[Practice Gym – Break Time]

Tsukishima was sitting on the gym floor, towel around his neck, looking as unimpressed as ever. The others were scattered around — most grabbing water or stretching.

Off to the side, Yamaguchi was refilling everyone's water bottles with help from Hinata and Yachi. The three of them were focused on their task, laughing softly and chatting about practice.

Somewhere behind Tsukki, a low whisper — probably Tanaka or Noya (or both) — cut through the break-time chatter.

Tanaka (whispering): "I bet you won’t kiss him."

Noya (grinning): "Yeah, Tsukki wouldn’t dare!"

It was said just loud enough for Tsukishima to hear, and unfortunately for them, Tsukki doesn’t back down from a challenge. Ever.

Without a word, Tsukki stood up, brushing imaginary dust off his shorts and adjusting his glasses. He walked straight toward Yamaguchi, who was still crouched by the bottles, completely unaware of the bet that had just been made behind him.

Yamaguchi looked up just in time, holding Tsukki’s water bottle out toward him. "Oh! You want water?"

But instead of taking the bottle, Tsukki kept walking.

All heads started turning toward them. The teasing duo went quiet, eyes wide. Hinata’s jaw dropped. Yachi gasped softly.