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A friendly person

"It must be so great to have a brother who can cook

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"It must be so great to have a brother who can cook. I wish Natsu could say the same."

Hinata was out with Atsumu.

The plan was proposed quite abruptly. Gratefully, Hinata hadn't planned anything for the day and had agreed to hang out with Atsumu. He, to the utmost extent, enjoyed hanging out with the older man. Atsumu was a fun person. Hinata always got a buzz out of his weird jokes and quirky personality. Not only that, but he was a caring and generous person.

Hinata had met Atsumu on his second day of joining The Book Garden. He was Oikawa's close friend and had the same exuberant personality as his employer which quite intimidated him at first. However, even though Hinata was a complete stranger, Atsumu had made him feel comfortable.

"I am sure you are a better brother than 'Samu, Shōyō-kun." Atsumu jeered. "Between you and me, I am the better twin. And also good-looking."

"Don't you look exactly the same as him?" Hinata asked with a frown, not getting the hint. "Is there a significant difference- like, um, like I can tell you apart? If ignore the hair." He added quickly. Although they've known each other for a long while, he hadn't met Osamu yet, just in the pictures. Atsumu did pop up in the store, and they even hung out quite a numerous times; however, he was yet to meet his twin.

Atsumu tilted his head to look at him with some unreadable expression. "There is." Hinata's head shot down in surprise when the man took his hand.

This wouldn't be the first time the man had shown skinship. He would always wrap his arm around his shoulder, ruffle his hair or give him his favorite headpats. Hand holding was new. He was not complaining though.

In the beginning, Hinata would get really flustered by just one of his affectionate touches. Over time, however, he had grown used to Atsumu and had deemed him as an overly friendly person. Nevertheless, he still sometimes would get thrown off.

"Uh, oh.. what is it?" He asked curiously.

"Won't you like to know, Shōyō-kun?" Atsumu asked in a coy manner, facing away from Hinata. "He would never hold your hand like I did."

His heart skipped a beat out of genuine wonderment. Hinata couldn't bring himself to reply. "Oh." He whispered, keeping his eyes on the ground. Somehow the air around them seemed different from other times. "How do you know, Atsumu-san?" He mumbled meekly.

"Because I won't let him, Shōyō-kun." Hinata found the comment authoritative to some extent, though he decided not to point it out. Atsumu was usually vague about some of his remarks. "Do you like bowling, Shōyō-kun?"

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Hinata couldn't help but frown at the scores that were being displayed on the screen. He had lost to Atsumu, who was quite smug about it. He stomped his foot frustratedly and turned to glare at the older man as he chuckled.

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