𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒊 ➳ tendou. s x reader

Chapter 22

"Wait, what did you say?"

Leaning back, (Y/n) pushed Tendou away from her, keeping her hands steadied on his shoulders, making eye contact with him as she stared wide-eyed at him.

"What did you say?" she repeated firmly.

Letting go of the girl's waist, he flinched at her tone, not understanding what she meant until he re-thought his previous message. When he had recalled his past statement, his breath hitched as he stood up firmly, not moving an inch.

"I- Well... You see-" Tendou was interrupted when (Y/n) spoke, her eyes covered by her hair.

"D-do you mean what you said?" (Y/n) looked down as she mumbled those words, embarrassed by the fact that she wanted him to confirm what he had said as the truth.

As her hands trembled on his shoulders, she disgruntledly tightened her grip. She hoped that what he had said was the truth for if it was, (Y/n) could then tell the boy her feelings in return, reciprocating his own.

When Tendou took notice of her actions, he questioned whether or not she had been angered with his confession. Her grip could seldomly tell stories after he had gazed towards her ears. They were a bright crimson, giving her them a burning glow as the majority of her hair contrasted to it. Smiling, Tendou could only hope that this reaction was from craving his answer so as he tilted her chin as she had done to him, smiling at her, as brightly as he could manage.

"I love you," he said, pronouncing each syllable as clearly as he could, trying his best to enunciate it so that his message was properly conveyed.

As her hands left the boy's shoulders, (Y/n) used them to cover her mouth, almost as though she had just heard information that could possibly change her life.

"I- There's no way... How? Why? Me?" (Y/n) could not help but question at a loss for words. Clearing her head, she looked up. "It's not like I don't like you, 'cause I love you! I really do! I'm just curious..."

Before Tendou had heard her last sentence, he was going to speak up but stopped when (Y/n) had continued. It took his brain a few seconds to process what she had initially said for him to continue.

"Wait, really?! You mean it?!" Tendou said ecstatically, excited to have known that the girl also had feelings for him in return.

"Yeah, I mean it. I don't know why I wouldn't fall in love with you. I mean, you're you after all," (Y/n) laughed into her palm, adoring the look on the boy's face.

"Ha, you'd be surprised to hear how a whole bunch of people don't like me for being me."

"Don't think about those people, they're just a bunch of meanies," (Y/n) stated, puffing out her cheeks and crossing her arms.

Grabbing the girl's cheeks, he pinched them softly, stretching them in the process as well.

"You're so cute. The way you're trying to find other words instead of hateful ones to describe disgusting people. It's adorable~ This is why I find you so attractive~ You always try to remain kind to those around you, even if those people aren't the nicest of the bunch," he said, squishing her cheeks with his palms, sandwiching them between his hands.

"I am not," (Y/n) mumbled, unable to speak properly as a result of the red-haired boy's actions.

"Ha, keep believing that all you want 'cause deep down you know it's true," he teased, leaning in and placing his arms around her waist once more, enjoying the heat of the embrace.

With red cheeks, (Y/n) tried her best to hide them.

"W-we should get out of here before a teacher walks in and sees what we're doing."

Hopping off of the table, (Y/n) guided Tendou by the hand, this time interlocking their fingers. When she turned around about to ask if it was alright for her to have taken charge and done something like that, she could see Tendou swooning to himself.

"I'm so lucky~"

"I'm not going to get used to that."

Turning around, (Y/n) placed her free hand to her heated cheek, embarrassed at the way he was able to move her with his enchanting words.

As they made their way back to the cafeteria with the entire team waiting for the two of them, they released their grip on each other, not wanting them to find out so soon after they had got together. Though it was not spoken officially, they did not bother asking whether or not they would be considered each other's boyfriend or girlfriend as the both of them would have rather live without having a title telling them what they were.

Smiling to each other as they went to sit down, they could not suppress their growing laughter.

"So what were you guys doing?" Shirabu asked, looking towards (Y/n)'s blazer which had now been wrapped around her waist and her stained hands.

"Ah, we weren't really doing anything..." (Y/n) gingerly stated, not wanting to sound as though she was trying to hide something even though she knew full well it was not working.

Turning his gaze towards the redhead, Shirabu stared confusingly at him, wondering why he had yet to speak up. Usually, when Tendou did something interesting or worth talking about, he would right away initiate conversation, however, that did to seem to be the case this time.

"Tendou?" he questioned, an eyebrow raised.

"Yeah, it's nothing," Tendou said softly, smiling to himself.

"Whatever."

With time passing by, the second part of the day was about to commence. As the bell rang signally at the end of lunch, Tendou dropped his and (Y/n)'s trays off and rushed into a secluded hallway.

"What are we doing here?"

"I just wanted to spend a little bit more time with you before class started," Tenodu replied, taking her into his arms.

Resting his head in the crook of her neck, (Y/n) gently played with Tendou's hair, enjoying how fluffy it was and how vibrant it was in colour. With a relaxed sigh, (Y/n) tilted her head to gently rest it on Tendou's, wanting to further the embrace.

"Hey..." (Y/n) started, having had a question randomly pop into her head.

"Yeah?" Tendou replied.

"Why do you keep staring at me?"

He needed not a further explanation for her to find a statement that answered her question as he knew exactly what she was talking about.

"'Cause, you're pretty."