Friends [Iwaoi Fanfiction]

Chapter 16

For the next few months, Yakeru has been following Oikawa everywhere, nagging him and jumping around him. But Oikawa didn't seem to mind, after all, he did find the boy interesting. Iwaizumi on the other hand didn't seem to enjoy his company, he would often frown when Yakeru approaches them, nether the less, he still tried to be friendly towards the first-year.

"I have a competition tomorrow, will you come?" asked Sumire, smiling warmly at Iwaizumi as he was reading the food menu carefully. Iwaizumi smiled back at her, nodding his head, "of course, I can't afford to lose the chance of seeing you winning." he teased, blushing lightly. 

As the both of them continued chatting, Iwaizumi had noticed a familiar figure who walked pass the window across the street, he looked carefully, recognising that face, "Oikawa?" he mumbled, Sumire looked at Iwaizumi's direction and chuckled, "What is Tooru doing over there?" 

Through the window, they could see Oikawa looking down at his phone as he stood next to the door of a shop, as if he was waiting for someone, a few moments later, a boy who was shorter than him rushed out and hugged Oikawa, Iwaizumi jumped a little, he looked closer, and he immediately realised who the other boy is.

Sumire meanwhile was just smiling, she looked over at Iwaizumi, chuckling, "Well at least now we don't have to worry if he is lonely when we are on our dates." She teased as she waited for Iwaizumi to respond to it.

But he didn't say anything, he was still looking at Oikawa, who is now talking to the boy, Sumire looked at her boyfriend with surprise, confused of what is happening, she looked over at Oikawa again, and she smiled awkwardly.
"Hajime...?" She asked, trying to understand what's happening, she gulped and sighed softly. Iwaizumi looked at her and chuckled, "S-sorry about that, I was-"

"It's okay!" said Sumire, interrupting his sentence, she giggled and smiled warmly, trying her best to make Iwaizumi feel better.
The spiked haired boy smiled, and held her small hands, "How did I get so lucky?"
Sumire blushed and chuckled, "I'm happy to be with you Hajime."

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"Oikawa senpai!" said Yakeru excitedly, coming out of the store, he held Oikawa's hand as he followed him , which made the brunette boy jumped a little, he shook his hand off and smiled, "Don't do that." He said blatantly, but Yakeru didn't seem to mind at all, he just giggled and looked at Oikawa, "But I really like you senpai!"

Oikawa has received a lot of love confessions from many people, but he rejected all of them as he didn't take any interest in them. But even though he has received many confessions before, he had never received such a direct one.
"Oikawa senpai, I like you!" said Yakeru again, Oikawa's lips quivered, he flinched a little and frowned, "But I don't."

Yakeru continued smiling, "I know! But I just want to let you know!" He said casually, as if confessing his feelings to a person is the easiest thing to do, the brunette boy frowned again and pushed Yakeru off, "Well then, now I know.", he walked away immediately.
Yakeru chuckled and continued nagging Oikawa, which did make him feel uncomfortable, but at the same time, he wasn't really bothered by Yakeru's directness.

The both of them got to a small park, where they sat on the swing, trying to relax.
"Oikawa senpai! Thank you for coming out with me today! heh..." said Yakeru, playing the swing, he gently swayed himself, looking at the sky. Oikawa looked at the boy and smirked, "You better, I seldom go out with people on a Saturday!" he teased, giggling, he paused for a moment and smiled, closing his eyes to take a rest.

"Except for Iwaizumi san... right?"

The brunette jumped a little, he didn't expect that Yakeru would mention his name. Oikawa rubbed the back of his neck, blushing lightly, Yakeru smiled, his bluish green eyes gleaming under the sunlight, "Well, so I guess that I'm the first one that will make you come out on a Saturday."

Oikawa flinched, he looked away, trying to avoid eye contact, "Say... were you being serious just now...?" he asked, now looking down.

The first year giggled and nodded his head, "Yup." he said directly, with no hesitation.
A gust of wind has made his light, brown hair a bit messy, which Oikawa had noticed as he laughed. He stood up and help him tidy it up with a small comb that he has taken out from his pocket. As he was combing Yakeru's hair, he smiled forcefully, "Even if you know that I like someone else?"

Yakeru blushed lightly, the tip of his ear is hot red which Oikawa has found it cute. The boy nodded his head, "Yup! I know that, I just want to let you know... I like you as well." He looked up, giving Oikawa a smile, "Senpai, I really like you."

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Oikawa laid down on his bed lazily, like a sloth, he reached out for his phone and scrolled on instagram, thinking about what had happened today.

"I just want to let you know... I like you as well!"

Those words kept repeating inside his head, he checked the time and walked towards his window, which he could see Iwaizumi's room through it. He sighed heavily and mumbled those words softly, "Should I tell him...?"
He shook his head again, and slapped himself, blushing like a tomato.

What was I thinking?

His lips quivered, he looked through his window again, but this time he saw Iwaizumi walking inside his bedroom, the spiked haired boy had noticed him, so he opened the window, waiting for Oikawa to say something.
Oikawa gulped, he looked over at the paper cups that they used to play with when they were little, they are quite old now, the red string that has been attached to the two cups has a few tints of grey. Oikawa grabbed the cups and threw it across his room, which landed directly on Iwaizumi's hands.

"Hey Trashykawa, what's with the cups?" Iwaizumi asked, surprised that they are using it again, the last time they used it, they were still in Middle School, but Oikawa just giggled, "Nothing much~"

He paused for a moment, pulling the cups to make sure that Iwaizumi could hear what he says, he gulped, "I-"

"What were you doing with Ito kun today?"
Oikawa froze, he fidgeted his clothes, shaking his head, "T-that doesn't matter!"

"But I want to know!" said Iwaizumi angrily, raising his voice, Oikawa trembled and frowned, "It's none of your business!" he pouted, crossing his arms together, unwilling to use the cups to hear what his friend is saying.

Iwaizumi had noticed so he put down his cup, shaking his head as he didn't know what he should do.

Oikawa could feel his heart beating fast, his face hot red and his body trembling, he sighed heavily and gulped. He put the cup on his mouth again, ready to say it, Iwaizumi quickly put his cup on his ear, pulling it tightly so he could hear Oikawa's voice.

"Iwa chan. I like you."

The string snapped.