Scale - Tsukishima Kei

Chapter 12

His fingers are taped. Is he really okay?

"One touch!"

"Touch!"

"One touch!"

These two phrases are heard every time Ushijima spikes, called out by none other than Tsukishima.

He's having fun. I'm no longer worried.

The rest of the game had us on the edge of our seats. However, the crowd is roaring and I'm crying once again when Karasuno gets their last point.

"WE'RE GOING TO NATIONALS!" Someone in the crowd is heard screaming.

"Ah, that was a good game." My father stands up.

"W-Wait." I grab his hand, wiping my eyes with the other as I look at him. "Is it um...is it okay if I see him? I want to congratulate him. Please?"

I feel my mother put her hand on my shoulder, and my father looks at her for a moment. He sighs, nodding his head.

"Alright, let's go down and wait for him then." He says and my eyes brighten.

"Thank you!" I stand up, and the three of us go down and stand together as we wait for the team to come out from the locker room.

I start to begin to think it's a bad idea.

What if he doesn't want to see me?

What if he'd be too embarrassed to talk to me in front of all these people?

He did that thing in the classroom but there were far less people there. This is different.

But my body reacts before my mind can when they come walking tiredly out the room. I start to rush over to them, but I quickly stop myself halfway. He doesn't notice me yet, he's having a conversation with Yamaguchi. I can still turn around. I can leave before he se-

"Oh, Yuna-Chan! Did you see the game?!" Hinata calls out to me, running over. The entire team looks up at his voice and they give me a wave. I quickly bow to them before Hinata stops in front of me.

"H-Hinata-Kun." I smile nervously. "I did see, you all did really well."

"You think so? Thanks!"

"Move, shrimp." Tsukishima walks up to us, and Hinata huffs out a breath.

"Tsukishima-Kun." I smile up at him.

"You made it." He notes and I nod furiously.

"I-I know it's too late, but um, I bought this for you." I say, reaching into my pocket and holding out a good luck charm. He takes it into his hand and the tiniest of smiles comes across his face.

"Thank you, I'll keep it for our future games as well." He says and clips it onto his bag.

I fiddle with my fingers nervously before looking away from him. I shift my weight to one leg, bouncing the other up and down.

"Hey, so-"

He cuts himself off when I quickly wrap my arms around him, hugging him tightly.

"I missed you." I say quietly, hoping I'm not overstepping any boundaries.

His body tenses for a moment before he relaxes, and wraps one arm around me.

"I missed you too." He whispers so only I can hear. I grab his other arm and put it around me as well. "Is that okay?" He asks, surprised.

"Yeah. It is." I tighten my hold on him, and he copies my actions, giving me a proper hug.

"Your father is here." He mumbles. "My team is watching us too. I'm definitely going to get made fun of later for this, so please don't get mad at me. I hope your father doesn't get too upset either." He says and I frown, loosening my grip and looking up at him.

"What do you mea-"

My words get caught in my throat when he pushes his lips onto mine.

"You blonde bastard!" I hear my fathers voice and I pull away.

"Woo! Tsukishima!" An abundance of cheers is heard from the other volleyball members.

I turn around, leaning into his side as my father approaches us, my mother holding onto his side to make sure he doesn't do anything. Tsukishima let's go of me and bows to him.

"I would like permission to date your daughter. Please." He says and my eyes widen.

"Takeda-Sensei! Tsukishima must have been drugged! He's bowing to someone!" Hinata's voice is heard then someone else shushes him.

"Huh?!" My father narrows his eyes at him as he stands up.

"Yes, it's fine!" My mother says and my father looks at her like she's crazy.

"I would like to have both of your guys's consent." He smiles at my mother. "Sir, I really like your daughter. I'm usually not like this, and to be honest it's really embarrassing for me right now. Especially in front of my team. But I don't want to wait anymore for you to accept me."

Who is this man? I look over to see the volleyball team staring intently at us, though it doesn't look like they can hear our conversation.

"Very well."

My neck snaps, and I look over at my father in shock.

"W-What?" I ask and he crosses his arms.

"Stop looking at me like that before I change my mind." He says and Tsukishima turns to me.

"I guess you're my girlfriend now."

"Y-You...you're serious? You want to date me?" I ask worriedly and he raises one hand to cup my cheek.

"Yeah. I'm serious."

I'VE BEEN WAITING TO FUCK THINGS UP. Its gonna be so dramatic. Things like this only happen in wattpad books. VV excited.