after years, your best friend's older brother makes an earth shattering appearance back into your life. and suddenly, a shared secret not only turns your lives upside down but forces you two to be closer together than ever.
est. may 2023
"SIT DOWN, KEI," you said through gritted teeth, growing irritated with how (unexpectedly) childish the grown man before you could be. you gestured towards the bed with your hand, the towel you were holding flopping around.
"no need to be aggressive," he raised his arms in surrender. "violence is never the answer."
"you can't be serious," you raised an eyebrow, watching him sit on the bed and spread his legs. "i never thought i'd hear that sequence of words out of your mouth."
he shrugged, leaning back on his arms. "never said i was talking about myself, smartass."
"yeah, well you should try taking your own advice sometime," you retorted, wrinkling your nose as you stepped in between his legs. while your fingers slid through his wet blond curls, tsukishima's gaze went down to where your your thigh was brushing the fabric of his sweats.
he was about to say something when you dropped the towel on his head and began to pat his hair dry. after a minute of doing that, you began to move your hand from left to right, trying to get his hair from soaking wet to damp.
"you don't have to do this, you know," he said after a moment of silence.
you simply nodded, humming: "i know."
he blinked, "then why are you?"
"i told you. because i want to."
tsukishima frowned, as if he couldn't get the concept through his thick skull. "you're kinda weird."
"really?" you asked sarcastically, realizing that, at this point, you were just entertaining his thinking out loud. "what makes you say that?"
"i don't know anyone who would do a full on surgical procedure on a random guy at 4 in the morning. nor do i know someone who would willingly wash and dry someone's hair for them when they didn't have to."
you smiled at his rant, the sheer confusion on his face and laced in his words. "then you need to meet some new people, trouble."
his lips twitched a little. he shook his head, "nah. i'm having enough of a hard time trying to figure you out, smartass."
"me and you both," you retorted. "besides; you're not just 'some random guy.'"
