The rest of the week went by uneventful. Akaashi and you texted a few times the next day, but no more after that. Bokuto and (Y/Bff/N) made a few jokes about how the two of you left the party together, but other than that you hadn't talked to them much either. To your dismay, you still had no idea who bought you that Caramel Macchiato and you were starting to think you may never find out. To top it off, work had been busy so for once you hadn't attended any parties the entire week. By Thursday you were in the mood for a serious pick me up to your boring, ordinary day to day routine, and you decided it was time to make your own fun. This led to you texting almost everyone in your contacts an invite to the party you would now be hosting at your house all weekend.

"We're going to have a party Friday AND Saturday?" your best friend asked with a hint of worry in her voice. "Don't you think that's overkill?"

"No, not all." you scoff, "It sounds genius. We can party, sleep, wake up, repeat without ever having to leave the house. People can just stay the whole weekend for all I care."

"You have lost your mind." she spat back without hesitation.

"I have the whole weekend off for once!" you argued. "You don't ever work the weekends so what's stopping you?"

She could tell how much you wanted this and to be honest, she had been bored most of the week just like you. "I guess we have had all week to relax." she softened as she weighed the options. "Fine, you can have your party weekend, but you better keep it under control!"

"It will be fine!" you assured her, "We're going to have so much fun!"

"I'll make a trip to the liquor store in a little bit." she volunteered her contribution to your party fever.

"Cool, thanks! I can go on a beer run too." you offered.

"I can take care of that while I'm out." she insisted, "You can start preparing the house. Make sure it's idiot-proofed. We probably should clean up some too."

"Sounds good to me!"

On Friday you had to work for a few hours in the morning, so you spent most of Thursday night preparing for the weekend. Figuring it would save you time, and energy, for the shenanigans that evening. By 4 pm Friday, your fridge was stocked, the house was spotless, any valuables were placed in safe spaces, and you had rearranged the dining and living areas for optimal room. Now the only thing left to take care of was dinner, shower, and do whatever hair and makeup you felt necessary.

The music in the speakers was pumping through every room in the house once the party was underway. The house filled up with people quickly and everyone seemed to be having a great time. After a while, you made your way into the dining room where things were not going so smoothly for you in particular. The room had been transformed into an area for beer pong and a makeshift bar area in the corner. Initially, you had come into the room to join in on the next game, but unfortunately, you caught the eye of a rather persistent single before that could happen. None of your usual saviors were at the party yet, and you were to nice to bluntly tell him to fuck off, so he kept trying. Normally you would have made an excuse to leave to another area of the house, but before you realized his motive you had agreed to use him as your beer pong partner. He was a nice guy, but something you couldn't place about him wasn't sitting right with you. He was trying way too hard and you were starting to not trust anything about him, to the point you had even stopped drinking. Eventually, you tried lying to him, hoping he would take the bait and finally give up.

"Sorry, you're really nice but I have a boyfriend." Akaashi heard you say. "He should be here any minute."

A boyfriend? That's new. Since when? and who? Not that it was any of his business. He shouldn't care. Shouldn't being the keyword. These thoughts wouldn't haunt Akaashi long, as you had finally noticed his arrival.

"Akaaaashi!" you squealed and came to bring him into an overwhelming hug. Standing on your tiptoes, you wrapped both of your arms as far around him as they could get. Burying your face into his neck a little, you whispered directly into his ear. "This is awkward, but please pretend to be my boyfriend. He won't leave me alone and he's not the only one." Akaashi wrapped his arms around you as tight as he could, understanding what you asked of him with lightning speed. Akaashi seemed a little lost on what to do though, so you decided to take the lead. "I'm so happy you're finally here!"

What were you getting him into now?

"Who are you?" the guy asked causing you two to break apart and look at him. He wasn't bothering to hide the fact that he was completely peeved at Akaashi's sudden presence.

"He's my b-" you began to answer but Akaashi interjected, surprising you both.

"Boyfriend." he brought his arm snug around your hip, bringing you into his side. "I'm her boyfriend. Who are you?"

"Her new friend and beer pong partner." the guy replied sleazily, definitely trying to get a rise from your so-called boyfriend.

"Lucky you," Akaashi said as he pulled you in front of him, clad against his back. Wrapping one arm across your shoulders in the front. "I taught her everything she knows." He wasn't lying there. "Babe, here. You can have my drink. I'll go make myself another one. Be right back." He gave you a tight squeeze and a gentle smile, then trudged off.

Much to your surprise, Akaashi was good at this fake boyfriend thing. For a second, even you were fooled, forgetting he was only a friend. He was only a room over in the living room but you caught him peeking to make sure you were ok every few minutes. It made you feel safe again. The stranger must have noticed this too because he kept a comfortable distance from then on out. Once Akaashi said his hellos to all of the new friends he made the past few weeks, he came back to the doorway of the dining room to check on you. By this point, your game had started and you were too occupied to notice. Leaning against the door frame and sipping on his drink, he admired your carefree attitude.

"Akaashi!" you whined out for him when you finally noticed him. He noticed you weren't doing so good this round, and you had downed almost half the cups your side of the table had. Making his way around the edge of the room to get to you, he picked up a ball your opponents threw.

"Did you forget everything I taught you?" He asked as you reached up linking your arms around his neck. He could tell by the empty cups around you, and the way your face was flushed warm, that you were starting to feel a bit tipsy.

"Show me how to do it again?" you asked, trying to look as innocent as possible as you stood on your tiptoes against him.

"You just want me to hold you again, but I'll take the bait." he chuckled. Biting your smile in victory you spun around in front of him and he took ahold of you just like he had the last time. When he controlled your movements, the ball sank perfectly each time.

"No fair!" the girl on the opposing team called out to her partner. "Why don't you ever help me like her boyfriend does?" she pouted. Her partner, presumably her boyfriend, looked to the two of you. Akaashi winced in a manner as to say sorry but you just smiled wildly.

"Isn't he the greatest boyfriend ever?" you cheered out and up at him, still against your back, to see his reaction.

"Stop causing trouble." he scolded you but his wide grin and overall demeanor were telling a different story. For reasons unknown to even himself, he loved hearing you gush over him in a crowd of people. When he thought about it, he chalked it up to being in a city where barely anyone knows him.

"Fine," you gave a devilish smirk as you leaned off of him, warning him you were up to something, "Daddy."

Akaashi didn't expect that and started choking on his drink. In the middle of his coughing fit, he shot you a warning glare and you busted out laughing. By this time Bokuto had made his first appearance in the room and stared wide-eyed at his best friend's distraught state. "What are you doing to him now?" he questioned you, knowing you and your antics were most likely the culprit.

"Nothing at all Bokubro," you replied, hopping back into your game of beer pong as if nothing happened.

"Don't kill my friend." he laughed as he walked by Akaashi, patting him on the shoulder. Grabbing a beer he stood next to the table. "I want in on the next game."

"You can take my place," you offered, getting bored of the game. Playing with your new partner just wasn't as fun as it is when you play with your friends. Still, you would stick it out until the end of the game to be courteous. Your teammate wasn't very good either, so he started letting you throw some of his balls too. This was fine the first few times. Akaashi was a guy and couldn't help but noticed how good your ass looked in your shorts, especially when you would lean forward to throw. He happened to catch on to the face that your partner was enjoying this too though. The two guys made eye contact when he sized you up after one particular throw that you sunk into a cup, causing you to jump in victory. Your partner looked worried for only a split second before his face transformed into a smirk as he handed you another ball.

"Actually," Akaashi said as he leaned off the wall behind him and walked up to you. He took the ball from your hand and passed it back to the stranger. "I think it's time he threw some of his own balls."

"Wait why?" you turned around but Akaashi just walked back to his spot against the wall by Bokuto. The guy next to you knew why and that was all that mattered.

Shortly after the game was over and Akaashi and Bokuto stepped up to play in your spots. Akaashi surprised you with a fresh drink he made you when you weren't looking and you stood to the side as you drank it to watch the entertaining round that was sure to happen.

The round was as exciting as you thought it would be. Akaashi was great at the game and very strategic. Bokuto was just as great as you expected. Their opponents were two of Bokuto's teammates he brought with him, Hinata and a guy you had never met before. Watching this was as entertaining as one of their volleyball games. Everyone around was so into it, they let them play another round. And another. And another.

Akaashi had been so into the game he hadn't noticed that you were suddenly gone sometime during the last round. That wasn't what worried him though. He noticed your admirer from earlier was also missing. Bokuto noticed Akaashi looking slightly distraught and could guess why. "Check upstairs. The bathtub in the hallway bathroom."

"What?" he questioned, thinking maybe Bokuto had too much to drink. "Why would she be there?"

"Long story," he answered, setting up the table for another game. "Just go check."

Akaashi was still apprehensive of the directions he was given but decided it was worth a shot. As he made his way through the house, he checked every open room; no sight of you or the creep in any of them. This party was bigger than the previous one he attended at your house. He expected there to be fewer people the further he made it through the house, but that wasn't the case. Squeezing his way through people hanging out on your stairway, he made his way to the second floor. The bathroom was the second door on the right once up there. Sure enough, there you were, visible from the hallway scrolling through your phone as you sipped on a beer bottle from the empty bathtub.

"What are you doing?" he asked, and you looked up with him and offered a smile.

"Chillin," you replied as you took another sip from the bottle. "Taking a break from the chaos."

"You thought the bathtub was the best place to do that?" he laughed a bit and you shook your head, yes, looking back to your phone. "I'm tempted to turn the shower on."

"You would not be the first to think you're funny and do that." you scoffed.

"What are you going to do when someone needs to use the bathroom?" he narrowed his eyes at the situation.

"Shut the shower curtain," you answered like it was normal, "if its a guy. If it's a girl, I don't care and neither do they."

"Get out of there." he huffed out. "Please. I don't know where that creep went and I don't like the idea of you locking yourself in here with whoever needs to go to the bathroom. What if he was to get you in here alone?"

"I will leave if I see him," you say but Akaashi is annoyed with the answer, "besides I have my phone with me."

"Come on, you're coming back downstairs with me." Akaashi could tell you weren't taking him seriously enough. In order to make you listen, he thought a little white lie might do the trick. "You better come downstairs with me before your brother comes up here to get you himself." he threatened.

"He's not here." he challenged him.

"Yes he is." he deadpanned you. "How do you think I knew I would find you in here."

"Damnit." you cursed out, believing his lie. "He's so annoying some times." you groaned as you got up and grabbed your phone. Once you two exited the bathroom you stopped. "I don't want to walk."

"Well how else are you going to get down there?" he laughed out, but you weren't laughing. Just staring at him in response, it finally clicked to Akaashi what you wanted. "Oh no. No way. I'm not carrying you." you crossed your arms in a bratty manner. "No. We'll fall down the stairs. Now come on." he furrowed his brows and grabbed your hand, pulling you with him through the crowd of people down the stairs. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs he stopped and looked at you. Rolling his eyes, he offered you what you wanted. "Hop on." you mouth opened in surprise, not expecting him to give in. No one ever does, so why is he? "Hurry up before I change my mind."

Not wasting a second longer, fearing that he would change his mind, you hopped on his back. His hands held you by the thighs as your arms wrapped around his neck. Both of you noticed (Y/Bff/N) in the corner of the living room smirking at the sight. He caught you sending her a cheesy smile before he started walking you towards the dining room where he left Bokuto.

"Was I right?" Bokuto asked as Akaashi entered the room, you still clinging tightly to his back.

"Yeah, you were," he said as he looked back to you. "Is that a common occurrence?"

"Happens all the time." Bokuto laughed out. "How did she trick you into carrying her?"

"He's my boyfriend for tonight," you smiled out hugging him tightly, "and he's SO good at it."

"Is that so?" Bokuto raised as his brow and Nakamura who had now arrived as well was choking back his laughter. "There's a sucker born every day."

"I'm getting us some drinks." he hung his head in defeat. Walking away to the makeshift bar in the corner of the room, you still hoisted upon his back, he began to make himself a drink. Peering over his shoulder with your chin resting in the crook of his neck you watched his concoction. "You want one?" he asked with a gentle smile as he looked up at you.

"Yes please," you smiled contently and snuggled into him more. For the first time tonight, you took in his scent. It was taking over your senses and putting you completely at ease. Blaming it on the alcohol you shrugged it off. "Can you give me some of that?" you pointed to a dark liquor bottle with an orange label in the corner of the table. "Oh with some of that!" you pointed to a soda bottle in the opposite corner. "Ooh! and a tiny bit of that too!" you pointed to another liquor.

"Are you sure?" he laughed out. "That last liquor sounds horrible."

"Yes! Just a tiny bit though or it will be gross!" you crinkled your nose in disgust.

Once he had his drink and passed yours, he made his way over to the side of the room where Bokuto was now standing with his friends. He allowed you to stay on his back while he talked amongst them. Once the conversation turned towards families your eyes grew wide. "Oh no. Put me down!" you said as you frantically climbed off his back.

"Are you ok?" he asked, confused by your sudden change in mood.

"My brother will kill us if he sees me being carried by you everywhere," you said stressed out. Tucking a few strands of your hair back behind your ears, your eyes darted around the room looking for him. Akaashi busted out laughing for a minute before he patted your head.

"It's fine." he assured you, "He isn't here."

"But you said he told me to come downstairs!"

"I lied," he smirked as he gulped his cup.

"AKAASHI!" you huffed out, smacking his arm lightly. "That's cheating!"

"Doesn't matter," he said smug as ever, "I won."

"This round," you crossed your arms and stared him down, "next time you won't be so lucky, soldier."

"Whatever you say, Princess," he said before turning back to the conversation with his friends.

The rest of the party went smoothly and your best friend was pleased. By about 1 am a lot of people were clearing out, aside from the people you were a lot closer with. A few were staying the night, like Nekomata, but not too many. At about 2 am, Bokuto and Akaashi were ready to call it a night as well. They said their goodbyes to just about everyone and started heading more towards the front of the house.

"Hey!" you called out to the boys before they could get too far away. They turned around and you continued, looking a bit shy all of a sudden, but eager nonetheless. "The two of you can stay the night if you want. It's a long walk."

"It's not a long walk and you know that." Bokuto laughed out, patting you on the head.

"Yeah but it's late." you pouted, genuinely worried for them.

"We're strong men," Bokuto assured you, "We can handle a quick walk home in the dark."

We'll text you when we're home," Akaashi offered, remembering when you asked him to do that last weekend, "so you know we made it safe. We will be fine."

"Are you sure?" you asked one last time, but they still declined your offer. "Ok fine. Be careful!" you said as you gave them both a big hug bye and made your way to the kitchen to go clean up before bed.