Opposites Attract

Chapter 9

T/w: the aftermath of a p*nic att*ck & mentions of de*th

    When Yamaguchi was walking to school with Tsukishima, the two ran into Yachi, so the three srarted to walk to school together. Seeing Yachi reminded him that he was going to dinner with the Terushimas with Yachi & her mom.

    "Hey, Yachi. What's up?," asked the green haired boy.

    "Nothin' much. You?," replied the short blonde

    "Not really. Although I am going to dinner with my neighbour's coworker & her daughter tonight."

    "That's ironic. My mom & I are going to be having dinner with her coworker & her family this evening too."

    "Wow. That's kinda funny, isn't it?"

    "Yeah. I would say so."

    "Jeez you two. Are you sure it isn't Nanami & Ms. Yachi who are the coworkers?," asked Tsukishima.

    Both of the shorter teenagers shrugged their shoulders while Tsukishima rolled his eyes.

    "You two are hopeless," said the salty moon boy.

    "Yeah. I know," replied Yachi with a smile on her face.

    "Yachi no."

    "Yachi yes."

    "Hey. You two, we're almost at school," said Tsukishima, interupting the two other first years.

    The three of them decited to walk into Yachi's classroom before classes started.

    "Hey Yamaguchi," said Yachi, "Are you wearing a nose ring?"

    Yamaguchi began touching all of the piercing holes on his nose, until he found out he still had his ceptum peircing in. He paniced a little & tried to take it out fast, which led to Tsukishima holding his wrist so he had to stop his hand before he could do any damage.

    "How about if I take it out for you? I don't want you to ruin that peircing hole. It is your favourite one," said Tsukishima.

    Yamaguchi just nodded a yes & closed his eyes while Tsukishima took out the peircing, painlessly. Tsukishima then gave the peice of metal back to the shorter boy while he apologised.

    "Don't apologise. It wasn't anything worth appologising for," said Tsukishima.

    "Oh, right. Sorry Tsuki," replied Yamaguchi.

    "You ok Yamaguchi?," asked Yachi.

    "Yeah, why?," asked Yamaguchi.

    "Because you seem to be apologising a lot today," said Yachi.

    "Am I? I didn't even knowtice."

    "Hey, Tadashi, we should get going soon," said Tsukishima.

    "Ok Tsuki!"

    With that, the two boys left Yachi's classroom & headed into their own. Once they left, Yachi knowticed that Yamaguchi had left his peircing on her desk, & class was about to start, so she put it in her bag & decited to give it back to him later. Maybe at lunch or practice or something.

    Well, when lunch came around, Yachi couldn't find Yamaguchi anywhere, she even went to the third year area, but that didn't last long because the guys there were huge & scary. She eventually decited to eat her lunch & give back the nose ring at practice, which is perfectly fine for her, as long as she didn't need to face any scary third years, except Asahi. Asahi is the acception. Along with Tanaka, but he is a second year, but he's scary. But who is the scarier upperclassman? Eh, she'll decide later.

    Once classes were out, she didn't have cleaning duty today, so she decited to go to the gym as fast as she could, hoping she could give Yamaguchi his nose ring back as fast as she could, once she did get to the gym though, she knowticed Yamaguchi wasn't there, but the other first years were, so she ran up to them.

    "Hey guys. Where is Yamaguchi? He left his nose ring  on my desk this morning & I haven't been able to give it back," said Yachi.

    "Wait, where is he?," asked Hinata.

    "Dunno," replied Kageyama.

    "Do you know where he is Tsukishima?," asked Yachi.

    "He's busy. It's personal. I can give go put the peircing in his bag though," replied Tsukishima.

    "Ok! Thanks!," said Yachi, as she gave the tall boy the nose peircing.

    "Hey, Yachi! Can you help with spikes?," asked Hinata, while gripping onto Kageyama's arm without realising it.

    "Sure!," she replied.

    Meanwhile, Tsukishima snuck away from the other first years to go check on Yamaguchi. Once he made his was to where he was hiding, he knocked on the door.

    "Tadashi, it's just me."

    Yamaguchi relaxed a little. He had been crying & hyperventalating when Tsukishima led him to a small storage closet, knowing that Yamaguchi felt comfortable in smaller spaces. Now he was more comforable knowing that Tsukishima was there, even though he had urged him to go to practice without him.

    "May I come in?," asked the salt shaker.

    Yamaguchi tapped the door twice with his foot, which the two of them both knew it signaled yes. So, Tsukishima had opened the door as little as he could while still being able to enter the closet without light overwhelming Yamaguchi. When Tsukishima sat next to a curled up Yamaguchi, he asked if he could his arm around him, to which Yamaguchi nodded a yes, so Tsukishima put his arm around his friend, holding him close. It made Yamaguchi feel safe.

    After a few minutes, Yamaguchi had calmed down enough to tell Tsukishima what caused him to break down like that.

    "Sorry Tsuki. I-I didn't mean t-to do that. I j-just couldn't stop th-thinking about my mom. I-I should've p-prevent-ted what happened &-."

    Tsukishima cut him off & started rubbing his arm.

    "It's not your fault Tadashi. You couldn't have prevented it. Is that what has been bothering you all day?"

    Yamaguchi nodded a yes.

    "Well, now that you let that all out, do you feel better?"

    "A little. But I'm sleepy now."

    "Well, a crampt space like this isn't a very good place to take a nap. Do you want me to take you to the club room?"

    "But what if the lights are too bright?"

    "Close your eyes then. I'll lead you."

    "Ok Tsuki."

    With that, Tsukishima took Yamaguchi's hand & led him to the club room. The two only got a couple of stares from other people, especially since it was after school hours.

    When the two got to the club room, Tsukishima made sure that no one else was in it, & he led Yamaguchi over to the corner & let the shorter boy lay on his school bag.

    "Hey, I'm going to head to practice now. If you need anything, just text me, ok? If you feel betted, then you can come to practice. Do you want me to tell coach you're in here?"

    "Yeah. That would be nice if you could," replied Yamaguchi.

    "Ok. I'll be going now."

    "Bye Tsuki."

    Then, Tsuki left the club room, leaving Yamaguchi to himself.

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Yoooooo! Ok it's been a couple days since I finished this chapter but I didn't feel like writing an authours note, so I kinda just typed "yo" with a bunch of o's. Perfect, I know. Anywho, my discord children call me mama, & I am glad that I'm someone they trust to tell me things! That may be my inner mom coming out, but I dunno. Anywho, go drink water!

- Big Sibling Authour