Rabies

Family Pranks

  Another day, another practice. The qualifiers were just around the corner, and I was just about to beat the shit out of Kyōtani. We were like two dogs in an alley having a standoff in the middle of the gym. I don't even remember how this had happened, but I think I had snapped at the blond when I caught him looking at me funny, and it had escalated from there.

  I had been catching him giving me these weird glares more often lately, and it was pissing me off. Every time it made me think, 'What the fuck did I do this time?!' instead of the normal, 'The fuck you lookin' at?!' I got with anyone else.

  My hands were balled into fists at my sides as I saw his muscles twitching as he fought back the urge to lunge at me. Everyone was in the locker room changing, and Iwaizumi was more often than not the first one out. If he caught us fighting, he'd ban us from practice for a week again which wouldn't be a good thing with how close the official volleyball games were. Hell, we even had a practice match planned just a few days before the first game Aoba Johsai had.

  We didn't really need to shout insults at each other, we were doing it just fine with the growling and snarling and the glaring. It was in these times I noticed how sharp his teeth looked and just exactly how big the difference there was in height between us. He was just shy of six feet by one or two inches, and that was saying quite a bit even if a few of the other volleyball players actually were six foot or slightly taller.

  My nails dug into my palms as I fought back the desire to punch him, and I furiously debated on how long I'd be able to keep this up before I snapped completely and just initiated a fight even with the consequences dangling over my head. The blond growled louder, taking a step forward to try and intimidate me. Like Hell was I going to let him have dominance over me, I'd beat him into the ground before that happened.

  "Oi! You two better quit that now before I boot you both out!" Iwaizumi's voice echoed in the mostly empty gym, and Kyōtani clicked his tongue. The blond turned on his heel, shoving his hands into his pockets as he quickly walked away while hunching forward. I could vaguely hear him grumbling curses and growling, and I just watched him leave.

  It wasn't until he closed the door behind him that I realized I had actually been looking at his ass rather than his back. Weird....

~

  There was laughing- lots of it- and pointing, mainly from Shittykawa as I walked into the gym, changed out of my uniform, and ready to do whatever I had to do today. My eyebrow was twitching furiously as my irritation was obvious enough that a preschooler could pick up on it. The captain- fucking shit-head- was nearly falling over as he clutched his stomach and continued to point.

  "Y-Yamiko-chan! What-What happened?!" He asked between laughs, and I raised a hand, flipping him off. "Oh, my god! I have to get a picture of this!" He ran to his school bag and dug out his phone.

  "Don't you fucking dare, Shittykawa!" I snarled as Iwaizumi held the back of my shirt to keep me from pummeling the brunette.

  "But seriously, what happened?" The green-eyed male questioned.

  "And people call me Mad Dog." Kyōtani popped off, eyeing the dog collar on my throat.

  "Fuck off! I'm not wearing it because I want to!" Growling, I balled my hands into fists as the blond's amused look turned to a deep glare.

  "Oh~! You're in that type of relationship, Yamiko-chan~?" Shittykawa asked while raising his phone. "I never took you for the submissive type!" Shooting him a deadly glare, I silently dared him to take the picture. He'd regret it the second he pushed that button.

  "Fuck off! That's not what this is!" I snarled while grabbing the black collar and yanking on it. "One of the fuckers I live with super-glued the damn thing on while I was sleeping!" The silver, metal buckle in the front was permanently stuck, and the shit-face that had done it had messed with my alarm clock as well to where I'd be rushing in the morning due to being late, so I wouldn't notice and cut the damn thing off before leaving. When I had finally noticed it, I was plotting my revenge on the spot.

  "A prank!" Shittykawa laughed even more, turning away and shaking too much for him to take the picture. I felt a tug on the collar and shot a glare, seeing the blond looking down at it.
"The fuck are you doing?" He yanked on it as if testing out the material. "Hey!" I snarled, grabbing his wrist to pry him off.

  "Stay still." He growled and the room was silenced as he grabbed the collar in both hands. The silver name tag with 'Rabies' engraved on it clinked, and we were all curious as to what the fuck Kyōtani was doing. Furrowing my brows, I gave him a skeptical look before letting his wrist go. With both of his hands on the collar, the thing was digging into the back of my neck, but I ignored it since it seemed like he had an idea. If it was a good one or not, I hadn't the slightest.

  Then, he began to pull his hands apart, and I heard a slow, ripping noise fill the silence. The next thing I knew, he was holding the collar in one hand as it fell off my neck. Now, the material the collar had been made of was nothing to laugh at since it had been made for big dogs, but he had literally ripped it off with little to no trouble at all. As he walked away, only one thing crossed my mind.

  'Holy fuck, he's strong....' I thought as Kyōtani tossed the collar into the trashcan, and practice continued as Shittykawa whined about missing out on a picture. Though, I did notice how the blond spiker seemed a little more pissed off than usual.

~

  As revenge, I covered their floor with set mouse traps and filled their underwear drawer with itching powder. To say I was pleased when I heard the screaming and clapping traps the following morning wouldn't be a lie. Nor would it be if I said my mood wasn't lifted when I saw the fucker scratching himself in inappropriate areas due to the powder.

  Too bad I didn't have a camera or go to the same school as the ass-hat since that would have been a blast to see.