The next day when Tendou showed up for dance, Suga seemed cheery. He was smiling and stopping insults from spilling out. Plus he'd hugged Tendou.

It was really nice. 

"Akaashi told me you and Ushijima took a bath together. How'd that go?"

Tendou chuckled. "It was good."

"Ooh? Juicy details?"

And apparently sexually active and interested Suga was back. Tendou picked up his bag. "Well no. I washed his hair and he sat in my lap, playing with bubbles. He's adorable. The bubbles kept him calm and he was able to focus."

"Aw that's good!"

"Mhmm. Also thanks for suggesting the breathing thing. I forgot about that."

"Is it helping?"

"A lot."

"Like he catches on faster or…?"

"I'd rather not tell you how my boyfriend sleeps."

"Fair enough."

Tendou nodded. "Speaking of which I get to go see him now! How exciting!"

"Aw you two are cute."

Tendou hummed. "He's gonna give me chocolate milk."

"Aw…"

"He's so cute. GAH."

Sugawara chuckled. "Mm… so. How's Ushijima? Relationships aren't easy for him so…"

"He's good. Some things confuse him. But, he's doing really good. He's so sweet and is so kind to me." Tendou chuckled. "Ah I sound sappy."

"It's okay. I was like that when Daichi and I started dating. I fell head over heels. Which sucked. But it felt amazing."

"I don't think I'm like that."

"Well... You'll see."

"Sure." Tendou walked out, Suga behind him.

"Why chocolate milk?"

"Cause he's trying to get me away from alcohol. He says that it's not good for me."

"Oh wow."

"I don't question him." Tendou yawned. He walked into the bar and went to his usual spot. Ushijima looked up and smiled. Tendou waved. "Hey Bub! How are you?"

"I'm okay." Ushijima reached under the counter and brought out a glass. "I got it for you."

"Aw… thank you." Tendou took the glass.

Ushijima hummed. "How are your hands?"

"Nice and clean." Tendou held one up. "See?"

Ushijima nodded. "Good job."

Tendou blinked. He flushed. "Aww Bub… fuck I'm gonna cry."

"Why?"

"Because, well, you're so fucking sweet." Tendou flapped his hands. "Oh my God I'm gonna cry."

Ushijima circled the bar and hugged Tendou. "It's okay Satori."

Tendou started crying, holding onto him. "Fuck… you're so precious."

Ushijima nuzzled against his neck.

"Mm…" He kissed Ushijima's temple. "Whew…"

Ushijima kissed his forehead. "Drink your milk, okay? I'll be working."

"Okay. Thank you." Tendou smiled.

Ushijima wiped away his tears. He gently kissed Tendou before going back to his area. Tendou drank the chocolate milk, looking around. It was kind of loud but nothing too bad.

Tendou saw a man sit next to him and covered the top of his glass with a napkin, placing a pen over that.

The man glanced over. "Dude I have no drugs on my. I will let you search me."

"You can never be too careful." Tendou noted.

The other male sighed. "Point proven."

Tendou shrugged. "I'm always right." He looked at Ushijima, who was mixing a drink.

"Sure you are."

"Believe shat you want. I can tell you who out of the three serving have purple boxers on."

"That's gay."

Tendou hummed, smiling. "I know."

"Then who is it?"

"Daichi. He only has purple ones cause it's his favorite color."

"How do you know that?"

"His very soon the be husband told me."

"Ah."

"Mhmmmmm." Tendou took a sip of his milk before covering it.

Ushijima looked over and glanced at the other male next to Tendou. He came over, putting on black latex gloves. Tendou noticed it and put it into the back of his mind to ask about it later.

"Are you alright Satori?"

"Of course! Do you need another kiss Bub?"

"Mm." Ushijima leaned forward and kissed Tendou gently. "You look tired."

"I'm okay. Don't ignore customers big guy. We have all night when you get home tonight, okay?"

"Okay." Ushijima shook his head and turned to the other man. "Hello. What would you like?"

"You have Pincer vodka?"

"Yes but that is eighty eight percent alcohol. I'm supposed to warn you. I need to see an ID as well."

"Alright." The man pulled out his wallet.

Ushijima picked up a pad of paper and wrote on it. He slipped it on the bar and Tendou read it, humming.

'Please go to the back room. His weight and the alcohol is not going to turn out well.'

"Mm… okay."

Tendou got up and walked off, knowing where to go.

****

Sometime later Tendou was on the couch, playing on his phone. Daichi hurried in, Ushijima behind him. "Just go sit down. I have Kuroo dealing with everything."

Tendou sat up. "What's going on?"

"Ushijima just got hit by a bottle." Daichi mumbled. "Add pressure to the wound please."

Tendou took Ushijima's arm into his hands. "Wow that's deep."

Ushijima glanced at it before stopping himself from screaming. He started to breathe heavy, his right hand holding his pant leg.

Tendou grabbed a bunch of paper towels and pressed them to the wound. "Deep breaths."

Ushijima coughed. "It hurts so much…"

"I know Bub, I know. Daichi called an ambulance. It's gonna be okay." Tendou kept a hold of him. He kissed Ushijima's temple. "It's okay. We'll get this patched up, okay?"

Ushijima nodded. He paused. "Oh no."

"Hm?"

"Are there gonna be sirens?" Ushijima whispered, genuinely scared.

"Probably. Why?"

"No, no I'll move from where I am and you're doing great with the pressure."

Tendou nodded. "Bub. Do you wanna sit on the floor?"

"M-mhmm."

"Here we go." Tendou eased him onto the floor and kissed his forehead. "It's all gonna be okay. Promise."

Ushijima put his head on Tendou's chest. "You're calm."

"Mhmm. Here, try what we do at night."

Ushijima followed the instructions, taking deep and slow breaths to stay calm.

"There we go."

Then they came.

The sirens were loud in the small city.

Ushijima trembled in Tendou's grasp. "Ushy. What do you need me to do?"

Suga walked into the room. "Uh oh." He grabbed a blanket. "Tendou I'm going ta put this over both of you. The dark helps him."

Ushijima started crying. "They're so loud!"

"I know, I know." Tendou sat in Ushijima's lap, holding him still. "I'm going to have Suga cover your ears cause I know you want to do that. Okay?"

"O-okay."

"Good. Now, Suga cover his ears for me."

"Alright." Sugawars put his palms over Ushijima's ears gently. "There we go."

"Is that better?"

Ushijima shook his head. "It's still loud. There's a lot."

"A lot of what Bub?"

"A lot."

"Is it the sirens or the pain or something?"

"Why don't you understand?! Everything is very loud! I hate it! I hate it so much!"

Tendou paused. "Yeah. I don't understand."

Ushijima wouldn't talk now, moving and squirming. He tried to remove his gloves to maybe feel of Tendou's jacket. It had a good texture. But he couldn't get it off. He was hyperventilating, not knowing what to do.

Ushijima stopped crying, going quiet. Suga let go of his ears. "He passed out."

"Why?"

"I can't tell if that was a meltdown or him being overstimulated. But the "it's a lot" line means something's very wrong." Suga took the blanket off of them. He rubbed Ushijima's hair. "Whew."

Daichi looked over. "I am so sorry."

"Why?"

"I forgot to tell them not to use the sirens because it upsets him."

Suga nodded.

Tendou used his free hand to put Ushijima back onto his chest, gentle as ever. "He's okay, right?"

"Just like with his meltdown, he'll need to take time off work."

"He's also injured now…"

"Right."

Ushijima tilted his hea back up, waking up slowly. "Mm…"

"You okay Bub?"

"Mhmm." Ushijima put his head on Tendou's chest. He looked defeated.

"Wakatoshi… hey… you'll be healed up in no time. It's okay." Tendou kissed his hair. "Everything is okay."