The moment Hisui was home, that was when Oikawa's smile disappeared during the way back home with Iwaizumi. "Iwa-chan, why did you do what you did back in the train?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You do know! You kissed Hira-chan's cheek?"
"Because she did a good job. It's not often someone do what I ask them in a diligent way."
"I do a good job every day, where is my kiss? You're doing this to make her fall for you!"
"So? That's still better than what you're about to do! You're borderline two-timing on your girlfriend with Toyohira!"
"I'm not-"
"You can deny it all you want, Oikawa, but the way you have been looking at Toyohira is worrying! The way you're looking at her is the way you looked at your girlfriend two years ago!"
Oikawa doesn't know what to say. He wanted to deny it but he couldn't find the words to refute Iwaizumi's.
"You're confusing with yourself, Oikawa. You don't love Toyohira, you love the fact that she can play volleyball!"
Oikawa was very silent the moment Iwaizumi said that. Why did he go silent? Because the day when Hisui performed a perfect Jump Serve, that marked the day when Oikawa's eyes locked onto her entire existence, he entered her world and he willingly allowed himself to sink further in without a care in the world. He couldn't find himself to refute Iwaizumi's words because what attracted him to her was her volleyball skills in the very first place; Hisui arrived in his universe as someone who can bring a smile to his face and also understand the fun in volleyball.
"Oi, your silence is scaring me."
"Maybe Iwa-chan is right." Maybe it's not Hisui that he liked, maybe it's the fact Hisui and him were connected through what he loved that made her existence shine brighter than anyone. If that was the case, it's volleyball that he loved, not her. Somehow, his heart felt a little hurt with that...
Iwaizumi thought Oikawa would have stubbornly picked a fight with Iwaizumi over Hisui. Well, at least he wouldn't need to go through a lot of shit just to protect Hisui. "Eh?" Why? Why did knowing Hisui will be protected from emotional pain made him smile?
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It was Saturday and the Head Coach can tell something was a little off from Oikawa, Hanamaki, and Iwaizumi. He can go as far as to say Oikawa and Iwaizumi seemed a little too quiet.
"Toyohira, come here for a second." The Head Coach heard of Oikawa's request to make Hisui train alongside them as if she's going to be playing as well as her punishment for yesterday. The Head Coach was not against the idea since he thought the girl can use something to distract her from her phone or her PSP, or her dangerous imagination full of NSFW contents. "What do you think?" He asked when he called her over.
"I think the boys look sexy."
"...other than their appearance, please."
"Oh, right. Something is a little off. I think there is something in the back of their minds." Hisui was a little worried about Oikawa and Iwaizumi, they looked like they have something worrying them. "Not just them..." She then looked over at Hanamaki, who was laughing at what Matsukawa said. Somehow, Hisui can feel something was not right with him too.
"Toyohira, try and ease whatever they are worried about. Sometimes talking about them makes a person feel better. Since you naturally make people smile, go and do whatever it takes to ease whatever it is that is bothering them." The Head Coach advised her on what to do, and he smiled when he saw Hisui started to make his way to Iwaizumi. 'I see, she will tackle Iwaizumi's problem first. I can see why, he is the pillar of the team after all...'
However, before the Head Coach can be proud of Hisui, she decided to do something to make Iwaizumi angry. What did she do? She pulled at Iwaizumi's shorts so she can look at his black boxers, but it was a temporary moment of pleasure because she received the world's most painful headlock by the victim of her act.
"Why did you do that?!" Iwaizumi was livid and embarrassed, but more to the livid side.
"I thought I'd come over and distract whatever it is that is bothering you, Iwa-chan! I'm trying to be a good girl!"
"You're being a nuisance!"
"It hurts...!"
"Iwaizumi-san, please don't kill our Manager!" Kindaichi was trying to simmer down the kettle that Hisui instantly boiled but the hot water had no plans to cool down without taking Hisui down.
"Be quiet, Kindaichi. It's about time I finish this girl off!"
"Ooh, I'd like that!" Hisui managed to say something like that in such a predicament made Iwaizumi even more angry.
"Shut up!"
"Iwaizumi!" Matsukawa and Hanamaki did their best to pry the Ace from the Manager, but Iwaizumi was too strong for them.
"Iwa-chan, stop that! Hira-chan will die at this rate!" Oikawa was helping too, trying to prevent the death count from starting.
"...I can't say I agree with her methods but at least it got Oikawa and Iwaizumi focused on something." The Head Coach sighed, watching the stupidity of the Manager. She's nowhere near elegant, she's weird, the stuff she says really make adults question if she will be all right once she graduates, and whether or not she will succeed in life.
Once Iwaizumi was pulled back by Kindaichi and Kunimi, Hisui was able to breathe.
"Iwa-chan, is it because I didn't let you see mine before I see yours?" She was about to lift her skirt up but Matsukawa looked away and removed her hand from her skirt.
"Hisui, please stop provoking Iwaizumi."
"Aww..."
"Pfft..." Oikawa tried to hold back but he ended up laughing for real; he couldn't believe Hisui would do such a thing in front of everybody. It felt so good to have a good laugh...
Seeing their Captain laugh, it made the others laugh too, even commenting that Hisui's arrival made the things more interesting.
Iwaizumi sighed but he smiled a little; Hisui's antic just made him relax a little.
"You're too much, Hisui. I don't know why you did that but carry on being you." Hanamaki laughed, patting her on the head at the same time. "Just try not to get yourself killed though."
Once practice was over for the day, Hisui decided to make an announcement that afternoon.
"Barbecue?!" The boys thought they heard it wrong but they did not. Hisui did indeed invite the Seijoh boys' volleyball team to her place to hold a barbecue party.
"It's a thank you party for letting me in the team too." The way she said that, it made her so bright that the boys couldn't look at her because she's shining too much.
'She is an angel!' Oikawa, Matsukawa, and Hanamaki felt cupid's arrow shooting their hearts at once.
"Leave the drinks to us then." Iwaizumi was impressed; seemed like going to Aomori to get Hokkaido's corns was a good idea after all.
"Looking sexy is enough for me."
If it weren't for Kindaichi, Kunimi, and Watari, Hisui would have been floored by now...
At Hisui's huge garden, the food on the grills were sizzling, the weather was great, and the view was great. They expected the garden to look beautiful since Hisui's parents owned a flower shop but what caught their view wasn't the garden...it was Hisui's Mother.
"Eat up and clean up after your mess, okay?" The boys thought Hisui's Mother was absolutely beautiful, they found out where Hisui got her looks from!
'If Hisui is this cute now, she is going to look elegant like her Mom...' Hanamaki thought to himself.
"Makki, can you reach that meat for me?"
"Sure, Hisui. Here you go-" When he looked at her, she was wearing a white summer dress and a brown sunhat with a green ribbon. Why was it that he imagined sunflowers in the background?
It wasn't just Hanamaki. Oikawa, Matsukawa, and Iwaizumi dropped their jaws the moment their eyes landed on her. They wondered if she had always been this cute.
"Kindaichi, you're pouring too much soy sauce on the grilled corn. Are you okay?" Hisui approached Kindaichi with curiosity as to why he's pouring the soy sauce more than he needed. She had no idea that it's her change of appearance that's making the boys even more distracted than ever.
Hanamaki walked over to her and pulled her away from the taller freshman.
"Makki?"
"Y...you're too beautiful...you're killing Kindaichi."
"Huh? How does that work?"
"Hira-chan~, over here, over here! I grilled a corn for you~." The person who took Oikawa's grilled corn however turned out to be someone who knew Hisui very well. That person was her Dad. "Hey-"
"Huh? You got a problem kid?"
"...n-no, sir."
"That's what I thought. I heard from hedgehog over here that you have a girlfriend already. Why are you grilling corn for my daughter?"
'Hedgehog?' Iwaizumi was a little weirded out by Hisui's Dad. Does his hairstyle make him look like a hedgehog?
"What?! It's a friendly gesture!"
"I know your type! Don't think you can get near my daughter, virgin!"
"V-virgin?!" When Oikawa repeated what her Dad said, Matsukawa and Iwaizumi can be seen trying to hold their laughter in the background.
"Ha! Looks like I won't be needing any virgin olive oil, just having you boys here virgined everything up!" If one can kill two birds with one stone, then Hisui's Father was a meteor that killed all living things as of now.
Hanamaki was the only one who did not hear Hisui's Father insulting the boys in a comedic way because he went inside Hisui's house to get more drinks with her. He couldn't stop glancing at her, she's too beautiful.
'No wonder Matsukawa likes her. She can be cute, she can be funny, she can be athletic she can be beautiful...'
"Thanks for coming in here to get more drinks with me, Makki. You're the best!"
"Y-you're welcome."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah?"
She shut the refrigerator, looking at Hanamaki with a concerned face. When she looked at him that way, it nearly made Hanamaki drop the bottles and the plastic cups.
"Hisui?"
"Is there something bothering you? You're not like usual during volleyball."
"What? I...that's not true-"
"I can tell. You're very good at volleyball, Makki. You think I wouldn't know when you're not playing like usual? You can spike, set, block, and receive without any problems."
He had no idea she was this observant. It now made him a little overwhelmed that he's noticed by her when he's trying to hide his problems. He looked at her and he sighed a little, putting the stuff on the counter. "Truth is, there is something that Matsukawa like...that I happen to like by chance."
"What is that thing that Mattsun like?"
"...it's something important to him and important to me too."
"Hmm...can it be shared?"
"I don't think...then again that thing MIGHT like it since it looks like a threesome."
"Hm?"
"Nothing!" He waved his hand left and right again and again in hopes she would ignore what he had just said. "I guess I feel a little bad. He is my best friend and I feel like I am betraying him."
Hisui looked out of the window to see Matsukawa finally bursting out laughing over what her Father said to demean Oikawa's existence. "Dad is really ripping out to Oikawa-san...anyway, Makki, how do you feel?"
"Sad, annoyed...a little confused."
"Then be honest with Mattsun. I don't know Mattsun as long as you do, but the Mattsun that I know might look big and scary, but he is very nice and gentle. If you explain, I'm sure he will accept it."
"You serious? He might squash me."
"I don't think he'd do that. He will be fine because that person is Makki."
"Me?" Hanamaki doesn't understand.
Hisui smiled and held his hand with both of hers, giving him a reassuring squeeze. "You wouldn't do anything to intentionally hurt him. That's why I believe he will understand you."
"Hisui..." He looked at their hands and then at her eyes. Slowly, that uncertain look in his eyes made way for certainty as well as a smile. "You're right. Matsukawa is exactly as you say." He squeezed her hand back, thankful for her reaching out to him in order to clear the gray clouds in his mind.
"You're welcome!" Hisui then reminded him that they still need to bring the drinks out to the others! "Let's go! Let's go! Ah, what IS that thing you and Mattsun like?"
"Sorry, Hisui. Bros before hoes."
"Eh?! So mean!"
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Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Hanamaki, and Matsukawa decided to let the 2nd and 1st years leave while they do the tidying. Everyone ate a lot and Kindaichi was even able to take some corns that were leftovers.
"Thank you for helping me tidy up, boys. I would have hunted you all one by one and stab you all in the temples with some forceps. Fufu, I am glad it didn't have to turn out that way."
'Her sense of humor is so dark!' Hisui's Mother was scaring the four boys at once! She's powerful!
"May I use the bathroom?" Oikawa asked Hisui's Mother.
"Upstairs, to the right."
When Oikawa was done with nature's call, he now needed to answer his heart's call. Why? Because opposite the toilet was a door with a sign that said Hisui's room. The door was opened slightly and he can hear Hisui humming inside.
"Hira-chan?" He opened the door to see her room have some anime posters, a glass cabinet for her favorite anime characters, and- "Why is there a shrine here? You even lit incense for it!"
Hisui was just packing her bags for school so she wouldn't need to do it tomorrow. She smiled when Oikawa decided to come upstairs and talk to her. "This is a shrine dedicated to the men who fought a losing battle for the sake of Japan! The Shinsengumi from the Wasurenagusa drama CD series taught me not only how brutal Edo Japan was, but also samurais can be sexy too!"
"What?! You're telling me the heroes are now used as sex objects to attract girls like you?!"
"I really like Hosoya Yoshimasa's Do-S voice. I can lend you a CD if you want to have a listen."
"Hira-chan, no thank you. Can I have an incense? I'd like to pay my respect too."
Hisui smiled happily and she handed him an incense stick. She it lit for him and let him pay his respect to...whatever it was that she liked.
"Oikawa-san, I am surprised you're not freaked out."
"It's you, Hira-chan. I shouldn't be surprised anymore." He then closed his eyes, "Thank you for fighting for the country, It might be a losing battle but you did not waver from your choice...oh, and thank you for making Hira-chan happy."
Hisui smiled with a light blush when he said that. She sat on her bed and patted the space next to her, "Sit! Sit! Sit!"
"I thought your room would be bombarded by anime items but it's pretty tidy."
"Mom will stab me with her forceps if that happens."
"...so you are trained."
"Mom is scary, but I love her to bits! By the way, Dad looked happy when talking to you and the others." She then got up on her feet because she remembered there was a book she didn't need in her school bag until Tuesday.
"Don't even get me started! Your Dad was so mean! He was calling me and everyone a virgin!"
"That's because that is true, isn't it? You all love volleyball so much, I wouldn't be surprised if you're married to it."
Faking an offended and hurt face, Oikawa exaggerated and pouted that Hisui was being mean to him. "Hira-chan needs to be more sympathetic!"
"No way, my Dad's jokes are funny so I am always on his side!"
"You're so mean! You're such a poop!"
"'Poop'?! Hahaha! What kind of insult is that?! Oikawa-san, just admit that olive oil is not virgin enough to compete with you."
Oikawa suddenly smirked when he realized he had won the round of insults. "Eh~? How are you so sure, Hira-chan? I might not be a virgin like your Dad claims. I have a girlfriend for 2 years, you see! Therefore, I can't be a virgin! Hira-chan is the virgin here!"
"Oh, the next chapter to Terra Formars is out." She's just got a notification for it ringing to her of the next update.
"And you're one to talk about me liking volleyball too much that I don't have time for sex! I have time for that too!" He then looked rather smug, "Hira-chan on the other hand is a different story; with that many anime and manga to check out, you don't even have time to do naughty stuff!" He taunted her further by pulling silly faces, acting like an Elementary schooler.
Hisui just ignored him while she's reading the manga. She smiled when the news of this manga will have its anime adaptation.
"Don't ignore me, virgin!"
"No freaking way! Hosoya-san is voicing Hizamaru Akari?! I have to watch it then!"
"Don't ignore me! What's so good about anime and manga when you don't know how to have sex! Hmph! Well at least Oikawa-san here has already done it-" Everything happened in a flash. Oikawa was toppled over Hisui's bed, he felt a hand pressing one side of his face onto the bed. He blinked a couple of times before he realized what was going on.
"I know..." Hisui's voice was sharp and dangerous because she's at her limits; she was nice enough to ignore Oikawa, but she's forced to subdue him, "...how to have sex though." How did she do it? She literally jumped at him, getting him trapped beneath her; his left leg hitched up in the air as it rest on her right shoulder, his right leg was loosely sort of hitched up by her thigh, and one hand pinned one side of his face to her bed while the other pinned his right arm down. "You've already done it, have you...?" The way the back of her fingers traced his face forced the image of a cold knife being held against him. He couldn't even find time ti gulp. "Tell me the details once I finish reading my update, we clear?"
"Hira-chan-"
"Toyohira, your Dad said-" The door opened and Iwaizumi's voice could be heard.
Oikawa and Hisui looked at the door's way to see it slammed shut.
On the other side of the door, Iwaizumi covered his eyes with his palm. "Just now...I saw something."
Downstairs, Hanamaki found Matsukawa in the kitchen, reading this week's JUMP issue.
"Matsukawa, got a minute?" Hanamaki looked pretty serious right now. Matsukawa wondered what's gotten in his mind.
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Remember when you told me you like Hisui?"
"Go on..."
Hanamaki was about to hesitate but when he remembered the warmth of her smiles and how warm her hands were, the hesitation melted away to leave behind resolve.
"Me too! I like Hisui too!"
Back upstairs, Iwaizumi opened the door again and he saw Hisui reading manga from her phone while Oikawa was checking out her figurines. This really confused Iwaizumi; he thought he saw them in a borderline sexy position. Maybe his eyes played tricks on him?
"Ah, Oikawa-san, I am sorry!" Hisui suddenly apologized, "I ended up lifting your right leg when you are injured."
"...what?" Iwaizumi asked.
"H-Hira-chan, that was my left. It propped on your shoulder like that so it was my left leg."
"Oh yeah! Then that means you are okay!"
"No, it's not okay! What the fuck was that?!" Iwaizumi snapped, hitting them both on the head, shattering all happy go luckiness at once!
Even though Oikawa Tooru was hit, he was certain of one thing...
He liked Toyohira Hisui for her...