#and this was not the uci!iwa x english speaking reader drabble i have in mind

[peachysamu]

“I’ve missed this.” She happily sighs, a light flush on her cheeks. Red by intoxication, alcohol and love.

Iwaizumi sighs next to her, burrowing his chin further into his jacket to protect himself from the night’s sting, a content hum across his lips as he agrees.

And it’s probably the way he reminds her of goodbyes does she say more. How whenever she thinks of him, she remembers the inch between her fingers and his as they sat on a park bench the day before his flight to America. How the breeze had whisked her hair to the side, but how she wished it had swayed her further to the right and given her the strength to lay her head on his shoulder, brave the gap to place her palm over his. Maybe then the distance would have never grown from inches to miles, and instead of losing him to America, they would have been bound together by laced pinkies and promises.

“I’ve missed you.” She says, loud enough to traverse the two feet of distance between them. It’s funny how inches turn to feet turn to miles. But he feels so close right now, closer than he’s ever been in a while, and she feels young. Having danced the night away, her body is just as limber as she used to be, maybe even more. She can run miles if that is all he needs for her to be by his side again.

But the air stills when she catches him breathless, and she wishes she hadn’t had the courage to look. Shock in his eyes, it quickly amalgams into pity, and the look reminds her that it is not just she and Iwaizumi. The sound of laughter, a hard-shelled bouncer, she remembers she is outside a club in the middle of Tokyo, waiting for a ride home. Two people brush past her shoulders, and she wonders how many more people can fit in between the space that seems to permanently exist between them.

“Hey!” You shout. She sees him turn immediately at the sound of your voice.

Pity long gone, attention away from her too, he smiles and bears open an arm as you slide yourself in with Makki and Mattsun in tow.

“Hey,” Iwaizumi looks down at you, even has to back up in just the slightest to gather a better glance at your face. “You found us.”

“Sorry we took so long,” then you jut your finger over to your companions, “Makki had a mishap.”

Said guy pats his stomach with a little rub and a slimy grin, “I’m better now.”

And Iwaizumi takes his palm, cradles your cheek, bringing you closer until inches turn into centimeters into millimeters and you’re deep in a kiss. Red on your cheeks, love.

“Hello to you too,” You simper.

He grins, “Hey.”

Nothing can protect her from the night sting.

You remind Iwaizumi of hellos, and it’s too bad he reminds her of goodbyes.

A/n: in my head, this happens in the english-speaking reader x uci! Iwa universe and this was not the blurb I had in mind but it’s the one that wrote itself. Yes, Iwa does leave a potential lover behind :( only to come back with someone new