Initially he ignores these new feelings. He tells himself
it’s because he’s too busy but deep down he knows it’s because he’s scared.
Her vivacious attitude both attracts and intimidates him.
He thinks her tattoos are so sexy, especially the one on her
shoulder that he blushes to stare at since most of the other girls never show
that much skin.
Suga suspects something is up when Hinata randomly asks
Asahi his favorite color and the ace quickly answers “blue” when he
knows it’s red. It isn’t until the setter sees the girl of Asahi’s affection with blue streaks in her hair
that Suga figures out the ace’s secret crush.
Suga tells Daichi and they both confront Asahi. “You
should ask her out,” Suga encourages. Asahi almost faints at even the
thought of it. “Stop being such a wuss,” Daichi laughs smacking his
back.
It takes a solid week of relentless encouragement in the
form of teasing and threats to tell her themselves before Asahi finally says
he’ll do it and another week for him to actually do it.
Palms, forehead and pits sweating, Asahi approaches her
during lunch, stammering, “Hey, _______-san.” She looks up, purple
colored lips spread into a pretty smile and asks him what’s up. “I…I was
wondering…” he swallows hard, “Wo…would you, um, like to go out?
Some time? With me?”
She’s naturally surprised, no one ever has the guts to
approach her simply because of what she looks like and to have the glass-hearted ace of the volleyball team doing it feels like a joke. But she knows
he’s not like that. “Yes, Asahi-san, I’d love to go out with you.”
He’s so pumped that nobody can block any of his spikes that
afternoon at practice.
“She’s gonna be good for him,” comments Daichi.
“She already is,” Suga confirms as another ball slams through Tsukki
and Tanaka’s hands.