𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗦 ➛ y. nishinoya & r. tanaka ✔

04

Four days have passed and (name)'s cough won't go away, in fact, it worsen. He now wore mask to go to school and brought at least three water bottle with him.

(name) had stopped going to Tanaka's practice because what was the point in going? He wasn't a member of the club, plus his cough would bother the manager or coach or the advisor. Moreover, if he went, he would witness Nishinoya interact with his love interest.

But even when he stopped going, he would occasionally came across Nishinoya in the hallway or in the canteen. The shorter would always greet him with enthusiasm. Or sometimes forced (name) to eat lunch with him because they were friends or something.

(name) found it endearing and he fell deeper and deeper with every small gesture Nishinoya make. Sometimes he wander, how did he fell for the libero? Because Nishinoya saved him that day? Because of that insanely bright smile? Because of Nishinoya's kindness?

(name) couldn't figure it out.

"This sucks.." (name) muttered softly, working on the questions in his book while coughing every now and then. He sighed and twirled the pencil in his hand.

Mid-term test was nearing and he has been studying more diligently for it. There were two reasons behind that. First, he didn't want to fail the test. Second, it was a way to distract his mind from Nishinoya.

Honestly, (name) never had a problem with studying and such. Since he didn't want to play any sports, his parents made him study at home. Which he didn't mind at all because both of his parents are usually working until late, he could steal some time to play games on his phone.

Smiling to himself, he resumed his paperwork in front of him. Tanaka usually would come to him and asked him to teach some things. And he was right about that.

When the lunch break was over, Tanaka barged into his class and pleaded so (name) would tutor him. He said it was important. (name) could only sighed and agreed to it.

"Then, can you come to the club room later? Ennoshita will be there to help you!" Tanaka said. Tapping the mechanical pencil on the desk, (name) thought for a bit.

"I'll buy you (favorite snack)!"

"Okay, I'll go."

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Tanaka bribed him with his favorite snack, and he just couldn't say no to that! So there he was, in volleyball club room, holding a bag of (favorite snack) and sat beside Tanaka while teaching him.

"So.. you do it like this?" Tanaka asked, his face proud as he finished a question (name) gave. The latter frowned as he scanned over the other's answer.

"Your handwriting sucks." (name) deadpanned.

Seemed like everyone in the room heard it as they laugh, (name) patted Tanaka's back and corrected his insult. "It's not that bad, I just have a hard time reading it."

Tanaka sulked earning another pat on the back, he turned to see (name) who was correcting his answer. Explaining why his answer was wrong.

After giving Tanaka another question for him to solve, (name) excused himself because he felt the urge to cough. When he opened the door, he was surprised to see Nishinoya.

"Oh, (last name)!"

"Uhh, hey." (name) awkwardly greeted the libero as he stepped aside, giving way for him to get in.

"Noya-san, you're late! I was tortured by (nickname) and Ennoshita!" Tanaka shouted dramatically which irked both of his tutors.

Nishinoya laughed as he went to sit on (name)'s spot beside Tanaka, "Sorry, sorry. Asahi asked me to do something!" He beamed.

(name) heard it, unfortunately. He closed the door behind him and started coughing. It felt really bad this time. He took off his mask after his coughing fit and saw there were blood on it. He cringed seeing that and threw his mask away.

"Oh, (last name), isn't it?"

(name) turned to see Azumane walking towards the club room. He smiled politely and nodded. "Nishinoya talked about you a lot.." He continued with a sad expression.

The (hair color) haired male wore a blank expression and shrugged. "Yeah, we're friends after all." He said and went in the room again, leaving Azumane.

After getting in, he went to take his bag and the snack Tanaka bought for him. "Ryu, I'll go home now. Sorry." He said and walked away.

"Wait, (nickname)! I'll drop by your house tonight, would that be okay?" Tanaka asked, he was still desperate to get at least an average on the test.

(name) gave a quick nod and left.