I stared into his eyes, our fingers touching as we both stood there, waiting for the other to pull back first. His eyes were just as wide as my own as he stared back, a dusting of pink spreading across his cheeks, yet he still refused to pull his hand back just as much as I did.
Tilting my head at him, I began laughing softly before turning my head a bit, my eyes still on the dark haired boy in front of me.
"Hey, Ukai-san! Do you have any more of the soda flavor popsicles in the back? Cause there's only one left up here and we both want one!" I could almost see the irritation on his face as I heard the paper rustling in his grip.
"Why don't you two just share that one? Or choose a different flavor? I know there are more in there, just choose something different!" The laziness of his answer did not surprise me and from the looks of things, the boy wasn't too shocked either.
Finally breaking my gaze from his brown eyes, I looked down at the soda flavored popsicle caught in our hands and sighed.
"But soda is the best flavor..." Looking sadly up at the boy, I reluctantly let go and turned away, slowly walking out of the shop. Maybe they would have more stocked up tomorrow and I could get one then.
I had barely made it past the end of the building before I suddenly had half of a blue popsicle shoved in my face, the boy from inside gasping for breath in front of me.
"L-lets share! Because soda really is the best flavor! And tomorrow, we can each get a whole one to ourselves!" My eyes grew wide as I stared at the slowly melting popsicle he was giving me.
Hugging him quickly, I pulled back and grabbed the popsicle, darting my tongue out to catch the melting piece of frozen happiness. My eyes squeezed shut in joy at the first taste as I started bouncing happily in place. After a few moments, I finally opened my eyes again to see the boy staring at me with wide eyes, his face red all the way to the tips of his ears.
"Oh! Thank you for the popsicle! Tomorrow, I'll buy yours to pay you back, ok? But it's really odd... I don't think I've ever had a popsicle that tasted this good before, even for a soda flavor one! Did your half taste really good tonight too? I wonder if it's just from a really good tasting pack! What do you think?" I looked into the boy's deep brown eyes, only now noticing the small shock of bleached hair that fell onto his forehead standing out from amongst the brown hair that tried to add to his height.
"U-Umm, yeah! It's really good! Let's get more again tomorrow and see if it tastes this good then too! You go to Kurasuno too, right? If you wait until practice is over, we can come here together and get the popsicles! My names Nishinoya and I'm the Libero for the volleyball team!" He was almost shouting at this point, his voice wavering at times as he seemed to almost be fighting with himself to get the words out.
"Hehe, I know who you are, Noya-senpai! I watched you and your team play against Dateko during the interhigh! I might not have known your name, but I could never forget such an amazing player! Why do you think I was willing to let you have the last soda flavor popsicle?" Smiling at him, I gave him another quick hug before turning and racing down the street towards home.
"I'll see you at the gym tomorrow, Noya-senpai! Goodnight and thanks again!" Looking back quickly, I caught a glimpse of the cutest flustered look on his face I had ever seen.
Turning the corner, I grinned to myself. The girls at school are gonna be so jealous!
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Reaching up, the blushing boy began rubbing the back of his head as he watched the slightly shorter girl turn a corner.
"She called me senpai... Tanaka's gonna be so jealous tomorrow!" Jumping happily, he began running down the street, eager to go to bed so tomorrow would come that much sooner.