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Oikawa Tooru was the best Captain to grace the Seijoh gym and Seijoh in general. He managed to string everyone together and turn them into a team with the best teamwork possible. He was the Setter that everyone wanted (especially Ushiwaka). The team had an unspoken rule: if anyone made Oikawa cry, they die (or at least get bruised). The Volleyball team took that rule seriously. On the outside, they looked like they hated him, but it was, in fact, the opposite. He was their glue. Their motivation. And for one person, the love of their life.
There was one in particular incident that would go down in history at Aoba Johsai. Iwaizumi was annoyed at Oikawa. Now you must be asking, ‘When is Iwaizumi not irritated with Oikawa?’ and you have every right to ask. The ace looked like he was constantly annoyed with his best friend, but in reality, he was really exhausted because of his boyfriend. Yup, boyfriend. The two were childhood friends turned lovers. It was sweet, actually. The reason for Iwaizumi’s frown everyday was because he didn’t understand how someone could have so much energy to bounce around after a grueling practice session. It was just the weird way of how his boyfriend was built.
Anyway, while Iwaizumi was searching for his boyfriend, he heard some soft sniffles. He was about to ignore it when the sniffles actually sounded familiar to him. He turned on his heels and followed the sound to the hedges surrounding the cherry blossom tree in the back of the school. He stared at the hedge and listened to the sniffles to be sure. He heard a whimper and moved down to move the hedge a bit, spotting his lost boyfriend tucked into a ball, making himself look small, and crying his heart out.
The first thing that went though Iwaizumi was sadness, anger, and confusion. He was sad because his precious person was sad. He felt anger because someone had made Oikawa cry. Like, who the hell had the nerve to make him cry and not expect for Iwaizumi to not find out? But, he was mostly confused, because why was Oikawa hiding here? Who did this to him and why? Iwaizumi sighed and leaned down in front of his boyfriend. He wasn’t going to learn anything by standing there and staring at the brunette.
The Ace tapped Oikawa on the shoulder and the brunette whipped his head up. The raven could see the puffiness of the brunette’s eyes and the snot that ran down his nose as well. Iwaizumi grabbed Oikawa by the arm and yanked the boy away from behind the hedge and brought him towards his chest. Oikawa blinked as he was tugged away from his hiding place like that. When he felt Iwaizumi patting him on the back, the brunette shoved his face into his boyfriend’s chest and wailed loudly. The Ace’s heart broke when his boyfriend wailed sadly. He rocked side to side as he rubbed circles on Oikawa’s back to help calm the Captain.
After a couple of minutes, the crying had stopped and Oikawa had fallen asleep on Iwaizumi. The Ace checked to see if his boyfriend was truly asleep before he carried him princess style to the locker room, placing him down on the bench in the corner and tucking him under the jacket. Iwaizumi stared at him for a bit before he made his way to the gym. When he entered the gym, he locked eyes with the rest of the team.
“Who’s up for a manhunt?”
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A couple of days later, when the others had sent Oikawa off to his class, they received a message in the group chat.
Exotic Plants 🌱 GC
Wattachi: Behind the school. A couple of punks were bragging about Oikawa-san.
Iwa-chan~: Thanks Watari
Iwaizumi made his way towards the back of the school. The rest of the team was behind him. They heard loud ass laughing and knew that they were in the right place.
“Yeah, man!! Shit, if only you were there that day. It was fucking hilarious seeing that whore crying.”
“Haha, man, you better watch out. I heard that the volleyball team is protective of him.”
“Protective??? HA, with the way I see it, they wanna get rid of him as much as the next person.”
Before any of the assbuckets could reply, Iwaizumi stepped forward while cracking his knuckles.
“Actually, we do want him.”
After that, their screams were heard throughout the entire school. The Volleyball Club was unashamed as they were called into the principal’s office. They did regret it, though, when Oikawa was called in and questioned about his ability as a Captain if his team was allowed to run amok like that. The Vice Principal stopped talking as he saw the menacing looks of the team behind Oikawa. When the team got to the gym and were sitting on the ground in front of their coaches the two men had only said this to them.
“Next time, conduct business where people wouldn’t know where to find you.”
The team beamed at Irihata as the old man basically said that he was proud of him, but the smiles dropped when he said that they still needed to be punished in some way (besides Oikawa, of course). No one complained as they had to clean the entire school from top to bottom during the weekend and even blasted music over the speakers. The incident had even sent the message that if anyone had messed with THEIR Captain, retribution was soon to follow.