Skater Boy | h.harem

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As Nishinoya and Hinata made it to the gym, everyone stared at them. The way the two of them blushed and laughed- it pissed them off. As the two of them went into the club room to change, everyone else grouped up.

"So, who's turn is it to look after Hinata today? He looks a lot better than before; I think this was a good idea," said Daichi. They all nodded in understanding. "We should vote on it during lunch and tell him at afternoon practice," commented Ennoshita, pinching his chin with his fingers.

At that moment, Hinata came into the gym and walked up to the group of players, smiling brightly at them. "Kageyama, toss to me! I feel super energized today!"

The black circles that usually rested beneath his large, doe eyes had faded into a nearly invisible dust of purple and grey, the way he tripped and slouched just slightly as he walked had also seemed to be better.

"You dummy! You have to stretch and warm up first!" The raven head spouted, ruffling Hinata's messy hair. "You're so mean, Kageyama! Fine, fine! I'm going! Jeez!" As Hinata walked away holding his head, he turned around and pointed at Kageyama.

"You have to toss to me after though! You can't say no!" He shouted. As always, everyone discretely watched the flexible little ginger stretch his small body further than they thought was humanly possible.

"Hey, Hinata? I've been wondering this for a while. You were in the gymnastics club in middle school, right?" Questioned Tanaka, bending down to poke at Hinata's cheek.

"I was, but it wasn't that interesting. Plus, the coach was super harsh," answered the ginger, bending down to hold both of his feet.

"Can you do any tricks? Like, flips and what not?" This seemed to catch the rest of the team's attention as they impatiently awaited a response. Who wouldn't want to see Hinata flipping around, his shirt riding up to show his small chest and-

"I can. That's how I learned to jump so high." Finally standing up, Tanaka also stood and slapped his hands together in a praying sort of motion. "Can you show us, please!?" Nishinoya also joined his bro in the begging and pleading, and soon the whole gym was hollering at him.

Bashfully, Hinata raised his hands and agreed to it on the account that they stopped their shouting. Sighing, he stood on the sidelines of the gym and faced toward the other side, lined up with the volleyball net in the middle of the gym.

He ran forward and fell into a roundoff, leaping off of his feet and flipping into multiple backhand springs, throwing some backflips in there as well. To close it off, he rebounded and held his arms up a few seconds before dropping them to his side.

At first, silence fell over them, then the shouting came back times three. "Holy shit! That was so cool!" Tanaka exclaimed as he lifted Hinata into the air and spun around. "How'd you do that, stupid boke!?" Kageyama yelled, pulling the ginger close by his collar.

Tsukishima was the only one not shouting, but his glasses fell down the bridge of his nose, revealing his shell-shocked eyes. "What else can you do?! Can you-"

"Everyone... QUIET DOWN!" Coach Ukai, who had arrived late to practice, shouted, placing his bottle of water onto one of the benches. "We're doing practice matches, so listen to me, so I can give you your positions!"

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Hinata was so light on his feet, it seemed as if he would fly away with every step he took. He was so fast that, when he ran, he was only a blur. When he jumped, his teammates feared that he would leap over the net.

He didn't trip or fall like usual. It was as if he had the balance of a ballerina. He sure as hell had the grace of one. Everyone was so fascinated by him. They couldn't peel their eyes away. Even Tsukishima was having a hard time focusing.

Kageyama set the ball to the other side of the court where there was only one blocker. Hinata was on the opposite side of the ball.

The moment Tsukishima couldn't see the ginger, he knew he was already here and leaped to block the ball, but the second his feet left the floor, the sound of the ball hitting their side of the court rang in his ears.

Kageyama, Hinata, and Tanaka had won the match. No surprise.

Coach Ukai walked over to Hinata and lifted his arms, seemingly searching him for something. "What is it, Coach Ukai?"

"Something's different. I've never seen you so light and energetic. I mean, you're always energetic and stuff, but this time, I don't know..." Pinching his chin in thought, Ukai seemed seriously perplexed by the ginger's sudden change.

"I just got some sleep. I guess it's been a long time since I've gotten some good hours in, ahaha~" Scratching the back of his neck, he felt himself be pulled backward and into a large chest. Tsukishima held him back-to-chest, scowling, with his arm around Hinata's small waist.

"You can't just get this good because of a little sleep," he growled, trailing his hand up Shouyou's body and to his throat, feeling the ginger swallow thickly before looking up at him. "I really needed some sleep," he said with a smile.

"Um, Tsukki, aren't you taking this a little-"

"Shut up, Yamaguchi," Tsukishima snarled. When he glanced back down at Hinata, his plump, soft-looking lips were pulled into a frown. He slapped the blond's hand away and walked over to Yamaguchi, latching onto his side with furrowed brows.

"You shouldn't be so mean to your friend like that, Tsukishima," he grumbled, drawing his attention up to Yamaguchi's flushed face. Hinata didn't say anything because he knew their friendship worked weirdly like that.

Instead, he felt the need to complement Yamaguchi. "You're very pretty, Yamaguchi!" From where he was standing, the lights in the gym kissed Yamaguchi's skin perfectly and made him look almost ethereal.

"What!?" The whole gym shouted, including Tsukishima. "H-Hinata, t-t-too... close..." With his whole body heated enough to start a fire, the greenette slipped out of Shouyou's arms and flopped onto the ground in a puddle of rainbows.

"Ah, Yamaguchi! What's wrong?!" Sugawara desperately tried to revive Yamaguchi as Tsukishima 'tsked' and turned away in jealousy.

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After classes ended, Shouyou passed by the classmates wanting to talk with him, quickly spouting an apology and saying he was in a rush. Panting, he turned the corner after climbing up the stairs and ran toward Tanaka's classroom with a smile.

The door was open as the second to last student left the room. "Heyo, Hinata. Ready to go?" Tanaka asked with a smirk, spreading his legs on the desk he sat on to prop his elbow in one of them.

"Yep!"

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