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    The bus ride back was a bit awkward for (Name). She sat next to Satori like she always did, but she would blush every time she looked at him. She would also blush when he showed any kind of affection as well. Satori took a guess and guessed that she was probably still reeling from their first kiss. He would try to approach her gently, but it only sometimes worked. Taichi took notice and made several notes mentally.
    Once back in the dorms, (Name) confesses to Taichi what happened.
    “YOU LET HIM KISS YOU!?” He shouted at her more out of shock instead of anger. (Name) took a deep breath and nods at her older brother. He knew she would grow up, but he hoped that maybe it wouldn’t be this fast. Shirabu stuck his head out of his room and glared at Taichi. Taichi glared back.
    “Why is it such a big deal? They’re going out, aren’t they?” Shirabu sneers at his roommate. Taichi lifted a finger
    “Aha ha! That’s where you’re wrong. (Name) still isn’t technically dating him, although unfortunately, she inevitably will.”
    “It’s a weird story, Shirabu-kun, want to hear it?” (Name) looked up at him with expectant eyes. He read them more as a “shut up and sit down, you’re hearing this.” look. Shirabu sighed as he opened the door more to let himself out. If he was going to be closer to his team, he might as well start with his fellow first years. He sat at one of the stools near the kitchenette. He rested his elbow on the counter and his head in his hand. He gave his attention to the two other first years. Taichi was surprised that he was actually making an attempt, but (Name) knew better.
    “Why does this team have so many stories…” Shirabu sighs
    “Just the way it is I guess,” Taichi replies. “It’s always been dramatic. There’s probably more drama if you ask (S/Name)-senpai about it. For example, everyone knows that (S/Name) and Ushijima-senpai are madly in love with one another, but we’re trying to get things to move naturally” Taichi gets up from his seat and heads to the fridge they share. Shirabu stared down for a moment as he processed what his roommate just told him.
    “So it’s not a big secret?”
    “Oh no it was, (Name) just filled us in on the missing pieces as soon as she found out.” Taichi held the handle to the fridge as he continued to talk to Shirabu “It’s the biggest of the Shiratorizawa volleyball team drama.”
    “I see… in order for her to make herself more vulnerable so that I would trust her, she told me about her feelings for Ushijima-senpai.”
    “Wow! It took (S/Name)’s roommate screaming at her for me to finally get it out of her.”
    “Well, when she told you, it really must have felt like vulnerable information. She still meant everything she told you. Continue to trust her” Taichi turns his head to his pseudo-sister “You can begin (Name), I’m just grabbing a drink. (Name) nods.
  “Well, it all started our third year of middle school actually.” (Name) recalled. “Satori-senpai was asking around about (S/Name)-senpai.”
  “Asking around?” Shirabu wasn’t as quiet as he was when Ushijima told him (S/Name)’s story. Taichi opened a can of juice and took a sip while still standing at the fridge.
  “Apparently (S/Name) was very… unkind when she first joined on as a manager. She was still very bitter about having to give up volleyball and thought the boys were constantly pitying her.”
  “Turns out they had no idea who she was. We knew her, the entire girls' team first string knew her, and some of the middle school boys volleyball boys knew her, but they didn’t.” Taichi adds as he leans against the counter. “But it was uncommon for the boys’ team to go watch the girls play. Rare even.” Taichi takes another sip.
  “That rarity causes a great divide between the girls’ and boys’ teams. Major players from both teams can pass each other in the halls and have no idea that one or the other plays volleyball. Big players like Ushijima-senpai rarely get misidentified though,” (Name) states. “It’s a sad thing, but it’s unfortunately commonplace in both Shiratorizawa schools.”
  “I had no idea that (Name) played Volleyball when I first met her because of that distance. I only found out after I began being friends with her. I think it was through her that I met (S/Name)-senpai.”
  “Mhm, so because they had no idea, Ohira, Semi, Yamagata, and Ushijima all sent Satori to investigate and to try and dig into (S/Name)’s head.”
  “They couldn’t ask her? She seems reasonably approachable.” Shirabu loosens up as he slouches slightly.
  “Have you ever seen her angry?” Taichi quickly asks. Shirabu thinks back.
  “Once, at Fukurodani’s ace.”
  “Okay, if that’s a 10, scale it back to maybe a 5. Add dead inside and that was (S/Name) her first year here apparently.” Taichi makes circles with his hands lazily as he explains.
  “She was unapproachable. From what I heard, she even shoved Ushijima-senpai at one point.” Shirabu widened his eyes. He became more enthralled with what (Name) and Taichi had to say.
  “Anyways, Satori-senpai came to the middle school and began asking around. Happened to find (Name) and I and…” Taichi grimaces. Shirabu could tell that was another story.
  “Itsuki. We don’t talk to him anymore.” (Name) said in a dead tone. “He began asking about (S/Name), and I got flustered. So I made him promise to try and be her friend. I wanted her to be happy again, as a result, he said that if he kept that promise, I would date him in high school.” Shirabu flinched. “Later that year, we found out that he and the other second years were taking care of (S/Name) after she got really sick. He had kept his promise”
  “We found out because (Name) and I walked into the same ice cream shop that Semi, Hayato, and Satori were in.” Taichi takes another sip of his juice before Shirabu casually requests that he takes a can of coffee from the fridge for him. Taichi grunts but does as the boy requests. “Satori saw (Name) and was all over her.” He tosses the can to Shirabu, who catches it with ease. “I was able to pry him off her after he finally got a kiss on the cheek from her. He couldn’t handle it and froze up. After that, (Name) wanted to help (S/Name)-senpai more and became the assistant manager.”
  “He began really pushing the promise, but I reminded him that I didn’t say when in high school I would date him.”
  “Never make a promise with (Name). More likely than not, she’s thought through all the possibilities and finding loopholes.” Taichi advises. Shirabu furrowed his brow at (Name), and she gave him a sweet smile.
  “She looks innocent.”
  “I know, but if it says anything, she’s got an academic scholarship.” (Name) held a hand to her lower lip and held a mischievous smile
  “I’m actually an evil genius.” Taichi scoffed.
  “You’re about as evil as that stuffed rabbit you sleep with” (Name) pouted
  “Leave Mr. buns out of this!” Shirabu couldn’t help but let out a laugh. Some of the second years could be annoying, but his fellow first years didn’t seem that bad. “But, yeah, I haven’t actually agreed to start dating him yet.”
  “And yet you let him kiss you.” Taichi sighed.
  “I think you’re doing it in the wrong order (L/Name)-san” Shirabu chimes in. (Name)’s face burst into flames.
  “I-I don’t know what came over me! H-He caught me by surprise when he asked if he could! I… I… I…” (Name) covered her face and shook a little.
  “Did you make a promise with him?” Taichi asks as he slumps over on the counter. (Name) nods.
  “Did you specify terms? If you haven’t then you can go and specify some to make things more comfortable for you like you did with the first one.” Shirabu suggests before taking a sip of his drink. Taichi was surprised. He was actually being amiable with (Name). Maybe it was because of her scolding?
  “I did leave the promise open, so I can go back in and make some terms,” she says as she begins to calm herself down.
  “You seem nicer all the sudden.” Taichi points out and Shirabu glares at his roommate.
  “(S/Name)-senpai would be upset if I continued to be rude to you both for no other reason than I could.” Taichi smiles
  “Ah, So you don’t want to make mom disappointed. Fair enough” Shirabu sighed
  “She’s not my mother.” (Name) giggled at his remark
  “She becomes everyone’s mom at some point, you just haven’t been letting her. She really cares you know. Probably too much sometimes…” Taichi banters slightly.
  “Yeah, I remember a time I cried for an hour in her lap. She was late to a class because of it.” (Name) sweats. “But I’m glad to see that you care, even if it took you awhile,” Shirabu blushed and looked away as he took a sip of his drink. “Thanks for helping me think of a solution to my problem, by the way.”
  “Not everything has to be dramatic, you know.” Shirabu bites back. Taichi lets out a single laugh
  “This is high school, and she reads way too many shojos. I think drama is just a fact of life for (Name).” Taichi then looks over at his pseudo-sister “Just be careful, kay?” (Name) nods
  “Oh! By the way! Shirabu! Do you want to study with us for exams? The make-ups are during a practice game we’re gonna have, so we can’t fail any.”
  “I don’t plan on failing any, but… Sure. I’ll study with you.” Shirabu was reluctant, but he knew he needed to make an attempt with his fellow first years. (Name) laughed at his reluctance and he glared at her with a slight pout. Taichi began laughing as well.
Scratch that, they might be annoying.

Later that day, (Name) was in her dorm, cuddling up against her favorite stuffed animal as she sat on her bed. She was looking over some stats and some handwritten notes that (S/Name) had given her and was trying to learn about all the things that (S/Name) saw when she observed these charts. As she studied her senior’s tidy handwriting, her phone buzzed. She checked it and blushed when she saw the familiar contact name.

      8:24 pm                Guess Who: can i come in? i want to talk

(Name) pauses before responding and made a slight realization.

      8:25 pm                ━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟMagical girl (name): Wait, come in? Like you’re already at my dorm?

      8:25 pm                Guess Who: maaaaaaaaybe?

(Name) lets her lips part slightly and feels the corners of them rise.

      8:26 pm                ━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟMagical girl (name): Yeah, you can come in, I wanted to talk too.

  After (name) texted that, She heard the door to her dorm open then close. She then saw her room door slide open slowly to reveal Satori with his usual expression. He poked his head in and smiled at her. She blushed but did her best not to just turn away and hide under her covers. He slowly enters the room and slightly shuts the door behind him.
  “Hey,” he says casually. He didn’t want her gaze to leave him, so he did his best to not overwhelm her. He couldn’t help it sometimes though as he jumped up on her bed sat across from her. Her eyes widen as she blushes more. She looked away at the ground. It was a small gesture, but it was huge at the same time. She took a deep breath and traced her gaze back up to him.
  He really hated when he couldn’t be impulsive with her. He wanted to just touch her and hold her whenever. He wanted to be selfish, but he understood that sometimes it was too much. Just holding her hand was an achievement in itself.
  At the same time, that wait made everything so much more rewarding. When he made progress with her, it felt amazing.
  “Hey,” She finally responded back. “I… wanted to talk about K-kissing…” Satori smiled as he widened his eyes.
  “Wow! Jumping right in, huh (Name)-chan?” (Name) quickly hid under her covers. Her short, painted nails dug into her fluffy (F/C) sheets.
  “D-Don’t make it sound like that!” (Name) waved with one hand. Satori couldn’t help but let out a laugh. Teasing her seemed fun too. “I wanted to talk about it because we left the promise open.” (Name) peeked out slightly. Her (E/c) eyes slightly reflected the low light in the room, giving her a dreamy look. She was used to Satori’s intense stare, but in the light of her lamp cast dramatic shadows, making his gaze look less human. She couldn’t help but feel safe under his watch, however.
  “Don’t worry (Name), that’s what I wanted to talk about too! You’ve been skittish ever since we made that promise.” he then got on all fours and crawled his way to her. She squeaked and hid under her sheets. “See? I can’t even come near you!”
  “Y-You are in my bed too you know!” She scolded as she lightly smacked his shoulder. He gets the message and backs off. “But…” (Name) pulls the blankets off her and looks up at him again “It’s because I’m… embarrassed. I… L-L-Liked” Her voice lowered to a whisper and she covered her mouth. Satori really had to try to hear her next few words.
  “Eh? I can’t hear you.” Satori inches closer again, but slowly as not to startle (Name). His face held a teasing look.
  “I liked the kiss! Okay!” She suddenly shouts at him but becomes red-faced again and hides. “But I want rules…”
  “Okay, what kind of rules do you want?” he tilted his head as he kept his smug smile smeared across his face. She finally looked him in the eyes.
  “Ones on the cheek and forehead are okay anytime, but I’m allowed to reject them if they’re too much…” Satori couldn’t help himself.
  “Eh? What are okay?” (Name) became flustered again and pouted at him. “A-ah! (Name)-chan! It was just a joke! Sorry!” he pled with her. She was adorable as all hell now. She held a stuffed rabbit to her chest as she gave him a grumpy pout. He couldn’t help but feel his heart melt a little. “You’re too cute, you know that (Name)?” he leaned in and gave a quick peck on her forehead. “What about kisses on the lips?” he eagerly asks.
  “Only when we’re alone.” (Name) said in a more assertive tone. His eyes lit up as he swoops in for a kiss, only for (Name) to dodge with a bored look on her face. “I don’t feel like one right now. You’ve teased me a lot.”
  “(Name)-chaaaaaaaaaan!” Satori whines.
  “You’ve teased me a lot!” (Name) pouts and whines back.
  “You’re fun to tease! Cute too!” a rare gentle smile graces his face as he gazes at a pouty (Name). She really did mean a lot to him. "So is this a promise?" (Name) nods.

"I promise."