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you were restless, to say you had travel anxiety was an understatement. anytime you were in a vehicle for long periods of time, your mind would wander to the most horrible place and right now, you were trying to fight those thoughts away.
yamaguchi eyed you nervously. "are you okay, y/n?" he asked you softly. "y/n?" he asked again, gently touching your side.
"huh?" you were pulled from your thoughts, you heart racing and body ever so slightly trembling. "i'm sorry, what was that?"
yamaguchi cleared his throat. "i asked if you were okay." he told you.
you shakily sighed, wringing your hands together. "yeah, i'm okay." you nodded weakly. "i just get pretty bad anxiety when i'm travelling." you explained.
yamaguchi nodded. "is- is there anything i can do?" he stumbled over his words, making you smile slightly.
"distract me?" you asked. "tell me about your training, how's that jump float serve coming along?"
yamaguchi smiled brightly before beginning to tell you all about it, how confident he was that it would be perfect just in time for the spring tournament.
you listened intently, to distract yourself and also because you were genuinely interested. a genuine smile made it's way to your face, watching yamaguchi's expression light up.
when the bus went over a particularly big speed bump, you instinctively yelped and grabbed for something to hold onto, which just so happened to be yamaguchi's hand.
his face flushed red, but that didn't stop him from returning the gentle hold on your hand. "hey, y/n." his voice brought you back down to earth. "it's okay, we're safe." he assured you, beginning to trace patterns into the back of your hand.
you stayed like that for the rest of the journey, hand in hand with yamaguchi as he continued to talk to you about anything and everything that came to mind.
even when the bus stopped and you disembarked, you were still holding hands and chatting.
"yamaguchi!" both of your heads perked up upon hearing tsuki calling for the boy to your right.
yamaguchi looked at you apologetically and painstakingly unlinked your hands. "i'll see you later." he told you before boldly, leaning over and kissing you on the cheek.
