Ch 4: Out In The Cold

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{Akaaaaashi😝😎 is calling..}

No way, Akaashi is calling me. This must be about some serious issue otherwise he wouldn't be up at 2 AM just to call me.. Somehow this makes me feel nervous..

" hey hey hey, Akaashi! What made you call at this hour?"

" I heard you were leaving"

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"h-how did you.."

"let's meet up" Akaashi said in a cold tone giving Bokuto shivers down to his feet.

" w-what? Now?"

" yes. I'm outside your house"

" huh???" Bokuto quickly jumped off his bed and rushed to look out his window. He then sees a a cute boy with a red scarf around him with a  jacket and tiny mittens around his hands standing under the snow, looking all cold and sad.

" A-Akaashi.. I'm coming!"

Why would he come to my house at this hour? And at this weather! He'll freeze to death if I didn't wake up from the notification sound of my phone!

"Akaashi.." Bokuto panted as he rushed through his front door, trying to catch his breath after running down the stairs as fast as he can go.

" Bokuto-San.. Why didn't you tell me?" 

"P-please, come in first. You'll freeze in this weather" Bokuto assisted the boy trembling in the cold. They went in and settled down in the living room near the heater to help Akaashi get rid of the coldness in his body.

"why'd you stay there?? It's so cold, you should've just waited for the morning and called me to come to your house inst-

"Because you were probably thinking of just leaving without saying goodbye right?.."
Akaashi said with a bump in his throat trying to hold in his tears.

" w-what? How did you know.." Bokuto was shocked to see the setter all red. He saw sadness and pain in his eyes that he never saw before.

"That doesn't matter. If I didn't know, were you actually planning on never telling me? Are you leaving the team for good? Is that how unimportant we are to you?"

"of course not! Had I known that I'm leaving for a week earlier than today, I could've told you sooner! I was shocked as well but this is a huge step for me, and I.. I didn't wanna leave you either!"  Bokuto just exploded. He didn't know what came over him. He was on the verge of crying, his fists clenched and holding on to his pants. The sight of this made Akaashi feel bad. So, he went beside Bokuto and held his trembling hand.

"A-akaashi?" The teary boy lift his head up to look at the black-haired setter.

"Shh, I'm only doing this cus you looked like you were about to burst like an idiot baby and we can't let that happen. It will wake your parents up"

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AKAASHI'S HOLDING MY HAAAND.
Okay I know I'm not supposed to feel anything since we're just bros and teammates but I feel different like..
He's just something else.

" Thank you for coming here, Akaashi"

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