A Haikyuu! AU

Chapter 6: Tanaka's POV

It was the day of the party and I was totally riled up. Terushima always had the best parties because his parents were rarely home so he didn't have to worry about making a mess. Saeko had agreed to drive Noya, Kageyama, and I to the party under the condition that I did all her chores for 2 weeks, which wasn't exactly a fair trade, but I was desperate. I walked to school and everything seemed to go by in a flash. One could say that it's probably because I slept through all my classes, but I'll pretend like it's because I'm excited for tonight. 

Eventually, practice came and we played a few 6 on 6 matches, that way everybody got playing time. As practice was coming to a close Daichi ended with his normal pep talk, encouraging us to keep practicing and letting us know how much improvement he saw. He was just about to let us go to the locker rooms when our gentle giant, Asahi, raised his hand. A puzzled look crossed our captain's face. "Yes, Asahi?"

"I- I have an announcement I'd like to make." The boy with the man-bun stuttered. I looked over to Nishinoya with a confused expression, asking him silently if he knew what was going on. Noya just shrugged and shook his head. If Noya doesn't know what Asahi is about to say, nobody does. He's closest to Noya. I thought to myself. I quickly reverted my attention back to the stuttering and blushing mess that was Asahi Azumane. 

"S- so, I took some time to think a-about this. And I decided there is something that I w-wanna tell you guys." He looked around for a bit, still not saying anything. Finally, his eyes landed on Noya and it seemed to give him more confidence. "Yū and I are dating." He blurted out in one breath as he turned around and covered his hands in his face. I looked over at my best friend, who was bouncing up and down energetically.

"Asahi! You told them! I'm so proud of you!" He jumped up from off the floor and bounded over to his boyfriend and jumped on his back. Noya gave the taller boy a kiss on the cheek before turning to the other boys. "That's okay, right?"

Daichi nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! Of course. I'm glad you were able to find the confidence to come out to us and we all support you."

Choruses of, "yea," and "congratulations," rang out from the team and I jumped up and ran over to my best friend. 

I shook Noya's shoulders. "Bro! Why didn't you tell me? I am hurt, offended, and attacked." I say in a joking and sarcastic tone. While I may have sounded joking, I wasn't actually. It hurt that he hadn't even trusted me enough to tell me when he was dating someone. I was supposed to be his best friend, didn't that mean anything to him?

Noya frowns, and I think he notices that I'm not actually joking. "I only didn't tell you because Asahi didn't want me telling anybody. He wasn't ready to come out yet and I respected that. Still bros though?"

While it still hurt, I understood why he did it. "Yeah, still bros, bro." 

Noya wiped away a fake tear. "Bro"

We walked out of the gym laughing and made our way up to the locker room. We walked home together as we normally did. As we parted ways I called back to him. "Saeko and I will pick you up at like 8:30." Noya gave me a thumbs up.

I picked Noya up from his house at 8:36 and Kageyama from his at 8:47. Once we got to Terushima's place it was 9:18. The party was surprisingly already in full swing and the three of us made our way out of the car and into the house.