All around in the town square there were children shouting and having a great deal of fun. The day was filled with magic as classes had recently ended and every child wanted to see their town's entertainers. Stalls and stages filled the streets and people with unique talents all stood within them.
In one area there was a man with silver hair singing to smaller children, a cup of tea by his side to fix his throat when he got tired. A few stalls over was someone working with water and his companion working with light, twisting around each other and making dragon shapes. A man across from them was manipulating fire with his hands, showing off shapes and smiling as children cheered.
These were all normal tricks though and the one thing children loved most was a male not too much older than the eldest student in the secondary school who could shapeshift.
He was twenty, pretty short, and had a great habit of making people laugh. At the moment he was circling his stool in the form of a puppy. He jumped up and turned back to normal, grinning. "Boys and girls! How awesome it is to see me, the awesome shapeshifter! What do we wanna see next?"
"A kitty!"
Nishinoya laughed. His ears turned to cat ears and a long black tail stretched out behind him. "Oh gosh!"
"Oh! What about a Lion!"
Nishinoya got down and got on all fours before his whole body disappeared in orange smoke only to reveal a Lion. He padded around his stage and leapt off, nudging some of the smaller kids. Of course their innocence led them to believe he was just a big cat and they hung onto his mane. Nishinoya laid down and a group of other children hung onto him, giggling.
He thought for a moment before promptly turning into a tiger and watched as they all reattached and screamed. Off to the side Nishinoya's companion watched from under the shade of a tree. He was whittling a little bird, his favorite of Nishinoya's forms.
Suddenly, the crowd of children ran towards him and Asahi tensed. "Hello! Is there something wrong?"
Nishinoya popped out of being a mouse and sat in Asahi's lap. "Hello my love."
The children cheered and sat down around the tree. Asahi kissed Nishinoya's cheek and smiled at the little ones around him. "We can't always stress out Noya, remember? Some of us with abilities get a little sick after using them for too long."
"Is Noya sick?!"
"No, he's not." Asahi glanced at Nishinoya bending his fingers to stretch them. He must feel aches from all of the changing back and forth. "But he is probably very stiff."
Nishinoya smiled. He kissed Asahi and a group of children ewed at them. "Oh! What?! I'm just loving on him!"
"Kissing is grody!"
"Know what else is grody? Snakes!" Nishinoya disappeared only for a long snake to appear around Asahi's arm. Asahi laughed and gently ran a finger along the top of Noya's head.
"What a pretty snake though, right guys?"
Some of the children got closer and Nishinoya changed to a lizard. Asahi grew worried as his lover transformed over and over. The sun started to set and Asahi stood, beckoning over one of the men who manipulated light.
"You needed something?"
"Hello Kageyama. I just need you to find someone manipulating fire to light me a torch. I need to get Nishinoya home."
"Mhmm." Kageyama yawned. "Daichi!"
Daichi looked over from handing Sugawara some tea. He headed over and lit a torch. "Everything okay with Nishinoya?"
