Meant to be

Chapter 7

Tsukishima opened his front door "I'm home" in said in monotone. A certain smell caught his attention 'strawberry' he thought. "Welcome home honey, how was school?" She asked while Tsukki took off his shoes "full of idiots as always" the teen said coldly and went upstairs to wash his hand leaving the mother giggling at his snarky comment

The boy went upstairs, washed up, put his shirt on the laundry basket, and went to his room to change. "Dinner is ready" his mom called, he opened the door "I'm not hungry" he replied "at least join me before leaving me alone for the whole weekend, and don't forget that I made you your favourite dessert" he sighed, put on his grey sweatpants and white t-shirt -his house uniform as he calls it- and headed downstairs

"Are you sure you're not hungry?" The mother asked for what seemed like the hundredth time. "Yeah" Tsukishima replied coldly "I'm gonna go make my bag" he said as he excused himself while leaving the table, even though he didn't touch his plate

Tsukishima went to his room to get dressed. He wore some blue boyfriend jeans, a white long sleeved blouse, over it a black "speedhunter" t-shirt, some white socks and his usual white nike airs

He then, unzipped his black and yellow vans backpack and filled it with some underwear, a dark green nike sweater, a small green toothbrush container, with his toothbrush inside, his needed book his charger and his wallet, he didn't need his book they could study from Yamaguchi's

Now the hard part, the vodka. He opened up his door quietly, tiptoeing to Akiteru's room, making sure his mom stayed unaware of his action. His brother, although 'lame' as the younger Tsukishima put it, was always down for a drink and holds many bottles in his room, mostly to drink his guilt away

'Smells like betrayal in here' Kei thought as he searched through his brother's bottle's to find a the right spirit. "Absolut vodka" it read 'bingo' he thought and quickly hid it in his bag wrapped in his sweater in order to not break the bottle and exited as carefully as before

He then went downstairs "You need money? Are you and Tadashi going to go out?" She asked
"Maybe" Tsukki answered coldly. Tsukki's mom went over to get her bag, opened up her wallet and gave him some money

Kei opened his bag to put it on his wallet, he took his headphones, put them on and started his usual playlist as he opened the door to leave

As he started walking, "Kei" his mom called after him, 'fuck, did she found out' he cursed. The blond turned around to see her, moving his headphones a little so one of his ears was exposed in order to listen to what his mother wanted

"You forgot the cake" the mother informed before going inside to get it, a small sigh of relief left his lips. After a few seconds his mom handed him his favourite strawberry shortcake inside a container "Try not much as you walk, it's got a lot of frosting, I know how much Tadashi likes it"

Tsukishima looked at the cake for a little 'Yamaguchi really likes frosting' he thought, he was awaken from his thoughts as his mom kissed him on his forehead and gave him a hug "Take care Kei, say hi to Tadashi's mom from me" she said with a smile

Kei gave a little reassuring nod and once again began walking to his friends house, with no interaction this time

A quarter past before the tall teen found himself outside Yamaguchi's house for the third and final time today. He hold paused his playlist, took off his headphones, wrapping them around his neck as usual before ringing the doorbell

"Tsukki" he heart the freckled boy announce excited followed by some fast footsteps, then a bump followed by a soft "ouch" Tsukki almost smiled at how clumsy his friend could be but turned to his cold face as the door opened to reveal an awkwardly smiling Tadashi softly rubbing his knee

Tsukishima looked down at the boy, handing him the cake. Tadashi gladly accepted it, admiring the frosting before letting Kei inside. The blond took of his shoes and followed the green-haired boy to the kitchen where he headed

"My mom made chocolate chipped cookies" Tadashi announced happily before giving one to his friend with a napkin beneath it. Tsukki left it on the kitchen table, then took off his headphones and placed them near the cookie. He opened his bag and handed his friend the vodka "put it in the fridge, I'm going to wash my hands" he ordered and headed upstairs

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I love Akiteru with all my heart but he caused Tsukki some deep trust issues and naiwniwnsjwn