"Why did you even make a list? You are never organized. So why are you now?" Tadashi asked.
"Well you know, I haven't gone on a date in a long time and I want it to be perfect!!" Allison cried as she held onto her bag tightly, opening the zipper as...
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She could've been wrong, but she was sure she wasn't. That split second glance made her head spin. Had she really seen AJ kiss Kenma slyly on the cheek? That couldn't be right... But based on Kuroo facing the other way and Kenma hiding behind his hair there was a good chance that she was correct.
From Allison's position across the gym, she couldn't tell if anyone had noticed her encounter with Oikawa. She grabbed the cart and trotted over to her new team. It would've been easy to say that she was feeling happy for her friend and her apparently successful love life, but she was still too shaken from Oikawa's easy-going flirting to really take in what she thought she had just seen. When Allison had reached the other side of the court, she grabbed AJ by the arm and dragged her off to put the cart back.
AJ was stressed. Her lip was all red and slightly bloody from when she was biting it during the practice match. That's why she was rubbing it now while she stood at the door. Allison was carefully putting the extra, empty water bottles into a box and chatting one sidedly.
"I mean, I can't believe it, he really kissed my hand like an old fashioned prince charming! Can you believe it? I think he might really like me!" And the babbling went on. AJ wasn't really listening. Allison didn't need her to respond either way as both were completely out of it they didn't notice the other was acting strange.
When Allison was taking another deep breath so she could keep talking about Oikawa, AJ interrupted quickly with, "Hey, could I go to your place after school?"
"What? Why? I mean, for sure! I don't think we have anything going on..."
"Thanks bro. I can't deal with Tetsu today... a loss, even this practice one, isn't going to go over well. I just don't want to see his face. Gosh, I'm glad we aren't twins so I don't have to see him in any of my classes."
Allison shook her head in sympathy. It became quiet again and Allison was watching AJ out of the corner of her eye. She watched as AJ traced her lips with a thumb. AJ's finger stopped on her lower lip, suddenly posing the same way as L from Death Note.
"What's on your mind?" Allison had finished with the water bottles and was dumping the sweaty towels into the washing machine. AJ wasn't usually this thoughtful after a match, usually she was celebrating loudly with the boys or cursing the team that had beat them for the rest of the day.
"Huh? Oh, nothing really. I'm just tired and hungry... Oh! I haven't been helping you at all. Let's get this done quick and I'll DoorDash bubble tea." (Not sponsored lol)
"This early in the morning?" Tossing AJ a bunch of wet towels to put in the dryer, Allison smiled. "Remember when you told me to watch people's body language and expressions? I've been thinking about that recently."
"Oh yeah? What about it?"
Allison grinned. She hadn't done this before, but she was good at following instructions so she thought she could finally use the information she'd been taught for years. She kept her back turned away from AJ and continued to fold some dry towels. "I've just been thinking. Nothing in particular. What does it mean when someone is flinching with nervousness, but tries to hide it?"
