#TANATORA

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IM BEGGING YOU ALL TO PLEASE MAKE MORE SHIPPING CONTENT WITH THIS MAN I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE

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LET'S GOOOO WINGSPIKER^4, THAT'S AWESOME!!! I love second years, they are so unique in that third years and first years are the oldest/the youngest with the following themes of responsibilities for the team etc, and then the second years are just, chaos. Like, Kenma, Fukunaga and Tora are just all completely different. Noya and Tanaka are just insane. Ennoshita is a normal guy. What is happening lmao. Wingspiker^4 is a genius ship.

Omg if you really don’t mind I'm happy to ramble about my Nekoma/Karasuno ships😭 My friend basically has a crime au (not like mafia or yakuza, there basically are teams that fight each other at night and have positions from volleyball bc that's fun and the whole vibe is very video gamey and comics-like), and everyone is adult and a bit different from haikyuu canon, so there's a lot of lore I would happily dump onto anyone ready to hear it.

But about Nekoma!! They are quite a bit obsessed w Karasuno, who are a lot weaker as a team, but there is a common goal of becoming stronger to have a battle of the garbage dump etc etc, so the teams are at peace for now and very friendly with each other. Nekoma are also cannibals (bc of the whole cats and crows thing yk) and everyone is paired up w a Karasuno player they really want to eat, but like, everyone knows about is and is cool with it (we will defeat you first mentality).

Hence the fukushita/tanatora dynamics!! Ennotora are dating, and Nekoma are basically all dating each other (w the first years being a bit separate in that, bc they are noticeably younger than the third years). Also, transmasc Fukunaga and Tora.

Right now I'm obsessed w Asakai (Asahi and Kai) because here Asahi is very much a gentle giant, very emotional and poetic, and Kai is very much a gentleman, a man who always answers your question with a question and you walk off from a conversation w him and realize you know nothing about him. With a dark underside in that Asahi romanticizes Kai and fills in the blanks himself, and Kai's end goal is to basically make Asahi so calm and dreamy around him that he doesn't notice his heart is being literally eaten. But like, the love and friendship are still genuine, Nekoma are just unhinged.

The first years are much more silly and unserious, and Kai being Inuoka's primary sempai, Inuoka is, like, a gentleman in training. Like, trying to open the door for you and give you his coat and so on, but with the energy and clumsiness of a big dog. And Kageyama being on the receiving end of that like :/ "what are you doing."

And they start falling in love with each other at some point, and Inuoka is very romantic and silly, and Kageyama is conflicted because he takes the rivalry and being in different teams very seriously. Kagehina is still canon, but they don't figure it out for a long time, and Inuoka is very similar to Hinata, except he doesn't annoy Kageyama nearly as much, so it's like almost an easier option for him?? That means that they will decide to stay friends in the end, but before that, yk, very much a black cat/golden retriever dynamic, with Kageyama weirdly being the cat. Oh and also Inuoka likes magic and tricks, and tries to impress Kageyama with it, and again. what are you doing. no, that's not my card. A lot of small things like that, like, Inuoka being a swimmer and Kageyama being afraid of water. Kageyama saying he never kissed a dog in the nose because animals don’t like him, and Inuoka vowing to find him a dog that would.

Anyway, thanks a lot for reading all that if you do, I hope you aren't weirded out by a hard turn into an au with crime and cannibalism, they are all very silly still!! I'll add art that my friend (@patrick-and-black-ghost-dog) made with the second years and with asakai and inukage if you're interested!!!

hi!! i'm sorry you can just not answer if you don't want to but i saw your question ab ennotora and i want to hear everything ab them so badly😭

HELLO!!! I’m so delighted that someone else wants to hear about ennotora 😭 they’ve been on my brain for the past few months now HFKDHD. OK this is gonna be a long one

a lot of the appeal is just girl-crazy taketora falling for Normal Guy chikara and is how I started shipping them

like. Just imagine taketora being a complete flustered mess with chikara

I headcanon taketora to be the second gen captain of nekoma so he and chikara are bound to interact and thats how he starts crushing on chikara

he’s like “oh I should probably just start some friendly banter to keep the cats and crows thing going on” not thinking chikara would banter back

he does. and taketora’s like “oh shit he’s hot”

I’d like to think taketora would underestimate chikara since he wasn’t on the starting lineup before but chikara climbs his way up to taketora’s “cool ppl” list reaaaal fast

taketora is an absolute mess. he keeps getting distracted by chikara during practice matches and fukunaga and kenma have to yell at him like tORA GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME.

ALSO. you know how noya and tanaka were protective of kiyoko?? BASICALLY that happens with chikara once the two find out tora likes him

like huuuh what do you mean our lovely awesome captain chikara has caught the eyes of nekoma’s CAPTAIN? 🤨

they have a shovel talk with him. Your welcome.

meanwhile chikara is an absolute dense brick and everytime noya and tanaka get all protective of him (around taketora COUGH) he doesn’t even realise its around this specific person and is just like “what are these 2 idiots doing.”

I also hc chikara to have this funky little laugh he’s insecure about but is one of the reasons taketora fell for him!!!

when they get together chikara’s very very insecure and embarrassed cause to him taketora deserves someone better and not some plain guy like him

to which taketora is like no I love you very very much and I’m shocked but happy that an awesome guy like you chose ME to be your boyfriend

you know how chikara’s the don of the second(now third) years?? I hc he basically becomes like that for the entire team

and taketora finds it waaaay too cool how he deals with the entirety of karasuno. Like. all of nekoma is practically afraid of Karasuno’s Captain Ennoshita (if you get what I’m saying :’]])

during their highschool years its a lot of taketora being smitten and shy while chikara is completely oblivious

in fact I’d say chikara probably thinks he did smth wrong and that tora hates him 😭

all of the second-now-third years are aware of this situation and groaning bcoz why is taketora such a smitten wimp and why is chikara so unbelievably dense

the others in both teams just think theres some weird beef going on b/w them and the third years end up having to explain haha

I know these two seem like ripoff ennotana BUT. BUT.

according to ME ennotora are lovable menaces

chikara is a menace to society I wish more people thought of him as that

everybody thinks their relationship is “keep your dog on a leash” with tora being the “dog” but no both of them have each other on a leash trying to stop each other from getting into shenanigans

this ends up backfiring and both of them end up encouraging each other in said shenanigans :3

they’re bastards is basically. the simplest way I can put my point of how I see them

their confession is also really stupid cause taketora is unable to form words but ennoshita has dealt with tanaka w/ kiyoko for 3 years and thus understands what taketora is trying to say

but BCOZ chikara understands what he’s trying to say HES a flustered mess too cause wdym nekoma’s hot lovable idiot of a captain likes ME??

this ended up longer than expected whew. I don’t know if you’re into fanfics but incase you are the ennotora tag on ao3 brings me pain except for like. 3 fics </3 BUT I PLAN TO DOMINATE THE TAG SOON!!! IDK HOW SOON BUT DEFINITELY SOMEDAY!!! I’m so sorry if half of my rambling didn’t make sense 😭 you could probably check the ennotora tag on my blog but I feel like thats also. Very chaotic I apologise,, thank you dearly for listening though!!! I was so excited when I got your ask FHDJDH

[hqmangacaps]

Tanaka and Yamamoto are crying, I can’t-

Haikyuu !! Chapter 34.

[heleizition]

funky tanatoras !!!! also tora with a nosering  . . .. screams

[transbeetleboy]

@hqrarepairweek Day 1: Firsts 

Wrestling For First Tanaka Ryuunosuke / Yamamoto Taketora Rated T | 2k | #tanatora 

 After learning neither Yamamoto or Tanaka have made out in public, Kenma goads them into a dare. 

Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28501119

[mitoposting]

me explaining to my friends why they're all on a date in this art

[mysecretfanmoments]

Hm I guess I could go for a drabble. How about Tanaka? He's best boy, and Taketora needs more love too. Make something cute like handholding since everyone loves some delinquent boys being cute.

THIS IS very CUTE

Taketora wrinkled his nose, but only for a moment. He was trying to look disappointed as the seat assignments came out; he mumbled something about the Karasuno managers.

“Too bad,” Ryuu said, slapping his arm. “Guess it’s you and me.” 

Taketora didn’t know anyone who understood him as well as Ryuu did—as immediately. But he let out a sigh anyway. “I guess so.”

Ryuu grinned, and his slap turned into a punch. “Don’t sound so disappointed!”

Well—that was just the thing. Taketora wasn’t disappointed. But he should have been, here in his third year, still not knowing any girls who’d give him the time of day. He looked at Ryuu. “Don’t bore me too much,” he said, fighting a smile.

“Me? Bore you? The sun still rises in the East, right?”

Taketora couldn’t help laughing. Dammit! That kept happening, too. He was pretty sure it wasn’t meant to. They filed onto the bus, and he put the thought from his mind. Tried to, anyway. No one made him laugh like Ryuu did, in addition to getting him. Ryuu had an unfair advantage, in being so similar Taketora wondered about all the things they had in common. He felt the warm line of Ryuu along his side, half-listening to Ryuu’s rant about some type of shoe sole he’d heard about and how he wasn’t sure it was worth the money. He let his hand drop between them.

Ryuu didn’t take it, of course. That wasn’t what was happening here. But Ryuu’s hand dropped at some point, and the knuckles of their hands brushed. Taketora had been aware of girls like this, once. And now he was aware of Ryuu.

Damn, he thought, and didn’t say anything on the matter. Ryuu continued on, his voice comforting. Taketora took a deep breath.

He liked their new seat assignments, and the big bus that forced him and Ryuu together—but he said nothing on the matter. He listened to Ryuu, and chimed in, and wished they were always going to the same places, their hands brushing. It was easy, like this—but with Ryuu, it was always easy—at least for him.

[ryekamasaki]

trick or treat - TakeTana

come trick-or-treat in my inbox requesting ficcies and I’ll either treat you to some fluff or humor or trick you with a horribly twisted/sad AU (I’ll use a random generator to pick trick or treat)

send me “trick or treat” and a character(s) or ship in my inbox

TREAT

Ryuu is wrist deep in orange goo when a laugh sounds next to him, loud and excited. Taketora greets him with a kiss on the cheek, heedless of the mess that he leans into to do it. When he pulls away he lifts his hand off the table, a tiny seed stuck to his skin amidst the aforementioned orange goo. There’s another pumpkin on the table next to the one Ryuu is working on, already empty and ready for carving, but Taketora reaches for another scoop instead, diving straight into Ryuu’s pumpkin with gusto.

Ryuu smiles fondly at him. “You can start carving that one, you know.”

The grin he gets is something he wants to see until he dies, bright as the sun and twice as warm. “Yeah. But I wanna carve them together with you.”

“Sap.”

“Yeah.” Taketora agrees and keeps cleaning out their pumpkin, carefully avoiding Ryuu’s fingers as he scoops. He starts humming a song, and Ryuu can’t help joining in, until the pumpkins are both gutted and ready for carving. Taketora grins as he waves around one of the designated pumpkin carving knives, and Ryuu’s a tiny bit glad that Suga came over to tell him what kind of cutlery they’d need, and what they absolutely weren’t allowed to use.

“What’re you gonna carve?” He tries to peek over Taketora’s shoulder to see what he’s begun to draw, but Taketora turns and kisses his nose, tilting his pumpkin out of view.

“S’a surprise. You’ll see.”

Ryuu grins. “Okay. You too, then.”

Taketora nods with confidence and gets back to work, and Ryuu lets himself stare for only a minute more before he starts on his own. Later on, their pumpkins lit up next to each other on the porch, Taketora’s crow and Ryuu’s cat, he can’t help feeling like nothing in the world is more perfect than the present moment.

[daisquatch]

Cubs play wrestling

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joke’s on you, toxic masculinity hbd taketora!!!

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ayo tell me what to write about tanatora,, idk what to write rn,,

[justoverseas]

Louie Watches Haikyuu German Dub: Season 1 Episode 13

Alright, I wasted away my day, I have lotsa junk food, I had to wait oddly long for this episode to be uploaded, but now we are collectively ready.

“Cap-i-tain!”

They’re stressing the “O” in “Inuoka” too much for my liking. Like, I don’t mind that they stumble over the Japanese names, I can deal with it for the most part and a few are quite funny, but saying “Inu-o-ka” all the time makes me wonder who they’re talking about...

God I love that Kageyama is looking so pissed this episode, but he is actually just pissed with himself lmao

KUROO HOLY SHIT!!!

(he didn’t do anything, he just appeared on screen and I got excited)

DOG HINATA AND KAGEYAMA ARE BOTH SO ADORABLE I LOVE THEM!!

Hinata’s legal middle name is “face-receive” I shit you not.

Watching Noya’s little crush on Yaku slowly develop is also great.

“Hinata is exactly like in our first game. His overwhelming presence. He’s calling for me.” Gay flex but okay.

God Kyoko let go of the most adorable little sneeze when Tora mentioned her.

“I needed ages to be able to talk to her.” Bitch, you proposed to her the second you met her you lier!

Omg, the way Kuroo said “but you’re still so young” to Tsukki was vaguely rapey. 10/10

Yaku, about Noya: “He seems to... just stare at me, doesn’t he?” Me: “Yea, he does that when he has a crush.”

Noya: “YOU OUTPLAYED MY BOYFRIEND SO YOU’RE MY BOYFRIEND NOW. BYE!”

Kuroo’s voice is so deep when he’s talking shit about Tanatora but then he sees Daichi and puts on this fake friendly laugh and his voice FUCKING BREAKS its poetic!

“What do you feel about your win today?” “Hmm, nothing special, it’s just normal.” Lmao, self-assured much.

“Next time I am going to make you feel something.” Gay flex but okay.

God, Kenma’s little smile, I am so blessed.

I still feel there was supposed to be a Kuroken flashback in this, I feel robbed.

‘Kay, that’s it. As always it was a wonderful experience. I hope y’all have a wonderful day and get to see some crows and hear some good news. Bye ✨💕✨

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I'm on a tanatora binge so hehe tanatora x reader

[hqmangacaps]

Noya and Tanaka embarrassed after they let their crush on Nekoma’s players be too obvious

Haikyuu !! Chapter 35.

[dontmindmedear]

Rare Pair Dragon Rider AU

Notes:

pairings may be changed to one’s liking, but keeping them rare pairs would be preferable

individual stories and story development is free for interpretation and changeable

Seriously, this is all just a raw draft. Change it as you like

tbh I just thought this up bc I wanted Bokuto to fuck Oikawa with golden glowing Dragon eyes. Sue me

Dragons:

females:

wild ones live away from humans, in peace. humans don’t hurt them, they stay away from what belongs to humans. occasionally one of them brings an egg to a breeder station on the outskirts as a present and sign of friendship. in exchange, the baby will be brought back to its wild flock if they can't seem to be integrated

living in the breeder station: most of them were born here. by the time they were able to decide whether to get paired with a rider or stay, they developed the desire to breed or take care of young ones. others didn’t want to leave their breeders side, as the breeders have a closer Relationship with them as they have with the male dragons (after all they need their absolute trust for when their instincts run wild during pregnancy)

a female that chose the rider way mostly ends up in the teaching area after obligatory military service, since they calm the young once easier, or are in the spy area.

males:

wild ones protect their flocks. do not fight. do not tease. do not underestimate. do not walk too close. they will fight to death if they feel threatened. they rarely go close to human areas.

breeded ones need to go to the academy. mostly to get their instincts under control, away from all the females, and to have a way to get rid if their energy.

since ‘protect’ is part of their instincts, most of them stay in the military or teach younger ones how to protect. a grown a male Dragon has no problems keeping a younger one under control, especially once they earnt their respect with behaviour or actions.

the calmer ones might help out in the town with house building or street safety or work within the city.

A bonded Dragon:

loses interest in breeding. (another reason why not many bonded Dragons are female) therefore they might help to protect the breeding stations and give the females a sense of safety. (some breeding stations see it as mandatory for their breeders to have a bonded Dragon).

they can communicate telepathically with their human and can find them wherever they are. (their mark is like a gps)

their rider is the most important thing for them. nothing, neither Dragon nor human nor lovers nor hobby nor obligation, is of higher importance

Pairings: (D = Dragon, R = Rider)

OiBoku Iwa D + Noya Daichi D + Aka (due to DaiSugas Relationship, Daichi often flies with Suga and Akaashi has to change his style to match Daichi better, which leaves him hesitant and uncertain (when he and daichi fly alone, and Akaashi trusts him enough, he would often let go and spread his arms, enjoying the wind and trusting Daichi completely) SugaKuro (DaiSugas Relationship wasnt a problem for Kuroo, until their telepathy started and he got literal smutty hc. he kinda short circuited, growled and called Suga ‘HIS’ before leaving utterly embarrassed. DaiSuga talked and decided it might be better to break up after all) Kags D + Yahaba (Kags is from Oiks ranch/breeding farm and initiating class. Oiks wants to teach Yaba in managing kags, but Yahaba only smiles) Kai +Asahi D (first AsaOiBoku, but then Kai 'loses' his old dragon, so he’s given Asahi since A rider cannot get bounded to two Dragons) Tsukki + Lev D (Tsukki was really annoyed by him at first, but after seeing him failing and failing again without giving up and finally getting results, he got interested/felt himself being happy with him and somehow got motivated to train and get better as well) KyouKen D + Shirabu (know each other from the initiating classes. are like bitch besties. both have a tough image but a sweet core)

Goshiki D + Kunimi Tendou D + Daishou (‘Monster Duo’. Don't underestimate. Don't anger. Don't provoke.)

Kenma + Yamamoto D (kenma can sharpen his eyesight to "zoom in") Hinata + Tanaka D (hinata can breath fire)

the flock troublemakers refused to let the flock babies out of their sight

both Hinata and Kenma are humans with Dragon blood due to their ancestors. they are cousins

Semi + Aone D; shiba + Yams D; Inuoka D + Sakunami (shiba’s twin)

Fukunaga + Kuguri D (people assume they use telepathy since they both rarely talk)

Yaku + Kindaichi D (yaku is mothering him a lot. since Lev was too young and troublesome, the leader refused to let go of Lev yet and Yaku needed a new Dragon partner. he was switched to Aoba in the meanwhile, and eventually chose Kinchi for the next test. kinkuni wanted to stay a pair, but already realised that wouldnt be possible, so they held their eyes open for other options)

Free/without partners:

Terushima R (initially enemy)

Sakusa (veteran Dragon)

hoshiumi D

Miya Atsumu

Miya Osamu

yamagata R

kawanishi D Flock Leaders: Ennoshita+Futakuchi Makki+Konoha Ushiwaka+Mattsun (Ushiwaka would love to fly with Oiks and takes Mattsun's humour seriously. Mattsun likes that) Watari+Komi Enemies: Wakunan Johzenji (spies)

Higher-Ups/Elders: Ukai (d) got hurt in the last mission while protecting the new teachers and flock leaders,  flew down bc his rider got hurt and got himself hurt in the process. reason why this year a tight relationship between rider and dragon is seen as a bad thing Takeda (r) he limps and cannot fly for a long time anymore Nekomata (d) Ukai senior (d)   Mizoguchi (d) Irihata (r) Washijou (r) at fault for proposing the new system after UkaTake incident happened Teachers: Moniwa (raising Dragons, socialising w/ dragons, has the problem class) Kamazaki (flight training) D Washio  (Fighting, Swords) D Saeko (flame useage/control) D Narita (d, spionage) the supermarket dude (R, spionage) the tech shop dude (fighting Martial Arts) = R Sarukui (transformation) = D Kiyoko (in charge of the Dragons and their caves. no one is allowed into the restricted area without her seal) = magic seal (D) teaches them inside the caves sometimes (has crystal blue shimmering scales) Managers (general education as well as taking care of their students) Michimiya (d, general education for Dragons) Yachi is a teacher (teaches Dragon health) and doctor for Dragons/healer

Flocks:

people in the Kitagawa Daiichi School: (within the group they often switch partners) the groups are parted due to age (age gap up to one year) Group 1: Daichi (d) Oiks (r) Iwa (d) Suga (r) Kuroo (d) Yaku (r) Boku (d) (Akaashi is from Bo's ranch. as long as he's there, bo's fine. that's why he isn't in group 4) Akaashi (r) Group 2: Tendou (d) Aone (d) Daishou (r) Semi (r) Kyou (d) (will join group 4 later) Kenma (r) Yahaba (r) Kuguri (d) Group 3: Goshiki (d) Tsukki (r) Yams (d) Kageyama (d) Kunimi (r) Kindaichi (d) Inuoka(d) Fukunaga (r) Shibayama (r)

Sakunami (r)

Group 4: they all joined a year later due to their 'mental age' (too aggro, too shy or simply unable to sit still and listen properly) Tana (d) Tora (d) Asahi (d) Noya (r) shirabu (r) too salty (dragon rider family. refuses to listen to people of a lower rank than his parents) Hinata (r) Lev (d) they had a 4th R, but he got very very ill soon and had to stop (dragophobie) every 'flock' is made up of people who applied within a certain time frame, are of similar age and who live close to each other. (the dragon mother decides who will take care of her baby, as she abondons it after laying the egg. these mothers can be wild, but friendly dragons, active dragons from active riders or breeding dragons (voluntarily. like to be pregnant or to help out))

Kuroo, Daichi, Iwa, Kags and Kuni are Dragons from Oiks ranch. Suga and Yaku are childhood friends who lived nearby, same for Kindaichi. Kuroo&Daichi are twins. they like to compete and yaku/suga have to stop them. (active Dragonrider parents) Kags and Iwa have the same Dragon mother (wild Dragon. thus if they dont get along with the others they will be sent back into the wilderness. The Dragon Rider School Licence is absolutely necessary for them), but their eggs were taken care of by different people (Oiks parents had their hands full, so they could only take in Iwa). TanaTora are also twins. Kyou’s 'father' was TanaTake's father’s brother or maybe even the same Dragon, but he was hatched on another farm. (at least that's what the breeders assumed since their mothers were wild; similar features and behaviour but no one is sure whether they were really the same Dragon) first real flock (till final exam): (there are tests to determine whether you join a flock, which one, or whether you have to wait half a year. depending on your behaviour you might lose your spot too. over the stretch of the following year, new people can join until all 10 spots are full) AOBA The Allrounder Senior Pair: Makki+Konoha Juniors: Iwa d Oik r Kuni r Kinchi d Yaba r Kyou d + 4 others KARASUNO The hotblooded/energetic ones/creativity Senior pair: Ennoshita+Futakuchi Juniors: Dai D Suga r Tana d Noya r Asa d Hina r Kags d Tsukki r Yams d Kinoshita r NEKOMA The collected ones Senior Pair: Watari+Komi Juniors: Kuroo D Kenma R Tora D Inu D Shiba R Fukunaga R Lev D Yaku R Daishou R

Kuguri D SHIRATORIZAWA The tricky ones (one main attribute) Senior Pair: Ushiwaka+Mattsun Juniors: Tendou d Semi r Shirabu r Goshiki d Aone d Bokuto d Akaashi r Hoshiumi d

Sakunami r +1 rider kai (r) different School/group and older. close to official partnership with his dragon

Story: (story starts from ~first flock to the final exams)

the senior pairs talk about which group they get, with which members, during breakfast/lunch. everyone pities enno. (no one pities futakuchi) most envy ushimatsu. they have the calm ones. (they also have Bo, but he's 'controlled' by Akaashi. Tendou isn’t really a problem. Mattsun actually is really happy about him. 'he'll make sure no one gets too serious') they talk about how lucky they are that 'the old guys' don’t get involved this year. last year's group were kinda forced into partnering with a dragon just bc they were free/thought they suited each other. WataKomi get Nekoma (aka the collected ones). Komi is thrilled to see whether they are really always collected. "But don’t overdo it, okay? we dont wanna scare them off." Watari glances at Komi and just chuckles at his motivated posture. MakkiKono get the Allrounder. everyone makes jokes of Konoha as 'the jack of all trades but master of none'. "the most important thing is to make them see it's ok not to be the best in sth. I think there are some guys though who won’t like this" *dirty grin* "we'll make sure they won’t get too serious"

Every member of the new flocks thinks they’ll get partnered up with the ones they had been partnering with since they got sorted into flocks, but then the incident with Ukai and Takeda happens and they’re informed that they have to switch. Obviously none of them is pleased about that, their mentors even try to argue against it, but order is order. Most are hesitant at first but eventually give in. Only Oikawa and Iwaizumi still refuse, bc they grew up together, Oikawa had even watched Iwaizumi hatching, and they had sworn at a young age that they would do this together. So now not being allowed to do that hurts them both deeply and they try to fight the order, which brings Iwaizumi in trouble since he might be expelled and sent into the wilderness if he keeps acting like that. Therefore, out of worry for his friend, Daichi and Iwa have a talk about what it means to switch Riders. Daichi and Iwaizumi: "You dont wanna fly with Sugawara anymore?" "Oh, I still do! I do want to fly with him." "then why do you allow someone else to ride you? why do you consider to replace him?" Daichi chuckles. "replacing? is that how it seems to you? no, iwaizumi, no. that is wrong! Im not 'replacing' Suga or anything. No one can replace Suga! He's been my best friend and partner ever since I entered this school. and nothing and no one will ever change that." "then why-" "because! taking another rider doesnt diminish or change my feelings for Suga. It wont diminish or destroy anything. Choosing a different Rider, simply means that there will be someone who will mean even more to me someday than Suga does now. and Akaashi is totally worth to be that one." "... I cannot believe that could ever happen to me. there is no way that anyone could ever mean more to me than Oikawa does to me now." More chuckling. "bc you're stubborn! you both are. you're so concentrated, focused, centered on each other that there is no way anyone could ever reach that same level of synchronized trust and compatibility. You and Oikawa have spend YEARS to create the bond you share now. you cannot expect a bond, that is as deep and strong as yours, to appear over night. you have to give it time. if you don’t allow others to come near you, if you don’t allow yourself to feel close to others, if you don’t even consider to give them a choice, then it'll never happen anyway. that's just the way it is." "..." after Iwa finally gives in he still has a hard time to adapt to others but noya breaks into his heart like a lil whirlwind (he fights with dragons and wins lmao) oiks feels betrayed and refuses to talk with Iwa, which upsets Iwa and therefore Noya. Noya has a 'talk' with Oiks during a time frame where he doesn’t have a potential partner yet (the teachers don’t know what to do with him), so he practices with Ushi who would love to have him as a 2nd rider (Mattsun is a bit miffed, but as that would mean more free time for him and more time with makki and konoha and he's really sure oiks would never accept that offer, so he's all chill about it) and helps out with the hatchlings as he's a really skilled rider. Oiks gets another view on the situation and takes some time off to go home to calm down. when he comes back he's offered to train with Asahi and Boku, as they complement each other, kinda. he's a bit confused at first, only one of them would have been ok, until he realises, that they are the only ones without a partner since both are problematic and their preferred partners are already in a partnership.   

Oikawa: Grew up on a Ranch for breeding Dragons, wants to take it over one day. therefore he needs a Dragon Rider License which he can only get after completing the Dragon Rider school.

He was 6~10 (probably 8?) when Iwa hatched and sees in him a younger brother who tries to act more mature than he is. They went to the school together and were in the same initiating class. theoretic riding classes, fighting lessons and later classes like taking care of the dragons they might group up with. Plus basic classes like math and writing. Then they both join the Aoba Jousai flock.

After their "final exam" they were forced into different groups, bc they care about e.o. too much (= possible disobeying of orders in case of injury or panics or loss of concentration and Coolness). Oikawa already interacted with Kags and Daichi during their time at Kitagawa and with Kindaichi at Aoba, so they didn’t try to match him up with them, but tried other setups, which he obviously hindered by refusing to cooperate properly. (OiKuni, OiYaba, OiHina as mentor!Oiks and oiakasuga friendship) 1.OiKuro (shortly, would have lasted longer if Oiks weren't so focused on Iwa) 2.OiTen (Oiks dislikes him and kinda manipulates their work together, but tendou surprisingly manages to guess their moves anyway and they work surprisingly good together. Oiks refuses to work with him after a while though)

3.(OiTana/OiTora) shortly mentioned, doesn't end well bc they can't deal with his attitude 4.OiBoku (was supposed to be a matter of showing Oikawa who holds the reign in the school hierarchy, kinda, but they end up working surprisingly very well together. Oiks is annoyed and sees this as punishment, yet makes the best out of it to prevent further provocations.) 5.OiLev (the coaches wanted to see if he can get along with all problem children. He can. He does. He refuses anyone but iwa. Iwa's talk with Daichi happens.) 6.OiAsa (Oiks is the only one who can bring his potential out, besides Noya and a few others from Karasuno. Iwa sees Noya fights with dragons and IwaNoya gets serious.) 7.Oikawa finds out about IwaNoya and he's kind of pissed at Iwa. Oiks then refuses anymore dragon pairings and starts working with the nearby hatchlings 8.OiUshi (shortly, Oikawa talks with Noya) - Oiks time out - feat. Oikawa flashback of Iwaizumi's birth OiBoku (end pair) = he looks like a starry night sky (Black scales with white dots) At first in a combo with OiAsa, like, Asahi is scared of flying mostly blind at night. (at least Oiks is mostly blind) or Boku cannot fly during the day (bc he’s too easy to notice, same as Kuroo and Daichi) Iwaizumi: Needs to attend the School for Dragons to be allowed to stay in the city and vicinity. otherwise he would be thrown out. Sees Oiks as a baby that cries when he gets a scratch (on his face) and who always needs to be protected bc he cannot do anything on his own. Oiks might have been born first, but Dragons grow faster, so he sees himself as the older one. is threatened to be thrown out of school after being separated from Oiks, which would have greater disadvantages for him than pros. they still meet at night to fly together though, until their Noya disagreement. (tho their nightly adventures lessen before the argument, bc Iwa starts to take Noya serious and Oiks ... Iwa doesn’t know how to tell him)

Dragons learn in the initial classes how to use and control their fire, how to change to human form and to get used to all kinds of smells and being touched and so on. (after they learn to use their human form they attend general education classes with the younger human classes.) During the initial lasses, Iwa interacts with Suga often and during Aoba often with Kunimi, when he isn’t paired up with Oikawa which is really rare IwaKuni (Aoba), SugaIwa (kitagawa) 1.IwaAka (Shortly) 2.IwaKen or IwaShirabu 3.SemiIwa 4.IwaNoya (final combo) = Iwa feels the need to protect him, but Noya is always so full of energy and often gets hurt by fighting dragons in human forms so Iwa kinda gets used to it (actual uses a leash on him sometimes.)

AsaBokuOi:

Bo is really clingy and cuddly, always all over Oiks, bc Oikawa is his last chance on not being seen as a failure, who after being startled and surprised at first (“he wasn't that clingy when i was paired with him the first time”) doesn't mind so much after a while. (occasionally it's Oiks who surprises Bo and slings his arms around Bo's neck or waist from behind or scratches soft spots under his scales (esp when they are still 3 and Oiks returns from a long ride with Asahi, leaving Bo bored with the other riders/dragons) Bo is more than happy to have a rider who returns his cuddles/signs of affection) Bo loves flying at night, but he has problems with the day (the sun hurts his eyes, “owls also fly only at night and they are perfect hunters”, someone told him its annoying how obvious his pattern is on the daysky ...) Asahi is more hesitant and always jumps and flinches when Oiks (and Bo) surprise him or cuddle with him suddenly (cuddly AsaBoku in Dragon form when Oiks is busy and returns late. Oiks still helps out with the new hatchlings at times) he enjoys the affection though and returns them (though never in public) he loves flying during the day, but is scared of the night (his rider doesn't have his night vision afterall so it's dangerous and he's afraid he could miss out on stuff) People often look down on Oiks bc he doesn't have a real partner yet (his favourite had rejected him too) and just the 2 problem children who seem more like kindergarten children when Oiks is with them (always needy of/searching for attention and approval).

No one knew that AsaBoku could get so scary after they overheard them. even as dragons they never were actively acting scary or threatening. In that case though everyone thought they would kill the poor guys. Oikawa’s the one who accepted them/took them in when nobody wanted the, even if he was kinda forced, but he still always praises them and showers them with his affection and they really appreciate everything he does for them. (Oiks is really surprised by their actions and forgets almost to call them back before sth bad happens. he's really ... happy? relieved? afterwards though and calms the 2 dragons who are suddenly scared they overdid it and Oiks hates them now) OiBoku make a lot of 'Riding the Dragon' jokes once they started to cross the line. it starts while Asa is still with them. It wasn’t uncommon for them to kiss e.o.’s cheeks or their hair but then Boku kisses Oiks on his mouth while Asa isn't there, to both of their surprise (he doesn't do it again, but he often finds himself wishing to do so. Oiks notices and allows him to do it, but only when they are alone, and blushes as he says so) and starts to mark him with his scent stronger than before (he actually started before that unconsciously as well, since it’s an instinct thing) Asahi is confused at first, bc the smell gets stronger only over time, but he gets the signal and wants to back off, but he also doesn't want to let go of his rider. Usually they can live with it quite well, but sometimes Bo suddenly snarls when Asahi gets too touchy-feely (matter of personal definition of “too touchy-feely”) and it's getting tense and Oiks soon realises it could become dangerous when they get too riled up. He talks with Akaashi and Noya, but none of them are familiar with their current territorial behaviour, since they never were in a situation where losing their rider was an actual option. Not like this at least. Oikawa decides it might be the best to settle down, to make his final decision… to let one of them go. He can't let the chance of things escalating and them being expelled become reality. While he's gone to talk with the seniors and leaders, Iwaizumi makes AsaBoku 'talk' about it themselves(Noya told him about Oiks predicament). Together they figure out Bo's true feelings for Oiks, which aren't the same as Asahi's. Asa is allowed to ride with him, but only during the day. At night he's Bokuto’s Rider. Cuddling and other signs of affections are allowed. (But Bo always makes sure his scent is the strongest).

[There is a cliffhanger with Oiks in front of the rider building, hesitating to enter, when Takeda walks up to him. “can i help you with sth?” Oiks only stares. Chapter end.] After a while Iwa mentions it to Oiks, he's worried, and they talk about it and Oiks feelings. he tells him to do what his feelings tell him to, but he has to make his feelings clear to the others and be true to them. Iwa promises to go back to their breeder station with him and Noya when their obligatory military time is over, which was one of Oiks greatest fears and wishes. (Iwa would then work in the area of calming wild Dragons down to let someone heal them or to calm a nervous pregnant Dragon down that doesn't trust humans during pregnancy) (Akaashi has quite a few of these talks with Bo himself, but Akaashi never tells him the meaning of his feelings bc he thought Bokuto knew already. 'he always was aware he liked me when he spoke to me or talked about me like that'. the first time it happened he was shocked and perplexed. daichi would tease him about watching the baby leave the nest. akaashi tells him to shut up and actually sniffles a bit to Daichi's amusement.) they find a new routine and when the call comes that their seniors have found a new potential rider (kai) they are shocked (Oiks forgot about it), but then they are kinda relieved yet disappointed and sad. they haven't decided who it would be, so both of them ride with the new one. Bo first, who actually behaves well (Oiks made sure he would. also, Bokuto doesn’t want to be a bother for Oikawa), but as soon as kai rides with Asa it's obvious who it would be. Oiks finds himself walking to Asahi's cave (the one for trainees without connected apartment for riders) and is embarrassed when he turns around halfway there, remembering he doesn’t have to go there anymore, and meets/runs into kai. after a quick talk (kai is very understanding about it and offers to meet up in their free time) Oikawa goes to bo's cave. they weren’t together the last night bc that felt wrong and Oikawa wasn’t really concentrating anyway. “can you believe that? I actually went to his cave earlier and ran right into kai! how embarrassing.” “you don’t have to go there anymore…” “I know that myse-” “you are mine now. only mine. and I won’t let you go anymore.” Oikawa blushes (“...un...” and you are mine now. my Dragon.) and they end up cuddling the rest of the day and fly at night (they are all experienced enough to train on their own after their last exams and don’t need classes anymore, tho they are assigned to other flocks in the meantime, whose leaders keep an eye on their development while they help out the new recruits. they will only be integrated into the military preparation classes after choosing a permanent partner though and moving to the partnered caves.) (in the military classes they have to choose a 'major' after a certain introduction time. Waka wants them in his offensive team, but Oiks chooses spionage/sneak attack, bc of bo's night advantage. (when they have to advance during the day they move with Bo in human form. most people cannot think of them as dangers with their open, amiable, funny streak and Bo being so ... noticeable/conspicuous) Iwa's not pleased with that. IwaNoya are in the offensive back up team. they are more “last defense line”-ish though) As soon as Asa moved out of his trainee cave to become Kai's permanent partner(Or a few weeks after they partnered up and started training together), OiBoku send in the request to be paired officially as well. (Oiks asks Bo why he hadn't done it prior yet, while they were watching the sun going down, and Bo answers that would have been rude towards Asahi. Oikawa’s amazed Bo can show such a matureside. that night Oiks didn’t 'ride' Bo. (at least not public) a week later they move to the caves for official pairs as well the official training can get really dangerous occasionally, bc they are allowed to use any means possible during classes and they might actually get hurt. this gets really dangerous for Noya and Bo. (whenever they come back from field training, tests or a low rank mission it's common for pairs to spend like 2 days with each other to let the adrenaline run dry. noya and bo can be seen together on the 2nd day outside of their assigned caves without their partners (there was this one time where Oiks got a scratch on his cheek by a bird they didn’t see... or that other time where a 'spear' or arrow that had scratched Iwa's side... they don’t talk about it out loud, but they dont really wanna be in the others vicinity when they come to check up during the 2nd day (sometimes when they come back early they find Oiks/iwa without a tee, the others hands pressed against the skin. they know better than to get jealous or angry. though they are more clingy when the other is gone (especially boku who has to scent mark Oiks all over again) )

Obligatory Military years:

During a spy mission OiBoku travel by foot several days before their planned attack or just as a routine. (they only fly there when they arrive at night, but even then without saddle and bo has to let Oiks off before changing back (sometimes he changes back before so he can catch Oiks in his arms. he failed once. since then Oiks always gets grumpy when he does it)

they walk through a forest, not sure whether they are on the right track, when they see a campfire (it's getting dark). they join them (they are really hostile at first but calm down after seeing how dirty and tired and so not spy like they are (the readers don’t know about oibokus major then POV of the guards around the fire) ) and talk about random stuff, talk about the next city and how to get there, 'we are completely lost', 'oh we are actually from XY, but it's soooo annoying there' (enter reasons why it's stupid (waka) and annoying (iwa) ). the others actually help them out and talk about where NOT to go (they treat them like friends after saying their city is stupid) and even say some stuff about a dragon fight and so on (they are not involved in that one themselves. they are only on patrol to make sure no one tries to sneak in. 'other patrols are here and there' they show it on a map, just in case they get lost again). this goes on for a few days with similar groups (they always have either cleaned the maps of any previous marks or use new maps or 'your colleague told me XY but we just cannot seem to find the right way').

one day, after they leave an especially aggressive group they leave a comment about their true reason and leave. when the others processed it and follow them, they are gone.

they are sitting on a tree watching them and joking about them via telepathy ("maybe we should knock them out and wait for the next morning to send the 'alright' sign to the other troups?" "nah. then we might be too late to tell mattsun about the other group's advancement. also, they would just change the signs if they found their companions attacked later. this way we can tell the others about them. just in case. they cannot do anything without their 'weapons'/stuff anyway." "true!" Bo grins wide). then bo grabs Oiks in his arms and jumps, changing during it and carrying a laughing Oiks off in his claws (it’s too dark for the others to see more than a shadow, hear laughing, flapping wings and feel a strong wind that destroys their fires and spreads their stuff into the forest bushes. without a light or their stuff, they have to wait till the next morning to go back to their castle or join their friends which takes at least a day. more than enough time for oiboku to get back and inform their leaders.)

when they do normal runs to check up on the neighbouring country and the borders without finding dangerous information they sometimes actually wait till sunrise to run off or the mid of the day. (when they are out of sight bo stops in midair (hovering) and lets oikawa climb onto his back, which is a bit dangerous without a saddle, and in midair on top, but they don’t have the opportunity to prepare in the forests or towns. Oiks is already used to it and bo is really careful)

boku is thrilled about their success and makes some dangerous stunts to let out some energy (“it was sooooooo annoying to travel for days in human form and not flying once”) with Oiks safely in his grip

the other spy pairs are sugakuro and kentora, but they got different regions. (they change regions and areas often so that they wouldn’t be recognised and exchange information)

when they do get recognized (bo doesn’t remember them at all, but oiks would always) they tell a lie "we got a job there (random place they visited last time) and have to do runs at (another random city)." or when they ask how it went "horrible! we were attacked by bandits, lost all our products and money and had to search for a new job to afford our travel back! I’m sure our boss will be really angry! who knows?! maybe he'll even pretend he doesn’t know us?!" (when they are offered to be escorted or when the others know the person in question) oiks makes sure never to invent some random shop. always makes sure they are real ones and he actually knows them. ("strange. I have been talking with them last time and they didn’t mention new employees" " ... that's bc we aren’t really employees. yet. we'd hoped they would let us work there once we have proven our worth") ... bc of stuff like this it can happen that they are stuck in a town for a month or two and cannot get away until bo loses his patience and stages an accident or gets them fired. Even if Oikawa doesn’t want to stay there anymore, he waits for Bokuto to ruin things bc it’s easier for Oiks to repair Bo’s misdoings than his own. they check in with the others (iwa) regularly through dragon telepathy, but bo can only switch to dragon mode on special occasions and that strains him a lot. ("you know, you could have blown up a lot earlier. I've allowed you to do so." "buuuuut, he was sooooo nice!!!" "yeah, maybe, but now I have to endure your whining!" "buuuut tooruuuuu!!!" "shut up!!" bo slumps down. oiks groans. "fine. I'll buy sth nice once we are back and then we'll have a reeeaaaally long and exhausting ride!" bo's eyes sparkle and Tooru can feel himself getting excited as well.)

Oiks wears his rider mark right over his heart, so when they are working he never shows himself without a shirt (once he was seen and told a story about how he had wanted to become a dragon rider, but then his dragon died on a mission and now he hates all riders, especially his old city, so he never wants to join them again and live a calm life with his childhood friend bo). Bo though can be seen without a shirt often. (much to oiks dismay, but to the town's girls (and boys) happiness. oiks can never decide whether he's happy/proud or dissatisfied/jealous about it)

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im p sure their shipname is tanatora !

Ah thank you Tani!! Much appreciated! :D