≪ Chapter 15 ≫

No One's POV

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Blue skies are pretty, but so are pink ones– and it just so happened that the sky outside was that shade of lightish pink mixed with hints of yellow and purple, dashed with a bit of clouds.

Hikari let out a small breath of air as her eyes remained closed, her head falling from time to time since she had nowhere to rest it on the train, and there was no way she'd rest her head on the shoulders of the certain someone beside her, who she had unfortunately been seated next to.

It really wasn't long until she had dozed off, seeing as they checked out at 5 AM, resulting in a very 'generous' amount of six hours of sleep.

Sugawara, who took notice of the worn-out female, reacted with nothing more than a faint and grumpy blush when she, in the end, unconsciously rested her falling head on his shoulder.

It would be rude to shove her away.

He breathed in deeply, catching a whiff of the faint, cake-smelling scent that came from the sweet cola-colored hair sitting atop the tranquil body next to him.

'Smells exactly as it looks.'

The pink on his cheeks spread to his ears as he rubbed his thumbs together gently, looking away abruptly.

"Something wrong?" Daichi questioned, not looking up from his phone as he kept his fingers busy typing on the keypad.

"Nothing, why would you think that? How about you? What are you doing?" Sugawara retorted, cursing himself for almost stuttering.

The captain was silent for a few seconds before he himself realized what he was doing.

His face went blank, quickly shutting off his phone and shoving his hands in his pockets, looking the setter in the eyes.

"Nothing important!" Daichi reassured him, chuckling nervously.

Sugawara wasn't convinced. "Who was that?"

"No one, no one! Say, you think the first years and the second years are doing okay in the other car? I don't think we should have ended up in different cars," Daichi stated, quickly changing the subject.

"The other one's seats are all filled. Besides, I'm sure they're fine. This train is going to the same place anyway, and they're only a few feet away from us," Sugawara answered.

"Half of the third-years are already asleep, huh," Daichi noticed, taking a look at Hikari, who peacefully slept, and Asahi, who was doing the same.

"We did check out real early. It's alright to get some rest," the silver-head smiled, "anyway, I think I'll snooze for a little, you mind?"

"Not at all."

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"Mmph, that was a long walk from the station," Hikari complained, yawning while rubbing her eyes. "Do we really have to go to school before heading home?"

"Tch, impatient as ever," Tsukishima noted, "school's right over there, lazy."

"Don't call me 'lazy' when you were the one who refused to help Kageyama and Hinata study, jerk," she fired back, earning a burst of laughter from the rest of the first-years, a yell of praise from the second-years, and a subtle and irresistible snicker from the third-years.

The blonde looked unfazed, despite the fact that those words were a pretty good insult, but he'd never admit that, not even when he was dead.

"I had my own studies," he claimed, looking away.

"Everyone did," she grinned.

"Would you just shut up alre-"

A child's giggle was to be heard, making all heads turn in the direction of the owner, who was running quickly towards the group.

"TSUKKI-NII! YAMA-NII! NEE-CHAN!" a little boy waved, strands of his sweat-dripped mochaccino-colored hair flying in the wind.

Hikari's eyes widened, a grin unable to stop its way to her lips, as she dropped her bags and ran to the boy with open arms.

"Hiicchi!" she called, engulfing the 'stranger' in her arms, hugging him tightly. "I missed you! I thought you were coming back next week!"

"Who..." Daichi lifted a finger, pointing to the small kid.

"Her little brother," Sugawara smiled, a hint of pain apparent on his face, "Hikari Hiroaki."

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The four walked together towards the direction of the Hikari household, and the sun was in its ten o'clock place, the morning breeze visiting once again.

"Ne, Tsukki-nii, Yama-nii. You're coming to the house for lunch, right? Please come over for lunch!" Hiroaki pleaded, looking over at the two teenagers.

Tsukishima smiled. "I guess we don't have a choice, since you're back from Osaka so early, and we should celebrate."

"I agree with Tsukki! But are you sure it's alright?" Yamaguchi asked.

"Mochiron! Kaa-chan even said so!" the little boy nodded, not letting go his tight grip on his sister's hand. "And then can we watch movies or go outside to the mall?"

"We'll have to ask if we can take you, Hiicchi. Now come on, open the gate," Hikari answered, motioning for him to do what she had instructed.

The four walked inside, heading up to the front door, which they also had gone in, taking off their shoes at the entrance.

"Tadaima," the two siblings announced, while the other two said a small, "Ojama shimasu."

"Ah, Aki-chan, Ayu-chan, back already? And you brought guests? How wonderful. Go say hello to your father, he's in his office. We already ate breakfast, but I prepared some brunch for you," Namika greeted from the kitchen.

"Hai," Hiroaki nodded, "neechan, can you prepare some tea? I need to go say hi to Tou-san."

"I need to say hi, too. I'll do it after," Hikari answered, looking at her two friends. "You guys can sit on the couch first."

After a while, the two siblings returned, chatting about what had happened to each other, catching up a little.

They included Tsukishima and Yamaguchi in their conversation after sitting down on the couch with them, laughs and smiles shared throughout the talk.

'Isn't it rare, Kei's smiling,' the female of the four thought, grinning cheerfully as well.

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"Dame!" Hiroaki exclaimed. "Dame, dame! I totally forgot something!"

"Eh, what?" Hikari questioned, wiping her mouth. "Forgot where? In Osaka?"

"Kou-kun! I forgot to ask Kou-kun if he wanted to come over! I even forgot to say hi to him! Dame, dame, dame!" Hiroaki cried, waving his hands in the air. "I wanted to see him so badly, too! Neechan, do something!"

Flashing on a fake smile, she answered, "Do something? About what? I can't–"

"Neechaaaaan! Call him over!" Hiroaki wailed. "When school starts tomorrow, I won't be able to get a chance anymore!"

"Hiicchi! School starts two days from now! It isn't the last day of summer yet!" Hikari told him.

"But neechan–"

"Fine, fine, I'll go call him. Stay here, I'm going to go to my room," she sighed, getting up from the table.

She left rather abruptly, her footsteps quite heavy as she made her way to the stairs.

"Ne, Tsukki-nii. Did I say something wrong? Why does neechan seem angry?" the youngest male asked, turning to the tall blonde.

"No, you didn't, little squirt. Ayu-chan probably just wants to get it over with so she can eat. You know how she is with her food," Tsukishima answered, slipping out of his seat, "I'll just use the bathroom, I'll be back."

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Looking out her window, she rubbed the pendant on her necklace silently, not noticing the blonde who folded his arms and stood in the doorway of her room.

"You're a kid, Ayu-chan. Such a kid," Tsukishima commented, making the brunette flinch in surprise.

"Shut up, Kei. I'm older than you."

"Alright, alright, neechan."

"Okay, how about you get out of my house?"

"Sure, no problem. See you."

"No, Kei– hey! I was kidding, you idiot!"

Grabbing the sleeve of his shirt, she stopped him in his tracks.

"Yes?" he asked, turning around to face her. "I'll stay if you answer my question."

Pouting, she sighed. "Fine. Go."

"Alright, jaa n–"

"I meant tell me the question, stupid!"

"What are you going to do?"

"About?"

"You know. Three months."

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a/n: oh.

sorry i havent updated n all lol

anyway

ayeaye, some filler for y'all, sorry its filler ;^^ it's also short and kinda roughly written im sorry

so, i hope you all are hyped for next chapter because i'm so excited to start writing next chapter !!

okay i have this canon (in the story, not really legit canon) fact about tsukki: when he's with hiroaki, he's so v nice and all. yams and ayu are already used to the personality change, but it's still a sight to see when tsukki becomes so friendly

shaaaaa i wonder what you guys think so far of the plot, the characters, the writing, and where you guys think this is going ; u ;

after all, i'm v curious~

LIKE SERIOUSLY I WONDER WHERE YOU ALL THINK THIS IS GOING

also have some art

jaa ne~