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A Team Effort {Azumane Asahi} (Request)

Our dear Asahi tries a dating app.

Requested by anonymous

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It was springtime. Love was in the air. Everywhere Asahi looked, he saw couples snuggled up together, and each one he spotted was a painful reminder of how single he was. Normally, he didn't give relationships much thought. He was a busy guy with volleyball and lots of homework on his plate. But, he couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart every time he saw happy couples walking hand in hand.

His internal struggle showed at practice, leading Daichi and Suga to approach him as the team worked on putting away all the equipment. "What's up, Asahi? Haven't seen you this glum since you hit the ball out on game point during our scrimmage last month," Daichi asked, looking at his preoccupied friend with concern.

Asahi smiled weakly as he untied the knots holding the net around one of the poles. "It's nothing. Don't worry about me," was his gentle response.

"Come on, we know when something's wrong," Daichi pressed, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"It's nothing, really," Asahi reiterated with a gentle wave, as if trying to shoo away Daichi's worry.

Daichi glanced over at Suga, who had his eyes closed as he let out a long sigh. The gray-haired setter rolled up the sleeves of his jacket, cracked his knuckles, and approached his giant of a friend. "Asahi," he spoke gently and bowed his head slightly, making Asahi's eyebrows furrow in a mixture of worry and confusion. Less than a second later, he felt a sharp pain in his side from the karate chop Suga sent his way. "You should know better than to lie to your best friends!" he hissed.

With a cry, Asahi spluttered, "O-Okay! I-I just see all these happy c-couples and it makes me f-feel so lonely s-sometimes!"

This outburst drew the attention of the rest of the team, and Nishinoya's cheeks puffed out as wide and they could go before he shouted, "Tanaka! We have to help Asahi get a girlfriend!"

"N-No, please... no," Asahi muttered, his body beginning to quiver.

"You're in safe hands!" Tanaka yelled, matching Nishinoya's energy. Now that the duo had gotten fired up, there was no stopping them as they sprinted over to him and looked up at him with bright, energetic eyes. "You're the ace of this team and there are plenty of beautiful girls at this school, so there's no reason why you should be single when you don't want to be!" Tanaka said reassuringly.

"You just need to put yourself out there!" Nishinoya added, a bright grin on his face, "Like how I pour my heart out to Kiyoko-san!"

From a few feet away, Tsukishima scoffed, "And where's that gotten you with her, exactly?"

"It's working wonders! Don't you see the way she looks at me?!"

An incredulous chuckle from the tall first year made Nishinoya growl under his breath. To ease the tension, Asahi commented sheepishly, "I would like to put myself out there, but it's hard when everyone thinks I got held back because of how mature I look."

Tanaka placed a hand on Asahi's shoulder and told him, "This may be true, but girls usually go for older guys anyway so you're in luck. Walk with us."

With that being said, Asahi followed Nishinoya and Tanaka to the equipment room as they helped finish putting everything away. Daichi and Suga stood in silence, thinking about the situation at hand. "Should we rescue him?" Suga asked, turning to look at his teammate.

"Nope."

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Nishinoya and Tanaka's constant pressing in addition to Tsukki's taunting eventually made Asahi give in and download a dating app on his phone. After that, the entire team sat around a table at a local restaurant, trying to help him fill out his information and pick a profile picture, much to his embarrassment.