It was friday afternoon and another volleyball practice came to an end. That day, Azumane and Nishinoya were on charge of putting the equipment away while the rest of the Karasuno team cleaned up the gym.

It didn't take them very long to leave the gym all kira kira pika pika.

They all rushed to the lockers and closed off the gym before leaving.

Azumane and Noya were still inside.

"Oi, Asahi!" Nishinoya called his partner. "I can't open the door..."

"Are you that tired from the workout?" Azumane teased.

"No, baka! Of course not. It must be stuck or something."

Asahi tried to open the door but he also wasn't successful.

"Noya... Do you think they forgot about us and locked the door...?"

Nishinoya's face became white.

They both knocked and punched the door, shouted from deep down their lungs in hope someone would still be inside school and save them. Despite their efforts, no one came.

"I can't believe this is happening..."

"When I get my hands on those guys, there will be no more nice Noya-senpai!"

At that very moment, Azumane's belly grumbled. Noya quickly looked at Karasuno's ace and laughed.

Needless to say, Azumane became quite flustered.

Nishinoya had known him for a long time and, despite his looks, he was a very gentle and delicate person and he'd always get embarrassed pretty easily.

"Nee, Asahi..." The tiny libero started. "We're good friends, right?"

"Huh? Yeah. Why are you asking that now?"

"Then... Why do you still call me Noya?"

Azumane was confused.

"Why? I don't really get your question, but that's what everyone calls you, right?"

"Exactly. Everyone. But you're not everyone." Nishinoya glared at his fellow third-year, with puppy eyes. "Shouldn't you, huh... Be calling me by my first name, by now?" He was obviously blushing.

Azumane's eyes widened.

"I didn't realize you cared about those things." He rubbed the back of his neck, not knowing exactly how to react at such request.

Suddenly, the gym's door opened. On the other side of the door was the school guard who was making his usual night rounds.

"What are you doing here?" The man asked. "I saw the lights on and thought someone had forgotten to turn them on. I didn't think there would still be students inside."

Nishinoya was so happy that he hugged the man for coming to their rescue, even if just by a coincidence.

"We got locked inside, tehe. But can we still use the showers?"

The guard gave them permission.

inside the lockers, now completely relieved, Azumane slowly took his clothes off. Then, he let loose his long brown hair. Even though a fair amount of time had passed, sweat still dripped down his muscular toned body.

Facing such sight, Nishinoya was completely stunned.

He had seen Azumane's naked body countless times and had also taken showers with him in the past so... Why was his heart racing so much, now? Was it because he was still in shock of being locked in the gym? No, that wasn't it.

"Aren't you going to get undressed?"

Hearing those words made Nishinoya's heart skip a beat.

We're both guys! The hell am I thinking?

"Yuu... Come to the shower." Azumane finally called the energetic libero by his first name.

That was it. If he stayed there for even one more minute, his heart would explode.

"I'll... I'll take one at home!" Noya picked up his bag and ran away as fast as he could.

Lately, Karasuno had been practicing on saturday mornings, too. But that saturday, Nishinoya didn't show up.

Azumane was obviously worried, specially since his friend had been acting weird since the gym incident.

"Nee Azumane-senpai, is Noya-senpai sick or something?" Hinata asked.

"Ah, huh, yeah. Don't worry though. I'll visit him this afternoon to see how he's doing."

"Osu!"

And so, he did.

Nishinoya's door bell rang.

"Who is it?" His mother answered the door.

Azumane introduced him and entered.

"Yuu-chan is still in bed. You can go on. It's left after ascending the stairs."

When the ace reached Noya's room, he saw the boy lying in bed.

"Yuu." He whispered softly in his ear.

"Asahi...?" Noya woke up. "Eh, Asahi?! What are you doing here?"

"You were absent in today's practice and everyone was worried so I came to see you."

"Ah... I'm fine. I just overslept, tehe!"

"Don't tehe me! You have a fever! That's because you went running home yesterday, all sweaty. You should have had the shower at school."

"Gomen..." Noya adverted his eyes. "As you can see, I'll be fine, though. You can go home, now." He said, as he got up from bed.

Azumane grabbed the sickly boy's arm and pushed him to bed.

"First, stay in bed. Second, I'll only leave once you tell me why you left so suddenly yesterday."

"Asahi, I'm all sweaty and dirty. Don't get to close..." He blushed.

"What are you saying? How many times have our bodies touched in those conditions, before? I'm not moving an inch."

"Ba-baka... You're getting out of character..."

"So are you. What are you getting all flustered for?" Azumane's voice became softer, all of a sudden. He started brushing Noya's hair with his right hand. "I never understood why you style your hair the way you do, when you look this cute with it down."

Noya tried to push Azumane away, but to no avail.

Then, a knock on the door and a loud voice was heard.

"Noya! We came to see you, buddy!" It was Tanaka and the rest of the guys.

Obs: kira kira pika pika is just an expression for sparkly.