some — a short atsuhina au thread

where the msby jackals are tired of being confused of atsumu and shoyo's relationship. why do they act as lovers but deny the label and just stick to “friends”?
"shoyo! let me wipe the sweat from your back,”

“oh! thank you tsumu-tsumu!”

shoyo giggled as he felt the towel wipe across his back. atsumu was telling a story, making the other laugh out loud.

“look at those two,” inunaki said as he took a gulp from his water bottle.
"are they really not dating?" barnes asked, wiping the sweat off his forehead. "they kept denying it!"

meian simply said as he removed his sneakers.

“they kept denying it but they act as lovers," sakusa mumbled, running his fingers through his hair
“look now!" bokuto said, pointing at shoyo and atsumu's direction.

shoyo was now wiping atsumu's sweat, ruffling the towel on the blonde's hair as they chuckle to themselves.

“they are so cute! i miss akaashiiii" bokuto whined. meian shook his head with a smile
“hey, bokuto. when you and akaashi were teammates, and not yet lovers,” adriah paused. "were you two acting like that?"

“no! never!" bokuto shook his head. "we were minding our own business and not being touchy,”

"see? those two are definitely together!" inunaki exclaimed
“but they deny it," meian. “if they say they are just friends, then maybe they are,"

"are friends THAT clingy?” sakusa grimaced. "im going to take a shower,”

the jackals took one last glance at atsumu and shoyo giggling at each other.
days passed by and the jackals noticed more of shoyo and atsumu acting like a couple.

shoyo wearing atsumu's old jerseys, cuddling in the living room, atsumu wrapping his arms around shoyo while they are in the kitchen, and many more.

the only thing left for them to do is kiss
and all these actions made sakusa frustrated.

one day, he pulled atsumu away and looked at him dead in the eye.

"woah woah. yer scary omi. what's up?" atsumu asked. “make it quick will ya? me and shoyo have a disney marathon,"

“what are you two?" kiyoomi asked directly
“what do ya mean? we are friends of course!" atsumu said with a grin. "are ya getting jealous omiiii we can spend time too!"

“stop that” sakusa frowned. "you know damn well that your and shoyo's actions are not normal for friends,"

"you two act like a couple but stay friends”
"we stay friends because we are!" atsumu said, his eyebrows shooting up.

“ugh! you are impossible!” sakusa rubbed his hand over his face before glaring at atsumu. “okay. put it this way,"

“how do you feel when you are spending time with shoyo?”
“i feel great! my world is bright and everything seems to be in place," atsumu paused and an endearing smile is on his lips.

“the way shoyo does these little things makes my heart flutter. the way his eyes sparkle when he is excited? he is so adorable omi!"
“his giggles, his eyesmile, the way he is almost swimming in my old jerseys?" atsumu chuckled, his eyes showing an emotion sakusa never saw from the other.

“atsumu," sakusa called out, their eyes meeting. “you are in love,”

“what?"

“you are in love! you are such an idiot!”
“no no no! we are friends! stop overthinking things omi!" atsumu pushed sakusa's shoulder, about to walk out but sakusa's question made him pause.

“then you dont mind shoyo dating others?" sakusa asked, an eyebrow raised. “what?"

atsumu slowly turned around.
"i was about to set shoyo up with someone from itachiyama. you don't mind right? you two are just friends anyway," sakusa shrugged.

he grabbed his water bottle before leaving atsumu frozen with eyes wide in the kitchen.

"...no... i mind,”
at the same time, bokuto was questioning hinata.

"say shoyo," bokuto said after chewing his bread. “what's your relationship with atsumu?"

"hm? tsumu-tsumu?" shoyo asked and just then bokuto saw an endearing and sweet smile shoyo never did before.

the sight made bokuto freeze.
“he is someone special, bo-kun!" shoyo giggled. “he is always there for me, like i am for him,"

“we are each other's happy pill? you can put it that way," shoyo smiled bright and bokuto gaped at shoyo.

“are you sure you two... aren’t," bokuto did some hand gestures. “dating?”
the word made shoyo blush and laugh.

"dating?! tsumu-tsumu and me?! noooo!” shoyo said, shaking his head. he had a soft smile. “... but dating is nice too,"

shoyo mumbled under his breathe that bokuto didn't catch it.

“you were saying?"

"nothing!!!”
"they are impossible!" inunaki pouted after hearing sakusa ang bokuto's failed attempts in making the two admit their relationship.

“but we can't deny it," barnes said. “they really act like lovers,"

"yeah. even if they deny it, they ARE lovers in a way," adriah said
“but we can't force them," meian said. “if we do, maybe we'll make things awkward for them,"

“let's leave them be to realize their feelings," sakusa groaned. "i have a feeling it’ll happen soon anyway,"

“soon you say?" bokuto grinned.
little do the jackals know, atsumu and shoyo are already feeling the feelings they want them to confess.

for instance, atsumu wants to always have physical contact with shoyo. may it be linking their pinkies together as they walk side by side, stolen hugs here and there
even cuddling!

atsumu really loves feeling shoyo in his arms and hearing their heartbeats beat as one.

shoyo is not one to complain. he also loves every interaction he and atsumu share.

he also initiates physical contact, even mustering courage to kiss atsumu on the cheeks
even though they are sweet and flirty to each other, they are both afraid to take it to the next level or ask each other what they are.

they are afraid that the other does not feel the same thing and things will get awkward between them and the whole team.
so as much as they want to remove the label friends, they are comfortable with it.

it's safe.

it's not awkward.

it was their own definition.
until one late night call from osamu.

“ya are still not confessing?" osamu grunted over the call. “yer such a coward,"

"shut yer trap!” atsumu barked. “it's not easy ya know… don't want it to be awkward,"

“yer so dumb!”
“ya dont want it to be awkward? yer afraid shoyo doesnt feel the same way?” osamu asked. “did ya even think that shoyo would allow ya to do all those things if he doesn't like ya back?”

osamu's question made atsumu think it through.

"what if he just doesn't want to reject me,”
"i'm his superior anyway," osamu could hear his twin pout miles away, making him roll his eyes.

“just ask him! stop ranting to me every night. i'm getting tried here tsumu," osamu whined. “yer so useless,"

atsumu scoffed. osamu mocked him before dropping the call.
just then the door opened, making atsumu look at the person entering the room.

“shoyo," atsumu said. he took notice of shoyo wearing his old inarizaki captain jersey and the sight made his heart do flips.

"tsumu-tsumu? can i talk to you?" shoyo asked.

“i also want to talk sho”
"okay," shoyo smiled. “lets talk,”

shoyo sat next to atsumu and they waited for the other to start but they were only surrounded by silence.

"tsumu—"

"shoyo—"

they stared at each other before laughing.

“you go first," shoyo said, a smile on his face.
atsumu took a deep breathe before facing shoyo completely.

“shoyo, i know our members keep telling us that we act as a couple and all,” atsumu said, his voice fading, looking at shoyo's expression.

“do you... do you hate the way we act?" atsumu asked, the answer scaring him
“honestly," shoyo began, a blush appearing in his cheeks. “i don't hate it tsumu-tsumu,"

"in fact... i love it,” shoyo said, playing with the bed sheets to distract his burning cheeks,”

“y-ya do?" atsumu asked, the answer is not what he was expecting.

shoyo nodded shyly.
“then..." atsumu reached for shoyo's hand, interlacing their fingers together.

“shall we take it to the other level?” atsumu asked softly. their eyes met, the moonlight illuminating their features.

“i'd love that tsumu-tsumu," shoyo replied softly too.

“c'mere,”
that night, the two of them started dating -- as if they werent before but who's gonna tell them?

the next day, when they announced it to the team, they all looked at each other before shrugging

"we're not suprised," they collectively said with teasing grins. “congratulations!”
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