sweet and sour | yamaguchi tadashi

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i was woken up to the sound of an alarm going off. my eyes slowly opened and i looked in the direction of the sound to see it was yamaguchi's phone. i moved to turn it off but was stopped when i felt arms around my waist.

'oh right, yams cuddled me in the middle of the night,' i thought, not thinking much of it. i turned off the alarm and snuggled back into him. the room was silent, rays of sun shining through the curtains.

'YAMS CUDDLED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!?' i thought. my heart started to race and my body started to heat up. i slowly look over my shoulder to see yamaguchi sleeping soundly.

'the hell? what's the point of having an alarm if he sleeps through it? that or his roommate just wakes him up?' i thought. 'but that's a loud ass alarm, and i'm a heavy sleeper?' i wondered for a minute, trying to figure him out. then it hit me. 'he's faking, isn't he?'

i rolled over so i was facing him. i stared at him, admiring his sleeping face for a minute. he looked so peaceful sleeping. my mind started wandering to last night.

"nothings wrong, i'm fine."

"you're spending the night whether you want to or not!"

"YOU ASS! YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T SPRAY ME WITH WATER!"

"well, how does it look?"

i smiled to myself, not wanting to laugh. i reached my hand over and started tracing the freckles on his face. my mind started to wander again. 'what were you so upset about? WHY were you so upset? did i do something? was it about terushima?'

my finger stopped tracing and i placed my hand on his cheek. my eyes unfocused and i started staring off into space.

"hey, i got you coffee!"

"wanna study after school?"

"pfft! you're so weird! but it's super cute!"

"i gave you everything and this is the thanks i get?!"

his face appears in my head, i could see it so clearly. you gave me everything huh? you played an act in hopes i'd give you want in return. i didn't owe you shit.

"hellooo?" someone said, moving something in my face. my eyes refocused and i saw yamaguchi waving his hand in front of my face, a tired smile on his face. he chuckled a bit. "what did i say about blinking?"

as if following his command, i blinked rapidly, trying to get my eyes to focus a bit more. he lips curved upward more. "good morning,"

"morning," i said, averting my eyes, now noticing how close we were. his arm was still wrapped around. i moved my hand off his face but i felt a hand on top of mine. stopping it from moving. i looked and saw that he had placed his hand over mine, a look of admiration and intrigue on his face. lovesick. i narrowed my eyes slightly as if that was a bit of a signal telling him to move his hand. he somehow understood and moved his hand, but the look on his face stayed. i knew that look.

"hey do you want a...would you quit looking at me like that?"

"like what?"

"THAT ONE!? it's stupid, you look like a lost puppy."

"well it's not my fault you look so cute,"

"i swear, i'm gonna punch you,"

i shifted and sat upon the bed. "i...have to go to the bathroom." yamaguchi's smile fell and he nodded. i walked out, down the hall into the bathroom, and shut the door. i slid down the door and buried my head in my knees. 'why'd these memories have to come up? why now?' i thought. i got and went to sink, glaring at myself in the mirror. i wanted to punch, to punch anything, just something make this feeling i had to go away. my body started to shake a bit. i started taking deep breaths, trying to calm myself down before i wrecked the bathroom. i did this for a few minutes and i was calm. i splashed some water on my face and looked at the sink.