After the Jozenji game, you go back home to finish up the homework you hadn't completed.

Okay, so aluminum oxide is written as Al2O3. Damn this is so boring. I'd rather rewatch that stressful volleyball game than do this crap, you think to yourself before your mind starts to wander away from the task at hand. What even happened last night? Was Hana serious about what she said or did she mishear someone else?

You stare over at your phone.

Should I ask Yutaro? It'll be super awkward to ask him about this kind of thing, but I don't know what else to do. I already feel like a huge burden to Iwa for falling asleep on him and embarrassing him in front of Oikawa and the rest of his team.

Deciding this was the best thing to do, you reach your phone and dial his number.

"Yo," your cousin calls from the other side of the phone.

"Hey, it's Y/N."

"Y/N, what's up?"

"Well," you mumble, "do you know what happened last night? Like anything dumb I might have done?"

"I only remember what happened after I woke up, sorry," he sighs. "I definitely drank too much, as well."

"That's alright," you tell him. "I hope you're feeling better now."

"I am," he replies, "But why are you asking me about last night?"

Shit. I don't want to explain that something might have happened among Terushima, Iwa, and me.

"Oh, it's nothing."

"Y/N I just asked you a question," he sighs, "be honest with me."

You take in a deep breath and tell Yutaro what Hana told you. The other line of the phone stays quiet for a little while.

"Yutaro?"

"Yeah, I'm here," he reassures you, "I wouldn't worry about it too much."

"Okay well, I just feel really bad for how I acted-"

"Actually, Iwa was being weird this morning after you left." he doesn't mean to, but he cuts you off, "I didn't really think much of it until now."

You're completely shocked that Yutaro gave you an honest response. Not sure how to reply back, you stay quiet, and this time he wonders if you're still on the phone.

"Yeah, I'm here, sorry my dad was talking to me," you lie.

"You should probably deal with this tomorrow at school, Y/N."

"Okay, thanks. I'll talk to you later Yutaro. I've got to finish my homework."

"Same. See you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, you put your head down on your desk. Great, now I feel even worse than before. I definitely fucked up. Tomorrow I've got to apologize to Iwa.

You go back to working on your homework, but concentrating is impossible. Looking back at your phone you remember how Asuka found a team picture of Johzenji really fast. You decide go to your Instagram and find Iwa's page. As you scroll through the pictures, you take note of how good he looks in each picture.

Dammit!

You realize that you're getting turned on just looking at pictures of Iwa. Quickly, you shut off your phone and go back to working on your homework.

You find yourself rereading the same sentence over and over. You keep tapping your pencil against your desk and stressing out over the simplest of questions.

I need a break, you groan before grabbing your phone again.

You continue to go over the pictures of Iwa that you find the most attractive until you find one that's for sure your favorite. It's a picture of Iwa and Oikawa next to a beach volleyball court. Both of them have only got their swim shorts on, but you completely tune out Oikawa's existence and gawk at Iwa's body.

The next day you walk to school nervous, muttering to yourself about what you are going to say to Iwa. You decide that you'll look for him in the clubroom during lunch.

During class, you find yourself anxious for the lunch break. You can't concentrate on the class material at all. As you bounce your leg, you force yourself to try and sit through the class lecture. The tension you feel within you becomes unbearable.

Iwa; what am I going to say to him?

You sneakily take your phone out and scroll through Iwa's Instagram again. Eventually, you find the picture of Iwa from yesterday, and your eyes become glued to your phone.

"Okay class, after lunch please make sure you hand in your homework from last night."

You immediately shut off your phone and rush out of the room, completely ignoring the rest of what your teacher has said.

"Y/N wait up," Asuka calls out to you "where are you going?"

"I've got to find Iwa."

"Awww, really?" she teases.

"Yeah but it's not like that. I've got to apologize for yesterday. Why are you going this way, too?" you ask.

"I'm going to have a lunch date with Matsukawa! He invited me to hang out with him, just us. Isn't that so thoughtful?"

"Have fun," you wave to her as she walks away.

She's got a date with him now? No fair.

Finally, you arrive at the boy's clubroom. You knock on the door and find the whole team- minus Matsukawa.

"Hey," you say quietly, "Iwa, can I talk to you?"

The guys stare over at Iwa as he stands up and walks over to you.

"Sure," he nods, "let's go somewhere else."

You follow Iwa as he walks around the school.

"So, what'd you want to talk about?"

"Oh, I, uh-" As you struggle to find the right words to say to Iwa, he continues to stares straight ahead, not looking at you. "I wanted to apologize to you for the other night. I'm sorry that I fell asleep on you. I guess I blacked out and-"

"It's fine. Don't worry about it."

Iwa leads you to a staircase where you walk behind him. Fuck, he smells so good. Why the hell does he have to smell like that? you sigh, becoming more and more distracted.

"I just wanted to apologize because-"

Iwa turns around and stares right into your eyes. "I said it's fine, Y/N."

"Okay..."

You can tell that something's a bit off with Iwa, so in the heat of the moment, you wrap your arms around him and hug him tight.

"Thank you," you hum as you press yourself against him.

You look up at him and lock eyes. Iwa looks a bit concerned but moves his head down closer to yours. You feel your stomach turn into knots as you begin thinking about what he might do.

Just then, you both hear the door open from the floor above you. Realizing the awkward moment that was created, you back away from him, but remain staring straight into his eyes.

"Iwa-"

"You better not apologize, Y/N. I already told you to forget about it," he says stone-faced.

Did I piss him off again? I better go. I can't believe that just happened. I know it's all just in my head but I can't help but feel as though he was going to kiss me.

You turn away from Iwa and head out of the stairwell. However, Iwa grabs you by the wrist and turns you back around. After looking at each other for what feels like hours, Iwa mumbles something to you.

"Can I give you my number?" he asks quietly.

"What?" you gasp.

"Will you let me put my number in your phone?"

Did he really just ask me that? He probably wants me to keep in contact with him for the team or something.

"Sure," you nod happily, handing him your phone.

He asks you for your password and you give it to him. As he unlocks your phone, you see a puzzled look cross his face.

"What is it?"

"M-my face," he replies.

I completely forgot to get rid of the picture I was looking at! Iwa's staring at the picture that's been on my mind since I first saw it yesterday...

You try to think up an excuse as quickly as possible. You watch as Iwa continues to stare at the photo on your phone.

"Eh? Oh, haha..." you laugh fakely "Asuka was stalking you again. I'm sorry about that."

Wow, what a horrible lie. He must have seen right through that.

You take back your phone and open the contacts app. Iwa types in his phone number and gives you back your phone.

"Cool, see you at practice Y/N."

"Bye," you wave back to him.

You watch Iwa as he leaves the stairwell, stuck in your thoughts about what just happened.

It's gotta be all in my head.