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[tsukkinice]

You wouldn't say a nice thing to be nice?

[tooruler]

I'd say it because it's true and you should know it.

[tsukkinice]

[That...That really is nice.

But it's hard to be optimistic about it when Yamaguchi only really has failures under his belt.]

...Thank you... [Yamaguchi fidgets, looking down at the spoon in his hand instead of at Oikawa.] ...Though, compared to the other first years, I'm...

[tooruler]

Not ridiculous and irritating. [Oikawa says it with no question. Because as far as he's concerned Yamaguchi is far more likeable than any of the other Karasuno first years. Kageyama and Hinata are freaks and Tsukishima... has some problems.]

[tsukkinice]

[Welp, that'll get him on the defensive pretty fast.]

Tsukki isn't ridiculous and irritating! [He's...not going to bother defending Hinata and Kageyama, thought it's not as though he liked Oikawa insulting them either.]

[tooruler]

Oh no? [He pauses to consider what he can use, what he knows or can guess about Tsukishima.] How often does he make plans with you?

[Because Oikawa's guessing that it's "never" and Yamaguchi's always the one asking him to places. Which is a pity because Yamaguchi is good company.]

[tsukkinice]

Make plans...? Tsukki?

[That strikes Yamaguchi as a rather non-sequitur; though at least does wipe the anger from his expression. He pauses to think.]

Er...just whenever he wants to hang out, I suppose.

[Tsukishima actually does invite Yamaguchi over a fair amount, at least by his standards. They usually end up doing nothing and watching TV hanging out over at his place, or at Yamaguchi's, although the latter's house isn't as spacious. Going out is another story. Yamaguchi doesn't think he and Tsukishima would eat out at a café like this very often, though it hasn't bothered him in the past when they would cook or order takeout.]

[tooruler]

[He presses.] Which is how often? Or... [He pauses to think of a better question.]

How often does he do something that shows he is your friend out of something other than convenience?

[tsukkinice]

Tsukki is my friend!

[He definitely looks offended at the direction Oikawa's questions are taking.]

Why do you seem to have a hard time believing that, Oikawa-san?

[tooruler]

[Oikawa notices Yamaguchi's offence but he figures Yamaguchi should probably lose any hope of thinking Oikawa's nice and not taking heed of overstepping his bounds will help that.]

Because you don't see how good you are and he hasn't told you. [Oikawa shrugs, tries to let go of some of the tension he's built up.] I think you like him more than he likes you.

[tsukkinice]

[Yamaguchi looks like he might actually snap at him for that—then, he deflates a bit instead, and sits back with a slumped posture in his chair. He avoids looking at Oikawa again, staring down at the spoon in his hand as he twirls it distractedly. Yamaguchi's eyes are downcast and narrowed, but not quite angry, either. Only thinking.]

...Tsukki is my friend. [There's no doubt in his voice of that, none at all. ] If he didn't like me, he wouldn't let me hang around him the way he does, I don't think...

[That phrasing makes their friendship sound a lot worse and more one-sided than it actually is. Not that Yamaguchi notices, used to talking about himself that way. He's still a bit lost in thought: thinking of the ways that Tsukishima treats him differently than other people, which are hard to explain to an outsider. But he notices.

Tsukishima does tell Yamaguchi to shut up plenty. And he's not spared from the other's sharp tongue, when he deserves it. But Tsukishima does go out of his way to spend time with Yamaguchi, and includes him on his jokes. He lets Yamaguchi hang off him more than is probably appropriate, and never speaks disparagingly of him the way he would people like Kageyama and Hinata.

Tsukishima makes Yamaguchi's life better.] It's true that I like Tsukki a lot...probably more than he likes me.

But he has told me I'm cool. [He finally looks up at Oikawa, forcing himself not to break eye contact.] I'm glad, that he's my best friend.

[tooruler]

[Oikawa's breath hitches as Yamaguchi says that last bit. God damn it. He breaks eye contact, since it doesn't seem like Yamaguchi will, and drags his hand down his face.]

Well, he's right about you being cool, at least.

[He doesn't get it. Yamaguchi sounds completely certain of himself. Happy to have a best friend who Oikawa's seen no evidence of caring about him. He probably shouldn't talk, his best friend isn't exactly affectionate, but no one would mistake Iwaizumi's yelling for not caring about Oikawa.

And he can't imagine Yamaguchi being happy with the way Tsukishima treats him. Not when he seemed so flattered by Oikawa's attention, but there's no way he's lying.]

[tsukkinice]

[This time, it's Yamaguchi's turn to inhale sharply—any anger or resentment is driven from his mind and he goes the slightest bit pink, again, giving Oikawa a strange look that's half-stunned and half something else.]

You...You really think I'm cool?? [IT DIDN'T CROSS HIS MIND TOO HEAVILY WHEN HE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT EARLIER BUT YEAH, YAMAGUCHI IS STILL NOT PREPARED TO HEAR THAT FROM ANYONE, EVER]

[tooruler]

[Yamaguchi, stop being cute or he's going to fall for you and then your real problems start. Just ask Iwaizumi.]

Of course. I don't say things like that unless they're true. [Oikawa's lips quirk into a small smile, he's not quite ready to go back to his entirely fake ones just yet but it's kind of nice that Yamaguchi is looking happier again.] Would you like to know why?

[tsukkinice]

...!? Umm... [The honest part of Yamaguchi is desperately curious, as a matter of fact. But he still burns unpleasantly at the memory of Oikawa accusing him of fishing for compliments.]

...Well...that's...

[tooruler]

["Well... that's..." a good enough answer for Oikawa.

He starts playing with the straw of his milkshake again to keep his hands busy as he starts listing things. This is going to be a little embarrassing to say but he'll be less embarrassed than Yamaguchi.]

You're humble - you would never think you're capable of more than you are which makes you an excellent team player. I don't know what they've done to deserve it but you're loyal to your friend and your team. You'd never do anything against any of them if you could help it. And I can trust you as well, which is important when we're opponents. I don't think you'd ever hesitate when playing me.

You work hard, even when you don't know if it will pay off and you don't get discouraged easily.

If you get a chance, you make jokes. You're smart and quick on the uptake. You make me laugh all the time and actually mean it - not many people can do that on purpose, Yama-chan.

And you're cute. [He finishes, picking up his drink and sipping at it.]

[1/5]

[tsukkinice]

[Yamaguchi...doesn't know how to react, let alone respond, as Oikawa starts talking—and Yamaguchi realizes he's talking seriously.]

[2/5]

[tsukkinice]

[He's outlining things about Yamaguchi, real-sounding things, like he's actually noticed and been paying attention to him these past few weeks while Yamaguchi was texting him. Like he actually enjoyed doing so. Like Oikawa actually thought these things to himself enough to actually have something waiting to say, when the time presented itself and–]

[3/5]

[tsukkinice]

[–and Yamaguchi can't even wrap his mind around the concept of that, even though Oikawa's still talking and Yamaguchi's suddenly breathing much too fast and looking anywhere but to the other side of the table because—because it's just, too much to believe, no way. And unreal, just really absurd to imagine, the notion of anyone having those kinda of thoughts about Yamaguchi of all people who spends all his time hovering in Tsukishima's shadow.

Let alone for words like that to be floating around in the brain of someone as smart, and dedicated, and talented and cool as Oikawa is, and–]

[4/5]

[tsukkinice]

[–and it really

kind of...]

[5/5] I AM SO SORRY

[tsukkinice]

[...makes him second-guess, if Tsukishima really is the only guy Yamaguchi isn't sure anymore how he feels about.

which

damn it







...means he's going to be hunched over, and burying his face in his hands for the foreseeable future, while sunk down as low as humanly possible in his café chair. Sorry, Oikawa; you kind of broke him]

WHY WOULD YOU EVER BE SORRY

[tooruler]

[He expected something like this, so Yamaguchi attempting a disappearing act in his chair doesn't worry him that much.

He watches him for a moment. Kind of wants to reach across the table to touch him but that would be overstepping far more than anything he's said has. And he's more comfortable using words than anything else.]

It's okay if you don't like me, Yama-chan. But I do want you to like yourself.

[He shouldn't say that, really. He can't control people liking themselves. But he does honestly like Yamaguchi. He likes him far, far more than he thought he would. And he's starting to feel like he should back away because of that.]

I have plenty more to say, if you want to hear it?

[He does, but he also doesn't want Yamaguchi to literally die. As it is he can still see him breathing so the odds are good his heart hasn't exploded or anything like that.]

HE IS SO RIDICULOUS

[tsukkinice]

... ...

[Yamaguchi has to take a deep, shuddering breath, rubbing his palms over his eyelids and blinking back something suspiciously close to tears before he can bring himself to lower his hands away. Even then, reestablishing eye contact is beyond him.]

...S-Sorry!! ...I'm...not sure what to say after that...Oikawa-san...

Thank you, I mean...you really didn't have to...c-call me all those great things...

[He still looks beyond flustered, but this time it's not unhappy. In fact, he might even be smiling just the slightest bit, though it's hard to tell with Yamaguchi looking in every direction but Oikawa's.]

it's adorable. some day soon oikawa's going to compliment him too hard and he'll have an aneurysm

[tooruler]

[Oikawa makes himself press back against his chair and forces himself to be relaxed as he shrugs because he thinks (maybe) Yamaguchi's smiling again and his stomach calms down from twisting itself into a knot - he hadn't even realised it was until he noticed the difference.]

But I wanted to, Yama-chan. And that really is only the start of what I like about you.

[One thing that's nice about Yamaguchi avoiding looking at him is he can look at Yamaguchi as much as he likes. Which is a lot.]

yamaguchi should tell him to start carrying around a defibrillator

[tsukkinice]

[Yamaguchi can't even form words to respond to that. His head's reeling. Only the start? How could that possibly true? He's already listed out more good things to say about Yamaguchi than could possibly be true...

Yamaguchi's shoulders tremble a bit, from the effort of keeping himself contained, and he hasn't got the faintest clue why he's suddenly having to fight the urge to cry like a ten-year-old. And all over something as idiotic as a really cool person being...nice to him. Would Oikawa still say that stuff if he could see how much Yamaguchi's struggling internally to even respond to it?]

Y...You're really amazing...Oikawa-san...! [It's not exactly the word he's looking for, but Yamaguchi's sort of at a loss for how to actually describe what Oikawa's making him feel. Speaking has never been Yamaguchi's strong suit, unfortunately.]