Blocking My Heart (Kei Tsukishima X Reader)

Secrets Yamaguchi Knows

She was back now, just like she had promised, but it's like she didn't even know Tsukki anymore. 'I wonder if Yamaguchi goes here too then,' she thought. 'Maybe I'll look for him at lunch. For now, I'll focus on class.'

Time flew by as she focused on her studies, and before she knew it, it was lunch. And her question? It had been answered.

"Hey Tsukki! Are you ready to go?! Let's go eat lunch!" Yamaguchi yelled from the doorway. "Yamaguchi?" ___ turned to Tsukki before turning towards the door. "Yamaguchi!" She yelled jumping to her feet and running towards the door. "___?!" Yamaguchi yelled in surprise.

She jumped into his arms and he spun her around. "___! What are you doing here?! Look at you! You're all grown up now!" "So are you!" She said smiling, ruffling his hair. "You're tall now! I remember you used to be the same height as me!" "Yeah, I kinda shot up in middle school," he laughed, "But look at you! Why are you here?!" He asked. "I just transferred here today! I moved back to Japan this weekend! I'm here to stay permanently this time!" She cheered.

"So you already saw Tsukki then, huh?" Yamaguchi asked looking behind her at Tsukkishima, who was still sitting at his desk with headphones in. "Yeah, I got assigned the seat right next to him, but he doesn't seem happy that I'm back.." she frowned. "I tried talking to him, but he just kinda shut me down.." "Oh, I'm sure that's just Tsukki being Tsukki. I'm sure he'll be back to normal in no time." Yamaguchi walked over to Tsukkishima and poked him in the shoulder.

"Hey Tsukki! ___'s back! Aren't you happy?!" "Go away." Tsukkishima muttered. "Aww, come on! Don't be like that!" Yamaguchi said. "Let's all go eat lunch together, we can catch up!" "I'm not hungry.." Tsukkishima muttered. "Come on Tsukki! You know what Coach would say if you skipped lunch! He'd eat you alive!" "Fine.." Tsukkishima muttered grabbing his things. "Let's go."

"Coach?" ___ asked. "Oh yeah, you weren't here for that! Me and Tsukki kinda took up volleyball together in middle school and we've been playing ever since!" "Even with.. what happened with his brother?" ___ asked. "At first, it was nothing more than a game to him, but now he's gotten pretty serious about it! Guess what! Our team made it to nationals!" "No freaking way!" ___ cheered. "Congratulations!" ___ yelled patting him on the back. "I played a bit of volleyball in middle school myself actually, but our team wasn't any good. It's really hard to even make it to state in volleyball in America, little alone nationals.." ___ sighed.

"Oh really? Well America is so big anyways, it kinda makes sense that it'd be super difficult." "Yeah, my school was really small and we didn't even have a proper court. By the time we got to play on a proper court, our year was over before we knew it. We got beat, bad." "That kinda sounds like Hinata's backstory a bit." Yamaguchi said as they kept walking. "Hinata?" She asked. "Oh, Hinata is a member of our volleyball team. He's a first year like us." "Oh, I see." ___ said. "Hey, you should come to practice tonight and watch us play!" Yamaguchi suggested.

"Really?! Can I?!" "Sure thing!" Yamaguchi said. "I can introduce you to everyone!" "Sounds great!" ___ said. "I'm just a pinch server though," Yamaguchi said scratching the back of his neck. "Tsukkishima is the one you're gonna wanna watch." "What position does he play?" ___ asked. "Wanna take a guess?" "Middle blocker." ___ guessed without hesitation. "Bingo!" Yamaguchi said. "It just seems like it'd be his thing, crushing the dreams of spikers with intimidation and height." ___ said giggling. "Well, you're not wrong." Yamaguchi laughed.

"Wanna eat lunch outside?" Yamaguchi asked nudging Tsukkishima. "Sure." He said. They continued walking outside and sat down infront of the gym. "What's this gym for?" ___ asked. "This is the boys' volleyball gym." Yamaguchi said sitting down. "Wow! A whole gym just for you guys!" ___ gasped. "That's so cool! In my school all the sports teams had to share one crappy gym. We couldn't even practice everyday because we had to divide up the time with the basketball teams." "Yeah, she's all ours." Yamaguchi said patting the wall. "Just wait until you see the inside!"