The King Fell and Needs Help Getting Up

Chapter 13

When Tobio wakes up, still wrapped in Kei's arms and it makes him smile. He just watches the blond who is still silently sleeping, the soft smile Kei loves on his face. When he hears a knock on the door he turns his head, sitting up, and waiting to see if whoever it is says anything. It opens to reveal Akiteru who shyly smiles at Tobio.

"Breakfast is ready if you want to wake him and come down." He says and Tobio smiles.

"Thank you Akiteru-san, we'll be down in a minute." He replies and the older Tsukishima leaves the room, closing the door behind him.

Tobio then begins to shake the blond, whose arms he is wrapped in, awake.

"Mm... stop..." the setter hears the middle blocker whines.

"C'mon... wake up... breakfast is ready."

"Can't you starve a little longer...? I need to sleep more..." he grumbles and tries to pull Tobio back under the blankets.

"Hey, aren't you the one who's worried about my eating habits? C'mon, let's just go." Tobio says and tries to climb out of the bed again. Kei groans and reaches up higher, around Tobio's chest and pulls him back in, pressed against his chest.

Tobio blushes and freezes, shocked from the suddenness.

"Can't you tell your highness? I don't really want to sleep more, I want something else."

"Huh? What does that mean? It's day time, I won't do anything rated R."

"Uh... that's not what I meant. Y'know what, just get changed... No more of me being nice." Kei says and let's go.

"Huh? No, what? I don't know what's going on..." Tobio says looking at him confused with twinkling eyes and a pout (🥺).

"... just stop looking at me like that and be quiet." The blond says and shoves the setter's face into his chest. Both silent and blushing. Kei stares at the door leading to the hall. Focused on the outside in the hall, in case someone came to get them.

Meanwhile, Tobio was internally panicking, not in a bad way, but he couldn't think straight. Not when he was pressed against the taller boy's bare chest, wrapped in his long arms.

"U-uh... Tsukishima...."

"Quiet king..." he hears from above him and so he closes his mouth. After a few minutes, Kei looks down.

"Hey, kiss me." He says and smiles when he sees the bright red face of the boy wrapped in his arms.

"Uh!!"

"You did it last night, what? To shy to do it again?" Kei teases, smirking as Tobio's face scrunches. He is quickly kissed before his neck is used as a place for the younger to hide his face.

"C'mon your highness, let's go feed you so your stomach doesn't yell at me." He says and sits them both up. Kageyama's straddling his lap, Kei's hands tracing the marks on the smaller's back. Kageyama relaxes at the soft touches and neither of them goes to get dressed. Just relaxing in each other's embrace, that is until there's a loud grumble from the raven's stomach.

"It seems I'm too late... it's already mad. We better hurry and make it happy." Kei says and lets Kageyama go, crawling out from underneath him to get changed into proper clothes. Tobio does the same, putting on the clothes Akiteru has been lending him.  They were simple, just solid coloured t-shirts and sweatpants, a couple of pairs of jeans, a few long sleeves and hoodies. They bought him his own underwear and socks because no one wants to share those. Once both boys were dressed in loungewear, they head downstairs to where Akiteru is helping his parents set the table.

"Ah! You guys came down all on your own! I thought I was going to have to send Akiteru to fetch you! Breakfast just got done cooking, so sit down.

"I thought it was already ready..?" Kei asks his brother who smiles.

"I just came to tell you guys early so you'd be down in time." He says with a bright smile. The younger brother glares at the older one before sitting down beside the clueless boy the family has practically adopted.

"I made lots of eggs since I know those are your favourite Tobio-kun," Hotaru says and Takeshi looks at him with a smile.

"They're my favourite too." He says and Tobio gives a small, shy smile back.

"So, you ready to go back to school To-Kun?" Akiteru asked.

"I guess... but it'll be a bit weird returning after so long..." he says.

"Yeah, you're not going to be sleeping in anymore. You won't be back to playing volleyball but I'll allow you to watch." Kei says

"... that's not fair... I'm practically healed, I can play." Tobio complains and Kei shakes his head.

"Practically healed and healed are different things, you should know to take care of your body better."

"I just want to play..." Kageyama grumbles and pouts, the cute one that Kei has a hard time resisting but has yet to give into.

"Yeah, well then, get fully healed then you can play all you like."

"Whatever... but you gotta make it up to me for not letting me play..." he says.

"I don't but fine, you don't have to study after practice."

"Heh, you guys get along so well! I can't believe you guys ever disliked each other." Hotaru says and smiles fondly at them. They both look at her, surprise evident on their faces.

"Well, I mean... we've been spending so much time together, it was bound to make us get along better," Kei says and shrugs light, slightly dismissive of his mother's statement.

"Well, I'm glad. Now, eat up! We're going to the mall to pick out things for Tobio-kun." she says and everyone says thanks before digging into the spread of food. Tobio puts a couple of eggs and a small scoop of rice on his plate with his bowl of miso soup before Kei adds more eggs and rice, adding some of the roasted tuna and some of the pickled vegetables.

"You know to eat more than that." He says and Tobio nods before eating what the blond put on his plate. Tobio is thankful for Kei, without him... Tobio is sure he wouldn't be happy like he is beginning to feel.