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You thought it would be a good idea to have a little reunion with your old friends from high school for your birthday, keyword, you thought.
"You got this bro!"
Nishinoya shouts as Tanaka takes a shot and a lot of cameras are out, the rest of your friends recording what's happening right now since this would never happen again, not in a million years at least.
"Tsukishima's gonna kill all of us next time we meet"
Yachi nervously chuckles as she also holds up her phone at the scene of what will probably be the location where they're all last seen alive.
"He can't kill us if we leave the country before he gets off his hangover"
Yamaguchi laughs albeit a little nervous too as he watches his best friend down another shot, hellbent on beating his former senpai.
As much as you wanted to stop them from this little challenge of theirs, you're quite entertained actually so you let them continue, this isn't high school anymore after all, you're all adults in this situation so you let them make these decisions for themselves.
Not to mention, if Kiyoko is letting her husband drink his ass off then you don't see why not, she's the boss after all, and if she tells him to stop even if he's really drunk he'll stop because he listens to his goddess, no questions asked.
"Holy shit man didn't know you had it in you!"
Hinata laughed as Tsukishima finished his last shot before slamming the shot glass down on the table and it didn't break luckily cause that would've been bad for him and the bar.
The middle blocker's cheeks have a tinge of pink on them and nothing else seems particularly noticeable for him to be entitled as drunk.
"I'll win next time, Tswukwishima!" Tanaka slurs, his red cheek rests on the cool countertop as the bartender collects the empty glasses.
"If there's a next time"
Daichi comments, pretty surprised at what just happened but entertained nonetheless as this happened all in good spirits after all.
"We'll make sure there's a next time"
Sugawara chuckles a little bit too maniacally for his boyfriend's liking.
"I'll have the check please"
You tell the bartender as you prepared to take your wallet out.
Your former senpais insist to pay for the whole thing but you decline, arguing you were the one who invited them and that you're the "host" of this celebration, therefore, you're the one who should pay the bill.
After some convincing from Kiyoko and a borderline threatening smile from Sugawara, you decided to split the bill half, so that both sides pay for it.
"Do you need any help getting him home?"
Daichi asks, motioning to Tsukishima whose head was resting on his arms which were on the table.
"Nah we'll be fine. We drove here after all."
You answered before waving all of them goodbye as they slowly but surely left the club, some tipsy and others, absolutely drunk to high hell.
"Come on, let's go"
You shook him by the shoulder and woke him up.
He groggily looked up and put on his glasses, taking one look at you before saying,
"Why would I go with you?"
It was at this moment you knew, (you fucked up) he was completely and utterly shitfaced.
"We live together, that's why."
You incessantly tugged his sleeve so he stood up and followed you as you lead him by the hand to the car.
"No, we don't. Don't touch me, I don't know you."
He slurs out while pulling his hand away from yours, making him wobble a bit before getting his shit together.
"Sure you don't."
You reply while rolling your eyes and unlocking your car's doors.
Luckily you didn't drink much and you were still really sober that you didn't need to grab a cab to get to the hotel you two are going to stay at.
"Get in."
You open the door for him and he grunts and says no.
"I'm giving you a ride, just get in."
You pleaded with the middle blocker.
"No! y/n's gonna be the one giving me a ride! Where's y/n?"
It's three in the morning and if you are in an empty parking lot with a drunk one hundred ninety centimeter plus man who won't cooperate with you.
"I'll take you to y/n, they told me to pick you up."
You decided to throw a hail mary and hope that he'll buy it. The blonde blinks for a few seconds before he begrudgingly hopped in and you don't know whether to be worried that he believed that or glad that he did believe that.
You slammed the door shut as you got into the driver's seat and started making your way to the hotel.
It was only at a red light that you noticed two things. One, Tsukishima was fast asleep which is good and bad.
Two, this motherfucker didn't even put on his seatbelt before passing out so you had to unbuckle yours so you can put his on before you went back to your seat and put yours on again.
half an hour later you got to the hotel's parking lot and it was dimly lit. Barely any light was there at all aside from your headlights and the several flickering lights that were installed in the place illuminated it.
"We're here."
You mutter, waking him up and he gets out of the car, one foot out then the other.
"You better be taking me to y/n or I'm outta here"
He says lazily as you two get in the elevator.
"Do you even know y/n?"
Tsukishima asks, leaning on the cold metal walls of the elevator shaft. Trying to appear sober in a sense with little chance of success.
"I know y/n very well."
Were the only words you replied with.
"I know them well. Very well in fact that it surprised me why they said yes to my confession in high school."
He replied and this caught your attention, a lot.
"Why did it surprise you?"
It might be unfair that you're trying to get answers when he's not in the right state of mind but you're an opportunist and this is an opportunity that you can't pass up.
"y/n may not know it but they were really popular with people in high school. Most of them were just scared to confess since I was always around them and people just assumed that we were a couple at the time when we weren't yet.
Funnily enough, I did scare off some of them directly when they tried which was unfair but at the same time I didn't care, if they liked y/n enough then they would've tried harder, you know? "
His little monologue was interrupted by the sound of the elevator and you two step out.
"y/n deserves everything the world has to offer and I love them to hell and back even if I don't say that to them a lot"
Drunk Tsukishima is a talkative Tsukishima, especially when the topic is you.
His words made your face feel hot all of a sudden but you ignore that, continue to assist him to your room, and make sure that he doesn't trip even on thin air.
"y/n knows that you love them even if you don't say it to them often."
You decided to reply, entertaining him instead of staying silent. You use your card on the and it unlocks, making a beeping sound and the two of you walk in. You guide him towards the bed as you see him trying to stay awake and repeatedly blinking his eyes.
"A hypothetical Maybe."
He replies while sitting down.
A hypothetical maybe? What does he mean by that exactly?
"What do you mean by maybe, Tsukishima?"
You look back at him to find him asleep already. His body then began leaning forward and you immediately held him by the shoulders to stop him from face planting onto the floor.
You took off his glasses and put them by the bedside table and made him lay down. You lifted his long-ass legs onto the bed and surprise surprise they go past the bed.
After a few minutes of changing and removing making you finally got into bed and closed your eyes, the last thing you felt was warmth as Tsukishima gravitated towards you and hooked one arm around your waist as you fell asleep.
You don't know how long time has passed when you woke up again, looking over to your side to not see anyone there and the bathroom light is on. Connecting the dots you walked over to the bathroom and saw Tsukishima throwing up into the toilet bowl.
He is a lightweight after all which is a good thing for the most part since that means he doesn't drink much. You sat down by his side rubbed circles on his back as he heaves for another minute or so before you hand him a cup of water, making him gargle and spit it out so that the bile taste in his mouth won't be as strong as it was before.
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There are a lot of good ways to wake up, having a blistering headache just isn't one of them Tsukishima thinks as he opens his eyes and feels a throbbing pain at the back of his skull.
"Fuck..."
He mutters while rubbing the bridge of his nose in irritation, he looks to his left and sees a glass of water, his glasses, and what looks to be an Advil.
He puts on his glasses and makes sure that he's not taking a random drug before consuming it along with the glass of water.
The middle blocker looks around and realizes two things. He doesn't know where he is and you're not there with him.
Fuck.
Tsuksishima is a lot of things, he's an analytical thinker at best and an overthinker at worst. Combine those two together and you have a person who's thinking the worst possible scenarios that could happen faster than you can say no.
He stands up and his vision sways a bit before he steadies himself and walks quickly to a mirror.
He looks like shit is all he can say. He then takes off his top and lets out a sigh of relief when he didn't see any marks on his neck and body.
It puts him at ease a bit, just a little bit that he hasn't fucked up in that way.
The blonde then feels around in his pockets and finds his phone. No messages nor missed calls from you.
That can be a good or bad sign.
Tsukishima deducts as he looks for your contact and taps on it, then presses the call button.
An uncomfortable silence envelops the room as the phone's rings echoes throughout. His chest tightens up a bit as each second passes and just when he was about to try again, you answer.
"You're awake."
You say from the other side of the device. It confirms his theory that you're nearby or at the very least, you know where he is.
"Where are you?"
He replies, walking around the room and indeed found your luggage along with his.
"Hotel's sauna, you woke up just in time for lunch! See you there! Love you!"
"I-"
You hung up on him before he could utter a reply.
"..."
He stayed silent for a good minute before standing up and making himself look as presentable as he can before going to the hotel's restaurant.
On the way there, he got some fresh air and could immediately recognize your figure by the window, scrolling through a gadget, and the smell of food wafts in the air, making him realize that he's actually pretty hungry.
"How are you feeling?"
You ask him as he sits down in front of you.
"Like shit."
He replies as the waiter hands him his menu. It didn't take long till yours and his food got on the table and you began eating.
"What happened last night?"
He asked, still a bit dazed and confused at how hammered he is.
"Tanaka-san somehow successfully provoked you into a drinking contest and you won. Both of you were shitfaced."
You answer, taking a spoonful of your broth and blowing on it to cool the hot liquid a bit.
"That explains the hangover...Anything else?"
When he asked that question, you decided to might as well say all the shit he's done and said when he was drunk.
"A lot actually."
You could see Tsukishima visibly tense at your words from your peripheral vision.
"I tried to get you to the car and you said that you didn't know me. You said that you were looking for y/n since y/n's the one who's gonna be giving you a ride even though I'm right in front of you."
Tsukishima wishes a hole would open up and swallow him whole at this very moment and you continued.
"You also said that you scared off my potential suitors back in high school, saying that if they were really interested in me then they would've tried harder."
At this Tsukishima looks at you with wide eyes and ears turning red, looking like a deer caught in headlights.
"Please tell me that's all?"
He swore that he's never getting drunk ever again. Also that he's never drinking alcohol around his old club with you as well.
Tsukishima thinks it might've been better if he was just passed out drunk in the middle of Shinjuku rather than you hearing everything he said to you when he was wasted.
"The most interesting one that you actually said is 'y/n deserves everything the world has to offer and I love them to hell and back even if I don't say that to them a lot.' and I quote."
"..."
Where's the nearest exit again?
Tsukishima thought as you finished your sentence, him remaining speechless and internally cringing at his life choices and he thought his high school lovestruck version of himself was bad.
"Don't worry, I know you love me even if you don't say it. You make me feel loved after all."
You decided to give him some sort of reprieve by saying something cheesy yourself but that didn't help Tsukishima at all as his face burned an even brighter red than before.
A waiter with a pitcher was about to approach your table but you kindly dismissed him by shaking your head and mouthing "no thank you" while Tsukishima is having a mid-life crisis.
"Let's just celebrate at home next time."
Tsukishima sighed and you chuckled as you two finished your breakfast and began eating dessert. The middle blocker's phone rings with a notification.
He opens his phone and a crease forms on his forehead along with a frown on his face.
"What's up?"
You ask him, trying to look at his phone from the other side of the table and he hands his device to you and you take a good look at what he was looking at.
It was a selfie of him, Tanaka, Nishinoya, Hinata, and Kageyama, he and Tanaka were completely intoxicated and passed out. You take a good look at the photo before laughing and saw that it was Hinata who posted it and tagged everyone in the old club.
You handed him back his phone and opened yours just to save that photo before he forces Hinata to take it down.
"I'm gonna murder that midget the next time I see him."