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“If I kill him, do you think he would haunt us?”
Tobio sets down his chart and follows Tooru’s gaze to where Ishikawa is animatedly recounting his last surgery to a rather disinterested-looking intern. “Probably,” he says mildly, “Also I don’t think orange would be a good colour on you.”
Tooru gasps, and Tobio fights to keep the smile off his face when the older man turns to him with an affronted expression. “Every colour looks good on me, Tobio-chan!” He lowers his voice, shooting a dark look at Ishikawa, “Anyway, I wouldn’t be stupid enough to get caught.”
“It’s a little early in the day for homicide, don’t you think?” Tobio reaches over and discreetly laces their hands together. Tooru only looks mildly placated. “Is this about what Manami-san said yesterday?”
“No,” is his immediate reply.
“Tooru-san.”
Tooru meets his gaze squarely and stays silent, but Tobio’s stubbornness earned him his title in middle school, so he wins out.
“Fine,” Tooru blusters, pulling his hand away to gesture vehemently at Ishikawa, “I just can’t believe you went on a date with him!”
Tobio resists the urge to roll his eyes.
“It wasn’t a date.”
“The two of you went to dinner,” Tooru argues.
“Yes,” he says slowly, “along with the five other paeds doctors not on-call that night. It was my welcoming party.”
“Well,” Tooru replies, looking suitably chastened, “he still doesn’t need to flirt with you so much.”
As if on cue, Ishikawa slots himself between them.
“Good morning, Oikawa-san! Do you mind if I steal Kageyama-sensei for a moment?”
The withering glare Tooru shoots him in reply gives Tobio flashbacks to school. Ishikawa, though, ignores him, and blithely continues on. “Kageyama-sensei, the way you dealt with Asami-chan earlier was great.”
“Ah, thank you,” Tobio replies, smiling politely.
“Really though, Kageyama-sensei, you’re so good with the patients. And with the surgeries too,” Ishikawa says, and then, leaning in, “I wonder what else you’re good at.”
There’s no mistaking the innuendo this time.
There’s also no mistaking the murderous aura radiating from Tooru.
“Ishikawa-sensei,” Tobio says quickly, before Tooru makes good on his first statement, “I’m flattered, but I’m already seeing someone.”
“Oh, who?” Ishikawa is blissfully unaware, it’s almost impressive. “I’m sure I could convince you otherwise.”
“Me,” Tooru replies loudly, “He’s seeing me.” He grabs Tobio’s hand, and Tobio can’t help but blush, because everyone is staring at them now. He sees Nakahara-sensei pass Manami five-thousand yen. “So there won’t be any convincing going on!”
And then Tooru drags them out of the Paeds ward, leaving Ishikawa gaping at the nurse’s station.
It’s the last time anyone at the hospital flirts with Tobio.
(Until Yamada, that is.)