from dusk to dawn
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"Asahi wasn't sure when he started noticing that Nishinoya was always there. When he reached for a water bottle, it was Nishinoya who handed it to him. When he went to the storage closet to fetch a mop, it was Nishinoya who'd already grabbed them from the rack. Always cheerful, always smiling. [...]
It seemed ridiculous. To begin with, who in their right mind would have a crush on him?"
Pre-series. Asahi, ace-in-training, is slightly overwhelmed by all the attention he's getting from their first-year libero.
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- Part 1 of from dusk to dawn
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"It hit him like a killer serve to the face. No dramatic build up. No action-movie timing. No jump cuts or freeze frames of his stunned, dumb-ass expression. [...] Just the sudden, jarring certainty that he really, really liked Asahi.
He wanted to run over and tackle Asahi to the ground, sweat and all. He wanted to parade Asahi around town, show everybody just how amazing he was. He wanted Asahi to always smile confidently and happily until his face hurt. Last time he checked, that was what it meant to like someone."
Nishinoya realizes he's got it bad for their ace spiker. Now it's time to do something about it.
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- Part 2 of from dusk to dawn
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"He should have done this weeks ago. There had been opportunities.
The volleyball graduation dinner when Nishinoya found Asahi taking a break outside the restaurant. They watched the clouds pass over the moon and talked about what a good captain Ennoshita would be. That would have been a good time to have this conversation.
Or even the subsequent weekend, when Nishinoya appeared on Asahi’s doorstep for an early morning jog. They ran along the river and looped through a hilly residential block, finally stopping for a break at the park by Asahi’s old elementary school. That would have been the perfect time to broach the topic.
Instead, he chickened out every time. He opted to spend a few more uncomplicated hours with Nishinoya, pretending that everything was normal and that he wasn’t going to be leaving when spring came."
An argument on Asahi's graduation day leads to three long years of silence. During the winter of Nishinoya's second year in university, an minor injury brings him back home to Miyagi.
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- Part 3 of from dusk to dawn