Before the Festival

"Hey, bring that table over here!"

"But don't we need this for the kitchen area?"

"I already told the teacher that we may need extra tables and he assured me that we'll get it later tonight."

"Alright then."

The representative called out to Haruto who was holding a foldable table in order to properly organize the classroom for the butler cafe that they were preparing for the festival.

Placing the table down, Haruto wiped his forehead as he looked around his classroom.

Multiple tables arranged in rows while some areas contained a much bigger space where multiple people can sit in groups. 

Near the back of the classroom there was a huge curtain covering it but if a person were to peek through, they would see that it was where multiple portable stoves were placed and an area where they can store some items.

It was the day before Karasuno's cultural festival and they had been preparing quite intensively when it came to decorating the classroom or when it came to the 'butlers' practicing how to do some customer service. 

'The faces those two made…'

A stifled laugh threatened to come out of Haruto's mouth when he remembered just how their customer service practice went.

Despite hearing tips on how to do some proper service, Kageyama and Hinata had a bit of trouble. First was Kageyama's smile, even after trying his best Kageyama's stiff face gave him a lot of trouble when it came to greetings.

The corners of his mouth had a hard time moving and the only smile he had managed to offer was one that eerily resembled the ones loan sharks gave.

Hinata on the other hand was fine when it came to greetings despite being a bit awkward but he was a bit clumsy when it came to bringing people their food.

"Watanabe! Your outfit is ready now!"

"Alright! I'll be right there."

Hearing the voices of one of the guys call out to him, Haruto walked out of his classroom and went to the empty class next door.

"Damn, you guys are looking pretty good."

"Thanks."

"It feels a bit weird wearing these though.."

Haruto smiled as he looked at Kageyama who was adjusting the collar on his shirt while Hinata looked at himself in the mirror and began to practice his business like smile.

"There's some curtains at the back for you to change at."

"I'll be right back then."

Taking the hanger that was given to him, Haruto went to the back of the classroom and tried on the pair of clothes that was being given to him.

A couple of minutes had passed before Haruto opened the curtains and walked up to the two guys waiting for him.

"It looks like our poster boy is finally out."

"It looks good."

"Not too bad right?"

Haruto smirked as he felt the suit fit pretty well around his body and felt like taking a picture to show Mahiru later.

*Ding~

"Hmm?"

As he was reaching into his pocket, Haruto felt it vibrate and quickly checked his notifications to see who it was.

Reading the message he began to smile brightly as he quickly showed the two guys beside him.

"They also made it."

Kageyama and Hinata looked at Haruto's phone and on it was a picture of Kuroo and Bokuto flashing peace signs as they held onto the other person's shoulders.

Under the picture a few words were added and it said [We'll see you damn crows at Nationals.]

"Ohhh!!! They made it!?"

"Shut up, you're too loud idiot. Fukurodani I expected but it's great to see that Nekoma also made it."

Kageyama spoke as he held Hinata down and looked at the picture with a deep expression.

"It seems like we'll need to work hard so that we can face them on the official stage."

""That's obvious.""

Kageyama and Hinata quickly spoke out after hearing Haruto and the three of them smiled brightly before bumping their fists together.

"Let's send them a picture back in our suits so it looks more intimidating after we send them a response to their challenge!!"

"That's a pretty good idea there."

Haruto gave his phone to one of his classmates after hearing Hinata's suggestion and began to pose for the photo.

Looking over the photo, the three guys began to suddenly edit the photo that it began to be filled with nothing but special effects that looked even less intimidating then their intended goal.

"Alright let's go back into the classroom and try to practice with these clothes on."

"..Ugh do I really have to…?"

Kageyama began to grumble after remembering his previous attempts but suddenly quieted down after hearing Haruto's next words.

"Don't you want to impress Amanai when she comes over to visit you?"

Kageyama's ears suddenly perked up after hearing Kanoka's name suddenly pop up and after staying in place for a while, he straightened up and began to walk to the next room

'He's pretty honest huh.'

Haruto chuckled after seeing Kageyama walk in front of him and quietly followed behind.

***

The rest of the day began to progress slowly but the energy that radiated off each of the students were at its all time highest as the excitement of the festival was just around the corner.

Some students were too excited and urged the teachers for them to stay a bit longer but were denied saying that they would still have enough time to make some final touches the next morning before the school opens up.

Haruto was walking home alone as he had to stay back with Kageyama to fill out some papers for the National Youth Training Camp and told Mahiru about his plans.

Mahiru told him that she didn't mind but said that she would go ahead and wait for him at home as she needed to prepare something.

'I wonder if she made a new dish.'

Haruto felt his stomach rumble thinking about the potential food he may have for dinner and hurried his steps up the stairs to get home quicker.

*Click

"I'm home."

"Welcome back~"

"....."

Haruto froze in place as he closed the door behind him and stared blankly at the person waiting for him at the entrance.

Mahiru smiled mischievously as she felt happy seeing the face Haruto was making and walked closer to him.

She wore a long black skirt that covered her legs but her waist was finely emphasized by the white apron that hung over her figure. Her arms were covered with a black long sleeve with each end sporting a white cuff while her long blond hair was neatly organized by a white frilly band.

"How is it? I just got it earlier."

Mahiru quietly spoke out as he held onto her long skirt and twirled around to show him a 360 of her outfit.

"...I have nothing else to say other than you look incredibly beautiful."

Hearing his praise, Mahiru felt the corners of her lips start to rise as she twisted the ends of her blonde hair feeling a bit embarrassed by his earnest praise evident by her rosy complexion.

"...That's great.. I was a bit nervous putting it on but I'm happy that I was able to show it to you first…"

"You didn't wear it earlier?"

"Well I said that I wanted you to be the first person who saw it so…"

Mahiru bashfully pointed her fingers together while Haruto rubbed his nose tightly, praising the world for giving him such a cute girlfriend.

"W-well wash your hands, dinner already ready."

"This one will follow the maid's orders."

"I feel like it should be the opposite right?"

Mahiru giggled as she watched Haruto go off to place his things away and went towards the kitchen where a few things needed to be plated off for dinner.

After washing his hands Haruto sat down at the table and quietly watched how Mahiru was placing their dinner on the table in her maid outfit.

"Today we have some braised beef and a few other side dishes sir."

"Sir?"

"Oh! my bad. Should I have said master instead?"

"...Where did you even learn that…"

"Earlier we were practicing what to say and I needed some tips so I asked Akane on what I should say."

"Akane huh…"

Haruto felt a bit complicated as he wanted to question what the hell his sister was teaching Mahiru but also felt a bit grateful since he was able to see Mahiru act out as a cute maid right in front of him.

'I really need to repel some nasty flies that will come her way tomorrow…'

Haruto's eyes turned cold as he thought on what he should do tomorrow after seeing her cute actions to which Mahiru was able to understand what he was thinking just by seeing his face.

"Don't worry, we chose not to say master to our customer and decided on calling them ma'am and sir." Mahiru giggled as she stood next to Haruto and placed some food on his plate.

"Is that so?"

"Hmm, the me right now is only available for you and for no one else."

Mahiru softly spoke and suddenly brightened up as some thoughts entered her mind.

"Just think of this as something only special to you. My m-a-s-ter~"

Mahiru whispered her words close to Haruto's ear and he saw her walk away wearing an impish grin.

'What the hell that was kinda lewd.'

Haruto thought as he rubbed her ear and watched at how Mahiru was prancing around the kitchen wearing an innocent smile on her face.

***

I hope you enjoyed it. Peacu.