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hey! i think you're really cool, i like you a lot! we should hang out or something

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[ see, the thing is, as much as bokuto is good at The Random and Filling His Time, he's simply been in this stupid neighborhood for way too long. and we're talking way too long. he's gotten back into a KIND of schedule - he's usually out of bed before five thirty, running by five forty five, school at seven and then practice after that until kazuki makes him come home to eat dinner or he collapses on the gym floor instead. then it's a lot of trying to get people to start up games that weekend, convinces others to play - it's all a bit too mundane, for him. a bit like he's spinning his wheels.

but he keeps moving - one, because he doesn't know how to stop, and two, because he knows what will be there for him when he does. bokuto's never been much of a thinker, but these last few weeks he's ended up doing a lot of it. thinking, missing, thinking again. he wants his team here and with every passing second, and it's started to settle enough where even sawamura has asked him about it.

which, really, ended up in a lot of nothing. because bokuto's fine. just fine. doesn't matter that it's kind of....lonely. when he's out running. nevermind that kuroo's got kenma and sawamura's got sugawara and oikawa's got iwaizumi. it doesn't matter, because he's fine, and that's why he goes out running like he does, after not really being able to sleep at all like he has been, because he's filled with a lot of extra, anxious energy that he doesn't know where to put.

( because he's not worrying, that would be silly. akaashi is the worrier and bokuto is the act-er and that's just how things always have gone. without akaashi, it just means that he's free, right? free to do whatever? )

still, bokuto goes running. or jogging. or maybe he's just out for a walk because he doesn't really know what he's supposed to do when he's not practicing volleyball. and kuroo is doing something with some club and hinata is hanging out with kageyama and bokuto is just....hanging. walking. not thinking. definitely not thinking. that's why when he turns the corner and sees a familiar head of hair, he actually has to stop. place it. because....there's no way, is there? ]

A-akaashi? [ because that is him, right? not some dream? bokuto actually looks around him to see if anyone is standing behind him. to see if this is some kind of joke. but then when he turns back his eyes are still wide, his face almost in shock.

is he seeing a ghost? ] You're- you're here, right? This isn't some kinda joke?

[ he's looking for a sign, something, anything, even checking his phone for a map when he hears it. his name in that voice that sounds too quiet to be totally familiar. it should be louder.

akaashi looks up and spots bokuto, looking wide eyed and sort of... not like himself. it's not just the shock, there's something else, it's hard to put a finger on it. like he's missing a piece of the puzzle that should be obvious, and it makes akaashi furrow his brows, a little confused. but first things first, he supposes. like dealing with ludicrous questions. ]

Obviously I'm here, Bokuto-san. [ seriously, how does being somewhere amount to a joke ] Where this is, however, I'm not sure.

[ bokuto's not even sure what he's looking for- something to tell him this is a dream? something to prove to him that this couldn't be happening? there's really no reason for him want this to be fake, considering how long he's spent trying to get akaashi here. not really a good thing to be looking for something that will tell him the one thing he's been waiting for isn't actually happening.

and yet bokuto is wary, unsure. he doesn't know if he really wants to believe this just yet, because what if it isn't true. what if this isn't akaashi. what if he's going to turn around and then have to go back to his house and he'll still be the only owl in holly heights. ]

Wha- it's not obviously!!!! [ don't make fun of him!!! still, there are answers to questions. bokuto can do this. ] When did you get here? Did you get one of those packet things? A house? Where were you before thi anyway?

[ woah woah woah, what? he's heard bokuto ramble, he's heard bokuto ramble a lot about more things than akaashi can remember, but he has no idea what the hell bokuto is talking about now. packets? houses? none of it makes sense. ]

What are you talking about Bokuto-san? I just got here, I must've got turned around after leaving practice, that's all.

[ it's not a big deal, but bokuto is acting like it is which means he must be missing something. something that makes bokuto seem so eager even though practice was honestly just an hour ago. ]

[ okay, akaashi come on now. bokuto figured it out when he first got here! what is there to get confused about? ]

You're not in Tokyo, Akaashi. Neither of us are. [ said point blank, simply. ] But it's fine! This place isn't all that bad. We get free food and have to go to school but we have plenty of time t' train!

[ so obviously it's okay!!!!! obviously. bokuto even nods as if that'll make it all make more sense. ]

We've been kidnapped!

We, no, that's. [ akaashi just stares at bokuto, stares at him like he's never seen that ridiculous head of hair or those bright gold eyes ever in his life. because what bokuto is saying makes no sense, none at all. he was in tokyo like, ten minutes ago. there's no way he could suddenly be out of such a huge city. especially kidnapped. he didn't really go anywhere weird, seriously.

still, bokuto seems sure. weirdly sure. like what he said isn't the most out of left field thing akaashi has ever heard. which is why his voice has almost no power or bite when he finally speaks. ]

That's not possible.

[ and bokuto just stares back, lets akaashi blink a few times with an expression he's never seen before. is akaashi confused? lost? he doesn't know, which is why he ends up just kind of staring back for a little bit. blinking once or twice himself.

but then he smiles, something understanding and soft and entirely unlike bokuto that it feels a little weird. ]

But it did happen. [ and then he's setting a hand on akaashi's shoulder. patting him like this is a matter of training, like this is just a matter of akaashi mastering a certain kind of move. ] And now you're here too, with me! [ if bokuto's smile twitches a little there, well. maybe akaashi won't notice it. ]

Besides! There a whole lotta stuff I have to show you. You get a house, and we go to school and there's this sports center that's really cool.

I was just in Tokyo, I don't see how that's really possible. [ this whole thing just feels off, so off, especially the way bokuto smile goes from being oddly soft and genuine to an unusual fakeness. being with bokuto isn't weird, it happens every day for hours. that's probably the least weird thing but it unsettles him the most. akaashi doesn't know what to make of it besides he's probably dreaming, but it's hard to convince himself of that when bokuto's hand is as heavy and warm on his shoulder as ever.

although he's spouting nonsense again, because how would bokuto know so much about this place? ]

You were with me at practice today, I saw you, maybe, fifteen minutes ago? [ a pause, ] Have you been here before?

It's....hard to explain? [ a.k.a. bokuto really doesn't know how to explain it. he never really was curious enough to try and find an answer as to how all of this was possible in the first place, and especially now that akaashi's asking him about it he realizes just how much he never bothered to figure out.

it's not until akaashi mentions being with him at practice, seeing him fifteen or so minutes ago, that bokuto's heart stops for a second. just one second, where he misses home and his friends and the team and akaashi all so desperately, so intensely, it's impossible to completely hide away.

but then the second is gone, and bokuto's shaking his head, then stopping, then stroking at his chin as he looks over dramatically thoughtful. ] I mean, I haven't been here before. I've just been here! Time is weird- or something. I don't really understand it, but you're never really gone back home. It's like the zap you here and then when the Landlord is done with you he zaps you back in that exact spot! No one even notices.

[ and there it is again - that kind of empty smile. that awkward silence where bokuto is definitely, totally, chipper and upbeat as always. ]

But I've been here a while, so I can show you around. C'mon! [ and then he's just taking his hand off akaashi's shoulder and looping his arm through akaashi's instead, pulling him along. ]

[ okay, this is just weirder and weirder and akaashi is definitely uncomfortable with this now. it's not just the whole, 'you've been kidnapped and it makes no sense!!' thing either, it's the whole way bokuto seems... off. like it's not actually the same person he saw at practice not so long ago, which could be true for all akaashi knows at this point. there's no way bokuto could've been here while he's been at practice, right?

seriously, none of this makes sense and his pure confusion must be clear on his face. akaashi has a pretty confident grasp on basic physics and he's pretty sure this is not how anything works. or should work. ]

Landlord, what--?

[ the rest of the question disappears on his tongue when he sees that look on his face. it's the second time he's ever seen and it's all in the last minute. it's the strangest thing akaashi has ever seen and akaashi has seen a lot of shit from bokuto. he wants to say something about it but bokuto is quicker, dragging him along. great. ]

Wait, Bokuto-san, where are we going?

[ and it's not that bokuto notices, necessarily, that akaashi is on to him - as much as he likes to think he can read akaashi better than that, he really just isn't that great at reading people - he knows something is up. something he doesn't want to be up. so he very pointedly moves the conversation forward, tucks his elbow in akaashi's and starts to move them along.

yup! right along this neighborhood street. totally normal. ]

Yeah! The Landlord. He's the one who owns all the houses, brings us here, deals with everything. He's pretty okay- he is letting Kuroo and I start a frat. So he's kind of alright? Besides the kidnapping bit, that's not cool. [ but bokuto doesn't seem bothered, babbling along and point stuff out while they walk. it's akaashi's question that pulls his eyes back to him, laughing like it's obvious. ]

My house! I want to show you the volleyball court!

[ bokuto no. not like this. this isn't normal at all.

he follows along if only to keep bokuto from dragging him along, hoping that somehow this is just some kind of bizarro dream.

...and oh god, this landlord must be an idiot if they let bokuto and kuroo start a frat. ]

Are you serious? You live in a frat house?

[ totally normal! look at all those normal houses! c'mon akaashi it's so much more fun when you just accept it and move on. ]

Not yet, but we're going to! Just waiting for the landlord to give us a bigger house.

[ pick up on the 'us', akaashi. ask him about how he's now engaged to kuroo. ]

[ is this what happens when akaashi isn't around? is kenma around? is anyone around to stop this madness? ]

Who else is there besides you and Kuroo-san? [ he almost doesn't want to know but he should know, if there's a chance to keep this you know, vaguely sane. ]

[ kenma's definitely around! just. not feeling the whole taking care of people side. too many video games too little time, maybe. ]

Oh man. [ he laughs, pulling up his hand again to count. ] Most of Karasuno - so Sawamura, Sugawara, Hinata, that Kageyama kid, Tanaka, their manager Yachi, and then there's Iwaizumi and Oikawa, Kuroo and Kenma, that middle blocker on Datekeo, me...and now you!

[ :D!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[ goddammit i mean

he recognizes kuroo and kenma, the names from karasuno, but the last three mean nothing to him. he's sure he'll figure out why they're important eventually. still though... ]

And they're all in this frat?

[ normally he'd have a hard time believing that but this day has already been stupid enough ]

[ he'd probably at least recognize the school, since that's where bokuto got it first, but hey. it's whatever. it's only like he's been here for three months or something crazy. ]

Kinda? We haven't asked. Most of them are, though, and all the other people on sports teams here. There's a lot of them, you know!

[ it's really super important akaashi okay okay ]

[ maybe when he's not so concerned about literally everything else ]

I see...

[ not really. akaashi's eyes keep darting around to the weirdly suburban town he's suddenly found himself in. this is too much. ]

Yup! And it'll be great now that you're there so now Kenma won't be alone.

[ because you're going, akaashi. you don't get a say in the matter. ]

But we'll probably have to wait till we get married. I'm not sure yet, the Landlord hasn't texted me back.

[ akaashi opens his mouth, almost says something about how he has kuroo-san and hinata is there, but the rest of what bokuto says kills the words, has akaashi stopping dead in his tracks, full blue screen, 404, error, meaning not found.

because, what. ]

I'm sorry Bokuto-san, what did you say?

[ guess who 100% misses whatever that error message is supposed to mean. it's not until he physically stops that bokuto notices something is weird. ]

What? [ blink blink blink ] I don't know. What did I say?

[ #forgetful ]

[ BOKUTO NOT LIKE THIS ]

You said something about getting married.

[ which is probably totally wrong, he must've misheard. definitely. ]

Oh! [ suddenly, he's pipping back up again, totally upbeat and happy. ]

Yeah! Kuroo and I are getting married. They have this whole thing here when you turn eighteen the Landlord pairs you up with someone else here and you get married. And then he gives you a house and assigns you kids, and you have a family!

[ duh, akaashi. come on now. ]

We're trying to start a sports frat so we thought getting married would be like us having a house and kids. It works out easier that way for everyone!

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You can't be serious.

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