𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖

lxx - incident

"Hey, hey! Where's the Skytree?!" Hinata demanded excitedly of Kenma, who seemed a bit overwhelmed and it hadn't even been five minutes since they arrived.

"Huh? The Skytree?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Oh!" the ball of sunshine pointed to a radio tower. "Is that Tokyo Tower?!"

"What..." Kenma blinked, sweatdropping as he saw what his friend was pointing at. "That's just a normal transmission tower.."

"What the hell?" Kuroo smirked at Karasuno's captain. "Are there no transmission towers in Miyagi? Actually, I'm getting some deja vu here," He mused.

"To those in the countryside, all steel towers in Tokyo look like Tokyo Tower!" Daichi snapped back at the Nekoma captain.

"That's just insulting," Suga grumbled. "Also, we're in Saitama."

"We're playing at a different school than last time, huh?" Hinata surmised as he looked around.

"Apparently, all the summer training camps are held at Shinzen," The second year neko explained. "It's nice and cool here. There are tons of bugs though," He whacked his arm, killing one said creature.

"HINATAAAAAA!" Lev suddenly yelled after having run all the way down the hillside stairs. "Have you grown any taller?!"

"Shut up Lev."

"That's how you greet me?" Hinata scowled. "Also, no one grows in just two weeks!"

"I grew two milimeters~" The middle blocker smirked as the ginger reeled back.

"Yo, what's up with them?" Kuroo asked, jabbing his thumb towards where Crow and Kageyama were. The latter was flushed while Crow just looked annoyed and over it. "Something happen on the way here?"

"Kind of," Daichi grimaced as he recalled what had happened on the road. "Don't worry, they'll be fine."

"If you say so," The cat hummed, and then led the way up the stairs to the gym.

"All right!" Keishin yelled once everyone had settled in and were ready to begin the matches. "We're gonna switch out people constantly this time around, so be prepared," He warned as his team stood around him.

"Hai!" The boys echoed. Then, the whistle was blown and it was time to start. Their first game was going to be against Fukurodani Academy, and Crow deadpanned at how hyped a certain owl seemed to be.

"Our goal is zero penalties!" Bokuto cheered once they were on the court.

"I'll shove that goal so far up your ass you'll choke on it," Crow stated. The words itself made the owl shudder, but even more so because of the way he said them.

"Damn, somebody's in a mood," He decided to play it off cooly. "Did you miss your daily nap?" He stuck his tongue out at him, but Crow just rolled his eyes and didn't reply. "Wow, something really must have happened."

"I heard about it from Ennoshita-san," Akaashi spoke up quietly. "Apparently Kageyama came onto Crow-san and Crow-san almost killed him."

"Fuck, seriously?" Bokuto's jaw dropped, turning his head to look between the two Akaashi had just brought up. If he focused enough, he could see handprints on Kageyama's neck. "Yeah, I can see it," He breathed.

"Actually Crow," Keishin suddenly spoke up. "You're benched for this game."

"Oh," He raised an eyebrow before slinking off. "Okay."

This was the first game that Kageyama and Hinata would be working together on in almost two months, so it was a bit of a learning experience for both of them. Needless to say, Karasuno ended up losing to Fukurodani because of that. "You can keep your promise next time!" Bokuto patted Crow on the back with a laugh after they got done with their penalty run up the hill. "Woulda been different if you were out there, buddy!"

"Who knows," Crow seemed to have simmered down a bit, so Bokuto risked a side hug. No retaliation, he looked excited as he squeezed his lover a bit harder.

"Crow-sama, here!" Yachi came over to give him his water bottle, which he took with a nod in return. Bringing it to his lips, he took a few gulps before putting it down and wiping his mouth.

"Okay, let go," Crow elbowed the owl, who whimpered but did as told.

"Anyway, what happened this morning? Akaashi told me the summary but I wanna hear it from you," Bokuto tilted his head, making a pouty face at his lover who just looked annoyed.

"I overreacted."

"Really?" He blinked. "From what I heard, it didn't seem like it."

"Well..." the ravenette thought back to what had happened on the bus. He'd been half asleep and barely remembered telling Kageyama to take a picture of him since he was apparently staring. The next thing he knew, he felt a weight around his waist, and since that was a pretty sensitive area for him, he'd immediately flipped and tried to strangle the person touching him.

After they had been broken up, Kageyama had hoarsely explained that he had been trying to shift Crow since his shoulder was falling asleep, which in turn caused the ravenette to apologize. The setter had apologized as well, but he hadn't accepted it. Instead, he'd switched to a single seat for the rest of the ride, since the incident had caused them to pull over.

"Uh..." Bokuto grimaced after he'd gotten done explaining what had happened. "That's wild dude."

"Ha, yeah it was," Crow huffed, shaking his head as he playfully shoved him. The rest of the day, Crow was benched to give him time to cool off since he was still pretty touchy and would snap if anyone even breathed on him. He'd almost made Yachi cry at one point, which is where he stopped attempting to talk and just resorted to glaring at anybody who even looked like they were thinking of approaching him.

At the end of the day, he ended up letting Bokuto give him head, which got him to relax enough to sleep. Of course, the owl didn't miss the opportunity to cuddle with him. The next morning, everybody snickered at the red bulge on top of the owl's head from Crow whacking him for taking advantage of the situation.

"Hey, um, Crow-san?" Kageyama called hesitantly, causing said person to look his way. "Could we talk?"