"Ready?" Maya asks as you walk out of the gym together the following day.

"Yep."

You finally gave in to Maya's pleads for you to come over to her house after school. The two of you walk in the opposite direction that you typically walk from school.

Akaashi was right, she does live a completely different way.

"Maya what are we even doing tonight?" you ask as the two of you walk across the school campus.

"I honestly couldn't come up with anything," she chuckles nervously, "so I figured the four of us could just stay at my place."

"That's fine with me," you shrug, knowing that if you stay in Maya's house it would feel less like a date to Atsumu, "I'll text Tsumu and let him know."

"Y/N!" you hear someone yell from behind after you put away your phone.

You turn to see Bokuto running up to you with Akaashi in tow. You also see a notebook in his other hand.

"Bo?"

"I didn't think we were gonna catch up," he pants, "but you left your notebook behind so I came to give it to you."

You take the book from him as he smiles proudly.

"Damn I really can't do anything without you guys," you giggle.

"Wait a second, where are you two going?" Bokuto asks curiously.

Maya slings her arm around your shoulder and proudly states "I'm bringing Y/N to my house before the boys come."

Akaashi and Bokuto stare with their jaws at the ground as Maya turns you around with her and walks away.

"Um, what just happened?" you whisper to your friend.

She shrugs and ignores the boys from behind you.

"Hahaha!" you hear Bokuto laugh from behind you, "Maya's getting along better with Y/N than you are lately."

--

"You can sit right here," Maya directs as she pats her desk chair.

Maya places down her phone on her desk and her backpack beside it.

"I'll be right back I'm just going to pee super quick and then I'm going to do your makeup, sound good?"

You nod and Maya leaves the room. You hear a buzz and decide to check your phone to see if your mom had replied to your text that you would be staying at Maya's, but nothing.

She must still be at work.

After checking your phone you hear a buzz again and see Maya's phone light up. You glance over at it and see Atsumu's name on her phone.

Huh?

"Back!" Maya sings as she enters the room.

How did she even get his number?

You watch as Maya walks around her room, humming to herself as she tidies her room a bit.

The hug! I thought it was weird when they hugged for a long time but I'm pretty sure she whispered something in his ear. Could she have slipped him her number or something?

"Ready?" Maya asks as she holds up a hairbrush.

You nod and begin letting her brush your hair.

"Maya I've been meaning to ask, how's it going with Akaashi?" you ask innocently, gaining a sigh from her. 

"Well to be honest Y/N it isn't bad but it was going way better over break, especially the sex."

You feel yourself freeze as the last few words she's said ring in your ears almost as if it was in slow motion.

"Maya!" you cry out, "I don't want to hear about that."

"Well it's true," she giggles, "It has been sub-par lately and that kinda sucks, you know?"

You roll your eyes and let her finish doing your hair as you think about what she's just admitted to you.

I really wish I didn't ask her that question.

Awhile later Maya's phone buzzes again and she goes to check it.

"Akaashi's here!" she squeals as she grabs you and pulls you downstairs with her.

You watch as she opens the door and plants a huge kiss on him. She doesn't let go as she pulls him into the house and closes the door behind him. Akaashi grabs onto Maya's sides and pulls her away from him.

"Uh, hey," he says awkwardly to both of you.

"Akaashi doesn't Y/N look beautiful!" Maya exclaims as she walks to you and squeezes your cheeks, "I did her hair and makeup and everything!"

"Y/N always looks beautiful," he shrugs as if it's no big deal.

You feel your cheeks tingle and pull yourself away from Maya's grasp.

"T-Thanks," you say as you avoid Akaashi's gaze.

Once again the front door rings and Maya runs to it. You look back over towards Akaashi and your mind starts to wonder if you should tell him about what you saw on Maya's phone.

"Atsumu!" Maya exclaims as she opens the door for your date.

You observe as Maya gives him a huge hug as if they're already friends. Atsumu then walks over to you and moves a hair out of your face.

"Hey pretty," he grins before kissing you on your cheek.

You get a bit uncomfortable at the interaction and stand in silence until he backs away.

"So," Maya asks devilishly, "do you guys know how to play poker?"

Atsumu and Akaashi both nod.

"Y/N?" Maya asks.

"N-No, I've never played," you reply quietly.

"Don't worry," Atsumu smiles as he takes your hand, "we'll show you!"

Maya leaves the room and Atsumu leads you to an open area. You sit down with him as Akaashi sits on the opposite side in front of you.

"Back!" Maya sings.

You look over to see Maya running back with a deck of poker cards, four shot glasses, and a bottle of alcohol.

"M-Maya," you ask nervously, "is it okay to-"

"Mhm," she giggles, "nobody else is home tonight."

You calm down and watch as Maya sets everything down on the floor in the middle of the four of you.

"I'll be the dealer for the first round," she says, "and we can take turns each round."

"Sure," Akaashi shrugs.

"Okay, Y/N, so the way this will work is whoever has the worst hand by the end has to take a shot."

"Right," you nod, a bit unsure of yourself.

Maya passes out two cards to each of you.

"Go ahead and look at what cards you have," she tells you.

You lift your cards and see a 4 of spades and a jack of clubs. Once you're done looking, you set them back down on the floor.

"So are we able to raise or fold?" Atsumu asks.

"Hm," Maya giggles, "I maybe we shouldn't for this first round since Y/N is new to this."

Atsumu and Akaashi both agree.

"Now I'll show you all three more cards called the 'flop'," she explains to you.

Flop?

May places out a 4 of diamonds, 3 of clubs, and 9 of spads.

"Since we aren't raising I'll just continue to show you the 'turn'," she says as she places down the 6 of spades.

Turn what?

"And now for the 'river'."

A river?

You watch as May places down the 5 of spades. You look back at your two cards and question what you're supposed to do next.

"Okay go ahead and show your cards," Maya tells you.

"U-Uh Y/N!" Maya exclaims, "You have an open-ended straight draw!"

You look around at the other boys' cards and see they don't look extremely excited by what they have.

"I do?" you ask.

"Yeah you won!" she giggles.

"Now let's see. Which of you two boys are going to take the first shot."

You look at Akaashi and give him a soft smile as he rolls his eyes. He knows that he obviously lost the round.

"Fine," Akaashi says as he pours the drink into his small glass, "I'll drink."

After a while of playing, you eventually feel your head spinning.

FLASHBACK- 1 Year Ago

"Look I've told you this before, I'm really not interested in you that way," you say sympathetically to the boy before you.

"How can you say that when you've let me kiss you," he replies softly as he rubs his thumb along your lip.

"Tsumu!" you yell as you stand up, "What else am I supposed to say to you? We've talked about this!"

Atsumu stands up and sighs as he walks towards your front door.

"I understand, Y/N," he mutters, "if you ever change your mind please let me know."

You watch as Atsumu leaves your house. You begin to notice your cheeks becoming wet and without a moment of hesitation you run out of your house in the opposite direction that Atsumu left in.

You run all the way to house fourteen and knock as calmly as you can. The second you see a familiar face in the doorway you dig your face into his chest and grab onto his shirt as the tears continue to stream down your face.

"Y/N are you alright?" Akaashi asks as he wraps his arms around you.

You slowly calm down your crying, feeling safe that you're with the only person you know you could ever truly have feelings for.

END OF CHAPTER 14