Just Try It: Tsukihina Week 2019 Day 3: Mistaken for a Couple
Rating: Teen
WC: 3,020
Inspired by official art
Tsukishima paused outside the closed door, his hand outstretched toward the knob. It didn’t matter that his headphones were covering his ears, blasting music to block out everything else, he could still hear the bickering inside the room. He winced and debated hiding but they were short-handed as it was, especially since he spotted Kenma sneaking into a broom closet as he slipped one of his games out of his pocket. Besides, the step ladder he went to retrieve was digging painfully into his shoulder and he was anxious to hand it off to someone else.
Bracing himself, he entered the room and winced at the chaos within. It wasn’t enough that the bunch of them were using all different colors of paint to splash up on the walls, each group had their own colored jumpsuits to further enhance Tsukishima’s headache. He was thankful when Yaku spotted him first and greeted him with a wide grin as he sped over to him.
“Thanks, Tsukishima! By the way, have you seen Kenma?”
“Did you send him out to get something as well?”
“No, but I think he might have escaped when we weren’t looking. Oh well, thanks for the ladder.”
Tsukishima nodded as he handed it off, grateful that Yaku didn’t press him any further. If it had been Hinata or Kageyama shirking their duties, he would have given them up instantly. But he could identify with Kenma and his need to get away. Just because he couldn’t didn’t mean he was going to be a dick about it… at least not to him.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and turned to the wall their team was in charge of, frowning when he saw only Hinata there. Glancing around, he spotted the third member of their group hanging out with Oikawa and Iwaizumi instead. It was Iwaizumi who was working diligently on their wall as Oikawa and Kageyama each held onto a single open bucket of paint.
“He asked me to pour it out, Oikawa-san!” Kageyama growled through clenched teeth, not even minding the droplets of green splashing over his hands.
“We are a team, Tobio-chan. Go back to your own!”
“What the hell are you two arguing about? Just someone pour the damn paint!” Iwaizumi barked, but neither seemed ready to give up.
Tsukishima snickered and hurried away from the impending disaster. He knew it wouldn’t necessarily be calmer around Hinata, but there was less chance of getting covered by paint. He wasn’t looking forward to working with him alone, however. Lately, the mood between them had been… different, and he didn’t know how to deal with it just yet.
