Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
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Could you draw Boris eating candy please?
This was drawn by @bunnilov3r1738 . I died when I saw this. XD IT’S SO CUTE! Can you blame Holly for making fun of how adorable they are?
Atsumu’s irritated.
The kind of irritated that makes him look like he's constantly smelling something foul.
Osamu snickers. “Yer face is gonna stay like that ya scrub.”
“Shaddup.” He grabs his bento and stomps away from the usual lunch spot, away from his friends,
Away from his dumb brother.
He's not even sure he's hungry anymore he's so irritated, and that makes him even more irritated. He knows exactly why he's irritated, too, not that it helps.
It's all because some doe-eyed simp batted her fake eyelashes at 'Samu this morning and asked him to be the subject of a portrait assignment.
Geez, Atsumu was right there!
And then, after the stupid scrub says yes and that frilly little turd skips away, 'Samu turns to him and says
‘Guess that settles it. I've got the better face.’
He’s charging around the school, not sure he's looking for any place in particular…it's just a way to burn through some frustration.
“Whoa, who boiled your bean curd today.”
He stops and whips around ready to bite the head off—
You.
Atsumu gulps; he recognizes you from class but doesn't actually know your name and the last thing he wants to do is berate some innocent and be hung out to dry by Kita because this whole school’s a cesspool of gossip—
“Seriously, Atsumu. You okay?”
He blinks, still grumpy but nods. “Just mah stupid brother.”
“You…wanna talk about it?” you offer unsurely and gesture to the spot on the bench next to you.
“Really?” When you nod reassuringly, he screws up his face. “Why? Ya just tryin’a use me ta get ta someone else on the team?”
“What? No.” You look disgusted and…a little disappointed. “Do people really do that to you?”
Atsumu shrugs, stiffly sitting down with you. “I dunno. Just seems like everyone prefers my brother.”
“All the time? Or did something specific happen?”
Atsumu admits “kinda both.” He tells you how his brother loves to get under his skin and then their friends get it on it, too.
He tells you about the incident this morning.
“You're upset because she asked your brother over you?” When he nods you think for a moment, then offer “I’ll draw you.”
“Ha?!” he gapes.
You nod nonchalantly. “Yeah, I'm in that class...I have that portrait assignment, too."
“And ya don’t have someone yer already drawin’?”
“No.” You lament “I've been dreading it. The last thing I want to do is go up to someone and ask ‘hey can I draw you?’." You cringe. "Gross.”
“What about yer friends er somethin’?”
You give him a flat smirk. “do you want someone to draw you or not?”
He splutters “hu-gchw-we-well yeah but only if ya want ta!” He pouts and crosses his arms. “I don’t want yer pity.” His petulance cracks as you laugh.
For the first time in a long time someone's laughing because of him... Not at him.
“I promise it’s not like that, Atsumu." You smile so genuinely his irritation dissolves. "Really, you're doing me a huge favor."
"Really?" He likes the look of relief in your eyes when you nod, that he was the one who made that happen.
Three weeks later the portraits are put on display. Atsumu's excited to see your final piece. You haven't shown him yet but he had so much fun hanging out with you; he's never felt so seen or appreciated, been so relaxed or so autonomously at ease,
Until his brother makes a comment.
"I dunno, I think ya made it all up." 'Samu smirks. "There's only one Miya among those portraits and it's the better looking twin."
You're not in class today; not answering his texts so he goes to look on his own and sure enough,
His face isn't there.
Where the fuck is the picture you drew?!
He's more than irritated now...
His mood is downright foul.
He avoids interacting with anyone and everyone until he can get to practice and then his irritation doesn't dissipate on the court and it's just building and building turning into error after error--
"Atsumu, someone's here to see you."
He doesn't dare snap at his captain, simply turns and freezes when he sees you at the side of the court.
His anger fades to a grumpy simmer.
"I got your texts," you say with a smile and light flush to your cheeks. "Sorry I didn't respond, I was busy."
"That why yer in such a pissy mood today, 'Tsumu?" Osamu comments from the bench but before Atsumu can react, you beat him to it.
"Excuse me, I'm talking to Atsumu right now."
Everyone stops and looks. Eyebrows raise, and more than a few jaws drop.
With an irritated exhale you turn back to Atsumu and clear your expression. "As I was saying... I'm sorry I didn't respond or tell you ahead of time...I wanted it to be a surprise."
Atsumu's throat is tight as you hand him something that's definitely not a drawing. "What's this?" he sourly mumbles.
Ignoring the snarky murmurs of his team you tap it and explain "it's a letter of acceptance for an art show."
He can hear the joy in your voice and when his gaze shifts up your smile rivals the sun.
"Your portrait is a centerpiece."
[13:25] miya osamu sobbing bcs @ufo-ikawa made me listen to free love by honne & i automatically thought of samu
“tsum’s always third-wheeling us, but where is he when we need him?” you huff, using the collar of osamu’s worn t-shirt to wipe away the sweat on your forehead. “this would go a lot faster if he were here.”
it’s the middle of summer, it’s way too hot, and the air conditioning in osamu’s newly purchased storefront is still broken. yet here the both of you are anyway, painting walls in the muggy afternoon heat of downtown osaka.
osamu makes a sound of agreement just as his phone buzzes in his pocket, wiping his hand on his paint-streaked shirt before grabbing it and glancing down at the screen. “oh, this is the scrub now saying…he’s at some resort in tokyo with his girl.”
“wait, the one he met last month?” you ask, dropping the paint roller into its tray when he hands you the phone, a selfie of his brother lounging on a pool chair on the screen. “wow, a month into the relationship and he’s already whisking her off to a resort? lucky girl.”
osamu’s got an odd look on his face as you hand the phone back. “he, uh, said he’d be back on tuesday to help us move the furniture in, though.”
“that’s good,” you shrug, picking up your roller and resuming your neat strokes of light grey paint. “i already know he’s gonna be eating here all the time, so we need to make sure he pulls his weight before opening.”
he hums in acknowledgement, resuming his painting beside you. when you look over, he’s got a comtemplative look on his face, brows pulled down and mouth pressed into a tight line.
“let’s take a water break,” you propose when you can tell he’s pulled a little too far into his head by…by something. in the five years you’ve dated him, you know that osamu’s like this. sometimes his thoughts are a little too loud, and whatever they are right now are screaming at him, drowning out reason.
he hears you, though, dropping his roller into the tray before taking a seat in the middle of the tarp-covered floor (flooring the both of you had installed yourselves with the help of a youtube tutorial). you reach into the cooler, grabbing two bottles of water before lowering yourself to the ground next to him, handing him a bottle of water before uncapping your own.
“i’d understand, you know,” he murmurs quietly once you’re settled.
you watch him out of the corner of your eye, noting the way his restless hands pick at the label on the bottle. he’s nervous. “understand what?
he’s not looking at you, staring straight ahead. “if ya wanted to leave.”
you chuckle, taking a gulp before screwing the cap back on, pressing the cool bottle to your cheek. “i’m not gonna leave before we’re done painting the edges. i’ll stay all night if i have to.”
“not the walls,” he says a little stiffly, rubbing the back of his neck. “i meant— i meant me. if ya wanted to leave me, i would…i would understand.”
you blink a few times, wondering if the heat was making you hallucinate or something. “osamu, why would i do that?”
“it’s just, you deserve more than— than this,” he gestured around at his half-assembled store. “i don’t have much. you know i poured a good chunk of my savings into leasing this place. i can’t take you to nice dinners on our anniversary or buy you pretty things, and now i’ve got you doin’ manual labour on your day off. you deserve better.”
“better?” you repeat, wondering if he’s hallucinating.
osamu shrugs, then lets his steady shoulders slump. “you…you deserve someone who can take you to tokyo.”
“but i don’t want to go to tokyo. it’s too—”
“crowded, i know,” he finishes, hesitantly meeting your gaze. “but you know what i mean.”
“no, i don’t,” you say firmly. “because you’re not making any sense right now. should i call an ambulance? is this heat stroke?”
he says your name exasperatedly. “i’m serious. you’ve got no obligation—”
“do you love me?” you interrupt.
“of course i do,” he answers without hesitation, and you can hear it, the desperate edge in his voice, the little part of him that says he doesn’t want to let you go.
satisfied, you uncap your water and take another drink. “then that’s that.”
he frowns a little. “but—”
you raise your brows at him. “unless you want me to date your brother?”
“what? no.”
“exactly.” you shuffle over to cup his face in your palms, the tip of your nose brushing his as he leans into your touch and you murmur, “i don’t need anything or anyone else.”
no one but osamu, who can’t take you to nice dinners but spent hours in the kitchen cooking up your favourite dishes on your anniversary last month. who seasoned everything to your liking and somehow made it compliment the cheapest bottle of wine you could find.
osamu, who can’t buy you nice things, but shows you everyday, in his own way, just how much he appreciates and loves you. who packs you a lunch every night and walks you to the train station each morning. who always lets you have the last slice or bite of anything, and holds your opinion on new dishes in the highest regard.
osamu, who is willing to let you go because he thinks you deserve better. you don’t doubt he’ll give it all to you someday, when he can. but for now?
for now you’ll kiss his sweaty forehead in his half-built onigiri shop, the both of you streaked with paint and melting in the summer heat. but none of it matters because, well,
“all i need is you.”