akaashi was visiting the hospital almost everyday. y/n would look weaker and weaker each time he visited.

it pained him to see her like this, but he couldn't bring himself to ever leaving.

akaashi's hair was disheveled and his eyes were drooping heavily. his eyebags were small but noticeable.

akaashi's academics were failing slowly. taking care of volleyball, work, and coming to the hospital took a toll on him.

it was exhausting in all.

his black and white sneakers tapped in a rhythmic tune until he reached her room. akaashi's eyes shifted down.

his guilt started to get the best of him. thinking of not coming to the hospital was such a selfish thing to do.

akaashi put his hand on his chest and took a long breath. he proceeded to open the door with confidence.

but that confidence rushed down on him as he saw her weak body sprawled on the bed.

akaashi stroked her hair as tears emitted from his gunmetal eyes. then an idea came to him.

he checked on y/n one last time before rushing out of the hospital room.

"miss!"

the nurse at the front desk turned quickly.

"i have a favor, can you help me make it happen?"

she flashed a soft saccharine smile towards akaashi as she listened to his request.

akaashi slightly poked her face as y/n's eyes trembled. she opened her eyes and looked directly into those adoring gunmetal blue eyes.

"hey akaashi.."

he had an unusual smile sprawled on his face.

"what's with the smile?"

"we're going out!"

akaashi moved to show her the wheelchair. her eyes slightly lit up as she saw the wheelchair.

he slowly lifted her by the hips, easing her into the wheelchair. A small blush appeared on his face when y/n smiled at him.

the chair creaked as akaashi tiptoed and pushed it towards the exit.

y/n hadn't been outside in a while, so it was surprising how fast the seasons changed. The gently tempered leaves fell from the skies.

akaashi's whole face went red, up to the tips of his ears when he saw her wide gummy smile. it was an aspect of her that he couldn't resist.

"it's so beautiful, akaashi."

he played with the ring on his finger as he responded.

"yeah, it really is."

he kept pushing around the wheelchair.

they had ended up at the park right by the hospital. the forest green leaves on the trees turned into crisp auburn and daisy colored leaves.

the leaves crunched under akaashi's feet. his attention was directly on her face. he wanted to make sure she was having fun.

a pleasant smile was drawn onto y/n's face.

akaashi proceeded to walk throughout the entire park. sometimes he'd sprint fast and y/n would act like she was on a rollercoaster.

they finally made it to the end of the trail and headed back. suddenly, akaashi just gave her a forehead kiss.

it felt like the months before he found out about this disease. but akaashi was brought back to reality when he saw y/n flailing out of embarrassment.

"aKaaSHI!-"

he pressed a finger to her lips as they continued the trip back.

"payback for last time."

she pouted ever so slightly and crossed her arms.

as they reached the front of the park, y/n stopped pouting. her face had started to hurt.

"i guess it's time to go back to the hospital." y/n said with a blank face.

"not yet, doll."

as akaashi started down another street, y/n whacked him directly on his head.

"doll?! where are we going?!"

"shhhh, shhhh. it's a surprise! and doll seemed like a fitting name for you." akaashi said with a smile.

"how is doll a fitting name?" she said with a confused face.

"because you're pretty, now let's go!"

y/n started to ramble under her breath with embarrassment spread on her face. how can he be so blunt?

y/n started to zone off with fantasies of akaashi in her mind. she didn't even notice when they had arrived.

he snapped in her ear and she came back to reality.

"we're here, doll."

they had arrived at what looked like a volleyball gym.

before she had the chance to ask what was happening, akaashi pushed her into the gym.

there was a game happening. the blue team was winning against the red team so far. the blue team's setter analyzed every situation with caution.

the red team's setter seemed to be rough and mistake prone. but he had a lot of motivation to make up for his failures.

akaashi took y/n out of the wheelchair and sat her on the bleachers.

he closed up the wheelchair and put it against a wall.

akaashi finally sat down with y/n, focusing heavily on the game as he rubbed circles in her back.

"why'd you bring me to a volleyball game?"

"you wanted to learn how to play, right? I wanted you to see a proper match first."

y/n was slowly falling more in love with him.