𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐃. ushijima [ ✓ ]

avoid | 09

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spiked - chapter nine

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The third-year's hall was free of any underclassmen, unusual as a hyper [h/c] haired first-year was usually seen running as soon as the bell rang.

Shiratorizawa's volleyball ace stepped out of his classroom a little bit disappointed but shrugged it off as a familiar redhead popped out of his classroom as well.

The two walked together to the cafeteria as they have always done and noticed the familiar soccer player right away.

"[n/n]-kun!" Tendou called out, waving to [y/n] as he turned around.

The bright smile on his face quickly went away, however, as he noticed the tall male beside the middle blocker. His body immediately turned around and he ran away, leaving the duo in confusion.

"Eh? Did he just-"

"Yeah. I think he did,"

The rest of the day continued like that. Whenever the [h/c] haired male saw the ace in his sight he ran away without giving the guy the time to talk to him.

"Ne [y/n]-kun why are you avoiding Ushijima-san?" Goshiki asked during one of their small breaks, dropping by the male's classroom.

[y/n] looked around, almost in a nervous fashion, as he motioned for the aspiring ace to lean in closer.

As he put his hand to the side of his face in order for his lips to not be read, it only took a few words for Goshiki's face to erupt with steam.

"Do you understand why I can't face him now?" [y/n] hid his red face in his hands, "It's so embarrassing Goshiki-kun!"

"I-it's not that bad-" Goshiki tried to justify, however he too realized there was no hope.

"I'll pray for you [y/n]-kun."

And so he left the soccer player alone with a single pat on his shoulder.

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The entire team knew something was off about their first-year ace when he stepped on the field and didn't start talking about a certain volleyball player.

"No Ushijima-san today?"

[y/n] looked up at his friend before running into his arms and crying.

"Haku! I'm so embarrassed!" He cried, his head rested on the taller male's chest.

"Eh, why? Did he finally reject you?" Haku asked, not used to a clingy [y/n].

The [h/c] haired male just looked up at his teammate pitifully, "No..."

Haku raised his eyebrows, "So what is it?"

[y/n] face turned a little bit red and he looked around to see if anyone was nearby and promptly whispered what happened.

As he leaned back to see his friend's reaction, he was confused about the nonchalant look on Haku's face.

"Is that it?"

"Huh?! Isn't it embarrassing?"

Haku seriously wondered what was wrong with his teammate and was about to respond when a deep voice interrupted.

"Haku that's enough,"

The male's yellow eyes stopped the first-year from responding and just left to go do their warmups, "Alright Captain."

[y/n] looked up to see the familiar face of his upperclassmen, "Ryouta-senpai?" It took a few seconds for his presence to register in [y/n]'s mind and when it did the male flushed once again, "Did you hear what I told Haku?"

Ryouta didn't deny anything and nodded his head, "Yeah."

"Hahaha I'm gonna warm up now-" As [y/n] turned to awkwardly leave, Ryouta grabbed his hand and pulled him backward, causing the male to have his back collide with the taller male's chest.

"You know..." Ryouta leaned down and whispered in his ear, "We've done things much worse than that dream of yours, so why are you embarrassed about it?"

[y/n] didn't reply after a while so the captain just let him go.

"Get going to practice, I'm not in the mood for small talk."

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As practice ended, [y/n] was too worn out to check on the gym like how he usually would and tiredly walked towards the entrance of the school.

A yawn escaped his lips, his eyes closing as he relished in the small one-second nap. When he opened his eyes again, he took notice of the familiar stature by the gates.

"Ryouta-senpai?"

The said male looked up from his phone with a soft smile, "[y/n]..."

The first year walked over to his upperclassmen, "What are you doing here still?"

The black hair of Ryouta shined under the lamppost as he moved to hug [y/n], "I'm sorry for overworking you today, let me make it up with some ice cream like the old times okay?"

[y/n] was shocked with the abrupt proposal but agreed, a bright smile blossoming on his face as he looked up at his senpai, "Sounds good!"

"We can go to my house afterwards too, my parents aren't gonna be home for a couple of days."

"Oo is Nagi there too? I haven't seen her in a while."

"Yeah, she misses you too don't worry."

As they walked away together, a certain wing spiker stood bitterly alone. His phone in his hand as his thumbs wavered over the send button.

His usually stoic face grew colder as he deleted the message he was about to send.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 : 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐲𝐣𝐢𝐦𝐚-𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢

𝐓𝐨 : (っ◔◡◔)っ[𝐟/𝐧]

Are you done with practice yet? Let's walk home together|

Are you done with practice yet? Let's wal|

Are you done with pract|

Are yo|

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Ushijima shut off his phone for the night, the same unknown feeling eating away at him. 

"Huh? Wakatoshi-kun? Didn't you already leave five minutes ago?" Tendou asked, his sports bag slung over his shoulder, "What are you doing here still?"

And just like always, Ushijima replied the same way.

"Nothing."

The redhead looked to see if there was anyone around that the male could've been waiting for but saw no one.

"If you say so,"

However, Ushijima wondered what would've happened if [y/n] saw him first.