Blocking My Heart (Kei Tsukishima X Reader)

Welcome Back

It was Monday morning and class was just about to start. It was ___'s first day back in town after moving away at the end of grade school and she was attending Karasuno High School. She waited in the hallway before the teacher finally brought her in to introduce herself. "Class, today we have a new transfer student. Please meet ___ ___." ___ wrote her name on the chalkboard and bowed. "My name is ___ ___, but please, just call me ___. I just moved back to Japan from living overseas and it's a pleasure to meet you all!" She said happily.

"Woah, she's pretty hot!" Some boy whispered, "Think if I asked her out she'd say yes?" "No way man! She's totally out of you're league!" "Wow! She's so pretty!" another girl whispered, "I bet she's half American, just look at her skin!" "I'd tap that," another boy whispered. "Yeah, you wish!"

"Alright class, settle down. ___ you can take a seat over there next to Tsukkishima," the teacher said pointing. 'Tsukkishima?' She thought. 'My Tsukkishima?!' She looked over. 'It IS my Tsukkishima!' She yelled out. "Hey Tsukkishima! Miss me?" "The new girl knows Tsukkishima?" Somebody whispered, "No way! Why would someone so hot talk to a guy like him! It must be some mistake.."

"Heya Tsukki! Or should I say Kei?" ___ asked taking her seat next to him. "Don't call me that." Tsukkishima said sharply. "Why not? I love your name! Kei.. Kei.. It has a nice ring to it. Way better than boring old ___." "I said don't call me that!" Tsukkishima said once again. "Just because we went to the same school before doesn't make us friends." "But we used to play together all the time when we were kids! You, me, and Yamaguchi.. Why is it any different now? I'm back! To stay this time!" "It just.. is, okay? Now shh! Class is about to start." "Fine, fine.. I'll be quiet for now, ya big nerd. You could at least welcome me back you know.." "Tsk.." 

'How did things change?' ___ thought. 'We used to be so close..' 

She recounted the first time they had met.

It was ___'s first day in elementary school after moving to Japan and she was playing on the playground alone when a group of her classmates came up to her. "Look, it's the weird half-American girl playing all by herself!" One boy sneered. "I bet she doesn't even speak Japanese!" "Yeah, I bet she's stupid! She's American after all!" The other boy sneered. The third boy pushed her to her knees. "Go back to America! We don't want you here!" He said as he kicked sand at her.

"I-I can speak Japanese just fine," ___ said holding back tears. "Please just leave me alone.." "And why should we do that?" The first boy sneered. "We just wanna 'play' with you for a bit is all." He kicked some more sand on her. "Please stop," she whispered. "What? I can't hear you!" The second boy said kicking some sand.

"She said stop." another boy said. She looked up. There was a tall boy standing there looking menacingly down on them. Another shorter boy was standing behind him. "Or what?" the third boy said staring up at him. "Or I'll have to do something about it." The taller boy said. "L-Lets get out of here," the first boy said. "Y-Yeah, she isn't worth our time." the second boy said. The third boy ran after them.

The shorter boy stepped out from behind the taller boy and held out his hand to her to help her up. She gladly took it, standing up with his help as she dusted the sand off of her skirt. "Thank you for saving me," She said to the taller boy. "Don't mention it." He said. "My name's Yamaguchi, and this is Tsukki!" The shorter boy said. "Do you wanna be friends?"

 "Sure thing!" ___ said happily. "It's nice to meet you Yamaguchi! You too Tsukki!" She said as she held out her hand. "It's Tsukkishima, not Tsukki," the taller boy corrected her. "Oh I see!" She smiled. "Then Tsukki is just your nickname. I'll call you Tsukki then!" Tsukkishima scoffed. "My name's ___! I just moved here from America!"

Yamaguchi shook her hand. "Nice to meet you ___! Wow, you're so pretty! Your skin is so pale!" He said. He let go of her hand. "Hehe, thanks!" ___ giggled. She then held out her hand to Tsukki. Tsukki just stared at her. "Go on Tsukki, shake her hand." Yamaguchi said nudging him. "I won't bite, promise." ___ said sticking her hand out further.

Tsukkishima reluctantly took her hand and gave it a small shake before letting it go and wiping his hand on his pants. "Nice to meet you," he mumbled. "Tsukki is a great guy, he's just a little shy," Yamaguchi said smiling. "I'm sure you two will get along together in no time!" "I can't wait!" ___ said happily. "I wanna be friends with a hero like Tsukki who saves people on the playground!" "It's Tsukkishima," he muttered blushing. "I know," ___ said giggling. "But Tsukki is so much cuter!"

Day after day, the three would play together and talk until eventually all of them became great friends. Despite all odds, they became best friends at that, and she became especially close to Tsukkishima, until one day, something happened..