tick. tick. tick.
the hands of the clock ticked as time inched by slowly and painfully. sarah let out a yawn as she stretched her hands across her working space. there was another hour left to go into the lesson, and she was getting bored out of her skull.
the teacher finally gave them a break, and sarah immediately stood up to walk out of the classroom and get a breather. and maybe look at their seniors playing volleyball at the court with all the wrong receiving positions.
upon stepping outside, she let out another yawn.
"lmao are you okay?" van asked.
"i'm sleepy," sarah responded.
"go and ask yams to hug you or something," van teased.
"frEAKING YES," qq whisper-yelled, attracting the attention of a certain pinch server.
"yes? you called me?" yamaguchi said, letting a small curious smile tug his lips.
"oh, sarah's getting sleepy, and she wants a hug from you," van giggled as qq had this shitty look on her face.
"what? no!" sarah yelled, hitting van on the arm.
"but you want it," van said with an eyebrow wiggle.
sarah burned fifty shades of red as qq snorted. yamaguchi's face flared up tremendously.
"e-eehh?!" was his response.
van took a pantomine sweep of her watch before saying, "oh look at the time! we have to go back now! claas is going to start again!"
she grabbed the shorter girl by the arm and dragged her back into the classroom.
silence filled the air as the two stood, facing each other.
"u-um..." yamaguchi said and opened his arms at an awkward angle.
"what?" sarah said, looking at him.
he shut his eyes, cheeks flaring up as he stepped forward with his arms opened wider. quickly, he swept her into her arms, causing her eyes to shoot open. after a brief pause, he pulled back with an averted gaze while awkwardly rubbing his neck.
"i-i'm sorry, that was rather unexpected," he said, not daring to meet her eyes.
"it's fine," she said softly and quietly, "l-let's go back inside."
she turned on her heel and entered the classroom, with a smiling yamaguchi following her.
word count ; 362
date published ; 040717