the next morning, after going through your morning routine, you shuffled down the stairs and into the kitchen again. your mother smiled at you, way too bright in your opinion. and you were right. "[first name], dear, could you do the laundry when you come home from school? i'll be home late, but if you'd do that i could maybe iron it after dinner." you frowned a bit as your father walked in. "can't dad do it?" your mother rolled her eyes and laughed. "i mean, i could. but i don't have time for that today." - "you just don't know how the washing machine works, right?" you raised an eyebrow at him. "pfft, of course i do. you put the laundry in and then you, uh, turn it on. piece of cake." your mother and you shook your heads, in sync of course. "okay, okay, i'll do it. dad would probably manage to flood the house." your father took a deep breath to start complaining. "don't even try to deny it, tooru.", your mother laughed as your father lowered his head in defeat. "[first name], stop bullying me. i swear, you're spending too much time with iwa-chan at school. gosh, have you ever heard of respect?" he dramatically raised his hands over his head and glanced at the two of you. "did i marry a woman or a giant ice cube with boobs?" your mother crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked at your father. "yeah, yeah, i love you, too. now shut up and get your ass ready or you'll be late for work."

~

just after you closed the front door behind you, you got a call from kou. you answered the phone, or at least tried to, because before you even managed to say something, the redhead started talking. "oh my fucking god, [first name], i have to tell you something. i'm just - i'm really fucking happy and excited right now and i want to scream but my mum and rin would kill me, so i'm trying to be quiet but it doesn't really work, but i don't give a flying fuck right now, because if i wouldn't tell you right now i'd have to tell you in class and that wouldn't be a good idea." you sighed quietly. "well, how about you actually tell me, then?", you suggested and kou squealed loud enough to make you hold your phone away from your ear. "okay, so i've had this crush on this guy for a while now. and yesterday after school he asked me if i wanted to go and get some ice cream. i said yes, of course. and it was all cute and stuff, he was being a gentleman and i would have died on the spot if it hadn't been for the ice cream, i swear my face was redder than a firetruck and probably hotter than the fire it's supposed to put out. okay, but back to the story. so, halfway through this gigantic portion of ice cream, he asks me if we could see it as a date. and let me tell you, i almost choked. so i just nodded. and he walked me home after that. and he held my hand and he even kissed me good night when we arrived at my house. i'm still trying to figure out if this was a dream or if it was real. but it was so perfect, i can't even with that and he asked if i wanted to go out with him on saturday again and i-", kou's voice became quieter and you noticed that she eventually would have to take a breath to continue her story. 

"kou, real talk, who is 'he'?", you interrupted her. 

"shouyou.", she replied immediately.

"you had a crush on my best friend and didn't tell me? rude, you nugget.", you scolded her. "i'm sorryyy.", kou wailed. "forgive me, [first name]." - "i'll forgive you this time, my child.", you laughed. "i bet sei'll envy shou-chan big time, because he used to have a crush on you. oh shit, i still have to text him. i'll see you at school, kou, alright? bye." - "bye, [first name]. see you at school."

after you ended the call, you immediately started typing a short text to your older brother, at a rapid pace. your fingers flew across the keyboard of your phone for merely five seconds before you sent the message.

to: sei 乁(⪰ᗜ⪯)ㄏ

hey, big bro.

how's your studying going?

how long are you going to stay at home? shou-chan and nagisa asked and i promised i would ask you.

just before you arrived at the street corner, your phone buzzed to notify you of seijuro's reply. 

from: sei 乁(⪰ᗜ⪯)ㄏ

it's going pretty well, actually. mum said you're doing pretty good, too. i'm glad.

i'll be staying for like half of spring break, i guess. 

not that sure yet.

stay safe, lil sis. and have fun at school.

don't you dare look at your phone again after reading this, or you'll be late again.

you sent a short reply, assuring him that you would make sure to not be late and set your phone on silent before shoving it back into your pocket. you spotted shouyou excitedly jumping up and down next to the equally hyper-looking nagisa. not even a second later, your shoulders were shaken by your short ginger best friend while nagisa did some weird dance behind him. "[first name], you won't believe it. i have a girlfriend." by now you were sure that your whole neighbourhood knew all about shouyou's newfound relationship. you chuckled. "i know, i know. kou told me earlier." shouyou rolled his eyes. "god damn it. i wanted to tell you." he pouted. "pretend i didn't say that. you have a girlfriend? who is it?" - "very impressive, [first name]-chan.", nagisa grinned. "have you considered playing a stone in the school play? you'd be pretty convincing." - "shut the fuck up, i will shove a stone up your ass, nagisa." 

~

the weeks until spring break passed quickly. it was hard for you to fall asleep the night before the barbecue, because you couldn't wait to see your brother again. plus, kuroo had texted you that he couldn't wait to see you. that made you all the more excited for the next evening. luckily, today had been the last day of school. what didn't mean that you could stay up late, because your mother had told you that she'd need you to help out at home while your father would pick up seijuro from the train station.

~

since you didn't know what chores your mother was planning on torturing you with, you didn't bother getting ready for the evening yet. that could wait until after everything was done. so, after countless hours of cleaning (and after seijuro had eventually arrived), you had lunch with your family before all of you started preparing the guest rooms and seijuro's and your room so people could sleep over. it was already planned, that akaashi would be sleeping over, since he lived the furthest from your house out of all the people invited. of course, kou and hitoka would stay the night, too, as well as nagisa and shouyou. other than that, it would probably be spontaneous. 

~

"[first name], oh my god, look!", someone tugged on your arm and pointed at someone dancing. shirtless. with a fucking tree in your garden. "tobio got white girl wasted, holy shit.", shouyou exclaimed. "haru too, oh god.", you could hear makoto from behind you. you turned to look at the two. "there ain't no alcoholic beverages in this house. they're being idiots."

~

"[first name], who's that scary looking dude over there?" one of your friends pointed at a blond guy with darker stripes in his hair. "oh, that's kentarou, my neighbour. he's nicer than he looks. talk to him about animals or love live, he'll love you."

~

you barely had any chance to talk to kuroo, sadly. every time you started a conversation with him, someone interrupted you or dragged you or him away to look at something or to talk to somebody. 

that was, until just before midnight. it had gotten quieter, considering that you did have neighbours that wanted to sleep. a few groups had formed and you even saw kentarou engrossed in a conversation with a few of your classmates. even hitoka was talking to him. 

you looked around the garden, but you couldn't see kuroo anywhere. neither did you spot akaashi, bokuto, hanamaki or matsukawa. as if all of them had vanished.

then you heard a voice. "here come dat boi!" bokuto? your owl-like upperclassman walked around the corner of your house. "o shit waddup!", hanamaki, akaashi and matsukawa chimed, the two hardcore memers a lot more enthusiastically than the forever unimpressed teen. just like bokuto priorly, kuroo appeared from behind the same corner, clutching a ball of white fabric in his hand. 

"watch him rolling, watch him go."

"[first name], if i am dat boi, will you be dat gurl for me?", kuroo asked you. he 'unfolded' the sweater he held in his hands and on it you saw the famous frog on a unicycle meme, with a pink dress. "that's probably the most romantic thing i've ever heard. i will be dat gurl for you."

~

a/n: idek if i'm sorry

questions for you:

1. when will ukai finally appear? :^))))) idek what he will be in this oml

2. how tf do i include kyoutani more?

3. i kinda wanna include riko aida, because idk i wanna make her sei's girlfriend lmao wym 

4. what do you think so far?

5. do you have any plot suggestions/wishes?

6. sei's gonna go full on protective big brother, no one can stop me.