a bag of strawberry shortcake
⊱┊paring ; tsukishima kei x reader
⊱┊gender ; neutral! (i think)
⊱┊contains ; angst but turns into fluff
⊱┊a/n ; WHY IS TSUKISHIMA SO HARD TO WRITE EVEN THOUGH HE’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS?? (besides keiji, tooru, and koushi) anyway, yeah- i just felt like writing this out of the blue so im pretty proud of myself sojdjikfasjdfs. anyway, requests are open!
also, thanks to cj for helping me with naming this !
Tsukishima Kei was something else.
For starters, he wasn’t your average lovely dovey boyfriend who would go out of his way to set up candle lit dinners. And he’s definitely not the type of person who’d do pda.
Dating Tsukishima Kei meant having to deal with his snarky attitude towards others—and you were okay with that.
What you weren’t okay with, was him leaving you on ‘seen’ for more than a week. But given that there were upcoming exams, you figured he was busy studying back home.
Even if you felt the urge to send him a quick morning/night text, it was best not to bother him. Stress was something you didn’t want to put on his shoulders. Not around this time.
Days passed, and you had yet to receive a text message from your very-much-loving boyfriend.
So with your free time, you decided to catch up with your best friend’s love life (like the good friend you were). You’d knew it would take your mind off of him—it eased you a little.
“How’s things going with your boyfriend?” Your best friend placed her hands on your shoulder, guiding you through the clothing store.
Daily outings were your thing.
“He’s busy.” You responded, although you were a little hesitant, “Upcoming exams are this week.”
Her radiant smile that settled on her face was replaced with a frown. “Still, he should make room for you in his schedule. I can’t watch my bestie be sad any longer!”
You rose your eyebrows as your eyes met with hers.
“What do you mean? I’m not sad.” You hummed, scanning the clothing store for anything that catches your eye.
She let out a few giggles in return as she removed her hands from your shoulders.
“It’s written all over your face.”
Before you were going to retort with excuses, your phone began to ring from your pocket, it was a familiar ringtone that you had set for a specific person in your contact list.
Reaching for your phone, you felt a hint of happiness rushing from throughout your body. Your sad mood had been lifted.
You answered the phone with a swipe of your finger as you placed the phone against your cheek.
“Hey, are you with someone right now?” He questioned, trying his best not to breathe in his phone.
Furrowing your eyebrows, you glanced at your best friend who was now busy rummaging through the shirts that were on sale. Her hands filled with as many shirts as she could hold.
“Yeah, I’m doing some shopping with someone right now. Why?” You tightened the grip on your phone. You weren’t the one to panic and assume things right off the bat, but that’s what you were doing right now.
Realizing that he was talking about the clothing shop you and your best friend were in right now, you whipped your head around.
Your boyfriend was standing outside the shop, with a bag. And from what you could tell, it was strawberry shortcake. Yours and Tsukishima’s personal favorite.
With a smile making it’s way on your lips, you let out a sigh in relief, “Kei!”
“Don’t ever do that again, or so help me I’ll-” You said, once you’ve made your way out of the clothing store.
A small smirk plastered on his face, “Or what-?”
“Actually, nevermind. You brought strawberry shortcake with you so I’ll let this slide.”
