[Slowly, warily, Yamaguchi's guard lowers, and the anger fades from his expression. He wants to believe Oikawa. He wants to, so much; honestly he does. Yamaguchi doesn't usually have such a hard time trusting people, but then people don't usually come on to him so strongly.]
...You really mean that?
...I don't want to believe you're lying, but... [But he doesn't have a precedent for this.]
[The sentence cuts off, Yamaguchi making a startled noise when Oikawa squeezes his wrist. It drives all other thought from his mind, and Yamaguchi nearly misses what the other boy says next.
But, he doesn't miss it. 'Next time.' Like there would be a next time, Yamaguchi realizes dimly, in some corner of his mind that's less distracted by how warm his face is.] Next...
[He debates with himself what to say. What would be too embarrassing and what wouldn't work. He can cope with Yamaguchi like this, he thinks, when it doesn't seem like Yamaguchi talking to him is actively detrimental.]
I've never asked anyone out before. [He hadn't ever wanted to.]
You're the first. Because I like you and I want to spend time with you.
I SWEAR I BLINKED AND THEN THIS CRACK PAIRING WAS MY NEW FAVORITE THING
[Yamaguchi gapes at him, not bothering to disguise his shock. Never asked anyone out? But, surely that can't be right. He knows Oikawa's had girlfriends before, heard it both from Iwaizumi and Oikawa himself, and there's also those underclassmen girls that always show up to his volleyball games...]
I am?
Umm...but you mentioned having dates before, so I thought for sure... [he can't be the first person; that's insane.]
I thought it was a cute little rarepair before but now I care SO MUCH
[Even when they were technically a couple Oikawa never bothered, any time he thought he should he always got distracted and forgot before they got impatient and made plans on their own or dumped him.]
STUPIDLY CARING SO MUCH ABOUT THESE STUPID INSECURE LOSERS AND THEIR STUPID CUTENESS
If you're planning to get drunk alone next week there's nothing you could say that would stop me, Yama-chan.
[He means that to sound friendly and supportive like one of Yamaguchi's Karasuno senpais would but he's fairly certain it missed the mark and he's squarely hit into "I have nothing to do on weekends".]
I dunno if I was planning on it, but...if you really want to, you can definitely come over Oikawa-san!!
[After all, it's nice having him here now, why wouldn't it be on any other night? To drunk Yamaguchi this is a wonderful, wonderful idea. Or maybe it's just wonderful that Oikawa wouldn't mind being here with him.]
[Shit. That is so much worse than breaking Yamaguchi again. He's made him happy and he decides in a snap that it's a sight that he would like to see as much of as possible as often as possible.]
You're so cute, Yama-chan.
[He says it without thinking. Please let Yamaguchi believe him this time. Though he can always say it again if he doesn't, which might be fun. He's feeling more relaxed now that it seems like some of his words are getting through.]
["If you really want to". That makes Yamaguchi sound eager. He's not sure what to make of that.
To him, getting drunk with Yamaguchi sounds like a good time. Better than getting drunk with Iwaizumi anyway, where after the fourth beer in him, all Iwaizumi's good for is spouting obscure baseball trivia which Oikawa doesn't know how he even learned when they spend all their time on volleyball.
But he can hardly force a situation like that with Yamaguchi. There's having fun teasing him and the there's enabling an under age boy into copious amounts of alcohol for the second weekend in a row.]
I do but we can talk about this again in the morning when you're thinking better, okay? [That was good, right? Positively tender!]
i…i may need to beg helena for this at some point. ALSO I WANT TO KNOW THE SAME FOR IWA-CHAN
['Believing' and 'being able to handle' are apparently two very different concepts, as Yamaguchi helpfully demonstrates by darkening several shades redder than anything else in the surrounding pink ocean. His shoulders may actually be trembling.]
Buh?? ['Does Oikawa-san really believe that? How can he really believe that, though?? Yamaguchi's mind frantically tries to sort out, while outwardly the last pretense of his dignified composure abandons him.]
[Yamaguchi blinks and looks around, as though trying to find something in the room that isn't there. Namely, a clock.]
In the morning? [That seems disappointingly far away, so maybe Oikawa didn't want to commit to anything after all. Or maybe the other boy was just tired.] Issit that late already...?
iwa makes the sign of the cross and moves overseas to become a nun.
[Oikawa should be given a medal for leaving his phone in his pocket and not whipping it out to take a photo of Yamaguchi's face. It's a (rather adorable) natural marvel.]
If you do this just from me reminding you you're cute, I can't imagine what you're going to do if I try and kiss you. [He carefully says "if" rather than "when" even though unless something goes horribly wrong it's definitely a "when" kind of situation.]
It's pretty late, Yama-chan. [He pauses, shit, what if...] But still early enough that I can walk home if you need me to.
[There was that crack he made earlier about "what will the neighbours think", but if Yamaguchi's parents come home tomorrow and find an older boy they don't know from another school there, there could be trouble. Or not, but he doesn't know Yamaguchi's family. There are other reasons Yamaguchi might prefer he didn't crash on his couch as well, but he doesn't want to think about those right now.]
Edited 2015-02-16 09:11 (UTC)
no iwa THINK OF ALL THE CHILDREN YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND
? [Yamaguchi can't help the way his face immediately falls in disappointment. But, he won't complain, if the other boy's asking to go home even if it feels like he only got here.]
[ And let Green just take that with his natural awesome, more than adjusted to the symbols on the screen from his own (infrequent) use of his pokégear.
But uh, hm. Might be good to ask- ] So what are you trying to do?
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