#SemiTen

[kimbapisnotsushi]

i was feeling shiratorizawa + semiten and kawashira hcs so y'all know the drill LET'S GO

goshiki has 100% forgotten that he sleeps in a bottom bunk bed and consequently has shot up awake at the sound of his alarm only to bang his head on the underside of the top bunk bed

or the ceiling if he has the top bunk it's the same either way

also for some random reason i really enjoy thinking about semi and peach green tea. idk he feels like such a peach green tea person

fun fact when i first got into hq i made a list in my notes app where i could keep track of what i thought EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER (organized by team) would order at a boba shop/cafe so i could reference it for fics. i just looked at it for the first time in years. i apparently put down strawberry black tea for semi which still remains a pretty good choice i think

you know what. semi can be a strawberry black tea AND a peach green tea person. he goes for peach green tea when he feels like straying from his usual strawberry black tea. there i fixed the problem we're back on track

tendou uses the excuse of going on boba runs for the team to get alone time with semi. he'll be like "haha i can't get ALL the drinks by myself!! eita come with me :3" and semi just sighs but is honestly secretly really pleased that tendou would choose him out of everyone to run errands with

the greatest love language of all: running errands together

i actually think that, all things considered, semi was probably a little bit insecure and a little bit shy when it came to performing

like yeah he doesn't mind BEING in the spotlight. but he had to work on thinking he was good enough for it at first if that makes sense??? and i think being benched for shirabu probably exacerbates that

he's not used to showing other people his songs and his music!!! he's not used to being vulnerable!! he's not used to believing that he's skilled!!! because obviously that didn't work out in volleyball!! what if semi isn't actually as good at music as he thought himself to be?

tendou of course is determined to make him throw all these thoughts out the window

furudate please give us the secret cultural festival arc where semi gets a chance to shine because of his musical talents . . .

actually since shiratorizawa is a bunch of rich kids i wonder if yamagata has a smartphone bc i just think that'd make him constantly losing it 100x funnier

yamagata: "can everyone shut the fuck up for like five minutes i lost my phone and need help listening for the vibrations"

honestly why do i feel like half the times yamagata has "lost" his phone was really just tendou messing with him

like he's in the foreground running around looking for it while tendou is in the background snapping selfies with it or whatever

reon, ushijima, and yamagata like to go jogging together early in the morning. semi tried it once and then promptly decided never again

i actually think soft quiet early mornings are reon's favorite time of day!! he gets some peace to himself and he gets to see the sunrise bleed into the sky and he gets that crisp sweet air of fresh dew in the dawn and it's so so comforting to him

god i don't know how he does it i could never be that much of a morning person

however this does also mean reon goes to bed at like nine pm at the latest which tendou is personally offended by

reon the early bird riser who probably does yoga or some shit before meeting ushijima and yamagata vs tendou the night owl who stays up til three reading manga in the dark

genuinely how is tendou functioning at practice he probably stays up til three like four out of seven days of the week

(sorry i know i'm dunking on tendou a lot i'll stop now)

kawanishi will never admit it but he is so incredibly fond of the height difference between him and shirabu

it allows shirabu to fit his head perfectly in the crook of kawanishi's neck during bus rides and such and it makes kawanishi's heart flutter every time

but also kawanishi is MISERABLE during spring because shirabu can't comfortably do that when kawanishi is prone to sneezing like every five minutes

shirabu, teacher's pet that he is, is really good friends with the school librarian

oh my god . . . kawashira blue sky complex au . . . i would actually cry . . .

okay anyways shirabu kenjirou is really good friends with the school librarian and that's how he finds out that the school librarian used to know ushijima's dad

wouldn't that be crazy tho????? i'm thinking it was either the same librarian that utsui had or it was a close friend of utsui's who became the school librarian after they graduated and stuff. i'm kind of leaning towards the second one bc i feel like that makes more sense

i just. can you imagine how alone ushijima had to feel. can you imagine how suffocating it had to be. like there's plenty of reason to assume that his mom's side (and perhaps the mom herself) ended up disliking utsui and i wouldn't be surprised if they tried to scrub him out of ushijima's life

new idea guys utsui comes back and gets with the shiratorizawa librarian

i'm KIDDING

(mostly)

honestly i just think this scenario would really show off how much shirabu and ushijima mean to each other because i think that gets underestimated a lot

they trust each other!!! they respect each other!!!! they understand each other!!! ushijima who knows that he is to be used for his pure raw strength and that that's all shirabu wants to do for him and shirabu who wants to bring out the best in ushijima and thinks of himself as someone who serves ushijima!!!!! shirabu and ushijima who both think they're being used by the other but they don't care because that works best for them!!!! it's their way of showing respect!!! by handing the reigns over!!!!

okay that's a really serious oversimplification of what i'm actually thinking but i got like five hours of sleep and i'm running on two mugs of some strong ass lotus green tea i trust you guys y'all get what i mean

like idk i think ushijima wouldn't really know what to do with shirabu when they first meet in their second and first years. quiet upperclassman who is occasionally a jerk but mostly does not mean to be and his equally quiet underclassman who IS a jerk and DOES mean to be. they'd be so fucking funny together. they back each other up in ways they don't even realize. they could leave entire crowds in tears on accident

actually . . . the poor third years back then who had to deal with this first year they thought was quiet and composed and unassuming and totally chill. but was, in fact, completely unchill

shirabu's gone to bat for every single member of the team at some point btw. soekawa ushijima reon yamagata semi tendou etc etc. none of them have ever witnessed it though word just gets passed around to them like shirabu is some honor-defending ninja who only works in the shadows

and then it really surprises shirabu when they come to bat for HIM

i mean i just. i think shirabu is really used to being independent. is used to doing things by himself. he's not used to other people sticking up for him or other people trying to guide him (which could be another reason why he clashes with semi). it's not that he thinks he's perfect but like. he's never had people who wanted to do that for him before!!

but now he's got goshiki who WANTS compliments from him and he's got kawanishi who loves him for whatever reason and he's got the upperclassmen who ruffle his hair and swing an arm around his shoulders and tell him ot text when he needs help and he's just like ???? like a system error.

give it up for shirabu kenjirou everyone i love him

[klwl-truck]

I had a veggie burrito for lunch and it was really tasty, I also couldn’t figure out what outfit to put Tendou in so he gets to wear his dumbass chef’s outfit today.

[crnl-chicken-tots]

Best friends always crash parties together 🎉

[judahhssjudaahahss]

The shiragoshi and semiten brainrot is going crazy rn

[happy-hokkyokugitsune]

Top fave rarepairs atm? Non-poly please I know you're into bokutenyachikuro and semitenyachi already!

TenYachi

KinYachi

BokuTen

KuroYachi

BokuYachi

SemiTen

TenKuro

IwaYachi

SaeLisa

BokuSemi

I just could not do five okay ;A;

Besides tenyachi the others are in no particular order and are subject to change

I know half are yachi (I could do more like runa/yachi!)- that's why I had to do at least 10 because she is my girl fr and deserves all the ships

I do have more poly-ships I like as well if you're ever interested...

[osamusbigtits]

semi is quiet. horribly and horrifically quiet.

the room that's usually comforting and warm, feels like it's burning and closing in on tendou.

he can't believe he said that. can't believe he let those words come out of his mouth. he can't even watch how semi reacts- his vision blurs and ears start to ring.

tendou's nails dig into his thigh. he barely feels it.

he thinks semi starts to talk, but he can't hear it. it's miles away, or maybe he's under water. it feels like he's drowning, the way he's gasping for breath. he still can't feel his nails digging into his skin, but he's vaguely aware that it's happening.

cold hands on his cheeks shock his system. tendou gasps.

"satori." semi's voice. "satori, look at me."

"I'm sorry," tendou mumbles, words stumbling out of his mouth as soon as he finds them. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

two cold fingers touch his pulse, but tendou keeps apologizing.

"its okay," semi says, voice soft and gentle. "it's okay, satori. I'm not mad."

but tendou went too far. he made a joke about the one thing semi asked him not to. he fucked up again. just as he always does.

he's going to lose semi at this rate.

tendou curls in on himself and semi draw in closer. his hands don't leave tendou, gentle touches that help ground tendou and soft words thay bring him back to reality.

they're both quiet when tendou catches his breath and he finally stops shaking.

tendou reaches up to curl a lock of hair around his finger but semi takes his hand, lacing their fingers together. the small gesture lifts a weight off of tendou's chest.

"I'm not mad," semi whispers.

tendou stares at their hands. "you should be." just like everyone else always is.

semi rests his head against tendou's shoulder. "you didn't mean it. I know that. I'm not mad. a little upset, but not mad. I'll be fine."

tendou breathes out and then nods. semi wouldn't lie to him. in all the years they've known each other, semi has always been honest.

[the6thafterglow]

Don’t think I posted this here. Tensemi yuri.

[bisonandbubbles]

Tendou: I don't understand why you'd throw drugs into someone's drink at a bar when you can just find someone who has a cola and dump mentos in it.

Semi:

Tendou: Objectively funnier. No harm no foul

Semi: nobody drinks cola at a bar

Tendou: c'mon I can't be the only one

[hqrarepairtournament]

Semifinals

[monstrsball]

heyy kennedy could you elaborate on that semiten please.

heyyy. happily!!!

i don't think they get together until like... after high school? but there was a lot of pining during high school. they both thought it was unrequited bc they're so silly. semi has some songs that he wrote during hs about tendou that he swears are never going to see the light of day (but he shares them with tendou eventually).

semiten and their good friend ushijima who doesn't really realize he's third wheeling sometimes. semi does kind of mind sometimes when he tags along but it takes him way too long to figure out how to say that. (and then when he does he realizes he was totally overthinking it cause ushijima is chill about it lol)

also. semiten playing wingman for ushijma the few times he's interested in someone. they're really bad at it but he appreciates the gesture.

i've talked abt this before but tendou gets along so well with semi's little sister and semi doesn't know if he loves or hates it. (he loves it) they tease him sooo much. constantly. she tells tendou so many embarrassing stories about semi when they first start dating.

semi learns french for tendou. some of it he picked up when he was helping tendou prepare for his move to france but a lot of it was on his own. and i think he does eventually move to french to live with tendou... bc he can make music anywhere, yk??

they have a cat, a sphynx i think... tendou found him outside of the bakery he works at. tendou wanted to name him bingus but semi vetoed it. i am accepting name suggestions for the semiten cat.

(ushijima is quite fond of their cat and sends them sweaters for him. shirabu thinks he's the ugliest cat he has ever seen.)

um yeah. i just think they're neat <3

[endlich-spricht-es-jemand-aus]

Die Deutschen von HEUTE haben KEINE angebliche, sogenannte "BESONDERE Verantwortung", auch nicht gegenüber Israel ! Wir ALLE haben einfach schlicht und ergreifend lediglich UNSERE EIGENE Verantwortung ! Nicht MEHR , aber auch nicht WENIGER ! ... Eine EIGEN-Verantwortung, welcher wir NICHT gerecht werden, wenn wir DAMALIGE Verbrechen der Vergangenheit nun manipulativ dazu benutzen, um HEUTIGE Verbrechen rechtfertigen zu wollen !

Wir beweisen, daß wir NICHTS aus den Fehlern der Vergangenheit gelernt haben, wenn wir nun (-statt der Ideologie GEGEN die Juden, zum Vorteil für eine angebliche "Herrenrasse"-) lieber "uneingeschränkte, rückgratlose Solidarität" FÜR eine jüdische Ideologie zeigen, damit ein angeblich "auserwähltes Volk" die "Endlösung" gegen die Palästinenser vorantreiben kann !

Das schmälert oder rechtfertigt in KEINER Weise den Terrorismus der radikalislamischen "Hamas". Es haben im "gelobten Land" ALLE Seiten Dreck am Stecken der Gewalt !

Übrigens: abgedroschenes Stichwort "Antisemitismus":

"Semitisch" sind ALLE Sprachen und Kulturen im nahen Osten. Hebräisch ebenso wie Arabisch !

[kimbapisnotsushi]

semi 🤝 suga

their coworkers not believing they have famous (?) boyfriends in another country

[klwl-truck]

Semi: Tendou you can’t say those things about the opposing team

Tendou: dont care. CURSE OF RA 𓅓𓂀𓀿𓅿 𓃹𓃗𓂀𓀿𓆙𓂻𓂉𓂀𓁹𓂉𓆙𓂀𓀿𓀡𓀡𓁹𓂉

[crnl-chicken-tots]

Felt like a shitpost would be neat, might go throw onions at someone later, idk

[cryolyst]

ok. fine. i can see the ushi//ten appeal.

[happy-hokkyokugitsune]

I asked it a bit weird, sorry, naw see I was seeing your hqhc and following your fic and thought you might be into it. P is not me but hard tellin with anon amirite 😉

ty for not raining on my parade, how about semiten?

Hey beautiful~

SemiTen! (I will say that semiten isn't that rare imo)

Love the pairing, be it romantic, sexual, bros, saltmates, whatever, I love it.

(I mean Shiratorizawa guys are one of my weaknesses of course.)

- They are both quite beautiful, (imo) like an ethereal type of beauty. Almost fragile looking in some ways despite how strong they both are (if that makes sense.) I think they would be a gorgeous couple and honestly could you imagine how adorable their kid would look? And how happy they would be? Semi and Tendou would make awesome dads, nobody can change my mind.

- They paint each others nails and giggle like schoolgirls while gossiping about people Shirabu. They do get annoyed by the other sometimes and rag on each other as well, but that's just how they are. Tendou needs someone to tell him he's gone too far sometimes and Semi needs someone to pull him out of his head when he's feeling down (artist problems ya' know) and Tendou is the only one to notice because Semi is good at hiding it.

- These two take up the entire third year second floor bathroom when getting ready. I'm talking every spare inch covered in products, clothes, and towels. The only person allowed to interrupt their beauty routine is the other one.

Yamagata is real salty about it, I mean he needs to do his hair too guys.

- Semi is the only person allowed to do Tendou's hair. Goshiki is a first year so he isn't sure why this is the case, just that when he asked everyone got real quiet and Ushijima straight up turned and quick walked away.

Goshiki never asked again.

- Tendou is Semi's biggest fan. He'll talk to anyone and everyone about Semi's music. He'll hound you until you listen to it, he even pushed Semi to find an artist for promoting his band via posters and shirts. The redhead shows up to every gig as well and him screaming his love from the audience really charges the whole atmosphere with good vibes. No doubt in Semi's mind that Tendou is rooting for him.

Even if he teases him to no end.

- Tendou could easily guess where Semi is at all times. Semi is pretty predictable about his interests and schedule. Tendou knows he likes to play video games after practice and that he'll be doing karaoke on Friday's, he knows what market and restaurant he prefers, he even knows that Semi has a date when he smells a certain cologne on him. (He may even get jealous about that last one.)

He doesn't tell Semi these things, the guy likes to think he's incredibly spontaneous and he doesn't want to burst his bubble. But mostly Tendou finds it amusing to appear behind him when he isn't expecting it.

- They like to scare each other. It started off as Tendou's thing (is anyone surprised?) but one day Semi had enough and before Tendou could sneak up on him he turned and scared the guy first. It's been a longstanding competition between them ever since.

- Despite them hounding eachother and Tendou's constant teasing he would never call Tendou a monster ever. I can see him mean mugging anyone he catches doing so. He doesn't tell Tendou that he gets girls to start rumors about the people being mean to him, and he's so subtle about it that even Tendou is oblivious to his hand in said rumors.

- Both of these guys are super chill together even if they aren't interacting directly. I can just see them now, Tendou's reading his manga (possibly while sitting upside down on the couch) while Semi messes around on his guitar. They should be studying but that's not any fun and neither of them are interested in following the typical college/career route so they don't crackdown on that sort of thing unless Ushijima or Reon is there.

- Semi actually enjoys Tendou's energy, he can't read him, the guy is the poster child for being unpredictable of course, but he loves passionate people who like to bring joy and laughter wherever they go.

This got long, sorry anon if you're p I am not sorry, you know what you were getting into, ya' doof.