Love at First Sight

22

You wake up, feeling something holding you in place. You look around, eventually spotting a familiar head of sandy blond hair. "Morisuke, wake up."

He groans, squeezing you tighter. "No. I'm content like this."

"I have to leave soon."

His head shoots up, seemingly wide awake. "No! Stay here for a few hours."

"I need to get home and make food for my siblings." You try removing his arms.

Morisuke buries his head into your chest, voice pleading. "Please don't go. It's still storming, isn't it?"

You manage to wiggle out of his grasp, moving over to the window. "It's still raining. But I think it'll be fine for me to get back home."

He sits up, rubbing his eyes. A deep frown settles on his face. "Just stay until it clears up. If you walk in rain, you might get sick."

You smile at him. "I'll be fine. Trains should be running, and I can always call a taxi if I need to. Let me just get my clothes from the dryer, and I can get ready to go."

The libero gets up, following you around. "At least stay for breakfast."

"Lev wakes up late, but not late enough for me to take my time here. I really need to get going, Morisuke." You grab your clothes out of the dryer, heading back into the libero's room.

He continues following you, watching your every move. "Seriously, just stay here."

"Shit! We have school! I need to hurry back home to get my uniform!" You quickly change, not caring that you were being watched.

"We have several hours before we need to get to school, even for morning practice. You can stay for a little."

You shake your head, grabbing all of your things. "No. I really need to go, Morisuke. Sorry." You kiss his cheek, running to the front door.

Morisuke is right on your heels, catching his breath as you put your shoes on. "Are you sure you can't stay for a quick breakfast or something?"

You look into his eyes. "I really need to go. I'll see you later." You give him a quick hug before leaving the house. It was still pretty dark out, being at least an hour or two before the sun comes up. You manage to get a taxi to take you home.

***

"Sis! Never spend the night somewhere else again!" Lev whines as you two make your way to the school.

"It wasn't planned. I couldn't help it. At least I got home early enough to make breakfast and lunches for everyone. And I managed to get ready for school early." You yawn. You barely slept last night, and you woke up really early this morning. You were quite tired.

Your brother pouts. "Alisa could've driven the car to get you. You didn't have to stay at Yaku-san's place."

You look at the ground, embarrassed that you obviously chose to leave that detail out when making plans to stay the night at the Yaku residence. Truth be told, you just wanted a chance to sleep in the same bed as Yaku all night. "I forgot about that. But I think I made the right choice. I would've felt bad if Alisa had to drive in that storm."

"She would've done it. We had to figure out dinner by ourselves and neither of us know how to cook!"

"Weren'r there leftovers?"

The silver haired boy frowns. "Well, yeah. But we struggled to agree on dinner."

You roll your eyes. "Sorry. I won't be spending the night anywhere else again. Maybe Morisuke can spend the night at our house."

His eyes widened. "No way! He's too scary to have at our house for more than a few hours!" He pauses. "Wait, did you call Yaku-san by his first name?"

You feel heat rush to your face. "Uh, well -"

"Are you and Yaku-san really that close?"

"About that, Levochka... I need to tell you something important." You stare at the ground, not daring to look at him.

Lev tipped his head to one side. "What is it, sis?"

You take a deep breath. "I really like Morisuke. A lot. I - I wanna get into a relationship with him."

The middle blocker stops in his tracks, staring at you with disbelief written all over his face. "You like Yaku-san?"

You nod, pausing in your steps so he can catch up. "I do. I've liked him for a while, but I didn't know how to tell you."

Your brother gets back to your side, walking with you. "Why Yaku-san? Out of everyone on the team, why him? He's literally the meanest person and he hits some of us when he gets angry! I would've been fine with anyone else, but Yaku-san?! No way! I won't believe this! There's no way you can possibly like someone like him!"

"Lev, I really do like him. And when I was out his house -"

"WHAT?! What could've possibly happened at his house?!" His face contorts with rage.

You sigh, wishing he was calmer about this. "I fell for him more. We just cuddled and watched TV. I got to meet his family and I felt welcomed there. Morisuke's actually a really nice person. I think you just need to get to know him a little better."

"No!" Lev shakes his head, becoming even more bothered by this. "You can't like Yaku-san! You just can't! I don't accept this!"

Your face contorts in annoyance. "Lev! Knock it off! You're acting like a brat! It's my life and you don't get a say in it! Stop being a spoiled child and let your big sister live her life the way she wants it!"

"Wow. Did we just witness our manager yell at Lev?" Kuroo's voice sounds from a little bit away.

You turn, seeing the rest of the team (including the boy you left this morning). "It's none of your business." You glare at the captain, warning the others to not even ask about it.

Even Yaku was intimidated, never seeing this side of you before. "Are you feeling alright, Y/n?"

You turn away. "My brother was being annoying. He refuses to allow me to do things my way." You walk off, trying to calm yourself down before you say or do something you'll regret.

Lev feels energy drain from him. "That's the first time she's ever got mad at me. She's never yelled before."

Yaku watches you disappear from sight. 'Just what did she say to him to start this?'