𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒 / 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑢

𝐹𝑂𝑅𝑇𝑌-𝐹𝐼𝑉𝐸

"Omi."

Nothing.

"Omi?"

Still nothing.

Atsumu, still snuggled up against Sakusa's chest, pokes Sakusa's ribcage, which then causes the dark-haired male to stir from his sleep. Atsumu couldn't sleep. Sakusa's arm had been draped around his waist since Sakusa had fallen asleep, and even though Atsumu loved it, he still couldn't fall asleep. He didn't try to shift his position in bed, afraid that he would wake up the peacefully sleeping male hugging him.

But lying in the same position for a long time made Atsumu restless, which then led him to make the decision of waking Sakusa up, who was is now glaring at Atsumu.

"This better be important," he groans, rubbing his tired eyes.

"I can't sleep," Atsumu complains.

"So that gives you the right to wake up a peacefully sleeping person?" Sakusa asks. "Yes," Atsumu replies, shooting Sakusa a thumbs-up.

"What do you want," Sakusa snaps.

Atsumu grins. The usually moody Sakusa, even more moodier because he was awoken from his peaceful slumber. How adorable.

"Entertain me," Atsumu replies.

"No," Sakusa says.

"Why not?"

"How am I supposed to entertain you?"

Atsumu shrugs. "Get creative."

"I failed in Creative Writing, Tsumu."

"I didn't ask you to write an essay, Omi."

Atsumu bunches his lips to the side, when an idea pops into his head. He had passed by a place when he was going to the Training Camp facility on the first day. Atsumu grins.

"Get dressed."

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"It's freezing!" Sakusa says, his teeth chattering as a strong gust of wind passes by the pair. "Don't be such a baby, Omi!" Atsumu teases, shoving his hands into his coat pockets. "It's 4 degrees, Miya!" Sakusa hisses through gritted terth.

"You saying my surname is pretty hot, Omi," Atsumu teases, winking flirtatiously at Sakusa, who snorts in response.

Atsumu leads Sakusa to the nearby park, and he points to a large tree a few metres away. "That's where we're headed," he says, before grabbing Sakusa's hand and dragging the dark-haired male towards there.

"A tree? In this weather? At 3am? God, Miya. This tree better have gold as its leaves," Sakusa sulkily says, shaking his head. "Come on, Omi-kun! We must appreciate nature!" Atsumu says. "Not in this weather, Atsumu!" Sakusa protests.

The pair stand in front of the tree, and Atsumu lets go of Sakusa's hand to walk to the back of the tree. Sakusa folds his arms. "I'm not following you. This is stupid. You woke me up because you couldn't sleep and now because of a balding tree or something- Holy shit!"

Sakusa jumps in surprise as a loud click resounds throughout the park. The tree suddenly brightens, and Sakusa shields his eyes from the sudden brightness. Through the gaps of his fingers, Sakusa realizes that he's right- the tree is nearly bare but a few stubborn leaves still cling onto the branches.

Strings of golden fairy lights are entwined in between the branches, each tiny bulb helping to contribute to the overall brightness of the tree.

But that's not what catches Sakusa's attention.

Strings are suspended from the branches, and at every string's end, lies a yellow tag. Sakusa walks to the nearest one to read the tag. 2 names are written on it, with a handwritten quote at the bottom of the 2 names. Some strings are empty, waiting for tags to be tied to their ends.

"Amazing right? It's called the Love Tree!" Atsumu says, walking towards Sakusa with a pen and a yellow tag in hand.

"Amazing is the word," Sakusa agrees, nodding.

"I want to hang a tag of ours here! Maybe during Nationals we can steal some time to look at our tag," Atsumu explains, grinning. Sakusa shrugs. "Sure," he says, and Atsumu excitedly jogs on the spot.

"Okay okay! Lend me back your back!" Atsumu says, and Sakusa turns. Atsumu places the tag on Saksua's back and writes their names.

"What's our quote?" Atsumu asks.

"No idea."

"Should we use our Wedding Song?"

"Sure."

Atsumu writes the first verse of the song onto the tag before holding it up for Sakusa to see. Sakusa reads it, and nods in approval. "Let's hang it," Sakusa says.

"Wait!" Atsumu says, before scribbling something on the tag. "What?" Sakusa asks, trying to see what Atsumu is writing.

"Nothing! Okay, let's hang it!" Atsumu announces.

The pair walk around the tree, debating where to hang their tag. Atsumu stops at one spot and gestures to the empty string hanging in front of them. "How about here? It's bright here," he suggests.

Sakusa squints up at the crowd of fairy lights overhead. "Yeah okay. But I'll tie it since you wrote the tag," he says, and Atsumu gives him the tag.

Sakusa grabs the empty string and pushes it through the hole at the top of the tag before tying a knot to secure it. The pair take a step bag to admire their tag amongst the others, smiling.

"We'll be back in a few days. As different people," Atsumu says.

"What, are we going to evolve like Pokémons? That's why we're going to be different?" Sakusa asks, and Atsumu laughs.

"We're going to be more than friends," Atsumu explains.

"Opponents?"

Atsumu smiles. "Something like that."

.°(ಗдಗ。)°.

Atsumu turns the lights of the tree on and immediately marches over to their tag.

Sakusa Kiyoomi x Miya Atsumu
"Everytime I see you; when I see your eyes, my heart keeps fluttering. You're my destiny."

Atsumu flips the tag over.

"I'll be there for you, whether it's 2am in the morning or random hours in the afternoon. I'll be the Eunbi to your Chaewon. I'll be the Spongebob to your Squidward. I'll be the sugar to your coffee. I love you, Sakusa Kiyoomi."

Tears once again pool at Atsumu's eyes as he reads the tags. It turns out Sakusa thought otherwise.

Atsumu was never the Eunbi to his Chaewon.

Atsumu was never the sugar to his coffee.

Atsumu was never the Spongebob to his Squidward.

Did Atsumu even mean anything to him?

Tears spill down Atsumu's cheeks as he unties the knot securing the tag. He takes the tag and crushes it.

Atsumu was not the one who had touched Sakusa's heart.

Atsumu was never going to be Sakusa's.

('༎ຶོρ༎ຶོ')

A/n:
I always wanted to write a Love Tree scene involving SakuAtsu so here it is :D

Someone teach me how to make scenes sound more sad :(

Oh and y'all are really funny from the previous chapter AHAHAH

Your reactions are really priceless 😌✨