[His eyes go wide. He should have expected this, should have known. But Yamaguchi caught him off guard anyway and it feels like he slapped him.
He's quiet when he responds.]
I'm not. [Right. Making sense helps.] Lying, I mean.
I would never think you're pathetic. You're... [his type? Apparently. He didn't think he had one. Or he thought that one day if Iwaizumi didn't find someone less irritating he'd give up and make some plan that they'd stay together. Boys with freckles and lovely smiles who give themselves no credit at all weren't on the menu.] I really like you, Yama-chan.
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He's quiet when he responds.]
I'm not. [Right. Making sense helps.] Lying, I mean.
I would never think you're pathetic. You're... [his type? Apparently. He didn't think he had one. Or he thought that one day if Iwaizumi didn't find someone less irritating he'd give up and make some plan that they'd stay together. Boys with freckles and lovely smiles who give themselves no credit at all weren't on the menu.] I really like you, Yama-chan.