in pain. Oikawa groans whereas Nagishima sighs in relief, knowing that it isn't her.
"Sir? Excuse me? Please go to the bathroom." Oikawa told the male stranger kindly as he covered his nose. The male stranger stands up and bows to the two apologetically before rushing to the bathroom. The two sighed in relief when they extinguish the source of the smell. They then lean on their respective seats and kept a comfortable silence between them. Nagishima stared at the sky and the sun that shined without an obstacle in the way.
Taking a deep breath, Nagishima states "I don't care anymore. Being manly or being lady-like, it's all just a matter of which you're more comfortable being. That's why... I won't try to wear female clothes anymore. I'll just be like this and stay comfortable for my whole lifetime."
Oikawa shows a small smile at what he hears. "Good." He muttered quietly before adding "No one would discover how pretty you are if you do that."
"What?" Nagishima uttered.
The male brunette blinks at what he said. He sits properly and gazes at the girl in front of him. Seeing her stare at him with confusion, Oikawa bit his tongue before pointing at the sky. "I mean, the sky... the sky is pretty." He lied through his teeth as he grinned sheepishly. The black-haired girl glances at the blue skies without awareness of the male's lie and hums in agreement. She nods naively before returning her gaze to the college male.
"The sky's really pretty, isn't it?" she asked while smiling gently at the man in front of him.
Without looking at the sky and only at the lady in front of him who was coincidentally sitting at the spot where the sun shone, Oikawa nods mindlessly. "Yeah, it's pretty." He replies before realizing what he's saying.
"What am I saying? Do I think Rino is pretty? Really...? I must be going crazy..." the male brunette pondered as he downed his drink and inhaled before sighing. He observed the black-haired female in front of him and saw that she was busily observing the view outside. Taking this as an opportunity, Oikawa fishes for his phone then pulls it out. Quickly tapping on his camera, he aims his phone at Nagishima's direction. He calls out to her and when Nagishima looks at him, he immediately takes a snap.
"Yes!" Oikawa exclaimed as he went to his gallery, excited to see if he caught the young girl looking ugly in the stolen picture. Nagishima simply stared at her senior's face, not minding that someone took an ugly picture of her.
As Oikawa observed the image he took, his mouth hangs ajar and his hold on his phone loosens. "What... why do you..." the brunette couldn't finish his sentence and glances at Nagishima instead. He realizes that the sun was directly shining on her and the lighting was enough to make the picture he took look like a professional photographer's image. Gasping in shock, Oikawa shows his phone to the black-haired girl.
"Look at you. How could you look cute here?! That's unfair!" Oikawa whined as he huffed in annoyance. Nagishima blinked in puzzlement as she tried to grasp what the older male told her. "Am I cute?" she asked before taking a sip of her drink. Oikawa scoffed at the female and leaned on his seat. He scanned Nagishima and after he did, he turns quiet. "Hmm... I don't know. I've only seen myself as the cuter one so I don't really care whether you're cute or not." He answered before shifting his gaze towards his phone. Seeing the stolen picture he took, Oikawa bit his lips to stop himself from smiling. Seems like he made a good accident.
"Wait... why am I happy that I took a picture of her?" Oikawa's smile dropped when he notice his weird reaction. He crossed his arms and watched the female in front of him, text someone in her phone. Narrowing his eyes, Oikawa wondered if he's – No. That's not possible. Something like that seems like it went straight out of a romantic series.
"Oikawa-san, I'll be going home." Nagishima stands up and when the brunette sees this, he blinks in confusion. "Where?" he asked dumbly. Nagishima eyed the older male with a deadpan look before saying, "To my house. The place where I grew up in."
"Ahh... is that so...? Why?" Oikawa replied, still confused about his behavior. Is it possible that he doesn't want the younger female to go home?
"Because my twin brothers told me to celebrate my acceptance to Tokyo U." Nagishima kindly answered.
"Cool..." the brunette responded mindlessly. An idea then enters his mind and when he checks it, he bites his tongue, wondering if he could say it to the female. Eyeing the black-haired female, Oikawa sighs before telling, "When you get home..." he pauses, clearly hesitating. "Call me when you get home, okay?" he then says with flushed cheeks.
Nagishima gazed at Oikawa with curiosity. Why would she need to call him? Is he still guilty of his mistakes? But Nagishima already forgave him so what's the reason why he's saying that? Is it possible that he's...
"Are you trying to act like my father? Are you that worried about me?" Nagishima questioned. She then smiles in appreciation before nodding her head as if she completely understands the situation. "It's alright Oikawa-san. I'm going to be fine so don't wait for me to call you. I won't do that."
The brunette felt attacked by the black-haired female's response. He clenches his jaw before slamming his fist onto the table in frustration.
"Fine then! Don't call me or inform me when you get home! It's not like I need to know so don't tell me when you're at your house! I don't care about it anyway so just leave! Go!" Oikawa yelled with irritation before crossing his arms and scoffing. Nagishima can't help but stare at her senior with guilt. What did she say wrong? She simply doesn't want to bother the setter by calling him or texting him. Nagishima was just worried that she might interrupt Oikawa's time with other people since she's now aware that the older male liked socializing with others so why is she getting yelled at? Where did she go wrong?
Sitting down once again, Nagishima furrowed her eyes in worry. "Oikawa-san, why are you angry? Did I do something wrong?" she asked with a clueless face.
"Just go home! Stop bothering me!" Oikawa glared at the female before looking away.
Nagishima paused when she hears the male's reply. Opening her mouth to apologize, Nagishima realizes that she shouldn't be the one apologizing. Morphing her face from a worried expression into an irked one, Nagishima crosses her arms as well.
"Whatever I did wrong, I wouldn't say sorry for it. Why should I apologize when you're the one who made a serious mistake on me? Isn't that a little bit, no – isn't that too unfair on my side?" Nagishima spoke with seriousness as Oikawa looks at her with stun. Nagishima then leans on her seat before telling the male in front of her, "You should be the one apologizing, not me." Oikawa smirks, evidently irked before slamming his hands into the table. "Me? Apologize? I already said sorry to you and I wouldn't do it again. Even if you beg me." He retorted bitterly.
"Then I'll go home. Consider this as our last meeting." Nagishima says before standing up.
Oikawa stops glaring at the female. He blinks in confusion as he watched Nagishima leave. He stands up as well and walks to her side while smiling sheepishly. "I was just kidding. You know me, I like – "
"Playing with people?" Nagishima cut off the older male's statement without looking at him. Oikawa laughs awkwardly before nodding hesitantly. "Yeah, but that was before. I'm a changed man now." He replied.
The two exited with Oikawa appeasing Nagishima, who nonchalantly walked to her house.
A/N:
OH MY GOD! AHHHH! This chapter ruined me! Lol, in so many ways it did but I won't tell you how!
Are you seeing this? Rino's fighting back! My child has grown! Rejoice! But yeah, this is totally my intention, I won't make her cry again so please wai for the next chapters! Thank you~~~