Strategize: Haikyuu Fanfic

Chapter 66: Decent Impression

Oh boy.

There was an unpleasant sensation in the back of his throat, as if the words clogged themselves up, unable to let them flow out.

He remembered his brother talking about first impressions and how imperative it is to leave a good one on others...especially if it's your girlfriend's older brother. Akiteru mostly spoke from experience, due to the unpleasant times he had to deal with his (now) ex-girlfriend's siblings. Though after meeting with Ryuuji, he reassured him that he's a pretty cool guy, mostly because they get to talk about their interests (volleyball) and due to the fact that they share the same position: middle blocker...so his opinion of Ryuuji might be a little biased.

Tsukishima had given thought about how he would win over her brother before, actually. Though he's not going to suck up and shower her brother with empty compliments or whatnot, he did intend on putting his rudeness and his snarky remarks to a limit.He still needs to leave at least a decent impression on him.

And there he is: pinning Ayame down on the floor with a mocking smirk - which probably looked like a malicious grin to her brother, like a predator about to devour its prey. It makes it worse that Tsukishima is way taller and bulkier in build, in comparison to the petite girl. Surprisingly, she didn't look flustered at all. Her expression remained blank, but her eyebrows raised slightly in surprise to see her brother drop by.

She pulled herself up from the floor then straightened the wrinkles on her sweater. "Ryu-nii, what brings you here...?"

As she held her hand out to help Tsukishima off the floor, her brother rushed over and stood protectively in front of her, giving him an eerie smile at the poor blonde, which oddly reminds him of Tanaka's intimidation face.

"What were you doing to my lil sis?" He asked, his mouth twitching to a small grin. As expected, Ayame can't quite comprehend the undertone in his voice. You need to be really blunt in talking about sexual intercourse in order for her to understand because of her lack of knowledge of the slang language. Unfortunately for Tsukishima, she's not going to be able to help explain the situation for him.

Tsukishima gulped in hopes to get rid of the clogging in his throat.

"Er... It's - It's not what you think." Tsukishima tried his best to remain calm as he tried to explain his actions, though a small part of him felt a bit uneasy and slightly flustered. To his surprise, her brother's creepy expression wavered and started cackling, making the him raise an eyebrow at Ryuuji.

"Jesus Christ...Your face was priceless...!" He wheezed out. "Don't fret, Tsukishima, I know Aya-tan too well that she won't do those kinds of things." Pausing, he smirked in a teasing manner, "...And if it is what it looked like, just remember to use the bed. Floors can be quite uncomfortable, don't you think~?"

It baffles him how he could just joke about his fifteen year old little sister in such a manner, making his ears grow hot. I guess the teasing runs in the family... Though he let out a small sigh of relief at Ryuuji's easy going attitude.

Despite his cockiness and his tendency to tease her about those subjects, he simply can't bring himself to imagine doing such obscene actions to her. He'll let the future Tsukishima handle it if it ever comes up. The closest thing he could get when (unconsciously) thinking about perverted things about her was that one time she had to strip off her shirt in his own room when he was sick, revealing the pink-laced bra. Up until now that image of her gnaws on the back of his mind at times, never failing to make his glasses fog up.

"What's in the bag?" Ayame questioned, glancing at the bag (more like a suitcase really). Ryuuji's eyes lit up as he unlatched the suitcase and with great care, he lifted up a high end kimono with an elegant floral pattern that ranges from different pastel hues. In a glance, you can tell that it was a lavish design, meticulously stitched by the finest tailors. He beamed brightly at his little sister.