tsukishima kei | smart
x gender neutral
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87%. That was your score on your test you had done recently, as soon as you read the results. You felt as though the world had come crashing down. You had studied so hard and you still didn't get the score you felt you deserved. You felt so stupid.

"Ne, (f/n)-chan!" You heard a voice awaken you from what seemed like a deep slumber but in reality, you were just thinking about how you failed yourself, it was your fault.

"Yes, Hinata-kun?" You said weakly, shoving your result paper into your bag. "Are you coming to lunch? The bell rung!" You shook your head at the auburn haired boy, you just wanted to be alone.

"I'll be eating by myself today, sorry." You said, a lonely and gloomy aura surrounding you as you left the classroom with your bag in hand. Your boyfriend–Tsukishima–was walking past you to come and get you but you just ran past him in a haste to be alone.

He watched your retreating figure, wondering what was wrong. You never ignored him, no matter how hard you tried. "Hinata, what's wrong with (f/n)?" He asked the middle blocker who was surprised by Tsukishima speaking to him.

"Urm, I don't know." He said scratching the back of his head. The blonde just scowled at the shorter boy and set off to find you, he had a terrible feeling in his gut.

He went to the rooftop where you'd usually be and heard sniffling and something being hit against a surface. "Idiot!" He recognised your voice and ran over to you, shocked by the sight. The contents of your bag were all over the concrete, all the books you had used to study with during the long hours with Tsukishima, pens and pencils broken along with notes and papers everywhere, that's when he saw your result paper which fluttered over to him.

You had your head in between you knees as you clenched your fists and hit the cement underneath you, you were so angry and upset with yourself.

Tsukishima looked over at you in concern before picking up the paper and scanning his hazel eyes over it. 87%. It was above average, you had done well.

"I'm so stupid! Why can't I be smart like Kei?! Why can't I do well?!" You shouted to yourself, Tsukki smiled to himself before sitting beside you and pulling you into a hug which surprised you.

"Kei? What are you doing-" he hugged you tighter, breathing in the shampoo of your hair, strawberry. "(F/n), you're not stupid or dumb, you did really well on that test." That brought more tears to your face.

"You don't get it! I tried so hard and I still failed!" You said, gripping his arms as you cried into his shoulder. All you wanted was to be good at something, to be like everyone else!

"Hey, you did better than idiot Hinata and Kageyama. I know you tried hard and I think you did really well so please, don't cry." Kei said, wiping away your tears before kissing your forehead.

"C'mon, I'll treat you to some shortcake after school." He said, pulling you up and helping you fix your appearance and bag. Once you looked better and were cleaned up, he grasped your hands in his and you stared up into his hazel eyes with your own (e/c) eyes.

"I don't love you for being smart, I love you for being you."

"Thank you, Kei."