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xcvii - moving on

After having gone back and forth for a while, point after point, Seijoh started to realize that the only reason they had won their last match against Karasuno was because Crow hadn't been on the offensive much. Now that he was demanding sets of his setter and slamming them down without even grazing the blockers while in the front or the back row, Crow was much more of a threat. 

Playing that douchebag Ushiwaka would be easier, Oikawa thought to himself with a grimace as he looked over at the scores, which was Karasuno 23 to Seijoh 17. The gap just couldn't seem to get any less, and even with Kyoutani in top form, it just wasn't enough. 

The teams ended the second set as a win for Karasuno at 25 to 21.

From the time that they went to the endlines to bow, to when they were shaking hands, almost all of Seijoh's eyes were on Crow. The only one to voice their thoughts as they shook hands with him was, of course, Oikawa. "I hate you so much right now Crow," He seethed as he squeezed the ravenette's hand, glaring at him like he didn't look like he was about to cry. 

"I'm sure you do," Crow hummed as he squeezed back, then he smiled slightly. "Come find me anytime, Tooru."

"...I fucking will, Crow," Oikawa closed his eyes, scrunching his face to keep from crying, though he did sniffle. "Count on it."

"Want my new address?"

"..Yes please."

"Okay, but fair warning, the dude I'm shacking with is a bit nuts, if you know what I mean."

"When hasn't he been? Isn't it the old timer?"

"Nope, moved outta there. So, my new address is--"

"MOVE IT SHITTYKAWA!" Iwaizumi shoved the setter. "You're holding up the line! Catch up with Crow later," He snapped as Oikawa looked startled at him. The ace turned to Crow and thrusted his hand out, which the ravenette took with a nod. "Make sure to give me your address too, and let's all play together."

"HEY YOU CAN'T JUST SHOVE ME AWAY ONLY TO ASK FOR THE SAME THING!"

"Shut up and move your ass stupidkawa."

"Damn you're getting real creative with that," Crow chuckled as the two moved on, and the rest of the handshakes were completed. After that, the two teams vacated the court, one as victors and one as losers.

Almost immediately, the hoard found them. "HEYYYYYY YOU GUYS ARE TOTAL BADASSES!" Saeko yelled, running over with Yachi, Shimada, and Takinoue.

"Big sis!" Noya greeted as Saeko punched her brother in the chest. 

"Hey bro, I can't believe you dug all that up, you're like so awesome!" She beamed at him, though he was just holding his new injury. 

"Thaaaanks?" He drawled unsurely. "But can you maybe dial it back a bit for me? It's embaressing to have you as my biggest fan--" Tanaka got cut off as his sister wrapped her arm around his neck, brought him down, and gave him a noogie. Crow immediately turned away because he himself did not want to risk getting one, they suck. Instead, he bore witness to Shimada and Takinoue standing with Yamaguchi. 

"Those were some great serves, Tadashi," Shimada complimented, causing the boy to brighten. 

"Ah, thank you very much!"

"CROW-SAN!" The dude nearly jumped out of his skin at the loud call of his name, which made him question his life choices. However, he did turn around to gaze at Hinata, who was looking at him expectantly. 

"...What?" He blinked at him. 

"Don't tell me you forgot the deal!" Hinata exclaimed. "I got 11 kills that game, so I get an 11 second kiss, right?!"

"Oh, that," Crow hummed. "I was gonna wait until we got back, but if you wanna do it right now, fine," He extended his hand to the ginger, who eagerly took it and allowed himself to be pulled flush against Crow. And just like that, everyone gawked at them as the two boys kissed, Hinata's arms going around Crow's neck as Crow's arms gripped his hips. 

And sure enough, 11 seconds later, Crow broke the kiss and backed off, making Hinata whine. "You're such a tease!"

"You're the one who proposed the deal."

"No, Nishinoya-san did, and I said one kiss per kill!"

"Oh right, that was it," Crow made a face. "Woulda been too much work."

"My turn next!" Noya slid over and practically jumped on Crow. However, since he hadn't gotten the chance to set many times, he only got a four second kiss, which also had him whining as he clung onto the ravenette, who looked very done with life at that point. 

"I'll cash mine in later," Kageyama said, glancing at Crow almost shyly. At first, Crow just blinked at him, but then remembered that it was basically going to be a make out session with him from how many times he set and got a kill with them, along with the few times he got a service ace. 

"Same here," Tsukishima added with a smirk. "I'm not so desperate that I need to get reassurance right away, after all."

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Noya and Hinata snapped, only for Daichi to step in. 

"That's enough, we need to go load up."

"Oh yeah, Crow, did you want some of my snacks?"

"You know I do Asahi."

"Haha, here, let's go," The gentle giant handed over his leftover snacks, and Crow started happily munching on them as he and the third years led the way outside. As they were loading their things and getting ready to leave, Tanaka and Noya noticed that Hinata and Kageyama were staring daggers at the announcement board by the entrance to the building. 

"Hey, what're you doing?" Tanaka called over to them. "Hurry up and load your stuff onto the bus."

"What's the matter, you two?" Yachi went over to check it out, looking between them, then to what they were looking at. It was the announcement of the two finalists, Karasuno versus Shiratorizawa. 

It was clear the two first years were thinking about their next match, and who they were going to be playing against. Kageyama still remembered their interaction, how he hadn't taken them seriously, and especially as jealousy had reared its ugly head at watching Ushiwaka and Crow interact. 

Hinata didn't remember Ushiwaka and Crow interacting because he'd gotten knocked into a brick wall and knocked out, but he did know that the ace was competition. Now, Hinata had come to understand that Crow would never be one person's, but the ginger at least wanted to limit the pool of lovers to those that he knew and could somewhat stand. 

He could not stand Ushijima Wakatoshi, and he would make sure that the Shiratorizawa ace knew that Crow was theirs, not his. That, he swore.