a caramel latte, please? | haikyuu

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ushijima wakatoshi knew how much shirabu disliked goshiki.

when those two had the same shift, he wanted nothing more than to shut them both up.

he knew that they made a bad name for the cafe, especially when cat cafe regulars stopped showing up all together.

given the fact that ushijima was an engineering student, he had his own share of worries.

those worries included being the doormate of one bokuto koutarou.

when he walked in his dorm, he was greeted by a bone chilling laugh.

"god their such idiots," he mumbled.

he could hear kuroo tetsurou, their neighbor.

technically kuroo wasn't an engineering major, but bokuto let kuroo stick around.

"oh hey ushiwaka."

ushiwaka was a nickname ushijima had gotten when oikawa tooru, an astrophysics major, misread his name on the club register.

it had stuck ever since.

"hi," he grunted, taking off his shoes and leaving them by the dorm door.

"what's the problem bro? you don't look to happy." kuroo looked genuinely worried.

he always did when ushijima looked a certain way.

"goshiki and shirabu got into another fight in the cafe today. it scared some kid from the liberal arts department."

he sighed, walking into his room.

"is this about the business problem again?"

there was a heavy silence until ushijima replied, "yeah."

"maybe you should make an advertisement for the cafe, i could help you make some posters."

ushijima seemed unsure about the possibilties of allowing kuroo to help.

"i mean i am a graphic design major."

kuroo added, raising his pointer finger into the air.

"i guess."

ushijima was more concerned about what exactly rooster-head would design.

he didn't doubt his skill as a graphic designer, however he did question his sense of humor.

"do you have any ideas on what you want the ad to look like? also, do you mind if i use the ad as a part of my project?"

ushiwaka shook his head. he knew there had to be a reason kuroo was offering his help.

after all, there's always a catch when you do something for someone, always wanting something in return.

"make it aesthetically pleasing."

"that's it? what color? cat cafe makes me think of flowers and pink crap. you know, the stuff vsco girls dig?" kuroo said, a bit too excited.

ushijima had never heard of vsco girls. apparently the confusion spread to his face because kuroo caught on.

"they're- it's a thing. it's hard to explain. they carry certain types of water bottles and backpacks. they also say some different phrases." kuroo explained, quickly.

ushijima laughed. "oh, you mean like oikawa?" 

he replied with a straight face.

kuroo exploded into a fit of ugly laughter just as bokuto walked into the dorm room, casting his shoes to the side.

kuroo had to catch his breath just to get his sentence out.

"bo, ushiwaka just compare oikawa t-to a vsco girl." he spluttered. "your thoughts?"

"he what?" he seemed to laugh even harder than kuroo, if that was humanly possible.

"i mean he's not wrong. doesn't that pretty boy carry a light blue fjallraven kanken backpack and a hydroflask?"

"he does, i'm pretty sure he uses 'sksksk' and 'lit rally' in his texts." kuroo giggles.

bokuto had finally left his high of laughter.

"and that kid's an astrophysics major? i would've thought he was a liberal arts major."

"you know the only reason he chose that major was because of the aliens, right?" ushijima added.

it was an awkward addition but he was attempting to join in the conversation.

"oh? still, astrophysics isn't about aliens. i thought it was because of iwaizumi hajime."

"doesn't he have a crush on that guy?"

kuroo laughed harder than before.

"oikawa? crushing on iwaizumi? honestly, i could see that."

"aren't they actually a couple?"

ushijima's cheeks went red after he had asked that question.

he had heard a couple of co-workers at the cafe talking about them dating.

the co-workers in particular were none other than matsukawa issei and hanamaki takahiro.

"listen, i don't think we should go spreading rumors about those two. i heard oikawa's part of some frat house."

he knew that wherever those two were getting their information, they were definitely mistaken.

"oh, i just heard it from matsukawa and hanamaki during their shift. they share a dorm with oikawa and iwaizumi.

"oh, so did you hear that from them? is it true?" bokuto was intrigued.

"i would think so."

"ah, but ushiwaka! you musn't be so gullible, they could be joking around!" kuroo added, soon after.

he grunted. 

"you think so?"

"absolutely."

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