the sun and the moon

Tsukishima and Yamaguchi are out shopping on their day off. They’re surprised to see Hinata looking at a glass display of a toy store.

“Ara, Yamaguchi, where do we go to report a lost child? He must be so sad and scared without his parents.”

Hinata’s ears quirked at the familiar voice and he made a garbled noise seeing his two teammates watching him window shop.

“Tsukishima!!” Hinata greets with grit teeth.

“What cool toys are you looking for? Didn’t think you’d have time to play with anything that wasn’t a volleyball.”

Hinata puffs at Tsukishima’s taunts.

“It’s not for me, it’s for my little sister.” At the mention of his sibling, Hinata seemed to deflate. “I was practicing in the backyard but she had one of her toy wands out and the ball snapped it in half. I’m trying to find a replacement but I don’t think they sell them anywhere.”

He lets out a low whine and cry about how his little sister is going to hate him now.

The friend duo are actually more surprised to hear about Hinata having a sibling, let alone a younger sister. Hinata being an older brother certainly came as a shock.

“Why don’t you look for it online?” Yamaguchi suggests.

“Online?” Hinata tilts his head. “I’m not really good with computers or anything…”

Tsukishima makes a face and sighs. He asks if Hinata has a picture of the toy’s box, or knows the name of the item. Hinata shows him a photo of the toy.

“It’s from the magical girl show PrePre.”

Tsuki taps up the show on his phone and balks when he finds that there were a ton of PrePres and wasn’t sure which one Hinata was referring to. Hinata tries to get a look at his phone, leaning in on his tippy toes to even get a glimpse at the screen.

“I think it’s the Heartful one? She really liked that season. It’s the Lucky Heart Stick, I think?”

Tsukishima refines the search, trying not to think about the way Hinata is just in his space. He taps through some of the images of the toys until Hinata recognizes one. He takes out his phone that has the image of his sisters broken toy and places it next to Tsukishima’s phone to compare.

Tsukishima doesn’t think about the way their hands brush, or how small Hinata’s fingers are compared to his own.

“That’s the one! Thank you so much Tsukishima!!!”

“Whatever, it’s nothing.”

“Ah.” Hinata notices the price and deflates.

It turns out the toy itself was a few years old so they no longer manufacture them. A few auction or reselling sites have but the price was definitely more expensive than when it was first sold. Hinata pales and cringes.

“Oh that’s too bad… sorry Hinata.” Yamaguchi feels bad. He doesn’t have a sibling but after the work that Tsukki had put in to track down the item only to come up with nothing, feels really disappointing.

“I guess I’ll just have to tell Natsu they don’t make them anymore. Or something.” Hinata heaves a big sigh. “Ahhh I don’t want her to hate me!!!”

Maybe it was his own brother complex, but Tsukishima seeing Hinata try so hard for his little sister, he didn’t want it to end like this. He continues tapping in his phone until Hinata notices and asks what he’s doing. Tsukishima shows him a listing for the item with a better price.

“Tsukishima!!!”

“You just have to know where to look. The first results aren’t always going to be the best ones.”

Hinata looked teary eyed. “You really are a nice guy Tsukishima!”

Yamaguchi looks happy, hearing his friend getting praised. Tsuki scoffs but his ears are warm.

“Ah, uh, so how do I buy it?”

They sweat when they realize Hinata still isn’t tech savvy. Tsukishima tells him the rundown, how to open an account to make the purchase. Hinata’s phone isn’t a smart phone so navigating was a challenge. This takes a while and they realize they’re doing this in the middle of the street in front of the toy store.

Yamaguchi suggests they go to a nearby burger joint and have lunch together while they figure it out.

“Your treat.” Tsukishima says to Hinata who winces but concedes to buying his lunch.

Yamaguchi watches with a smile his two friends sitting so close to each other trying to figure out the best way to purchase the toy. Tsukishima, tired of directing Hinata, decided to do the order on his phone and his account, just shipping to Hinata’s address.

“Ahhh here’s how much I have so far. It might be a few weeks until I can fully pay it all back.”

Tsukishima lets out the longest and loudest sigh but the order confirmation screen on his phone means the deal was done. Hinata sadly goes through his wallet, having had to pay for Tsukishima’s meal as well, hands him as much as he could, not including his bus money back home.

“But still, Tsukishima is really a nice guy!” Hinata smiles brightly.

Yamaguchi nods. “Right?”