Love Hurts (Teruyama)

Chapter Three

 There was a girl with long, light brown hair in a ponytail. She had on a light amount of makeup, and she was flirting. She was flirting with the person that Yamaguchi loved. She was flirting with Terushima.

 Yamaguchi struggled to keep the velvety petals from falling to the ground. He was afraid. He was afraid that someone, possibly everyone, would turn around and see him. He was afraid that Terushima would figure it all out, after all, he wasn't an idiot. Most of all, Yamaguchi was afraid that Terushima was in love with this girl.

 Tsukishima quickly dragged Yamaguchi away, muttering a quick 'We'll be right back,' to the captain.

 Once the petals stopped, Yamaguchi faced Tsukishima, fear written all over his face. "Tsukki, what if he loves her?"

 "He can't possibly love her," Tsukishima stated. "If he did, he'd be suffering the same fate as you, and unless he has a best friend that helps hide it, I doubt he has the disease."

 "What if she loves him back?" Yamaguchi asked. "You get the Hanahaki disease if the love is unrequited. If they both love each other, then neither of them would have the disease!" He shouted, running a hand through his hair. "If they both love each other, then there's no chance of me surviving!"

 "Shut up, Yamaguchi."

 Yamaguchi looked up at Tsukishima. "Huh?"

 "Don't talk like that," He warned. "If you say things like that, then there really is no way," He scowled. "Maybe neither of them love each other. Maybe that girl thinks that Terushima looks good, or something, so she doesn't have the disease. Maybe Terushima only thinks she looks pretty. Either way, we have no proof that either one of them love each other."

 Yamaguchi gave a weak smile. "Sorry, Tsukki."

 Tsukishima sighed. "You're fine now, right?" Once Yamaguchi nodded, Tsukishima started to turn around. "Then we should probably get back. We don't want people to get suspicious, do we?"

 Yamaguchi quickly followed behind Tsukishima. When they reached the two teams, Yamaguchi locked eyes with Terushima, and walked over to him.

 "Uh, hey," Yamaguchi greeted awkwardly.

 "HI!" Terushima shouted, putting an arm around Yamaguchi. "So, you know how a while ago I was telling you that I was having trouble finding a manager?

 Yamaguchi gave a feeble nod.

 "Well, I found one!" Terushima announced triumphantly. "Here, let me introduce you!"

 "Uh, you don't have to-"

 "Hey!" He waved at the girl. "C'mere, I want you to meet someone!"

 The girl strode over to the two of them, and flashed a smile. "What's up, Terushima?" She asked with a voice sweet as honey.

 "You remember that boy I told you about?" He asked, giving a smirk.

 The girl rolled her eyes. "You mean the one the one you talk about every day?"

 "Yeah!" Terushima pointed at Yamaguchi. "This is Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, this is Himari."

 Yamaguchi shakily held out a hand. "Hi..." He mumbled, not looking at her.

 "Hi! It's nice to finally meet you," Himari said. "Terushima talks about you constantly! He seems to really enjoy your serves," She commented, giving Yamaguchi a wink.

 Yamaguchi glanced down at the ground, and gave a small nod.

 "Well, I can't wait to see it!" She said, and waved goodbye as she ran over to someone else on the Johzenji team.

 Terushima glanced over at Yamaguchi, and gave a rare frown. "What's up with you, Freckles?" He asked with a concerned tone. "You're acting weird."

 Yamaguchi looked at Terushima, and gave him a smile. "I'm fine. Just a little tired."

 Terushima gave him a skeptical look. "Are you sure? 'Cause I've seen you tired, and you didn't act like this..."

 Yamaguchi never broke his smile. "I'm fine!" He assured him. "Just trust me."

 Terushima bit his lip hesitantly, but beamed at Yamaguchi almost immediately. "Alright. If you say so!"

 There was that knot again. Yamaguchi felt bad about lying to Terushima, but he kept telling himself that it was only so that he wouldn't worry.

 "Yamaguchi!" Someone shouted. Yamaguchi turned around, and saw Tanaka beckoning him over. "We gotta warm up, so get your ass over here!"

 Yamaguchi waved a quick goodbye to Terushima, and ran over to the team.

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 "Freckles!" Terushima shouted once the game had ended. Karasuno won 2 of the sets, while Johzenji had only won a single set. "You did a really good job!"

 Yamaguchi gave a smile. "Thanks. So did you," He commented, taking a drink from his water.

 "Hey, Saltyshima!" Terushima called out. "You've been working on your blocking a lot more, haven't ya?"

 Tsukishima glowered at Terushima, and scoffed before walking away.

 "He's been giving me death glares the entire game," Terushima observed. "Any reason why?"

 Yamaguchi shook his head. "Nope." That was a lie. Yamaguchi knew exactly why Tsukishima was giving Terushima death glares.

 "Terushima wasn't lying when he said that your serves were amazing," Came the sweet voice of Himari. "You played really well."

 Yamaguchi avoided Himari's gaze, and mumbled a 'thank you.'

 Terushima furrowed his eyebrows, confused by Yamaguchi's sudden change in behavior. "Freckles, you alright?"

 Yamaguchi nodded. "I'm fi-" He was cut off by a cough. His eyes widened, knowing exactly what was coming, and fled to the bathroom as quickly as he could.

 "Freckles!" Terushima yelled. "Where are you going?" He was about to run towards him, but was stopped by Tsukishima.

 "He's fine. Just leave him alone," He stated coldly, scowling at Terushima. "Don't worry about him, worry about yourself."

 "Was that a threat?" Terushima asked, giving Tsukishima a glare.

 Tsukishima gave a small shrug. "Depends on how you interpret it."

 "Am I not allowed to worry about Yamaguchi?"

 Tsukishima glowered at him. "No, you're not," He answered, and walked to the bathroom to check on Yamaguchi.

(A/N~ I'm sorry that this chapter was so short. It's probably my shortest chapter... Anyways, I hope you liked it nonetheless. Again, future chapters will be longer, and I'm very excited to write the next chapter [which should make y'all terrified tbh] so have fun reading the next chapter. 😈)