#tanaka ryuu

[ethereal-faeri]

an eagle and a crow (with a romeo and juliet type of beat) | t. ryuunosuke

notes ; well....HASDHAHASDHASH ne ways i love tanaka, i missed him so yes :DDD this is my first long fic in a while omg <//3 this is so weird but let me know what you think !

wc ; 3.35k

warnings ; rivals to lovers, cursing

summary ; karasuno wasn't prepared when they realized that tanaka ryuunosuke was the one to get a girlfriend first. there was chaos but then it was good.

pairing ; tanaka ryuunosuke x fem! reader

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for an average karasuno high school student, when they look at the karasuno volleyball club, it doesn't take a lot to see who would be dating first. some might say it would be one of the third years or even one of the first years. some bet that kiyoko and suga would probably date before they graduate or how yamaguchi and yachi looked cute when they studied together.

but karasuno wasn't prepared. no, they weren't. because even if some see everyone in the karasuno volleyball club as dateable, the one they least expect to get a girlfriend was the first out of all of them to have one.

you see, when tanaka texted how he had a girlfriend in the group chat after suga and daichi announced their relationship, good for them, but he hadn't really thought about it much. he has a girlfriend, what's so surprising about that? really, he was confused about what the fuss was about when the others promptly freaked out and asked him lots of questions. he quickly shot them down when y/n, his girlfriend of one year, texted him asking him to call on facetime. of course he'd stop talking to the guys and go talk to his girlfriend.

the day after, the day went on normally but he could always feel eyes on him and when he turned, he'd be looking at noya, who was staring at him all day now. "dude?"

noya narrowed his eyes but did not say anything, so tanaka sighed and left him to go to the gym for practice. his phone buzzed as y/n texted him to remind him of their date this weekend. he grinned, answering her and putting his phone away. he halted in his steps when noya blocked his way. his best friend's face looked downright hilarious but tanaka could see how serious he seemed so biting back his laugh, he said, "hey, dude. what is it?"

"don't dude me!" tanaka whispered 'okay' as his eyes looked away, confused for a moment while noya continued. "you didn't tell me you had a girlfriend!"

"it just didn't come up!" tanaka answered. "what! i swear, dude! you know i tell you everything!"

"but it just slipped your mind to tell me about y/n?" noya had his arms crossed, eyes narrowed at tanaka. tanaka sighed, scratching the back of his neck as he stared at him. god, this was hard. and like, it really honestly slipped his mind to tell anyone in the team. he was content with having y/n for himself that it never occurred to him that he never told anyone, even noya, about it.

"i know. bro, i'm sorry. but, maybe we could talk after practice? when we're sure daichi doesn't kill us with the extra laps once we're late."

"shit."

"yeah." they both ran at a faster pace than usual, scared to face the wrath of their captain. it was a collective rule that existed in the club, never be late or face daichi's wrath. kidding, but no, really, his training regimen was hard enough with coach ukai as it is, it's really best to get on daichi's good side.

"we're here!" they shouted, immediately tossing their bags to the locker room and changing into their jerseys for practice. what tanaka didn't immediately notice was the members stopping as they waited for tanaka, still obviously hung up on what happened in their group chat the night before.

tanaka, oblivious as ever, started his warm ups, glad that daichi wasn't screaming when they arrived. he closed his eyes as he stretched, but opened them when he felt uncomfortable like he was being stared at. and stared at, he was. 

"uh, did i miss anything?" tanaka asked, standing up straight in fear as he looked at daichi. without prompting, he bowed and dropped to his knees. "i'm sorry!"

"tanaka, you need to stand." suga said, wincing. he was beside daichi and exchanged a couple of glances as they tried to get the other to talk to tanaka.

"alright, suga-san!"

tanaka stood up, eyebrows furrowing as he looked at them while they still stared at him. before anyone could utter a word, coach ukai arrived, took one look at them, and said, "stop staring at each other and get to practicing!"

tanaka was grateful for this momentary distraction. he was not as oblivious as they thought he was. well, maybe a little. but, he realized that noya's interaction earlier was probably connected to the reactions the team were having when they stared at him. he grinned, remembering your text, not unnoticed by the team, who all exchanged worried glances.

to be honest, it's not that they don't believe that tanaka could have a girlfriend. he has the looks and he's a great senpai…it's probably the fact that he was supposedly the first one out of them to get a girlfriend. they were happy, sure! but if this y/n is just no one or that she's just using tanaka, the team would, of course, be worried about him.

like right now, just after practice, they watched tanaka look lovesick as he opened his phone, seeming to text someone, y/n? he even ignored kiyoko, who looked relieved but confused at the same time. was he even the tanaka they knew? it seemed petty to tanaka that they seemed so adamant that he was lying. was it that impossible to see him as someone committed?

he sent another text to y/n as he listened to coach ukai's announcements. his smile not fading as coach ukai announced something about training with shiratorizawa, which pretty much made even coach ukai confused. but, then again, he knew not to ask the kids about pretty much anything. not again, definitely not again.

coach ukai shuddered when he remembered the milk incident last summer. yep, not again.

y/n grinned as she texted tanaka, her boyfriend. she fought back the warmth in her cheeks. even after a year, the thought of dating someone as great as tanaka still made her feel giddy. tendou walked beside her on her right with ushijima walking on her left as they walked out the gym after their volleyball practice.

"is it the boyfriend?" tendou grinned as he raised his eyebrows. "gonna ever introduce us, y/n?"

"maybe someday." y/n winked. "but not today. well, actually it really depends on his schedule, i guess."

"y/n," y/n looked at ushijima, eyes wide in question. "do they go to shiratorizawa?"

she laughed, patting ushijima's arms. "no, ushi."

he hummed. "maybe they should go to shiratorizawa."

tendou cackled at his best friend as y/n shook her head, laughing beside him. "i doubt that. i think he hates this school."

ushijima's head cocked to the right, eyes confused. "but you go to this school, yes?"

"yes," y/n nodded, smiling. "but it's different for him, i guess. he and i really didn't get along well when we first met, if you guys must know."

"ooh!" tendou's eyes sparkled. "i never really heard how you guys met, considering i also don't know the guy."

"it's not really that exciting." y/n said, as they reached the gate. "are you guys gonna come over for homework, then?"

tendou's grin widen while ushijima simply nodded. "of course! now tell me how you lovebirds met."

y/n huffed a laugh and started as they walked home. "well, we actually met just at the start of my first year in shiratorizawa."

y/n was walking home, her eyes trained on her phone as she looked over their training for the volleyball club. she started being their manager just a few months ago, lucky that she was accepted so readily in the club, but maybe it was also because of the glowing recommendation of her cousin who was a senior in the club. 

she didn't notice someone directly in her path, who was also distracted with something on his phone. she huffed when they bumped into each other, cursing quietly as the guy screamed, "hey!"

their eyes met and no, there was no instant spark for her. for tanaka, he was flustered, he admitted to y/n when they talked about it. but then, his eyes zeroed in on the shiratorizawa jacket hanging on her shoulders and she noticed the karasuno keychain on his duffel bag. he scoffed, offering a lighthearted, "sorry."

"could you be any more sincere?" y/n said, her face scrunching up in confusion because how could a guy be so rude!

"i mean, you bumped into me as well and i don't hear any apology."

y/n huffed, standing her ground. "well, i'm not gonna say sorry after that half-assed apology, crow."

"wow, and i'm gonna need to do it for you, oh mighty eagle?"

y/n was about to retort back when someone interrupted them, "could you two make up and make out somewhere else that's not in the middle of the sidewalk?"

y/n's cheeks warmed as tanaka blushed, noticing how many stopped to look at them. shrugging off the attention, y/n pulled him out of the way, apologizing to the others in an attempt to distract herself from the warmth of his hand in hers.

"look." they stopped somewhere, not the sidewalk. y/n sighed, closing her eyes. "i'm sorry. i was just cranky about something about school. i should've just apologized."

he seemed to notice her sincerity and sighed as well. "i'm sorry too. i really don't know what came over me. i'm not that rude at all." he gestured widely, making y/n chuckle.

"maybe we could get coffee sometime to talk?" she asked, not immediately noticing the insinuation and before she could, tanaka grinned.

"what, already asking me on a date? damn, you eagles swoop in fast, huh?"

y/n groaned, face wincing. "god, what the hell. i hate you crows, go back to wherever you crows came from."

y/n walked past him, rolling her eyes. tanaka grinned, watching her back. he shouted, "whatever you say, miss eagle!"

"and then we somehow met up more times over a few more months and we hit it off, i guess? he courted me for a few months, then i said yes. and we've been together since."

y/n turned to her friends as they arrived home. "see, told you, not really that exciting!"

tendou grinned, ruffling her hair despite her protests. "cute, but you're fraternizing with the enemy."

"we have a practice match with them in a few weeks, right?" ushijima asked, face still stoic.

"shut up, tendou, and yes, ushi. we do." y/n glared at tendou but smiled at ushijima. "now, enough of that. we need to study and then you guys need to help me with your training."

now, in hindsight, you can't really blame the karasuno volleyball club when they don't believe it when tanaka boasts about his girlfriend, y/n. even the name sounded so pretentious, so made up. who even knows a y/n? not them, no.

but, tanaka? he doesn't care. so what, his girlfriend is someone he's really proud of. when he met y/n, he was instantly enamored with her. how could someone like her be so annoying but lovable at the same time? sure, they were instantly enemies when they realized that they were from opposite schools, and with their volleyball clubs being enemies, it only cemented the fact that they're supposed to be enemies. not…this? but, tanaka doesn't regret the fact that he pursued y/n when he realized that he didn't only like annoying y/n, but he also wanted to be with her and go on dates with her and…kiss her.

god, does he want to kiss her every time. it's no secret that tanaka was clingy and affectionate, and overall, very showy when he likes someone. they saw it with kiyoko, but tanaka with y/n? he swore that y/n had stars and hung the whole world for him and always looked very much in love with her.

however, to the karasuno volleyball club? it all seemed like an elaborate ruse for tanaka to prove something. but, then again, maybe it could do them some good to believe in tanaka. at some point, they will know whether it was true or not, but for now, they knew tanaka and what's important was that he was happy.

so, when tanaka got sick and supposedly missed someone who went to their school, who was from shiratorizawa, he almost laughed in their faces as they all pretty much thought how pretty y/n was. they didn't know her name as y/n knew what was happening from her boyfriend, opting to ask takeda to do her a favor. takeda, because he was so sweet to a student's predicament, gladly did so and introduced her to the club with no name, simply introducing her to the present members. the first years were all out due to some exams, and so, missed the introductions. (which, in hindsight, was better for tanaka but he wouldn't really know that until they were all introduced to each other but, oh well…)

tanaka pretended to be so miserable and no way he missed meeting someone so pretty, not only on the outside but on the inside! noya even talked so animatedly about y/n, that he didn't really bother kiyoko one practice. kiyoko was so thankful to y/n that she pointedly brought her up every time noya was going to try and bother her. and it worked, like a charm.

but, of course, the fun (for the couple) will eventually have to end. the practice match for shiratorizawa and karasuno has finally come. karasuno was home court and so, everyone was buzzing about to see the shiratorizawa volleyball club. takeda almost fainted when he saw how full the gym was of students excited to see a practice match between the two schools. a powerhouse and what was once a powerhouse, people were bound to be excited.

"woah, i haven't seen the gym so full!" hinata gushed as he took in the crowd. kageyama muttered annoyedly beside him, while tsukishima rolled his eyes as yamaguchi chuckled at his enthusiasm, slightly nervous at the crowd.

coach ukai laughed, patting hinata's back. "go on and change. shiratorizawa's about to arrive."

this only fired up the members, screaming in glee as they went to change their attire. meanwhile, shiratorizawa arrived. since y/n has been before, she lead the team to the gym, not stopping even as students gawked. ushijima and tendou were at her right and goshiki was at her left, telling her all about this new game he just got. the others were trailing behind, keeping an eye on y/n, noticing the attention she was getting. sure, they knew she has a boyfriend, but since they haven't met him, they swore to protect their manager from watching eyes.

once in the gym, y/n took note of the court as well as the crowd. she smiles to herself, knowing her boyfriend will get too fired up in this game, even if it was just a practice match. she greeted takeda and ukai, as well as kiyoko and yachi. ukai lead the team to the locker room used by the basketball team for them to change while y/n talked to the karasuno managers. she grinned when she heard her boyfriend, but opted to not greet him as they both agreed that the introductions would come later.

the match soon started, tanaka noticing how his teammates kept glancing at y/n. this fired him up more, shouting for the ball more often than not, trying to get past shiratorizawa's line of defense. y/n hid a smile behind her hand as she took note of the match, noticing her boyfriend's attempts. it was good, she could admit, but shiratorizawa was not called a powerhouse for nothing.

the match ended in shiratorizawa's victory, but y/n could see karasuno's improvement from their first match. she could see that their coach and teacher also agreed with her sentiments, sporting a smile despite losing. 

the crowd slowly trickled out in takeda's polite request. the teams remained, some of them chatting with the others. the members of both schools shook hands, and y/n locked eyes with number 10, hinata shoyo, if she remembered correctly, making the short boy jump as he got kageyama's attention.

she grinned, waving. "hey, hinata, kageyama, keeping out of trouble?"

tanaka looked curious, but didn't say anything, as he grinned. he never knew you knew two of his teammates, but he doesn't mind. it's his kouhai, so duh.

"hi hi! you're the manager for shiratorizawa!" hinata screamed as he put his hand up for a high-five, which y/n returned, ruffling his hair. kageyama, despite looking so serious, blushed and nodded when y/n turned to him and smiled. the others looked on in jealousy and curiosity. how did hinata and…kageyama knew her?

"you three know each other?" daichi, the ever-so-curious captain, asked, eyes flitting to y/n and the two freshmen.

"yeah!" hinata grinned. "she helped us when we got lost in shiratorizawa after we…snuck in it."

hinata's voice got silent after realizing his mistake. kageyama shook his head, facepalming as y/n laughed. daichi smacked his head, bowing quickly. "i am so sorry!"

"don't be." y/n grinned. "they're pretty harmless and ushi needed the whole interaction."

said man was standing beside y/n, simply staring at hinata and nodding at him. tendou snaked his way to her side, his arm going around her shoulder which everyone definitely noticed. tanaka seethed, but calmed because he's her boyfriend. she loves him, not…tendou.

"no, tendou." she smiled, locking eyes with tanaka. "get off."

"but, y/n! you swore you'd tell us who your boyfriend is!" y/n grimaced, knowing the damage had been done when the redhead said her name. but, it definitely took a while with the karasuno volleyball club. because she couldn't be his y/n…right?

y/n rolled her eyes, her cheeks warming without her realization. "god, why did i ever tell you about him?"

"wait, y/n? isn't that tanaka's girlfriend?" a short guy with a tuft of blonde hair in front of his brown (nishinoya, your mind supplied, ryuu's best friend) said.

"your boyfriend is baldie?" tendou asked, eyebrow cocked.

y/n sighed, smiling. "yes, ryuu's my boyfriend."

a beat.

and then there was chaos. well, not really. more like, incessant screaming from karasuno and ridiculous sputtering from shiratorizawa. and through it all, y/n snaked her hand to tanaka's who found his way beside her after she said yes.

"you think they'll ever get over you being my girl?" y/n felt giddy and grinned when tanaka whispered.

"hmm," she hummed. "i'm sure they will. it doesn't really matter because i love you either way."

tanaka laughed and turned to y/n, holding her face in his hand. not once did they notice the eyes that seemed to watch as they both stared lovingly at each other. "i'm glad because i love you too, y/n."

y/n's good for tanaka and tanaka's good for y/n. a collective thought amongst the teens watching the two. they smiled. karasuno, though they felt betrayed, was glad that tanaka really seemed happy. it was enough. then they looked at y/n and they swore to help tanaka protect the girl. a silent understanding occurred between shiratorizawa and karasuno, they may be rivals, but they would gladly help the two be together. a romeo and juliet type of beat.

and so, for an average karasuno high school student, when they get asked to look at the karasuno volleyball club to see who were those dating already, it took a lot of turning heads when they finally noticed. but, then again, they weren't really complaining. tanaka was one of the passionate people in the club, fighting for karasuno and raising morale despite everything. it was good. they were good. karasuno wouldn't have it any other way.

© ethereal-faeri ; do not modify or reupload anywhere else but reblogs are greatly appreciated!

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[kingdaddydaichi]

fucks you slower and harder when you cum.

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[t0yac1d]

Cameras (Multiple Characters x F!Reader)

I wanna get freaky on camera, I love when we get freaky on camera

Warnings: Smut, teasing, finger sucking, oral (male receiving), the slightest bit of choking

Notes: Just a little something while I finish up some requests, enjoy my loves! Also there's like no fucking way that my story on Wattpad, which contains all of these and more, got removed the other day...I'm losing my mind over here babes.

Word Count: 404

Thinking about how these men would actually be so obsessed and mesmerized by how you look that they just have to record and praise you.

They'll tell you just how pretty you are while also pushing up your skirt, showing the camera your pretty panties while pointing out the wet spot in the middle of them.

They'd push open your legs and tease you through your panties, focusing the camera on your clothed cunt. They'll move their hand up your body, camera following, as they squeeze and grab at your tits.

They'll ask you to take your shirt off while they push your panties aside, one of their fingers playing with your clit. They'd move the camera to focus on your face,

"Such a pretty girl..pretty, pretty, pretty.." They'd mumble, free hand moving back up your body and caressing your face. They'd run their thumb against your bottom lip and tell you to open up for them. You'd take their thumb in your mouth, sucking on it while making eye contact with them through the camera.

Their eyes would dilate and their jaw would go slack. You're just so fucking pretty.

"Wanna put on a show? Wanna show 'em how you suck on cock?"

You'd smile and pull their pants and boxer briefs down in one pull, taking their hard cock in your mouth.

Their moans can be heard clearly in the video. Their hand moved to the back of your head, just resting on top while they watched as you took him in your mouth like the good girl you are.

In all honesty, it didn't take him long before he cumming down your throat and all over your face.

The way you look up at him while sucking on his cock, and the way you give a little smile while doing so just ruins him. You make him weak.

You looked up at him, making eye contact, but not through the camera, no, over it. You look up at him with his cum decorating your face and tongue.

He stopped the recording and threw the camera on the bed. His hand wrapped around your throat and he pulled you in for a sloppy kiss. He tasted his cum that sat on your tongue, some of the cum that was on your face spread on his. He loves when you look so messy, face covered in his cum.

"Such a fucking pretty girl."

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[benkeibear]

⋆꙳✧༄ Getting caught

꒰ ͜͡➸ In which Tanaka just can't keep his hands to himself and ends up bending you over the table in the changing rooms - resulting in the team almost catching you

❖ Character: Tanaka

❖ Reader: female | AFAB

❖ Wordcount: 0.6k

❖ WARNINGS: public Sex, creampie, almost getting caught, everyone's 18+ here

❖ A/n: reposting my old Haikyuu works onto here 🫶 | Tagging my Tanaka fuckers @sin-and-punishment @qichun @semisgroupie

“You have no idea how much it hurts” He whined in your neck as you sat under a tree close to the club room, making you sigh. Tanaka was always needy for you, not only in the sexual sense but He always wanted to be with you, hold your hand, kiss you, let everyone know that you're his and his alone. He was the proudest boyfriend someone could ever have, smile brighter than Tokyo at night when you cheered for him at his games. In return he makes sure to treat you like the Queen that you are, never saying no to you, no matter what it is, He will make it happen. You can always count on him, even the weirdest requests so why should you let him suffer?

“Ryuu Baby, can’t you wait until we’re home?” You asked defeated, giving him the puppy eyes but he shook his head in the crook of your neck “I can’t help it Baby, you’re just so cute in your little uniform” He whined, leaving small kisses on your neck as you leaned your head to the side, giving him more access to the area. How can you deny the heat between your thighs? Craving to have him inside of you but it had to wait.

When barely anyone was around anymore he placed your hand on his length over his pants, covered by his jacket, closing his eyes as you squeezed him gently, palming him through his pants “can we go somewhere and take care of it?” He asked shy, cheeks a cute shade of pink as you finally agreed with a small nod, equally flustered.

Tanaka quickly dragged you to the club room since it would be at least 20 minutes before someone of the team would appear there - you two locking the door and closing the blinds “We’re really going to fuck here? What if someone sees us?” You ask concerned, starting to doubt your decision, quickly forgetting it when his hand rubbed fast circles over your clothed core, the skirt of your uniform making it easy for him. Your hand came to clutch over your own mouth, not wanting to let any noises slip, a smug grin on his face, proud to have you moaning so quickly. That smug grin got wiped off his face with a breathless moan when you palmed him a bit harder than just a few minutes ago.

“Fuck - need you so bad Princess” He moaned softly, bending you over the small desk at the wall. As He freed his length you pushed your panties aside, feeling your slick coat your fingers just from the small movement. “Gotta hurry Baby, don’t want the others to see you like this” He groaned, his possessive side coming out as his tip slipped past your entrance, getting pulled in by your cunt. You had no time to adjust to him as he set a fast pace, desk constantly hitting the wall but it didn't matter, the adrenaline running through both of your bodies, trying your best to stay quiet.

It didn’t need long for either of you to get close, walls clenching around him as your orgasm washed over you, his name leaving your mouth with a broken moan, pushing him over the edge as well, having him slump over you. “I can't wait for practise” Hinata's voice boomed outside, having Tanaka quickly pulling out, trying to get you both to look presentable when the others arrived, coming up with a lie to why you’re in there with him - alone.

You felt so embarrassed as you talked to them like nothing just happened, his cum staining your panties, making you want more. After practise you will definitely need to go for another round, this time at your place.

Networks: @enchantedforest-network @themovingcastlez

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[northghosting]

Haikyuu!! as things my friends and I have said (part 2)

edit: part 1

Once again some of these have been edited slightly to make more sense in Haikyuu context. 

warning: My friends and I say a lot of unhinged things which include a lot of swearing and like one sexual joke

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Tendou: Put whatever the fuck you want on pizza, just not in front of the Italians

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Daichi when someone falls asleep during study group: Can you please kick him and wake him up

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Tanaka: Noya what’s with the all caps bro

Nishinoya: I HAVE AN EXCUSE I GOT AN ANEURYSM TRYING TO DO MATH

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Hinata: (stepping onto the court and inhaling) Smell that volleyball scent

Kageyama: (frowning) Body odour? 

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Bokuto: I remember I once read that male tits are one of the most useless body parts. But what will gay people bite on when they’re fucking?

Kuroo: The feet? Obviously they would bite on the feet

Kenma: What the actual Hell

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Sakusa: My lap is cold for some reason

Atsumu: Need someone to sit on it?

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Suna: just backwards shrimp

Osamu: that is NOT how you solve scoliosis

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Tendou: If crossing lights are shaped like people, why aren’t traffic lights shaped like cars?

Ushiwaka: (eyes going wide)

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Tanaka (talking about Zyrtec): IT DOESN’T WORK.

Saeko: THEN DOWN THE WHOLE FUCKING BOTTLE, RYUU. TAKE IT LIKE A SHOT (aggressive drinking movements)

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Terushima: I won’t find a shit husband, I’ll find a piss husband

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(texting)

hoshiumi: im amazing. I know everything 

hirugami: are you god 😟😟😟

hoshiumi: no

hoshiumi: im a threat start running

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counsellor: has anyone here ever had a disagreement with their parents?

oikawa: I once had an argument with my dad over the existence of aliens

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[weathertheraine]

So happy to finally make something for this au !!

Most of the cast are spirits - the AU started out with me getting emo about name meanings. It turned out so well and I have so many thoughts, so I’ll put the broad strokes of the plot under the ‘read more’.

Song: ‘The Woods’ by Cosmo Sheldrake

Edit: still frames

The roles:

(Humans)

Asahi: The morning

Nishinoya: The evening

Hinata: The sun

Kageyama: The shadow

Tsukishima: The moon

Yamaguchi: The mountain

Kiyoko: The river

Tanaka: The dragon

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Daichi: The traveler

Suga: The student

Takeda: The teacher

Ukai: The listener

The plot:

- We open with Daichi, a wandering-knight-type who has been badly injured travelling on a mountain path. At the peak, at night, in the rain, he stumbles upon a long-abandoned shrine

- At sunrise, he wakes, and finds he’s not alone. Asahi tends to his wounds, and gives him some of the little food he has, and sends him on his way. Daichi makes the rest of the journey to the village safely

- In the village, at an inn, he meets Suga and Takeda, who he tells about his journey. To his confusion, they insist that the mountain shrine hasn’t been tended to in decades. The ‘priest’ Daichi remembers does not exist.

- A clue appears when Daichi sees the statue in the centre of the town: two men in a loving embrace. One of them is Asahi.

- Takeda is knowledgable about the spirits and mythology that surround the town - the mountain on one side, and the valley on the other. He tells Daichi the legend associated with the statue. Two spirit lovers, the morning at the evening, the peak and the valley. On the equinox, the pair would meet in the middle of the town, and the city began throwing a festival to honour the event, which is still held to this day.

- Suga, Takeda’s student, returns with Daichi to the shrine to investigate. When they wait for sunrise, Asahi appears again - delighted to have visitors.

- From him, they learn: he is indeed the spirit from the legend. Over decades, as the mountain pass became more dangerous, fewer and fewer travellers visited his shrine. Asahi grew weaker, and was no longer able to protect the travellers - making the journey more dangerous in turn. Now, he is so weak that he can only manifest at sunrise, and has lost his connection with the other sprits on the mountain. He can’t reach out to Nishinoya anymore, and it’s been decades since they were able to meet.

- Suga and Daichi resolve to help Asahi, and to help him find Nishinoya again. To do so, they must find and help the other spirit pairs on the mountain, who are weakened and fading thanks to Asahi’s disappearance.

- Hinata and Kageyama are phasing out into sunlight and shadow respectively, and cannot see each other.

- Tsukishima and Yamaguchi’s ages fluctuate with the phases of the moon, but they have been knocked out of sync.

- Ryuu is stuck in dragon form. Kiyoko is trapped behind her waterfall.

- No one can find Nishinoya at all.

- And… we go from there! With the help of Daichi, Suga, Takeda, and Ukai (a man who speaks to spirits without realising and assumes weird teenagers just keep hanging around his workshop), the spirits are brought back together and of course Noya will be found :>

- There are more scenes in my head but that’s the jist of it. If you read this far I love you

#get it…? pine for YUU #haikyuu #haikyuu fanart #haikyuu!! #haikyuu edit #asanoya #azumane asahi #nishinoya yuu #daisuga #sawamura daichi #sugawara koushi #tsukkiyama #tsukishima kei #Yamaguchi tadashi #kagehina #Kageyama tobio #hinata shouyou #hinata shoyo #fantasy au #spirits #spirits au #haikyuu animatic #the woods cosmo sheldrake #haikyuu name meanings

[sixosix]

𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐘𝐀 𝐘𝐔𝐔: 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐘 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄

# fem!reader, noya and managers: a prequel, noya is his own warning, crushes, this fic is very dumb, wc 500

nishinoya takes a glance at you, and in the span of a second, hears wedding bells in his head.

“ryuu,” nishinoya begins, voice thick with solemnity. a shadow casts over his eyes, betraying the usual brightness that comes naturally to him. “take care of kiyoko-san, will you?”

tanaka scrunches his face in confusion before it drops as if he’s been slammed by a volleyball. he roars an alarmed: “are you dying!?” and shakes nishinoya back and forth by the shoulders.

“what?” nishinoya laughs, shaking his head haughtily. “my bro, my dude, ryuu—i’m talking about her.”

he points at the door, where the rest of the eyes followed.

shimizu waves once, a happy smile that you’d rarely see on her gracing her lips. “sorry to disturb you,” she says, as all the boys hastily disagree, “we have a new manager starting today. please be kind to her.”

a manager, nishinoya’s brain dumbly echoes. and then, louder: YOUR manager.

a choir of angels is singing to him and he bows his head in gratitude, pointedly ignoring tsukishima’s disgusted noise from beside him.

tanaka, as anyone would expect, starts flocking to the karasuno’s managers, fawning over them as if he’s kissing the ground they’re walking on—maybe he is—and effectively freaking the new manager out.

“hey,” daichi intones, “tanaka.”

tanaka yelps, bolting away like a spring.

shimizu smiles down at you while you’re looking up at her like a lost puppy. cute… nishinoya’s soul sings along with the choir. “you wanted to see him, right? i didn’t lie when i mentioned he’s back in the club.”

you look back at the boys, surveying them with eagerness.

wait, who’s back in the club?

and then you look right at him, as if it’s a magnetic pull—and nishinoya is stuck on his spot, wide-eyed. a deer in headlights. “nishinoya-senpai!” you exclaim, delight dancing in your eyes.

senpai.

…nishinoya-senpai.

oh my god.

tanaka clasps his hands together to pray for a fallen soldier.

nishinoya’s heart explodes—well, not literally, but also not figuratively because he sure as hell feels like it. “y-you know me?”

he tries to say it triumphantly. ha! take that! pretty manager acknowledged me and me only! kneel before me etc, etc. but his voice cracked and his face is too red to be cool.

“ah,” and then you tip your head forward for a quick bow, “yes. i—um, i saw your match. back at chidoriyama.” a fan! wait. you’re a fan!? “watching you play… inspired me to get into volleyball.”

ding. ding. ding. church bells sing again.

nishinoya gets on one knee right in front of you, “please be my wife.”

his future wife stammers a flustered, “ah, uh, no thanks?”

oh. duh. idiot, you don’t have a ring right now.

nishinoya watches as you, flabbergasted, get pulled around the room while the boys introduce themselves. and he swears he isn’t kidding, but you keep glancing at him just as much as he’s staring openly at you.

“wow,” tanaka says as he walks up from behind him. “she likes you. can i be your best man?”

“you will always be my best man, ryuu.”

you smile at them, and then make eye contact with him once again. “thank you for having me.”

someday, he’ll be able to say to you: i told you so. and he cannot fucking wait for that time to come.

#606:HQ #606:KRSN #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu x reader #hq x reader #hq fluff #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu drabbles #nishinoya yuu x reader #nishinoya yuu x you #yuu nishinoya x reader #nishinoya x reader #nishinoya fluff #nishinoya fanfiction

[nkogneatho]

okay here we go~~

you’re wearing a short off-shoulder red dress when going out on a date with ryuu and you start teasing him as you notice he can’t keep his eyes off you but goes absolutely insatiable when y’all get home (imma say rip to this beautiful dress ;-;)

—cw: super suggestive, teasing, fem!reader.

—a/n: second time writing tanaka. I hope you like it bb :))

Tanaka is such a babie when it comes to you. He kisses the ground you walk on. He likes watching you get dressed. You'll be applying the liptick and he is just on the edge of the bed admiring you.

Today you two had a date planned, and he got ready ages ago. He just threw off a cream colored tshirt with baggy pants. And here you were, in your off shoulder, strawberry red dress, taking too long to do your winged liner. Ryu liked the way the flowy summer dress on you. He liked the color on you. The color was made for you.

While you were taking a bite of your chocolate parfait, you noticed him staring at you.

"Is there something on my face, ryu?" Though his eyes were not on your face. They were somewhere else.

"Ah? Ha, no no. Don't mind me, hehe" his voice faltered. But witty you, you were quick to catch up and decided to tease him.

Placing the glassed jug on the table, you adjusted your dress, letting the elastic on the puffy sleeves on the shoulder snap against your skin, revealing a little more of it. But while your fingers were busy with the sleeves, your sandal down the table started climbing up his thighs.

He panicked. Blushed. His face was getting hot, and believe it or not his dick was getting hard. It was so easy to turn him on. The bare flesh on your shoulde mocked him. He envied the dress. He wanted to be the one to be wrapped around you like that.

As soon as you got home, you knew you couldn't get away now. He was all over you. You weren't even out of your sandals and he was already sneaking his hand up your dress.

"Ryu, baby, let's go to the room atleast—mmh."

"Why? You weren't patient to pull that shit on me in public, sweetheart? Why wait now that we're alone?" Maybe you shouldn't have teased him so much. Because now, the way he was looking at you, it felt like he is ready to rip that dress off you.

#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu x female reader #haikyuu drabbles #tanaka x reader #tanaka ryunosuke x reader #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu fluff #tanaka ryuunosuke

[ticklygiggles]

The most ticklish person in the world | TsukiYama

A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS, @hexalianrebel-blackfeathers!! 🎄🎁☃️ I am your provisional @squealing-santa this year~ I hope you enjoy this fic and I hope this is at least a biiit of what you wanted! I wish you a wonderful night, (whether you celebrate Christmas or don't!)!

Also thanks to the amazing @hypahticklish for hosting the event this year! You're so cool and you work so hard! I wish a Merry Christmas to you too~!

Prompt: Tsukishima “accidentally” lets it slip to the entire team that Yamaguchi is probably the most ticklish person alive.

Once again, laughter ringed through the whole gym as Nishinoya and Tanaka tickled the youngest of the team to death. Even that pesky ball of orange energy was joining in on the fun, wiggling and squeezing his fingers over the victim's knees, making sure to avoid a kick to the face or any other part of the body.

"I sahahaid stahahap!"

Even though it was fun to see the King writhing on the ground and laughing like a ridiculous child, Tsukishima simply couldn't tear his eyes away from Yamaguchi's face.

If Tsukishima didn't know him better than the palm of his hand, he wouldn't had known if those praying eyes were because he wanted to join in or because he wanted to be in Kageyama's place, but then again, he knew Yamaguchi better than anyone and knew that he would really like to be in Kageyama's place right about now.

That was a secret that Yamaguchi hadn't even confessed to Tsukishima yet, but Tsukishima, being the observant person that he was, (it wasn't like Tadashi was very discreet, either), had noticed since they were very young that Yamaguchi, instead of trying to escape the annoying sensation of fingers touching his torso, wanting to make him laugh wildly, he leaned his body towards the sensation. Laughing happily, as if he was having the most fun ever.

His hands, uncoordinated because you just can't think straight when you're laughing your head off and your nervous system is overwhelmed, didn't even try to fight back, they just clinged to the person's wrists attacking him.

Besides, Tsukishima was one hundred percent sure that he had never heard Yamaguchi ask him (or anyone tickling him) to stop, in fact, usually he didn't even speak, he just threw his head back as he laughed and laughed and laughed.

So there was no doubt in Tsukishima's mind that Yamaguchi liked being tickled and Tsukishima didn't judge him for it, actually he thought it was really cute, though, he knew Yamaguchi would be embarrassed if Tsukishima ever mentioned that he knew his little secret.

He chuckled, sending another glance to Yamaguchi's gleaming eyes. He really couldn't be more obvious, could he? And yet, their stupid teammates just didn't notice how hard he wanted it.

Tsukishima really had to do the hard work all the time, huh?

Nishinoya, Tanaka and Hinata didn't stop until Kageyama was in hysterics as they destroyed the setter's hips, (Yamaguchi shuddering and squirming adorably), Daichi-san had to stop them with his own hands to let the poor kid breathe.

Laughing to themselves, they all sat against the wall together with Tsukishima and Yamaguchi; Yamaguchi jumped a little when Nishinoya leaned too close to him, a playful smile on his lips.

"You should join us next time, Yamaguchi!"

"E-Eh?! Ack!" He yelped when Nishinoya hit his back rather hard.

"Right, Ryuu?"

Tanaka laughed, scooting closer to Yamaguchi and also hitting him on the back with a bit too much force, making him cry in pain as Tsukishima frowned, fighting the urge to hit Tanaka in the head.

"Damn right! Tickling Kageyama is so much fun," he said and Kageyama, sitting beside Tsukishima with his face still red, huffed, crossing his arms and looking away. "I think he's the most ticklish person I know!"

"Wrong!" Nishinoya pipped in, slapping his own knee. "He is the most ticklish person ever!"

Not only Kageyama was embarrassed to the core in that moment, Tsukishima noticed, with much amusement that Yamaguchi, perhaps hearing that word jumping from side to side, was blushing to the tips of his ears, squirming slightly as he tried to keep a straight face.

Adorable.

"You both are wrong," Tsukishima suddenly said, making Noya, Tanaka and even Yamaguchi look up at him curiously. Tsukishima smirked, "I do know someone who's way more ticklish than the King himself."

"Oi!"

"What?!" Noya laughed. "First of all, do you know more people besides us?!"

Tanaka also laughed, squeezing Tsukishima's shoulder. "Noya is right! Who could you possibly know that-

It suddenly hit every person that was listening to their conversation, (that honestly could be the whole gym for how loud Tanaka and Nishinoya talked), and everyone turned their heads towards Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi jumped, his face turning as red as a tomato as he looked between Tanaka and Nishinoya and then to Tsukishima, who was smirking and shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah, I wonder who could it be..."

"Yamaguchi," Nishinoya said and Yamaguchi squeaked, looking at him. "Are you, perhaps, ticklish?"

Yamaguchi shook his head, "N-No! T-Tsukki is not talking about m-me!"

Honestly, if Tanaka and Nishinoya couldn't see how excited Yamaguchi looked right now, they were really so stupid.

"Haaa?!" Tanaka said, leaving Tsukishima shoulders to now grab Yamaguchi's. "There's no way Tsukishima knows anyone besides you!"

"Oi..."

"Were you hiding this from us, Yamaguchi?"

Yamaguchi shook his head rapidly, "No! I- I wasn't! I j-just- ah! W-Wait, I really am n-not, kuh- ahahahaha! Wahahahait!"

It was his laughter's turn to bounce against the gym's walls. Echoing into Tsukishima's ears over and over as Nishinoya and Tanaka finally tickled him.

"Damn, Tsukishima was not joking!" Tanaka said as he wiggled his fingers against Yamaguchi's sides.

"How could you hide this from us so well Yamaguchi?!" Nishinoya said as he clawed at Yamaguchi's lower sides.

Their touches weren't as hard as when they tickled Kageyama, but Yamaguchi was nearly cackling, his giggles turning into loud laughs as he squirmed on the floor.

Tanaka and Nishinoya laughed along with him, poking here and squeezing there to find Yamaguchi's weakest spots.

Tsukishima was trying hard to hide his smile as he looked at Tadashi laughing like that. Fuck, people really couldn't notice the extreme happiness on his face? He suddenly thought that, perhaps, he didn't want anyone to notice.

"N-Nohohoya-sahahahan!" Yamaguchi laughed, throwing his head back as Noya's fingers latched to his upper ribs.

"Agh! Ryuu! Yamaguchi keeps trying to stop me!" Tsukishima curled an eyebrow, Yamaguchi really wasn't trying to. "Could you do something?"

Tanaka smirked and Tsukishima understood. In a blink of an eye, Yamaguchi had his arms pinned above his head, making him shriek and arch his back as Nishinoya's fingers vibrated at his exposed ribs.

"N-NOHOHO! N-Nohohoyahaha-sahahan! Plehehease, I- gahahahaha!" Yamaguchi's laughter increased a bit more when Nishinoya moved to squeeze his hips.

"Shouyou!" Nishinoya suddenly yelled and in a second, that orange ball of energy was right by his side, smiling widely. "Help me out? Ryuu is a little busy at the moment."

Tanaka smirked, holding down Yamaguchi's arms, though, Tsukishima could clearly see that Yamaguchi wasn't putting up much of a fight.

Hinata beamed and, even before Tsukishima noticed it, his hands were already attached to Yamaguchi's stomach, clawing at it mercilessly. Yamaguchi's laughter went a little higher, more squeaky as his cheeks turned pink.

"Woah, Yamaguchi really is ticklish!" Hinata said wiggling his fingers all over his new victim's tummy.

"Hey, get his armpits!"

"NOHOHOHO!"

Nishinoya and Hinata quickly looked at each other with wide eyes, smirks pulling at their lips. They both left the spots they were tickling and quickly moved to Yamaguchi's underarms.

"AHAHAHA! N-Nohoho! Plehehease, not thehehere!" Yamaguchi threw his head back with wild laughter.

They each took one poor armpit, so they had two hands to go crazy with: on one side, scratching, on the other, digging and then pinching; and then at the other, clawing and poking. Rubbing, digging, wiggling- just every technique their little brains could think of to drive Yamaguchi up the wall.

And they were achieving it. Yamaguchi was losing his mind, laughing in hysterics as Nishinoya and Hinata tickled his worst spot. Tsukishima almost felt bad... if Yamaguchi didn't look like he was having the time of his life, that was.

"Tickle, tickle, Yamaguchi~," they teased and both Tsukishima and Kageyama cringed as Yamaguchi blushed to his ears.

"It tihihickles so bahahad, plehehease!"

Tanaka, "Yamaguchi is so ticklish, be can't even talk!"

Hinata, "Yamaguchi is so ticklish, I think he'll explode!"

Nishinoya, "Yamaguchi is so ticklish, he'll-

"Oi, you three!" two shrieks could be heard and they didn't come from Yamaguchi. They belonged to Nishinoya and Hinata as Daichi-san had grabbed them by their shirt collars and yanked them away from Yamaguchi. "You're being too much, that's torture!"

Was it really torture if the one being tortured is having fun? Tsukishima wondered.

"Tanaka, let go of your kohai!" Tanaka whined but he did what he was told and freed Yamaguchi's arms, the poor boy quickly pulled them down as he let out residual giggles.

"I am going to ban this stupid game from this gym! You're a menace! What would you have done if Yamaguchi passed out, huh? You three really should learn...-"

Yamaguchi, shaking slightly, quickly crawled back beside Tsukishima, sitting down with a long, satisfied sigh.

Tsukishima looked at him and he smirked, "was that fun?"

Yamaguchi flushed, sending a shy glance to Tsukishima, "you're the worst, Tsukki."

Tsukishima chuckled, "Well, I just said you were the most ticklish person ever, I didn't tell them to check it out, did I?"

Yamaguchi huffed, but a shy smile pulled at the corners of his lips, making something in Tsukishima's chest flutter warmly and he couldn't help but discreetly reach out to link his pinky with Yamaguchi's.

It was painfully obvious that Yamaguchi liked being tickled, but Tsukishima was glad that this bunch of idiots didn't notice because, even though Tadashi hadn't told him directly, it was their little shared secret and Tsukishima was glad he was the only one to know about it!

#squealing santa 2k22 #squealing santa #SquealingSanta2k22 #ss2k22 #haikyuu!! #haikyuu!! tickling #Tsukishima Kei #Yamaguchi Tadashi #tsukiyama #tsukishima x yamaguchi #ticklish!Yamaguchi #and a lil bit of #ticklish!Kageyama #mia's things #mia's fics

[maria-chwan]

Floating happiness (Nishinoya x Sick!Reader)

Warnings: Sfw. Reader uses "she" pronoun. Reader has hair.

“I’m gonna see cheerleader pics soon… I’m gonna see cheerleader pics soon…”

Nishinoya was humming happily to himself as he skipped down the school aisle. He was looking forward to spending time with you and taking a chance to take a look at pictures you had taken at your cheerleader practice. 

Cheerleaders were so pretty. Their skirts swang left and right, which was one of the things Nishinoya was crazy about. Cheerleaders would do splits. Nishinoya would even witness them stretch in a million different ways, because you - a member of the cheerleader team - actually took videos of the stuff he wanted to see. Nothing pervy of course, you wouldn't go that far.

Nishinoya couldn’t help himself. He had a chance to ask a real member of the cheerleader team to photograph the stuff that he wasn’t permitted to see. Volleyball team members weren’t allowed to watch the cheerleader practice sessions, but you had agreed to grant his wish and actually show him the pictures you took. 

It was a dream come true. Noya didn’t hide the fact that your pictures were an addiction for him. He would stare at them on your phone screen and he would turn into an excited mess. 

Sometimes he told you he never wanted you to stop. 

Nishinoya turned around the corner and saw Tanaka. 

“Noya! You look excited!”

“Ryuu! Yeah, I’m gonna go see the pictures (Y/N) took in the last cheerleader practice! You should come with me!” 

“Didn’t you heard? (Y/N) is sick. She didn’t come to school today.”

Nishinoya halted. His face was completely shocked. 

–

You were weak and useless. Sickness was making you feel miserable. 

Somebody rang the doorbell. You opened the door. 

It was Nishinoya. 

He looked worried. 

“Hi”, he whispered, his eyes big and gentle. 

“Noya-kun? What are you doing here?” you asked, smiling nervously. You leaned against the doorway, feeling embarrassed to be seen in your weak state. 

“(Y/N)-chan? Why are you looking so nervous?” Nishinoya asked, stepping closer. He sounded concerned. 

Feeling flustered and tired, you leaned heavily against the doorframe. Hearing Nishinoya call you (Y/N)-chan… He was so sweet, calling you “chan”. 

“My nose is so stuffy”, you said helplessly, trying to explain why you looked so miserable. 

“You got a cold?” Nishinoya asked sympathetically. 

“Yeah”, you answered pathetically. You had tried and failed to make yourself feel better. You didn’t know what to do and you had to keep a packet of tissues close at all times. It was tiring. 

“(Y/N)-chan?” Nishinoya called you by your name, sounding worried. 

You felt his hand on your forehead, taking your temperature and pushing your hair to the side so that he could see your face better. 

“You look… rough. It must be tiring, having a stuffy nose when you are sick. You look like you haven’t eaten either.”

“Yeah…”, you answered quietly.

“You must have been looking nervous because you haven’t been able to take care of yourself and you were embarrassed to show it”, Nishinoya said.

You looked into his eyes. You felt grateful that Nishinoya had managed to figure out your feelings, to pay attention more than he had to.

Nishinoya looked like he had a plan. His eyes lit up and he tried to cheer you up. 

“Don’t worry, because I’m going to help you out! I know just what to do! Let me help you!” 

“Thank you, Noya”, you said, feeling like you were floating because you were so happy. You smiled at him, feeling relieved and grateful. 

Noya saw your smile and felt like floating himself. He tried to hide it, but he had the happiest smile on his face. 

“Let’s get you inside”, he said and guided you in. 

Noya made you sit at the dining table and warmed up chicken soup that he had bought for you. You were wrapped in a blanket and sneezed occasionally. Nishinoya wasn’t disturbed by your loud sneezes. 

The chicken soup smelled good and tasted even better. 

“You look really happy”, Noya said, blushing. You looked like the happiest girl in the world. Nishinoya loved it. 

“I am”, you said softly and sneezed loudly in a tissue. 

Nishinoya saw your expression change from sunny to dim and he was reminded of how tired you were. He thought he didn’t mind this change either. He was going to take care of you. That was his job right now. 

Nishinoya made you warm juice with honey and petted your hair while you drank it. When you were done he made you another cup and prepared everything for you to watch a movie. 

“Do you want me to stay?” he asked.

“Yeah”, you answered, smiling softly at him. 

You watched a movie together and when it was time for him to leave, he promised to bring you more food tomorrow. 

He stayed a long time at your doorstep, petting your hair for a long while before leaving. 

It made him flustered after, while he was walking home.

‘I was petting her hair a lot!’ he thought to himself. 

#haikyuu #nishinoya #nishinoya x reader

[sovtwords]

Hiiii! Can i request from your prompt?

"I just...adore you?" With Tanaka?

It's cool if not. Just really enjoy your writing 🥰🥰

for: haikyuu!!

pairing: tanaka ryuunosuke x reader

warnings: none!

w/c: 507

a/n: I'M SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG OMG christmas period at work was just unbelievably stressful and i barely got time to do anything but BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. Thank you for your kind words, I hope you enjoy this lil drabble! Tanaka is a cutie <3

Tanaka won’t stop staring at you.

At first it was sweet - the way he had his head propped up by his hand, cheeks squished and a charming, dopey smile plastered on his face.

Then, it became a little bit annoying - the way his chest would heave with what you assume to be a longing sigh, the sound drifting across the table in the library while you scribble your notes just that little bit harder into your copybook.

Now you’re considering contacting a teacher, or even a god damn police officer because this is getting a little bit ridiculous and bordering on harassment because he hasn’t looked away from you once since you sat down at the table to go over maths with him an hour ago and you’re beginning to get a little freaked out.

Was there something on your face? A pimple, a wart, a missing eye? Was he picturing someone else when he looked at you? Like Kiyoko, with her stunning, otherworldly looks and angel-like nature. You know he had a thing for her before, it wouldn’t be too far fetched, as much as it saddens you to admit. For all his idiocy and brashness, Tanaka was somebody you’ve come to care for a little more than a friend would. 

…maybe he hit his head in practice, and wasn’t 100% there. Suffering brain damage right in front of you.

Whatever it is, you’ve reached your limit of blushing and sweaty palms for the day.

“Can you stop staring at me? You’re really starting to freak me out. Like do I have a second head I don’t know about, Ryuu?”

Tanaka startles, his shaved head whipping up so fast, cheeks burning red with the embarrassment of being told off so blatantly. His eyes flicker from side to side, but when no immediate laughter comes from strangers, he deflates, and shoots you that same, silly grin he’s been sporting since you arrived.

“No second head,” he beams happily. You narrow your eyes.

“Ugly pimple?”

“Nope, and even if you did have one, I wouldn’t care!” 

You squirm in your seat. “Then what? I can’t be that interesting to look at. I don’t think you’ve heard a single thing that came out of my mouth since we started studying.”

Tanaka looks like he vibrating nervously in his seat, but before you can question if he’s going to puke or not, he blurts out:

“I just…adore you.”

You blink. You stare. You struggle to open your mouth and reply. Tanaka holds the stars in his eyes for you, laying them bare for you to touch.

And just like him, a dopey smile blooms on your face, which you promptly bury in the pages of your textbook, but you’re sure he sees the burning of your ears, if his happy laugh is anything to go by.

But the hand on your head is so gentle, and now you suddenly crave the stars in his eyes.

“I adore you too,” you whisper so quietly, and the fingers in your hair shake.

#haikyuu #hq imagines #tanaka ryuunosuke #tanaka x reader #tanaka x you #tanaka x y/n #tanaka imagines #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu drabbles #writing challenge #tanaka scenarios #tanaka fluff

[shojoqueendom]

"Shinjo Mayu: Exploitation of Mangakas by Publishers"

I didn't know what to start this blog with until yesterday, I woke up and read a tremendous article of manga artist Shinjo Mayu. I couldn't resist talking about this queen who has been shaking up the Japanese publishing world recently, and I would like to share her experience and thoughts.

First, let's get to know Shinjo Mayu and how she has reached this point.

Shinjo Mayu (新條 まゆ) is a Japanese manga artist who was born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1973. She graduated from Yukokan High School and made her debut in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine in the special edition released on February 14, 1994, with "あなたの色に染まりたい." Her success skyrocketed with "Kaikan Phrase" (1996-2000), published in the same magazine as her debut, which was also adapted into an anime between 1999-2000, totaling 44 episodes.

On May 23, 2007, Shinjo Mayu announced on her blog that she would be leaving the Shogakukan publishing company to become an independent artist. Without giving many details, she mentioned that she planned to experiment with different things.

Nearly a year later, she opened up and stated that she left because the demands from her editors were too stressful and degrading. She even disclosed being threatened by an editor that her previous works would cease to be printed if she left. Seeking legal advice, fortunately, her works continued to be printed. She has expressed that many writers feel dissatisfaction working at Shogakukan due to excessive pressure. Even her editor, when she began creating manga, told her that "she was a manga creator akin to a worm who would never become a serialized manga creator no matter how hard she tried." She revealed that as a mangaka at Shogakukan, she had drawn up to 120 pages a month with an average of 3 hours of sleep per day.

During this time, she has become a highly versatile manga artist, creating works spanning various genres such as shojo, shonen, seinen, and BL. Additionally, she oversees a comprehensive housing production called Maison de Cocon. In 2021, she started a new series titled "Nijiiro no Ryuu wa Megami wo Daku" which is available on various manga applications.

Many authors, including Shinjo Mayu, feel distressed by the sudden passing of mangaka Ashihara Hinako. Even today, her case is still being discussed in the news and on social media. I will make a separate post about this topic, but in summary, Ashihara Hinako posted on January 26th on her blog a critique of Nippon TV because the television adaptation of her manga "Sexy Tanaka-san" was not faithful to her original work. She emphasized that she had repeatedly told Shogakukan to urge them to take action, but without success. She later deleted the post and apologized. However, on January 29th, her lifeless body was found in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, under suspicion of suicide.

Since then, Shinjo Mayu has expressed that not a day goes by without her remembering Ashihara Hinako and what led to her tragic end. Through social media, she denounces the mistreatment that manga artists receive, specifically at Shogakukan. She mentioned that when she wrote the blog about her departure from Shogakukan, an editor told her that there was a meeting where they said they "should control the writers so they don't make such big statements." On the other hand, at Shueisha, they said: "Before something like this happens, let's find out if the writers are dissatisfied."

Clearly, there are very good relationships between editors, manga artists, and publishers. However, as we have seen, there are also times when relationships are not so good. But it was yesterday, February 14th, where she exposed the Japanese publishing world by publishing an article on note.com titled "The Era is Beginning Where Manga Artists are Being Exploited by Publishers."

She has firmly expressed that she doesn't care about the consequences her statements may have on opportunities with other publishers, although she feels it is necessary to do so. From their manga, manga artists only receive 10% of the profit. In the past, working with an editor made things easier for manga artists as they only had to worry about drawing the manga. Editors, on the other hand, took on many responsibilities such as promotion and distribution. This is how they consolidated their role in the publishing industry. Therefore, the remaining 90% of the profit was considered "necessary expenses." However, now, in the digital era of e-books, manga delivery is simplified as the manga artist only has to create the manuscripts and send them. The functions between the editorial department and the publisher have been divided. Publishers are now responsible for granting distribution licenses to platforms and transmitting data. Overall, publishers have less work than before, so what is the true involvement of publishers in e-books? The royalty rate for manga artists in e-books is between 15% and 20%, but few people receive 20%. Previously, negotiating to increase e-book rights put distributors in a very vulnerable position due to threats from Shogakukan, as Shinjo makes clear: "without manga provided by the publisher, there was nothing to distribute." But the situation has now reversed, and it is the publishers who ask for works to be converted into e-books. Over time, more authors realized that publishers were charging too much in terms of e-book royalty rates. In this way, the publisher becomes an exploiting intermediary. Distribution companies don't charge as much because they aren't the authors; but publishers, who own the related author rights, receive significant rates without doing as much work.

Shinjo Mayu denounces that publishers are paying very low salaries to their staff and encourages manga artists to seek fair and equitable compensation for their work. She also urges publishers to recognize and adequately support those who contribute to the creative process.

Currently, she works at the distribution company "ナンバーナイン," which has an editorial department. Therefore, the company itself is responsible for sending data to applications, conducting advertising, negotiating, and managing the data transfer and management process on behalf of the mangaka. However, their editorial department is responsible for providing feedback on manga, creating data reports, and offering advice and guidance. Shinjo Mayu considers these companies to be modern and flexible, so it's a good idea to try negotiating manga and distribution fees. In fact, she says that one can be a manga artist without needing to go through a traditional publisher.

I wonder if publishers could be in danger in the future for not offering their workers the respect and rights they deserve. I love magazines, but Shogakukan is getting a terrible reputation for not taking care of its artists (and for quite some time). Some are even encouraging a boycott of the publisher.

"Who can truly say they are supporting manga artists when those who work the hardest are the ones receiving the least money?" - Shinjo Mayu.

Sources:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240208/k10014352711000.html

https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/02/07/kiji/20240207s00041000428000c.html

https://note.com/mayutan126/n/n54607a9ecd37?sub_rt=share_b

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-05/sensual-phrase's-mayu-shinjo-leaves-shogakukan

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-10/sensual-phrase-shinjo-explains-why-she-left-magazine

https://book.hikaritv.net/book/static/141015_magazine/data/index.html

https://twitter.com/shinjomayu/status/1755101152188969429

https://twitter.com/shinjomayu/status/1757622214437072975

#shoujo #retro shoujo #shinjo mayu #hinako ashihara #manga #shoujo manga

[gilrael]

EnnoTana_DarkSouls

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I have so many questions and need to know everything cus EXCUSE ME O.O 😂

Okay so. It's not as weird as it seems at first lol This was a fic for the HQNSFWBB which has sadly not happened, and I'll finish it eventually anyway.

The idea is that Tanaka is a streamer, and his friends (Kenma and Taketora) challenge him to a blind playthrough of Dark Souls. So he does it and every time he's in trouble he realises that the same guy has put down a summon sign right in front of the boss fight. It takes him a while to figure out, but basically, a viewer of his streams has been putting down the signs to help him, and when he calls this out, there's a POV switch to the viewer, which turns out to be Ennoshita. Ennoshita has been part of Tanaka's community and Discord for ages and has a bit of a crush on him. He decides to only reveal his identity, once Tanaka has beaten the first game. After he does, Tanaka approaches him and asks him if he'd be interested in a co-op run of Darks Souls II. Ennoshita is over the moon and agrees. As they stream together, they get closer in their private messages until things escalate and they basically start sexting each other.

So yeah, not as weird as it sounds from the file name 😂😂

Here's a little snippet from the start of the fic:

“Fuck, fuck, fuck! Where did that asshole even come from?!” Ryuu yelled, spiking the audio on his microphone as a huge knight in black armour drained his entire life bar in one hit. “And why is he so strong? Isn't this the starting area?” Looking over at his second screen, Ryuu could see his viewers filling the chat with Fs. “Yeah, yeah, Fs in chat,” he muttered. “And thanks for the drink and stretch reminders, guys, I'll take that opportunity now.” Just like he'd expected, this Dark Souls run wasn't going particularly great. He was only an hour in and already, his death count was at 23 according to his chat.

#ask #rarepairgremlin #haikyuu!! #ennotana

[osamusbigtits]

noya has needed dick for a long time. his fingers and toys have only done so much. he's lost contact with his old hookups, with being out of the country for a while (a couple years, actually) and finding hookups wherever he went. when he came back to japan to settle for a while, he couldn't find anyone to hookup with.

and of course, he turned to his best friend to complain about it.

and that's how he ends up here, sinking himself onto tanaka's cock, noya so wet they could just jump right into it.

tanaka breathes out harshly, hips jumping just slightly and noya moans at the stretch.

it's been 10 minutes since noya walked into the door of tanaka's apartment. 5 since they made it to tanaka's bed.

noya buries his face into tanaka's neck when he's taken all of tanaka, breathing too fast. he could come from just this alone. no fucking necessary.

"ryuu," noya groans. "please, fuck, please. I need it."

without a word, tanaka pushes noya onto his back and starts with quick, rough thrusts. "fuck, you feel so good," he says, mouthing at noya's neck.

moans get pushed out of noya's mouth with each thrust, hitting deep.

noya's back arches off the mattress, legs wrapping tight around tanaka's waist as he meets tanaka's thrusts.

noya's amazed at the muscles he can feel on tanaka.

this wasn't the clumsy tanaka noya had hooked up with in high school a few times. no, tanaka had gotten far better. he learned quicker, watching noya to figure out how to make him feel good. noya didn't even need to speak and tanaka knew when to go harder, deeper. when to slow it down a bit, when to speed up.

noya swears he's never been dicked down this good in his life. he can't even control his moans, high pitched and whiny. usually he'd be embarrassed, slightly dysphoric even, but he can feel the tanaka's cock jumps at the noises.

the best part is tanaka's low grunts, right in noya's ear as noya digs his nails into tanaka's back.

tanaka grabs noya's hip and pulls him close, shifting the angle and its deeper than before. noya's eyes roll back as he moans louder than before, thighs shaking around tanaka.

"you're so wet for me," tanaka mutters, voice deep and rough. noya has never thought much of someone's voice before, but he couldn't help the way his cunt tightened around tanaka at the simple words.

and then tanaka's fingers are noya's clit, rubbing fast, rough circles.

noya comes quickly. a rough, broken moan tears from noya.

tanaka's hips slow and noya wants to smack him. "don't stop. don't you dare stop," noya pants, begging. his mind is muddled from the orgasm he's experiencing, he can't have it stop though. not yet. he's not even sure the words come out clearly.

tanaka seems to understand, hips kicking back into motion.

"shit, yuu, I'm not gonna last," tanaka says.

and fuck, noya wants it. it's all he can think of.

he tightens around tanaka and the breath gets punched out of tanaka's lungs. he ruts into noya, moaning deep as he comes.

noya's so glad they didn't think about a condom.

tanaka pants, almost falling on top of noya.

noya pushes tanaka onto his back and straddles his waist. "you said you had no plans today, right?" noya asks, mischievous look in his eyes.

tanaka breathes out. "can we take a snack break first?"

#tananoya gay sex #everyone clap and cheer #hq #tananoya #bex thoughts

[tesalicious2]

So, something that really makes me laugh is the weird family that is part of the Tsukishimas/Tanakas

It’s starts out with Akiteru and Saeko getting married

Kei is not happy at all

Not only that but he’s supposed to do a speech with Tanaka (who insisted on being called big brother or Ryuu, (Kei called him Little Brother once and Ryuu threw a fit))

At the wedding, they give their speech, people cry and laugh, blah blah blah

Tanaka gets drunk as all hell and confesses his love to Kiyoko, he’s 21 at the time

It sticks with her this time because it’s not ‘I love you marry me!’ Kinda confessions, it’s a sweet soft thing, going through the whole list of why he like her (few are superficial, most about how’s she’s kind and sweet)

She tells him the next morning that she wants to go out

Yamaguchi and Yachi are at the wedding too, as a couple, they drink a little bit mostly watch others break down

Kuroo is there with Kei, as a couple too, but people think they’ve been together for about 4 months (that’s how long they’ve known) they’ve actually been dating since Kei’s second year

Drunk Ryuu and Drunk Saeko attacks Kuroo, going on and on about protecting Kei’s innocence and the shovel talk (he will remain suspicious for the rest of his life, but still loves him for Kei)

Kei laughs and pulls Kuroo away,

By the end of the night; Akiteru, Saeko, and Ryuu are wasted, Kuroo and Kei are missing, last seen drunk and kissing in a corner, Yamaguchi, Yachi, and Kiyoko are tipsy

The next morning, they all head to the Tsukishima home, Akiteru’s mom makes curry and a hangover cure for the wasted folks

Yamaguchi (the demon) plays the videos from last night, Kei admits that Kuroo and him have been dating for years

Everyone is shocked except Ryuu, Tadashi, and Yachi

8 months later, Kiyoko and Ryuu are getting married,

During their wedding, Ryuu somehow ropes Kei into getting black out drunk

It ends with Kuroo carrying Kei to the hotel, princess style, Kei babbling on about how he loves him and about their wedding

A drunk Kuroo cries and they end up getting a noise complaint

Kiyoko and Ryuu have two kids, a boy and girl, twins

They are confident and a little loud but the boy has more poise and the girl has more spunk; They both have their moms good looks but Ryuu’s eyes and hair,

Akiteru and Saeko have two boys and a girl, in that order

The eldest has more of Saeko’s personality but is quiet, and more enthusiastic about what he likes; has Carmel hair, Saeko’s eyes and Akiteru’s face shape and body, his hands are thicker

The middle boy is surprising like Kei in personality, more sarcastic but gets fired up easy; he has Saeko’s hair color, her more slender face, Akiteru’s body structure and more slender hands

The youngest is Akiteru in personality but can get quiet; she has oddly Kei’s bright blond hair to her shoulder, heterocromia (one eye Saeko’s, one Akiteru’s), Saeko’s body but less curves, Akiteru’s sharper jaw

Unfortunately, gay marriage isn’t legal in Japan but if it was Kuroo and Kei’s wedding would be formal

Kei would take Kuroo’s last name, their rings are black with a moon and a cat engraved on them, Tetsu getting the moon, Kei getting the cat

Their kids (if biological in an abo world), would be a boy and girl, not twins

Tetsu’s smirk, Kei’s sarcasm, but is very kind and mischievous, she will plan pranks on people; she has Kei’s long legs and eyes, Tetsu’s black hair, shoulder length and it’s a mess, she can get the length straight but her bangs get messy

The boy has Kei’s hair, Tetsu’s eyes and bad bedhead (but not in the same style) and bulkier frame; he is more quiet, and introverted but will add an occasional jab, and will go along with his sisters plans because he is just as mischievous as her

They also have two cats,

Yamaguchi and Yachi do get married and if it’s the summer, she wears a floral princess dress

Everyone from Karasuno is there (same as Ryuu’s wedding)

They have a one girl and a large dog

The girl has blond hair, Yamaguchi’s eyes and freckles, and Yachi’s petite frame; she is very nervous and has social anxiety, is sweet but gets roped into chaos, and eventually becomes confident, she protects what she loves and can get loud if pressed

Their family is odd and full of chaos but everyone loves each other, even if Ryuu is still suspicious of Tetsu

#kurotsuki #headcanon #haikyuu!! #tsukishima kei #kuroo tetsurō #tanakiyo #tanaka ryuunosuke #kiyoko shimizu #Akiteru x Saeko #Saeko x Akiteru #tanaka saeko #tsukishima akiteru #crack #family #tsukishima kei is suffering #Tanaka finds it funny

[no1frogfan]

Endings and beginnings, part 2

Tsukishima Kei x gn reader

Series synopsis: By all accounts, you’re happy. Five years out of college, your freelance art career is finally picking up and you’re able live comfortably between projects by bartending on the weekends. You’re surrounded by long-time friends and things are starting to get serious with your boyfriend. The cracks begin to form in the life you’re building when you hear from a mutual friend that Tsukishima is getting divorced. Tsukishima Kei, a person you used to consider one of your best friends, but whom you’ve spoken to only a handful of times since high school. You reach out to him for the first time in almost a decade, offering support to a friend you were once close to. As you gradually help him heal from his marriage, your old crush on him begins to resurface.

Chapter word count: ~2.2k

Chapter tags & warnings: alcohol, mentions of pregnancy, Tsukishima has a lot of negativity, discussion of divorce and emotionally abusive relationship

Note: The dialogue and organization for this chapter were so challenging to figure out. Hope it reads ok

Series masterlist < part 1 | part 3 >

2. March

Your attention is drawn to him the second you walk through the doors. He has the same standoffish demeanor that you remember from high school, the lightly furrowed brow, a frown perpetually tugging at his lips. Backlit by the lights behind the bar, Tsukishima’s hair could almost be mistaken for a messy halo.

“You ok?” Makoto looks at you with concern.

“Hmm?” You whip around to face him. “Oh, I’m fine babe. They’ve just really turned up the heat in here.”

“Yea, it’s practically a sauna. Why don’t I take your coat for you?”

You shimmy your jacket off and hand it over, thanking your boyfriend as he heads to the coat check.

The room feels both cozy and spacious, with a low ceiling and a large, open layout. The bar top curves all the way around the back of the room, and elegant, origami-inspired chandeliers hang low, giving off a dim and inviting glow.

Many friendly faces are engrossed in conversation around you, seated in small groups on plush, velvet couches or perched on padded bar stools. It’s been months since you’ve seen some of them. It’s understandable on their part, considering they have busy careers or are professional athletes. As for you, your schedule isn’t necessarily packed on a daily basis, but between juggling your projects on weekdays and bartending on weekends, it still feels like you haven’t been able to catch a breath.

You find the man of the evening, Kiyoomi, whose lovely wife organized this whole celebration - buying out the venue for the night and inviting all his friends. Despite his famously reserved personality, the soft smile on his face seems to indicate he’s having a good time tonight.

“Happy birthday Sakusa-kun!” You greet him as you and Makoto join the circle of well-wishers around them.

After thanking you, Kiyoomi continues recounting his recent trip to Paris with the rest of the Olympic team for 2 weeks of special training. Unfortunately, his wife had to stay in Tokyo to manage the new publicity campaign the Jackals are preparing to launch. When more people approach to greet Kiyoomi, you and Makoto take the opportunity to slip away and join another group of friends, chatting, joking, reminiscing, catching up. You both congratulate Daichi, who was promoted to fire lieutenant, and Shoyo, who just celebrated half a year with Asas Sao Paulo. You also toast to the Tanakas who are expecting another child in a few months. Kiyoko seems fairly relaxed about this pregnancy (their third!), but Ryuu is as nervous as a first-time father. Makoto sets about distracting Ryuu from his new baby anxieties, asking about the nitty-gritty of their preparations, about baby clothes, and doctor’s appointments, and juggling everything around two active toddlers.

You start to tune out the baby talk as you scan the room. You find him sitting in the same spot. Yamaguchi seems intent on keeping him occupied, mouth moving a mile a minute as Tsukishima perches at the bar facing slightly away from his best friend. Excusing yourself from Makoto and the Tanakas, you head over.

“Hey you two.”

Tsukishima’s eyes flit to you. He nods briefly in greeting before turning away again.

Yamaguchi, meanwhile, breaks out in a huge smile and pulls you in for a hug. “Hey! Good to see you, it’s been months!”

“Yea, it’s been ages!”

You’re all silent for a moment until you test the waters with a hesitant, “Sooo…how are you guys doing?”

Yamaguchi looks expectantly at Tsukishima. You do too, examining him closely for the first time in…3? 4? years. He’s still unmistakably him. Still gangly, impossibly long legs splayed out beneath him and lanky arms draped over the bar top. He’s grown into his body. His chest and shoulders fill out his button-down nicely, the sleeves tightening around his biceps every time he brings his glass to his lips. He’s slouching at the moment, which you don’t remember him doing much of in high school, but you’re sure he would strike an imposing figure if he pulled himself up to his full height.

When the blond doesn’t make a move to answer, Yamaguchi jumps in. “I’ve been good! Yachi too. I think I told you that we moved to the new apartment right?” You nod. “It’s amazing! The location is perfect and there’s so much natural light. We just got a cat too!”

“Wow! It sounds like you two are really getting settled in!” You try to draw Tsukishima into the conversation. “What about you Tsukishima? Have you started at the National Museum yet?”

“Yea, last month.” He gazes around the room aimlessly.

“Oh! Does that mean you’ve already moved down from Sendai?”

“Yup.”

“Some of the Karasuno guys and I helped drive his stuff down and get it all set up,” Yamaguchi chimes in.

“That’s nice of you Tadashi! And how’s the museum so far?”

The smile on your face falters as Tsukishima finally fixes you in his sights. He crosses his arms before snidely responding, “Shall we stop avoiding the elephant in the room?”

You look away, trying to hide from his piercing stare. Next to you, Yamaguchi fiddles with the cuffs of his shirt. Should you pretend not to know about his separation from Natsumi? A quick glance at him pushes that thought out of your head. No, he wants the truth. “I heard,” you sigh, unsure of what else to say.

The three of you freeze in that awkward moment for what feels like an eternity. You almost swear there’s a perverse pleasure on Tsukishima’s face as you and Tadashi steal uneasy looks at each other. He takes a languid gulp of red wine, grimacing as he swallows, letting the discomfort build and build before finally revealing, “The divorce was finalized last month.”

“O- OH.” Yamaguchi looks as surprised as you. “And, uh…how are you feeling Tsukki?”

“Happy? Sad? Angry? Who the fuck knows,” Tsukishima sneers.

“Why not all of them?” Yamaguchi jokes weakly.

Tsukishima lets out a scoff.

“Well, I for one am glad you’re in Tokyo now.” You reply cheerfully. “The three of us can have movie nights and pig out on cake together again.”

The muscles tense in Tsukishima’s neck. “Drop the charade, ok?”

“Sorry, what?”

“This. Whatever this is. Just. Stop.” His fists are clenched now, his tone venomous. “I appreciate you putting me in touch with your friend and all. Really. But you people don’t have to keep doing this whole fake thing where you act like you want to hang out or get coffee or catch up” - each phrase is punctuated by aggressive air quotes - “when we all know you’re just saying it to be polite. I know you can’t actually want to spend time with me because you barely know me anymore.”

You must look dumbfounded because Tsukishima’s expression softens slightly, but he doesn’t move to take back what he said.

“Tsukki-”

“Shut up Yamaguchi,” He flings every word like a dagger. “What’s the point in pretending? It’s not like you’re fooling me. I know I’m hard to get along with, ok? I’ve always been hard to get along with. I’m selfish, I’m mean, I have a shitty personality, and guess what? It’s even shittier now. I know I’m pathetic. I know I’m especially fucking miserable to be around right now. I know, ok? I KNOW.”

The air feels thick. Yamaguchi sits frozen like a deer caught in the headlights, wide eyes flickering between you. Tsukishima’s eyes sear into you. He downs the last of his wine, his knuckles white from gripping the stem of his wine glass so tightly, you’re sure it’ll snap in half any second.

He’s right, kind of. He’s changed a lot in the past 10 years, and your relationship has changed too. You can’t just pick up where you left off. The trust is gone and it doesn’t do either of you any good to pretend otherwise.

You take a step back and hold your hands up, palms facing him. “Tsukishima, I’m sorry I haven’t kept in touch much since we graduated, but I promise I do actually want to hang out again. I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not pretending, and I’m sure Yamaguchi isn’t either.” Yamaguchi nods vigorously at that. You continue. “I’m genuinely happy for us to have the chance to rebuild our friendship.” You reach out to squeeze his arm softly before dropping your hands back down at your sides.

Tsukishima scrutinizes you before eventually lowering his eyes to the empty wine glass in his hand.

“Me too, Tsukki. Let’s toast to rebuilding,” Yamaguchi suggests, flagging down the bartender.

The three of you clink glasses. Tsukishima unclenches his jaw, though he still appears guarded.

Yamaguchi clears his throat. “Did I mention I got a promotion?”

“Oh wow, congrats!”

Yamaguchi turns to you. “What about you? Any news?”

“Not really, just been busy lately. I started at a new bar and business there is pretty good. I’ve been trying to wrap up a bunch of small projects right now too - got a big one coming up soon and it sounds like the timeline for it will be pretty tight.” You start to tell them about your upcoming postcard project and the atmosphere begins to relax.

Tsukishima goes back to people watching as you and Yamaguchi chatter on either side of him. Slowly, he begins interjecting snarky comments while you two carry on about nothing of importance. It’s surprising how quickly the three of you can nestle back into this familiar dynamic.

“I missed this. The three of us.” Tsukishima jolts you out of your nostalgia. He sounds wistful as he stares at the liquor bottles lined up behind the bar. “I wanted to keep in touch more too, you know. It’s just…Natsumi… she always felt left out when it was the three of us, so I didn’t reach out as much as I wanted to. I’m sorry. And-”

“It’s ok, you don’t have to apologize.”

“-I didn’t want to be a burden either. I realized I needed to learn how to be independent and solve my own problems instead of running to you two for help all the time.”

Emika’s words come back to you. “Did…Natsumi say that?”

Tsukishima looks at you blankly. “Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do in a relationship? Work things out with each other?”

“Yes and no… It’s always good to talk to your partner about your feelings and concerns about your relationship, but it’s also important to have other people to talk things out with too. Sometimes it’s just nice to have a place to vent about dumb things, but sometimes you really need an outside opinion, you know?” You prod a little. “I mean…didn’t she talk to her friends about your relationship?”

“Yea, but that’s different.”

You think you can read between the lines. “How is it different?”

“Well, you know what I’m like.” He shifts in his seat. “When we fought, she’d call them to talk and they’d support her, give her advice, help cheer her up… It helped her a lot I think…” Tsukishima trails off.

You see the gears turning in his head and decide not to push any further. “Well, I know we haven’t talked in ages, but I still consider you a friend.” You gesture around the bar. “You’ve got lots of friends here, actually. They were happy to help with the move and I’m sure we’re all happy to support you in other ways too.”

“Even Kageyama,” Yamaguchi laughs. That at least earns an eye roll from Tsukishima.

You open your mouth to hammer home the point, but Makoto walks up at that moment. He waves hello to Yamaguchi and you introduce him to Tsukishima.

“Babe, it’s time to go.”

You bite back a groan. Why did you agree to meet up with his parents tomorrow morning again? You buy yourself a minute by asking Makoto to grab your coat. As he heads off, you state firmly, “It was really good to see you both. Let’s go out soon, just the three of us, ok?” You give them each a small hug and head off after your boyfriend.

As you walk into your apartment, the exhaustion of the evening finally hits you. You sluggishly go through the motions, hanging your jackets up at the door, brushing your teeth, washing your face, and changing into pajamas before climbing into bed together.

Makoto’s arms are warm and comforting as he pulls you back against his chest. “Did you have a good time tonight?”

“Yea,” you yawn. “I’m really happy I got to see everyone. Thanks for coming with me.”

“Of course, I’m glad I got to see everyone too. My parents said they’re looking forward to catching up with us tomorrow.”

“Aww, that’s sweet of them.”

Makoto runs his fingers across your stomach and sighs. “The Tanakas seem really excited about their new baby.”

“Yea, I can’t believe they’re having a third. They make good parents,” you mumble, quickly drifting off.

He hesitates. “I think we’d make good parents too.”

Beside him, you’ve already fallen asleep.

#haikyuu #haikyuu x reader #tsukishima kei #tsukishima x reader #tsukishima #tsukishima angst #froggy scribbles