The Sun and Moon in Tokyo

9: Envy

Tsukishima and Hinata took their time getting cleaned up after their surprise tryst. Tsukishima even made Hinata take off his yukata so he could press it because, as he predicted, it was all wrinkled. (Hinata tried to argue that this was because someone had dragged him to the floor without any regard to the well-being of his garment; Tsukishima simply snorted in response.)

It was nearly 5:00 by the time the two arrived at the festival, dressed once more in their respective yukatas. Tsukishima watched Hinata's eyes sparkle as the redhead tried to take everything in at once. Like any traditional Japanese festival, the streets were decorated elaborately, with streamers and hanging lanterns crisscrossing over the entire event. Countless booths lined the streets, each advertising what they had for sale. Most of the people present were dressed in the traditional yukata, though each one was different from the other; it was as if the boys were adrift in a storm of multi-colored snowflakes. "Woahhh", Hinata marvelled, "amazing! Look at all the food!". Tsukki took Hinata's hand in his and continued walking slowly. "There's also games", the blonde said. "Games?!", exclaimed Hinata, "What kind of games?!". Tsukki laughed. "You know-- festival games. Like, catching goldfish or knocking over bottles with a baseball." "Baseball?!", Hinata repeated excitedly. Tsukki looked back to Hinata, who was trying to take everything in all at once. "Why do I get the feeling that you only listened to half of my sentence?", he asked plainly. There was once a time where the tall blonde would've been annoyed with Hinata's short attention span and inability to do more than one thing at a time, but now he found that these traits were beyond endearing. He secretly hoped that he would never stop adoring every little quirk the redhead had.

"Tsukki!", Hinata finally exclaimed, breaking Tsukishima's train of thought, "What do you want to do first?!" Tsukki smiled softly. "Whatever makes you happiest, my love." Hinata grinned as he looped his arm in Tsukishima's. "Well, is there anything you want to do?", he asked, looking up earnestly at the taller boy. Tsukishima felt a light blush overtake his face. "W- well", he said, looking away and adjusting the collar of his garment with his free hand, "There's gonna be fireworks at 7:30 tonight, right after the sun sets. I'd like to see them, and if we could find a good spot, that'd be nice." Hinata was practically vibrating from excitement. "Can we get sparklers, too?!", Hinata asked excitedly. Tsukishima laughed. "Yes, of course. That sounds like fun." Tsukki pulled out his phone from where it was tucked carefully into his sash. "It's just after 5, so we've got like, two hours until we should start looking for a place to watch the fireworks. Until then-- you lead and I'll follow."

The two boys wandered through the streets of the festival, sampling food and playing as many games as possible. Tsukishima preferred to watch his boyfriend play the various games, whether it was trying to catch goldfish, pop a balloon, or shoot down bottles, but Hinata had more fun when Tsukki joined him. This resulted in Tsukki half-playing while ogling the redhead who was playing with everything he had.

"Keiiii", Hinata whined after winning his fifth consecutive game, "you have to at least tryyyyy!" Tsukishima rolled his eyes and shook his head. "I am trying, Shrimp. You're just better than me." Hinata frowned. "Not true!", he replied, "You're just not trying." Tsukki shrugged. "If that's what you want to think, that's fine by me", he said dismissively.

The two had been steadily walking down the main road when Hinata went quiet. After a long silence, he turned to Tsukshima. "Kei?", he asked quietly as he gripped the blonde's elongated sleeve. "Yes?", Tsukki responded, curious as to the sudden change in the redhead's disposition. "I really want those octopus balls we first tried when we got here... can you go get them for me?" Tsukishima scrunched his face. "Really?", he sighed, "You expect me to walk all the way down the street just for some octopus balls? I'm sure another stand has to have them...". Hinata shook his head. "Just-- please, Kei? I really, really liked those octopus balls...", the redhead begged. "Ugh- fine ", Tsukishima relented, "But you'd better stay put! If you move and I lose you, I'm going back to the hotel without you. " Hinata bit his lip and nodded. He looked around before smiling. "I'll meet you back on that bench!", Hinata exclaimed, pointing to a bench situated down a tree-lined path off the main road. Tsukishima nodded before turning around to go run the errand requested of him. "So annoying...", he sighed as he trudged back to the festival's entrance.