through cali or tokyo.

you told me you love me...

summer is gone, summer is done. 

akira is back on business with vanessa being the ucla student. getting herself busy with these college stuff, going to a lot of science conference with her best friend. until sometimes she misse how kita used to text her every day, especially when it comes to a life time event like akira just got another prestigious award for having the best paper on a conference. 

"hi kita, you there?"

"hi, yeah, i'm here, sorry was too busy taking care stuff here"

"no, no worries. that's okay. how was hyogo?"

"good"

"...okay"

noticing something different, she doesn't hesitate to ask what happened to him. as well as we all know, kita shinsuke is a blunt and honest man, so his answer got to be,

"who's that man on your Instagram?"

"wait, you activate your social media again?"

"saw it on osamu's, who's that?"

crap, she just realize she was uploaded a picture with iwaizumi last night on her story. took it nights ago on the toilet, a selfie picture. it was probably one of those funny night she have with iwaizumi, since he's not really in to smiling and taking pictures so when he said "ok, let's take it", akira jump into his, and took the picture. 

"look haji, you're weird"

"i'm being pressured by you"

"do you feel happy about it?"

"about what?"

"pressured on" her eyes still looking at the picture that they just took. 

"i'm getting used to, i mean, being pressured is something i always feel for years. so comparing to this, you got nothing on me"

"oh, so now you're being big head again?"

they talked on the bathroom way too long until anthony found out they both are in the bathroom just to laughing at that picture, "get a room you two, this is a bathroom and a public place"

"awwww" 

one thing iwaizumi and akira likes to do, to tease someone around them together. 

"akira? you there?"

"oh sorry i'm still doing some stuff, what were you asking again?"

"who is that man, akira?" his voice and intention was pretty clear, akira couldn't hide from him any longer. 

"a friend of my brother, that was the person i asked you last summer, his name is iwaizumi"

"i see"

"yeah... is there something?"

"nope, just wondering, you two look really close right now"

"we spent almost more than a month together at the same house so i think it's... not weird? for me to close to him?"

he shrugged, "there's another boys instead of him in the volleyball club that your brother brought yesterday, why him?"

"i... i think he's the only one who can relates to me?"

"about?"

her pupil dilated, "we're basically from japan, i know a bit of volleyball and national, nothing personal, kita"

kita won't believe akira easily, he heard her not explaining what a friend is but some kind of defending and rationalize that akira and iwaizumi is nothing but a friend. "oh i see, alright, take care okay? don't forget to drink vitamin and enough water"