tsukishima kei x reader. fluff. nobody knew you were dating!!! lol just something fun i thought of haha
you groan, hand coming up to rub the side of your head.
the skin there feels tender—sore. combined with the massive headache wrecking you this second, and the scrapes and cuts littering all over your face from when you fell on straight concrete, you’d imagine it wasn’t a pretty sight when you try to give hinata a reassuring smile.
“i am so sorry, i didn’t realize you were there—”
you wave him off. “it’s okay. if anything, i’m the one who should be sorry, i didn’t realize you guys were practicing.”
“a volleyball to the head though,” kageyama mumbles. “you sure you don’t have a concussion?”
you laugh and it quickly turns into a wince, which doesn’t make your next words seem very promising. “the nurse said i’ll be fine. don’t worry.”
as usual, hinata and kageyama start arguing. it sounds like they’re blaming the other but you can hardly pay any attention to it as your head pulses. and it’s getting increasingly overwhelming by the second as the rest of the team circles around your bed.
“hey, guys.”
kageyama stops, with a hand shoved into hinata’s face. “yeah? what’s up?”
“can you get kei in here?”
confusion flits across everyone’s faces, a second of silence until sugawara speaks up. “…tsukishima? yeah we can. what do you need him for…?”
you shrug with your eyes closed. “just figured he should know.”
low murmuring breaks out across the group, only broken when the door to the nurse’s office slides open abruptly.
relief floods you when you see a familiar head of blonde hair above the others. it comes closer and closer, slinking in between the bodies crowding around you. only until he stops behind kageyama and hinata do you hear his voice.
“move. you’re in the way.”
wordlessly, kageyama and hinata untangle themselves, astonishingly quiet. their eyes follow kei walking up to you, comically widening when he cradles your face gently to asses your injuries.
you smile up at him. “sorry, i just asked them to get you. i know you were waiting for me.”
“it’s fine. i heard what happened,” kei says, with a soft voice unheard of by anyone but you. clearly, with the way you can practically hear the jaws dropping to the ground.
kei maneuvers your head around gently, fingers brushing over a scrape on your cheek. “it looks like it hurts a lot. i’ll just walk you home today.”
your hand comes up to hold his. “yeah, maybe a rain check on plans?”
he nods once, a firm one, before returning a small smile of his own. slowly, he releases you before turning to your bedside, packing your belongings with knowing movements.
it’s a sweet moment, it always is when he dotes on you. he doesn’t show it often, but you radiate whenever it happens. your conversation comes across as small mumbles. an atmosphere a little too intimate as the rest of the team watches, eyes completely bugged out.
nishinoya quickly tugs on yamaguchi’s arm. “hey, hey. what’s this? why are they talking like that?”
“he smiled,” kageyama mumbles.
sugawara laughs, a hint of a blush on his face. “i didn’t know tsukishima could be this sweet…”
hinata just keeps staring.
yamaguchi looks at the rest of team, one eyebrow lifted. “you guys don’t know?”
they all shake their heads.
“they’ve been dating for a year now.”
and the entire room erupts into chaos.











