Receiving Practice

Chapter 7

(580 words)

"I have something to tell you!"

Both awkwardly looked away from each other, before their eyes met back again.

"You go first!" Tsukishima said.

"Oh, no, you can go, mine isn't that important." He said with a nervous smile.

"W-well alright. I'm just gonna be blunt, I like you, more than friends, I mean. Do you want to go on a date?" Tsukishima sheepishly smiled a tiny bit.

Yamaguchi's checks lit up in flames and he couldn't speak again.

"Y-you? Me? You want to date me?" Yamaguchi said with wide eyes and mouth dropped down to the floor.

"Uh, yes?" Tsukishima questioned and felt very self conscious as Yamaguchi has yet to accept his offer.

He technically didn't say no yet but that also means he didn't say yes and he wasn't gonna hold his breath.

"Oh! Right, of course! Y-yes, I will go out with you. Actually, I was gonna ask you the same thing!" The shorter told him with a sheepish smile and face flushed darker than before (if that was even possible) which made his freckles stand out much brighter.

It was now Tsukishima's turn for his eyes to widen in shock. 'He accepted? Stay calm, keep your cool Kei.' Tsukishima thought to himself.

"Really? Great!" Tsukishima smiled and grabbed Yamaguchi's hand subtly.

Yamaguchi nervously giggled as his face was currently resembling a strawberry but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. After all, he and Tsukishima were dating now so what could possibly ruin his mood?

"I don't think I've ever seen you be this awkward before." Yamaguchi stated with a laugh, finally calming down a little.

"Shut up Yamaguchi." Tsukishima said and shoved Yamaguchi playfully with his side."

"Sorry Tsukki!" Yamaguchi giggled before stopping himself.

"Oh sorry! I didn't mean to call you Tsukki, my bad!" He apologised sheepishly.

"No it's ok actually, I don't mind it if you want to call me that."

Yamaguchi smiled widely and squeezed his hand tighter.

"Thanks, Tsukki!" The shorter tested out the new name.

They talked and joked around for the rest of lunch before it was time for their practice game.

"Ah, I better get going, see you at practice tonight!" Yamaguchi stood up and was about to walk away before he was stopped.

"Wait, do you want to make our relationship public? I don't mind either way." He asked as he followed Yamaguchi and stood up.

"Oh! Well I haven't told my parents that I like guys yet, I mean, I did just find out last week," Yamaguchi laughed, "but if it's ok with you I would like to tell my team, they're really noisy though so they will probably find out if I tell them or not."

"Yeah, I'm ok with that, just wondering if you were comfortable." Tsukishima said and walked away. 

A/N

OK! The reason this chapter was really short is because the last week was spent writing a Tsukkiyama Christmas one shot and since I wanted to finish it by Christmas, I decided to not focus on this book till I finished. I was looking over this chapter and while I wish it was longer, this was a good ending point for now and it's been like over a week since I last posted plus last chapter was a cliff hanger! Hope you liked it and next chapter will be longer (especially since my winter break is coming up so I won't have to worry about hel- oh I mean school).