the next day school came around, as it always does, and hanamaki was anything but ready to face matsukawa after what he had found out.

he clutched his books to his chest, feeling abnormally annoyed at the whole situation. which was weird for him considering he let everything fly over his head, he wasn't one to care nor dwell.

"oii makki!" oikawa chirped from his locker, waving the pink haired boy over.

hanamaki made his way over to the brunet, relaxing the grip he had on his books a bit, "yeah?"

"i just wanted you to meet ushiwaka," he said gesturing off a couple lockers down. when makki followed his gesture, he saw a couple people in that direction, not knowing which one he was.

"wait which-" he paused as one of the boys closed their locker and began making their way towards oikawa and himself. he was tall, really tall, and extremely handsome. he wasn't sure how he hadn't noticed him around school before.

"oh, perfect timing, i was just about to call you over," oikawa said, "oh and makki, wanna put your stuff in my locker?" he suggested.

"uh, sure," he replied handing his stuff, besides what he needed for his first two hours, off to oikawa who placed it in the locker.

oikawa shut his locker then turned to face the two, "okay, so makki this is ushibaka, er- waka, and ushiwaka this is makki," he said introducing the two.

"hi ushiwaka,"

"it's actually ushijima, he just calls me that," the taller boy said, he was quite serious, no smile, no glint in his eyes, not even a brow movement.

"oh,"

"and is makki your full name?" he asked.

"here he goes," oikawa said.

"no,"

"what is it?"

"it's hanamaki,"

"that's a beautiful name," ushijima said softly, "hana as in flower, and maki as in true," he said.

"well, i knew about the flower part but not the true part," makki admitted.

"well, i'm gonna go," oikawa piped up, "i don't think you guys have any classes together, so ushijima just meet us at the cafeteria during first lunch," he said, beginning to walk away taking hanamakis wrist, and pulling him along as he did.

"nice meeting you," ushijima said to the pink haired boy as he left.

"you too!" he chirped.

*

"so by moving your graphite in this way you get a different-"

"so, what do you think?" oikawa whispered to makki who was working on a few sketches for art.

"not gonna lie, i'm not thinking about that right now," he replied.

"you're thinking about the fact that mattsun isn't here?" oikawa asked almost rhetorically.

makki simply nodded a bit reluctantly, "but i mean, that ushijima guy is a babe,"

"yeah, until you're a week and a half into dating and he wants you to meet his family," the brunet subconsciously whispered.

"damn, what's your damage?" takahiro asked jokingly causing oikawa to let out a small laugh.

"ahem," the teacher said, "i'm giving one example, and you'll have all the free time you need afterwards, is there a problem here?" she asked.

"yeah, it's just i already know what i'm doing so," oikawa begun.

"okay, well let the rest of us, who don't know hear," she said.

oikawa let out a small sigh, resting his head onto the table, "who doesn't know how to draw a cup?" he whispered.

"ahem!" she said again.

makki laughed a bit.

*

"okay, so spill," hanamaki said simply.

"what?"

"what happened between you and ushijima?" he asked as they walked into the cafeteria, getting into line.

"nothing serious," he replied, "just, he was man candy, i was attracted, but he didn't really turn out to be my type, i just, i need someone who can dominate me but also who can joke with me, someone who can make me melt but also scolds me when i act up in class, someone who can fuck me into the sheets but also let me know he sees more than just my body-"

"someone who calls you shittykawa,"

"precisely!" oikawa exclaimed as they took their trays, placing the foods they wanted onto their trays, "he was accomplishing the first half of that list, he was just lacking the second half," he said lowly.

"hm, it's unhealthy without the second half," makki said with a single nod.

"yeah," oikawa said with a bit of nervous laughter, "i was dumb,"

"you still are,"

"hey!" oikawa yelped, as they got out of line heading to their table, makki laughed a bit. "oh, ushijimas sitting over there, you can sit over there with him, and i got you from here," he said gesturing towards a table in the middle of the cafeteria.

"ooookay, i'm trusting you," the pink haired boy said waving him off as they split, oikawa going to their table, and makki off to ushijimas.

*
(pov change)

"hey, oikawa, where's makki going?" matsukawa asked as oikawa sat at the table next to iwaizumi and across from mattsun.

"to sit with his boooyfriend," oikawa mused with a laugh, gesturing towards ushijimas table where makki was sitting next to him, ushijimas arm hanging around makkis neck.

"what are you talking about? i'm right here," mattsun said furrowing his eyebrows. "why is he touching him?" he added distastefully.

"well, he told me that he thinks you're not taking him seriously, something about you just messing with him, makkis a relationship kinda guy, mattsun," oikawa said shaking his head a bit.

"what do you mean?" 

"you are just messing with him, right?" oikawa asked, cocking his head to the side a bit.

"well, i mean-"

"you can tell me the truth," oikawa said.

"what do you mean? i thought he was straight?" matsukawa said.

"what?! makki straight?! ha!" oikawa said laughing a bit, "wait, are you serious?" he asked picking up some fruit with his fork and eating it.

"yeah, i thought he was straight, i didn't know-"

"what kind of straight guy jokes the way he does with you?!" oikawa proclaimed, "you've got to be kidding me right now," he scoffed.

"did you grab me a milk?" iwaizumi asked.

"iwa-chan, baby, i am trying to have a conversation here," he said looking over at the tanner boy, flashing him an innocent smile.

"hm, yep, that's fine, you know i'll just spend my work check on milk i guess, instead of taking you to the mall today," he said, humming a bit and picking at his food with the fork.

"oh, i was just kidding, i'll go grab one right now," oikawa said, standing up and patting hajime on the head before walking over to grab a milk.

*
(pov change)

"what brings you to our table?" semi asked the pink haired boy.

"oh, just wanted to sit with ushijima," he said looking at the arm dangled over him as he played with some of his salad.

"i mean, i see that, but i thought you were talking to matsukawa?" he asked as tendou walked over setting down his tray and sitting next to semi.

"hey! it's makki!" he exclaimed, "how's that tongue piercing holding up?" he asked.

"it's like eternally sore," he said with a small laugh.

"well, you shouldn't be eating solids, dummy," tendou said, taking his small bowl of soup and handing it to hanamaki, "here, eat that," he said.

"oh, thanks,"

ushijima leaned in closely, for dramatic effect of course, makki could feel his breath on his ear, "i'll be right back i'm gonn-"

"tOO CLOSE!" a voice yelped from across the cafeteria, both ushijima and hanamaki looked back only to see a very flustered mattsun, standing up at his table, oikawa and iwaizumi looking back at ushijima and makki both looking extremely shocked. mattsun dismissed himself from the cafeteria walking out.

ushijima took his hand off of makki, "well, i was going to say i was going to the bathroom, but i'm not up to see matsukawa in there,"

"i'm sorry, i have to go real quick," takahiro said standing up and walking over to oikawa.

"he didn't even touch the soup," tendou whined.

"take it for yourself," semi said.

"good idea!" tendou chirped.