ミルクボーイ ✦ milk boy

an angry gremlin child and a not so poisoned drink

ミルクボーイ ✦  m i l k  b o y

chapter two — an angry gremlin child and a not so poisoned drink

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❝ do you think babies are gremlins? i mean, listen. babies are small, dumb, ugly, and annoy the shit outta you while gremlins are small, dumb, ugly, and also annoy the shit outta you... you see where i'm getting at? ❞

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KAGEYAMA TOBIO WAS NOT having a good day. He woke up late and with that, he lost to Hinata Shōyō on a race to the gym. Losing to the human tangerine made his settings a bit off with his (usual but somehow also more) angry mood. Then when the bell rang and classes started, his first period in class was math. Math. Of all the subjects to be in the morning, it was math.

The day had gotten even more worse when there was also a surprised quiz in modern literature which Tobio was an absolute shit with his brain only filled with volleyball. Honestly, how did he graduated middle school again? Oh right, barely.

Tobio was very thankful when the bell rang to indicate the end of his boring class and finally the start of the lunch period.

Finally, a period where he actually enjoyed.

Tobio hurriedly finished his lunch as fast as he can. Tobio almost choke from it as consequence and the male was so thankful he had milk to wash it down or else he would've died and he can not play volleyball anymore when he is dead.

Way to get your priorities straight Tobio.

After finishing his lunch, Tobio then immediately ran to the school's second gym where he and the rest of the male's volleyball club used. Tobio can not wait to get inside the gym and feel the ball as he set it. He can already hear the ball having that satisfying "smack" when the wing spiker hit it down to the other side of the net to get them a point.

Sure, it may be just for practice but Tobio still enjoyed that satisfying sound of the ball going down the gym's floor and it filled him with a feeling of happiness and satisfaction— although he doesn't really show it that much with his usual angry scowl.

With those that in mind, Tobio immediately fastened his pace to go to the gym. He wanted to play volleyball. It was his escape from everything and volleyball was like a drug that he got addicted to the very first time he watched others play and touched the ball.

Kageyama Tobio loved volleyball with a passion.

Now, imagine how confused Tobio was when he arrived at the gym only to see the door were locked.

"What?" Tobio muttered to himself. The setter was confused. Was no one inside the gym? Reaching out the door's handle, Tobio tried to open it, only to see it was still locked. What the hell?

Tobio just remembered practicing with Shōyō this morning! So why was it locked? Did his upperclassmen locked it? But why??? And how can he play volleyball now?!?

Tobio stood in front of the gym's door frozen for a second. This can not be happening. The day was already shitty enough with all the things that just happened to him, and now this???

It was like karma decided to visit him and dump the sixteen years worth of karma and bad luck on his ass this day. Wow, this was definitely the shittiest day Tobio have. He had math of all subjects as his first class of the morning and his barely functioning mind can not comprehend whatever the teacher was saying. Tobio definitely knew he failed his modern literature quiz. He almost choked to death when he was eating his lunch. And now, this? The gym's doors were locked and he can not play volleyball.

This day was the worst.

As Tobio stood still, glaring at the gym's doors in anger. He picked up someone coming behind him. 'What the— who the hell walks so loudly?' Tobio had thought, rather annoyed as he was wallowing in pity here!

But Tobio then thought that it must have been the human tangerine, Hinata Shōyō. That short energetic sunshine was also addicted to volleyball like him and Tobio knew that Shōyō would never missed the opportunity to play volleyball too, like him.

Tobio felt Shōyō's presence behind him. And in his annoyance and anger from the stuff that just happened today, Tobio turned around to glare at the human tangerine for continuing to annoy him furthur with how loud he was walking.

'Oh... that's not Hinata...'

Tobio's glare faltered for a second as he saw that it wasn't the over energetic tangerine behind him. It was someone else. And Tobio definitely knew he does not know this person.

"Uh, hey?" The guy standing behind him had an awkward smile on his lips as he greeted. He had [Hair color] hair that looked like it had seen better days and [Skin color] skin. Eyes that had the color of [Eye color] that complimented him and this unknown male wore the Karasuno High's school uniform which was a black gakuran, indicating that he was a student in this school.

Sadly, Tobio wasn't paying attention to the unknown male's appearance but the hand that was outstretched to him. On the [Skin color] hand was a milk carton. What... what is going on???

Tobio was confused. Why did this random person just approached him and why the absolutely fuck did this random guy just giving him free milk? Well, Tobio doesn't mind since he loved milk and he is getting it for free, but just why??? Was this a normal social interaction?

"You seem to need a cheer me up," the [Hair color] haired male had said as seemed to have read Tobio's mind. Or he saw the confused look plastered on Tobio's face. Either way, it seemed to answer one of the questions circling Tobio's mind. The unknown male grinned as he gestured for Tobio to take the carton of milk off of his hand.

Tobio looked at the milk carton in wary for a second but then took it off the unknown [Hair color] haired male's hand, albeit a bit hesitantly as he did. Hey, can you blame Tobio? Stranger danger is what his grandfather had warned him and also, what if the milk was poisoned? Well, that's a fine way to die but— still.

When Tobio took the drink off this [Hair color] haired male's hand, the unknown male smiled at Tobio.
The setter saw the soft and gentle smile and for some odd reason, Tobio felt his breathe hitch and his heart hammering inside his chest. What the fuck?

"Well, have a nice day," Tobio heard the unknown [Hair color] haired male said with a bright smile as he then turned and began to walk away from him. "See ya!" The [Hair color] haired male yelled behind him as he raised one of his hand and lazily waved good bye at Tobio behind him.

And with that, the unknown male disappeared from Tobio's sights as the setter saw the [Hair color] haired male turned the corner and disappeared from the buildings that were blocking his view.

Tobio stood frozen for a minute or two as he looked at where the [Hair color] haired male's direction had left from. The carton of milk that he offered to Tobio was held tightly as the setter unconsciously placed the hand that held the drink closed to his chest, near his still erratically beating heart.

After another minute or two, Tobio decided to drink the carton of milk he just received for free. As he stabbed the straw into the hole of the milk carton, Tobio raised it towards his mouth and began to sip on the drink. Some how, the milk tasted sweeter than usual...

Something just happened and Kageyama Tobio didn't know what.

But Tobio knew one thing, he wanted to thank that unknown [Hair color] haired guy who offered him milk.