Of Cats and Crows (Sugawara Koushi)

Soaring High

Mitsumi slept through her alarm the next day. Thankfully, she didn't have much going on until the evening. She was finally feeling rested enough to tackle the day without the aid of caffeine. She had her phone plugged into her charger and propped against her wall as she got ready for the day.

"Hey, Saki! How's it going in Miyagi?" Mitsumi answered the video chat. Both girls were doing their hair on camera.

Saki smirked a bit. "We are going to Nationals!" She said as she uncurled her hair from the iron. "I heard you are too! Oh, and how is Suga?"

"Heck yeah, we are!" Mitsumi smirked at her best friend. "And Koushi has been good. He and the boys are headed to Nationals too. They swiped silver." She curled the hair that framed her face with her finger. She let out a dreamy sigh she didn't know she was holding. "Koushi is such a hopeless romantic."

Saki laughed a bit, "And you aren't?" She started applying makeup to her face. "As long as he is treating you right and Kuroo isn't getting in the way."

"It's been busy lately. I have a game tonight and it's concert season. So, I've been all over the place." The brunette smiled at how her hair looked. She decided to wear it down for a change. "As for Kuroo, we had a chat after Gramps passed. Otherwise, he's actually super supportive of our relationship. According to Kenma, he's actually started to branch out more."

"Dang girl. With how clingy he has been in the past, I'm surprised." Saki looked at her phone screen and whistled seeing her best friend's look. "Suga is going to have to take a crowd out for you today! And you said all the time in high school that soulmates weren't a thing. Now, look at you two being all couple and whatnot. What are you up to?"

Mitsumi paused for a second and started to think. "It's game day, so no practice. But, Koushi said he wanted to go out today to celebrate our tournament wins." It was unusual for her to dress up. She was in black tights, a calf-length brown skirt, a cream top, and an oversized tan sweater. She would wear her maroon scarf and brown boots with it later. "Rate this outfit."

"It's a perfect 10!" The two girls giggled a little bit. Saki smiled brightly. A loud crash came from her end which made her jump. "Hey, my roommate just did something stupid. I'll call after your game tonight. You got this Guard Dog." She hung up the call.

Mitsumi unplugged her phone and stuffed it in her skirt pocket. I never wear skirts. What the heck? She wrapped her scarf around her neck as she stepped into her boots. She opened the door when Suga arrived and found herself grinning like an idiot. They both were.

"You look as beautiful as always." Suga extended his hand to her. He had never seen her in a skirt before. "I like the new look." His face flushed as she took his hand. The cold wind pushed through the wind tunnel of the apartment complex.

"T-thanks." Chie shyly took his hand. "To the shrine right?" She walked down the stairs with him slowly.

A familiar whistle echoed down the hall. "Don't have too much fun~" It was Shimura. It looked like she and Riza had just returned from grocery shopping. There was really no escaping those two. Mitsumi considered it to be rather insufferable to have them around. 

"Save it for after the game, you two." Riza stuck her tongue out playfully.

The couple blushed at the downstairs neighbors. They really had no comments for those two. It was quite pathetic how Riza and Shimura could fluster the two of them so easily.  Suga chuckled it off and took a sharp breath in as he raked his fingers through his hair. Mitsumi took a moment to appreciate the sight of him all was bundled up in his coat and bright blue scarf. At least she knew he was warm.