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“And then you wouldn’t believe what this fool said to -“ Tooru happily spoke with his friends and family after a lunch they went to together. He was home from university for a break and he’s family invited them all out to eat and catch up,
“Um, excuse me…” a soft voice cut Tooru off from speaking as he felt a light tap on his shoulder,
Confused Tooru turned around from walking backwards as he spoke with everyone to see a young man around 18 years old, with fair beautiful feminine looks, shiny royal Blue eyes, long dark brown almost black hair tied up in a high stylish ponytail with a white ribbon into a bow, shorter then Tooru and more lean/small with that ‘baby boy’, ‘cute’, ‘innocent’ style, all baby colours,
“I apologise for interrupting you but I seem to be a bit lost,” the male softly spoke again, his voice as warm and smooth as honey, “Could you tell me where this address is?” He asked showing the address on his phone to Tooru who stared at him in awe by his beauty,
“Y-Yeah sure!” Tooru realised he was staring and snapped himself out of it stepping forward and looking at the address, “Oh okay! You’re pretty close, if you just…” he pointed as he explained where to go while the male nodded listening intently making sure he memorised the directions well,
“Thank you so much!” The male bowed to Tooru gracefully, hands in front of him very regal and polite, “Oh I haven’t introduced myself!” He gasped in realisation, “I’m Xie Liang, Japanese name Tobio, I am grateful for all your help,” he smiled, eyes cutely squinting as he did,
“Oikawa Tooru and it was no worries at all, I’m glad I could help,” Tooru replied smiling and shyly rubbed his next, “Xie Liang? Are you from China?” He asked curiously, finding he wanted to get to know this male more and more almost forgetting the family and friends with him who watched curiously between the two,
“Oh yes, I come from a very traditional home in China, I’m here as an exchange student, I’ll be starting at Tokyo University after the break, I’ve just stopped over here in Miyagi on the way,” Tobio replied chuckling,
“So what makes you want to go to that old shrine?” Tooru questioned,
“Oh, you know the shrine by just the directions?” Tobio asked surprised,
“Yeah, my neighbour is an old Chinese couple, I’ve walked with them to and from the shrine a few times, haven’t been inside as they prayed but I’ve been there enough time to memorise the directions,” Tooru answered shrugging a bit,
Tobio smiled and giggled a bit, “well thank you, Mister Oikawa, you’re one of the sweetest person I’ve met,” he told Tooru who blushed a bit and smiled back, “I should get going but maybe we’ll run into each other again, you know where to find me now,” he added and bowed kindly before turning to walk away and leave,
“Uh…” Tooru began to speak up but softened and faded his voice off watching Tobio’s back get further and further away, his hair swaying lightly with his steps,
“Ooo… he’s mesmerised…” Kuroo teased from behind Tooru to the others, “Has someone finally caught the eye of Oikawa Tooru? The most playboy bachelor around?”
“Kuroo, shut up,” Tooru turned rolling his eyes at his friend who cackled so amused, “Whatever, where was I up to in my story?” He asked trying to get his mind off how his heart seemed to long to be close to Tobio again,
“He seems very lovely and kind,” Hitoka commented as they kept walking once again, “Nothing like your usual interests,” she added looking at Tooru curiously,
“His usual interest are party guys and girls looking for a fuck and go, no strings attached,” Bokuto pointed out grinning,
“Can you all not speak about me like I’m a slut in front of my family?” Tooru asked them in disbelief shaking his head,
“As if they don’t know,” Iwaizumi rolled his eyes, “you’ve been a partier since you were in high school and you’ve always loved the attention you get from your fans,”
“Iwai-chan!” Tooru exclaimed at his best friend who grinned not bothered at all, “Whatever, it's not like I’m going to see him again,” he shook his head rolling his eyes, changing the topic before anyone could continue to tease him about it,
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“Hey Mom, Dad, I’m going to go out for a bit,” Tooru told his parents as he walked down the stairs of his family home, putting his shoes on at the entry,
“To a party?” Emma asked with a bit of a frown, she really worried for her son’s health, she knew how much he drank and partied, especially when his fame grew for his volleyball and he went pro,
“What’s that face?” Tooru asked sighing seeing the frown,
“Nothing, you are old enough to make your own choices,” Emma stated shaking her head as she turned back to stir the soup she was making, “will you be home for dinner?”
Tooru eyed her a bit, the tension made the other members of the family look up from what they were doing uneasy though he cleared his throat sighing, “I’m 20 Mom, and I’m still making sure to make good choices, I party now and then sure but I’m still being safe,” he said to he’s mom calmly, “and I don’t know yet,” he opened the front door, “I’ll be safe, love you all,” he smiled and left the home, shutting the door gently behind him,
“Emma… he’s 20, let him live life,” John sighed at his wife,
“That boy parties every single weekend!” Emma huffed shaking her head, “His health is not going to last forever when he’s drinking alcohol like it's water and getting drunk to sleep with random people!”
“Do you want me to talk to him?” John asked frowning, “I understand your worry but I like to believe Tooru was raised well enough by us that he knows he’ll need to slow down the partying soon enough,”
“When John? We turned a blind eye to his partying and drinking in his teens because we wanted him to just be a kid and have fun but he’s an adult now, I’m very proud he’s a straight-A medical student but I still worry about him…” Emma frowned sighing as she gently placed the wooden spoon from mixing the soup down,
“Hajime is getting worried as well, the friends all are, they came to me last week after we got back from lunch… Tooru’s been showing very dangerous behaviour while partying and drinking, they said he tried weed, John, weed! What’s next? Harder drugs? Perhaps the fame is too much for him to handle! Gosh he’s been in the spotlight since he was 14, maybe we should have protected him more from the flashing lights and media, he’s becoming self-destructive!” She told her husband shaking her head,
John frowned and sat up a bit, “the boy is trying drugs now?” He asked disappointed,
“Well, the friends say it's only been weed while drinking but even then, it's a dangerous mix,” Emma replied nodding, “will you talk to him? Just don’t yell or anything, just sit him down and talk, see if he’s okay, I never thought our baby would be willing to try something like that, I worry he may be struggling in silence and doesn’t want to tell anyone,”
John rubbed his head, “Yeah, I’ll talk to him when he gets home okay?” He assured his wife who breathed out nodding relieved, “You hear so many famous people start to spiral, I only hope this isn’t happening to him,”