The New Neighbor (USHIJIMA X OC)

9. Coffee "Date"

Akira sat in her class with a hand under her chin to prevent her from falling asleep. Her professor continued to lecture on and on about how projectile motion, boring a majority of the class. She watched the clock hands slowly move until it was finally over and she could leave for her lunch break.

Lucky for her, she had a 2 hour free space for lunch, meaning she could do whatever she pleased. Walking out of class, she reached into her bag to grab her key to unlock her car, but she accidentally bumped into someone. Akira stumbled back, managing to stay on her feet but dropped her bag on the ground.

"I'm sorry! I didn't see you and- hey it's you!" Akira looked up at the tall male to see his familiar dark hair and big smile.

"Hey, Goshiki right?" When Akira said his name, he blushed a bit before standing up proudly. But, frowned because he couldn't remember her name.

"Right! You're Ushijima-senpai's neighbor right?" He bent down to grab her bag and her keys.

"Thank you, and Akira is fine heh." She lightly laughed and he handed her back her things. "Do you have class right now?" She asked, fiddling with her keys.

"I'm actually done for the day, all my classes are bright and early today."

"Did you want to go grab coffee or something? My last professor almost put met o sleep and I could use a wake up right now." She lightly laughed and looked at Goshiki's shocked expression.

"That sounds great! If you want, I can drive us there and drop you back off before your next class." He beamed at her and she lightly blushed at his excitement.

"That'd be great, thank you." 

"I'm parked in lot D, so we have a walk a bit." He said and she nodded, walking with him out of the university building towards the further set of parking lots.

"So, how have you been? It's been a while." Akira asked him, making his confidence grow even more.

"I've been doing pretty well! I know I'm going to pass my mid terms and a girl in my class yesterday gave me her phone number!" She lightly giggled at him and he blushed.

"That's awesome, I hope she's nice." She smiled up at him and he lightly nudged her shoulder.

"So how are things with you and Ushijima-senpai?" She stiffened up a bit at the sudden question.

"What do you mean? There isn't anything going on between us." She said, nervously scratching the back of her arm.

"Hmm, so then why did you get so nervous when I brought him up?" He Looked down at her with a playful smirk on her face. She thought back to earlier this morning and dinner the night before. 

"I realize that the only thing I know about him is that he plays volleyball." She said, awkwardly laughing.

"Well, there's not much to him outside of volleyball. I aspired to be better than him when I was in high school and I looked up to him. Outside of volleyball practice was training and school, he's a very simple man who revolves around volleyball."

"But I feel like there is more to him than a hot body and a great athlete."

"D-Did you just say Ushijima was hot? Oh my gosh, I'm telling Tendou!" Goshiki pulled his phone from his pocket while Akira groaned.

"I didn't mean it like that! I mean yeah he is, have you seen him?" She said and Goshiki froze.

"I-I like girls, Akira..." He said quietly, making her roll her eyes and laugh.