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No one on the team has mentioned it to him yet, and he prefers to keep it that way. They likely don’t remember that he and Oikawa Tooru, #13 of the Men’s Argentina National Volleyball Team, played on the same team in high school. And even if they do, they certainly wouldn’t know that they were closer than just the ace and his setter.
If God truly loves him, his team will stay both ignorant and away from him.
When Miya Atsumu sits down next to him, propping his chin on the heel of his hand and staring at him with an unnervingly knowledgeable gaze, Iwaizumi knows that God has forsaken him.
Or; it's the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, and the Volleyball Olympic gold matchup is between Argentina and Japan. Iwaizumi Hajime, the athletic trainer for the Japanese Men's National Volleyball Team, observes the #13 Argentinian setter from afar. He tells his team that he doesn't know Oikawa Tooru as well as he used to, and he tells himself that the concern he feels for his estranged best friend is just his mind playing cruel tricks.
Until Sakusa Kiyoomi, outside hitter for Team Japan, convinces him otherwise.
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- Part 1 of season of the sticks
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22 Aug 2025
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“Nice to meet you, Oikawa-sensei,” remarks Iwa-chan, reaching out a hand. It takes a second for Tooru to realize it’s an offer for a handshake—and another for her to start breathing again after Iwa-chan clasps her hand in hers. Everything about it is familiar: the slope of her knuckles, the lines of her palm, the soft press of flesh underneath her fingers.
“I’m Dr. Iwaizumi Hajime,” Iwa-chan says, and Tooru wonders how unprofessional it is for them to still be holding hands.
Or: Five long years after going their separate ways, marine scientists Tooru and Hajime meet on the same shore.
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25 Jul 2025
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‘Hajime still loves Oikawa, but he understands now. Oikawa can't look at him and see someone he could potentially date.
And that makes it easier to not focus on the little things that used to drive him crazy—Oikawa's long legs, the way he's always hanging off of Hajime, how his whole face changes when he gets ready for a jump serve, and he looks like he could take on the entire world and win.
This new arrangement though, this living together situation, is presenting a new set of variables that must be adjusted to, and the nakedness is one of them.’
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For years, being Oikawa’s best friend has worked out fine. Hajime is hopelessly in love with him, but it’s enough. Then Oikawa—who, by all accounts, has never been anything but determinedly, assuredly straight—gets a boyfriend. Or a boy friend-with-benefits. Hajime doesn’t know, and he doesn’t give a shit about the definition.
What he knows is that remaining best friends is starting to seem a bit too painful (way too painful) to be considered a solid option.
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13 May 2025
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“Oh my,” Tooru breathes weakly, staring straight ahead, his entire body tingling. Beside him, Kuroo gives a half-hearted grunt of acknowledgment.
“So you’ve said. Four times.”
“Oh my.”
“Five times.”
“Kuroo.” Tooru closes his eyes, taking in a deep breath through his nose. “It’s not just me, is it? He’s really as hot as I think he is?”
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They are just a pair of komainu that protect a small shrine.
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27 Apr 2025