*Ding~

Bzzt. Bzzt.

Mission 8:

《Get Miya Atsumu to wear a skirt》

Reward: 175 points
Failure results in penalty spin.
Time limit: 98 hours, 21 minutes

Good Luck!
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"Why did I even agree to this?" Suna grumbles as he is led to a local ice skating rink in Hyogo by M/N.

M/N smiles brightly with a skip in his step, "Because you couldn't resist quality blackmail, Suna-san!"

"Yeah, I couldn't..." Suna sighs as one could almost picture him looking at himself from a third-person point of view, in disappointment.

"Oh don't look so glum, you'll have fun. I promise." M/N continues to radiate positive energy, absolutely thrilled, especially contrasting with Suna's gloomy mood.

"I'm going to fall and die." Suna states as he continues scrolling his phone, trusting M/N completely to show him the way via dragging.

"You'll be fine. Your body posture and state screams that you'll do good." M/N reassures Suna.

Suna didn't feel any better and the feeling only got worse upon reaching the ice rink. Glancing at his already-worn ice skates, Suna hobbles over to the edge of the rink behind M/N, extremely nervous.

M/N entered the rink first, turning around to give Suna a comforting smile, and hand out to coax Suna into getting in.

Suna bit his lips firmly as anxiousness flooded his being, "Can I back out now?"

M/N shook his head, slightly whining, "You promised Suna-san. Come on, you'll be fine."

Suna was still reserved, remaining silently contemplating. Seeing Suna still looking highly diffident, M/N made a suggestion, "How about I do some ice skating first and you'll join me when you're ready?"

Suna eagerly agreed, hoping to prolong his virgin journey onto the ice rink. After getting Suna's approval, M/N slowly skated around the rink, his movements akin to someone who was re-picking up a personal skill lost long ago.

Every action done by M/N was deliberate and Suna could feel himself getting mesmerized by M/N despite him just casually gliding around the rink in random circles. M/N moved as though he was greeting an old friend, and Suna could only watch in awe at the elegance that the ravenette radiated.

It was odd. M/N wasn't doing anything special, no crazy flips or jumps, just gentle and rather aimless gliding across the ice. And yet M/N looked so beautiful.
Maybe it was the contented feeling that M/N radiated? Or was it the peculiar softness that M/N had as he treats the ice as though it was his precious baby?

It wasn't clear, but one thing's for sure, Suna hadn't felt so captivated in a long time. Secretly capturing more photos of the sophisticated-looking M/N, a strange pulling tugged at Suna's heart along with the sudden sparking urge to join M/N on the ice.

And M/N saw it. He witnessed all of Suna's burning passion and resolve, allowing for him to agilely head over, just in time to catch a falling Suna as he slipped on ice.

"Woah, be careful there Suna-san. Wouldn't want you injuring yourself." M/N spoke as he caught Suna, saving him from face-planting into freezing ice.

Suna was all dazed, confused as to when M/N had appeared, "Eh thank you, but when had you?"

"A while ago, now let's begin shall we?" M/N claps as Suna held onto M/N firmly, to not fall.

M/N was an utterly awful teacher. Either that or he just wanted to torture Suna. Why? Well, that's because M/N instead of a step-by-step slow educating guide on how to skate, M/N held onto the highly dependant Suna who was flushed against him and not so gently shoved the middle blocker off ahead.

M/N had literally grasped Suna and pushed him across the ice, forcing Suna to attempt to skate to save himself from crashing while shouting out useless rhetorical questions.

"Don't you have a good balance? Otherwise, how do you rotate your upper body so effortlessly in a game? That would require not only flexibility but also a lot of balance and muscles to hold it up!"

Suna's head spun as M/N continued to yell out things that were absolutely not helpful(in his own opinion anyway).

"Recall the way you do things in a volleyball game. Utilize those same muscles! Do you understand?" M/N hollers out trying to guide Suna.

Suna shyly shook his head seeing that M/N was genuinely trying to help bim. Sadly, he got absolutely nothing.

M/N sighs as Suna continues to stumble around the rink like a hatchling learning to fly for the first time. Unable to stand Suna's catastrophic attempt, M/N finally decided to go for the softer route. Slowly getting close to Suna as he fumbles, M/N gently grasps onto Suna's trailing hand, providing Suna with support.

With M/N's hand in place, Suna gradually calmed, his movements becoming steadier as M/N shifted himself beside Suna, their hands still attached. Soon, Suna was able to skate slowly. However, despite that, Suna still refused to let go of M/N's hand.

After all, M/N's palms were delicate, feeling smooth to the touch. Absolutely unlike someone who plays volleyball. It was very surprising. Plus, Suna liked having M/N who is such a fine specimen literally by his fingertips.

Somehow, Suna's initial fascination for M/N's flawless photographs grew into something much more. He now wanted to genuinely get to know M/N better, and after the whole lost thing and the current ice skating, he'd say he has gotten to understand his new volleyball team member a little bit better now.

Plus, not only was Suna having a great time skating despite his original hesitance, he'd fortunately managed to get to appreciate the gracefulness of M/N on ice(a scene that was now only exclusive to him).

Suna didn't care for the image of their captain getting mauled by some adorable cats. Yeah sure, it does satisfy his curiosity and adds to his potential blackmail stash, but that was really more of a bonus.
Suna just wanted to spend more time with M/N. As after all, Suna desperately wanted to figure his new teammate out(though he may have severely underestimated M/N's indefinite allure).
Suna unknowingly plummets towards the trap of desire, yearning for a way deeper connection with M/N.

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Bonus:
Osamu bites the tip of his tongue aggressively as a dazed Atsumu trailed behind him. With his back facing his brother, Atsumu couldn't see the complicated look on Osamu's face, though even if he did, he probably wasn't in the state to even properly comprehend anything.

Osamu felt conflicted. It was odd. Very, very odd.

Osamu didn't understand it, and neither could he recognize the feeling. It was a mix between frustration, anger, sadness, and disappointment. All these raging emotions swirled like hell fire within him and he didn't have a single clue as to why.
All he knew was that all these annoying emotions only began to surface upon seeing M/N so close to Atsumu.

He hated himself right now. He could barely understand himself, all he knew was that he was so ashamed. He had longed to be in Atsumu's place. Osamu so desperately wanted to feel, he wanted— no he needed M/N's touch.

He saw enough. He didn't want to admit it, but he was jealous, annoyed, and balked. Osamu was unwilling to admit it to himself and to his brother. He was mad at Atsumu for getting to enjoy M/N's touch, but at the same time, he was frustrated with himself. Atsumu was his brother, why is he trying to covet what clearly doesn't belong to him?

He was at war with himself, shouldn't he let Atsumu have M/N? Atsumu came first, and he should respect that. Osamu was no temptress, he wasn't going to seduce M/N over and steal the ravenette from his brother. He couldn't possibly... And he most definitely should not.

He swore he wouldn't interfere, even if every time he closed his eyes he would envision the bright smile on M/N's face as he ate his chicken along with the image of a deviously hot-looking M/N as he scaled over the school walls.
Osamu refused to rob what belonged to Atsumu.

Osamu wouldn't.
He swore.
So why was it so hard?

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Author's note:
I'm not dead guys! I warned you all that I would be going on a temporary hiatus from October to the end of November but I truly didn't mean to suddenly disappear, I swear!

This would be the last chapter I'll update till December comes since my major examinations are coming up in a few days. If I fail this, I'm screwed, literally. So I do hope that you guys would understand, I promise that I'll be back. I still have one very fun scene that I'd like to write after all.

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