Puppy Love

The foursome make their way back to the apartment, their arms full of alcohol and snacks. Kyoutani and Iwaizumi are rough-housing as Oikawa complains about possible collateral damage. Iwaizumi huffs but stops and passes out drinks, him and Shigeru drinking beer while Oikawa and Kyoutani drink sake. Kyoutani then grabs the gas station bag with his purchases and starts going through the kitchen. He seems pretty familiar with it, he opens a bottom cabinet procuring a decently large pot and turns on one of the burners. Before he proceeds any further Kyoutani downs his glass of sake, most likely to free up his hands. Shigeru being the kind soul he is, grabs the newly empty cup and fills it again, setting it beside Kyoutani. "Did you poison this?"
Shigeru rolls his eyes, "of course not, maybe I'm just being nice."
Kyoutani snorts at that, bringing the drink to his lips, sipping it, before turning back to the pot filling it with some kind of stock .
"I told you I want answers," Shigeru says perching himself on the counter sitting beside the stove, close enough that Kyoutani occasionally brushes him while preparing food. "So answer my first question."
Kyoutani thinks for a second then spares Shigeru a withering glance "Why am I an asshole?"
"Yeah," Shigeru chirps, lazily kicking his legs in the empty air and nursing his beer.
"Probably because you are."

Shigeru huffs, of course he that isn't what he REALLY wants to ask. What he really wants to ask is: How Kyoutani managed to impregnate the most beautiful woman Shigeru's ever seen, How Kyoutani feels about Ima's mother dating a woman, how they even met. Shigeru knows these are personal questions and he suspects it will take a few more glasses before Kyoutani really gives up anything good so for now he has to think of another easy question.
"Why did you become a veterinarian?" Kyoutani's shoulders shrug, the motion catching Shigeru's attention and making him finish off the last of his beer.
I like animals and they like me," Is Kyoutani's reply which makes Shigeru huff, Kyoutani growls and snaps his head around at Shigeru. "Well what the fuck did you expect? Why are you asking me so many damn questions?" Kyoutani takes a good swig of his sake and Shigeru grabs another beer wondering to himself exactly how awful he'll feel in the morning.
"This is my payment for watching your daughter," Shigeru lilts his voice just on the wrong side of sweet. Kyoutani wrinkles his nose and stalks off to go refill his glass with sake, Shigeru leans over and smells what's cooking in the pot. Whatever it is it smells good and Shigeru's stomach grumbles in agreement. Shigeru hears movement in the kitchen and throws out his next question, "What are you making?"
"Oh well I'm not making anything!"A higher than expected voice answers. Shigeru looks up to see Oikawa walking over to him his hair mussed up and a bruise forming on his neck.

"Ugh, gross," Shigeru fake gags.
Oikawa doesn't really seem to mind Shigeru's comments and in fact strides over to his side joining Shigeru on the counter. Both men are cramped, their lanky figures awkwardly occupying the limited space. "Jealousy is an ugly thing Shi-chan, careful or you'll end up like my Iwa-chan."
Kyoutani comes back in with a full glass, he immediately takes a full swig once he catches both pretty boys sitting together. Yahaba despite his teasing still treating Oikawa with a level of reverence that Kyoutani had never quite managed.
"Kyouken-chan! I didn't know you could cook! Looks like old dogs can learn new tricks!"
It's than that Iwaizumi walks into the room looking equally disheveled, lips bruised and spiky hair somehow even more so. He strolls over and slaps his fiancée upside the head, the lanky man whining in return.
"Knock it off Shittykawa"

"You shouldn't hit your husband Iwa-chan! That's a crime!"

"You aren't my husband yet, Iwa-chan," Iwaizumi bellows, enjoying the blush that sets across his fiance's face. Than unable to resist kisses both of Oikawa's rosey cheeks.
Shigeru permits a groan to slip, muttering "damn couples," while quickly finishing off his beer. He jumps surprised when Kyoutani snaps,
"Just get a fucking room!"
Though Shigeru has to admit he entirely empathizes with the sentiment.

By the time Kyoutani finishes the noodles they are all already decently buzzed, having split up into two groups of two. Oikawa and Shigeru trade gossip, than discussing volleyball and strategy. Shigeru tried to soak in every bit of advice and insight Oikawa offered, but his attention was somewhat divided. Partly this was due to the beers coursing through his veins, it'd been awhile since he'd allowed himself to indulge like this, and a drunken mind was never really an attentive one. That being said, the other reason was Shigeru couldn't seem to stop watching Kyoutani's interactions with Iwazumi. While Shigeru knew Iwazumi as a great guy and a much needed pillar of sanity for Oikawa, Shigeru wasn't as close to the man himself. This may have partially been due to the fact that Iwazumi was forever in Shigeru's head as "Oikawa's boyfriend" and now as "Oikawa's fiancee" himself and Iwazumi sharing a mutual respect for one another that never really went much further. Kyoutani didn't treat Iwazumi much like someone would a senpai, Kyoutani didn’t seem to hold any sort of reverence for anyone's station. There was a difference, less tightness in his shoulders, his eyebrows pulled into the almost relaxed shape of normal people's. The conversation seemed to flow easier, though Kyoutani still wasn't talking much. Iwazumi, most definitely more affected than everyone else had an arm wrapped around Kyoutani's shoulder. Shigeru wondered how toned his shoulders were, wondered how much more muscular Kyotani was than him. He shook his head out of the thought but apparently Shigeru had spent long enough day dreaming that the table was set and Oikawa was giving him a very cold calculated stare. Shigeru ignored it and sat himself down while Iwazumi passed plates back and forth and Kyoutani ladeled them. Oikawa leering at his boyfriend and continually calling over "the waiter." Usually, Iwazumi wouldn't indulge Oikawa but once Iwazumi was drunk he was completely emotionally which meant that he didn't put any pretense into spoiling Oikawa, or going along with his whims. As for PDA... well they both currently have their tongues down one another's throats. Shigeru doesn’t even have his bowl yet, but just before he gets up there is a bowl placed in front of him. When he looks up he sees Kyoutani who honestly appears to be running on auto- pilot. But Shigeru isn't ungrateful, he's not above sending up a quick thank you up to the gods, and so he does. Small miracles and all that. Shigeru eats and of course it's good, Kyoutani Kentarou seems to be perfect at anything he puts genuine effort into. It's irritating. But than Shigeru thinks of his third and fourth questions.
"You and Iwazumi-san seem close, what's your relationship like?"
Kyoutani stops before he gets to take a bite of any noodles, his body posture tensing up slightly. Kyoutani had either forgotten about the game of ten questions entirely or had thought Shigeru had. Admittedly Shigeru had forgotten for a bit but he is nothing if not persistent, and so the game continues on.
Kyoutani out of spite or, more unlikely, taking time to figure out what he's going to say proceeds to shove the noodles in his mouth and chew slowly, meaning Shigeru has to wait until Kyoutani has completely finished his mouthful. Kyoutani looks over to Iwazumi, seeing if the other man will answer, but Oikawa and Iwazumi are in their own little world getting rapidly drunker and more affectionate, cuddling so aggressively that it's hard to tell where one starts and another begins. Kyoutani grimaces and so does Shigeru.
"I met Iwazumi in high school, and he seemed strong... like a good ace and shit.... so I challenged him to a bunch of stuff, to races and arm wrestling to different sports. But he beat me at all of it. So I decided that I wanted to be like him."
Shigeru doesn't really know if that fully answers his question but he feels merciful, so he won't make Kyoutani spill exactly what Iwazumi means to him. Their relationship seems almost brotherly and it's disarmingly sweet. Besides Shigeru can't imagine how embarrassed he'd be if the roles were reversed. Not that Kyoutani would take enough interest to ask about Shigeru, and that thought sours his mood and so he drowns it by finishing off his beer. Before Shieru can ask whatever that fourth question was going to be Oikawa interrupts.
"Our dear Mad dog used to have an adorable crush on my Iwa-chan."
The whole room seems to still at that statement, Oikawa in his drunk state not realizing the gravity of his statement. Kyoutani was hunched into himself defensively, like he'd just been hit. Iwazumi pushed Oikawa off his lap, got up and walked out of the room. Shigeru was just blinking rapidly, unable to completely process that statement. Oikawa followed after Iwazumi, calling for him followed by a hushed argument Shigeru couldn't quite make out and didn’t really care to. Shigeru's own brain was still trying to process what this all meant, but as usual Shigeru's mouth seemed to have a much easier time catching up.
"You're bisexual?"
Shigeru is kicking himself, where's his usual tact, his easy going charisma? If it were anyone else across from him he knows he would've been much more sensitive, but here he is fucking that up again. What is it about Kyoutani that makes him behave this way.
"No."

"So you're gay?" Shigeru asks unsurely.
Kyoutani glances at him and straightens his back, his eyes filling back up with their usual challenging intensity, "Got a problem with that?" Shigeru smiles shaking his head, "I used to have a crush on my senpai too."
"Him?" Kyoutani asks motioning by jerking his head towards the other room.
"I was young back than," Shigeru offered with a smile. "Rude Shi-chan!" Oikawa shouted as he entered the room, Iwazumi pushing him from behind. "There were many adoring fans who wanted to be with me."
"Yeah, but I should've known better."
That seemed to surprise a chuckle out of both Iwazumi and Kyoutani and Shigeru couldn’t help but feel a swell of pride at having caused the tense atmosphere to relax a bit. Oikawa smiled good naturedly before turning to Kyoutani.
"I'm.... I'm sorry Kyoutani," Oikawa bowed, "I shouldn't have blurted that out like that."

Kyoutani looked at Oikawa, his expression completely neutral. "No you shouldn't have."
Oikawa winces a bit at that.
"but it's fine."

Everyone finishes their noodles and the tense atmosphere completely breaks, giving way to more drinking, laughing, and general jovial behavior. Kyoutani seems to relax more with every glass of sake he drains and Shigeru wonders if he's used to drinking. If Kypoutani was one of those kids who were being handed sake under the table at family functions from a young age. No doubt the alcohol was affecting Kyoutani, his smiles and laughs came easier and there was a blush high in his cheeks but Shigeru is sure he'd already be vomiting if he was drinking the same amount. Shigeru's face feels aflame and the world feels fuzzy and warm. He doesn't feel out of control but he does feel tension draining from his body, tension Shigeru wasn't even aware of. Shigeru felt a press of cold water to his cheek jarring him out of his thoughts. When he looked up he saw Oikawa looking down at him, a knowing smile curling his lips.
"You're staring Shi-chan."
Shigeru grabbed the water out of his senpai's hands and chugged it down, feeling a bit more steady afterwards. He proceeded to ignore his senpai's totally unwarranted and entirely unnecessary commentary by saying just loudly enough, "We should play a game." All three other boys snap to attention at the idea and they all file into the living room, Oikawa insisting on picking the game. They should've known better really, because Oikawa picks twister.
Of course he picks fucking Twister.
Somehow all four boys agree on the game, taking off their shoes and taking their positions by the mat. The game starts slow, Shigeru always forgets that part, where most everyone only has one appendage on the mat. The game quickly escalates and they all become a tangle of entwined limbs. It's a complete mess and now everyone's sweating and pretending like it's just a fun game even as their collective competitive spirit escalates. Oikawa is trying to goad people into arguments, hoping they end up spending their energy on arguing with Oikawa instead of balancing their bodies. What Oikawa doesn't expect is Iwazumi to betray him by the sixth or seventh turn. Iwazumi grows sick of Oikawa's incessant chattering and goes limp taking out Oikawa with most of his bodyweight. Now there are only two, Shigeru and Kyoutani. The competition doesn't die down and if anything it escalates, as both boys muscles strain and they allow their words to antagonize one another. As they struggle and fight to be the winner of this stupid drunken game, the display seems more savage and primal than anything that could be expected of such a lighthearted game. They both curse and insult each other, both informing the other that they should just quit. Oikawa seems endlessly amused as Iwazumi quietly watches wrapping his arms around his fiancee's waist and pulling him onto the couch and into his lap. They don't know how long the game goes on but the mats starting to get slippery, Oikawa and Iwazumi are now watching some alien movie on the couch and Shigeru is wondering why he is getting like this. They are completely inseparable now, at least physically. Shigeru can smell his sweat, a heady scent he should find gross but doesn't. He can feel the firm muscle shaking against his own similarly quaking body.
"Would you spin the fucking wheel already?" Shigeru grunts irritably.
Kyoutani grunts but manages to flick the wheel, "You know," Kyoutani pants, close enough that he can feel Kyoutani's breath against his skin, "you only have one question left?" Shigeru jumps surprised causing both boys to fall, Kyoutani on top of Shigeru. While playing the glame Shigeru completely forgot about ten questions and wasted about four or five just insulting Kyoutani.
"Would you kindly move your fat ass? Can't you see, that's left hand red Kyoutani?! Why won't you just give up already? Would you spin the fucking wheel already?"
Shit. Shigeru really had wasted a bunch of questions. Kyoutani heaves his body off of Shigeru's and despite the uncomfortableness of the position Shigeru finds himself missing the contact once it's gone. Kyoutani doesn't get up though, he's seemingly out of energy lying on the mat next to Kyoutani. For awhile they both just pant on the ground.
Than Kyoutani takes a deep breath and turns to Shigeru, "What's your last question?"
Shigeru bites his lip and doesn't meet Kyoutani's eyes, instead staring at the ceiling of Oikawa and Iwazumi's shared apartment. He knows the question he's been dying to ask it, but now he's hesitating, does he really have a right to ask?
"Just ask the fucking question Yahaba."

"If you and Kiyoko are both gay how did Ima come about?"
It's out there he did it.
Kyoutani lets out a hiss of air, and runs a hand through his hair, "I don't think I can tell you, it's not really my story to tell... I'll have Kiyoko tell you though."

"...that's such a cop out."
Kyoutani huffs and elbows Shigeru's side half-heartedly, "I really don't feel comfortable telling you... but I do owe you so I'll talk to Kiyoko, she wants to meet you anyway."
Shigeru turns to Kyoutani and scrunches his eyebrows, "She does?"
"Yeah Ima talks about you."
Shigeru can't help but grin at that, "she does?"
"I thought we were done with the ten questions... but yeah, she does."
Shigeru is overwhelmed with the urge to scoop the little girl up and hug her til she can't breathe, it's an entirely foreign feeling but she finds the girl and her father bring out strange reactions in him that Shigeru can't really explain to himself.
"Besides it will give you an excuse to talk to Kiyoko right?"
Shigeru blinks, "huh?"
"Well you have a thing for her don't you?"
Shigeru ponders that for a moment, younger Shigeru would've said yes instantly because Shigeru was a little girl crazy, (boy crazy too but that takes more time to come to terms with)
"I think she's too put together for me."
Kyoutani looks at him and raises an eyebrow.
Shigeru grins sharply, "I prefer more of a challenge."
Kyoutani blinks for a bit than points a thumb at the direction of the couch, "Then why did you like him?"
It takes a moment to register but than Shigeru's guffawing, Iwazumi seems to be in no better of a state, and Kyoutani starts laughing too. Shigeru's cheeks are on fire, his gut starts hurting from laughing too hard, breathing's a challenge and tears are streaming down his face. The joke is made all the more funny by Oikawa's horrible shrieking, talking about how horrible everyone is to him. Shigeru turns to Kyoutani, who is red in the face from liquor, physical exertion and laughing, he looks free and boyish, his nose is wrinkling slightly, like a bunnies, and Shigeru feels his laughter waning, a new feeling tugging at his gut, he realizes he might want to know a lot more about the man next to him. He wants the answers to a lot more than ten questions.