I published a new story! It's called: 'Fellas, is it gay to fall for a genderfluid person?' The title is pretty self-explanatory and the story features a new OC, Hinata Ren! The pairing has already been determined because my boy Iwaizumi deserves some loving!

Thank you to everyone who reads this story! Have this double update for waiting so long!

Teru, Teru, Teru, my best boy Terushima. The boy I love with all my heart.

How could I not have fallen for that bad boy? Well bad boy is not exactly a… correct statement when talking about Terushima. We all know he's a cinnamon roll and a closet nerd. The kid's in class 7 for Christ's sake! And yes, I had fallen in love with him.

Maybe I should've just confessed to him during christmas time when I bought him that ring… That would've saved me a shit ton of time.

But I didn't, so I was left doing it now. When everything had gotten complicated with all of my other suitors. Maybe I had some regrets with all that…

Ah well, nothing to do about it now except for man up and take action.

I have to admit though, I was hella nervous. Even though I knew that Terushima would accept. Nerves don't exactly wait for permission before entering your body. Which they should really consider doing before oh so rudely ruining my day!

Not going to happen though so I guess I should drop it.

Still… ugh. I really didn't want to go to Terushima's place to confess to him. Why? His fucking parents are still pieces of utter garbage and Terushima hadn't managed to get away yet.

I'd probably do it when he comes over, he lives more with my family than his own these days anyway. He'd fit right in.

Yeah, a confession might cheer him up on such a day.

And oh, boy. That day came far too fast.

Not that it was a bad thing that I was going to confess, nope the bad thing was that Terushima needed to hide at my place again. It had been happening more and more often, not a good sign.

On this particular day…

It was evening actually, Natsu already in bed and Shoyo… doing something in the backyard with our volleyball. Not sure what, and I don't think I want to know.

There was a knock on the door, the same urgentness in the knocks as usual when Terushima came by.

I wasted no time in opening the door for him and letting him in.

Terushima gave me a shaky smile as he held his side in pain. I could already see some bruises forming.

I never got used to such a sight. Never.

"I'll get the first aid kit." I told him before sprinting upstairs, knowing that Terushima would make his way to my room.

Sure enough, my buddy had taken a seat on my bed. His shirt already off.

Fortunately for me, I had my priorities straight and didn't ogle at him. I had seen Terushima shirtless many times before, this was nothing new for me.

"Back." I announced my presence, making Terushima look up.

I don't know how I kept missing it, but Terushima's eyes would always light up whenever he sees me. Especially on bad days such as that one. Honestly… it really reminded me of how much I loved him.

I grabbed the disinfectant from the first aid kit and started dabbing it onto Terushima's bruises. Most of the time I don't ask him about what happened, that is a question reserved for the really bad days.

Like the knife incident.

Today wasn't one of those days. Though Terushima usually started talking about it on his own. I never wanted to make it feel like I was pushing him to talk.

We sat there in a comfortable silence for a few minutes, with me tending to Terushima's bruises and him staring into nothingness.

It was routine by now.

A routine I really wanted to break, because Terushima didn't deserve any of this bullshit.

"One of dad's mugs broke. He accidentally pushed it off the table." Terushima started talking, his eyes turning glossy. "He blamed it on me, as usual, and well… you know the rest."

The urge to kill that bastard of a man grew every single time I spotted another bruise on Terushima's body, but there wasn't much I could do. Terushima had been taking action himself, but it didn't feel enough.

I nodded slowly. "Are you staying tonight?"

"Please."

"Like you need to ask."

Terushima gave me a shaky smile. "Thanks Matsuo."

I returned his smile. "Not a problem. You know you're welcome here."

Night came and we settled for bed.

Time to make my move.

"Yuuji." I leaned up on my bed. "I need to tell you something."

Terushima opened one eye. "Can't it wait till morning?"

"Nope. If I don't do it now I'm gonna lose courage."

Well, that got his attention.

"Okay, now I'm curious. Spill."

I nearly laughed at how eager he sounded, having almost forgotten that Terushima is also quite fond of gossip and the like.

"Sure, but first join me." Time to be bold as fuck.

Terushima raised an eyebrow. "Join you?"

"In bed."

Hello there blush, you look delightful on Terushima's face. Not on mine so get off.

"Are-Are you serious?"

"No I'm Matsuo. Of course I'm serious now get in here. It's more comfortable than that fucking futon."

"Alright then."

Terushima shyly crawled under the blankets with me. It's wasn't even a tight fit for the two of us, mostly because I'm fucking short.

Yep, it felt just as nice as I thought it would. Let it be known that I fucking love cuddling and anything that resembles it.

I let out a content sigh. "This is the best."

"Really?" Terushima murmured, slowly moving his arms over my body. "I… guess it does feel nice."

So shy~

I hummed. "I wanna be able to keep doing this. For a very long time."

"What do you mean?"

I'm gonna have to say it out loud, aren't I? Oh well, I was worse so I can't complain…

I flicked his nose. "It means, that I love you."

Silence.

"What?" I had to strain to hear Terushima, that's how quiet he was talking. "What did you say?"

I playfully rolled my eyes. "I said that I love you."

"Say that again." An unhidden glee entered Terushima's voice.

I didn't mind complying. "I love you Yuuji."

Terushima hugged me close. "I love you, I love you so much. Thank you for choosing me. I love you."

The next morning I woke up in the arms of my boyfriend.

Boyfriend huh, I can get used to that.