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this was a request from a discord server, but the plot sounded a lot like a chapter from my kyotani book, so I'm just gonna do another prompt ;w;
edit: credit to kenkaiji for the prompt ✨
speaking of kyotani iM SO SORRY TO THE READERS OF MY KYOTANI BOOK LMAO-
mentions: bullying
presented by: this badass bitch

Being Yahaba Shigeru's younger brother was not easy. (M/N) hated it, if he were being honest. His older brother was a pain in the ass, had a superiority complex, and was ridiculously shallow. He, on the other hand, was sweet and quiet. Nobody messed with (M/N); there was no reason to. He was just too kind to mess with.

So when (M/N) tumbled to the ground after bumping into someone, he was surprised when they didn't apologize. And he was further surprised when his brother yelled, "Watch it Kyotani!"

"Shigeru, stop yelling," (M/N) mumbled as he stood up and dusted himself off. He looked at the boy that his brother was yelling at and felt his face flush. This boy - Yahaba's friend, apparently - was gorgeous, in an odd way. His amber eyes were framed with messy eyeliner, but it just made those eyes stand out. His hair was a sight to behold, but it was those eyes that made (M/N)'s heart skip a beat. "I-I'm sorry," he whispered.

"Uh, yeah. It's fine," Kyotani grunted. He looked at Shigeru. "Who's this?"

"My little brother. Now move so I can get him to class," Shigeru frowned. Kyotani glared back. The two were friends and some days, rivals on others. Apparently, they had recently argued about something, so they hated each other at the moment. But knowing them, this fight would be over by the end of the week.

Kyotani shrugged and looked at (M/N). "See ya around," he muttered before patting the younger boy's shoulder. With that, he walked away.

Shigeru made sure he was gone before looking at (M/N). "I know that look! Don't even think about it!" He scolded quietly as he and (M/N) started to walk again.

"Why not?" (M/N) pouted, crossing his arms childishly. "He seems nice.."

"Nice? Nice?!" Shigeru repeated and scoffed. "That dude is the definition of a punk asshole! Don't go around him, okay?"

"Shigeru.. you've literally told me that you guys are friends.. don't be so petty.." (M/N) murmured as they reached his classroom. "I'll see you later."

He walked into his class and sighed softly, sitting at his desk. Kunimi, the boy in the desk next to him, looked at him. "What happened?" He asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"My brother's being an ass again.."

Kunimi snorted. "Yahaba's like that a lot. Why is he like that this time around?"

(M/N) leaned his head on his arm and sighed happily. "I met a boy today.. his name's Kyotani.." he murmured. "He bumped into me, and his eyes.. oh Kunimi, they were so pretty-! Hey, why are you looking at me like that?!"

Kunimi had an absolutely disgusted expression on his face. He leaned over and put a hand on (M/N)'s shoulder. "I'm gonna warn you.. Kyotani-san is scary. And he hates people. And he can be an asshole. And-"

"He sounds like you," (M/N) smiled kindly. "And we're friends, aren't we? I think he needs a chance."

Kunimi's cheeks turned pink and he frowned. He looked at his desk and used the collar of his jacket to hide his face. "W-Whatever. Don't say I didn't warn you."

With that, during all his classes, (M/N) would gently ask questions about the mysterious boy he had become entranced with. Everyone warned him about the temperamental blonde known as 'Mad Dog' but he wouldn't listen. For once, he was being stubborn. Lunch rolled around, and he went to search for the second year. After walking around for a while, he found Kyotani sitting at an empty staircase, eating alone and with earbuds in. Kyotani looked up and cocked an eyebrow. "Uh.. can I help you..?" He mumbled. "If you're looking for your brother, I don't-"

"God no," (M/N) giggled, shaking his head. His (H/C) hair bounced as he hopped up the steps, humming to himself. He stopped and kneeled down in front of Kyotani. "I'm looking for you!" He said sweetly.

Kyotani's eyes widened a bit and his gaze softened. "Me? Why..?" He trailed off. (M/N) sat down next to him and pulled out a lunchbox with cute designs on it. 'Cute,' Kyotani thought with a small smile.

(M/N) took a bite of his food and swallowed. Then, he said, "Well, when I saw you this morning, I thought your eyes were very pretty. I told my brother and my friend Kunimi, and they warned me to not go around you. Everyone I spoke to did."
Kyotani looked down at his shoes shamefully. Of course people would say that. This kid was probably just here to make fun of him. Or so he thought. "But I decided, 'Hey, I'll meet him myself! Then I'll see if they're right!' and came here. And well.. hi!" (M/N) said cheerfully. 

Kyotani raised an eyebrow and tilted his head. "So.. you wanna hang out with me..?" He slowly questioned. (M/N) nodded. "Is someone putting you up to this? Don't fuckin' play with me-"

"I'm not," (M/N) stopped him. He gave him a close-eyed, rosy-cheeked grin. "I think you could be a really cool friend Kyotani! So please, let me be your friend!" He giggled.

Kyotani blushed and looked down at his shoes again. He sighed and stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth. "Fine. You can stick around," he murmured. (M/N) cheered and scooted closer to the volleyball player, who smiled a little and glanced at him. 'How can someone like this exist..? He seems so.. innocent? And kind? It's so weird.. but cute..?'

He found himself asking those questions a lot as the days went on. Everyday, (M/N) would join Kyotani for lunch, walk him to volleyball practice, and would occasionally walk home with him if he could escape his brother. Shigeru, by the way, had no idea the two were friends.

Or the fact that the two were falling for each other.

One day, however, was different from the other days. Kyotani waited for (M/N) at lunch, but he never appeared. The blonde searched for him in nearby corridors and classrooms, but to no avail. He sighed and sat back down on the staircase. "Maybe he's doing something for class..? I'll just see him at practice," he mumbled to himself.
But after school, the younger Yahaba brother was nowhere to be found once again. Kyotani waited by his classroom, but after ten minutes, (M/N) never appeared to pick him up. He grabbed his phone.

Kyotani ✨:
where are you.

He waited a few minutes, but he never got a response. He ended up storming off to practice and was extremely late, but he couldn't care less. He looked at Shigeru and glared. "Where's your brother?" He growled.

"What? Why?" Shigeru replied.

Kyotani froze. He wasn't supposed to tell the setter about his friendship with (M/N); Shigeru would lose his shit. "He.. wasn't around today. I usually see him at lunch," he grumbled as he walked by.

"He said he didn't feel well today," Shigeru sighed as he took a sip from his water bottle. "Thinking about it, he was in a rush home last night."

Kyotani remembered that. (M/N) wanted to walk with Kyotani, but Shigeru popped up, so (M/N) hid his face and ran. Kyotani was worried, but wouldn't let it show.

The next day, it was the same story at lunch. He looked around and groaned, about to head back to his staircase. But as he walked, he heard something coming from the bathroom. Running water and- was that crying? He poked his head in. It wouldn't hurt to look, right?

Oh, he was wrong.

(M/N) leaned against one of the bathroom sinks, sobbing and trying to hide his face. Kyotani's eyes widened and he walked in. "(M/N)," he grunted. (M/N) looked up with a soft gasp. "What happened?"

"N-Nothing! Don't worry about it K-Kyo-kun!" (M/N) stammered, wiping the tears away. He gave his usual cheery smile, turning off the water. "I just.. had a stressful day, that's all! Let's go eat lunch!"

He began to leave, but Kyotani put an arm out in front of him to stop him. "Even on your most stressful days, you're always smiling. I've never seen you cry," he stated. He bit his lip and slowly put his hand on (M/N)'s shoulder. "So what really happened?"

(M/N)'s smile fell and his lip began to tremble. He shook his head and pulled back, nervously wringing his hands. "K-Kyotani.. am I a pushover?" He whispered sadly. "I try to be nice to everyone, but.."

"But people have been abusing that?" Kyotani finished for him. (M/N) nodded and whimpered, trying to hold back his tears. "God.. I mean.. maybe you are nice and kind, or whatever, and maybe you're a bit of a pushover. But that doesn't mean people get to do that to you," he sighed as he stepped closer to (M/N). "Who said that?"

"A kid from my class," (M/N) whispered. He rolled up his sleeve, showing off bruises and red hand marks. "He wanted me to give him the homework answers for our next period, but I didn't wanna, so I offered to help him instead. But he got mad and.."

Kyotani frowned as (M/N)'s breath hitched and tears slid down his cheeks. "Are there any more? Is this why you didn't show up yesterday?" He asked quietly, fists clenching at his sides. (M/N) nodded. "So are there more marks?"

(M/N) nodded again and walked to the sink. He grabbed a napkin and wet it, then wiped the sides of his face. There, are his jawline, were bruises in the shapes of fingers. Whoever this guy was had grabbed (M/N) by the jaw. Kyotani grit his teeth and gently traced the bruises with his calloused fingers. "I'm sorry for ditching yesterday. I just.. thought you'd be upset-"

"I am," Kyotani cut him off, pulling back. He crossed his arms. "Nobody gets to fuckin' touch you like that, or walk all over you. The next time you see that guy, tell him to fuck off."

"I-I can't do that!" (M/N) gasped. "One, that's a mean word. Two.. won't I just get beat up again?" He pointed out as he awkwardly fiddled with his fingers.

"Not if I'm there with you," Kyotani said. (M/N)'s eyes widened and he grinned widely. "Now stop smiling, put a bad bitch face on, and let's go-"
He was cut off as (M/N) gave him a tight hug, giggling softly. He smiled a little and placed a hand on the younger boy's back. "I wonder how you and your brother are related," he mumbled.

(M/N) laughed and pulled away from Kyotani. "No clue!" He beamed. He took the blonde's hand in his. "Now let's go!"
They headed down the halls and went into (M/N)'s classroom. Kyotani waited at the door and watched as (M/N) marched up to some smug looking dude. "H-Hey! You!" (M/N)'s shaky voice yelled. The guy looked at him. "I'm not gonna keep letting you copy my work! I-It's not very n..nice!"

The student smirked and crossed his arms. "But Yahaba-kun, do you want me to fail?" He said softly, as if he were being sincere. (M/N)'s fists fell to his side and his frown relaxed. "I need your help to pass! And I don't have much time on my hands because of basketball club! That's why I needed your homework-"

"If I can make time from volleyball, you can make time to study."
(M/N) jumped and looked behind him. Kyotani was behind him, glaring at the other student. "Don't make excuses to try and persuade (M/N) into giving you his work," the bleach-blonde growled.

The student cocked an eyebrow and straightened up. He was slightly taller than Kyotani, but Kyotani was more intimidating. "Yeah? And what are you gonna do about it, Mad Dog?" The boy taunted. Kyotani grew agitated; he hated that name. "What, is he your boyfriend? I thought you were fucking his older brother. So what are you gonna do? Huh? What-?"

A fist was swung right into the student's jaw. (M/N) squeaked and jumped back. Kyotani squatted in front of the boy and smirked. "I'm gonna do that, asshole," he snarled. The student glared back and launched forward, tackling Kyotani. "(M/N), get outta here!" Kyotani barked as the two began to wrestle and fight.

"O-Okay! Please be careful!" (M/N) yelled as he ran out. He saw his brother walking down a hallway with Watari and screamed, "SHIGERU! GET IWAIZUMI-SAN!"

"WHAT?! WHAT HAPPENED, WHY ARE YOU SHAKING?!" Shigeru yelled back.

"KYOTANI'S IN A FIGHT!"

Just with those words, the second year volleyball players looked at each other, then ran off. (M/N) ran back into the classroom, and was shocked. In a matter of only moments, Kyotani's uniform jacket had been shed, his tie was around the other's guy neck, and both their faces and fists were bloodied. "K-Kyotani, please stop!" (M/N) tried to reason as he watched from the door.

"Oi, Kyotani!" Iwaizumi shouted as he ran in, Shigeru trailing behind. The two grabbed Kyotani by the shoulders and started to pull him back, causing the blonde to thrash and try to return to the fight. "Quit-!"

"Get back here, asshole! Bitch! Dickwad!" Kyotani spat as he tried to kick the other student. "If I see you around (M/N) again, I'll whoop your ass! You'll be a dead son of a bitch, I'll tell you that!"

Shigeru looked at his teammate in shock, then looked at his little brother. Kunimi had come into the classroom and was doing his best to get the younger Yahaba to calm down. Shigeru looked at Kyotani. "When we get you out of this mess, we need to have a chat," he sighed. He looked at (M/N). "You too."

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"Two weeks suspension?!" (M/N) repeated as he, Kyotani and Shigeru sat in the nurse's office. He looked at Kyotani and then began to bow repeatedly. "I'm so so so so sorry! I didn't mean for you to get in trouble! I'm sorry-!"

"Relax," Kyotani grumbled as the nurse bandaged up his knuckles. "It's not my first, and it's not my last."

"Can I ask why this fight even broke out?" Shigeru spoke up from another chair, arms crossed angrily. "And how you two know each other?"

Kyotani and (M/N) looked at each other and blushed, then looked away. "I've been hanging out with Kyotani for a few weeks now.. he's actually really nice, Shigeru," (M/N) admitted shyly. Both of the second years in the room looked at him with surprise. "And uhm.. the guy he was fighting was someone that's been picking on me for homework. I went to confront him to stop, but I'm.." he trailed off and looked down at his hands. "I'm a weak pushover. So Kyotani had to step in."

Shigeru's eyes were still wide as he looked at Kyotani. Kyo was now blushing and looking at his knuckles with slight guilt in his eyes. "You were protecting him? Why?" Shigeru asked.

Kyotani stiffened up. He looked at the nurse. "Could you go please?" He bluntly asked. She smiled and nodded, wishing him luck before leaving the room. He looked at Shigeru and swallowed his annoyance. "Your brother, unlike you, is actually pretty chill. He's.. cute, I guess. And when the rest of you were telling him not to come around me, he sat with me at lunch anyway. Pretty bold and ballsy if you ask me. So I guess I just.. got attached," he spoke calmly. The Yahaba's both stared in shock. "Basically, I like your brother."

Shigeru looked between the two of them. (M/N)'s eyes were teary, his cheeks were pink, and he wore a smile on his lips. He looked genuinely happy. Shigeru sighed and hung his head. "You know, if you hurt him, you're dead," he scoffed. Both of them look at him. "But.. if you really care that much for him, then who am I to say no?"

"Really?!" (M/N) squealed. He jumped on to his brother and gave him a tight hug. "Thank you Shigeru!"

"Yeah, thanks," Kyotani said with a smile. Shigeru chuckled and hugged his brother, then decided to give the two some time alone. Kyotani looked at (M/N). "I'm.. sorry that you had to see that back there," he mumbled. "I didn't really want you to find out I liked you this way, but-"

"Don't apologize," (M/N) giggled. "I mean, I was terrified of what was going to happen to you during that fight. But on the other hand.. you protected me and stood up for me. So, thank you," he explained.

Kyotani smiled a little and leaned against the pillow of the nurse's office bed. "Wanna know how you can thank me?" He asked. (M/N) raised a curious eyebrow, then watched as Kyotani took his hand in his and rubbed his thumb over the boy's (S/C) knuckles. "Go on a date with me?" He suggested, then planted a small kiss on (M/N)'s knuckle.

"S-Sure! I'd love to!" (M/N) squeaked, hiding his face. Kyotani laughed, then felt a kiss against his cheek. "And there! 'Cause I saw you get punched there!"

"Cute.."

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SNZISNSKAJSNSWN I LIKE THIS ONE- AND IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING IT, MY KYOTANI KEYCHAIN AND PIN GOT HERE IN THE MAIL DKXOSNZIAJA

HE'S MY BABY- DID Y'ALL SEE HIM IN THE MANGA?!!$/$-&/&/&^\ NAKjKSKSKQJAJQ
speaking of the manga- thank you haruichi furudate for this amazing series. this one's for you 🥺💕✨

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