▃▃▃▃▃ "have a good weekend!", irihata-sensei announced.

"have a splendid weekend, irihata-sensei!", the entire class bowed as the man left first, with the students filing out.

     "daishō-san~", etsuko called out, making the snake boy bite his tongue as he put on the fakest smile he could muster.

     "what is it, peasan—"

     "nope nope nope!! remember out deal?", etsuko asked, extending her hand out as daishō begrudgingly handed the girl a bag of mon.

     "and one more thing", etsuko reminded.

     daishō's face dropped. "I can give you all the money in the world, but I will never apologize for calling you a peasant. because no matter what, you will always be one in my eyes", the boy lowly uttered as he hastily left with tsukishima and yamaguchi scoffing.

     "tch! that bastard. don't mind him, haru-chan", kuroo said as he slung his arm around the girl's shoulder.

     "I don't mind", etsuko smiled.

     "congratulations haru", kita said, to which the two turned towards the dull-eyed boy.

     "huh? oh thanks kita!! you did really well too", etsuko said, to which the miya twins and suna had suddenly appeared behind kita.

     "must say haru, yer quite gutsy!", atsumu grinned.

     osamu just nodded in agreement along with suna. suddenly, kozume, bokuto, and akaashi had also caught up to the group, standing around as they wondered what was going on.

     "oh kozume!! you know, you and suna-san are quite similar actually. the same...umm...quiet personality", etsuko laughed, to which the two just stared at the girl, unamused.

"eh? aren't you two roommates?", kuroo questioned, to which kenma just nodded.

"must be so boring with the both of them so quiet", atsumu scoffed.

"not really. kuroo tends to disturb my peace all the time", kozume scoffed.

"a-anyways...who do you room with, atsumu-san?", etsuko asked.

"ah, the idiot over here", atsumu answered, elbowing osamu as the latter glared at his twin.

"and what about you two?", the girl asked, to which bokuto was glad that he was finally the star of the conversation.

"I think I'm with the guy from karasuno...but I forgot his name...", bokuto awkwardly chuckled.

"it's sugawara-san, bokuto-san".

"AHH RIGHT RIGHT!! he's quite the organized one", bokuto grinned, remembering how he had helped bokuto fold his laundry a few times.

"and I reside with sawamura-san", akaashi informed.

"wow! so everyone's got a pretty good partner", etsuko commented, to which kuroo had begged to differ.

"and you wonder why I'd rather not stay in my room", kuroo said, clicking his tongue in annoyance.

"okay okay!! by the way, where's everyone going this weekend for the painting project?", etsuko questioned, making a note to herself that she was going to visit her mother again.

     "THE RIVER WHERE WE CAN SWIM!!", bokuto immediately answered.

     "bokuto-san, it's a project, not playtime", akaashi said, making the boy's shoulders fall.

     "no no, bokuto's got a point. who said we can't have fun and finish our project at the same time?", kuroo grinned.

     "I prefer the rice fields. I think that's a more calm and serene place", kita suggested, to which etsuko had nodded in agreement.

     "I think so too!! plus, it's spring right now, we can...umm...wait until summer arrives before we go swim", etsuko comforted, patting bokuto's back.

     "are we all going together or..."

     "I mean, is that okay kita?", etsuko asked, her eyes blinking rapidly fast, making the boy wonder if there was something in the girl's eyes.

"tch! he doesn't own the field. I don't see why we can't come along", kuroo huffed, crossing his arms.

"then I suppose we'll all be going together!!", etsuko cheered, to which bokuto had clapped along as the miya twins hummed to each other in amusement.

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"is this what rice fields look like?", bokuto questioned, to which akaashi had nodded in confirmation.

"then where's the rice?", the owl male asked, to which kuroo had snorted.

"they're still growing. they won't be harvested until around september to october", kuroo explained, to which bokuto just hummed.

"why don't we sit under the big oak tree and draw there?", kozume pointed out, to which the group had agreed as they waited for etsuko's arrival.

     the girl had to do an early errand and assured the rest that she'd be there soon, leaving the students of fukurōdani, nekoma, and inarizaki to walk together with a bit of distance between the latter two.

     as bokuto, kuroo, and akaashi took a seat under the shade of one tree, the miya twins and kita took another.

     since suna and kozume seemed like the only two that could moderately stand each other, they both saved a seat for etsuko in between them.

     "S-SORRY I'M LATE!!", etsuko suddenly shouted, making everyone turn around at the panting girl who had nearly dropped her bag of melonpan.

"OHHH HARUUU!! IS THAT FOR ME?!", bokuto excitedly asked, to which etsuko had nodded with a smile as she handed the first melonpan to bokuto, then the rest.

"I felt bad for being late, so I got everybody a snack", etsuko bashfully admitted, to which osamu was glad that something could partially fill that empty stomach of his.

"thank you", kita mumbled as he bit into the sweet bun, meanwhile kozume had ushered etsuko to sit in between him and suna.

"so...do you think I should paint the cows first or the birds?", etsuko asked, taking out the school supplies as she awaited for an answer.

     suna and kozume glanced at each other.

     "was that just a fluke the last time you painted?", kozume asked, to which etsuko had flinched.

"w-well...kita...kind of painted that for me..."

"so you can't paint at all?", suna asked, to which etsuko had gotten extremely defensive.

"I-I can okay?! it just...it just doesn't look as good as kita's", etsuko mumbled as she started with the birds first.

halfway through her painting, etsuko sighed as she saw kozume already done with his project, to which even though he had sped through it, it looked way better than the girl's.

"how the fuck?"

kozume raised a brow. "do you need help, haru?"

     etsuko just shook her head, having too much pride to ask for help.

     "it's fine", the girl huffed as she just gave up and decided that her chicken scratches were decent enough.

     "it's so peaceful", kozume commented as he unconsciously leaned on etsuko's shoulder, to which the girl had agreed with a sigh of relief.

     "SHUT UP YA PIG!"

     "YOU SHUT UP! YER PAINTING LOOKS LIKE SHIT!"

     "HUH?! YOU THINK YERS IS ANY BETTER?! AT LEAST MINE DOESN'T HAVE A FUCKING DEAD HORSE IN IT!", osamu shouted.

     "IT'S CLEARLY A COW! ARE YA BLIND?!", atsumu shouted back, standing up as osamu quickly did the same.

     "do they do this all the time?", etsuko asked suna, watching as the twins grabbed each other by the hair, pulling harshly.

     suna quickly jotted down the fight in his notebook as he nodded; his eyes glimmering with amusement.

     "atsumu. osamu", kita called out, to which the two immediately froze as they stopped to slowly turn their heads to the male.

     "quit distracting others and sit down", kita demanded, to which the two had hastily complied.

etsuko sighed as she fumbled through her bag, signaling for osamu and atsumu to come over to her.

     begrudgingly leaving kita alone, the twins sat in front of etsuko, suna, and kozume. kozume made a displeased face as suna didn't particularly mind.

etsuko started patching some of the tiny bumps on osamu's face, then atsumu's.

"you're too nice, haru", kozume stated.

"nah! I just don't won't to see anyone hurt", etsuko smiled, putting her supplies away as suna was staring at kita.

     "something wrong, suna-san?"

     "hm? ah no....I was just thinking...I wish I could see kita do something out of the ordinary at least once", suna mumbled.

     "huh?"

     "yeah yeah!! maybe see kita get mad and yell", atsumu said.

     "or see kita laugh. I've never see him actually laugh", osamu chimed in.

     suddenly atsumu gasped. "let's make kita laugh! winner gets—"

     "MONEY!", etsuko immediately answered, her eyes shimmering brightly.

     "uhh...s-sure..."

     "then it's set! winner gets money. you can have like five mon from me", etsuko widely smiled, to which the twins deadpanned.

     'we don't like stealing from the poor...but...'

     "haru, I don't think—"

     suna immediately covered kozume's mouth. "shh, this is going to be documented for entertainment purposes", the male darkly smiled.

     "then it's set!"

     "pinkie promise!", etsuko said as both her pinkies hooked onto atsumu's and osamu's.

     "game on!!"

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