#zeri talking about her girlfriend

[amjustagirl]

Best friends to lovers with Tsukishima - 615 words of fluff 

“Your mother called again.”

Tsukishima just hums in acknowledgement, doesn’t even bother looking up from his emails. You huff an indignant breath through your nose, reach over to yank the wire to pull an earbud from his ear. 

“You’re not even going to ask me why she called?”

His eyes curve into half-moons, irritation washing over his features. “I’m going to visit her this weekend already. She can tell me what she wants then. If it’s truly important she’d drop me a text if I don’t call back.”

“Kei!” you cry, scandalised. “That’s your mom.”

He rolls his eyes, tugging his ear bud away from you. 

“Look, she probably called to talk about three things.” He raises a finger. “To make sure I’m eating and sleeping well - I’m not a child, I know how to take care of myself”. He raises another finger. “To remind me that I’m due home this weekend, which I already bought train tickets for”, he wriggles a third finger - “and to nag me to find a girlfriend, which is never going to happen, so she can forget about that.”

“Did I miss anything out?” 

He didn’t - these are exactly the things his mother chattered your ear off about this morning when he was out at work, and his smirk when you slump in defeat infuriates you, makes you want to tease him and wipe that satisfied expression off his face.

“Well, she did mention about setting you up on a blind date with some neighbour’s daughter -” 

“Never going to happen” he interrupts dismissively. “She should know by now to leave me alone, I’m busy.”

He is busy juggling work at the Sendai City Museum whilst fighting to maintain his spot as a starting middle blocker on the Sendai Frogs, balancing both his obsession with dinosaur bones with his no longer secret love for volleyball. You knew this when you met him in university, drawn into his orbit by Yamaguchi and Yachi, an unwitting addition to their trio once the sunny duo started dating, a fact that his mother has lamented about to you so many times after you’ve moved in with him and Yamaguchi after university. 

“You’re going to be left old and bitter and lonely if you don’t put yourself out there while you’re still young”, you tease. 

“I’m already old and bitter”, he deadpans. “And as if I’d ever be lonely with you and Yamguchi pestering me for the rest of my life.”

“I should occupy myself by going on more dates then”, you muse, tapping your chin. “That way I won’t be home so much to bother you.”

“Please don’t”, he snaps immediately. “Your taste in men is awful. I’ve had enough of you moping on the sofa when your dates don’t work out, it spoils my mood.” 

“Aww Kei”, you sing song, leaning over to flick his nose. “Are you jealous?” 

He doesn’t reply, swivelling his chair sharply back to his laptop, his typing increasing in volume and frequency. You know him well enough to recognise his tells. He’s frustrated - why? 

“Tsukki - “

“Look - you could do so much better, okay?” He states plainly, the tips of his ears turning pink. “You deserve better than those lying, cheating scumbugs you’ve been stupid enough to waste your time on and I don’t understand how you can’t see what’s before your very eyes, you blind bat.”

Typical Tsukki. You have to sieve through insults and complaints to unearth what he truly means, read between the lines to figure out how he truly feels. You’ve never thought you’d ever have a chance with your best friend, assuming he’d only see you as a friend and nothing more. 

You’re wrong. 

“Kei”, you say softly. “Would you say my taste in men is still awful if I ask you out instead?” 

He stops typing. 

“Maybe”, he says, trying to remain nonchalant, as he shoots you a shy smile. 

a/n: written for @kohi-zeri​, hope you enjoy it bb!!!!