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"Can we go to now?" asked Hinata.
Kageyama glared at her. She had been asking that for 1 hour.
"No. Stop asking."
"But you said-"
"Later. Not now."
"You said that the last 100 times I've asked you! Why can't we go?" she whined.
"Because I'm practicing!"
"Fine....what about now-"
"NO!"
Hinata sulked. She began walking away. Suddenly she had an idea.
I can just go by myself! But that's boring. Maybe I can ask someone else to go with me. Anyone from Karasuno wouldn't let me go....maybe I can ask someone from another team?
As she was thinking, she bumped into a wall. A warm wall? Hinata looked up to see Bokuto.
"Bokuto!"
"Hey chibi-chan! Where you going?"
Hinata suddenly brightened.
"Bokuto! Can you go with me to the Tokyo tower?"
She looked up at him with puppy dog eyes.
"Please?"
Bokuto felt himself growing red. Did she just ask me out?
"Uhhhh...S-sure! Wanna go now?"
Hinata beamed.
"Let's go!"
She skipped away leaving a dazed Bokuto after her.
"H-hey wait for me!"
"Come on!" she chirped.
As they were walking, Bokuto slung his arm over Hinata's shoulders.
"Hey chibi-chan. Do you even know where the Tokyo tower is?"
"Nope! I just know it's a metal tower."
"......"
Bokuto suddenly bent over laughing.
"I can't-Is that the only thing you know?"
He wheezed and wiped tears from the corners of his eyes. As he opened his mouth to speak, another voice interjected.
"Bokuto. What are you doing with Hinata?"
Bokuto froze. He slowly turned around.
"H-hey hey hey Akaashi! What brings you here? Hehe. What a coincidence meeting you!"
Akaashi smiled at Hinata.
"I'm going to have a private conversation with Bokuto."
With that he dragged Bokuto away from Hinata, who was totally oblivious.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"What? She asked me out first!"
Akaashi raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really?"
"...."
"Fine! It kinda, maybe, may not have been an actual date. BUT, that depends on what you would consider an actual date. Different people have different views on what an actual date is-"
"I knew it."
"....."
"Can I join you guys?"
"WHAT?!? DID YOU JUST-"
"Shut up. And yes I just did."
"I-i don't know-"
"Thanks."
Akaashi walked back toward Hinata. She smiled.
"Hey Akaashi!"
"Hey Hinata. Can I join you guys?"
Hinata beamed.
"Yea sure! The more people the better! Actually, wanna invite the other teams-"
Bokuto grabbed Hinata's shoulders and steered her away from the gym.
"Actually chibi-chan, I think it's better if we go alone. The other teams are busy."
Akaashi nodded. "We wouldn't want to interrupt them."
Hinata thought for a moment and finally nodded as well.
"You're right! Come on let's go! I can't wait!"
Kageyama POV
"Hinata!"
Where did that idiot go? Could she have gone to the Tokyo tower? ....No she likes going with other people-could she have gone with someone else?! I need to find her!
Kageyama ran off to find the rest of his team.
"Daichi!"
Karasuno looked over to Kageyama. He paused to catch his breathe.
"Hinata. Can't find. Tokyo tower." he wheezed.
Suga and Daichi shared a look before nodding.
Tsukishima pushed up his glasses. "That idiot probably went with someone else. Why are you guys so worried?"
Yamaguchi sighed. "Tsukki. That means that Hinata went with someone on a different team."
Tsukishima took a few seconds to process.
"WHAT? Bakeyama why did you let her go on a date with someone?"
Kageyama sputtered. "I didn't! She just ran off!"
"Yea sure king."
Daichi could feel himself getting a migraine from their shouting.
"SHUT UP!" he roared.
Everyone paused and looked at him. Next to him, Suga coughed.
"What Daichi means" he said with a look at him "is that we should find Hinata before jumping to any conclusions. Right guys?"
They all nodded before running out of the gym to look for Hinata.
This is going to be a long afternoon. Thought Suga. I can already feel it.
With Hinata, Bokuto and Akaashi
"We're here! The Tokyo tower!"
Hinata's eyes shone in wonder.
"It's so cool! It's so tall and wow! and whoosh!"
Bokuto chuckled. "It gets better! You can go up the tower!"
Hinata's eyes widened until they were as big as saucers. "For real?"
Akaashi smiled a bit. "Yes, it's real. Wanna go?"
The gingerhead bounced up and down. "Can we? Can we?"
Bokuto joined Hinata in the #BouncingUpAndDown Squad.
"I wanna go too! Please?"
Akaashi sighed. "Fine."
Hinata and Bokuto grinned. "Thank you so much Akaashi!"
"Let's go!" Hinata yelled.
She started to run up the stairs. Then she paused and turned.
"What are you guys waiting for?"
Akaashi mentally facepalmed.
"We need to pay the entrance fees."
"...."
"ThErE ArE EnTrAnCe FeEs?!"
This time both Bokuto and Akaashi mentally facepalmed. In Akaashi's case, it was the second one of the day.
With Karasuno
"Is anyone missing from your team?"
"Umm-"
"And by missing we mean gone for the last couple of hours."
"I don't-"
"What about your captain? We want to speak to him."
"Uhhh. I really don't know what you're talking about!"
The Karasuno boys were busy interviewing every team in the training camp. Eventually, they decided that the possible culprits for the possible kidnapping of Hinata were Bokuto, Akaashi (They were currently missing) and Kuroo (Just cause Kuroo is always a suspect).
"Bokuto and Akaashi were last seen talking to Hinata. And Kuroo's still here."
"So it has to be them! Bokuto and Akaashi! We nailed them!"
"We still don't know where they are, idiot."
"Don't call me and idiot, idiot!"
"Guys, calm down!"
"SHUT UP EVERYONE!"
Half the gym looked over at them yelling.
"Ignore us people! Just an average boys volleyball team shouting their butts off here!"
The other team were still staring.
"You know what, I think it's best if we just ignore them."
"Ok, so didn't Hinata want to go to the Tokyo tower?"
"Yea, she asked me to go with her."
"Why didn't you go with her?"
"I was....practicing."
"You were practicing! You let Hinata go on a date with someone because you were practicing!"
"How was I supposed to know that she would go with someone else?"
"I really want to say shut up again but I won't because I have self-control."
Thankfully, they took the hint to shut up.
"So what now?"
"We have to wait for Akaashi and Bokuto to get back. Then we kill them."
"...."
"Isn't that a bit...violent?"
"I'm being nice to them! A nice, simple death! No torture, no pain."
"....H-h-how about we take a couple of deep breathes and maybe after that call a psychologist."
"So the only thing we can do is wait for them."
"Yea..."
At the Tokyo Tower
"I can't believe we're actually going up the Tokyo tower!" Hinata squealed. "It's so awesome! Have you guys been here before?"
Akaashi nodded. "We've been here a couple times before. I have a feeling this time will be the best."
Hinata beamed. Akaashi's breath caught in his throat. She's so cute! I can't breathe!
"Come on! Can we finally go up?"
Bokuto smirked at Akaashi. He knew exactly how he felt. When Hinata had smiled at him earlier, Bokuto felt like his heart stopped for a second. (It probably did stop. He's just denying the fact that he died for a second.)
"Come on chibi-chan! Race you up!"
"I'm gonna win!"
With that they ran up the stairs yelling.
Akaashi shook his head. Bokuto will always act like a little kid. And Hinata...well, she'd always be a ball of energy.
Smiling Akaashi turned around. Why did he turn around you ask? Well he wasn't about to climb 600 stairs all they way up to the observation deck. Elevators were invented for that specific reason.
Meanwhile 199 stairs up, an owl was tired. He almost collapsed when they reached the 200th stair.
"Come on Bokuto! We can do it!" grunted Hinata while half carrying Bokuto.
"You're right! We can do it!"
They trudged up the stairs. As they paused to let Bokuto rest a bit, he realized something.
"Hey chibi-chan...where's Akaashi?"
The ginger looked around and frowned. "I don't know. I think he went the other way."
Bokuto sighed. Then he looked up at the 400 more stairs ahead of him.
"We better get moving. I want to reach the top in this decade if possible. If not, this century is fine too."
Hinata rolled her eyes and laughed. "We're gonna make it to the top in this decade. In fact, we're gonna make it this hour."
She jumped up and pulled Bokuto up to his feet. "We can do it." she said firmly.
Bokuto smiled. "You know what chibi? You always seem to give me strength."
He froze and blushed. "I didn't mean it like that-I mean-"
Hinata had frozen as well. The faintest hint of a blush appeared on her cheeks. "It's ok, you give me strength too! Your awesome spikes always remind me to work harder so I can beat them someday."
Bokuto felt himself puff up from the praise.
"T-thanks! Your spikes are really cool too....someday we'll stand on the same side of the court together. And we'll beat everyone!"
Hinata's eyes widened. "You really think so?"
He nodded. "I really do."
"Then...I do too."
Bokuto grinned. "For now, lets concentrate on climbing these stairs."
"Let's go."
One Eternity Later
"We're here! Finally!" panted an exhausted Bokuto.
"We did it!"
As the dragged themselves outside, they saw Akaashi waiting for them.
"What took you guys so long?"
Bokuto's jaw fell down. So did Hinata's.
"H-how did you-"
"Unlike you, I don't want to collapse from exhaustion. I simply took the elevator."
Hinata gaped at him. "ThErE WeRe ElEvAtOrS?"
Akaashi nodded. "I thought you guys picked the stairs for physical activity? Guess not."
Bokuto finally picked his jaw up off of the floor. "HEY, HEY HEY! You're so mean!" he wailed.
Akaashi rolled his eyes. "I'm not-"
Hinata's gasp broke him off. Both boys turned around so fast it was a miracle they didn't get whiplash.
"What happened?"
Hinata soundlessly pointed.
Akaashi frowned. "What is it?"
"It's beautiful...look at everything around us!"
Akaashi smiled. "You're more beautiful."
Hinata whipped her head around. In doing do, she became the third person that day to miraculously not get whiplash.
"T-thanks."
Akaashi noticed a blush creeping on the girls' cheeks.
He smiled. "Of course you are. Come on let's enjoy the view."
He tugged Hinata toward him. Bokuto, not wanting to miss out, hugged Hinata from behind. They stayed snuggled like that for awhile.
Finally when Hinata yawned, Akaashi unwrapped his arms from her.
"We should get going now."
"Why? We just got here." whined Hinata.
"You're tired Hinata."
"No I'm not-"
Bokuto interrupted. "Yes you are tired. Come on! Let's take the elevator this time."
"Fine." Hinata grumbled.
As she started walking, she felt warm hands lift her up.
"Eeeeeq! Put me down!" she squealed as someone (Bokuto) placed her on his shoulders.
Bokuto grinned. "My star pupil deserves to get carried. Besides, don't you want to be tall?"
Hinata nodded furiously. "Thank you for making me tall Bokuto!"
"No problem chibi!"
Akaashi tugged on Hinata's arm. She looked down at him. (For once in her life)
Akaashi blushed a bit.
"C-could I have your phone number?"
Hinata grinned. "Of course!"
She fished out a pen from her pocket and proceeded to write her number on Akaashi's hand.
"Me too, me too!" Bokuto whined.
"Sure!"
After writing her number on his hand she smiled.
"Thank you for bringing me to the Tokyo tower! It was really fun! I hope we do it again soon!"
"No problem chibi-chan!"
"It was my pleasure Hinata."
"Let's go back to camp now." said Akaashi.
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If you were to look out on the street at this moment, you would see a small child on a teenager's shoulders. Next to them was another boy. They were talking and laughing. And you might think to yourself, "What a nice couple! So sweet!" But the truth? They weren't a couple.
At least not yet.