The (Aspiring) Little Giant's Sick Day

Rest (?) and Recovery

"Kenmaaaa! Why can't I go to school? My voice is all better!"

I sweetly smile, so sweet he knows it's supposed to have playful maliciousness, "Because your teammates said you aren't allowed to come back until you're better. Don't you remember?"

Look, I know I messed up. But Shou doesn't seem to think I did. Logically speaking, that means that it probably was. Emotionally speaking, it meant it probably was.

Irrationally thinking, it probably meant it wasn't and that I somehow tricked him.

Luckily, at least I know that those were irrational thoughts. Right?

"But that doesn't mean I can't go! I can play volleyball now!" He bounces around the walls, and even though I know it might get me hurt, I force myself to hold his hand. It's probably my one trick that I have that works better than what Karasuno has to keep him under control. Either that or kissing him on the cheek. Oddly enough, kissing him on the cheek works better to get him flustered than kissing him on the lips.

"No, you can't," I quietly whisper. "What if you get hurt again? I can't let that happen again."

"Are you still on that? I told you, it's okaaaay," he drawls.

"And I understand that you think so...I'm sorry for letting my emotions burst out like that, too," I blink, not even having that come to mind. I was just reminding him.

Yeah, he can barely keep the pout on his face before breaking out into a toothy grin, "See? I'm all better and healthy!"

"No, you aren't, Shou."

"Then what do I dooooo?" He asks.

You see, it was about 5 A.M. Karasuno starts somewhat early, but nowhere near this time of day. In fact, I'm pretty surprised I'm even awake myself. Unless I've got a new game with me, I always just sleep in for way longer than what's probably recommended.

"I dunno. Why'd you wake up this early?" I shrug. "If you want, we can play a game on my phone or something, or just do whatever you want. Just make sure you don't move around too much."

Honestly, he did look to be getting better. He was bouncing around, smiling, and his voice was just as it should be (which, I'll admit, makes my heart pound more often than not, as does his smile).

"'I dunno. My brain just goes shwah! And poof! And I'm awake!"

It's just best to be sure for one more day. Tomorrow, I'll probably stop watching over him. Then I can spend the rest of my spring break just with Shou and probably doing whatever he wants. I'm not really picky with what we do, I guess.

"Kenmaaaaaa~" He purrs; weird, I thought I was supposed to be the kitten here. "Can we play volleyball together?"

I blink, "Uh." I physically cannot create a response to that. It's not that I can't refuse or something emotional triggered within me.

It's more of a shock of how quickly he forgets something. Or maybe he's just way too persistent. Even though he knows I'm not gonna agree.

"No."

"C'mooooon~" He shakes my arm, trying to drag me out of the closet, since I was planning to just wear one of his hoodies.

"Nope."

"I'll give you a kiss!"

I blink, hesitating a little bit, "'No."

"Two kisses!"

"..."

"Is that a yes?"

"No."

"Hey! You meanie!" He pouts again, snaking his arms around me. I lightly tense. I'm still not completely used to the sudden contact, but I'm trying to adapt a little more. I couldn't even imagine being hugged by someone else suddenly and reacting in a way that isn't instantly trying to snake out of there. Not even Kuroo. Actually, especially not him. He wouldn't let me live it down, normally. I'm still surprised he did.