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Being knocked down by a wave at five feels a lot like stumbling backwards at twenty-five. Hajime’s met by a force of nature that can’t be stopped—one he doesn’t want to stop, not after so many years of missing its embrace. He feels Oikawa’s arms wrap around his neck; a familiar “Hi, Iwa-chan” tickles his ear. Even now, Hajime’s unable to shake the nickname. He doesn’t mind it, though. It’s the first he’s heard it clearly since that day at the airport—when Oikawa had whispered a final “Bye, Iwa-chan” before disappearing amongst the throng of people like him. People whose lives were taking them elsewhere, taking them away.
Hearing the nickname in-person, and not from a shitty phone speaker across kilometers of ocean, reminds Hajime of where he is and who he’s with. He’d been foolish to worry, he knows now; distance hasn’t changed who they are. Hajime’s home, and Oikawa’s here with him.
He holds on a little tighter.
December 2019: unexpectedly and unbeknownst to Iwaizumi, Oikawa comes home after six and a half years away.