Cancer ↠ Oikawa Tōru

Strawberry Tart

"Oikawa!"

Oikawa turned to the feminine voice calling for him. He smiled slightly as Ari approached him at the entrance of the gym doors. He felt her arms wrap around his neck as she gently kissed him on the lips to which he returned generously.

The couple didn't know how long they were embraced for until someone harshly shoved into Oikawa.

The annoyance immediately seeped through Oikawa as he quickly turned to see who the culprit was but cooled down immediately as he saw Iwaizumi's harsh glare.

"It's time for practice, Shittykawa."

"Iwa-chan, you've only been calling me that for a whole week now! Will you please stop?" Oikawa whined.

"No."

Ari and Oikawa watched Iwaizumi stalk away as they gave each other a quick glance and shrug as they followed him into the gym.

Iwaizumi, ahead of the two, grumbles to himself in distaste at his best friend's relationship. At first when they had gotten together, Iwaizumi compared Oikawa to scum as he confessed after a month of dating Ari that she cheated on her boyfriend at the time with Oikawa. Before Oikawa could explain even more, Iwaizumi left his own room to get away from him.

But while Oikawa followed Iwaizumi all over the house he kept talking anyway. Telling Iwaizumi that he ended things with Ari immediately after finding out that she cheated on someone. Oikawa still earned a smack on his head but Iwaizumi was glad that he ended things when Oikawa did.

Though Iwaizumi wasn't stupid.

There were times that Ari would slither back and try to talk to Oikawa from time to time. At first Oikawa would ignore her pleas to talk to him but over time that ice barrier around Oikawa began to crack.

Iwaizumi had hoped that when Oikawa had met [Y/N] things would change.

But bitterly, that wasn't the case.

When Iwaizumi had tried following you that day that you left crying he rounded the corner towards the gym in confusion. He ruffled his hair slightly and wondered what could've happened. As Iwaizumi glanced up he spotted Ari and Oikawa talking animatedly to themselves as they were still arms length away. It seemed to have been an intimate moment and as Iwaizumi saw that same, love-struck look on Ari's face and Oikawa's warm smile that was when the pieces came together.

That was when Iwaizumi knew how much of an idiot Oikawa was.

The week had passed since you had spoken to Oikawa and since then Iwaizumi had tried his best to talk to you every day to see what was going on. But you did your best to hide yourself from him or dismiss any questions that he had.

Jun would even joke about how she was seeing more of you but took it back as she saw the pain written all over your face.

"This is why I did my best to stay away from him."

The two of you sat under a tree one day during lunch time as you explained in detail what had happened. You were wiping away stray tears from your cheeks and you huffed in annoyance.

"I'm just going to do what I do best and follow my dreams," You stood up with determination and went to throw away your trash.

Jun saluted towards your figure, "I will be with you every step of the way."

"Why are you standing like that?"

Jun quickly whipped around towards the familiar voice.

"What do you want?"

Oikawa immediately shot his hands up in surrender, "I just wanted to check up on [Y/N]. I haven't seen her for a week now and I think she's been avoiding me."

Jun tsked in annoyance and began walking away, "You are a dumbass from what Iwaizumi says."

Oikawa stood there in disbelief and wanted to make a retort back but was cut off when a body flung themself on to him. A high pitched squeal emitted from the figure and Oikawa winced slightly at the sudden noise. He looked down at Ari who was grinning brightly at him and he shot her back a glowing smile.

But Oikawa's smile diminished slightly as he looked into the crowd of students and saw your eyes glance his way but immediately turn the other way as he looked over. Disappointment bubbled in his heart as he watched your retreating form that felt as if you were walking out of his life.

A quick peck on his cheek snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked back at Ari and he realised then that he didn't feel the same feelings that he used to.

"God, the nerve of that child acting as if he could come talk to me," Jun rambled on as the two of you packed your school bags at the end of the day. The two of you were walking towards the direction of the bakery as Jun offered to drop you off there.

"I'll be okay, Jun. I'll be doing what I've always done and just put my effort into something that I know will love me back."

"I'm not sure if that works that way, [Y/N]. But I'll always be here to love you too and won't leave you for someone else," Jun's exclamation warmed your heart as you gave her a hug. The two of you reached the bakery and parted ways from there. Since it was a Monday you were going to be pretty busy taking inventory of what the bakery needed and got started right away as soon as you dropped your bag at the designated area.

You chatted away with the owners and the regulars that came in for some baked goods. The list was fairly simple and you made sure to take note of everything that was going to be out of stock soon.

Mondays for you were always relaxing as it also gave you a chance to organize and re-label any bins that held the ingredients. As well as that for the most part the bakery would mostly be empty apart from the usual crowd that filters in and out.

You were humming a tune from a recent anime ending and heard a chime from the entrance.

"I'm coming!" The time it took to get from the back of the walk-in fridge to the front wasn't long but you wanted to make sure that the customer had heard you. Expecting it to be an elder man that usually came for some bread you were skipping up to the counter in a cheerful manner.

But as you entered from the back you noticed that it wasn't the elder man that usually came. It was Oikawa and Ari who were glancing at the pastries in the farther corner.

Your heart stopped as Oikawa turned to look over at you and his face widened at your shocked expression. Oikawa had never seen you look in such a way when seeing him and he noticed how you took a step backwards, your back hitting the wall.

"[Y/N]--."

"[Y/N]! I just got back. I can handle this!" Your boss came out from right behind you, placing a hand on your shoulder and directed you back where you came. Oikawa's voice was mixed in your head as you were sure that he had called out your name but you couldn't think too much into it.

You could only see the two of them, holding hands and in the bakery that was your safe haven. Just seeing Oikawa with someone else in your comfort bubble had tears threatening to spill. The back door to the bakery was open and fresh air was just in reach. Which you gladly took as you tried to take deep breaths.

While Oikawa was on the other side, his hand limply holding onto his girlfriend whom he thought would bring him happiness.

Melon: I hope you guys have a great day!