Scale - Tsukishima Kei

Chapter 14

I didn't really think his voice matched him at all when I heard him the first time I came with Tsukishima to a practice with them. His voice is deep, or maybe it's just because he talks low, and it's very calm. It sounds like he'd be good at reading bedtime stories. It's sort of soothing?

"U-Um, I used to play mobile games a lot." I respond, fiddling with my fingers in my lap.

"Should we take turns then?" He asks, placing the device in my lap and I bite the insides of my cheeks, picking it up.

"I think I'll probably suck at it...I don't want to ruin your scores or anything." I mumble, looking down at my hands. They're a bit shaky. This guy makes me nervous. He's scary.

"It's okay, I made a new account for you to play. Just press that button to start." He says and points to one of them.

"Thank you." I mumble, pressing the button. The character that comes onto screen is a default character, with bright orange hair. "Looks like Hinata-Kun." I mutter to myself.

"Hinata Shōyō? You know him too?" Kenma asks, and I look him in the eyes for the first time. They're a bit brighter, and he looks intrigued.

"Oh, yes. He's nice." I mumble, turning back to the game to see that I already died.

"Shōyō." Kenma repeats the name, and I look at him out of the side of my eyes and see that a small smile rests on his face. "Yeah, he is nice."

I pass back the game but he just presses restart and hands it back to me.

"How did you meet him?" He asks as I desperately try to run away from the monsters in the game.

"U-Um-" I flinch as I get killed, handing the game back. "I think I'll just watch you play instead." I say quietly.

"You sure?" He asks and I nod.

"I go to Karasuno too. Well, right now I'm kind of home schooled? But I'm doing the work from there, so technically I still go there? But yeah, he and Kageyama took care of me one time when something bad happened. Hinata made sure I got treated by their manager." I bite my lip. "How did you meet him?"

"Hinata is such a nice guy." He sighs, slaying the monsters in the game with ease. "I met him when we both got lost. And then met him again the next day for our practice game against each other. I really like watching him play volleyball, I'm hoping our teams can play against each other at nationals. We go over to each other's houses sometimes, he gives good relationship advice too. Sometimes."

"That's funny, you two met each other before you were supposed to meet each other." I smile slightly. "Relationship advice? Does he have a girlfriend? Kozume-Senpai, you have a girlfriend too?" I tilt my head. His cheeks flush red and he bites his lip.

"Um, well-"

"Hello, girlfriend here." I hear and suddenly Kuroo is sitting in front of us.

"O-Oh, hello." I bow my head to him, looking away. I think about his words for a minute and when they register in my head, my eyes widen. "K-Kozume's girlfriend is Kuroo-Senpai...Kozume-Senpai is gay, Kuroo-Senpai is gay..."

A laugh erupts from Kuroo and my cheeks go red before I quickly bow on the floor to the both of them.

"I-I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I-I didn't k-know!" I quickly say, and within the next second, I'm being pulled up back to my knees by Tsukishima.

"What happened? Why are you bowing to them? Kuroo you're just laughing, and Kenma looks embarrassed as hell. Explain. Now." He demands, looking at the two boys. I stand up, clinging to Tsukishima's side and burying my face in his shoulder.