Late Night Drinks

Chapter Three

Tetsuro woke up on his living room couch. He rubbed his eyes, and then looked around. The hell? How did I get home? He thought, as he looked to his side. He flinched as he saw a familiar blonde next to him. Kei was silently sleeping on his lap, he still had his glasses on. Tetsuro's heart started beating. I-I...Kei-chan? Did he- or did I- A billion thoughts circled his mind. What happens last night? All he remembers was going to a bar, and seeing Kei there, and finding out that he works there. He knew he got drunk, obviously, but he's never gotten home like this before. Ubsually, he'd be woken up by one of the bartenders at 3 in the morning, and left, but this?! He groaned, then glanced at Kei again. He cracked a smile, and softly stroke Kei's hair. Interesting, his hair is a bit more dry than I expected ... He caressed his face. Tetsuro could feel a heatwave flow through his body. He quickly retreats his hand, and rubbed his neck with a flushed face. He got up to get the day ready.
   Kei woke up yawning softly. He got up, and looked around. Right.... I really chose to stay the night with-
"Good morning." A voice called out. Kei looked up, and then saw Tetsuro's smirk. He blushed, and then looked away.
"U- Um I'm sorry for stay-staying without asking..." He stuttered. Tetsuro chuckled. "No, no, it's fine, I've imagined things like this happening to me before."
Kei stared at him. "That's.... really creepy of you." He got up.
"Aw, can't you be a little more nicer, Tsuki?" Tetsuro pouted. Kei glared at him, as he picked up his jacket.
"No, I need to get back home." He slipped on his shoes. Tetsuro watched him, as he opened the door.
"Why did you even bother to stay with me?" Tetsuro asked. Kei froze.
"I... it was too late to get back, so I just stayed here..." He said. Tetsuro raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Oh, well I thought that you got clingy, and decided to just stay with me." He smirked. Kei looked back at him with a flustered face.
"I- no, why would I do that?!" He shouted. Tetsuro stepped back a bit.
"No need to get all angry, I was just assuming." He shrugged.
"Ugh, whatever, I need to go home." Kei said.
"It's only 4 in the morning." Tetsuro said.
"That's the point, I told my brother that I'd be back by 1." Kei slipped on his jacket.
Tetsuro shrugged again. "So? You're only 3 hours late." He said. Kei scoffed.
"Of course you wouldn't care." He rolled his eyes. "I'll be leaving now, goodbye." He walked out of the door.
"Wait, can I have your number?" Tetsuro waved his phone. Kei looked back.
"I thought you already had it?" He asked. Tetsuro smiled nervously.
"Yeah, I did, but I accadently deleted it." He said.
"Ugh." Kei scowled. "No, you had your chance, then you lost it." He turned back around.
"I'll get you a ride~" Tetsuro whistled. Kei stopped, then remembering, yeah, he doesn't have a ride. He sighed. "Give me your phone."
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Kei sat silently in Tetsuro's car. "I...didn't know you had a car." Kei mumbled. Tetsuro glanced at him.
"Yeah? Well, I am 17." He smiled. Kei scoffed.
"As if, or maybe your parents got tired of you, and thought that it's about time you drove yourself around." He joked.
"Hm...yeah, that, too." Tetsuro smirked. Kei's face turned pink. He turned the opposite way from Tetsuro. Tetsuro chuckled.
"No need to be embarrassed." He shook his head.
"I'm not embarrassed..." Kei said.
"You hesitated to say that." Tetsuro teased. Kei hit the back of his head.
"Shut up." He crossed his arms. Tetsuro chuckled. "Alright, if you say so."
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They made it back to Miyagi. Kei un-buckled his seat belt, and as he was about to get out, Tetsuro pulled him back. "You're welcome." Tetsuro said. Kei rolled his eyes.
"Thanks for the ride, I guess." Kei rubbed his arm. He grabbed his bag, and waved goodbye to Tetsuro with a sarcastic smile. Tetsuro stuck his tongue out at him, which made Kei flinch. He stuck up the middle finger in return.
  Kei walked to his house, not ready to see what would be waiting for him on the other side of the door. He took a deep breath, and opened the door. He looked up, and saw his brother standing in front of him, with his arms crossed.
"Kei." Akiteru said. Kei flinched, and didn't want to make direct eye contact.
"H-hello, Akiteru..." He rubbed his neck. Akiteru sighed.
"You said you were going to be back 1, right?" He asked. Kei nodded. Akiteru sighed again.
"It's alright, you've done this before, anyway, and I understand, it's not your fault." He patted Kei's back, as his brother walked into the house.
   It was only 6 in the morning, but Kei wanted to go to sleep. His brother walked in with a cup of coffee. "Are you tired?" Akiteru asked, as he sat down next to Kei.
"Just a bit, I didn't think serving a bunch of strangers with drinks could be so tiring." Kei yawned. Akiteru chuckled.
"Well, working in the city is quite the hussel." He smiled. Kei groaned.
"Hey, we're seeing mom this afternoon, ok?" Akiteru got up. Kei nodded., as he watched his brother walk out of the room. He laid back into his bed, and sighed.
I should start getting ready for school...
   After a shower and a change of clothes, Kei walked down stairs finding his brother sitting at the coffee table.
"Are you working today?" Kei asked. Akiteru nodded.
"Yeah, 9 a.m. to 1:30." He said. Kei looked at him.
"I thought it was 9 to 12?" He asked. Akiteru gave him a side-eye. That meant that Akiteru was working over time again. Kei sighed.
"You should stop over-working yourself, you know." He sat down on the arm rest.
"Says the teenage boy who works in the middle of the night, in the city, at a CLUB." Akiteru shot back. Kei stuck his tongue out at him.
"I'm heading to school." He got up.
"Kay, have fun." Akiteru smiled.
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   Kei made it to school. They had morning volleyball practice today, and he was absolutely dredding it. Not to mention, he has dark eye bags, and still smelled like alcohol. He sighed, and slid open the door. "Ohayou." He said.
Hinata looked over at the door. "Oh  hey, Tsukishima!" He smiled.
"Good morning, Tsukishima." Sugawara smiled. Everyone bid their hellos and good mornings, as Tsukishima walked in. Nishinoya sniffed the air.
"Why does it smell like whiskey?" He asked. Daichi raised an eyebrow.
"Does it?" He asked. Sugawara sniffed the air as well.
"Huh, it does, for some reason." He said. Everybody looked at Kei with a weird look. Kei looked back. "What? Do you actually think the smell is coming from me?" He asked with an offended face.
"Tsuki, we never said that." Yamaguchi said. Kei clicked his tongue, and walked away to the locker room. "Whatever."
Everyone exchanged concerned looks to each other.
  During practice, Kei couldn't keep up with anything. His blocks were a bit lousy, and he kept messing up his receives and spikes. They all decided to take a break, when Kei spiked a ball, which deflated.
"Uh, don't you guys think that there's something up with Tsukishima?" Sugawara asked, talking with the other third years.
"Well, he DID deflate a ball, so...?" Asahi shrugged. Daichi tapped his chin.
"Maybe we could go talk to him?" He suggested. He looked at Sugawara and Asahi, who had nervous looks on their faces, saying that they were a bit scared to talk to him.
"On second thought, let's wait till tomorrow."
   After practice, nobody said anything. Kei was changing his clothes, hen his phone rang. He picked it up, and put it on speaker, it was one his co-workers, but he didn't know, he didn't look at the name. "What's up?" Kei asked.
"Tsukishima, are you free to work a club shift tonight?"
Kei paused. He looked around, and everyone was gawking at him.
"You work at a club?!"

And that was chapter three! I hope you enjoyed, I tried to make it longer, since I won't be able to update for a while, I'll try to work on the next chapter, and maybe will post it tomorrow, please be patient!