"oh, i was gonna ask you, do you have a tongue piercing?" futa asked the pink haired boy from the foot of the bed, "im pretty sure i saw one, because i remember you saying something about wanting one," he added.

"yep," hanamaki said slightly smiling, then sticking out his tongue exposing his black stud, "it kinda hurts when i talk, and i still havent eaten with it," he yawned, lifting his hand up to his mouth to cover it, "im getting tired," he said quietly, looking back at mattsun who was watching the movie. kenji rested his head onto the bed, closing his eyes and trying to sleep, failing.

"hm," matsu hummed in response, agreeing.

"oi, hana-chan," he heard kenji call from the foot of the bed, he looked over at him.

"hm?" he hummed in response.

"you gonna sleep with a blanket?" he asked, sitting up and tossing me a thin sheet.

"how come?" makki asked.

"i can see your junk," he said with a small laugh, "just tryin' to help you out," he added.

"oh, jesus christ, thanks," he said taking the blanket and fixing it to cover his legs.

matsukawa, who was formely holding his head up with the palm of his head, rested his head onto the back of makkis shoulder. makki looked back at him briefly before looking over at kenji who was smirking at him, "get it," he mouthed, with a wink. hanamaki rolled his eyes with a slight smile.

*

hanamakis eyes fluttered open, the light of the morning sun spilling through the windows. he looked around to find only himself and iwaizumi who was sleeping on the floor, he sat up looking over at where mattsun had previously been sleeping, to see an empty spot. everyones gone, he thought, downstairs? he got out of the bed, and before heading downstairs he went to the bathroom on the upper level, rinsing his face with water and using a strong mouth wash in place of him forgetting his toothbrush.

he made his way downstairs, the sound of small chatter getting louder as he got closer, then he eventually found everyone sitting in the dining room, eating waffles and fruit. "good morning hana-chan!" kenji chirped from the table, "did you sleep well?" he asked.

"uh yeah, i guess,"

"bet you did, all cuddled up to mattsun," oikawa added smugly with a laugh.

"oh shut up, you know your husbands still upstairs sleeping?" he asked.

"oh, yeah, he doesn't like being woken up for anything, he'll just have waffles later," he said, standing up, and walking over to hanamaki, "do you want a waffle?"

"sure," he said simply, "oh um, wheres-"

"mattsun went home sadly," oikawa said walking into the kitchen, makki following after.

"what why?"

"said he'd pick you up if you needed a ride home, but he had something to do, i dunno," oikawa said simply with a small shrug, starting up the waffle maker.

"oh, well, i don't want to bother him for a ride if he's doing something," makki said with a sigh.

"yeah you do," oikawa said furrowing his eyebrows with an amused smile, "whatever or whoever he's doing can wait for you right?"

"shut up,"

"whaaaat?" oikawa pouted.

"whoever?" the shorter boy repeated.

"oh, you know mattsun, he gets around," oikawa said shaking his head as he opened up the waffle maker pouring in the batter.

"what do you mean?" hanamaki asked trying to keep his tone from sounding desperate.

"he sleeps around sometimes," oikawa said, closing the waffle maker. then turning to look at makki who was looking down at the floor.

"seriously?" he asked softly.

"makki, you didn't know that?" he asked, "don't tell me you like him," he said.

hanamaki furrowed his eyebrows, then looked up at oikawa, "you said he was looking?" he asked.

"looking for someone to hook up with, makki," oikawa said softly.

there was no response from hanamaki, "you like him don't you," oikawa asked almost rhetorically knowing the answer, "do you like him a lot?"

"i did,"

"did?" oikawa asked.

"well, i mean, if he's like that then i guess i'll have to force myself to not like him, right?" he said with a small laugh, rubbing the back of his neck in a sort of awkward way.

"well, that's not necessarily true,"

"huh?"

"you don't have to not like him, you just can't pursue him,"

"that's worse," makki said, his eyes tearing up a bit.

"are you crying?" oikawa asked, concern clear in his voice.

"i just, i cry when i'm stressed," he replied with a laugh.

"nervous laughter too?" oikawa replied smiling softly.

"yeah," he replied.

"i'm sorry," oikawa said.

"for what?"

"i didn't know you wanted a relationship, i just thought you wanted to sleep with him, and i'm sorry," oikawa said, as a beep came from the waffle maker, he turned and opened up the waffle maker, taking it out with a fork and placing it on a plate. "you know what, i feel really bad, i'm sorry, i got you," he said turning and handing the plate to hanamaki, "how about we make a plan," he said deviously.

"what? what do you mean?" he asked.

"okay, matsukawa is honestly stubborn, he'll just keep teasing until you sleep with him, basically, so, how about this," he said, walking over to the fridge and opening it up, "don't flirt back, deflect everything, i know you're witty and it'll be easy for you, and knowing mattsun he'll probably hate it at first, but he can't deny a challenge," oikawa said grabbing a few strawberries and walking over to makki placing them on his waffle, "and to add to it, you can make him jealous,"

"what? how?"

"because i'm not gonna lie, he acts different with you, he really does, i can tell he likes you, but commitment isn't his thing, so we can bring him to his senses by making him notice what he's doing," oikawa continued.

"okay but how?"

"i'll set you up with one of my friends, a friend that is always up for trouble and schemes," he said, "well, as long as i'm conducting them, basically he'd do anything for me," he added.

"who?"

"heheheheh," oikawa just sarcastically laughed like an evil scientist.

"oikawa who?"

"heheheheheheheheheh," he kept on.

"will you quit it?" he asked with a laugh.

oikawa pulled out his phone, dialing a number then holding it up to his ear.

"you better be calling the person," makki said rolling his eyes.

"heheh,"

"i swear to god-"

"hellooo," oikawa said into the phone, "hiii ushiwaka," he chimed.

"oikawa what're you doing?" they heard a voice call from the kitchen door frame. it was iwaizumi.

"i'm calling ushiwaka,"

"what?! why? i will beat the shit out of both you and ushijima if you don'-"

"it's for a scheme babe, please, im on the phone gOSH," oikawa whined.

iwaizumi simply rolled his eyes and walked over to the fridge, opening it up and grabbing an apple then leaving.

oikawa moved the phone from his ear and clicked the speaker button, "you're on speaker ushiwaka,"

"okay," a deeper voice said from the other side of the phone.

"okay, so i need you,"

"when don't you," the voice said.

"quite often actually, i'd say like 99.9% of the time," oikawa responded rolling his eyes a bit, "but anyways, so i have a friend here whos having boy problems, and i need you to be his tag for a little," he said.

"so basically what i did to help you get iwaizumi, except this time i'll know i'm being use-" oikawa clicked off the speaker and put the phone up to his ear,

"i hope you know you're embarrassing me," oikawa said, flashing me a quick innocent smile before walking into the other room.

"wow," hanamaki mumbled to himself, with a small laugh. he placed his plate onto the counter grabbing a fork and starting to eat his waffle. as he did, he thought for a second, about mattsun and almost simultaneously his appetite left. he put down the fork, and sighed a bit, he began to think about everything they talked about. did he use the same lines he used on me, on other people? did he solely intend on sleeping with me? did he leave early to go bang some other person? if he is, do they know they're not the only one? do other people know he's like that? god, i feel like such an idiot, obviously someone that charming... and sly.. and cute.. couldn't be a one person ride. ha, i referred to him as a ride.

"alrighty," oikawa chirped, "he said he'll do it," he said with a smile, "took some convincing, which was surprising but, he's gonna do it," he paused, "hey, you alright?"

"yeah, i just don't know if i should do this," makki said reluctantly.

"you should, it's not like you're doing something bad, it's mattsun who just needs, a little.. push i guess, or realization, you know?" oikawa said walking over to hanamaki, placing a hand on his shoulder, "you're the total package, and i, myself, would feel bad if mattsun let that go to waste, you're both my friends, and i wanna see you both happy," oikawa said with a genuine smile, "oh and your friend kenji, he's pretty cool, he's getting along with everyone, it's adorable,"

"sounds like he's my kid," makki joked with a laugh.

"true, but cmon lets go back with the rest, don't wanna leave iwa-chan alone too long with the rest, he gets annoyed, gotta protect my baby," he said walking over to the dining room a skip in his step.

"oh goodness,"