Happy Kuraryou Day
Title: Ryou-san you’re hurt
Small Description Ryousuke and Kuramochi volleyball au
The sun is just starting to rise and Kuramochi realizes just how early it is. His mind had been clouded with different spike techniques to pay any attention. Kuramochi pulls down his scarf and lets out an exasperated sigh. Although its not obligatory he chooses to do morning practice no matter how tired he is. His hand is on the gym door handle and whilst turning the handle he notices the light pitter-patter of volleyball shoes squeaking. For as long as he’s been coming to early morning practice there’s always someone who beats him to the gym. He opens the door and sees Ryousuke practicing his serving, aiming at water bottles across the other side of the net. He manages to knock one down with his serve and turns toward Kuramochi who just dropped his sports bag next to the doorframe.
When Kuramochi looks up he sees Ryousuke. Ryousuke walks toward Kuramochi without breaking eye contact. “Good Morning Ryou-san” Kuramochi manages to say with a big grin on his face trying to hide his nervousness, Ryou-san still manages to intimidate him even after all this time. Ryousuke asks “Should we practice together? You aren’t getting any better”. Kuramochi feels a slight pain in his heart he wonders if he’ll ever get used to Ryou-san’s harsh remarks.
Kuramochi realizes that his comments aren’t without reason; they have been out of sync lately. To the others its not very noticeable but Ryousuke has always strived for perfection. Kuramochi is determined to do well and for the first twenty minutes or so the atmosphere is great they’re connecting they’re delivering spike after spike, but then he starts focusing a little less on the volleyball and a little more on the setter. Kuramochi is out of breath and feels like he’s panting too loudly, he looks at Ryousuke who looks as cool and composed as ever. Kuramochi spent too long staring at him and ends up running late to spike, the ball lands off the court. Kuramochi’s eyes go wide and he instinctively apologizes “Ryou-san, I’m sorry”. Kuramochi prepares himself for a head chop but instead Ryousuke looks up at him and places his left hand on his left shoulder “This is why we practice, so we don’t make mistakes in a real game”. Whatever tension Kuramochi felt is now gone and Ryousuke’s assuring words make him feel at ease enough to let out a laugh. Ryousuke squeezes his grip on Kuramochi’s shoulder and with a serious tone utters “but don’t let it happen again”
They practice some more before heading out and Kuramochi heads to his first class with a smile on his face. Its lunchtime and Kuramochi is ready to eat when Miyuki approaches him and suddenly all off his appetite is lost. “You weren’t at morning practice today. Is it safe to assume you were with Ryousuke?” “Yes I was. We we’re both practicing together. Shouldn’t you already know this by now? We always practice alone in the morning” “Yes, I’m aware the keystone combo get to practice separately. I wanted to make sure practice was going as usual since I overheard the third years talking about Ryousuke leaving afternoon practice early to practice on his own”. Kuramochi must have made a worried expression and Miyuki quickly follows with “But then again its Ryousuke we’re talking about. He probably just needs some space, nothing serious”.
For the rest of the day Kuramochi tries to focus on his lectures but he finds himself slipping to think about morning practice and tries to see if there was anything off about Ryousuke, but he can’t he looked fine.
The next morning Kuramochi can’t sleep so he decides to get to practice early. On his way to school he debates whether or not to ask Ryousuke if something is he wrong. He wants to be there for his teammate but at the same time he doesn’t feel like it his place too. He doesn’t hear the same shoe squeaking he always does in the morning. Is Ryousuke late ? No that can’t be it. Maybe he just went to the bathroom for a quick break? His thoughts are racing before he realizes he’s been out in the cold for a couple minutes now. He opens the door and stops when he sees Ryousuke removing the bandage from his left hand. He closes the door abruptly and the loud sound rings in his ears. There is no way Ryousuke didn’t hear that and sure enough Ryousuke raises his voice loud enough for Kuramochi to hear “You can come in. You already saw there’s no use hiding it now”. Kuramochi opens and the door and walks toward him. Ryousuke is wrapping his bandaged neatly as Kuramochi glares at his fingers. Finally Ryousuke breaks the silence and answers all the questions Kuramochi was thinking of, its almost scary how accurate he was. “Yes, I am fine, and yes it does hurt and no I wont stop playing because of it”. “What is it exactly?” Kuramochi asks. “It’s a small thumb sprain” Ryousuke answers. “Well what are you doing about it?” ”I’m applying ice and bandaging it” Classic Ryousuke, not wanting to burden his team and handle things on his own. There’s a small pause then Kuramochi decides its best not to pry and practice as usual. He’s not as focused as he usually was. He doesn’t understand why Ryou-san’s injury has affected him so much, his other team mates have gotten hurt too and it’s not like he didn’t care but this feeling was different from what he’s used to.
The next night it’s the same, he can’t sleep and decides its better to face his problem than ignore it. He reads up the treatments and rules out most of them, as they’re too complex and would have to be done by doctors. He stumbles upon one that is a massage treatment. He reads up on different techniques and watches videos of people performing the massage and settles on it. If Ryou-san wouldn’t seek help out he would just have to help him through it.
The next day he gets there earlier than Ryou-san and immediately when Ryousuke opens the door he asks him to sit down next to him. Kuramochi decides to be honest and starts with “Ryou-san, I think I can help with your injury”. Ryousuke’s expression doesn’t change and he continues “Please extend out your hand”. Ryousuke is a little confused but he does so anyway and Kuramochi starts massaging his hand. He didn’t realize how intimate this would be and his face gets hot and it doesn’t help that there the only ones there. Time feels like its going slower than it ever has before and he decides to stop out of embarrassment. He looks up at Ryousuke and before he can say anything Ryousuke thanks him and gives him a reassuring smile. Kuramochi wishes he could live in this moment, not that he’d let anyone know.
Note: I hope you like it I haven’t written a fic in so long ! :0; !!
