𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗡『𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝗶』

💮Roku💮

💮third💮

Hikaru's day started with the same routine as the past week. She records a song despite having a groggy morning voice and sends it over to her sister. Afterward, she would take a quick bath and prepared lunch for herself and her master for almost 8 days today,  Tsukishima.

Though it's a little different because her master came over to pick her up today. His tall figure waited outside her apartment, eyes closed, his back leaning on the outer walls of the place with hands in his pockets.

His eyes immediately fluttered open as soon as he heard the door close. Tsukishima's expression is as dead and uninterested as usual. "My legs are numb from standing. What the hell took you so long busu?" he grumbled as soon as Hikaru walked closer to him. As expected, even after spending days with her he still wouldn't call her by her name. She got used to it though. The girl even thought of changing her official name of that. Well, it was just a thought.

In all honesty, Hikaru found him rather handsome and charming, well if he keeps his foul mouth shut. She noticed it after a week of spending every lunch break and after school practice with him.

The black-haired female bowed down in front of the tallboy, before greeting, "....ohayou gozaimasu, goshujin. I woke up a bit late and it took longer for me to cook today's lunch...." was her explanation.

Tsukishima gave her a brief look before turning his back and started walking. The female followed behind and soon enough the two's is on their way to Karasuno. Silence ruled between the two of them as they walked, Kei put on his headphones and Hikaru did the same with her newly bought earpods. They were both the quiet type and this type of silence during a walk is exactly what they like.

"Tsukki! Hikaru!" yelled a green-haired boy from behind the two. But he never got any response, instead, the two of them kept walking. Yamaguchi had no other choice but to catch up to them and give them both a little tap on the shoulder. "Good morning!" he greeted again as the two turned their heads to face him.

Tsukishima slung his headphone on his neck after seeing Yamaguchi smiling stupidly beside him. It was his way to show respect for his friend, and of course, Hikaru did the same and hid her earpods inside he skirt pocket.

Yamaguchi greeted both of them, "Good morning!" with a smile on his face. The two did nothing more than just a nod and a bow. Yamaguchi couldn't help but grumble, "It's annoying how you two are so alike"

Tsukishima's brows furrowed at his friend's statement. What could possibly be similar between this ugly girl and him? "We're nothing like each other Yamaguchi. She's ugly and I'm not" the blonde boy defended giving the silent girl beside him a sneer. Hikaru could only nod awkwardly under the threatening look from her master.

Tsukishima still couldn't call her by her name. He found it uncomfortable and would want to stick to calling her ugly. But if he were, to tell the truth, Hikaru wasn't unsightly at all. She just had a sucky sense of fashion. Her black hair would always be unruly, her bangs always covering her eyes, and even her bag and jacket she always wore looked like it belonged to a homeless person.

The boy didn't understand why she was like that. Even after a week of spending time with her every lunch break, she would never speak or even tell him anything. The only time they had a decent conversation was when she was comforting him. He expected that she'd loosen up a bit to him after that. It annoys him that she would just answer shortly whenever he asked her about something. And it didn't help that her voice is soft and Tsukishima would always be frowning after a single reply from her.

"There's a lot of things common about you two" Yamaguchi insisted, getting weirded looks from both Hikaru and his friend. "You're both quiet. You're both smart. The two of you like music too."

Tsukishima scoffed, "A lot of people like music, tsk" he clicked his tongue before walking ahead with his hands in his pockets. Hikaru followed behind Tsukishima, still as quiet as ever.

Yamaguchi chuckled seeing the rare sight of Tsukishima getting so comfortable with a girl around him. The green-haired boy knew how awkward and uncomfortable it made his friend whenever a girl beside Kiyoko-san is near him, and when he does feel incredibly annoyed his mouth would spout insults like a machine gun with unlimited ammo.

Soon enough, the three of them arrived at school and went on their separate ways to their rooms.

Tsukishima and Hikaru got the same envious stares from all their female classmates."Here they come" they heard some of them whisper as they walked to their seats. The girls are jealous of Hikaru because she was the only one that the blonde boy allowed to be near him.

Questioning why is someone as unattractive and a total nerd like Hikaru even caught the handsome boy's attention?

Hikaru looked like a nerd, but she knows that she's not. Her 500/650 eyesight urged her to buy glasses since everything around her is blurred like a restricted Japanese video.

"....goshujin..." Hikaru tugged on the boy's sleeves, thinking that he might be feeling annoyed by how everyone in their classroom looked at the two of them.

Tsukishima hummed, as he turned his head a bit to the side to get a glimpse of his servant. As usual, in the classroom, Hikaru would cover her face with her bangs more, and the blonde found this irritating. "You look like a witch, busu" he commented before completely turning around to face her.

Hikaru could only let out a small chuckle, hearing another insult come out from her master's mouth. "...really? You said that the last time too goshujin..." she asked, showing a small smile to the boy.

However, Tsukishima's expression remained the same. But behind his usual poker face, he was actually surprised that this quiet and almost emotionless girl actually showed him a smile. It took her a week to smile like that.

The blonde boy reached out his hand over to her face, slowly but surely tucking her long bangs behind her ear. Their classmates got surprised. Even Hikaru by her master's sudden actions. But that didn't stop there.

After Tsukishima removed all pieces of hair blocking the girl's face, he tilted his head to the side, one hand under his chin. "That's a lot better. You actually look like a person" he says, dropping the final bomb inside their whole classroom.

Hikaru remained stunned for a moment before smiling widely, all because her master finally complimented her. Though it still sounded like a lowkey insult. "....thank you goshujin..." she muttered under her breath.

The quiet girl for once, felt happy because as she protects her sister, she's also gaining this cold person's trust.

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