Blocking My Heart (Kei Tsukishima X Reader)

Speculations

It was finally time for lunch and ___ was excited. 'Finally! I'll get to eat the lunch that dad packed!' Yamaguchi entered the classroom and walked up to her and Tsukkishima. "Do you guys wanna eat outside like we normally do?" He asked. ___ nodded. "What about you Tsukki?" "That's fine with me," Tsukkishima said as he put his things into his backpack. The trio walked out of class and down the hallways, finally arriving at the gym. They sat down on the steps.

"Finally! Lunch time!" She cheered. "What are you so excited about?" Yamaguchi asked. "Got something good for lunch?" "Well, I haven't exactly checked yet, but I have a feeling it's leftovers from yesterday." She said excitedly as she pulled her lunchbox out of her bag. She slowly opened it. "Yes!" She cheered. "It is leftovers from yesterday!" She grabbed her chopsticks and popped a slice of the frank into her mouth. "Mmm! So good! My dad really is the flame master!" Tsukkishima and Yamaguchi laughed as they ate their lunches.

"So do you guys know what you're doing for practice tonight?" ___ asked. "Not a clue," Yamaguchi said. "Tsukki?" "I have no idea either," he said as he took a bite of his onigiri. "Hopefully it's something interesting." ___ said as she continued to eat her lunch. "Coach seems to be on a practice game kick lately, so maybe it'll be another one?" She suggested. "That or receiving drills," Tsukkishima said. "It's been awhile since we've done those." "He wants us to focus on total defense for nationals," Yamaguchi added. "Total defense.. That sounds kind of badass!" She said.

"It'll be really helpful," Tsukkishima said. "We have a pretty strong offense with Hinata and Kageyama's quick attack and Asahi's powerful spikes already, not to mention Tanaka's skills too, so balancing our strategies between offence and defense would be extremely beneficial." 

"I'll bet two of dad's hamburgers saying that there's another practice game today." ___ said chewing her franks. "I'll bet three onigiri that it's serving drills," Yamaguchi said chewing his food. "Two kebabs saying it's receiving drills." Tsukkishima said. "You guys are on!" ___ said as she worked on finishing her lunch. "These are all great speculations. May the best man win." "Or woman," Yamaguchi said. "Oh, right.." ___ laughed. "Sometimes I just feel like one of the guys."

"You're too pretty to be a guy," Tsukkishima said. "What?" ___ said nearly dropping her rice ball. "Nevermind!" Tsukkishima quickly said blushing intensely. Yamaguchi laughed. "Anyways, this is a fun bet. The stakes are high with ___'s father's cooking on the line." "You're not wrong.." ___ said swallowing. "He is the self proclaimed flame master after all.." "I don't know about just being self proclaimed.." Yamaguchi said. "I think he earned the title fair and square." Tsukkishima added. "He loves fire and he tames it perfectly," Yamaguchi said. "Yeah, I guess you're right.." ___ said as she finished her lunch. "I'll give him that."

Yamaguchi and Tsukkishima quickly finished their lunches as well and the lunch bell rang. "Well, shall we get back to class?" Yamaguchi asked. "We should hurry," Tsukkishima said. "We have that English test right after this." Yamaguchi groaned. "Don't remind me.." he said. "I suck at vocabulary.." "You and Hinata.." ___ said laughing. "How did you know Hinata sucks at vocabulary?" Tsukkishima asked. "He asked me to help him study the other day," ___ said as she closed her lunchbox. "He really does suck." "At least you don't suck as bad as Hinata," Tsukkishima said grabbing his bag, placing his lunchbox inside.

The three stood up and began walking. "You're not wrong," Yamaguchi said. "Hinata isn't the best with his studies." "That's why I'm helping him." ___ said. "Coach would absolutely lose it if he flunked any of his spring finals." "That's nice of you to help him," Yamaguchi said. "Yeah, well I figured I might as well since you guys don't want to help him." ___ said laughing. "Someone aught to." "He just slows us down." Tsukkishima said. "Well, he is bad.." ___ admitted. "But that's exactly why he needs the help."

"Thanks for helping him," Yamaguchi said. "Tsukki refuses to, so it's nice that you're doing it." "Need I remind you that I tried helping him?" Tsukkishima said. "It's not my fault he doesn't get it." "Tsukki.. that's mean.." ___ said. "Not everyone is as smart as us.." "Well, this is my stop," Yamaguchi said hanging in the doorway of his classroom. "I'll see you guys at practice." "See ya!" ___ said with a wave. "Bye." Tsukkishima said. They continued walking.

___ and Tsukkishima arrived at their classroom and entered, taking a seat. ___ set her bag down and began grabbing her things out of it. "Hey Tsukki, you wanna go over some vocabulary?" ___ asked. "What for?" Tsukkishima asked. "You know we both got this in the bag." "Just in case," ___ said. "We might as well." "Fine.." Tsukkishima said. ___ grabbed her flash cards. "Alright, let's do this!" She said. She held up a card. "Definition?" She asked. "Altruistic. Adjective. Meaning: Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the the well-being of others. Next." Tsukkishima said. "Perfect." ___ said. She flipped to the next card. "Contaminated." "Contaminated. "Adjective. Having been made impure by.." 

Just then the bell rang. "Well, I guess that's that." ___ said putting her flashcards away. Just then the teacher entered the classroom. "Alright class, It's time for your English test. Everyone take out your pencils and I will begin passing out the tests. Everyone keep your tests face down until I say to flip them." He began to pass out the tests before returning to the front of the classroom. "You may begin." He said, and ___ flipped her test. ___ was lost in thought. 'I'm still feeling confident,' she thought. 'I'm going to do it. I'm going to confess to him tonight after practice.' And with that thought she began her test. 'I have to.'