Destination: Permanent Vacation

24: Kyoutani - Thursday

It's been about a month since the... uhm... what happened in Teru's bathroom, and now it's nearly his birthday.

We've been in lockdown for a month and so much has changed around the house. Delivery drivers frequently come and go with Onigiri Miya orders and Amazon deliveries, Bokuto and Akaashi are now dating, our day-to-day lives are being vlogged and now it's nearly Terushima's birthday.

What the fuck do you get the man you had a one-off makeout session with a month ago for his birthday?

"Lip balm," I face palm.

"I wanted to ask Iwaizumi-san for advice, Oikawa, not you," I shoot him a glare.

"Sorry Mad-Dog-chan, but Iwa-chan and I come together," Oikawa replies, leaning forward onto his elbows as he sprawls across his bed.

"Oh, that we do," Iwaizumi responds to Oikawa with a wink.

"Eww. No. Disgusting. Just st- Just- Iwaizumi-san, please, what do I get him?" I plead.

"New earrings," Oikawa butts in again.

"That's actually a good one, Tooru. Earrings would be great," Iwaizumi agrees with him. "But stop interrupting," I luckily manage to look away from the pair of them seconds before a slapping noise resounds through the room and Oikawa squeaks.

"Y'all nasty," I tell them.

"Uh huh," Oikawa agrees. He grabs his phone and within a minute of tapping, he turns it around to show me a website full of pictures of earrings that Teru would probably really like. "I'll send you the link to the website, okay?"

"Thank you. Uh... practice today..." I hesitantly say.

"Still on, don't worry,"

"Okay, thank you, Iwaizumi-san, Oikawa," I bow and leave the room, pulling out my phone to look at the earrings.

Wow. There are a lot to choose from.

I walk down the hallway towards my room but suddenly stop as I crash into someone. My phone falls out of my hand and luckily falls face up on the floor so I don't need to worry about a cracked screen.

I reach down to grab my phone but fingers have already closed around it so I stand back up to apologise and thank the other person. I pull my head up and- Oh.

"Earrings? Are you thinking of getting your ears pierced? I could do it for you," Terushima... "Oh! Those ones are so cute! With the little boba teas on them! Of course you'd probably be more of a simple metals and chain design earring kind of guy but those teas would fit right in with my existing wacky earring collection. Oh and those big flame ones with the writing in and- Mad Dog, where'd you find this website?"

"Uhm... Oikawa," I answer, awkwardly.

"He has good taste," We look at each other awkwardly for a minute, not really sure of how to act. "Do you want to see my piercing collection?" Terushima asks. I nod mutely and follow him into his room.

He opens the door and clicks on the leds that slowly shift from colour to colour around the rainbow.

"You can just sit on the bed," He says as he walks over to his dressing table and opens a box. The box seems to have multiple vertical drawers with earrings hanging in each drawer. He brings tge box over and sits in front of me, one leg tucked under himself, one hanging down the side of the bed.

"These are the studs, then the metal dangly ones, then the fun ones," He's got all sorts of tiny things represented in earring form. He has little mushrooms with faces on them, he has dolphins, he has bottles of vodka, he even has-

"Terushima, please don't tell me that is what I think it is," I ask, pointing towards a pair of questionably shaped earrings.

"Huh? Oh, yeah they were a gag gift from a friend," I snort in response.

I catch Terushima's eye and try to turn my head to look away but he catches me, holding my face in his hands. I look into his eyes. I guess we're doing this again. I set his earring box down on the floor and then slide my arms over his shoulders.

"Why do you always look away?" He asks.

"I-" I don't have an opportunity to respond before his lips are on mine. I lean forward into the kiss, not really wanting to break it. Yeah, he doesn't need lip balm for his birthday, his lips are soft enough as it is. I open my eyes briefly when he knocks me down onto the mattress.

"We good?" Teru whispers.

"Yeah," I respond, and we resume, my arms still around his neck and his hands now supporting his weight on the bed.

"Yo, Teru, have you seen-" Shit. I fall back against the mattress and Teru looks towards the door. I already know who it is though. "No me diga!" I groan at the voice of my ex-teammate. "Toto! Mad Dog's making out with Teru!" Teru climbs off just in time for me to spring up and run through the room. Makki shrieks and I chase him through the house.

"¿¡QUE?!" Oikawa yells, soon appearing in a doorway.

Makki manages to disappear somehow so I stop chasing him and trudge back to Terushima's room.

"Didn't catch him?" I shake my head. "Come here, I think I can make you feel better," Terushima kisses my nose. "Do you want me to pierce your ears?"

"Fuck it, yeah,"