Trying Something New | Haikyuu!!

5 | You Want To See My What?

The rest of the day went by as normal: Karasuno were getting their ass beat, "suggestive" looks were exchanged between Kuroo and Bokuto, and a certain little libero was getting antsy to speak with Bokuto. And boy, did they notice.

"Do you think it was him?" Asked Bokuto, after he pulled Kuroo aside a little to have a private chat.

"Hmm, probably? He is the only one so far to act a little different and matches what I saw last night. But who knows? It could be something else?" Kuroo shrugged.

"Do you think he'll come talk to us if he knew?" Asked Bokuto.

"Seeing from his personality, I think so. Just not sure if he'll talk to one or both of us." Kuroo responded, keeping an eye on the libero.

Later, while Kuroo was talking strategy with his teammates, he noticed in his peripheral a little libero approaching Bokuto. He paid it no mind as he would just ask him about it later, he continued his conversation with his teammates.

"Hey, Bokuto, mind if I talk with you in private?" Asked Nishinoya, a little nervous.

"Oh, sure, uhh-" Bokuto said as he struggled to remember his name.

"Nishinoya Yuu, but you can call me Noya. I don't think we've been introduced to each other properly." Nishinoya said as he held out his hand in a fist for Bokuto to bump.

Bokuto gladly bumped his fist, "Well, it's nice to meet the guy with those killer receives!"

A small blush formed on Noya's cheeks, "Th-thanks." He mentally cursed himself for stuttering in front of him. He snapped out of his thoughts when Bokuto started to lead the way.

After walking for a few minutes, Bokuto stopped in the middle of a hallway then turned to face Nishinoya, "You think this is far enough?"

Noya nodded.

"Alright! So, what's up?" Asked Bokuto with a raised eyebrow and grin on his face.

"W-well, I was wondering if I could practice one-on-one with you? I just think your spikes are so cool and I wanted to see if I could receive them!" Said Noya, trying to add some excitement in his voice to cover up any nerves that lingered.

"Yeah, sure! I don't mind helping out!" Bokuto beamed then added, "Is that all you wanted to talk about?"

"Hm? What do you mean?" Noya asked a little confused.

"Well, you could've asked me that back in the gym. Like, you could've pulled me aside to ask me. We didn't have to go all the way out here for you to ask me that." Bokuto took a step closer to Noya and crossed his arms. "Unless there was something else you wanted to talk about."

"U-uh, I don't know what you're talking about." Noya said, hoping that he wasn't blushing.

"Really?" Bokuto put his hand on his chin as if to ponder the situation. "Hmm, then I guess it was a ghost that he saw."

"Who saw a ghost? When?" Asked Noya.

"Well, last night when me and Kuroo were in the bath, we were both about to leave when Kuroo said something about "seeing a shadow." A "small shadow." Creepy, right?" Bokuto said, both hands now on his hips.

Fuck. "Yeah, that's creepy." Said Noya, cheeks red hot.

"Hey, you okay man? Your face is all red!" Bokuto inquired, reaching a hand out to feel for his temperature.

Noya flinched away. "Y-yeah, I'm good, I'm good."

"You sure? You look like you're getting a fever-"