Kei's way of loving

Expressing himself

Kei had to admit. He wasn't quite fond of this 'feeling'. This feeling where his heart feels like bursting out of his chest. He had felt this once, and that was a good 4 years ago.

But the outcome of it all was painful. It caused him to cower and slink around like a stupid coward. He couldn't believe it.

"....ima
.....kishima
Tsukishima!"

Kei peered up. Daichi? "What?" He asked. "Aren't you going to practice? Those two have been practicing for the past half an hour." The captain sighed, turning his head towards the direction of the power pair or whatever they called those two.

"Set me another, Kageyama!" Hinata yelled. Kei watched as the raven set a ball up to the air as Hinata received it. The ball hit the floor with a loud thud.

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"Tsukki!" Tadashi said, waving his hand in front of the blonde's face. He blinked. "Hm? Sorry. Spaced out." Kei shook his head. "Hey..." Tadashi said softly, placing a hand on Kei's shoulder. "You've been spacing out a lot lately. Mind telling me what's wrong?" the freckled male offered.

"It's nothing." he sighed, his eyes catching the sight of a certain setter. "It's Kageyama, isn't it?" Tadashi suddenly spoke, making his body jolt. "What?" I sneered, incredulously. "King? Tch. As if." I rolled my eyes, focusing back on my bento. "Sure... Anyway. Kageyama and Hinata told me to pass you a message." Tadashi said.

"Mm?" I hummed questioningly.

"They need you to teach them English." he shrugged before feeding an octopus sausage into his mouth. "When?" I asked. "Uhh...Today at around 7?" Tadashi's eyebrows were knitted. "Ah... We'll see how it goes."

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"This word here is pronounced 'Criterion'. Criterion means a principle or a standard by which something may be judged or decided."

"But isn't that supposed to be criteria?" Hinata asked, face visibly confused.

"Criteria is the plural for criterion." Kei sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, pushing his glasses a bit higher. "I told you this a few minutes before. Were you even focusing, shrimp?" I grumbled.

Kei turned to look at Kageyama. "King? You with us?" he asked, snapping his fingers.

Kageyama nodded. He scribbled something on a piece of paper and slipped it in the direction of the blonde.

Kei cocked an eyebrow and read the note.

'Can you meet me after this?'

He folded it back and pocketed it. The rest of the session continued without any interruptions.

Once they wrapped up, Kei walked the two to the gate. Kageyama and Kei watched as the orange-haired boy rode away.

"So? What is it?" Kei asked, raising an eyebrow. "I need you to introduce me to someone," Kageyama said. "Huh?"

"My parents want to meet my partner." the raven explained. "I lied to them about me having one because they want to set me up with this girl. I really don't like her." he continued.

"Ah...and why should I?" Kei asked, a small smirk on his face. "Well because-"

"Tobio! Is this your partner?" a woman's voice interrupted them. Their heads whipped towards the source of the voice. A young woman around her early 30s stood to their left, her arms crossed.

She looked almost similar to her older brother as she looked Kei up and down. "He's cute. You have great taste." she smiled. She approached the pair and stuck out her hand. Kei eyed her hand before hesitantly shaking it.