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[He - well he'd say he can't believe it. But he knows what people are like. They're mean and cruel. Still, they can't have done anything so much as talked to Tsukishima if they think that he's the one getting the raw end of the deal in their friendship.

Not that Oikawa has talked to Tsukishima, but he's seen him play and interact with his team and as much as Oikawa would love to take him and shove him on Seijoh managing his personality would be a mission and a half, he'd rather have his current middle blockers.]

They're blind, Yama-chan. You're plenty smart and cool. I don't make friends with people who aren't. And I certainly don't date them. [Unless they're female, giggle and he can go out with them just long enough for a distraction before they break up with him. But they're not talking about him being awful right now. He actually likes Yamaguchi.]

And I don't think anyone would think it's a pity that you're hanging out with me in that way. They'd think it's a pity you're hanging out with me because then you're not hanging out with them.

[Those words, sincere are not, ring nothing but false (impossible, even) in Yamaguchi's ears, after time and again spent hearing just the opposite. It pushes him past the edge of overwhelmed, into disbelief. From there it's only a quick, defensive flicker of thought to outright suspicion. His eyes narrow, and his hands tighten to shaking fists on the table.]

Stop it! [The words are louder, and higher in pitch than Yamaguchi anticipated. But he can't stop now and try again, or else his angry voice might crack instead.] Don't...say something like that, unless you actually mean it, okay!? Th-That's not fair, Oikawa-san!

I may not be as smart, or as good at volleyball, or handsome as you are. But, I definitely don't need anyone hanging out with me, who will lie about it, when they think I'm actually pathetic!!

[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.

[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.]

[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.

...!

[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.]

[He shakes his head, this is embarrassing.]

I never asked them. They asked me.

[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.]

...I see...but, didn't you want to date them?

Not particularly. They weren't... [god, this is embarrassing.] They weren't really my type.

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And...I am? [OH, NOW HE THINKS IT'S EMBARRASSING? Yamaguchi's voice is little more than a squeak at having to ask this.]

[ADMITTING YOU DON'T LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU DATE IS EMBARRASSING OKAY. He's a sensitive delicate flower who must be given the utmost care. :(]

You are.

[Okay. Okay. Maybe, just maybe Yamaguchi is

kind of

glad

...that this actually is a date]

[... Fuck.

Has he broken Yamaguchi again? He didn't meant to this time. He didn't expect to.

God damn it. Why is caring about his date so much harder?]

Yama-chan?

[At the sound of his voice, Yamaguchi looks up. Still blushing. Blushing really, embarrassingly a lot, actually.

But, he's also smiling.]

Y...Yes! [Him! Yamaguchi. 'Yama-chan.' That's totally referring to him! Which he knows how to respond to.

And he is on a date with Oikawa Tooru.]

[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.]

??!

['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.]

[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.]

[ no thoughts

no words

only blushing ]

[And damn if that blush isn't endearing.

Yamaguchi not being interested in him seems less and less likely by the minute.]

I can hardly see your freckles when you blush like that, Yama-chan. [He says lightly, fondly. He's got a ridiculous attachment to those freckles already.]

[It takes Yamaguchi a moment to process that—when he does, all that really gets through his head is 'freckles.' With a sudden, startled look, as though he'd forgotten about them, Yamaguchi suddenly ducks his head down so his hair falls across his face. It's just long enough to cast shadows over the freckles on his cheeks.]

Ah. ...Th-They're always worse after the summer... [Yamaguchi doesn't exactly consider being freckled an attractive feature, and so assumes that Oikawa wouldn't either (despite all evidence to the contrary).]

[Oh no, when he does that Oikawa can see hardly anything of Yamaguchi's face, including his freckles. :(]

I wouldn't say worse, Yama-chan. [Partly, he sees them as a sign of Yamaguchi's effort. If they get more noticeable in summer, then that means he's out in the sun and Oikawa can only imagine one reason for that and it's a reason he approves of whole heartedly.]

Well...there's a lot more of them. [He sounds a bit depressed about it.] Hopefully they'll fade a bit by the next season.

I'd miss them. [He says it simply, with a smile. If Yamaguchi doesn't like them then he probably shouldn't say that he does - it's Yamaguchi's skin, he should be happy with it - but still, it adds to his charm.]

[Yamaguchi glances up, not looking so much disbelieving as confused. He honestly thinks he's just misheard him.]

Miss what? My freckles? [Naaaah.]

Yes. They're cute. [Like you.]

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may or may not have spent an hour rereading this whole thread today b/c adorables

I'm so pleased. I love these dorks and they're so cute with each other

I SWEAR I BLINKED AND THEN THIS CRACK PAIRING WAS MY NEW FAVORITE THING

I thought it was a cute little rarepair before but now I care SO MUCH

STUPIDLY CARING SO MUCH ABOUT THESE STUPID INSECURE LOSERS AND THEIR STUPID CUTENESS

the best kind of losers

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what I want to see is tsukishima's face when yamaguchi tells him he's dating oikawa

i…i may need to beg helena for this at some point. ALSO I WANT TO KNOW THE SAME FOR IWA-CHAN

iwa makes the sign of the cross and moves overseas to become a nun.

no iwa THINK OF ALL THE CHILDREN YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND

HE IS, he's thinking of one giant child by the name of Oikawa Tooru. And him being... couple-y

be strong iwaizumi be strong for mother

no one can be that strong.

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