All facilities contained within the confines of the blond megane’s cranium were rattled with a shocking aclarity as gaze snapped to the side, entirely distracted from the set-up shot which was luckily aimed for someone else to spike. The slam of ball-on-flesh startled him back to motion long enough for the megane to form up with the other blockers, a soft tip their response and then a whistle calling time as if Ukai had just observed the presence of the dark haired ace from Nekoma. A sense of bewilderment seemed to befall most, as they stared nonplussed. Sawamura seemed to be the first to react- no, second judging by the way Sugawara’s hand settled on his arm as if saying he could handle it. That was all before Tsukishima squirted water into his own mouth from the drinks bottle he’d bought and gave the elder an askanse look. Were they dating still? It’s not like he’d heard from him, and he wasn’t the type to initiate contact. Tch. He almost wanted to pin his forgotten birthday on the other guy except a social networking website had made it pretty clear the favour had been returned. “Happy birthday.” He managed, tone dry and almost sarcastic. “Are you my present? Can I get a exchange?”
Kuroo was unfased by Karasuno's captain seemingly want to kick him out—though he was rather grateful the vice-captain was willing to let him stay—but instead he was more focused on the blond who seemed to be ignoring his existence. Though, Kuroo didn't really have any excuse to give him. They hadn't talked in a while. Life was busy and every time Kuroo thought of texting his boyfriend, something came up and he put it off to later only to find himself at three in the morning wondering if he would just be bothering the poor kid. It was because he knew he had no excuse that he winced a little at Tsukishima's words. "Happy birthday to you too, though I don't know how you think I would have known when it was until it happened." He sauntered over, hoping to still seem a little confident in coming here and leaned against the net's pole next to the first year. "If that's what you want, but I did kinda have plans for us. Now, either you can sit here whining and moping, or we can go on a date to celebrate both of our birthdays. Which is it gonna be?" Kuroo didn't even care that he was talking loud enough for everyone in the gymnasium to hear him. He wanted people to know they were still together if even at all together.
