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Then he is reaching, reaching across the distance between them. Across the Pacific, the Caribbean. The Sea of Japan. Hirose River. The puddle of water that would gather on the doorstep of his childhood home on rainy days.
Then nothing at all.
Or: how Hajime and Tooru learn to bridge the distance between them over the years.
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01 Oct 2025
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It’s while Hajime is lightly punching Oikawa in the arm that Watari shrugs and says: “Tetyukhin looks like a russian mafia boss but he’s not the worst looking volleyball player out there.”
And that, right there𑁋 That’s when, wiggling his eyebrows, Matsukawa opens his mouth and asks: “Who would you say is the best looking?”
And then, because they share the same defective, atrophied brain cell, Hanamaki corrects:
“Who would you say is the best looking between us?”
Or: the Seijoh volleyball team chooses who they’d date and Hajime suffers. A lot.
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17 Sep 2025
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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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03 Sep 2025
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Iwaizumi Hajime has never felt this wasted in his life.
After a disastrous night, Iwaizumi only has one solution for dealing with his drunken confession to his best friend: enlisting an unlikely group of friends to help him run away.
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16 Aug 2025
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He’s not sure why, but something akin to pity settles in his chest and he finds himself wondering if the man had been stood up by his date.
It might seem silly, but he feels a kinship with the stranger.
In a large space filled with couples celebrating their love, they are two lost souls hidden among the masses.
Perhaps it’s the alcohol or the cozy setting of the restaurant, or the spirit of Christmas, but Oikawa rises from his chair to approach the man. After all, nobody should be dining alone after they’ve been stood up by someone.
(or: oikawa thinks iwaizumi got stood up by his date and promptly joins him for dinner).
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16 Aug 2025