fragile ; oikawa tooru

⎯ 07 ⎯

chikasue ikari,

whilst everybody was leaving the gym, i snuck out unnoticed and lingered around the back of the building.

i guess i owe oikawa an explanation for that...'

i chuckled to myself and inhaled the cold december air, twitching my leg up and down as i leant against the wall, growing more impatient.

"chikasue-chan!" a cheery voice called and turned the corner to face me but it wasn't oikawa.

i narrowed my eyes at hattori and stepped off the wall, her smile was obviously fake and her eyes betrayed the expression she tried to display.

"where have you been? i haven't seen you all week!" she closed her eyes and put her hands on her hips, her smile widening.

"sorry, i was busy," i calmly said, although, i was having a difficult time coming up with an excuse on the spot.

"really?" she hummed and her eyes opened to give me an icy stare. "i didn't expect you to be here of all places. i thought you hated oikawa."

"well- i was wrong," i chose my words carefully.

"after years of despising him? doesn't seem like you..." she trailed off. "and a couple weeks ago? you guys went on a date!"

"it wasn't a date," i said and watched as she tilted her head back up and took a step towards me. "we're friends." i announced a little louder.

"really? now how am i supposed to believe that?"

i further furrowed my eyebrows and dug my nails into my hands, determined to remain firm and calm.

"you've been hanging out with oikawa non-stop and ignoring me! it seems fairly obvious what's going through your head."

it was then that i noticed oikawa's head peaking around the corner, his eyes were fixed on hattori as she continued to explode.

wait-'

"you do remember that oikawa is my soulmate, right?" hattori finished, glaring at me.

he's right behind you...'

how much he heard was unclear and so i was frantically looking back and forth between them.

should i say something!?'

then, oikawa and i's eyes locked and i couldn't help the look of distress that was overcoming my features.

hattori followed my eyes and snapped her head around the meet oikawa, shock pouring into her face.

"o-oikawa-san! h-how long have you been there?!" and without a chance for anybody to respond, she took an unsteady breath and sprinted away.

oikawa emerged from his hiding place and i bit my lip with creased eyebrows.

"...are you alright?" he asked.

"yeah, i'm fine," i calmly told him. "sorry about that."

we stood just facing eachother for a little longer until my breathing had calmed and he nodded and beckoned me to join him.