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everyday tsukishima was reminded how lucky he was to have his boyfriend show him his vulnerable sides. he adored them, knowing that both of them struggled to show their real emotions to people and most people often misunderstand them.
he’s glad kageyama could be needy and baby-like in front of him.
if only there wasn’t jealousy involved.
“you practiced with fukurodani’s setter again?” uh oh. tsukishima knows that tone a bit too well.
“yes baby, i have been-”
“do you prefer him over me? is that it? i’m also a setter.. why won’t you practice with me, kei?” tsukishima knew kageyama had a valid point. it’s not as if he purposely went to practice with aakashi, it just happened that kuroo and bokuto were more interested in practicing with each other.
“kei.. answer me…” kageyama says, his tone now soft, his hand wrapping around tsukishima’s shoulder to hug him, “what does akaashi-san have that i don’t?”
“king, nothing. it just so happened that i mostly practiced with akaashi-san today, but it was bokuto who invited me. i don’t prefer him over you, i promise.” tsukishima says, hugging kageyama tightly, “you’re the best setter i know, baby. no one could be better than you.” he continues, giving his forehead a kiss to reassure him.
kageyama finally felt reassured, he knew that tsukishima would never purposefully make him feel jealous, but he couldn’t help it. “next time you practice with me. i don’t like it when you practice with other setters when you have me. you have me.”
“yes, king. i have you. now why don’t we cuddle for you to feel better, hmm?” tsukishima says, leading kageyama to his bed.
but tsukishima knew his boyfriend. words of affirmation were only the beginning, kageyama would need much more to reassure and appease his jealousy.
“kiss me. kiss me until i forgive you.” kageyama says with a pout.
“as my king commands.”
they ended up kissing each other and doing other activities until it was past midnight.
“i only asked for a kiss, but i got more. i like that.” kageyama says with a soft smile as he was picking up his clothes from the floor to put them on. “we are still going to cuddle all night!”
tsukishima loved moments like these. he loved it whenever kageyama was getting sleepy. between the two of them, it was kageyama who had a fixed sleeping schedule, and would already get sleepy by midnight. when that time comes, it’s almost all of his reservations are gone and he’s shamelessly asking for affection.
“cuddle. if you even move your arm, i won’t kiss you for a day.” kageyama says, making himself comfortable as the small spoon in their cuddle position. “good night, dream of me, kei. don’t you dare dream about anyone else.”
tsukishima could only chuckle at his boyfriend’s words.
another scenario when kageyama would act needy and baby-like is when he was sick, which tsukishima preferred not to see. thankfully, kageyama had a strong immune system; he rarely got sick.
except when the seasons change. it’s crazy to think kageyama never got sick whenever they had multiple games for a week or when he would obviously over practice until his body reached its physical limits. but god forbid the seasons were going to snowy to sunny, that was his absolute weakness.
tsukishima was different from kageyama, he’s familiar with having coughs and colds, with his immune system being one of the weakest in the team. ever since getting together, kageyama took it to himself to make tsukishima’s diet balanced so his body would get stronger.
it was those things that made tsukishima know that he’s going to end up marrying kageyama one day. maybe immediately after high school.
“38.7.. you made a good call not to go to school this time.” tsukishima rushed to kageyema’s house after school the moment he found out his boyfriend was absent as he was sick. thankfully their team and coach understood that he needed to take care of him.
“kei baby.. i want noodles…” kageyama says, his face a little red from his fever. “please? those cup noodles.. i really want them.”
“of course, tobi. i’ll go to a convenience store to buy you that, hydrating drinks, and fruits. i’ll be back, okay?” tsukishima says, kissing kageyama’s forehead before heading out. his skin was hot to the touch, but it didn’t matter. he was going to nurse him back to health.
he’ll even go to his house for five minutes to gather his belongings as he plans to spend the night taking care of kageyama. luckily it was friday, he had two whole days to make sure kageyama will be taken care of.
while walking back from the convenience store and from his house, a thought suddenly popped up in tsukishima’s head. has any of kageyama’s teammates done this before? based on what kageyama has told him, this has always happened. maybe kunimi has done this for him before.
tsukishima didn’t like that thought. but he shook his head. this wasn’t time for meaningless jealousy.
“i’m back, baby. i got myself noodles too because i knew you’d sulk that i’m just watching you eat.”
“you know me too well…” kageyama says, trying his best to slowly sit upright to eat the noodles. “thank you kei. all of the food you bought.. spot on.. you really pay so much attention to me.. i love you.. so much… hug me..”
tsukishima hugged him, “of course i do. i’d be a bad boyfriend if i didn’t even know what kind of food you’d buy. now let’s eat, hmm? do you want me to feed you?”
“yes please… ahhh..” kageyama says, opening his mouth slightly to signal he wanted to be fed.
tsukishima cherished moments like these. he loves taking care of kageyama the most.
after their meal time, kageyama’s fever was slowly coming down much to tsukishima’s relief. but he still continued to put a fever patch on his forehead. he sat beside his bed as he took his nap after drinking medicine.
kageyama looks peaceful whenever he slept, his features resembling an angel. it was moments like these that made tsukishima’s heart swell with overflowing love for his boyfriend. so what if someone already took care of kageyama when he was sick before?
tsukishima is going to make sure he’s going to take care of kageyama forever from now on.