"WANT TO GO OUT?"...

     osamu stood by his dormitory, very confused.

"why?", he asked.

"oh, I was going to treat you to some snacks — maybe some onigiri", shiyumi stated.

now that sentence alone had caught the gray-haired boy's attention.

"really?! then let's go!", he immediately agreed.

the orange-haired girl smiled, as she walked with osamu towards a nearby convenience store.

     "by the way, how'd ya find my dorm?", osamu asked, picking out loads of snacks, as he spared shiyumi's wallet no mercy.

     "oh, I asked 'tsumu", shiyumi simply answered, paying, as osamu raised a brow in suspicion.

     "really? he told ya without him benefitting?", osamu questioned.

     "yeah! why?"

     "I would've expected him to lie or somethin'", the younger twin answered.

     shiyumi suddenly found a close by bench and decided to take a seat, causing osamu to hesitantly do the same.

     "does 'tsumu lie a lot?", shiyumi asked, wondering if she could have some matcha pocky.

     osamu must've noticed the girl's stare, because he then offered the box of green goodies, earning him a thankful smile from shiyumi.

     "mhm~ he doesn't listen to others, doesn't return what he borrows, and lies habitually", the gray-haired boy stated, remembering back to when his brother had clearly stole his snack but denied it.

     shiyumi lightly chuckled.

     "you two certainly have a nice dynamic", shiyumi envied.

"ya think? most of the time, 'tsumu just pisses me off", osamu scoffed.

"mah~ I don't get to talk to my twin that often, so I'd say that you're pretty lucky", shiyumi stated, biting into her pocky.

"huh? ya have a twin as well?"

"mhm! my twin's name is shō—shiyumi", the orange-haired girl said.

"and I also have a little sister, natsu", shiyumi informed, taking out her phone, as she scrolled through her camera roll.

osamu hastily finished his melon pan, as shiyumi found one of her favorite photos.

     "this was a few weeks after natsu was born!! shōy—I-I mean, my sister shiyumi took this picture of me trying to get natsu to recognize me as her brother", shiyumi explained.

     osamu mused at the small toddler and adorable boy.

     "cute", he commented.

     "but wait, there's more!! this one's my favorite picture! it's my home and lock screen", shiyumi exclaimed, going to where most of her apps were out of the way so that osamu could see the picture clearly.

"that's yer twin sister?"

"yep! well, that was us before she cut her hair...", shiyumi said.

"she's pretty", osamu bluntly stated.

shiyumi awkwardly laughed.

"she would blush if she heard you say that", the orange-haired girl muttered.

"what was that?"

     "o-oh! I was saying, you should show me some of you and 'tsumu's childhood pictures as well!! only if you'd like, of course. I don't mean to be nosy or anything", shiyumi said.

     osamu momentarily stopped eating his onigiri as he pulled out his phone, scrolling for a while before he had picked one out for shiyumi to see.

     "can ya tell us apart?", he challenged.

     "huh? that's easy!! you're the one that's wearing the light purple-bluish sweater, and 'tsumu's wearing the yellow one", shiyumi correctly guessed.

     "hm? how'd ya figure that out so quickly? usually it takes people a few minutes or they just guess it wrong".

     "because of how you two part your hair", shiyumi grinned.

     "yours is parted to the left, and 'tsumu's parted to the right", shiyumi smartly observed.

     "not bad", osamu complimented.

     "why thank you!"

     the two then began snacking in silence, as osamu happily bit into a s'mores-like bar.

     the gray-haired male then raised a brow, glancing over at shiyumi, who was caught staring at him.

"is something on my face?", he asked.

shiyumi snapped out of her trance with a clearing of her throat.

"h-huh? oh, no. I just thought you looked very happy", shiyumi honestly blurted out.

"why wouldn't I be? I'm eating right now".

shiyumi shrugged.

"this is just the first time I've seen you smile. usually, well today, you looked very tense when playing volleyball", the girl stated.

"do you like it?"

"I guess it's pretty fun", osamu answered.

"why'd you start playing?"

"it just kinda happened. though to be fair, 'tsumu's always been more serious about it", osamu replied.

"sometimes I feel that way too", shiyumi unconsciously mumbled.

"hm? repeat that again?"

"ah, I was just noticing how late it was getting! I think we should start heading back, especially since kita-san checks—OH SHOOT!! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!!", shiyumi shouted, rushing back into the convenience store, as she exited with more food.

"those for me?", osamu asked, hoping it was.

"unfortunately not. these are for kita-san", shiyumi smiled.

"oh".

     shiyumi snickered at osamu's slight pout.

     "I did buy one extra...I suppose I could give it to you", shiyumi playfully sighed, offering a packaged purin to osamu.

     the gray-haired male then glanced up at shiyumi with a sincere look, almost impressed.

     "yer pretty great, shōyō-kun".

ʚ♡⃛ɞ

     "ah, shōyō-kun's finally back~", atsumu sung.

     "I am! sorry, did I disturb any of you guys?", shiyumi asked, having to have dropped off the purin at kita's dorm before coming back, for she knew that atsumu would've feasted on it if she had brought them back.

     "nope! just finished showering actually", oikawa stated, meanwhile kozume was on his bed gaming.

     "what took you so long?", the pudding-headed boy asked.

"oh, I was just talking to 'samu", shiyumi casually answered, sneaking a pad in between her borrowed shirt and pants, as she nearly made it into the bathroom until atsumu had let out an annoyed, "huh?!"

"s-something wrong?", the girl asked, watching atsumu sit up straight, as he intensely stared at her.

     "are ya and 'samu close?", atsumu asked.

"uhh...not much closer than I am with you?", shiyumi unsurely answered, not certain what exactly the boy meant by that.

"okay", the blonde boy shrugged, causing shiyumi to nod with a forced smile, as she slithered into the restroom.

once she locked the door, she sighed a breath of relief.

'WAIT! WON'T THEY SEE THE PAD?! IT'S AN OPEN TRASH CAN! no no, calm down. just cover the pad with some toilet paper...I mean, who even looks through the trash nowadays'.

shiyumi then relaxingly took her shower, taking some pain meds before she passed out for the night.

     'tomorrow's gonna be a good day'.