His Warrior Queen: A Haikyuu!! Novel (Tsukishima x OC)

Chapter 115: Kiyoko: Secrets

Most people don't know this about me, but I'm very good at keeping secrets.

Tatsuya would say I'm a little too good at it.  He's a lot more outgoing...and loud...than I am.  Don't get me wrong, I love my brother a lot.  But he worries about me way more than he really needs to.  Which is why the fact that I am entirely capable of keeping quiet about things really irritates him sometimes.  

For example, I felt absolutely no need to discuss the fact that I had a boyfriend with him.

He did, of course, figure it out.  He's not dumb, just loud.  Honestly, I wasn't trying to keep that a secret from him...I just...didn't talk with him about it.  Okay...so yeah, that is pretty much keeping it a secret from him.  I needed to.  He just gets so overprotective.  Tatsuya found out I was dating Ryu about two weeks after the team found out.  That was the night that I invited Ryu to dinner so he could meet my family.

We'd been officially dating for about two months at that point.

Needless to say, Tatsuya was terribly irritated with me.  Dinner was...predictably adorable.  Ryu was so nervous, and so sincere.  He fumbled his way through introductions and the questions my parents asked of him, but the poor fellow was practically sweating through his clothing.  Tatsuya is a nice guy, when you get down to it, and I think he could tell how much Ryu cares for me.  So my brother ended up taking my boyfriend under his wing, and helped him get through the evening.  By the end of dinner, Tatsuya had gotten Ryu to calm down and relax, and just be himself.

And then, once Ryu went home, my brother took me to task.  

I waited patiently while Tatsuya complained and bemoaned the fact that I had kept my boyfriend a secret from him, and how could I, and didn't I trust him, and all of that.

And when he was done, I smiled at him and said "Well, you guys seemed to get along great, so I guess it all worked out."

The exasperated sigh from Tatsuya as I walked away was well worth it.

And yes, if you're keeping track of things, Ryu asked me to officially be his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, right after I gave him his chocolates.  He told me later he was going to wait and ask me on White Day...but Ryu is not as good at keeping secrets as I am.  

He just blurted it out.  And he was so sincere, how could I say anything other than yes?  

I know, I know...I turned him down before.  But I didn't even know him then - he literally proposed the very first time he saw me.  This time...well...I know the kind of man he is.  I'm so proud of him, so amazed by his strength and tenacity...and his attempts at being a "bad boy" are just too adorable.  Plus, asking me to be his girlfriend was a much more reasonable request...especially since we'd been on quite a few dates by then.

And now, here we are, six months later.  When Nakano told me about this beach trip, I asked her how the sleeping arrangements would be worked out.

"Well," she replied, "you and Tanaka-senpai will have a bedroom to yourselves, of course."

That was another little secret I decided to keep to myself.

Needless to say, Ryu was delighted when he found out.  We've slept in the same space before - mostly at his place, and usually on the couch.  We have a bad habit of falling asleep in front of movies and shows and the like.  It's hard not to.  Ryu likes to get all cuddly and cozy when we watch something together - including lots of pillows and blankets - and it's just so nice.  We both tend to drift off.  I stayed at his place once, and we shared his bed then.  But this is the first time we've gotten to share a room for multiple days in a row.