You unlock Sakanoshita's front door and turn towards Tsukishima.

"Come on," you smile as you grab his hand and bring him into the store.

"Does Ukai-sensei let you do this?" he asks.

You roll your eyes at the thought of Keishin yelling at you for this.

"I know for a fact that he does this all of the time. It's fine as long as I leave some money out before I leave, don't worry."

You flash a smile at Tsukishima. As you do, you notice his face looks a bit surprised.

"You okay?" you ask.

"Yes, just go get whatever the hell you wanted, Y/N," he tells you.

You walk up and down the isles to find your favorite chips. As you turn a corner you see Tsukishima following right behind you.

"Hey Y/N?" he calls to you.

"Mhm," you say as you look through the isles.

"Did you steal my phone today?"

Shit. No point in denying it now.

"U-Uh yeah, how else was I going to get your number?" you try to say calmly as you avoid looking towards him.

"You dumbass, I was looking for my phone before practice and it made me late!"

You continue to look around the store, tuning out what Tsukishima was saying to you.

"Aha! Found them!" you proudly say as you grab your bag of chips "That fucker moved the items arou-"

Your sentence is cut off by Tsukishima grabbing you by the waist and turning you around to face him.

"If you wanted my phone number so badly, you should have just asked instead of stealing my phone," he says angrily.

You feel your face heat up from the moment Tsukishima grabbed you. You're a bit stunned by what he said and nod in response to him. Tsukishima then lets go of you and takes a step back.

"Why did you take my phone?" he asks.

His questioning is not helping your blush disappear.

"I-I'm sorry," you tell him even though your answer does not match his question.

You watch him walk away from you and go towards the register. You walk over cautiously, but when you see him open his wallet, you freeze in your steps.

"Tsukishima," you mutter "w-what are you doing?"

"Paying for your stupid snack," he says as he pulls some cash out.

"I can pay for myself, I brought my own money," you complain as you slowly walk to him.

"Shut up Y/N, I'm trying to do something nice for you."

At this point, your face must be consumed with blush.

"S-Sorry, thanks," you stutter.

Once Tsukishima pays, you follow him out of the store and lock up.

"What now?" he asks as you turn around to face him.

"There's a park across the street," you smile "will you sit with me for a bit?"

Tsukishima shrugs "Well I'm not going to just leave you there alone, come on."

You run after Tsukishima as he walks towards the park.

Why does he always walk away from me?

You finally catch up to him as he sits on a bench in the park.

"How the hell do you walk so damn fast? It's no fair you're so tall," you pout.

You open your bag of chips and start eating as you sulk.

"Why did you want to meet me so late?" Tsukishima decides to ask you.

"Well, I remembered that you lived close by from that one time I was with Shoyo, Tobio, and Tadashi."

"Right, when you were tutoring them for the first time, I remember that," he teases.

"W-What I wasn't tutoring them!"

"Yeah, you were. I'm not dumb," he tells you.

"Whatever," you groan as you continue eating.

"So when you went on your date with Kuroo, did he pay for you too?"

Where'd that come from?

"How many times do I have to tell you it wasn't a date?"

Tsukishima smirks, "So he did pay on your date."

You sigh. "Fine he did pay for me, but I told him not to," you say quietly.

Tsukishima begins laughing at you. You turn away and mope.

"What the hell's so funny?" you complain quietly.

"Sounds like a date to me," he shrugs.

"Well do you think I should have let Kuroo pay for me?" you yell as you turn around to face him.

"Obviously not," he replies calmly.

"W-Well either way," you pout again "it wasn't a date."

"Why do you keep telling me that it's not a date?"

You look into Tsukishima's eyes and watch his face turn curious for your answer.

Why does he care?

"Because you keep teasing me about it!"

"So? Why do you care what I think about your date?"

"U-Uh," you stutter, trying to come up with a good excuse.

"Doesn't matter. This is probably a better date than the one you had with Kuroo anyway."

You continue to look at him, frozen in your flustered state. Tsukishima notices and laughs at your reaction.

"It's cute when you're flustered, Y/N," Tsukishima grins.

He must be sick. He's smiling and complimenting me? What the hell is wrong with him?

"I-It's not funny, don't make fun of me!" you say as you stand up.

You watch as Tsukishima stands up and towers over you. You feel your heart skip a beat as he grabs your waist and pulls you closer to him. Your mind goes blank as you watch him slowly moves his face towards yours. You close your eyes and suddenly feel his soft lips on your own. As he backs away, your eyes widen from the moment you weren't expecting Tsukki to give you.

"You ready to go home?" he asks as he stands back up.

Unable to give a real response, you nod back to him.

"Okay let's go. I'll walk you home."

"Y-You don't have to do-"

"I'm not letting you walk home when there could be creeps around. You don't really have a choice so come on."

"O-Okay," you say as you show him the way to your house.

Once you arrive home, you realize you still have Tsukishima's earbud in.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks for letting me borrow this," you say as give him back his earbud.

Tsukishima nods in response.

"And thanks for meeting me even though it's super late," you giggle.

"No problem," he says as he picks up your chin.

You allow him to lift your chin so you can gaze directly into his eyes.

"I had fun on our secret date," he tells you smugly.

Immediately your face flushes red once again.

"U-Uh it wasn't supposed to be a secret or anything like that," you defend as you step away from him.

Tsukishima grabs your waist and pulls you close to him once more.

"You're not denying that it was a date."

As you stand frozen in his grasp, he leans down to kiss you once more. You allow him to press his soft lips against yours as all of your thoughts disappear.

"Goodnight Y/N," he says before walking away.

You stand motionless as you watch Tsukishima's retreating figure.

"Holy shit," you mutter to yourself.