THREE YEARS LATER

"Come on Iwaizumi! Serve 'em hard!"

You smile as you watch Hajime's coach next to you give words of encouragement.

As you turn your head back to your boyfriend, you watch him serve the ball to the opposing team. You grin as you watch his powerful serve pass by the other team in an instant.

Throughout the game, you do your best to cheer him on.

Once his team has won, you wait for him patiently to finish what he needs to do and at his first free moment, you run up to him.

Hajime looks over and smiles as he sees you coming towards him. When you get close he picks you up and spins you around.

"That was amazing, Hajime," you say as he places you back down on the ground.

"Thanks," he replies happily.

Hajime kisses you and asks if you're ready to leave. You nod and walk out of the gym with him.

As you walk down the halls of your university, Hajime wraps one arm around your shoulder.

"Man, I've got the best manager in the world," he says smiling down at you.

You look up and grin back at him.

"I know," you giggle "I'm a delight."

"Isn't that my line?" you hear from behind you.

You turn around and see your cousin and best friend standing next to each other.

"Yutaro? I thought you guys said you couldn't make it?" you say astonished.

Asuka runs up to you and gives you a giant hug.

"We wanted to surprise you both!" she excitedly remarks.

"I'm definitely surprised," Hajime mutters angrily.

You watch Yutaro give your boyfriend a glare after Hajime smirks at him.

"Dude, don't talk about defiling my cousin in front of me. You should know that by now," Yutaro says as he rolls his eyes.

Iwa rubs the back of his neck.

"Whoops, guess I forgot," he says sarcastically.

Once Asuka lets you free from her hug, you nudge Hajime to tell him to stop his behavior.

Iwa smirks at you. "Okay fine, I guess it can wait until later."

You roll your eyes and hug your cousin to prevent him from killing your dumbass boyfriend.

You release from the hug and stand back with Iwa again. 

"Y/N," Asuka calls out, "do you guys want to grab lunch with us?"

You nod and follow them out to Yutaro's car.

As you walk, you look down to see your hand interlocked with Hajime's again.

How does he always do that without me noticing?

--

Once the four of you get near to the car, Asuka slows down and walks with you. You look over to her and see her smiling back.

"Hey remember the first time the four of us went out and Yutaro-chan and I left you and Iwa-chan in the car alone and-"

You cover her mouth, realizing she was finally about to expose what happened that day after THREE YEARS of keeping it a secret, probably the longest secret she's ever kept.

You look at your cousin who has stopped in his tracks.

"What was that?" he growls as he turns around.

"Nothing," you and your friend both say innocently.

You push Asuka back up to her boyfriend telling her to keep her mouth shut about what happened back then.

Once she's back walking with Yutaro, she turns around once more and smiles at you.

"Guess what, Y/N-chan?! We're going to Dragon Sushi!"

Dragon Sushi... I used to go there all of the time with Tendou!

--

Once the four of you get inside, you and Hajime sit next to each other.

"So how's life going for you two?" Asuka questions almost immediately.

Hajime chuckles, "Well life is pretty perfect honestly."

You look over at him and watch a smile form on his face. As he looks back at you, he continues talking.

"I get to see Y/N every day between classes and during practice as well."

Asuka sighs. "It's so cute that you both go to the same school."

She begins to pout as she rests her arm on the table.

"I think I see enough of Asuka," Yutaro says sarcastically.

"I think it's more like she's seen enough of you, Onion-head," you tease.

You watch the anger inside of your cousin grow and you can't help but laugh.

Asuka perks up. "I totally forgot about that nickname, thanks Y/N-chan!"

"Yeah, thanks," your cousin rolls his eyes.

After the four of you eat, you ask Asuka and Yutaro how they are both doing.

Yutaro shrugs. "Good. I'm playing volleyball at school too."

Asuka smiles, "Yeah aaand," she begins to provoke.

Yutaro looks at her puzzled.

"Wasn't there something else you wanted to tell Y/N-chan and Hajime?" she asks sweetly.

"No."

Asuka becomes frustrated with Yutaro and lets out a groan. You watch as she turns herself to you and lets her expression completely change.

"Why are you looking at me like-"

You freeze when Asuka pulls her hand over the table. You become completely stunned by the diamond ring on her left hand.

As you look up at her, she blurts out "We're engaged!"

Still shocked by the moment, you can't find the right words to tell her.

"A-Asuka, t-that's-"

"I know! It's impressive right?"

You look back down at the shimmering rock on her hand. You become more impressed the longer you look at it.

How the hell did my dumbass cousin pull that off?

After a while of staring, Yutaro must have noticed your interest in the ring.

"You know, Y/N, I'm sure it won't be long until Iwa-"

Yutaro gets cut off with a yelp.

"The hell was that for?"

You look over at Hajime who's glaring deep into Yutaro's soul.

Creepy.

"So Y/N," Asuka says happily, "I was wondering if you would like to be my maid-of-honor?"

Without even thinking, you immediately agree to your friend, speaking a bit too loud for being inside.

--

On your way back to the car, you and Hajime watch as the energetic couple walks far ahead of you.

As you walk alone with Hajime again, you can't help but think about what Yutaro said about Hajime proposing to you.

You glance over at Hajime, looking innocently into his eyes.

Would he actually propose? It has been three years, but we are still both super young.

As you stare at him, you hear a sigh escape his mouth.

"Stop staring at me like that, Y/N," he tells you, "I'll kill him for ruining the surprise."

END OF CHAPTER 38

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