❝when he's on the court, it feels like neither side can breathe properly without his permission. he rules above all in the court. ❞
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a/n: thank y'all so much for 100k reads, ngl i had a whole heart attack reading that number so maybe it's time for me to do smth special?
if y'all have anything i should do as a special one off go ahead and request, but y'all don't have to ;)
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that night, m/n fell asleep on the sofa. so when he woke up later at 3.21pm, he woke up almost as tired as he'd fallen asleep. actually, he was surprised his stress had knocked him out for over half a day. this meant, in a couple of minutes, school would be over and club would start, he sighed to himself. him sleeping in meant he had an unauthorised absence at school, his hand immediately trailing towards the coffee table where he'd placed his phone, even if it was late, he'd still have to call in before they'd be the ones calling.
the table began to vibrate, and m/n sighed. just as he was about to grab his phone, the school ended up calling him. he threw his free arm over his forehead before picking up the phone.
"l/n?" it wasn't the voice he'd expected. quite honestly, m/n expected it to be the rather angry woman who accused him of not being a new student, but it wasn't.
"l/n? it's takeda-sensei, the volleyball clubs faculty advisor, i just wanted to call in to make sure your alright, take it easy, the boys wouldn't want you to stress." his voice was smooth and peaceful, a lot less rough than coach ukai's, it was pleasant to listen to.
"cool, thanks sensei. just tell 'em i'm not attending today, i'll be there tomorrow though." m/n could only sigh, he'd totally forgotten about the karasuno boys. a pang of guilt hit him hard, he felt terrible not contacting any of the boys about his situation.
"oh, l/n, i'm also contacting you for the reason of your absence, of course understandably it's probably regarding yesterday-" takeda-sensei liked to ramble, m/n found out.
"well, you can say that. all i'll say is i was out having fun while clearing my head." m/n could only grin to himself, remembering the night he'd spent with oikawa. seriously, the boy was a miracle when m/n had to clear his mind, and he'd only now found out.
"e-eh..? i'm sorry l/n! i'm bothering you so much, but i just wanted to let you know that the teaching body are working super hard so people don't talk about you-know-what in school, so please rest assured when you come in tomorrow!" that was pleasant news, but m/n didn't really know if it bothered him anymore.
"if it's too much work, don't bother. it doesn't really bother me that much anymore anyways." m/n just wanted the call to be over, as nice as takeda-sensei's voice was. he'd woken up literally moments ago, incredibly groggy and the longer he was awake, the more icky he felt in his skin, meaning he needed to shower. there was also his stomach which he hadn't fed in hours.
"i see.. thank you for your time, l/n, i'll be sure to mark your absence. please rest easy and come in healthy for your exams. i'll hang up now!" finally, it was over. his arm which he rested on his forehead he moved to ruffle his hair, his h/c locks shuffling around. he quickly sat up, staring at his phone before looking at his now grumbling stomach. how long had it been since he'd last eaten, he had no idea.
p i z z a.
that was a good idea.
if he ordered pizza, and told them to bring it to him around 5pm, it'd give him time to relax in the shower, and also get out in time. genius, sometimes m/n was a pure genius. raising a fist to himself before quietly cheering, he pulled up the phone number of his favourite pizza place and gave them a ring, placing his order.
with that, he walked off to his bedroom, grabbing a change of clothes. black joggers and a comfortable white shirt, along with a pair of clean black boxers. he quickly paced to the bathroom, beginning his shower.
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just as m/n had began to get dressed after his shower, there was a knock at his door. he quickly threw on his boxers and joggers, grabbing a nearby towel and slinging it around his neck before rushing to the door which he swung open.
expecting the pizza delivery, he looked at the person in front of him, a confused smile appearing on his face. the boy standing in front of him, a gray haired beauty who's glamour was amplified by the red flush on his face, clearing not expecting m/n to open the door half-naked and with water dripping off of his hair, only his toned body.
"sugawara-senpai~ lovely for you to visit, but why?" m/n wasn't stupid, he knew. he just wanted to hear it from his senpai's mouth, more specifically his lips. he was gorgeous, he really was, a gentle angel, m/n couldn't say he wasn't.
"i'm your senpai, it's normal for me to be worried..." suga declared, and m/n's attention was stuck behind him. coincidentally, the pizza delivery turned up, the man stared once at suga, and then m/n who was still shirtless.
"give me a moment, senpai could you hold the door while i get my cash?" m/n asked suga who nodded, placing a hand onto the door as m/n ran to the living room where he'd left his belongings. he grabbed enough money to pay for the pizzas and a decent tip and speedily walked back, water dripping all over the floor as he frantically moved around.
m/n got back to the door and opened it, suga moving back. he handed the cash to the pizza deliverer and grabbed the two pizzas. m/n didn't know why he bought two pizzas, but it happened and he let it happen. the man stared at the large tip and then back at m/n who nodded it off and the delivery man took his leave.
"senpai, you should come in. share a pizza?" m/n grinned, and as he recognised suga was going to disagree, he moved the pizzas onto one hand stably and pulled suga into his home by the wrist. the door closed behind them as neither of them were holding it.
"l-l/n!" suga was flustered and m/n was enjoying it. it was fun playing with someone older than he was, so m/n moved his face closer towards suga's, who was avoiding eye contact by staring down. he could feel suga's breath hitch.
"suga-senpai, do you look at all your kouhais like that?" m/n teased, watching suga's face burn up. he was sure if he kept playing any longer, suga would take his leave. m/n, despite playing off his situation with his comedy and effortlessness, didn't want to be alone after seeing suga in front of him.
"just kidding, senpai, now let's have those pizzas for real, yeah?" m/n moved away from suga who seemed to let out the breath he was holding in. m/n guided the older boy to his living room who he'd forgotten was sort of a messy, but he quickly moved things to the side as suga watched.
"you should clean up after yourself, l/n, a messy home is bad for your health." suga scolded him and m/n deadpanned.
"if you don't mind, could we sit on the floor? i've got floor cushions if that's any better, than, y'kno, that.." m/n pointed at the sofa which had all his belongings from last night, including random bits and bobs. he then pointed at the floor cushions which were neatly placed to the side.
"oh- that's fine! i'll help you clean up after." suga's warm smile melted the cold cast in the room, but his smile quickly turned into a frown, "for now, please find yourself a shirt!"
m/n froze, he'd totally forgotten he was shirtless.
was it a problem?
probably?
or maybe not?
"don't i look better without the shirt on?" m/n grinned, watching suga look to the side, "if you ask, i'll let you touch me, senpai~" m/n's bad habit of teasing never stopped. as he was going to continue the older boy, he felt an itch in his nose, and immediately after, sneezed. m/n cursed whoever that it was talking about him.
"see! you need to put on a shirt before you catch a cold or something!" suga placed his hands on his hips and m/n realised how slender suga's body really was.
"you're like a mom, you know that?"
"l/n! just put a shirt on!"
"sure, sure. but the offer for touching me still goes, senpai~" m/n winked before quickly leaving to the bathroom where he'd left the shirt he was going to wear. he placed the towel around his neck to the side before slipping on the white t-shirt. he grabbed the towel and quickly dried his hair as much as he could before spraying a random gucci cologne. he wouldn't normally do that, but having a guest over was a fun change.
as he made his way towards the living room, m/n could see that suga had placed the two floor cushions on either end of the table, and taken a seat on the one closest to the door. the boy seemed to be typing away on his phone, and m/n's curiosity got the best of him, so he quietly sneaked behind suga, peeping down onto his phone as he ruffled the hair of the older boy.
"l/n, you found yourself a shirt?" suga seemed to ignore the fact that m/n was messing up his hair. m/n's eyes remained on the phone and once he realised the contact name of the person suga was texting was daichi, he walked over to the free floor cushion and sat down, opening both the boxes of pizza, placing one in front of suga and the other in front of him.
"the entire box is yours, so don't worry. also, what'd you like to watch?" m/n motioned towards the tv, he himself watched anything, so he didn't want to confuse suga with his strange fascination with anything that looked cool.
"horror, please." suga asked, holding a slice of pizza in his hand. m/n didn't see suga as the horror type and more of a romance comedy type, but he didn't mind.
"horror, hm? if senpai gets too scared, you can always hold onto me." m/n grinned cheekily before switching to the channel that constantly played horror movies.
"we'll see about that, l/n." suga gave m/n a smirk and m/n chuckled.
it was a battle of who would get scared first, and m/n wasn't going to lose.
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they watched in silence, the horror movie playing in the background as the two of them ate. as time passed, suga relaxed into his seat on the floor, and m/n couldn't help but smile. they'd both finished their pizzas and their whole attention was on the cheesy horror film playing on m/n's tv. it was awfully cliche, but it seemed to add that feeling of nostalgia to the movie.
it was peaceful, really. it was the best thing m/n could've asked for to happen to him. after all the stress he'd been through, a movie night with someone as relaxing as suga was arguably necessary.
m/n was sure the boy had ended up overstaying, as in the blink of an eye, they'd seen two more horror movies, and not once had either of them reacted to anything.
m/n's attention was snapped towards the ringing of suga's phone which was placed on the coffee table, and he finally caught check of the time. it was almost 9pm, and neither of them had realised. m/n assumed it was suga's parents who were calling as he immediately picked up.
to avoid seeming rude, he tried to block out their conversation by staring out the window, his eyes immediately getting caught on the heavy rain outside. he got up to have a proper look outside, it was clearly very heavy rain that hadn't been told in the forecast and it surely wasn't going to stop any time soon. if suga wanted to get home, he'd need a rain coat, an umbrella at least. it was safe to say m/n had neither, and he took a glance at suga, he was as unprepared as m/n was.
he hit himself mentally before speaking up,
"sugawara-senpai, tell your parents you'll stay the night."