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“I wonder where Ikejiri could’ve gone to…” Daichi asked himself under his breath, picking at the side of his crow like masquerade mask. He had gone to get punch or something not too long ago and now he hadn’t come back. Maybe he had gotten caught up with a dance partner or..

“Sorry about the wait, Daichi!” Ikejiri said, handing Daichi over a small glass of punch and standing right next to him. “It was a lot longer than I had anticipated. Didn’t make you wait too long, did I?”

Daichi shook his head, taking a sip of his drink. “Was almost about to start hunting for you too if you hadn’t come back.”

“Well it is a masquerade ball,” Ikejiri playfully jabbed at his friend. “You make it seem like the number of people here will be the same as one of our practice matches from middle school.”

“Ha ha very funny…” Daichi teased back with a light roll of his eyes, looking away from his friend and just roaming around in an almost bored manner until he spotted something that had caught his interest. Well, more like someone.

They looked to be about his height, maybe a little shorter, wearing a red and golden patterned top that looked like it had come out of Japan, their mask matching the same look. The only thing that contrasted was their silver-gray hair that was pulled back into a small ponytail and the black pants and shoes. He wasn’t sure what had drawn him to that specific person but he just couldn’t really seem to take his eyes off of them.

“Seeing something you like?” Ikejiri asked casually, bringing Daichi out of his daze.

Daichi looked at Ikejiri, reluctantly since he didn’t want to lose sight of the mysterious person, and felt a small blush on his cheeks. “I was… I was just outfit admiring… I mean I was their outfit… I…” He stopped even more when Ikejiri laughed, feeling even more embarrassed. He glanced back, hoping to find the stranger again but they had already disappeared into the crowd.

“Go on ahead, lover boy,” Ikejiri teased, taking Daichi’s drink from his hand. “If Yui comes by asking for you. I’ll tell her you went to hunt down your Cinderella.”

“They aren’t…” Daichi started, his cheeks still hot from embarrassment before playfully shoving his friend with a small laugh and going off to look for them. Maybe calling this mysterious person ‘Cinderella’ wasn’t too far from the truth. But at least there wasn’t a lone slipper left behind.

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“Papa, papa! I wanna show you what I did in class! Can I show you what I did in class yesterday?” The little girl said excitedly, bouncing up and down as she tried dragging her father to her class.

Ryuuji laughed softly, following behind his daughter with a small smile. “Was this what ya showed Uncle Shima yesterday when he picked ya up, Naomi?”

The little girl nodded, still overly excited when her attention was caught by another girl around her age walking to the school with her own father. Immediately Naomi let go of Ryuuji’s hand and ran over to the other girl.

“Shiro nee-san!”

The young girl named Shiro turned to look at Naomi, looking a little surprised before her blue eyes shined and she burst out into excitement as well, running towards the other girl, meeting up to her with a hug. “Morning, Naomi! Is that your dad?”

Naomi nodded, grinning in pride as Ryuuji caught up with her. She titled her head to the side, noticing the man that was catching up to them was most likely Shiro’s dad, seeing as they both shared the same eyes and hair color.

“So this is Naomi?” Shiro’s dad asked with a soft laugh, bending down to get on equal level with her. “My daughter talks a great deal about you. It’s nice to finally meet you.”

Naomi nodded, seeing that Shiro’s dad held out his hand for her to shake. She shook it before bowing her head politely like Ryuuji had taught her.

Standing up straight, Shiro’s father looked at her before gently poking the back of her head, getting her to laugh before she noticed Naomi’s father and politely bowed her head like Naomi. “It’s nice to meet you Mr. Suguro. My name is Okumura Shiro.”

Ryuuji smiled, letting out a laugh as he ruffled the young girl’s hair. “It’s nice to meet you too, Shiro. And it’s nice to meet your father as well.”

“Okumura Rin,” he introduced, placing a hand on Shiro’s head and playfully squeezing it, laughing a little when Shiro giggled some more.

“Suguro Ryuuji,” Ryuuji introduced himself in turn, holding out a hand to be shook, which Rin had done so with his free hand. “Dropping your daughter off too?”

Rin nodded, letting go of Shiro’s head and watched as she chatted excitedly with Naomi. “My brother couldn’t really do it this morning since he was busy, and it’s been a while since I’ve walked Shiro to school. Not really ready to let her go on her own yet.”

“I know the feeling,” Ryuuji agreed, despite the fact that he knew it would happen in the future. Naomi was still his baby girl.

“Hope ya don’t mind me asking…” Rin began, looking at Ryuuji with a small smile, “But would you and your daughter like to come over for dinner some time? Naomi’s the first kid around Shiro’s age that she seems excited to see at school an it’d be nice for them to spend more time together.”

Ryuuji nodded, liking the other father’s idea before something came to mind. “Would your wife mind at all? I wouldn’t want to cause any trouble.”

For a few seconds Ryuuji felt like he had asked a very intrusive question when the expression in Rin’s eyes changed, but it was very brief before he started laughing.

“I’m… I’m widowed actually. So it’s definitely alright,” Rin answered with a grin. “We can keep in touch and find a good time to works best, okay?”

Ryuuji nodded, smiling back at Rin until he felt Naomi gently tug on his hand again.

“Papa, we still have to hurry before the bell!” She said with a pout, earning a laugh from her dad as he poked her nose.

“Right right. You two walk on ahead. We’ll stay close,” Ryuuji said to the girls, both of them nodding and walking ahead of their fathers who were exchanging information and talking from a little ways behind him.

“Your papa and my daddy sure are getting along,” Shiro said with a smile, looking at Naomi.

“Maybe they’ll get married! And then we can be actual sisters!” Naomi added with a grin, hopping in front of Shiro who laughed and followed behind her, glancing back at their dads.

“I think that’d be cool. Plus I want daddy to be really happy again.”

“I want th’ same for papa too,” Naomi added, looking at Shiro with a grin. “Let’s hope for the best!”

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For all the things that Daichi was expecting for his birthday, a paid prostitute was definitely not one of them. When he saw Tanaka and Nishinoya again after this, they were not going to hear the end of it from him.

The other male in the room was by no means not attractive. In fact it was probably hard for Daichi to even use the term attractive because he was simply just, gorgeous. And even then the word alone couldn’t encompass the other’s looks.

He felt all kinds of awkward, especially since this was his first time in this kind of situation and he didn’t know what to do. Not only that, but he didn’t want this to be a one night thing and never see him again. Call him crazy, but he definitely wanted to be around this angelic beauty more than just for a ‘gift’.

Of course all of his awkwardness just escalated as the other male attempted to seduce him (which didn’t take him too long because he was just about too hard too resist). Yet despite all that, somehow it just didn’t feel right at all. Or it could’ve just been his nerves getting to him. He wasn’t sure which one was the actual reason at that point.

“U-Uh.. L-Look umm… I’m sorry I didn’t catch your name..”

“Suga… They call me Suga,” he answered, giving Daichi a sweet smile and pretty much making him feel not only awkward but tongue twisted as well.

“R-Right, Suga umm… It’s not that I don’t appreciate this because I… I mean this is nice… You’re nice… Gorgeous I… I’m sorry this is bad. I know this was… was supposed to be for my birthday but how about maybe we just.. I don’t know have a bite to eat? Get to know each other? Are you free on Friday?”

If it was possible to be even more embarrassed at that point, he probably reached that point right about now. Suga hadn’t said anything, blinking before he let out probably the most beautiful laugh Daichi had ever heard in his life.

“I’m okay with that, actually. But are you sure you don’t want me to..?”

“N-No! I… I just can’t do it. I’d like to get to know someone better before I get this far with them. I can’t believe that Tanaka and Nishinoya thought this would help me loosen up.”

Suga laughed again, moving back to give Daichi his space. “I think all of this just made you more tense actually. I don’t think they’re plan worked.. And I’ve known Tanaka for a while.”

“W-Wait you do? Have you two…?” He asked, that feeling of awkwardness overcoming him before it faded at the sound of Suga’s laugh again.

“Oh no, not that way. I actually know him because of his sister, from my other job. I work in a restaurant. But this was… a little something on the side for temporary reasons. I actually don’t even think this is for me. But I’m sorry that I made you uncomfortable on your birthday. This will be quite a story for the future huh?”

“Y-Yeah.. But it wasn’t all that bad. I mean… I got to meet you..” And seconds after he said that he could feel the color spreading over his cheeks, wishing he had taken that back or at least not sounded so..cheesy.

Again Suga was silent, seeming to be a bit taken aback before grinning and laughing softly. “You’re right… There’s a good thing in all of this embarrassing mess. I’ll go make something to eat for us, if you don’t mind that is.”

Daichi just shook his head, not trusting himself to say anything else, but also because he just really liked listening to Suga talk.

With a nod, Suga headed out the room before pausing and looking back at Daichi with a sweet smile. “Oh… And Happy birthday, Daichi. I’ll let you know when the food’s ready.”

He only nodded, repeating the sound of the other saying his name in his head. As much as he wanted to get back at Tanaka and Nishinoya for probably one of the most embarrassing birthday moments, he got to meet someone amazing.

Suga’s first kiss is awkward, in all manner of speaking

For most of his life, he hasn’t really worried about romance and the like since it wasn’t really too important to him. Despite the fact that he subconsciously has a thing for Daichi but it hasn’t hit him in the head yet

But his first kiss goes to the one that has his heart, and this applies to every Suga ship of mine. It’s awkward, but it’s slow. And he’s blushing nervously and apologizing, but after another try he gets the hang of it. As much as you can for a first time

Jesus fucking…

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