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I HUMMED, THINKING ABOUT WHICH pastry to get for iwaizumi as my eyes scanned through the wide variety of pastries that sat softly on the white tile shelves.

"hi ma'am! can i get this strawberry shortcake? yes the plain one! thank you." i said as i pointed towards the plain white frosted cake that surprisingly had no strawberries on the top. how odd? but hey the design was cool and the price was alright so that's all that matters.

i smiled and bowed before taking the box of cake in one hand, with the other hand holding his gift. it was fairly small so it would be alright for us to finish it.

the bell rang as i opened the glass door to exit once again. i made my way back home as i checked the time. shit. 11.24 am. i still had to prepare the movies and the food.

i strode back home with sports shoe that made it conveniently easier for me. i quickly opened my door and started to prepare all the stuff and i also remembered to clean my stuff out of respect.

well my house didn't look like a rubbish chute, but i still had to vacuum the floor since i have always been anxious about these stuff.

i prepared everything, all of his favourite stuff.

some good old home cooked agedashi tofu, plain rice, salmon fish head, some takoyaki from shops outside, and some gyoza dumplings.

i looked at the time and it was already-

shit

1.47 pm

okay gotta run

"hey."

i looked up from my phone almost immediately and saw an iwaizumi in a dark blue coat, black jeans and a black shirt. damn. he looked like he was going for work and he was the boss? and here i was in brown bag sweater with black ripped jeans.

"you going for a job interview?" i asked and he chuckled while smacking me gently on the head. oH so we're that close now. yay, no awkward tension!

"so where we going?" he asked as he was about to enter the convenient store. i pulled his wrist back and rolled my eyes, not noticing the redness of his ears.

"my house, dude. this place was convenient for you and it's kinda near my house anyways so i asked you to meet here." i said while still latching my hand onto his wrist unknowingly.

"um...your hand?" iwaizumi said which caused my attention to flicker to my hands and i let go immediately as if i had been nipped by a naked flame.

"sorry, got too distracted. come on follow me." i mumbled and turned around to look at the direction i was suppose to go without looking at him with a face so red that i was trying to hide.

everything was so cliché

"you prepared my favourite food?!" iwaizumi exclaimed as i brought out the dishes and onto the tabletop and i laughed.

"yes yes, now eat slowly will you?" i said and he suddenly bowed at least ninety degrees which caused me to be taken aback a little.

"thank you!"

"iwa, don't need to be so grateful. i'm a huge fan of cooking so this was quite enjoyable for me." i said as i put both hands on his shoulder while lifting him up. i placed the utensils on the table for him and he started gobbling up all the food.

"mm! ykdmkwknx wiwjnxbw isnnd." was all i could make out from what he was trying to say to me. he sure turned into a completely different person with food around.

i gave him a questioning look and he took a gulp harder than usual before regaining his composure again.

"this was delicious. how do you cook like this?" he said. although it was still a little muffled, i could understand him this time at least.

"well my mother used to cook for us every single day despite her busy schedule and she taught me, so you could thank her." i said while using some chopsticks to pick up the white rice.

"oh? where's your mom now?" iwaizumi bluntly asked without even making eye contact with me. his main focus was the food of course.

"oh, she's a surgeon in korea." i said and he looked up.

"korea?"

"oh yeah! my mother's from korea. did oikawa not tell you that?" i asked and he nodded.

"yeah, but it's just a little odd on why she's working in korea but not japan. here. with you." he said and i shrugged.

"well it pays more there. and my sister and my brother's there anyways. so of course she'll choose the one with more kids. at first she asked me if i wanted to move to korea, but i just couldn't bear to leave japan so it's not her fault." i said with a smile.

"that's rough. how many languages can you speak then? you sound like you've grew up in many places." iwaizumi said while continuing to stuff food into his mouth which made me laugh a little.

"well fluent english and chinese since i lived in singapore for a few years, cantonese too. it was just a language my mom and dad used a lot since they are half malaysian. spanish was a second language for me in karasuno, i also know how to speak fluent korean, and japanese of course." i said which made him widen his eyes a bit.

"jesus, that's a lot." he mumbled.

"what about you?"

"well japanese and a bit of english." he said which caused me to giggle.

"that's two! that's great." i said and he rolled his eyes.

"yeah sure, miss i know how to speak six languages." he said, giving me a nickname i thought i'll never hear. i scoffed jokingly.

"excuse you, i had to. my father was working overseas all the time." i said and the argument went on and on until there was literally not a single scrap of food on the plates anymore.

"you ate a lot didn't you?" iwaizumi said and my eyes shot daggers at him.

"says the one that didn't give his mouth a break." i said and he leaned back with hands in the 'i surrender' pose.

"you're scary, jeez. now i know why oikawa doesn't mess with you." he said while crossing his arms which made my eyes unknowingly moving to the muscles of his arms.

holy shit. how is someone so-

"like what you see?"

my eyes shot back up to iwaizumi who had a smig smirk plastered on his face which made my whole face boil with red.

"n-no!"

"so you admit, you were staring."

"n- ugh! i hate you so much." i said while throwing the box of tissue paper on the table at him. he brought his arms to his face to defend himself with a laugh.

"i'm going to go bring the cake out alright? just stay here and don't snoop around or you'll get it." i said while walking into the kitchen. i opened the fridge up to the cake and i placed some candles on it before lighting them on. i closed all the lights out suddenly which caused iwaizumi to have an unmanly scream.

"iwa, chill. it's just me! now don't move." i said which caused him to heave a sigh of relief.

i walked slowly towards him with the cake in one hand while the other blocking out the wind away from the candles.

"don't laugh okay." i said and before he could say anything, i already cut him off, "happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday to iwa-chan! happy birthday to you." i sung softly.

i could hear a soft laugh coming from iwaizumi's lips as i placed the cake on the table.

"okay now make a wish!" i said with a smile and i saw his eyes divert to me with a baffled expression.

"make a wish?"

"that's what i'm always taught. come on just do it. you don't have to say it out loud." i said as i placed two hands behind my back. he closed his eyes and placed both of his hands into a ball while placing it under his nose.

after about ten seconds, he opened his eyes again and i clapped for him, "congrats! you're officially an adult that will be unstable for a few years or so before you go completely depressed!" i said in a excitedly sarcastic voice.

"don't scare me, kurai." he said which caused me to laugh. i switched on the lights once again and without hesitation, iwaizumi cut a piece of cake and without even giving it a look or admire it, or even take a picture and post it on his instagram story

"eat slowly, jeez." i said which caused him to laugh a little. but before i said anything, i heard coughing. i looked at iwaizumi with a concerned look.

"i already said don't eat that quickly. are you choking?" i said while rushing over him while patting his back. he shook his head. before i could do anything he was already wheezing. isn't this-

"fuck! do you have a strawberry allergy?!" i exclaimed and he nodded slowly. i ran to the cabinets where all my medicines were held at and scrambled to search for the correct dose.

the background coughing just made me panic even more.

"guaifenesin...no...come on where is it? no..yes! i got it!" i mumbled as i hurried to iwaizumi with his whole face that was completely red like a strawberry. i know, how ironic.

"here antihistamine to help you." i said as i took the pill out for him to consume. i put the pill in his mouth and i opened his mouth to drink some water to swallow it and as soon as he did, my heart calmed a little.

holy shit that was a whole roller coaster of events.

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