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Summary:

A supposed one-night stand
That's where it started
 

Chapter 1: wtf

Summary:

what the actual fuck

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Lying shirtless on his bed, Ushijima Wakatoshi woke up. He brought a hand to his head as he sat up. He groaned, his splitting headache worsened as blood rushed to his head. He never had a hangover as bad as this.

Where am I?

He fluttered his eyes open to see his room illuminated by moonlight. He sighed in relief. He looked to the bedside table on his left and picked up his phone to look at the time.

3:47am

He shook his head a bit as he tried to remember what happened the night before.

He was at a party that Tendou dragged him to. His red-headed friend kept pushing him to ‘have fun and live a little’. He drank despite not wanting to. And then…

And then what?

He couldn’t remember what happened.

He flinched as he felt movement in the space beside him and looked to his right. He saw Sugawara Mei, his former team’s manager, asleep beside him on his bed. He blinked.

He blinked again.

The blanket was partially covering Mei’s body, but he could see no clothing below the back of her neck.

Several thoughts rushed to Wakatoshi’s mind as he panicked.

Did we..?

Mei shuffled in her sleep, the blanket sliding down a little as she kicked her feet. She let out a breath as she shifted her weight a little to her left.

Wakatoshi sighed in relief as he saw she was wearing what seemed to be a strapless top, or bra. He wasn’t sure. The more he thought about it, the warmer his cheeks felt.  He looked around the room one more time and saw his clothes on the floor. Still trying to figure out what happened, he carefully got off the bed and went to his bathroom. He closed the door quietly and turned the lights on. He looked at himself in the mirror and saw a faint reddish color trailing from his neck to his collarbone. He traced a finger on the marks and then a flash of memory came to his mind.

His hands roamed her body as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Their foreheads pressed against each other as they gasped for air.

He shook his head as his mouth gaped in shock. Something that had happened a few hours ago is now fresh in his mind.

His body felt hot. He could not remember everything yet but the face this girl made as they –

Did we really do that..?

He put a hand on the sink and ran the other through his hair. He still tried to remember what happened before that and he couldn’t. He sighed as he stripped his clothes and went to take his shower. A very cold one at that.

Ten minutes later, he was out of the bathroom and saw Mei sitting up on his bed. His eyes widened a bit as he saw her push her hair back from her face, revealing a number of reddish spots on her neck and collarbone.

He stood there, stunned. Mei finally noticed him, and her eyes widened. Her cheeks flushed and she struggled to talk. She wasn’t like this at all. She was tough but fun to be around. But she always seemed to be a bit distant, guarded, and never vulnerable.

“Ushijima-san..?", she quietly yelped, clearly shocked when she saw him.

Wakatoshi realized he was partially naked except for the towel wrapped around his waist.

Mei looked away to the side and hugged a pillow to her chest. She was in her underwear, but she felt like she was naked when she saw Wakatoshi staring at her. She heard shuffling and looked to see Wakatoshi already in his seemingly tight gray sweatpants.  She darted her eyes away again. Shit. Did he wear that on purpose?

She felt the bed sink a little as Wakatoshi sat beside her and tried to dry his hair with his towel. She could see water dripping down his neck to his shoulders and to his back. She reached a hand to take the towel, her hand brushing against his. He looked at her, a little stunned, as she dabbed the towel on his neck and down to his back. She then gently ruffled his hair with the towel to dry it for him.

Wakatoshi grabbed her hand and took the towel from her. She pulled her hand back and darted her eyes away. Again.

Isn’t my heart beating too loud?

“Sugawara-san..”, Wakatoshi whispered as he put the towel aside.

Mei down on her lower lip as she heard his low and raspy voice. To say she was nervous was an understatement. She vaguely remembered what had happened between them, and she wasn’t sure if he even liked it.

There’s gonna be an unsettling awkwardness between them after this, not that things weren’t already awkward. They weren’t even exactly friends. How they ended up in the same university in Tokyo wasn’t a shock to her but how did she end up in this room?

“Sugawara-san.”, Wakatoshi whispered again as he stared at her.

Wakatoshi was not sure of what he was doing. He saw that Mei was slightly shaking, either from the cold or nervousness. Maybe both.

When he placed a hand on her bare shoulder, he felt her flinch. He gave a light push to make her face him as he shifted his weight as well. She still would not look. Did she regret this? Was he bad in bed? Did he hurt her? What if she never talks to him again?

He shut his eyes and pushed his thoughts away. He fluttered his open and saw Mei’s hazel eyes staring into his soul. His eyes drifted to her lips, which were slightly apart as if waiting for him. He gulped and hesitantly placed a hand on her cheek. He brought his face closer to hers and brushed his lips against hers.

Her lips felt soft. He felt her hands move to his chest as they kissed slowly. He felt her lips slightly part and took it upon himself to push his tongue in. He felt her hands push on his chest. He pulled away, despite not wanting to.

“Ushijima-san. Uh..”, she whispered as she fiddled with her hair. “Do you remember how we ended up here?”

“In my room..?."

“Yes.. And how did this” , she paused and gestured to the both of them, “ happen? Did we –?"

“All I remember was the party.. and drinking. I don’t remember anything else after that. But I think we did –“ , Wakatoshi paused and shifted his eyes to the very interesting wall.

No one said anything. The deafening silence felt like hours before Mei made her way out of the bed to pick up her clothes. She rushed to the bathroom and closed the door. She leaned back on the door and slid to the floor. She was confused. Why did this happen? And why did he kiss her again?

Her breath was shaky as she stood up and put her shirt and shorts back on. She saw the reddish marks that trailed down her neck. She blushed profusely as memories of last night flashed right before her eyes. She bit on her lip and tried to calm herself down. She tried to put on her stoic face in hopes of leaving the Wakatoshi’s room without a fuss.

She let out a breath again and made her way out of the bathroom. Wakatoshi was still sitting on his bed, now his phone in hand. He was staring at it.

Mei tilted her head in curiosity as she saw Wakatoshi’s flushed face. She walked over to the bed and sat beside him again. “What is it?”

Wakatoshi flinched at her voice and tried to hide his phone but she already grabbed his hand before he could do so. He gave in and handed the phone to her.

Mei took the phone and looked at the screen. It was his chat conversation with Tendou and there were pictures taken at the party. One picture caught her attention, assuming this was what Wakatoshi had been staring at.

It was a picture of them at the party. His arms were wrapped around her waist and hers were around his neck. The height difference was clearly obvious. He towered over her, more than half a foot. But she blushed at the way their faces were so close in the photo. Their foreheads were pressed against each other. It seemed as if they had just taken a break from a steamy make out session.

She hurriedly put the phone back in his hand and moved to stand so she could get out of the room and jump off a bridge.

Wakatoshi stood and caught hold of her hand.

She looked back at him and stared.

“What is it? “

“Don’t leave..”, he grumbled as he looked down.

What the fuck.

What the fuck.

What the fuck.

She didn’t know what else to do after she heard that.  

He pulled her into a hug and nuzzled her neck. He pulled her to lie down on the bed, keeping their embrace intact. Mei slowly wrapped one arm around his bare waist and the other stayed on his bare chest.

They stayed like that for a while until Mei’s eyes felt heavy and she started to drift back to sleep.

***

Mei wrote down notes as her professor went on with his lesson. The events of the party last week were still fresh on her mind and she had not talked to Ushijima since. She couldn’t bring herself to face him, especially when Tendou had discovered the two of them cuddling on his bed. With Ushijima shirtless,the hickies she gave him were visible. Clear as day.

Tendou had been teasing her through text and she couldn't take it anymore. She was used to Tendou’s antics, being a former manager of the Shiratorizawa Volleyball club, she handled everything well. But this was something new.

She had slept with THE Ushijima Wakatoshi, and rumors had already spread like wildfire thanks to the photos Tendou posted on his social media. He even tagged her on the wretched photo.

She sighed in relief when her last class finally ended. She gathered her things and walked out of the classroom. She was walking towards a vending machine when she heard a voice call out her name.

“Mei-chan!”

She sighed and mentally prepared herself to face a cheerful Bokuto, Akaashi being dragged along behind him.

“Bokuto-san, what can I do for you?”, she said with a small smile.

“We’re gonna have a party later, we want you to come!”, Bokuto said cheerfully.

God, his energy was like a breath of fresh air but sometimes it was overwhelming. I wonder how Akaashi dealt with this. She looked over to Akaashi and he nodded.

“I’ll let you know if I can make it.”, a smile plastered on her face despite the lie she had just said. Except for homework, she had nothing else to do, but she might not have the energy to deal with people.

“Aw, come on! It’s gonna be fun!

She mentally groaned. She looked to Akaashi, hoping he saw her asking for help with her eyes.

Akaashi only chuckled and shrugged.                                 

“Also, Ushiwaka’s gonna be there! You don’t want your boyfriend to drink all alone, don’t cha?”

“He’s not my boyfriend.”, she let out a sigh.

Bokuto let out a laugh. “Also,I hear some people from Karasuno’s gonna be there! Suga’s your cousin right?”

Sugawara Koushi’s my cousin. We’re close, I guess, but going to different schools did put some distance between us. Much more when he found out I was the manager of a rival team. We don’t talk as often as we did when we were younger. We go to the same University now but still barely see each other. 

“Yeah, he is. I’ll text him later, too. If I can make it.”  Mei forced a smile, one that Akaashi can clearly tell was fake, not Bokuto though. When the two owls finally left, she faced the vending machine and inserted a few coins. Her indecisiveness kicking in, she picked at nails as she spent a few minutes looking at the different drinks until someone behind her pressed the button for iced black coffee. She saw the drink fall below.

She turned around, her eyes already glaring, until she saw the one person she had been avoiding all week.

Wakatoshi stood in front of her . He stepped to the side and picked up the drink from the machine. He felt her glare as he handed the drink to her.

“This is what you always pick.”

“I was going to pick something else. “

“No, you weren’t.”

“You don’t know that.”

 How would he know? It’s not like we were friends. We were only club mates. Former club mates.

“I do. It is always Iced black coffee. Even if you spend another hour staring at the machine.”

Mei huffed and started to walk away. She didn’t know why she was annoyed by him. He was right about the coffee, though she didn’t want to admit it. Wakatoshi trailed behind her.

“Why are you following me?”, she said as she stopped in her tracks and faced him.

“We need to talk.”

“No, we don’t.”

“Yes. We do.”

“No, we don’t.”

“We do. What happened at the party –”

“Stop.”, she held a hand up. “Please don’t remind me of what happened. That was a mistake.”

Wakatoshi frowned. He felt like he had been punched in the gut. Was sleeping with him that bad?

“Sugawara-san. It wasn’t a mistake.”

Mei clutched the strap of her bag and turned to walk away from him. Wakatoshi still followed her.

“Ushijima-san, we both know it was a one-time thing.”, she sighed as she kept walking, passing by other students who couldn’t help but stare at the two.

“Mei-san.”

Eyes wide, Mei stopped walking and faced him when he heard him call her by her first name. Memories of the night they spent together flashed in her mind.

They had stopped near a tree.

“Mei-san, it wasn’t a mistake. Not to me. “, Wakatoshi said as he took a step closer to her.

Mei stared at him for a second, trying to figure out what the hell he means by that.

“Go out with me.” Wakatoshi said with a straight face.

She blinked.

Her mouth opened in shock. What did he say?? Go out? As in dating?! No! How could he possibly even think about dating me? Let alone think about dating at all. Where did he get this idea from? Is he insane?

“Mei-san.” He whispered as he took another step closer. Mei took a step back from him, hoping to get away from his piercing eyes, only to lean back on a tree.

He took her hand and brought it to his lips. He gave her palm a quick peck before looking back into her eyes. She felt her heartbeat quicken.

“Ushijima-san. You can’t be serious. “she gulped as he still held her hand to his lips. He gave it another peck.

“I am quite serious, Mei-san.”, he kissed the back of her hand, his eyes never leaving hers.

He’s saying my name again. Holy fuck.

Mei pulled her hand back and gripped her bag.

“Ushijima-san. I am not going to go out with you just because we slept together once. You don’t even like me. Heck, are we even friends?”, she said as blankly as she could even though she felt her stomach flipping. He frowned.

“Then, why did you stay?”

“What do you mean?”, she stared at him with wide eyes.

“Why did you stay that morning? You could have left. But you stayed when I asked.”

She looked to the side, avoiding his intense stare. He put a hand on her cheek, gently making her face him. Why did she stay when he asked?

“Mei-san, please go out with me.”, he whispered as he slowly brought his face closer to hers.

She couldn’t help but stare back into his olive eyes. His face got closer and closer, she felt like her heart was going to pop out of her chest. She couldn’t help herself. This is a mistake. Why would someone like him want to go out with me?

She inched her face forward and brushed her lips against his. He kissed back softly. He pulled back, their foreheads pressing against each other.

“Fine.”, she said . No, this is wrong.

“What?”

“I’ll go out with you.”, she whispered as she wrapped her arms around his waist and pecked his lips again.

This is a mistake.

 

Notes:

Ayo, this is my first fanfiction lol I’ve tried writing back in high school but never got around it. For some reason, I opened my laptop and started writing. I’ve started watching hq last December 2020, been obsessed since then. quite late to the party, but back when hq was first released, I was far too obsessed with Prince of Tennis. I could not focus on any other anime because of that lol. Anyway hehe I love hq so much now. I love Ushi so much too and for some reason, I just had to write fanfiction about him myself haha