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Miya Atsumu would be described as someone who loved physical touch, if you ignored his attitude. If you were to speak to any of the Inarizaki alumni (especially Osamu!!!), they would tell you about Atsumu’s daily hugging ritual.
In the morning when he first woke up, he’d hop down from his bed and hug his brother for 5 minutes before the grey-haired twin kicked his brother off of him. Atsumu would then start his morning routine and quickly throw on his school uniform. Then he’d race down the stairs (getting scolded by his mother for running in socks), and run towards his dad first as the older man was sitting and reading the paper. When his mother served the last of the food and sat down, Atsumu would then turn to hug her while nibbling on his food. After feeling satisfied with the hugs, he’d wolf down the food and then hug his parents goodbye as the twins left for school.
On the way, they’d meet Suna and Atsumu would immediately latch himself onto his brother’s boyfriend. Suna would then drag Atsumu to the bus stop when it would be Gin’s turn to haul Atsumu onto the bus and towards the school. At the school gates, Atsumu would run full speed towards the locker room, change, and then run again towards the gym to lay on Akagi’s lap until the other third years showed up (all of that would be done before the other second years reached the locker rooms). Omimi or Aran would then become the next victim, saving Kita for last.
After practice would finish, Atsumu would latch onto Gin again and the blonde would be dragged all the way to the classroom while his hand gripped onto his brother’s blazer. And the routine would repeat itself everyday. There were also some occasions where Oikawa and Tendou would visit him in Hyogo and Atsumu would light up like a kid on Christmas and latch onto an arm of each of his friends. Once when Oikawa hosted a sleepover for the three of them at his house, Atsumu had fallen asleep in the middle of the two third years and had woken up at and angle where his top half was sprawled on top of Oikawa and his legs were draped over Tendou. The two were already awake and looking at him. Atsumu was so embarrassed.
(Atsumu balled his eyes out when Tendou and Oikawa left the country. He even lost his voice and needed a team cuddle to make him feel better.)
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Atusmu’s affection had followed him all the way to the MSBY Black Jackals. When he first joined and he saw Bokuto again, he had screamed Bokuto’s nickname and latched onto the Spiker’s arm. That continued for a while and soon the other members had noticed that Atsumu would stare at them longingly and returned to hugging the owl Spiker. During practice one day, while they were having a scrimmage with each other, Meian had opened his arms wide for Atsumu to congratulate him on a well-scored point. That had been the turning point for the team.
Bokuto had explained to them when they went to a team dinner that Atsumu was a very affectionate person and loved having physical touches with everyone. The older members of the team had decided on the spot to protect that sunshine incarnate of a Setter.
From that day on, the team would regularly initiate physical contact with Atsumu and let him hug them for however long he wanted.
Soon enough, Hinata and Sakusa had joined the team and it was two more people for Atsumu to show affection to. Except, that Atsumu had hugged and cuddled with everyone but Sakusa.
Strangely, without anyone knowing how it happened, Sakusa and Atsumu started dating. That didn’t seem to solve the situation of Atsumu not hugging and cuddling with Sakusa. The Spiker had been confused. Even in high school, Atsumu had hugged every single person he came in contact with. Hell, he even cuddled with Komori one time at the tourney.
(That was a hilarious memory as everyone had to watch Inarizaki and Itachiyama split up with each other to find their missing players. Iizuna and Kita found them almost 20 minutes later, as Komori sat against the wall with Atsumu in between his legs, head on the libero’s shoulder, both of them fast asleep.)
(Osamu was fuming at his twin and lectured him for two hours while the teams watched as tiny drops of tears gathered in the corner of his eyes.)
(Osamu apologized by letting Atsumu sleep in his futon and squeezing him to death.)
So, on their day off, where they boys were sitting on opposite ends of the couch, Sakusa turns to question his boyfriend about his behavior.
“Why have you been affectionate with everyone but me?”
The question threw the blonde in a loop and he spat out the water that he was drinking. He quickly grabbed a napkin and wiped the water as he coughed to clear his throat.
“Huh?”
The blonde looked at his boyfriend in confusion, wondering if he heard that right. The Spiker only raised an eyebrow at him.
“Why have you been affectionate to everyone but me.”
Atsumu’s jaw dropped open in shock. He stared at his boyfriend in surprise and confusion. What in the world had brought that up? The words had finally processed in Atsumu’s mind and the blonde had turned his eyes away from the raven and fidgeted in his seat.
“I..I just didn’t want ya ta feel uncomfortable, Omi. ‘Toya told me about your mysophobia and I didn’t wanna accidentally make you uncomfortable with it.”
The silence rang in the room and Atsumu shifted away from Sakusa again. To the surprise of both of them, Sakusa had pulled him to sit in his lap, placing his head on his shoulder and looking at him straight into his honey colored eyes.
“It’s fine, I really don’t mind as long as you sanitize a bit before that though….”
Atsumu stared at Sakusa wondering if he heard those words correctly and smiled a bright, sunshine-looking smile and hugged Sakusa.
“Thank ya OmiOmi.”