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He would do anything to avoid running into the team he lost to the day before. But….
Oikawa Tooru is a human, so why would he pass up the opportunity to see one of his biggest rival teams lose in a big match? Although it still irritates him that the other team wins, rules are rules, and he can't change them.
So he goes to the game wearing a pretty evident disguise, wearing glasses, lowering himself to avoid notice, and sits in the least packed seats, That should definitely mean he won't get caught right? He's a mastermind afterall.
Despite this, he was caught by his so-called partner, childhood best friend, and the person he has been pining for, Iwaizumi Hajime. He wasn't shocked by his friend's antics. Oikawa had lied the day before about not seeing today's game, and Iwaizumi knew it.
the final buzzer sounds, Karasuno has won. Most in the crowd, who had already decided Shiratorizawa would compete at nationals again this year, were taken aback.
Looking down at the gym, He looks over to Karasuno then to Shiratorizawa, Oikawa can't help but wonder what if they had won instead of Karasuno. Would they finally defeat Shiratorizawa? Will they attend nationals as they have always desired? He looks away.
"Well, Let's get out of here!" Oikawa then ushers himself and Iwaizumi out of the gym before the award ceremony.
"I'll kill myself before watching the awards ceremony."
"You don't even bother to hide your crappy personality."
While they walked out together, Oikawa laughed at Iwaizumi. The two were now outside of Sendai City Gym. Oikawa looks back at the building, thinking back over the last three years. He might not go in and out of it again after this.
Oikawa felt a tug on his royal blue jacket sleeve; Iwaizumi was looking at him.
"Iwa-chan, I know that I’m being sentimental right now but you don't need to comfort me!"
He pretends to wipe a tear from his eyes, knowing that it wasn't for consolation. Iwaizumi then responded aggressively.
"I- You idiot! That was a way of getting your attention!" Correcting himself, He buried his head in his hand in frustration and sighs.
Oikawa was waiting for Iwaizumi to say something while he was looking at him intently. "Well it was a very vague way to get my attention, Iwa-chan." He thought about it but didn't say anything out of fear of being hurled up in the air.
"As I was gonna say.." Iwaizumi gave Oikawaa stern looks before pulling his phone from his pocket and opening a message from one of their volleyball teammates and friend, Hanamaki Takahiro.
"Hanamaki told me there’s a new menu in our usual ramen place, wanna try it?" Iwaizumi shows the message to the latter. Oikawa squinted his eyes as if he were currently without his glasses.
"Alright then! But you're paying! I already paid enough yesterday for you fools." Oikawa commanded, having already paid about almost 4000 yen for yesterday's loss, and Makki had even gotten the juniors involved. I swear that shit head.
The latter responded by humming. The two proceeded to their regular Chinese ramen joint. They were just there yesterday after losing to Karasuno in their match. He really just wanted to practice volleyball again and watch replays of games until morning.
But he couldn't refuse Iwaizumi. Oikawa is completely smitten with Iwaizumi. Everything has changed for him ever since he realized he was drawn to his own childhood friend.
He assumed it was just a phase. It has been 5 years since.
They had arrived at their usual location and were greeted by the owner, Suzuki Fumiko. The owner had known the two for a few months; they were practically family now, as if they were paying a visit to their grandmother. As a welcome, the elderly grandmother smiled at the two.
Oikawa beamed at the sight and dashed over to hug the elderly. Fumiko chuckled and hugged Oikawa tightly before pulling away.
“Hello there Tooru and Hajime, i was expecting you today!”
“We wouldn’t want to miss out on the new menu Suzuki-san.”
Suzuki was bowed to by Iwaizumi and Oikawa. They started talking about their defeat in the volleyball competition, as Shiratorizawa had just lost to Karasuno. Fumiko claims to have a grandchild who attends one of those schools, but she can't recall if they play volleyball or not. She just shrugs it.
Then they heard someone in the kitchen asking for assistance. Before departing, she tells OIkawa and Iwaizumi to take a seat.
The two sat down on one of those long stools and ordered from the new menu as it was the reason they had come in the first place.
As they waited for their order, Iwaizumi did nothing but observe and listen to Oikawa as he continued to ramble on about a few details of the match they had just witnessed.
After finishing his bowl of ramen, Oikawa spotted the wing spiker staring at him with gentle eyes. Oikawa has noticed Iwaizumi gazing at him like that a few times already; he has no idea why, but he hopes it was what he believes.
“Iwa-chan, why are you looking at me like that?” Oikawa asks before being taken aback from the sudden chuckle from the wing spiker. Oikawa stares at Iwaizumi, these kinds of moments where Iwaizumi would surprise him in many ways, he gets flushed.
Iwaizumi stops chuckling and uses a tissue to remove the ramen soup from Oikawa's lips. His face was close-up to the brunette's.
What the fuck.
“You should really take care of yourself, shittykawa.” Iwaizumi throws away the tissue before gazing at Oikawa's face, which was bright red. He panics “Oikawa?!- Are you sick? Did you even get to sleep yesterday?! “ he assumes, putting his hand on Oikawa’s forehead.
Oikawa stops spacing out and grabs the other’s hand, taking it away from his face, “Iwa-chan you need to calm down, it's nothing like that i swear!” he screeched.
He manages to calm down Iwaizumi, Oikawa looks away to hide his flushed face from Iwaizumi, he bites his lips. Iwaizumi Hajime, what are you doing to me?
Oikawa Tooru is so whipped.
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The ash blonde watches the ball hit the hardwood floor, the whistle blows. Karasuno had won in the finals. Who would have guessed? It was completely unexpected, Everyone was unsure on how to react.
Semi Eita is in the same boat.
He had witnessed all of Shiratorizawa's victories during the previous three years, both as a starting setter and as a pinch server. They had no idea how to react; it was as if it was their first time feeling lost.
They were now in their gym's locker rooms, still defeated. Semi kept hearing the door open and close while changing.
he hears the door open and close again, he glances around and notices that the majority of the remaining people are third-year students.
He approached his close friend Wakatoshi, while their Vice-captain, Soekawa Jin, stood behind him. When Ushijima notices the elder setter approaching him, he raises an eyebrow and turns to face Semi.
"Hey Wakatoshi, Soekawa, I was wondering what's the starting lineup for next year?
Have you guys chosen the captain and Vice-captains?"
Reon appears besides Semi "the three of us talked about it and we'll be keeping Tsutomu, Kenjiro and Taichi on the starting line up-"
As predicted by Semi, he is quite envious of the younger setter, Shirabu Kenjirou.
They were not on good terms, Semi harbors strong feelings of dislike towards Shirabu’s disrespectful behavior. Despite all that, Semi acknowledges Shirabu’s skills and sometimes when Shirabu isn’t being a brat.
"-That's it for the starting line up next year."
"As for Captain and Vice-captains we'll be having-" "Umeda-kun for captain!!"
Soekawa is interrupted by a specific Middle blocker, drawing blank looks from everyone in the room. Semi has his mouth open in a terrified expression. He yells at the redhead right away.
"Satori, Don't interrupt people when they're talking, That's rude!"
"What? I know Jin here is used to this" He gives the ash blonde a mischievous smirk. While Reon chuckled at the two.
Soekawa clears his throat to refocus everyone's attention on him, "as I was saying.. Umeda for captain, for vice-captains.." Semi catches Soekawa glancing at Wakatoshi and Reon. What was the issue?
When Reon realizes why his teammate is staring at him, he makes a puzzled expression. "Oh right, Wakatoshi we haven't had the time to talk about it."
After a little silence, Ushijima says, "Why don't we all discuss it? We could get the work done much faster."
They nodded and gathered in the center of the room. It appears that Reon already had someone in mind for the role.
"Yunohama, what do you guys think?"
Yunohama is a pinch server but will be a starter next year. He resembles Reon, one of the current vice captains, in terms of personality. He is the ideal choice for vice captain. Everyone agrees on that.
Semi's thoughts were elsewhere while the others talked. Considering who would make an excellent vice-captain. Perhaps Taichi? No, he needs to work on his confidence first. He thinks a little longer, and finally-
"Shirabu? What about him?" He exclaims suddenly, stunning the others. Tendou, on the other hand, had a strange expression, as if he was waiting for Semi to say something.
"Is there a reason you're recommending him, Eita?" Reon lifted his brows and crossed his arms.
"Well, Shirabu would counterbalance Umeda and Yunohama's personalities with his…"
He pauses, trying not to belittle Shirabu. "Unique personality!"
Tendou snorts, but Semi tries to ignore it by continuing to talk about how Shirabu uses small gestures to motivate some of their teammates, such as Taichi and Tsutomu.
Those small gestures were nevertheless successful even though they were passive aggressive.
While Semi continued to ramble on about Shirabu, some of the third years had their mouths open. They were taken aback by Semi's remarks regarding his junior, given that the two were not very close.
"So, what do you guys think? Should Shirabu be Vice-captain?" Semi had finally stopped speaking and looked around to discover that most of them were staring at him; he was going to ask if something was wrong. But Ushijima spoke first.
"That settles it, Yunohama and Shirabu will be vice-captains, we should get going before coach Washijo calls us." Ushijima silently thanks Semi for nominating Shirabu as vice-captain.
They all exited the changing room one by one, and Semi was about to go when he felt a hand on his shoulder; it was Tendou. Semi notices that he has that smirk again.
Semi made a "what?" expression.
"You know Eita-kun, I've always noticed something about you and our conversations"
Tendou says in a teasing tone, Semi questions it but he tries to ignore it.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You always end up talking about our setter, Kenjirou. Even when the conversation had nothing to do with him at all, is there a reason?"
Semi blinks, processing Tendou’s remarks before making a sudden realization.
Does he really..? Of course not, right? Why would he just bring up his junior, it's not like he gets reminded of Shirabu every time he sees white bait on his lunch or someone with the same awful hairdo. Semi asks himself before He composes himself.
"I don't do that."
"Yes you do! but if you're actually being serious, I'm impressed that you didn't notice!"
"Even if I did do that, there wouldn't be any reason why." Semi sighs.
Tendou blinks, before snickering at the ash blonde, "Eita you're so oblivious of your own feelings!" He pats Semi on the back and walks out the door, leaving Semi to question himself.
What the fuck. Semi remained still as he thought about what had just occurred between him and Tendou. What about him does Satori know that he is not aware of? What emotions is he referring to?
I fucking swear, Satori.
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Karasuno had won the spring high preliminary tournament, and as the final buzzer sounded, he cried and embraced both of his friends, Daichi and Asahi. They all roared in triumph as the audience cheered for them.
Sugawara Koushi was proud of his teammates. It's not every day that you can defeat a powerhouse school like Shiratorizawa. The Karasuno volleyball team is currently celebrating their win inside a ramen restaurant. Sugawara glances around his teammates; as usual, Tanaka, Noya, and Hinata were making trouble by sleeping on their meal, for which Shimizu apologizes to the owner. Kageyama is on the verge of falling asleep. Tsukishima, on the other hand, had a look of disgust and judgment on his face as he looked at the three.
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Sugawara and Daichi decides on a walk home together a few hours later. It was supposed to be Asahi and the two, but the ace preferred to walk with Noya, he says that Noya might fall asleep on the road. Suga doubts Asahi will be able to get home by himself; perhaps Noya will figure it out. Sugawara laughed at the thought before turning to look at his side.
Daichi appears worn out, Suga makes a worried expression before attempting to lighten the atmosphere. “Hey Daichi, are you still there? You look like we just lost a match, are you not happy!?” he gasps teasingly.
Daichi flinches at the question “of course I’m happy! Just tired, you know?” Sugawara hummed then chuckled at Daichi.
“Don't worry it was just a joke!” he looks at Daichi before looking up at the sky. oh god I'm getting sentimental. He thought to himself.
Daichi stops on his tracks, Sugawara notices, and gives him a curious glance. "Sugawara,"
Sugawara inhales as he becomes anxious about what Daichi may say.
"Looks like our decision to carry on with the team was worth it." Daichi smiles softly.
Sugawara took a breath and grinned "getting sentimental, captain?" He lightly shoves Daichi on the shoulders, receiving an "ow" from Daichi.
"But anyway you're right, I'm glad we made a decision to continue playing" Sugawara looked up at the sky, which was filled with stars glistening as if they were meant to be there.
"Who knows what would have happened if I had let you retire Daichi, I say we would have lost to Shiratorizawa by now."
"Look who's being sentimental right now" He turned around after hearing Daichi chuckle and spotted a tearful Daichi. He was going to speak out when Suga decided to stop himself from teasing Daichi and instead wiped Daichi’s tears from his eyes.
Sugawara realized what he was doing and said, "Ah! I'm sorry, I'll go away now, and I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable." He apologizes to Daichi, who was taken aback by Sugawara's antics. Sugawara began to walk away, and Daichi got to follow up.
“No its fine Suga, it was just unexpected, thought you would tease me there for crying”
“Is that what you really think of me, Daichi? That’s so rude.”
“...what is it with you and teasing me?” Sugawara came to a stop in his tracks. In response to the setter, Daichi raised his eyebrow.
“I just love teasing!” Sugawara explains. He wasn't totally lying; he enjoys teasing everyone at this stage. But he loves teasing Daichi the most.
Sugawara enjoys teasing Daichi because he finds it amusing to watch his reactions to them. He thinks it’s cute. He admits to having a slight crush on Daichi.
He doesn't mind keeping their relationship as it is; he's content with it.There's no point in acting on a minor crush, is there?
He hopes that in the future he won't do anything stupid that would ruin their relationship, but then again...
Who knows what the future holds?
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Oikawa was a blushing mess. After he and Iwaizumi parted ways, he felt compelled to hit a wall in response to what had occurred in the restaurant. He praises the gods for making Iwaizumi so dense of Oikawa’s romantic feelings.
He thinks that his infatuation was clear to others; even Suzuki, the ramen restaurant's senior owner, was aware of it and teased him about it.
Oikawa is currently wandering around his room alone. He hasn't informed anybody yet and has no one in his family to discuss his gay longing for his childhood friend. He could discuss it with his nephew, but he wouldn't understand a word of it, which is a problem for Oikawa.
He needed to talk about it or he'd be punching holes in his bedroom walls. He had no choice except to contact the most untrustworthy pair, Mattsun and Makki. Oikawa will undoubtedly come to regret his decision.
He begins fast entering his friends' phone numbers into a group chat he had just created for him to discuss his gay pining. Little does he know, he made a tiny mistake.
~~
81+ xxxxxx created a group chat.
81+ xxxxxx changed his name to Oikawa Tooru.
Oikawa Tooru added two unknown numbers to the group chat.
(19:54 pm) Oikawa Tooru: MAKKI.
MATTSUN.
.･ﾟﾟ･(／ω＼)･ﾟﾟ･.
YOU GUYS WONT BELIEVE WHAAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ME AND I WA-CHAN (╥﹏╥)
We were eating ramen after watching Shiratorizawa’s match with karasuno, and then he just
Wiped my muoth, OUR FACES WERE LIKE
VERY CLOSE
(ಥ﹏ಥ)
Stu[pid iwa-chan (＃`Д´)
..
Why are you guys not answering
You guys are very rude to me rn.
(20:08 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: ??
What the fuck O_o
Am i seeing this right
Oikawa??
(20:08 pm) Oikawa Tooru: MATTSUN (`皿´＃)
THERE YOU ARE
STOP MESSING AROUND AND HELP ME WITH MY GAY PINING
(20:09 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: wow wow :o
First of all, I’m not “mattsun”.
Second, I think you may have mistyped your middle blocker’s number for mine.
Oikawa?
Oikawaaaa :>>??
(20:11 pm) 81+ xxxxx : oh
Wow looks like i was correct ^^
Oikawa does have a crush on Iwaizumi!
Haha suck on that Asahi ￣ ³￣
Anyway, I assume Oikawa mistyped Hanamaki’s number for mine?
(20:12 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: who are you?
Asahi? That’s a familiar name.
Are you from Karasuno perhaps?
(20:12 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: Yes, Why?
Oh shit
Are you doxxing me?
(20:12 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: I’m a high school senior with not so bad grades.
I dont have the skills to do that. If i did
I wouldn’t do that, like, ever. >:/
(20:13 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: taylor swift reference (o_O) !!!
I like you, please tell me where you school (>ᴗ•)
(20:13 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: haha thanks :3
We um lost to you guys earlier this afternoon.
(20:13 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: oh
That makes sense now
Shiratorizawa then
Which one were you?
(20:13 pm) 81+ xxxxxx: congrats by the way, it was a good game.
And I was pinch server actually.
What about you?
81+ xxxxxx changed his name to Semi Eita.
(20:13 pm) 81+ xxxxxx : Wow!!
The one with the strong serve?
I'm quite impressed! ^_________^
I'm the substitute setter.
81+ xxxxxx changed his name to Sugawara Koushi.
(20:14 pm) Oikawa Tooru: this can't be happening right now
Out of all of the people i could've added, it had be my rivals
(20:14 pm) Sugawara Koushi: maybe it was fate (≧▽≦)
(20:14 pm) Semi Eita: Oikawa talking about his gay pining to his rivals? Idk Sugawara but that seems impossible to be fate -_-
(20:15 pm) Oikawa Tooru: AS IF I WOULD EVER DO THAT ಠ︵ಠ
(20:15 pm) Sugawara Koushi: Oikawa, don't you think talking to us instead would be easier? We're practically just strangers out of volleyball (•‿•)
(20:15 pm) Oikawa Tooru: .. you've got a point there,
but what if you use it as blackmail (*・～・*) ??
(20:15 pm) Sugawara Koushi: That's the point! Even if we use it as blackmail, no one would believe us, we're just strangers (◠‿・)
(20:16 pm) Semi Eita: that's actually pretty smart :0
(20:16 pm) Oikawa Tooru: Never underestimate Karasuno's members, Shiratori’s pinch server.
Never.
They're monsters ಠಗಠ
(20:16 pm) Sugawara Koushi: haha
So what do you say, Oikawa?
Will I and Semi get the honor to hear your gay ass pine?
(20:16 pm) Oikawa Tooru: Why so formal all of the sudden ಠ_ಠ
(20:16 pm) Semi Eita: “great king” I heard from Wakatoshi,
Karasuno's number 10 calls you that.
Also i didn’t agree to this -_-
(20:16 pm) Oikawa Tooru: yes i know that (・_・;)
But whatever, sure.
You guys are better to talk with than Mattsun and Makki.
In this kind of talk if yk what i meean (￣ヘ￣)
(20:17 pm) Sugawara Koushi: of course we know
Well then go on Oikawa ヽ(⌒▽⌒)ﾉ
Talk about your gay pining!
(20:17 pm) Semi Eita: You're enjoying this way too much lmao
~~
Oikawa stares on his phone, unsure of whether he should be regretting what he did or not. But speaking to someone he knows well would be far riskier than doing this.
“Refreshing-kun is such a… smart ass for suggesting this.” Oikawa chuckles and starts to type his gay longing for Iwaizumi to his new found friends.
End chapter.