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[ bokuto's going to hold his hand a little tighter when he feels akaashi try to slip away. at least for a few more moments, before he suddenly seems to notice and let go.

( he may or may not deflate a little when he does so, his eyes holding on where they're looking at akaashi's hand before he turns forward again ) ]

Where, the center or my house?

[ he's not going anywhere, don't worry bokuto. ]

The center. It'll be easier to do some practice tosses then.

[ he doesn't know that! akaashi, just let him cling for a second, okay? is that so har-

wait.

wait.

bokuto stops mid-step, turning to look at akaashi with wide eyes. there's something a little awestruck about the look, like if he didn't know that everything he ever wanted was just sitting there. right in front of him.

( he'll figure it out soon enough, shh. ) ]

Tosses? [ a beat, and then his eyes widen even more as he smiles. ] You'll toss to me?

[ there it is, that's a lot better than the forced smiles and slumped shoulders. still, akaashi looks a little bit confused, because the question seems silly. ]

Of course I will Bokuto-san. [ i always do lingers in his voice, unsaid. ]

[ he feels lighter, now. lighter than he has in months. it's not like he hasn't had someone to toss to him - oikawa had been more than happy to help. but they were also both third years, both set in their ways, learning to play with players they'd never had to work off of before.

it was still awkward, though it'd been getting better. but when faced with something familiar, achingly familiar, bokuto feels like yelling.

he won't, thankfully, but he feels like he could. instead, he just ends up nodding, excited, and starts walking back off down the street. school first! ] It'll be good for you to see the center, too. Rin'll probably be there! And a bunch of others. That's where a lot of us hang out, usually.

[ considering how he's practically oozing with excitement, if bokuto did yell, akaashi would be -500% surprised. ]

You mean you and the others from Nekoma and Karasuno?

Yeah! But also from the other sports teams.

[ well, that's true. bokuto's basically bouncing as they walk down the street. ]

Rin who is kinda in charge of the center swims, and Maki who also is in charge cycles! There are also a bunch of basketball players here too. That's why it's a whole sports center! And not just volleyball.

[ raises an eyebrow ] Are there really that many athletes here?

Yeah! From all different schools!

[ he's more excited about the fact they have enough people for a whole team now but that's besides the point. ]

Rin's trying to put together a sports day festival thing where we all play each other's sports. It should be really fun!

[ man the landlord really needs to chill on stealing teenage boys ]

It sounds like the cultural festivals at school.

[ right??? but there are also tiny idol girls so that's not much better. ]

Yeah! But it's all through the sports center. So I guess it's like a sports culture festival?

[ there's a brief moment where bokuto is kind of thinking about it before he nods. yeah, that works for him. ]

...I guess it can't hurt to sign up then.

Yeah!

[ sparkles ]

Then you could maybe be paired up with me!!!!

Maybe.

Even if we aren't, we can still practice together. [ he has every intention of watching his stupid ace very, very closely for a few days to make sure he isn't working himself into an injury. ]

[ well, he hasn't....injured himself yet??? ]

Yeah! [ he actually sounds a little breathless when he says that, excited. like he still can't really believe it's going to happen. ]

Okay well- that's the school over there. [ pointing to a building that's coming into view. ] We're almost out for summer vacation, so I don't know if they'll make you go.

[ that's... such a low bar

he looks, and the school isn't anything like fukurodani, but it's well. it's certainly a school. ] I hope not.

[ is it, as far as bokuto is concerned?

but yeah, it's definitely a school. ] Yeah, it's kind of boring. But it helps waste time, you know?

You just go to school to waste time?

[ that just sounds wrong. somewhere, he can feel his parents having a hernia. ]

Yeah! I mean, it's not our school, so the grades don't really matter.

[ that's what he assumes at least. though he doesn't normally do well in school anyway. ]

Well, I guess... [ he hates to agree but he can't find anything wrong with what bokuto is saying. ] It seems a little silly then if there's nothing really there to do.

[ bokuto shrugs, completely at peace with this...weird way of going about life. ]

You could get a job if you wanted, but everyone our age pretty much goes to school.

Ah. [ he nods, but honestly, jobs? here? it all seems just. weird. super weird. though he'd much rather go to school even if it is kind of pointless. ]

Is there anything else to see here then or...?

At the school? [ give him a second to kind of look at the building before shaking his head, heading down the sidewalk without really giving much warning. ]

We can go into the town-y area if you want!

[ akaashi doesn't need any prompting to follow along, walking a few steps behind. ]

Sure. [ he shrugs, but the bounce in bokuto's step ever since he mentioned volleyball hasn't gone unnoticed. ] Unless you want to show me around tomorrow and we can go to the sports center. I'll leave it up to you, Bokuto-san.

[ immediately stopping in the middle of the sidewalk, stay on your toes, akaashi! ]

You wanna go now? Let's go now!

[ WHO CARES ABOUT THE TOWN LETS PLAY SPORTS ]

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