Short Stuff [HAIKYUU: Tsukishima Kei x OC Fanfic] [Rewriting]

Chapter 4 - Nightmares and Boxer Shorts

Tsukishima's POV

"Tsukishima-kun," Akira said as she dried out her hair with the towel I lent her. "Your phone is ringing."

I had just gotten out of a quick shower when I got out of the bathroom. Akira immediately looked away since I only had my shorts on. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my phone from the table. It was Shimizu-san.

"Hello?" I asked as I answered the call.

"If you touch or hurt Akira, I will personally hurt you with my bare hands."

"What are you talking about?" I asked, running my hand through my hair. "Why the hell would I do that? What kind of person do you take me for anyways?"

"What's going on?" Akira asked, looking at me skeptically as I spoke. I shook my head and waved her off. She shrugged and kept drying her hair, dripping wet from the rain.

"Right," Shimizu-san said, letting out a sigh. "I panicked, sorry. She usually doesn't communicate well with guys, plus I'm just worried... Anyways, thank you for letting her have dinner with you."

I let out a sigh as well, massaging my temples. I never heard her sound this unhinged and bothered.

"Tsukishima-kun, can I asked another favour?"

"I suppose."

"Akira-chan has uhh... sleeping problems," she said.

"Oh, right. The nurse told me the same thing earlier."

"Could you watch over her? Just for tonight? She told me a while ago that your mom insisted that she sleep over at your place because of the thunderstorm. I don't trust her enough to let her sleep alone when she's sick either. She usually gets nightmares and freaks out in her sleep. Sometimes she just bolts to the bathroom and stays there for so long or just freezes and it's really hard to calm her down."

"I'll take care of her," I said, wondering to myself as I watched Akira casually run her hands through her hair. Nightmares? Bathroom?

"Thank you," senpai said.

She hung up after that.

I walked to my drawer and threw a shirt and some shorts at Akira. She caught them and stared at them as a blush slowly crept up to her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"My uhh...." she muttered.

"Just spit it out."

"My u-under... soaked... uhh...." she was stuttering and eating her words, completely flustered. I think I got the message though.

Crap, what do I do?

"Uhh, here."

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Akira's POV

Boxer shorts...

What in the heavens have I gotten into? What the hell am I supposes to do with these??

"Thanks," I said anyways, trying not to sound too.. insane? This is insane. This whole situation is insane, and I'm just sitting here, holding his... Ugh.

"You look like a tomato," the giant followed, holding a hand to his mouth, trying not to let a laugh escape. "Stop being so flustered and go take a quick bath or you'll catch a cold. You're sick enough already. And besides, they're just shorts."

I headed for the bathroom with a sigh, holding the othes and towel that the giant lent me. A quick warm shower had calmed me down a little, until a sneeze suddenly escaped my mouth. My nose was stuffy and I was feeling a little light headed.