Lately, Nagishima has been avoiding a certain brunette.
Obviously, this would irritate the brunette who was being avoided.
"You're cousin is avoiding me. Did you ruin my image by gossiping about me with her, Kuroo?"
Kuroo looked away from his manga and gave the brown-haired male a half-ass worried expression. "I care about you. I wouldn't blackmail you." He spoke in a monotonous voice. Ushijima glanced at the brunette who was slumped on his bed. "What are you doing on my bed?" Ushijima asked from the floor where he was sitting on. He didn't want to sit on Oikawa's bed since the brunette didn't want him to.
"Rino's avoiding me for two weeks straight. How do you think that makes me feel? Just because you have a girlfriend doesn't mean you can rub it on my face, Ushiwaka." Oikawa muttered mindlessly, causing her two roommates to gaze at him with a straight face.
"Ushiwaka didn't brag about his relationship though." Kuroo replied.
"I don't care. I'm in the slump... why is she avoiding me? Did I do something wrong...? Is it because of that? Argh! I shouldn't have done that then!" Oikawa rolled around Ushijima's bed, making the latter click his tongue at the childish brunette who was messing his bed. Meanwhile, Kuroo wasn't feeling good because of what he heard from his brown-haired roommate. "What did you do?" he asked before sitting on his bed and staring at the male brunette like a cat eyeing a mice. Oikawa eyed the black-haired male emptily before giving the middle finger.
Kuroo quickly grabbed a pillow and chucked it over Oikawa's face which made a clean shot as it slammed on the brunette's face. Ushijima sighed in tiredness before standing up and opening the door to get some fresh air but when he did, he sees Nagishima standing in front of him with a shocked face like a deer caught in the headlights. The two males who were throwing pillows at each other halted when they caught Nagishima standing awkwardly.
Blinking at her situation, Nagishima looks down. "I'm here to meet my cousin, Tetsu. Please go accompany me to the bakery to eat some cake we both like." She spoke with monotone voice but her way of speaking bothered Kuroo so he goes down his bunk bed and grabs a sweatshirt before wearing it. He then grabs his phone that was charging and his wallet before closing the door behind him. "What's wrong?" he asked his younger cousin only to see her stare at him emptily.
"I think I like someone..."
Kuroo blankly gazed at his cousin when he hears her words. "What happened? Who is it?" he questioned.
Nagishima rubbed the back of her neck and Kuroo noticed that she even caught what most males do when they're hesitating to say something. "Uh... well, there was this one guy I met who went to Tokyo University and when I talked to him..."
The two cousins conversed as they walked away from the room where Kuroo resides.
"She's what?"
Kuroo nodded as he tapped on the controller. "She told me that she likes a man so I don't know what to do." The black-haired male spoke blankly as Saikane overtook his place and went first. "Who's the lucky guy?" she asked bitterly.
"You now Karasuno, right? They had a setter and –"
"The black-haired setter?! No way!" Saikane cut off Kuroo's words and clicked her tongue. "I better talk to him so he wouldn't make a mistake of making my first love cry." She added threateningly. Kuroo glanced at the blonde female before sighing. "Not Kageyama. The one you said looked sweet. Sugawara Koushi. That one." He clarified and Saikane hummed in clarification. She smiles when she recognizes the name but frowns when she recalls that most men hurt girls.
"What's with him?" Saikane asked. "Well... it starts with him." Kuroo continued.
Meanwhile, the two childhood friends were on the kitchen where Nagishima was getting the food she wanted while Kenma was eating because Kuroo asked him to while Saikane ordered him to. If he didn't listen to the two, he'll get a lecture.
"How does it feel having a girlfriend?" Nagishima suddenly questioned, confusing Kenma. "Why?" he asked before he takes a bite from his omurice that Nagishima graciously created so her friend could eat. "I was wondering... maybe I should just date a girl. I'm manly and I received chocolates from girls so why not, right?" the black-haired female mused out loud. Kenma narrowed his eyes and shook his head, evidently taking Nagishima's idea as an attack to his and Saikane's relationship. He sent a cold glare to Nagishima before asking, "Do you want to give Saikane a chance?"
The black-haired female gave an empty look before uttering a short and mindless "huh?"
Kenma sighed in exasperation before returning his attention to his food. Surely, Nagishima wouldn't do that, right?
As the situation happened inside Kenma's house, Oikawa was walking with his cousin and Ushijima. He stood in the middle of the couple so he wouldn't get treated as a third-wheel.
"Why is she avoiding me? What's the reason?!" Oikawa whined immaturely while Aizawa gave a sympathetic yet annoyed look. "Maybe she actually likes that Sugawara guy?" she brought up and Oikawa whined even more. Aizawa glanced at Ushijima and saw him sending her an exasperated expression. Aizawa gave an apologetic smile before shifting her attention to her cousin. She then hits the back of his head in order to make him sane again.
"If you want to know, be brave and take the lead! Go ask her yourself! Ask her why she told you to avoid her and who's the person she likes! Just do it and stop being a chicken, would you?!"
Oikawa held the back of his head before leaning on Ushijima. "Did you see what your girlfriend did to me? She hit me." The brunette told the taller male who hummed in response. What should Ushijima do other than hum as a reply?
All in all, it seems like the two groups were having a problem grasping the situation properly.
The male brunette decided that it's better to fix the problem before a new semester starts two days from now. So here he is, going to the mall because that's where Nagishima said she was.
Oikawa searched the mall thoroughly in order to find a black-haired female. He then wondered if she was at a bakery so taking the risk, the brunette goes to a bakery he usually goes to and look where it got him...
He sees Nagishima with Sugawara.
Biting his lips in annoyance, he pulls his phone out and sends a message to Nagishima saying, "Are you inside a bakery? Goldilocks maybe?" Oikawa then waited for a response as he watched Nagishima who pulled out her phone and stared at Sugawara first then shows it to him. Sugawara crossed his arms and looked at the ceiling before staring back at Nagishima and saying something with a playful grin. Oikawa clicks his tongue in an irked manner and when his phone vibrates, he scowls.
"No. I went home already. Please tell me about that something next time."
Smirking darkly, Oikawa can't help but feel like this is what he gets for fooling with Nagishima. "Since when did she learn to lie? I don't remember teaching her how to lie." He mumbled with grumpiness, obviously crossed by the sudden lie that Nagishima made. "Wow! I caught her with another man already. Should I just tell her that I saw her or should I send her a picture of her smiling with Mr. Refreshing?" he pondered out loud before observing the female.
Seeing her smile as the silver-haired male show something to her on his phone made the brunette think, should he just let her go? If she actually likes the male, then he shouldn't get in the way. He might make Nagishima cry again and if that happens, Oikawa will feel guilty all over again. Exhaling solemnly, the male brunette pockets his phone and sends one last glance towards the black-haired female before leaving. He can't do anything right now. He'll just talk to her some other time.
It was evening and Nagishima was about to go home after a nice talk with her senior, Sugawara. She pulls out her phone and turns it on. As she waits for it to turn on, Nagishima noticed that she's nearing the park. When she feels her phone vibrate signaling that her phone was now turned on, Nagishima looks down on her phone and sees one message from Oikawa. Tapping on it, she reads the message sent to her.
"I'm at the park. I'll stay here until 4 so come here already. I'm at the place where we first met."
Sighing at the older male's text. Nagishima checks the time and sees that it's already 6:34 in the evening. Hesitating to go to the park, Nagishima sighs once again before choosing to go inside since it wouldn't hurt to check. Hurrying up, she went to the place where she first saw the male brunette only to stop when she sees the male sitting on the bench. Feeling bad about making Oikawa wait for hours, she approached him warily.
"Are you a dog? It's past four. You should've went home." Nagishima spoke worriedly.
"It's past four. How could you stay out with a man? Haven't you learned your lesson?" Oikawa replies sourly.
"Sugawara-san is different. He looks kind." The black-haired female retorted.
"Looks can be deceiving." Oikawa responded.
"That's probably why you fooled me easily."
The brunette scoffs when he hears what Nagishima says. He then stands up and steps near her. "Stop bringing it up. I'm already guilty just by seeing you." Oikawa muttered in annoyance. "How do you think it makes me feel when I see you?" Nagishima retaliated. The older male crossed his arms and glared at the girl in front of him. "I know already. You say you completely trust me but in truth, you don't, don't you?" he spoke bitterly so his pain would be covered.
"You can't even trust me with who you like." He added.
"That's a different thing. I can trust you with anything but not that one thing." Nagishima replied before looking away. This further irritates Oikawa so he shouts, "Just tell me!"
Nagishima narrows her eyes before speaking. "I can't. You'll be disappointed."
"I'm already disappointed! In fact, I'm hurt! How do you think being avoided all of a sudden feels, huh?! Do you think I'm happy that you did that? If you have a problem, tell me! If you like someone, tell me! Tell me anything and everything if you don't want to disappoint me or worse, hurt me! Just tell me what you want and I'll talk to you about it no matter how petty it is!" Oikawa ranted in frustration.
"I like you!"
Oikawa stops glaring and scowling when he hears what Nagishima exclaim. Observing the female, he saw her blushing in an unusual and cute way as she covered her mouth. She then looks up at Oikawa before lowering her hands and gulping.
"I started liking you and I thought that if you knew this, you would be disappointed because a friend fell for you! I thought that if I avoided you for two or three weeks, I would stop liking you but it didn't and now I feel bad for making you feel bad! I really like you but I can't cross that line because you told me that you don't like me when I asked you if you liked me so I kept it by myself but I couldn't contain it anymore!"
Hearing the female rant about her feelings, Oikawa was speechless and when he catches her tearing up, he feels a mix of emotion.
Looking at the tall male, Nagishima apologized. "I'm sorry, Oikawa-san. I tried to stop it but I couldn't... I swear, I didn't want this to happen, I wanted us to be frie –"
Nagishima gets silenced when Oikawa pulls her by the hand and slams his lips on hers. When the younger girl doesn't push him away or try to move back from him, Oikawa placed his hand on the back of Nagishima's head to deepen the kiss. The black-haired female tilts her head to the side as she stood on her tiptoes and when the brunette notices this, he wraps an arm around the female's waist and pulls her closer than the hugs he did before.
Being new to the action, Nagishima melted in the kiss and lets the male brunette take the lead. She wasn't sure if she was doing it right but since Oikawa doesn't say anything, she guesses that she's doing it fine so she decides to throw her arms around the male's neck to support herself so she wouldn't feel strained about tiptoeing.
After a few seconds, the two pulls away due to the lack of air they were getting. It's been a while since Oikawa kissed a lady since the outcome of his fight with Nagishima made him stop bedding girls for a while but this time, he's getting one and he likes it more than usual. Smiling softly at the female in his arms, he sees Nagishima looking down with a flushed face and her wet lips that she bit on to stop the new sensation she's feeling. Laughing at the female's reaction, Oikawa hugs Nagishima and this time, he felt the younger girl hug her back. Being aware of this, the brunette grinned in delight.
"Rino's hugging me back this time. I waited for you to hug me back, especially when we were at the amusement park." The male brunette thought out loud.
"I was about to hug you back when you apologized to my father at the hospital but you suddenly declared that that will be the last we'll see each other." Nagishima replied with a muffled voice. Oikawa groaned when he realized that it was a chance that he didn't take at that time. If he hugged her longer, he might've gotten together with the female earlier.
The two then went quiet and when they realized the position they were in, they pull back and sits on the bench, half a meter away from each other due to awkwardness, for Nagishima at least but it was undeniable that even Oikawa felt awkward despite having more experience than the younger female.
"Soooo... what are we?" the brunette questioned, making sure to look straight into the female's eyes even though he felt awkward as hell.
"Uhh... couples, I guess?" Nagishima replied unsurely and when she gazes at the male beside her, she sighs. "I didn't look at you as a man and only a friend before but now... you're more of a man than I thought you were." Nagishima remarked before looking away but when the brunette inches closer to sling his arm over her shoulders, Nagishima heated up so much that Oikawa felt the second-hand awkwardness.
Covering his eyes with his hand, Oikawa says, "Stop it! You're making me feel shy as well." He spoke bashfully while the two went red with their current predicament.
Turning silent, Oikawa cleared his throat. "Sorry for forcing a kiss on you. I should've asked first." He says, recalling that the female didn't want to be forced into anything but when she shakes her head, he narrows his eyes. "Some things are pleasant as a surprise. What you did was a pleasant surprise and I like it."
Hearing the female say that, Oikawa couldn't contain his joy and put Nagishima in a headlock.
"Is that what you do to your girlfriends?" Nagishima spoke as she tapped on the male brunette's arms to signal that she gives up. "Nope. You're the only one I'm doing this to. That's how comfortable I am with you." Oikawa replied before loosening his hold on the girl and leaning on the bench.
"It's the first day of school two days from now and I have someone I really like. It's all good. I feel like I'll study hard this semester." The brunette spoke while Nagishima smiled at him.
"No flirting with girls anymore." She said.
"Of course." Oikawa responded.
"No accepting gifts either because you'll make those poor girls hope."
"Okay."
"Also... no sex until I graduate college."
"Sur – wait what?"
The two then had to fix their rules and regulations as the night rolled by.
A/N:
Anddddddd. There it is! This isn't the end yet! There is the last chapter and let me tell you what. It's long as heck. For the readers who stayed and read through everything, thank you very much! I appreciate the support and reviews! I hope you enjoyed this as much as i enjoyed thinking of the plot! Please wait for the last chapter!
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