While you ( ♂ ) and Kōtarō were attracted to each other because of how similar your personalities were, you were easier to deal with than the energetic boy, who you also knew all 38 ways to keep from going emo mode. Your goofy side was also less annoying and more endearing, something that Keiji always found rather cute of you despite the other similarities. Of course, there were your looks, but he found the fact that you were genuinely a good person and a hard worker more attractive. Keiji actually enjoys watching you and Kōtarō's interactions but sometimes secretly wishes he could do the same with you. Of course, he feels awkward having a crush on his friend's boyfriend, but it isn't as if Kōtarō knows about his feelings...

Yeaaaaah, Kōtarō does know. He caught onto Keiji's crush after realizing how much he asks about you in roundabout ways without ever directly mentioning your name... Hey, even Kōtarō can connect the dots. He was conflicted at first but didn't see any reason to call out Keiji's feelings since Kōtarō knew his best friend was a trustworthy guy who would never outright try and steal his mans. It's just amazing that Kōtarō is better at hiding his feelings than Keiji.

Keiji is the least worrisome, thank god. He's gotten control over his feelings toward you as well as stopped asking Kōtarō questions about you since he completely grasps the understanding that he can't like you forever and that it'd be better to get rid of them now before it's too late. In turn, this makes Kōtarō feel a bit more confident about the situation, too, but that's because he thinks this means he won't have to deal with any more love rivals.


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It was surprising to find out the strong, silent Tatsuki developed a crush on such an energetic, loud person who is much more eccentric than Haruki and Kōtarō combined. It might be because you still have an aura of maturity and, of course, your looks are a major plus. Haruki hasn't really noticed his teammate's odd behavior whenever you ( ♀ ) visit their games, but the rest of the team (minus Kōtarō) has noticed. None of them tell Haruki so as to not make things awkward for him, but Haruki has noticed the rest of his team's behavior, they just don't plan on telling him any time soon. Part of Tatsuki feels awkward too, but he understands that his feelings are nothing more than a crush.

Nobody dared tell Haruki after all this time, not to mention Tatsuki seemed to have moved on. Seemed. Notice the italics? In reality, he still likes you a lot and has actually grown to like you more since you attended their latest match. He even stared at you for about three minutes straight before Keiji called his name while wearing an expression that clearly screams, "it's time to stOp." He often mentally apologizes to Haruki, not because he feels bad for liking his teammate's girlfriend, but because he doesn't want these feelings to go away.


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It was very obvious Kōtarō liked you ( ♀ ); he'd become much more excited and determined to play when he sees you than Keiji does, but he doesn't seem to realize it himself. Either way, you also know about Kōtarō's crush. You admittedly find it cute since it reminds you of when you had a crush on your best friend's boyfriend in high school. It isn't like you flirt with Kōtarō or anything, you just let a small smile appear when you catch him blushing as he boasts about his team's win. It still makes Keiji jealous. Yes, you two are dating and he trusts you, but sometimes it seems to him that you actually enjoy Kōtarō having a crush on you (if your blatant flirting was anything to go by). Well. that, and he honestly isn't sure if Kōtarō actually envisions you and him together or if he's just excited to have a crush on you. Hopefully neither is the case nor the possibility you end up encouraging the other's crush too much. Otherwise, he'll have to deal with one hell of an emo owl when you reject him.

Your flirting had too much of an effect; when practice ended, Kōtarō clung to Keiji's legs and wailed about how awkward he made things by liking you (he finally realized his feelings, by the way). Naturally, Keiji was beyond pissed, partly because Kōtarō was in a depressed mood alllll day, mostly because Koutarou's crush has only grown thanks to you and your unfiltered flirting. Now, things are more awkward (and annoying) than they were before, and Keiji has no idea what to do. The best he can do is make Kōtarō calm down by telling him you'd be at Fukurodani's next game, cheering him on, which unsurprisingly cheered owl boi up as if he wasn't just groveling at his best friend's feet for forgiveness. Really, all there is left to do is teach you a lesson for making moves on his captain. Maybe that's suggestive, maybe it's not.......yeah, it's suggestive.


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Surprise, surprise: the childhood best friend developed a crush on said best friend's girlfriend. You were much like Tetsurō, a bit flirty and unpredictable at times, but you ( ♀ ) still acted very mature and always made Kenma feel welcomed. He only recently became aware of his crush on you after he slept over and caught you leaving the bathroom after a shower wearing just a towel. You casually greeted him while Kenma quickly turned his completely red face away. The image remains imprinted in his mind. Now that he knows about his feelings, he is a bit anxious about what to do since he doesn't want to make things awkward with Tetsurō who has probably caught on by now....................he did. One time he mentioned you and Kenma immediately blushed, almost dropping his portable game console. It isn't as if Tetsurō is worried anything will happen between you and Kenma, but you have made is very aware you have a thing for Kenma's type, so that annoys him a bit. Not like he'll expose his friend, though.

Kenma's crush surprisingly subsided a huge amount in a short amount of time. Now, it's just whenever he sees you he becomes flustered with embarrassment for developing a crush on you in the first place, plus that memory of you being half-naked never left his brain's code and often reloads previous save data from when he did have those feelings. But what's important is that Tetsurō seemed to have thought the situation had been settled, so he doesn't say anything. He's too busy celebrating at the thought nobody else on these streets finna steal his mami.


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Wow, someone from another school; after the match, Shōyō ran into you ( ♂ ) and talking and immediately grew flustered from seeing you. Sō didn't notice, however. The loveable airhead was completely oblivious to the blossoming love story happening right before his eyes (not really, but he did assume Shōyō's red cheeks and nervousness were due to all the running around). But most of Sō's teammates, and even Shōyō's, noticed the sunshine's behavior. Poor sun baby was teased relentlessly by his friends while Sō basked in blissful ignorance Tetsurō was compelled to ruin before his schemes were immediately stopped by Kenma and Mori.

Shōyō's team is m e r c i l e s s with their teasing, specifically two certain 2nd years and one certain 1st year, at this point just doing it to see if Shōyō can beat his own record at how fast he short-circuits after hearing your name. But like, he honestly didn't even know why he felt so attracted to you in the first place. The moment his eyes are on you, his heart goes bwaam as his nerves just go pwoo. It's also more embarrassing that you're already dating someone he's very friendly with. Luckily he doesn't have to see you a lot, but he fears the next time you two do meet since he doesn't know what weird thing he might say and/or do thanks to his devilish teammates who just want to see the world burn. And it isn't as if he's alone, either, since Mori and Kenma were put on Tetsurō-duty where they need to make sure he doesn't say anything to Sō who still remains blissfully ignorant about his friend's crush.

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