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Mattsun sat straddling his bike for about 15 minutes now, playing on his phone and kicking at rocks he could reach by his feet. He felt the quiet rumble of the engine under him and took note of how his legs started to hurt. He shifted and sighed as he looked back up to the school infront of him.
From sejoh to shiratorizawa was about 30 minutes on foot. On his motorcycle, with many traffic violations, it was about 10 minutes give or take. He bounced on his bike a bit and saw out of the corner of his eye the cheer team exit the gym.
'Finally..'
He thought as he looked behind them and finally saw the shiratorizawa mens volleyball team exiting the gym. He quickly put on his helmet so they couldn't see his face and waited for a moment.
As the second and first years filled out he finally spotted the third years. He looked around for a second before spotting his target. He revved the bike loudly and the team looked over slightly startled.
Except for one.
Tendou smiled wide and quickly said his goodbyes to his teammates he rushed over to the bike and grasps the helmet head, shaking it slightly
"'Sei!"
He says fondly as the rider pats his hip and signals him to hop on the bike. Tendou picks up the red helmet with black writing on the back and hello kitty stickers littering it. He slides on his helmet and slings his leg over the back of the bike, straddling right behind Mattsun.
"Mm.. so warm.."
Tendou hums and leans down grabbing around mattsun's midsection and tucking his head on his shoulder. Mattsun shifts his butt forward in his seat and reaches around behind him to pat tendou's butt to have him slide in further.
"It's warm cause you took for fucking ever.." Tendou groaned and slides down
"Don't act like my practice going overtime hurts you more than me.." He grumbles as mattsun revs up his bike and peels out of the school parking lot. He wraps his arms around Mattsun and smiles to himself.
'God this is the best..'
"Ok someone has to know who that is!" Soekawa says as he plops down onto Reon's bed.
The third years had all agreed to hang out after practice and watch a scary movie. They hadn't expected Tendou's 'not boyfriend' to come scoop him up and leave.
"We don't, Jin!" Yamagata says as he falls ontop of Soekawa, immediately getting thrown to the ground.
"Your heavy!" The two bicker back and forth as Semi prepares the popcorn. Reon looks at him as he stood silently infront of the microwave.
"Semi.." He says with a suspecting tone.
"Hm?" He barely looks away from the microwave and the other two stop fighting.
"Hey! Yeah you live with him! Who is it?" Soekawa pops up from where he is laying down.
Semi shrugs and grabs the now finished popcorn. He hands the bag to a seemingly sullen Ushijima. "I don't know.. never met him.."
"Uh you and Tendou hang out more than conjoined twins. What do you mean you've never met him." Reon says accusingly
Oh shit detective mode..
Ok yes Semi was lying. He had met Mattsun and he thought he was nice. Him and Tendou weren't dating but he new their relationship wasn't completely non- 'intimate'. But he believed his friend when he said it wasn't romantic. Tendou had described it as a 'emotional friends with benefits' . What ever the fuck that meant.
He did feel bad for lying to his friends but c'mon! His friends were known for their rivalry with sejoh and their volleyball team. And Semi thought it was good for his bestfriend to make friends and have someone to rely on besides a certain emotionally constipated spiker. Plus Semi though Mattsun was nice so.. whatever!
So forgive him, but he wasn't ruining this for Tendou.
"I don't know him." He says firmly this time and plops down in his beanbag.
"Ok sure stick to that. We'll find out eventually." Yamagata said stuffing fresh popcorn in his mouth and glaring at Semi with the 'I'm watching you' motion.
Semi snorts and glances at Ushijima.
He didn't talk much in general but his silence was worrying. Semi knew that Ushijima liked Tendou, but he didnt think Ushijima knew Ushijima liked Tendou. That was the problem.
Semi fiddles with the rings on his finger and says, "All I know is that they really aren't dating. They met one day and got along and have been hanging out since. Tendou seems happy, so I'm not worried."
"Hm." Reon hums and drink his soda
"What, Ohira?" Semi said rolling his eyes at his friend. People often told Semi he was like the mother of the team. If that was true and he was the mother, then Reon was the quiet observant father.
"Your never 'not worried' about him." Semi pouts at that accusation and Reon continues, "but you know him better than the rest of us so I guess.. fine as long as he's happy.." He sighs and goes back to drinking.
Semi knew Reon wasn't really letting it go. He is in a phycology class for college preparation. He think Semi will fold if he acts like he doesn't care.
Newsflash: Semi's mom worked all guilt out of him by the time he hit his teens.
"Good."
"Are.. are you sure they are just friends..?" Ushijima asks in his low voice in almost a whisper.
The room was quiet for a second.
"..Yeah. I'm sure." He nods to his captain and receives a single nod in response. Reon looks at Semi and sighs.
"Ok, movie time!" Yamagata says now in his and Soekawa's spot on the bed.
How did they end up tangled like that?
"Yeah.."
They start the movie and almost all throw away thoughts of their friend. All except for Ushijima, who honestly doesn't understand why he can't stop thinking about him.
How he had swung his leg over the motorcycle with practiced ease and seemed to light up when he heard the revving of the engine.
Now he kind of wishes he knew how to ride a motorcycle..
Tendou throws his gym bag on the ground the second he enters Mattsun's room. He flops down on the raven's bed and sighs dramatically smirking when he heard a disgusted grunt, "Atleast shower before flopping down on my bed and rubbing your you all over it."
Tendou pushed himself up whining, "But im tired, 'Sei 'Sei!" He pouted, sticking his lip out and scrunching his face.
"I don't care go shower, you smell like a garbage disposal." It was now his turn to smirked snidely when Tendou squawked and huffed as he pushed himself off the bed. He walked in the path closest to the man and rested a hand on his shoulder with a faux suggestive look.
"Wanna come with me?" He wiggled his eyebrows and barked a laugh when Mattsun replied.
"Next time." He dug his knuckles in the red heads side and laughed when the man yelped and jumped away yanking a sweatshirt and some pants from Mattsun's open clothes drawer.
"You're not getting these back!" He he shouted in a sing songy tone making his way to the bathroom.
"Im aware!" He shouted back shucking off his uncomfortable school pants and pulling out some sweats. He was honestly surprised they hadn't ripped on the ride to shiratorizawa.
He heard the water turn on and he sat on the edge of his bed facing his window scrolling through his phone. He opened a message from Makki and stared at it struggling to find a response.
Makki-poo(^з^)-☆:
Wanna hang out tonight?
Rens not here
Ah, yes, Ren. The bane of Issei's existence and Makki's boyfriend of almost one year. Shit.. it's almost been a year. What the shit man?
Anyway, Makki was made well aware that Mattsun and Ren would not be getting along, when Ren called him 'noodle-arms' and Mattsun responded with a sunny tone calling him a 'donkey-nosed asskisser'.
Now he's been told it was 'uncalled for' and 'over the top'(oikawa said it was funny, but Iwaizumi disagrees.), but he didn't care. He didn't like the guy and the motherfucker always glared at him. He made it damn near impossible to talk with his friend, because he's always up. his. ass.
Iwaizumi said it was pitiful to watch him try and get the pink haired boys attention when his boyfriend was there and Oikawa patted his back solemnly. Because ofcourse those two knew about his big, fat, voluptuous, stupid, gay crush on his bestfriend. If only they were more helpful. Stupid gays.
Sigh.
His fingers tapped slow and jerking over the keyboard.
Mattsun-bear(^3^)/:
So sorry my dear but I can't tonight😞
Makki-poo(^з^)-☆:
?
Why? I thought your mom was out of town?
Wha—.... ok, he hadn't told Makki that.. ah, right oikawa, that useless gay.
Mattsun-bear(^3^)/:
She is, I just made plans already
But we can hang tomorrow, if your free?
Makki-poo(^з^)-☆:
Ren wants to go on a date tomorrow
next weekend?
Mattsun-bear(^3^)/:
I have a race next weekend
Makki-poo(^з^)-☆ is typing...
He sighed deeply and ran a hand down his face, outside of volleyball his raced dirt bikes. It had been something him and his father enjoyed together before his passing and he continued on in his old mans honor. He was currently barely in the lead with wins and really couldn't skip this race.
It determined who was the overall winner of the season, his last season in the teens section before he could move onto adult races if he wanted. But if he wanted a good team, he had to win.
He felt a weight on his back, and a drop of water fell on his neck. He didn't have to move his head to know it was Tendou. No one else was in the house, and the redhead always was one for physical touch. He looked over Mattsun's shoulder and read the messages. He snorted and fell back on the pillows, rubbing his wet hair on them.
"You're both useless at this." He stretched out like a cat and smiled with fake sympathy. Mattsun scowled and fell back, his head landing on the others stomach, making him huff. A lanky hand ran through his short hair, and he sighed, checking his messages again.
Makki-poo(^з^)-☆:
It's alright we'll figure something out🫡
He smiled melancholy at the text and sighed setting the phone on his stomach looking over at Tendou. He was already looking at him with wide observant eyes, he raised a brow and hummed in question. He lifted an arm and nodded for Mattsun to move up.
He shifted and rested with a lithe arm over his shoulders and his head now on the others chest, "This love shit sucks balls."
Tendou snorts and squeezes him once resting his head on his free arm on the pillow, "Yeah.." They are quiet for a minute or two before Tendou clicks his tongue, "There's a new episode of One piece out."
He looked down at the boy in his arm and bounces his eyebrows. Mattsun snorts and rolls his eyes he pushes himself up and grabs his laptop turning it on, "Starting to think you come here to mooch off of my channel subscriptions."
"What? Pfft, noo.... I also come here for the sejoh drama and crying sessions. The anime is just a plus!" He smiles brightly curling up underneath the comforter and pulling it up to his nose.
Mattsun crawls in next to him, sitting up against the headboard and hits play on the show placing the computer on his shins. Tendou wraps his arms around his waist and rests his head on his stomach for optimal viewing.
They sat there for hours until Mattsun checked his clock and cursed, "Shit its almost ten." He jumped up and Tendou scrambled up after him. Shiratorizawa students were fine to be off campus from 3p.m. to 10p.m. after that they recieve a detention. Needless to say this was not the first time they drove top speeds down dark roads to get Tendou to his dorms on time.
He took off his helmet and hugged Issei tightly, "It'll be alright.. I'll see you next weekend." Issei nods and watches the boy run to the dorm and just make it as the janitor approaches.
He laughs and revs the engine loudly taking a sharp turn out of the near empty parking lot, not seeing the group of third years in the second floor window piled ontop of eachother to watch him go.
And he definitely didn't see the barely there glare from one Ushijima Wakatoshi.