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“Nice work today everyone! For your amazing improvement, I’ll give you guys this weekend off.” Coach Shida said, smiling brightly at them. All the guys smiled, except for Misato (“Always the stoic Ace.” Onagawa said once.) as they thanked their coach.
After cleaning up the gym, they all headed off back to their dorms. Everyone was in their own chatter amongst themselves before Onagawa broke the silent chatter. “Hey I have an idea! Since we don’t have practice tomorrow, we could have a little party to welcome Misato into the dorms!” He draped an arm over Misato’s shoulder, grinning brightly. “It’s not really necessary..” Misato tried to say huffing, “Nonsense! You’re gonna be in the dorms now too! And we could all use some fun after practicing all week.” Shichigahama chimed in. “I CALL MAKING FOOD!” Watari exclaimed excitedly.
“Well, me and Futaba could do some decorating, right Futaba?” Keisuke said looking over at the first year. Futaba nodded eagerly. “It’s settled then! Coach? Asao? Are you two staying for the party?” Shichigahama asked the two behind them. Shida smiled and nodded, “Of course! I wish to celebrate with you all” he replied, Asao nodding dutily, not taking her eyes off her tablet.
The group walked on in excited and happy chatter. Futaba smiled at his friends as he walked alongside them.
Once they arrived at the dorm, Futaba and Keisuke changed out of their practice clothes into more casual clothing. When they walked into the kitchen to ask for a list of decorations, they saw Watari already cooking and Shichigahama bringing out the usual sasa kamaboko, god knows what flavor it is this time. Onagawa was somewhere, probably making a playlist for the party with Asao’s help, or more like supervision to make sure he won’t put Tan Tan girls songs in it.
When they got their list, they quickly got their shoes on at the front door and grabbed an umbrella just in case of rainfall. Before they could walk out, Shichigahama ran in and called for Keisuke. The vice-captain turned around to face him. “You two be careful okay?” he asked, looking at the two, but looking at Keisuke longer. Futaba almost forgot they were officially dating now, they never act like it.
Shichigahama smiled and leaned in and pecked Keisuke on the lips gently. “Off you go! It’s getting dark!” He said grinning. Keisuke blushed darkly and nodded. “Come on Futaba.” he said, opening the door and walking out. He just followed behind Keisuke waving at their captain.
A few hours pass and the two finally return, “We’re back!” Keisuke announced as he and Futaba took off their shoes and walked to the kitchen/dining room to put down the bags of decor. “Welcome back you two!” Onagawa said, waving, “Where’s Shichigahama?” Keisuke asked, looking at the group gathered in the room. “Oh! Misato’s talking to him bout somethin’ they should be in my and Misato’s room,” he replied pointing his thumb to the hallway that leads to their rooms. “I’ll go get him!” Futaba volunteered before walking down to Onagawa and Misato’s room.
As he walked down the hallways, he heard a soft murmur of voices that must’ve been Captain and Misato. He approached the door of the source of voices, he heard his name. He froze, ‘They’re talking about me?’ Futaba thought. He knew it was bad to eavesdrop but he was extremely anxious and curious on why he was the topic of their conversation. He leaned his ear on the door and listened.
“I don’t really know what to do anymore…” He heard Misato say before sighing exasperatedly. He can just imagine him biting his lip. “Hey.. it took me a really long time to admit to Keisuke that I liked him... I wish I would’ve said it sooner, to be honest. I’m pretty sure Futaba likes you the same way, I’m not sure tho. He talks to Keisuke about this, not me. But everyone says it's pretty obvious, except for maybe you..” their Captain replied.
Futaba’s heart beat rapidly. ‘No way.. I shouldn’t be hearing this... But Misato? He...He likes me?’ He thought frantically, blushing darkly at the thought. When he heard rustling and footsteps, he stood up straight and made a move to walk away but the door already opened. He gulped. The two looked up and jumped a little. “Oh! Futaba! I see you and Keisuke are back! I’m guessing you need help with decorating?” he asked, tilting his head a little. “Y-yes! We do! The decorations are at the dining table.” He replied, trying to steady his voice and his beating heart. “Alright! I’ll go on ahead! See ya two there!” he said, giving the two first years a glance before walking off.
The silence that flowed around them was awkward as the two boys were fighting with their own thoughts. Finally, Misato broke the silence. “Hey uh, Futaba?” he said. The boy beside him jumped and looked at his teammate. “Y-yea?” He said fiddling with the hem of his shirt. “Meet me outside of the dorm later.. After the party. I need to...I need to tell you something.” He said before walking off.