Akaashi Keiji

"Praise Me"


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Akaashi never needed praise, he functioned efficiently on his own. 


Besides, he'd get flustered and wouldn't know how to respond to compliments.Unlike troublesome his upperclassman and ace, who absorbed praise like an air-headed sponge. 


"Nice kill Bokuto-Senpai!" You beamed, clapping for the owl-man as he made his first line-shot of the day. The gymnasium had just opened for morning practice but Bokuto was as energetic as ever, instantly asking Akaashi for tosses. 


The owl-man was surprised to see you there so early, he couldn't restrain himself from jogging up to you. 


"(y/n)-Chan! Hey, hey hey!" Called out Bokuto, giving you an acknowledging grin, of which you returned with a smile. 


You stretched out your hands and immediately, Bokuto gave you a bone-crushing hug. "Where were you yesterday? Akaashi didn't tell me when I asked him." The ace pouted and you giggled. "I-I guess you could say I was... recovering." You coughed, feeling your face heat up.


Akaashi stared at you both, refraining from heading over there as well, seeing as his teammates were also asking for tosses. He was curious to know what rubbish information Bokuto was feeding you, perhaps he would ask about it later. 


Morning practice was done and you stuck around until it ended, waiting for your boyfriend. Minutes later, the black-haired setter emerged from the gymnasium's exit and you both started walking to class. 


"Ne, (y/n)?" Came Akaashi's monotonous vocals.


"Yeah?" You hummed. 


Akaashi gave you a side-glance before proceeding, "What was Bokuto-San talking with you about?" He questioned, raising a brow at you.


You chuckled, recalling earlier's question. "He asked why I couldn't come to school yesterday. I too, wonder of the cause." You teased, seeing a brief glimpse of your boyfriend's tiny smirk from the corner of your eye.


The two of you made it to your classroom. Before you went in you gave Akaashi a gentle kiss on the cheek. He watched as you went to settle onto your designated seat before going to his own classroom. 


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Lunchtime came around, you were waiting for Akaashi to come by so you both could have lunch together when a certain owl came hooting his way to your desk. 


"(y/n)-Chan! Let's have lunch!" Bokuto practically screamed, gaining not only yours-- but everyone's attention. You apologized to your classmates on the male's behalf before tending to the culprit himself. 


Your eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "Don't you have friends Bokuto-Senpai?" Your misunderstood question unfortunately struck a chord in Bokuto and his form slowly collapsed into one that everyone classified as...


Bokuto's emo mode.


"Oh...." Was his only reply.


You sweat-dropped, watching as Bokuto stared at the bento-box in his hands, eyes and face void of any emotion. 


"N-No Senpai! That's n-not what I meant-- I mean, you're super-duper cool and I figured with a presence like yours that you'd have a lot of people that look up to you!" You quickly explained, hoping to bring the original, less problematic Bokuto back.


The ace lifted his head, "Really?" You nodded your head vigorously and, much to your favor, Bokuto was back to grinning and obnoxiously cheering himself on. 


You let out a sigh of relief before taking out your long-awaited lunch. "I guess Keiji-Kun's not coming." You huffed, a little disappointed that your boyfriend couldn't make it for whatever reason and you got this lunatic in front of you instead.


"I have a lot of friends and all... But I missed you (y/n)-Chan! Akaashi just ignores me unless we're practicing, even then he doesn't much notice me!" You distracted yourself from your paranoia with Bokuto's issues, hoping it'd take your mind off of overthinking. 


Unbeknownst to you, Akaashi was in the same predicament as yours but a loud-mouthed nuisance like Bokuto was out of the picture. 


He mistook your meeting place for the roof, considering that was where you usually had lunch together. He didn't think you'd be waiting in you classroom for him so he had thought you bailed on him and had lunch with another person instead. 


That kinda hurt his pride.


Okay, maybe it did hurt his pride.


To put it bluntly, it definitely hurt his pride.


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Skip to afternoon practice, Akaashi was...


Ignoring you?


You had tried talking to the male, to ask him about his day and why he wasn't able to fetch you during lunch. You were undoubtedly going to tell him about the scene Bokuto made but that seemed impossible to do as of right now. 


When you approached him, he would talk to his teammates or straight-up walk away from you. You'd make eye contact here and there, and you would give him subtle smiles and waves but he would turn away, completely disregarding your gestures.


This made you a little depressed but you didn't let it faze you. You figured he just had a bad day, so maybe it was best to leave him be for now. 


"Bokuto-Senpai!" You ran to the male, handing him a water bottle and a clean towel. "Oh, thank you (y/n)-Chan!" The owl-man grins, ruffling your hair. 


A string of giggles left your lips and you smiled. "You're really working hard! Keep it up ace!" You cheered enthusiastically, earning a thumbs-up from Bokuto. "Leave it to your reliable ace to carry this team to Nationals!" 


"You're so awesome, Senpai!"


"That's enough."


Suddenly, a hand grabbed yours and began pulling you to the outside of the gym. You looked to whoever was doing this to you, and your eyes landed on the back of Akaashi's head.


"Keiji?" You pondered, tilting your head in confusion. "Where are you taking me?" You raised a question, and suddenly you were thrusted onto the wall, encased within two of Akaashi's arms. You gasped in surprise, staring up at your boyfriend, whose eyes were shadowed by tufts of his black hair.


"I will take you anywhere, any time I want. Especially if it means you know that you're mine and mine alone." Akaashi growls, leaning down to leave a cluster of kisses around the surface of your sensitive neck. 


You held back a moan when his lips teased the soft skin, "K-Keiji... No." You struggled, wiggling to get out of his grasp.


Akaashi connected his eyes with yours, you didn't fail to notice the faint yet existing presence of envy in his gunmetal-blue irises. "Praise me." He whispers, and you flinch at the request. "E-Eh?" Did you hear him right?


Akaashi peeled his physique off of you, crossing his arms over his chest. "Praise me." He urged, impatiently waiting for you to comply. 


Well...?


The man asked for praise.


You've never really complimented Akaashi except for when he was down or when looked like he needed it. However this time he was asking for it, it explains why you were flustered and in awe of what you were going to say to him. 


 "Y-You're like... So pretty... For a guy..."


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Hope you enjoyed, sorry if that was crappy. 

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