Six separate screens popped up. Terushima and Oikawa’s faces showed up first, it showed them both squeezed into Terushima’s hospital bed and waving at the camera. Daichi showed up next and gave a shy wave.
“Hi guys,” He was much quieter than the next to join.
“HEY HEY HEY!” Bokuto's loud voice cut through the call.
Daichi cussed and flinched, due to him wearing earphones. Bokuto offered an apology as Daichi reached for the volume button. During this Moniwa and Kuroo joined the call. Ushiwaka showed up a couple of seconds later. Kuroo smiled and tilted his phone at an angle to show Kenma sitting on his bed in the background.
“Kenma is over. Kenma say hi!” The smaller boy lifted his head up from his nintendo switch in surprise but gave a small wave before going back to whatever he was playing.
“Ok before Bokuto says what he needs to. Kuroo what the actual fuck is your hair!” Terushima exclaimed. Kuroo made a face of offense but after a quiet snort was heard from behind him it turned into one of betrayal. Oikawa then mentioned how Bokuto looks like an owl and he took that as a complement. Then it suddenly got serious. They waited as Kuroo untangled his earphones and quickly shoved them into his phone so Kenma wouldn’t hear. Daichi seemed to catch onto Bokuto’s nerves as he chewed at his bottom lip.
“Bokuto? What do you have to tell us?” He asked in a calming voice. The owl looking captain took a deep breath.
“So...um Teru coming out kinda made me think about my own gender…,” He looked up to meet with the faces of the other captains. All of them had supportive and encouraging looks on their faces.
“I’m non binary,” They spat out the rest of the sentence so fast that if the others weren’t paying attention they would have missed it. At first they looked shocked but it quickly wore off, then the call immediately erupted into accepting comments.
“Thats cool ma- I mean uh what can I call you?” Kuroo stumbled over his speech. Bokuto smiled wide at his question, they were unbelievably happy that Kuroo attempted to correct himself.
“You guys can call me Koutarou or any sort of variation of that. For nicknames, guys as a collective is ok. Buddy or bud is ok instead of dude or man,” They informed. Suddenly Daichi stood up and started rummaging through what the others could assume was a draw.
“Hold on, Suga made a bunch of pride flags last year for pride month and I’m sure they left….found it!” His voice was barely audible through the earphones but Koutarou had an idea of what he was getting too. The Karasuno captain sat back into his seat, put his earphones back into his ears and held up a small non binary flag. Koutarou let out a gasp.
“I’m sure i could send it to you,” That excited the owl captain more. They brought their own hands up to their face and squealed, both Daichi and Kuroo flinched back into their seats. Oikawa pulled out his phone.
“Ok I am so buying these. Ko-chan what size hoodie are you?” The setter asked. Koutarou only tilted their head like a confused puppy. Oikawa then went on to explain he had found this website that made pride hoodies and he was planning on getting one for Terushima and that he might as well get one for Koutarou. The latter started to tear up and gave Oikawa their hoodie size.
“Damn Oikawa where have you been hiding all this kindness?” Kuroo asked. Ushiwaka hummed in agreement.
“I would also like to know,” Oikawa made a noise of offense that sounded more like a crow squawk despite his school mascot.
“Just to confirm,” Ushiwaka started and made Koutarou’s head shoot up to look at Ushiwaka. “Non Binary means an umbrella term to describe people whose gender is neither man nor woman but does not identify further, correct?” Koutarou gave an excited nod. There were some clicking noises and Moniwa made an excited noise.
“So Koutarou and Teru just ordered you guys some socks. Kou’s have owls and Teru’s have hares and they are coloured in the trans and non binary flags. When they arrive we can send Kou’s up with Oikawa’s hoodies and Daichi’s flag,” The chat was brimming with excitement that was until Teru was finally released from hospital and Oikawa said he’d ask his mother to give him a lift home. Oikawa stole Terushima’s phone and held it way too close to his face.
“Bye guys love you lots!!!”
