Love and Lies ~ TsukkiYama

Chapter 8

It felt like an eternity in the storage cupboard, waiting for the bell to ring. Yet it also went by too quickly. Tsukishima could hear faint voices coming from outside, he swore he could even hear Yamaguchi calling out to him, maybe he was going insane, or maybe this was his punishment from Satan for ignoring his best friend, hearing the boys voice in his head all day and night for eternity. Probably not, but hey, it could happen.

Finally, the bell sounded in the distance, making Tsukishima jump since he got used to the silence.

He carefully stood up, opened the door and crept out. The sudden light made his eyes sting, it was very different from the dark storage room. As soon as Tsukishima got out of the storage room, he wanted to go straight back in. He didn't feel ready to face his classmates and most importantly, his best friend.

Making his way to the classroom, he started to regret running away so suddenly without any explanations. Though he shook his head afterwards and reminded himself that he was doing it for Yamaguchi's own good.

After all, if Tsukishima continued ignoring him, surely Yamaguchi would leave and find some new friends, and he would be happier with them. Tsukishima was just dragging him down.

Yamaguchi would've been way more popular is he didn't hang out with his Tsukishima, he was just known as 'Tsukishima's friend' or even sometimes as 'Tsukishima's shadow', if he gained more confidence in himself, he could show the world his true colours, and people would like him more. Tsukishima was sure of it.

He made it to class in time, his whole class, including Yamaguchi, stared at him as he strolled in. Since Yamaguchi sat in front of him, he turned around to speak to him.

"T-Tsukki... Are you alright? D-Did I upset you? Sorry for whatever I did..." Tsukishima heart practically melted, he felt guilty for ignoring him, but he would also feel guilty if he didn't. The blonde didn't reply to him, and instead took out a textbook and started to flip through it like it was a normal book, pretending to be engrossed in the text.

Yamaguchi took the hint and turned back around sadly. Class started not long after, and it went like normal. Nothing out of the ordinary happened, just taking notes and learning. As soon as class was dismissed, Tsukishima dashed out, not talking to anybody or saying anything.

He did this all day, hiding and avoiding his best friend, who made several attempts to talk to him or question him as to why he was ignoring him. When practice started Tsukishima was watched by his teammates, they obviously had heard about what happened earlier through other people.

Luckily, Hinata was back to normal and not hungover. Though he was complaining about his lower back being sore, though he still insisted that he could still play, and Kageyama was being strangely gentle with him, not yelling like usual and instead was helping him up and fetching him his water bottle.

Tanaka and Noya found this especially amusing, so it caused them to make several inappropriate jokes, which I'm not going to write about for the sake of some people's innocent minds. Both of them earned slaps from Suga though, but they didn't stop. You cant stop them once they get started.

Yamaguchi was extremely confused, about why Tsukishima was suddenly ignoring him, and his own feelings about everything.

He kept telling himself it was admiration, but he knew what he really felt. It was love. He loved Tsukishima. He did ever since they become friends, at first it really was just admiration, but then it started to blossom into something entirely different, just like a Sakura tree. It starts out with the plain flower buds, and then they blossom into beautiful pink and white flowers that scent the air.