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TsuKuBoAka - You're My Cuppycake

You're My Cuppycake

Kuroo x Tsukishima x Akaashi x Bokuto

Summary: On your eighteenth birthday, time freezes for twelve hours for all except you and your soulmate.

It's Tsukishima's eighteenth birthday. He already knows he has three soulmates - time has frozen around him before, on (what he assumes are) their birthdays. What happens when they all come to his birthday party?

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Tsukishima Kei was Not a Party Guy. He'd insisted as much every single September, to his family, to his best friend, and to the gaggle of outgoing volleyball players he doesn't want to admit are his friends. Deep down (really deep, keep digging), he appreciates their support. He knows their enthusiasm comes from a place love, but he really doesn't understand their obsession with celebrating another year of his life. But it gets him free strawberry shortcake, both from the team and from his mother, so he tolerates everyone's antics.

When Tanaka had suggested throwing a party during volleyball practice, Tsukishima had launched a volleyball towards his face. He narrowly missed, only saved by Nishinoya ninja receiving it just before it made contact. The blond was disappointed that he missed, but the indignant squawk that fled Tanaka's mouth was entertaining enough.

Tanaka and Nishinoya had graduated the year previous, but on their breaks from college, they returned to their hometown to practice with the now third years. Tsukishima would never admit it, but he missed his upperclassmen when they were away.

Yamaguchi was torn by the suggestion - on one hand, he loved Tsukki, and he wanted to throw his best friend a killer eighteenth birthday party. But he also knew Tsukki very well, and knew that a fancy party with tons of people all focused on him was the exact opposite of what he would want.

Unfortunately for Tsukishima, Tanaka rarely listened to anyone's opinion besides his own and Nishinoya's, and thus, a party was planned. The tall blond knew all about it, of course. Tanaka couldn't keep a secret to save his life, and he'd caught the two upperclassmen whispering it about it on more than one occasion, weakly waving him off the subject with a "Not everything is about you, specs!" He'd also confronted Yamaguchi, and with a whiny sigh, the shorter boy had given in, feeding Tsukki every detail he knew about the party.

It was too late for him to back out. He could simply not attend, of course, but Tanaka had gotten permission from his mother to host it at her house, so not attending required the blond to not go home, and that wasn't particularly favorable. He supposed he could hide away in his room, lock the door, but Yamaguchi knew all of the side entrances to his room, and whether or not Tsukishima wanted to admit it, he despised disappointing his best friend.

With much complaining, much bribery, and much insistence from his freckled best friend, Tsukishima attended his own birthday party. All of his current and former volleyball teammates were there, as well as a handful of acquaintances from other past teams. He recognized Oikawa and Iwaizumi, deciding that they must have come due to Oikawa and Kageyama outgrowing their rivalry and becoming friends. He also caught sight of Kenma, and did his heart lurch in his chest at the sight of Kuroo? Uhm, no, excuse you, it didn't. Tsukishima shook his head, quickly walking away from the former captain.

"Tsukki!" a deep voice shouted, and it was definitely not Yamaguchi's. With a sigh, the blond turned, knowing full well from whom the shout had emanated. He had long since given up on trying to correct the owl on how to say his name.

"Bokuto," Tsukishima greeted with a nod. The black-and-silver-haired man had grown up rather well, and damn, the blond's heart lurched again. Fuck. What was wrong with him?