Oikawa was having trouble breathing. It was like the world was crashing down around him and he was the only one crumbling with it. Iwaizumi was standing silently in front of him, his face a hard mask of rage. Oikawa caught a glimpse of Mattsun and Ishida over the imposing ace's shoulder. The twin looks of interest on their faces was infuriating. He saw now that they were obviously made for each other.

"How could you have not known, Iwa-chan?" Oikawa raised an eyebrow, forcing his gaze back to his best friend.

"Anytime anyone seemed to have an interest in you, I always blocked them from getting close to you."

Oikawa laughed. It wasn't a happy sound.

"Didn't you think it was weird that no one ever tried to confess to you?"

Iwaizumi scowled. He stayed silent. His hazel eyes seemed to drill into Oikawa's head.

The Volleyball captain felt increasingly uncomfortable, nerves and fear loosening his tongue.

"Do you know how many love letters I have ripped up? How many times I have gone to reject girls for you? How many times I have made them cry on purpose? I'm actually surprised that I'm still as popular as I am."

Oikawa's smile was more of a snarl.

Iwaizumi sighed, making Oikawa flinch. His body stilled and his breath stopped. He watched the ace with wide eyes.

Iwaizumi took a step closer and lifted a hand. Oikawa's eyes instinctively screwed shut in anticipation of being hit. Which means he was very surprised when a really gentle hand cupped his cheek. His eyes flew open.

Iwaizumi wasn't smiling, but his face was softer, almost tender.

"You really are a shitty guy," he said again, though it was a lot less angry and a lot more resigned.

Oikawa blinked hard, tempted to pinch his own arm to see if he was asleep.

"I really should have known. I know how you are, but it didn't occur to me that you would be so desperate."

Oikawa was stunned, so much so that he didn't refute it when Iwaizumi 'desperate'. He couldn't believe what Iwaizumi was saying. It sounded almost as if Iwaizumi knew exactly how Oikawa felt.

"Iwa-chan?" Oikawa whispered.

Iwaizumi took a deep breath and let his hand drop. Oikawa missed the warmth, but was distracted from his slight disappointment when Iwaizumi straightened. The ace looked Oikawa right in the eye and said

"I love you, Oikawa Tooru."

Oikawa couldn't help but suck a sudden breath in. When he did, the air caught in his throat and he choked. As he coughed, Iwaizumi's cheeks went slightly pink. Oikawa, from his doubled over position, reached out and grabbed Iwaizumi's hand.

"R-Really? Since when? How much?" He spluttered.

Iwaizumi shifted, appearing uncomfortable.

"Yeah. I've loved you since around the time you started liking me. And you can't measure love, Shittykawa," he mumbled, his gaze sliding away from his captain.

"Yes you can!" Oikawa jerked upright, his grip tightening on Iwaizumi's hand.

"If I can love you to the point where it feels like I might actually die without you, love can be measured."

Iwaizumi looked like he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself. Instead he helped Oikawa stand up straight. He was quiet for such a long moment that Oikawa was starting to get nervous. Then Iwaizumi put a gentle hand on Oikawa's neck. He sighed.

"I love you so much that if I hurt you, it would hurt me worse."

Oikawa shivered. His hand was about halfway to Iwaizumi's, the one resting on his own neck, when a voice called from behind the ace.

"Get a room already!"

Oikawa and Iwaizumi looked over at Mattsun, who was standing with an arm over his girlfriends shoulder and a wide smirk stretched across his face.

Oikawa bristled.

"Do you know of the word 'private', Mattsun?"

Mattsun shrugged, his grin not disappearing. He looked rather proud of himself.

"Do you know of the word 'public', Captain?"

Oikawa blinked. He had actually forgotten that he was outside and not alone. Mattsun wasn't the only spectator that he and Iwaizumi had attracted. Oikawa noticed Iwaizumi blushing so hard that it reached his ears. His face was set in a scowl, and even though he was very embarrassed, he stood tall and didn't lower his eyes. Oikawa smiled at his best friends stubborn pride, the way he wouldn't cower for anyone. Oikawa looked around at the passerby's, the nosy old ladies and the repulsed men. Then he looked back at Iwaizumi.

His mask fell back into place.

Oikawa threw an arm over Iwaizumi's shoulders, a whine in his voice as he said,

"Are you happy now, Mattsun? We did the punishment. Can we go?"

Oikawa leaned heavily on Iwaizumi, his eyebrows scrunched up and his lips pursed in a pout. He couldn't see Iwaizumi's face, but he felt the ace's muscles strain as he held Oikawa up.

"I can't believe you would make two guys fake confess to each other in the middle of the road, Mattsun. You're beyond cruel."

Mattsun paused before rolling his eyes. His expression said 'Yeah, yeah. I'll play along.'

"Whatever, Captain. Let's go."

He turned around, retracting his arm from Ishida's shoulder and holding her hand instead.

Oikawa sighed loudly, "Isn't he mean, Iwa-chan? We lost and he made up a really mean punishment."

He glanced around at the people, studying their reactions, and was pleased to see that most of them believed it. Some were skeptical, but Oikawa didn't care, as long as most believed his story.

Oikawa pressed his cheek into Iwaizumi's shoulder.

"Just kidding," he said quietly enough that only Iwaizumi could hear.

He almost stuck out his tongue, but managed to hold back. Oikawa lifted most of his body weight off of the ace, keeping his arm around Iwaizumi's shoulder. He maneuvered himself until his mouth was right next to Iwaizumi's ear.

"You're so cute when you blush, Iwa-chan," he whispered.

Almost immediately, Oikawa got the reaction he wished for. Iwaizumi's face went bright red. And though he knew what was about to happen next, Oikawa didn't regret a single word.

Iwaizumi shoved Oikawa away.

"Shut up, Trashykawa!"

Oikawa flashed Iwaizumi a genuine smile before jogging to catch up with Mattsun.

"Mattsun~ I never knew what a clever fox you were!"

Mattsun rolled his eyes. He looked at Ishida.

"See what I have to deal with?"

Oikawa put a hand to his chest, making an offended expression.

"I am appalled at your behavior, Mattsun. Makki knew of this, didn't he? You both like to pick on me."

Mattsun shook his head.

"We aren't picking on you and you know it."

His expression was serious. Oikawa pointed at him.

"You did have fun though," he accused.

Mattsun couldn't deny it. Ishida watched the exchange in quiet amusement. Oikawa glanced at her, feeling only slightly bad for how he treated her.

"Since Mattsun and Makki were so mean, I, the Great Oikawa-san, am going to punish them by making them buy Iwa-chan and I lunch for a whole week. And since I am so great, I shall provide lunch for poor Ishida-chan, who has to deal with the mean Mattsun."

Ishida shook her head, trying to tell him that he didn't need to do that. Oikawa held up a hand, his facial expression turning serious.

"I insist," he said softly.

His attitude said what his mouth didn't. He was apologizing in a rather roundabout way.

"Oi, Oikawa, buy your own lunch," Iwaizumi said as he caught up with the group, casually falling into step beside his captain.

"But Iwa-chan~" Oikawa whined.

Iwaizumi glared at his best friend. Then his face cleared as he remembered something. He grabbed Oikawa by the shirt, and for a second Oikawa thought maybe the ace was going to kiss him.

Then the ace rammed his forehead into Oikawa's.

As Oikawa grabbed his head in pain, Iwaizumi stood up, with his forehead growing red from the impact, and said "That's for ignoring my call."

Did I make this rated T? If I did, sorry. We'll blame Iwa-chan's potty mouth. There wasn't even a kiss in here. How disappointing. Sorry I haven't put this up earlier, but you know how it is. Procrastination is one helluva thing. I just realized something. I made the girls who Oikawa has been jealous of blond. I'm blond. Maybe I unconsciously want Oikawa, a fictional character, to be jealous of me. Wow. I'm a loser. Anyway, just so you know, this certain story line isn't done with, so look forward to seeing another fanfiction that follows this up. That one will definitely have some kisses in it. Until next time