paper rings ∙ K. Bokuto

𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙊𝙉𝙀 ?!

EVERYONE ?!

𝐒𝐇𝐄 sits in front of Yukie and Kaori, avoiding their gazes like the plague; anyone foreign to the situation would be under the impression that she'd just made the most groundbreaking confession known to mankind. [name] herself believed the words she'd uttered were a big deal. She takes a deep breath, expecting Yukie and Kaori to freak out the minute their eyes meet. Gathering all her courage, she slowly looks up, only to find them - eating? Unbothered?

"I mean, yeah," Yukie's chewing slows down. "Uh, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what to tell you."

Kaori swallows. "What Yukie means is," She glances at the latter before continuing. "Everyone knows."

[name] feels her world crash. "Everyone?"

"Everyone with eyes," Yukie snorts. "I'm pretty sure half the school thinks you guys are dating. That big oaf is just to-" Kaori covers Yukie's mouth, quickly glancing at [name] to see if she noticed. [name], however, is absolutely losing her shit. 

"I thought I was hiding it well! I mean, yeah, I've liked him a while, and sure, we're close, bu-"

Yukie and Kaori just give each other a knowing look as she rants on.

—

The team is quiet for a second before they continue on as though their captain hadn't just revealed his biggest secret to them just a moment ago, which Bokuto is quite confused about.

"Did you guys not hear me?" He asks, a flabbergasted smile on his face.

"We heard you, Bokun," Konoha answers casually, receiving a ball as he speaks.

Bokuto grows flustered, unable to understand what to make of his team's reaction to his words. "S-So?"

"So what?" Haruki repeats mid stretch. "I don't know how to break this to you, captain."

"Break what to me?!" Bokuto half-yells.

"Everyone knows." The team answers their captain in unison, not even paying the situation any attention. Even the coaches don't look up from their notes.

Bokuto is shocked. His face is as though he's been hit by a freight train.

"Everyone...knows....." He mutters, seemingly unable to move or comprehend.

"Bokuto-san, please, not again-" Akaashi sighs minutes later, fishing his sulking captain from under a desk in the gymnasium.

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