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[Yamaguchi doesn't even notice the slip-up on his end, though it would probably just make him blush if he did.]

M-More or less. [Ah, that's the other thing. His own name...that's definitely a bad thing to let anyone hear if this place is actually hosting the Grand King.] Right, um—why don't you just call me Tadashi, Sakeguchi-san? Or, you could use something else. Not a lot of people use my family name...

[Blatant lies. "Tadashi" is just a much more common name, which won't be noticed.]

[Oikawa blinks - back to "Sakeguchi-san" already and asking for him to use his first name at the same time? Is he nervous about his name?]

If you want me to? But ah, if I do, you should call me- [he hesitates, momentarily forgetting which name he used when introducing himself] - Tadao, too.

?? Really?

[Okay, it does sound like a pretty weird request coming out of someone else's mouth. But Yamaguchi did set himself up for that.]

...Okay!

[Really? That's all?]

Have you spent some time overseas, Tadashi?

[That's obviously not the reason Yamaguchi wants him to call him by his given name but it's probably the conclusion someone else would make.]

'Overseas?'

[It takes him a moment to get it, then he lets out a startled laugh and shakes his head.]

...Oh! No, not at all...I've hardly ever left Miyagi before, even. [Even driving out to other cities occasionally for work business is totally foreign to him.]

Really? [That doesn't surprise Oikawa but he puts on his best impression of it anyway.]

Miyagi is a nice place. [Apart from being crawling with gang activity.]

I grew up here as well, though I suppose it must have been a little further away from you if I didn't notice you already.

You did? [Yamaguchi's surprise, at least, is genuine.] ....Sorry! You just seem so...

[Worldly? Seasoned? Something like that, Yamaguchi supposes.]

I didn't stay here! I've moved around a bit. [He'll come up with where later if he has to - but he did say he started studying somewhere else which means Sakeguchi moved away from Miyagi at some point.]

But it's always felt like home.

[That part is true, he has his family here after all.]

Ah, that makes sense...I guess that I feel the same way.

[He never had many thoughts of going off somewhere like Tokyo to college, but he'd been afraid that it would be painful. living so near the same prefecture after his parents' deaths—but it's fine, now, since Yamaguchi has had Karasuno and his new apartment.] It really is a good place to live.

It is!

[Their waitress picks that moment to return and Oikawa realises he hasn't even thought about the menu. As if he's going to have something other than cabonara and whatever wine they feel like matching to it today.]

Have you thought about what you're going to have, Tadashi? All the food here is wonderful.

[Yamaguchi laughs awkwardly, and glances away from Oikawa and the waitress with an embarrassed look.]

I haven't, sorry! I'm actually not familiar with many Italian dishes, Sak...T-Tadao!!

[He knew he'd forgotten something. Now he gets to look like an idiot in front of his...date? Yamaguchi forgot how intimidated he was even without worrying about being spotted by a rival gang.]

[His date - really Yamaguchi should have realised this is in no way a platonic meeting by now - thinks it's fairly cute that he's forgotten that food gets eaten at restaurants.]

Do you like fish? I'm sure the special is special. [Bad joke but what can you do.

Their waitress smiles and outlines the dish, a fish fillet with tomatoes, anchovies, clams and mussels steamed in foil with a side of potatoes and asparagus. It almost makes Oikawa want to change his own order. Almost.]

[But he still has a hard time believing anyone would request a date with him, despite all evidence Sakeguchi has shown to the contrary.

He listens to the dish as she lists it out, completely sold by the time the waitress reaches 'potatoes.']

Sounds great! ...I-I mean, yeah, I'm going to order the special... [He doesn't think to order any drinks; he's still underage by another month or so and rarely thinks of that anyway outside of Karasuno's front-end business (where Hinata takes full advantage of being known by name to the bartending staff).]

Perfect. [Oikawa orders his cabonara, not nearly as flashy as Yamaguchi's food will inevitably be but Oikawa likes to be safe with his food and he enjoys cabonara.]

Do you drink, Tadashi? [It feels strange to call Yamaguchi that when he doesn't know something as simple as his opinion on alcohol. He doesn't want to order a bottle of wine rather than just a glass and discover that he'll be the only one drinking it.]

Er, I don't...sorry, Tadao!! [Arghh, this is embarrassing...]

I'm still nineteen until November. ...But, I don't want you to feel uncomfortable, while you're here...! So please order what you want!

Don't be silly, Yama-chan. Why would I be uncomfortable on a date with someone as cute as you?

[He orders half a glass of the suggested wine, still smiling a little that Yamaguchi would even care. He honestly didn't consider Yamaguchi might have a problem drinking when underage. He hasn't given that a thought since he was seventeen.]

But do you want something else? They have plenty of juice mixes and things.

[It's not so much that Yamaguchi has a problem with it, as it's illegal. And he doesn't have a fake ID with his real name on it, for weird and unforeseen situations like this–

whoa whoa waitaminute, what was that first part again???]

You—Sake–...I mean, T-Tadao-san...!?

[NO ONE...THINKS...YAMAGUCHI IS CUTE OR THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DID HE JUST MISHEAR THAT]

[Ah right, legality. He forgets about that. It's not like any of the waitstaff would check his ID.]

Tadashi?

[So that would be a "no" to the juice?]

Y-You...umm... [...]

Jah...er...juice, yeah, that's great! That's what I'll have!!

[He wants to ask for 100% clarification on what kind of 'date' all evidence points toward this being. But, Yamaguchi hasn't got the guts.]

[Trying hard not to laugh as he does, he orders one of the lychee mixes for Yamaguchi since it doesn't seem like Yamaguchi is in a position to order for himself. Their waitress nods and scurries off into the kitchen.]

Are you okay? [He asks once she's gone. It seems like it's something he's needing to ask a lot with Yamaguchi.]

Eh? Y-Yeah, I'm okay...why? [Is he acting sick?]

[He's acting all sorts of things.]

It's just... it's almost like you'd rather not be here. [All flustered before they got to the table and then stumbling all over his order it's probably not that.]

!? What? No way! I really want to be here!! I'm sorry if it's hard to tell and seems like I don't...!

[Yamaguchi looks startled and a little hurt at the suggestion, considering how if he didn't want to be here he'd probably have run making excuses from the restaurant the second he saw the name 'Oikawa' on the reservation list.]

Okay then.

[Oikawa relaxes and makes sure it should be visible to Yamaguchi.]

So you don't eat out much? Or just not Italian?

...Little of both... [Before Karasuno, he simply never had the money to eat out much. Nowadays, he rarely has the time; and besides that it still feels weird to be spending money that hardly feels like his even if he's rightfully employed.

Also, he's never known any people that liked Italian enough to get it over other things, so there's that.]

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