STARS
it was a normal day of practice- or as normal as it could get for the karasuno volleyball club. the su- hinata was buzzing with excitement because of 2 reasons. the first reason was, he was going to confess to his crush, yamaguchi, today, and the second reason was that he was going to get to practice the new quick with kageyama!
while he was practicing, he saw yamaguchi and tsukishima walk out the gym together. being the curious little gremlin he is, he decided to spy on them, to check what they were up to this time. he kept moving until tsukishima abruptly stopped.
"yamaguchi, go away. i don't know why you're still here." tsukishima growled out.
"but tsukki, im always with you?" yamaguchi stated, making it sound more like a question than a statement though.
"exactly, i dont know why you're with me, you and your lame ass has always been following me around ever since i stopped those bullies ONCE. we're not even friends." he said.
"oh... i thought we were friends.." yamaguchi whispered with a heartbroken face. hinata stayed long enough to see that look on his crush's face and it broke his heart. hinata started running back to the gym when he heard them start walking again.
'that was... interesting.. were they lying about everything then? or did yamaguchi actually this tsukishima was his friend.. no, im pretty sure yamaguchi thought he was his friend. he seemed pretty sad.. oh i know, i'll just confess to him today after practice!' hinata concluded, too deep in his thoughts to see the ball coming straight at him. before it could hit him though, yamaguchi quickly pushed him away and landed on top of him in the lucky perv position.
"omgomgomgomgmycrushisonmeWAITWHATMYCRUSHISONMEJAHHSYQYSH' hinata gay panicked. both boys's face exploded into blushes and they both scrambled to fix themselves.
"i-i'm sorry, hinata. i just didnt want you to get hit with the ball." yamaguchi softly apologized, "no! it's okay!" hinata tried finding the right words to reply as his brain short circuited. yamaguchi smiled at him and only then did hinata notice the red under his eyes. hinata ignored it anyways, not wanting to make him more upset, and softly smiled back.
"well, let's get back to practice!" daichi shouted, while clapping his hands once.
\-timeskip after practice-\
"yamaguchi!" hinata shouted, running after him, "yes, hinata?" yamaguchi answered. hinata's breath hitched with that simple answer and his mind went blank- more nervous than excited now.
"well.. i was wondering if you-you'd like to hang out with me?" he asked, having a hopeful look on his face by the end of the sentence.
'dumb hinata cant even talk without stuttering' hinata thought. yamaguchi looked taken aback, why would anyone want to hang out with him willingly?
"oh, sure!" yamaguchi exclaimed.
"uhm.. hinata, where are we going?" yamaguchi asked, but shoyo just responded with a simple "its a secret!". finally, they reached the place, hinata partly dragging yamaguchi by his hand.
"where are we?" yamaguchi asked in awe. "i found this forest a week ago while i was exploring."
hinata and yamaguchi sat under a tree where they could see the sunset clearly. while the sun was going down, hinata hesitantly leaned his head towerd yamaguchi's shoulder and inched his hand closer to the other's.
"it's alright, i dont mind." yamaguchi stated as he held hinata's small hands in his slightly bigger ones.
"oh.." hinata said with a blush on his face, "yamaguchi, i have something to tell you.." he whispered out.
yamaguchi smiled reassuringly at shoyo, "you can tell me anything, hinata" he softly said. hinata smiled back, albeit nervously, but still a smile. 'what if i get rejected, i don't think my heart could handle it..' he thought a bit sadly.
'nevermind.. i don't care about that, i'm here to confess and i won't back down!' he thought again, with newfound determination.
"YAMAGUCHI, ILIKEYOU, WILLYOUBEMYBOYFRIEND?" hinata shouted out a bit suddenly, taking yamaguchi by surprise. yamaguchi's eyes widened a fraction and his face was strawberry red.
'he looks like a strawberry :puppy_eyes: so cute..' he thought but exploded into a blush right after thinking those thoughts. yamaguchi looked around, making sure hinata was talking to him. when he confirmed that he was in fact talking to him, he looked at hinata, his thoughts going 100 mph.
"i'm- me?- why?" yamaguchi made confused expressions while hinata just giggled at him and his confused manner. yamaguchi stopped whatever he was doing and looked hinata in the eyes, to check for any sign of lies, doubt and all that but when he found none, i guess you could say he could light up the pitches of tartarus.
"i- yes. i'll be your boyfriend.. hina-sh.. shoyo." he whispered, stuttering his first name out. hinata suddenly stopped. stopped laughing, smiling, moving, just stopped. hinata.exe has stopped working.
"you- YOU'RE ACTUALLY MY BOYFRIEND NOW?!" hinata shrieked. yamaguchi tensed a little but relaxed again, he was used to screaming as he spent time around tanaka-senpai, noya-senpai, kageyama-kun, and shoyo a lot. he slightly smiled at the question.
"yes, i am.. shoyo." yamaguchi breathed out. hinata had a light blush forming on his cheeks.
"tadashi..." he muttered "tadashitadashitadashitadashitadashitadashi.." he continued.
"why're you saying my name so much" yamaguchi questioned. hinata paused and looked at him, smiling.
"just trying to get used to my boyfriend's name" he giggled out, fiddling his fingers. yamaguchi exploded into a blush.
'he really looks like a strawberry.. a cute strawberry who's also my boyfriend.. hes my boyfriend..' hinata smiled at the thought. he's wanted to be yamaguchi's the first time he heard him talk, even if he was with tsukishima.
yamaguchi looked at hinata, who looked lost in thought and softly smiled. the opportunity to call this amazing person his boyfriend was so surreal to him. hinata was perfect beyond belief and yamaguchi was so bad.. at everything in general.
yamaguchi frowned at his thoughts and hinata quickly took notice, flinging one of his hands up to cup his face, lacing his other hand with tadashi's.
"what's wrong tadashi?" he whispered to yamaguchi. yamaguchi broke his train of thoughts when he heard hinata speak to him.
"why me? you could've had someone better like kageyama.. or kenma. they're both much better than i am. i'm nothing, so why me?" yamaguchi asked, tearing up a bit as he asked. it was true, at least it was to yamaguchi. hinata thought the opposite.
"i chose you because you're better than them. they're nothing conpared to you. you're sweet, loving, pretty, and everything they're not. i love you. not them and not ever." he replied, his eyes held a loving gaze as he looked at yamaguchi, his smile never faltering.
to say hinata didn't expect the question would be a lie. he knew how self concious yamaguchi could get. he's seen the scars yamaguchi thinks he covers up well enough. but, in hinata's eyes, all of those scars just make him more beautiful.
yamaguchi's breath hitched as hinata said those last words. 'hinata loves me?' he thought, a bright smile growing on his face at the thought. hinata noticed this and visibly brightened up even more if that was even possible.
"i don't love you yet, shoyo. it's going to take some time but only if you're willing to wait." yamaguchi whispered. hinata's smile dropped at the first four words but it quickly came back once he heard the 'yet'. hinata was willing to wait as long as it took.
"take your time, tadashi, i'll wait a thousand years for you," he said, softly smiling at yamaguchi. yamaguchi blushed at the use of his first name.
"aish, shoyo. dokidoki suru ne." he muttered, still blushing because of the amazing boy holding his hand and looked at the stars in the sky, willing his blush to go away. hinata looked up and saw yamaguchi stargazing so he layed his head down on yamaguchi's lap and watched the stars with him. hinata glanced at yamaguchi's face but couldn't get himself to look away. yamaguchi looked so mesmerizing at that moment.
yamaguchi noticed hinata's stare and looked down, all the stars still reflecting in his peridot colored eyes. his freckles, funnily, also looked like stars in the moment, making yamaguchi's face appear as a sort of galaxy.
"tadashi, you look like a star."
