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Mean Kuroo-san! Lev thought as he looked at the ground below him. “Kittens are supposed to get stuck in trees. Not lions,” he mumbled to himself. Kuroo stood with Kenma and other team members below him.
“C’mon Lev! Get down from there!” Kuroo yelled from below. It was his fault that the giant first year was stuck in the first place. Stupid dare! Kuroo had dared Lev to climb a really tall tree that stood outside the gym. Lev was really tall too, but he had a small fear of heights.
This time Yamamoto yelled at him, “Dude! You’re the tallest one here! Just jump down!”
“I can’t!” the middle blocker hollered back at his friend.
“Calm down, I know what to do,” Kuroo said with a mischievous grin, “Yakkun?” The brown-haired libero sighed and looked at Kai and Yamamoto, giving them a little nod.
“Fine, don’t fall over,” Yaku said as he jumped onto Kuroo’s back. With some help from the rooster-head the team calls their captain, Yaku stood up on his shoulders and grabbed onto a branch. Being a libero, he was very flexible. Small too, but that’s not something that should be said to his face. Yamamoto and Kai soon came back with a gym mat that they placed below the tree. Yaku made his way towards where Lev sat.
“Yaku-san! What are you doing?” Lev questioned. He didn’t know what his upperclassman was up to this time.
“C’mere you titan,” the libero said as he pulled Lev by his shirt.
“Ah! Yaku-san-” the taller boy said in surprise as his face was brought closer to the other boy’s. He could hear a few snickers coming from down below. “Mori, not in front of everyone,” he whispered as his face reddened.
“Whatever,” the other boy stuttered, his face also red. He brought his lips closer to Lev’s and closed his eyes. Lev did the same. It was embarrassing, but somewhat exciting.
“Yack!” Nope- Lev was knocked off the branch by Yaku. So much for that kiss. Lev flailed his arms desperately and grabbed onto Yaku’s hand, bringing him down too. They had a rough landing, even with the mat beneath them.
“Lev, you idiot!” Yaku angrily said. He had fallen on top of his boyfriend, who in turn had wrapped his arms around the libero.
“Bahahaha!” Kuroo cackled like a hyena.
“Wow! They’re both as red as tomatoes!” Yamamoto teased.
“Now, now, give the lovebirds some space!” Interjected Inuoka.
“Nice,” even Kenma joined in on the fun.
Fukunaga was on his phone, “Caught it all on video. Aaaaand-” Yaku felt his heart stop for a moment, “I sent it to you guys.”
“Grr,” Yaku pouted as he hid his face into Lev’s chest.
“Yaku-san?” Lev sat up, “We’re still in front of everyone.” Yaku pulled away and saw not only the team, but also several girls and coach Nekomata had come to watch.
“You all saw nothing,” He stuttered as the team and even the coach broke into laughter. His face was still hot by the time that he had gotten into the gym. The rest of the team was poking fun at Lev, who was pretty clueless. Coach Nekomata was the voice of reason and got everyone back on track and focused on practice. Lev was doing worse than usual and Yaku had no idea why. They had been making progress and Lev was doing better with his receives. Today, his receives were sloppy and inconsistent.
“What is wrong with you today!” Yaku pinned his younger boyfriend against a wall in the clubroom. Everyone had gone except for the small third year and the titan that claimed he was a first year.
“What are you talking about, Yaku-san?”
“Your receives have been sloppy ever since we started practice! I thought that you had gotten better!”
“I have improved! It’s just that I couldn’t concentrate! Because,” Lev hesitated.
“Because what?!”
“Because you didn’t kiss me! I actually thought you were going to kiss me, but you didn’t!”
“Stupid. Stupid Lev-” Yaku’s face heated up. “Why are you making such a big deal over a kiss?”
Lev fidgeted with his hands. Yaku had to admit that the tall boy looked cute as he played with his fingers. “It’s because, well it’s you.”
“Huhhhh?” Yaku looked at him weird.
“If it had been anyone else who tricked me like that I wouldn’t mind. If anything I’d be angry that they tried to kiss me, but it was you Mori.”
The libero was fuming at his ears, “What does that have to do w-” Lev cut him off by picking him up and pinning him against a wall instead. “Do you want a kiss that badly?”
“Yes,” Lev gave him puppy eyes, or kitty eyes? “You haven’t kissed me since Alisa walked in on us last Friday.”
Five days prior, the two had been having a sleepover and were in the middle of a kiss when Lev’s older sister had barged into the room looking for her hairbrush. It had startled the two boys so much that Yaku had fallen off the bed. Alisa quickly apologized, but said that she supported them as she hastily exited the room.
“Stupid titan,” Yaku grabbed Lev’s face and brought their lips together. Their bodies connected for only a few seconds before Yaku pulled away. “Happy now?”
Lev stared at him absentmindedly for a moment before shaking his head, “My family isn’t home tonight.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“You’re coming home with me,” the taller boy grinned.
Yaku pushed his boyfriend’s face away and stood up on his own, “Hmph. Fine. But I’m gonna beat you at UNO this time. We’re gonna watch Mulan too!”
“Alright! I’ll show you who’s the best at UNO!” Lev jumped to get his bags. “Caramel popcorn?”
“Sure,” Yaku smiled as he walked home with his abnormally tall boyfriend.