ANIME IMAGINES

{Haikyu!!} - Tsukishima Kei

"Realize"

"Y/N, I have something to tell you." Nora says as her fingers play with the chopsticks she was holding. You knew that she was in deep thoughts since yesterday but you didn't ask anything since you didn't want to be pushy and waited for her to vent to you instead.

You shove a piece of octopus sausage inside your mouth, enjoying the delicious juices of the meat as they satisfy your tastebuds. You then gave her a smile. "What is it?"

"I-I think I like Tsukishima-kun." the blush that originated from her cheeks started to crawl up to her ears.

"Eh? You like Kei?!" you blurt out in a whisper to make sure that nobody else would hear. You give her a gloating look. "But why?"

She looks up at you. "H-Huh? What do you mean?"

"What kind of sorcery did you go through that you ended up having a crush on that beanpole?" you say in disbelief. Nora was one of your closest friends and never did you expect her to develop feelings for the boy since it was very unlikely for her to do so.

"I d-don't know. Do you really need a reason to like someone?"

Her honest reply makes your eyes widen in surprise. "W-Well, you have a point." you scratch the back of your head. "But why Kei out of all people?"

"Why not? Tsukishima-kun's a nice person, occasionally that is." she chuckles to herself and you could see the jovial glint that was present in her eyes. "I think my crush on him started last Monday when he carried me to the infirmary after I scraped my knee in gym class. He was really kind and he didn't leave me until the nurse came. It really made me feel weird inside."

"Okay, stop. You're going to make me puke." you utter in disgust, covering your mouth as if you were gonna vomit. You breathe before heaving a sigh. "If that's the case then why were you troubled in telling me so?"

"B-Because I thought you would get mad."

You raise a brow at her. "Mad? Me? Why would I?"

"You're not??" she asks in surprise and you shake your head in response. "I thought you would be angry since the two of you are really close with each other..."

"Kei and I love to bite each other's tails. We're just friends." you shrug, grabbing the box of chocolate milk on the table and sipping from the straw. "I pretty much don't care about his lovelife. I don't even know if he has one."

"So... you're okay with me liking him?"

"I would prefer if you didn't because it gives me the creeps." you fake a chill on your shoulders and she sends you a slight glare alongside with a pout. "But it can't be helped, right? Just be careful of that infatuation of yours. Kei's a hard person to read. If ever he rejects you and makes you cry, tell me. I'll beat him up and make him shrink to a pulp."

"You're the best, Y/N!" she exclaims, moving over the table to give you a hug. She sits back down with a merry grin on her lips.

"Seriously though, why him?" you ask once more and she chortles, seeing how weirded out you were. "Kei may be tall and quite handsome but he's a moron. His good grades are just numbers and he likes to annoy the hell out of people. His comments are salty and sarcastic that it makes you want to tape his mouth."