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⇀ 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩

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KUROO, YAMAMOTO AND THE REST of Lev's teammates were supportive of his crush towards the girl working at the patry shop.

"If this doesn't work then I call cap on Kageyama's love life." Yaku says.

"Kageyama has the looks and Lev has as well. How bad could it be?" Yamamoto shrugs.

Then Kuroo claps both of his hands. "Alright listen up!"

Lev sat attentively with hands on his laps, beside Kenma.

"First things first is to look good around your crush." Their ravenette captain reads the first step, holding his cellphone.

"As our ace said, Lev already has the looks. What else can we add?" Yaku crosses his arms.

"It would be weird if he'd come in dressing finely in a suit. Especially when we just came from school." Kai purses his lips.

"Lev just needs to be his usual cheery self." Kenma added much to his team's surprise.

Then he continued, "Although he needs cologone and to dry himself from sweat so he doesn't smell." He cringes.

Kuroo and Lev's eyes twinkled at their setter's suggestion.

"Good thinking Kenma!" His half-Russian junior exclaims.

Until their coach came in, ready to kick some butts. "OI, WHY ARE YOU NOT PRACTICING?!"

. . .

Meanwhile back at Sweet Sensations, Y/N tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as she worked diligently.

"Thank you for the patronage! Sweet Sensations wish to see you again." Her bright smile made her customers return the gesture.

The H/C-haired girl just got back from school.

She would've transferred to Nekoma but then it'd be the middle of their semester so her family decided not to.

Her school campus wasn't that far from their pastry shop so she was still able to ride a bike to work.

"It would've been nice if I transferred to Nekoma... A lot of students hang out here." She mumbled to herself.

Until she heard one of her co-workers yell,

"L/N-san! We're out of this dessert, can you change the menu of bestsellers outside?"

The dessert mentioned was the exact same order as the tall junior Kenma brought the other day, she remembered.

Y/N hummed in reply. "I will."

So then she walks out of the cashier, waving back to some of the customers who she was familiar of.

Outside, she crouched to the chalkboard and erased the dessert's name.

That was when her E/C eyes noticed a light grayish cat with emerald eyes.

Her lips immediately curved upwards, remembering someone.

"Lev Haiba, was it?" She laughed lightly, recalling his name.

It was funny how her first impression on him was an intimidating guy-though she was surprised to see a cheery and playful person bubbling out of his aura.

"L/N-san?"

The call of her name brought her back to reality as she turned to see the group of boys Kenma introduced the other day.

Including the half-Russian boy.

Y/N stood up and welcomed them with a warm smile. "Delightful to be able to meet you again. Welcome to Sweet Sensations, a meadow of warm delights!"

Her eyes didn't even have to wander in order to find Lev since his striking tall height was enough to catch her attention.

"Hey L/N. Why are you out?" Kenma asks curiously.

"Just changing the menu. Let's head inside." She patted her uniform.

. . .

Lev stayed alert on his way to Sweet Sensations.

Though his composure was thrown out of the window when his eyes laid on his crush's figure.

His heart raced and blood raised to his cheeks. The similar familiar feeling like yesterday.

Then the group headed inside, Y/N back at the counter.

"Lev, your captain is tired. Be a lad and fetch us our order, yeah?" Kuroo rests an arm on Lev's shoulder before handing him a list.

The junior flinched, surprised. "WH-WHAT?"

Yaku hushed him for being loud making him immediately seal his lips.

"You... go!!" Yamamoto cheered in a whisper, pushing him to the counter before they left and sat in anticipation spectating him.

The silhouette of his tall figure took Y/N a back.

She had to look up to meet his dorky face hiding the nervousness.

"Oh! Lev, was it?"

Even the short laugh was enough to shoot hundreds of cupid's arrows to his heart.

"Y-yes! It's nice to meet you L/N-san. I really really like your pastries!" His cheery aura was already charming as it is.

Y/N warmly smiled at the sound of his sincerity.

"Thank you. It's unfortunate we ran out of the dessert you ordered yesterday." She sadly sighed.

Lev waved his hands. "It's okay! That just means the pastry was really delicious!"

An extremely nice and genuine guy, is what Y/N thought of him.

"Sooo, what would you recommend me?" He asks.

"For a cheery cutie pie like you, I recommend the cherry pie." She slightly chanted.

The bold compliment sent palpitations to his heart, making his lips curve into a dorky smile.

"R-really?" His voice cracked.

She chuckled and tucked a hair strand behind her ear.

"You don't think so?"

"No! I mean, yes! Ah-what I meant to say is, yes I'll have a cherry pie..."

He wanted to punch himself for the embarassment act.

Kuroo, Yamamoto and Yaku had to hold their laughter in. Seeing how Lev stood their awkward and stuttering-while continuing to recite the order being listed on the paper.

"One apple pie, two cherry pies, cappuccino muffins and one piece of I like you from me to you."

The last 'order' made Y/N's heart skip a beat, pausing from work as she turned to look up at him. "Eh?"

Lev hiccuped and widened his eyes in realization.

Kuroo couldn't help and wheeze out of laughter, Yaku and Yamamoto joining him. Even Kenma chuckled at his junior for falling at such a trick.

"Come again?" She laughed, the color of scarlet red bloomed her face.

The same goes to Lev, whose face is similar to that of a tomato.

"I DIDN'T-I'm so sorry L/N-san! My friends put it here..." He sobbed, embarassed.

"It's fine!" She chuckled.

"Please forget what happened! You didn't see anything." He planted both of his hands on his face to hide his blush, wanting to crawl into a hole.

He reminded her of a big baby, and she couldn't help but smile and laugh at how adorable he is being.

Grazing her fingers with his in concern, Lev was taken back into reality.

"Don't hide away like that. You made me smile, you know!" She told him.

Being a simpleton, that caught half-Russian boy's attention.

Timid, he lightly parted his fingers to peek at Y/N.

Seeing her smile genuinely made Lev happy as he was now back to earth.

"Okay, I'll be a good boy and wait!" He pumped his fists while she chuckled.

Though he looked very much like a cat, his personality was similar to that of a dog's too.

Then he waddled his way back to his team's table, Y/N's eyes not leaving him until another customer came in.

Kuroo laughed hysterically at Lev who was pouting at them.

"I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T FALL FOR THAT." The captain slapped his hand on his leg repeatedly.

"Kuroo-san! It was already embarrassing as it is, why did you do that?" Lev proceeded to chomp on his pie.

Well, maybe looking cute instead of looking your best around your crush also works.

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