Tsundere - Tsukishima Kei X Reader

nineteen

As expected, Nishinoya was helpless the second he was called senpai. He even offered to buy the two first years popsicles after practice and Y/N hungrily said, "No take backs!"

So the three walked back to the gym, and our favorite playgirl protagonist's anxiety was growing by the second.

She remembered, of course, she had to talk with Tsukishima about something when she came back.

They entered the gym, and Noya immediately called Ennoshita to serve the ball for him to demonstrate the receive. With the team pretty much in full movement, it was the perfect opportunity for Y/N to grab Tsukishima and slide out the doors once more, unnoticed.

"Y-you needed to talk?" She tripped over her words, the anticipation killing her.

The blond simply pulled his headphones from his bag which he somehow managed to grab on the way out. Clicking play on his phone, he handed the headphones to Y/N.

Confused, she slipped on the headphones. Then she slowly started to cry.

(Full of loneliness)
외로움이 가득히

(This blooming garden)
피어있는 이 garden

(Visible umm)
가시투성이 umm

"You know the song, Y/N?" He wavered on the girl's name. All she could do was nod. "So then you know the message..."

Y/N slowly smiled through the tears, it was that of a broken heart.

You know that I can't

Show you me

Give you me

She lulled the lyrics as she had done the day they became friends. It was all Tsukishima could do to stop his heart from clenching.

(I can't show you a poor look)
초라한 모습 보여줄 순 없어

(I wear a mask again and go to see you)
또 가면을 쓰고 널 만나러 가

But I still want you (want you, want you)

He closed the song and Y/N wiped her face, chuckling nervously. "I always end up crying like a weakling around you, huh?"

He couldn't hold it back anymore. "Y/N-chan I was worried you'd steal my only friend from me and I put up all my barriers around you. But it turns out that you've entered my thoughts, my heart, shit that's creepy."

He wiped his face. "I don't know what it is about you that's so intoxicating to me, but I hate it behind the mask. I l-like you. And I don't know what to do with all these icky feelings."

Twin flowers seemed to bloom in both Y/N's heart as well as Kei's at the long awaited confession. She simply stood there in silence. "I... You know what screw being the shy shojo manga protagonist I freaking like you a lot, too. Maybe it's all the music, or maybe it's because your smile is like my nicotine, but we're here now."

They stared at each other, then laughed. Then slowly stopped. "So what does this mean...?" Y/N questioned.

"I don't know, do I look like I've had feelings before?" Tsukishima's reflexive retort came soon after, but then he unexpectedly blushed. "Maybe we date, or something?"

Y/N walked closer, then wrapped her arms around his torso. "Yeah, that'd be nice...."

And with that the two entered the gym nonchalantly to see Hinata asking Nishinoya a question.

"Ne, senpai? Who's the person named Asahi that you mentioned earlier?"

The light mood around the gym shattered. Y/N murmured under her breath. "Baka...that's the name that must not be spoken."

Nishinoya's happy smile faded, then grew back. "He's Karasuno's ace. For now at least."

Both Hinata and Kageyama seemed to think the same thing. So Karasuno does have an ace?

Hinata sadly talked to Nishinoya how he's always thrived to be the best ace, like his idol the Tiny Giant.

And it was to everyone's surprise when Nishinoya enthusiastically patted Hinata on the shoulder, saying, "Of course! You want to be ace because it's so cool right? Go for it, you have wayyyy more promise than our current ace!"

Daichi, Suga, and Tanaka didn't know whether to be happy that he encouraged Shoyo, or unhappy that he just dissed Asahi. Their faces made Y/N smile regardless.

"Even though ace is cool, the words libero or setter sound pretty plain in comparison, the audience loves more than spikes, when a super receive is made."

Y/N nodded conformation. "It's true."

Noya's speech grew on how though the libero position was best made for shorter players, he'd play libero even if he was six feet tall, just because keeping the ball in play is the most important part of volleyball.

Yamaguchi and Y/N clapped, and he gave a silly mock curtsy in return. "Now, Ace-wannabe, you must have something up your sleeve?"

"Yeah..." Shoyo still looked dejected. "I'm a decoy..."

His voice was quiet, and Nishinoya misheard. "You're a duck?" Tsukishima and Y/N quietly laughed.

Hinata raised his voice, repeating the same sentence. Y/N sighed. "Shoyo, if someone can score thanks to your decoy work, that means your position is just as important as the rest of them."

Sugawara pitched in. "And thanks to you and Kageyama's duo act, spikes that may have seemed impossible before are used to our benefit."

Hinata perked up, and thanked his senpais and Y/N, Nishinoya's ego of course blew up and he promised two popsicles, one in soda flavor and one in pear flavor.

As the teammates headed out the gym, Y/N looked around, and asked Daichi where Takeda-sensei was but was only met with the unsatisfying response of, "He had some business to take care of, he said."

So Chikara was going to Tanaka's house with the whole second year crew to catch up and he waved over Yamaguchi and Tsukishima to make sure she got home safe.

And the trio walked down the dimly lit streets, Y/N with the popsicle promised by Noya and the other two laughing at how happy she was with the food.

Yamaguchi turned down his typical corner, waving a last goodbye to his two close friends, leaving Kei and Y/N alone.

They walked home in their comfortable silence, quietly enjoying each other's presence. The Ennoshitas' house pulled into view and Y/N turned to Tsukishima. She was hesitant, but she asked anyways. "So when should we meet up? For the..." She trailed off and he got the hint. He wasn't Hinata, after all.

"After school tomorrow. We have a shorter practice..." He finished the sentence, slowly getting more flustered.

Y/N smiled brightly. "Okay!" And before she turned back, she leaned up and lightly brushed her lips across Tsukishima's.

So, of course, his face burned bright red as Y/N sprinted away, and into her house.

Both of them thinking loudly, I can't wait.

A/N:

I cringed so hard writing this but hopefully in a while when I reread the story, it'll fit in nicely. So hopefully that answered some of the questions I left unanswered.

So what about that -dere Tsukishima, huh?

Hope you all enjoyed it!

Saishimi 💜