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Ranking Ajins by Death Toll

Oh but count them I did.

Have you ever wanted a comprehensive list of Ajin deaths? Well, here is one anyways!

The list is based on manga events as I actually haven't seen the anime 😬

The ranking only includes Ajins (AKA revivable characters) because otherwise the list would be…even longer than it is and 90% of it would be no-name characters. They also MUST make an appearance (so ruling out mentioned Ajins, like the Chinese Ajin with 2,000+ deaths).

Without further ado, AJIN CHARACTERS RANKED FROM MOST TO LEAST DEATHS!

...under the cut (I’m sorry, it is very long)...

🚨CW for Ajin typical shenanigans (death, mutilation, suicide, the like)🚨

Ranking by onscreen/shown deaths

Satou (44 deaths)

Kei Nagai (35 deaths)

Kou Nakano (15 deaths)

Koji Tanaka (9 deaths) TIE

Izumi Shimomura (9 deaths) TIE

Takahashi (6 deaths)

Masumi Okuyama (4 deaths)

Shinya Nakamura (2 deaths)

Reiji Akiyama (firefighter) (1 death) TIE

Himeko Tachibana (diet member passing the Ajin bill) (1 death) TIE

Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag) (1 death) TIE

Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs) (1 death) TIE

Ranking by estimations

Koji Tanaka (5,892 deaths)

Satou (692 deaths)

Kei Nagai (347 deaths)

Kou Nakano (215 deaths)

Izumi Shimomura (9 deaths)

Takahashi (7 deaths)

Masumi Okuyama (5 deaths)

Shinya Nakamura (2 deaths)TIE

Reiji Akiyama (firefighter) (2 deaths) TIE

Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag) (2 deaths) TIE

Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs) (2 deaths) TIE

Himeko Tachibana (diet member passing the Ajin bill) (1 death)

Everyone gets +1 to account for their first death in the estimation rankings (except Satou, Kei, Kou, Izumi, Shinya, and Ms. Tachibana because their first deaths were shown and already counted in the initial ranking)

Ajin’s with too little information to estimate (at least one death)

Takeshi Kotobuki

Jun Suzuki

Dr. Smith

Jim

Satou detractor (with the glasses)

Satou collaborator (with the glasses)

✨Honorable mention✨

Kai (by technicality)

Let’s go into some more detail about each death and estimation calculations.

Deaths are listed chronologically by manga appearance. “S” means it was self-inflicted with intention. They have to be the ones to cause the fatal blow (aside from one exception, being Izumi throwing herself in front of a car). Assisted suicide, like Tanaka stabbing Satou as a demonstration, does not count as self-inflicted.

Koji Tanaka

Gunshot to head (chpt 1)

Crushed by hydraulic press (chpt 2)

Stabbed with rods (chpt 3)

Neurological experiments (assumed) (chpt 3)

Dismemberment by lab researchers (assumed) (chpt 3)

Collision trauma (used as a crash test dummy) (chpt 14)

Gunshot to head by Gen (chpt 33)

Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 37)

Assumed reset (shoulder wound from Satou is gone) (chpt 43) S

+1 for first death (implied in chpt 13).

+1 assumed reset after being accidentally shot by Satou in chapter 41. His shoulder wound is gone and he (or the rest of the gang for that matter) probably wouldn’t wait for it to heal.

+1 assumed reset at some point after chapter 56. His leg wound—where he got stabbed by the minister's goons—disappears. Could have been forgotten about, could be he’s still walking around with it, but I think they would want to be in top shape when fighting Satou, so I’m counting it as a reset.

+5,880 for deaths while in captivity. Some were already included, but it pales in comparison to the total count. Tanaka was probably subject to experiments everyday. Let’s assume 3 deaths per hour (accounting for setup time and various death methods), 8 hours in a working day, and 245 working days in a year (Japanese work duration from Google). Which means in 10 years that’s 5,880 deaths. This is a very VERY general approximation, not taking into account probable overtime, lengthier experiments resulting in slower deaths, or extremely fast causes of death like getting shot. Regardless, with 10 years of captivity, Tanaka’s death toll is certainly the highest.

Tanaka’s total estimated deaths: 9 + 5,883 = 5,892

1 suicide, 2 estimated suicides

Satou

Stabbed by Tanaka (chpt 6)

Gunshot to head (chpt 9) S

Shot multiple times by Kei (chpt 10)

Stabbed and tossed around by Kei's IBM (chpt 11)

Shot by Tanaka (accidentally) (chpt 15)

Plane crash (chpt 19) S

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 20)

Shot by SAT (chpt 21)

Shot by SAT (chpt 21)

Shot by SAT (chpt 21)

Shotgun to the chest (chpt 21) S

Diced by wood-chipper (chpt 35) S

Caught in explosion (chpt 36) S

Gunshot to head (chpt38) S

Gunshot to head by Kuroki (chpt 38)

Gunshot to head by Kuroki and Suzumura (chpt 38)

Gunshot to head by Kuroki and Suzumura (chpt 38)

Gunshot to head (chpt 38) S

Gunshot to head (chpt 40) S

Impaled by own IBM (chpt 40) S

Gunshot to head (after severing arm) (chpt 42) S

Jumped off Forge Safety building (chpt 42) S

Gunshot to head by gang members (chpt 47) FIRST DEATH

Decapitation by Takahashi's IBM (chpt 52)

Gunshot to head (assumed) (chpt 54) S

Shot by soldiers (chpt 54)

Shot by soldiers (chpt 54)

Gunshot to head (chpt 54) S

Blown up by C4 (chpt 54) S

Shot by soldiers (after intended suicide detonation) (chpt 55)

Gunshot to head (chpt 57) S

Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 60) S

Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 61) S

Bomb vest and plance crash (assumed, offscreen) (chpt 62) S

Bomb vest and plance crash (chpt 65) S

Bomb vest and plance crash (assumed, offscreen) (chpt 65) S

Bomb vest (chpt 71) S

Gunshot to head (after severing arm, assumed) (chpt 71) S

Head trauma/snapped neck from falling from heli after being shot by Manabe (chpt 76)

+40 for deaths from organ harvesting. Satou trades 10 livers, 10 kidneys, and 10 hearts for guns in chapter 8 so that’s at least 10 deaths. I don't think he would ask Tanaka to help given him being freshly released from lab experiments. Nekozawa calls him “a valued client”, it’s implied he’s done this before. Satou needed guns to save Tanaka, but aside from that we don’t know how many times he’s done this. Let’s just add another 30 deaths on top of the 10.

+540 for deaths from repeat killings by SAT. I imagine the SAT encounter until Satou’s recovery was quite fast and lasted at most 5 minutes. Killing Satou at a rate of 2 shots per second means 600 deaths in 5 minutes. Let’s subtract 60 (half a minute of deaths) to account for moments when SAT was distracted by Takahashi’s sniping.

+15 for deaths from fighting with SAT offscreen. Satou is a power house. He takes out at least 5 people for every death of his own. Slapping on an estimated extra 15 deaths from this fight since he was still tuckered out by the end.

+3 for deaths from fighting gang members (chapter 47). Though unarmed against a group of 100+ men, Satou would probably make quick work of these guys since they seem mostly untrained. Slapping on an estimated extra 3 deaths.

+50 for deaths from fighting Iruma Air Base soldiers (chapter 55-57). I’ve had enough of this dude. Let’s just add 50 more for his fight against the army base soldiers since they are highly trained, killing him without restraint, and there are a lot of them. Satou is also visibly weary by the end of it.

Satou total estimated deaths: 44 + 648 = 693

22 suicides, at least 40 estimated suicides

Kei Nagai

Hit by a truck (severed in half yikes) (chpt 1)

Strangled (chpt 2)

Slit throat (chpt 3) S

Bike crash (chpt 6) S

Stab to chest (after torture and dismemberment) (chpt 7)

Dismemberment by lab researchers (assumed) (chpt 8)

Drowned (chpt 12)

Stabbed in the throat (chpt 17) S

Shotgun to the chest (chpt 22)

Assumed reset (head wound from car crash is gone) (chpt 22) S

Shot by Satou via attack helicopter (dream sequence, yeah buckos i'm counting these) (chpt 31)

Assumed reset (hand wound is gone) (chpt  33) S

Caught in explosion caused by Satou (chpt 36)

Gunshot to head by Kou (chpt 39)

Gunshot to head (chpt 39) S

Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 40)

Gunshot to head by Hirasawa (chpt 41)

Gunshot to head by Hirasawa/Kou (after severing both arms) (chpt 42)

Gunshot to head by Hirasawa (chpt 42)

Fell off Forge Safety building (after being shot) (chpt 43)

Hypoxia (chpt 49) FIRST DEATH

Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S

Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S

Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S

Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S

Slit throat (after biting off fingers) (chpt 57) S

Slit throat (assumed, to heal fingers) (chpt 57) S

Gunshot to head (after poped eardrums) (chpt 60) S

Gunshot to head by Anti-Demis (chpt 61)

Plane crash and explosion caused by Satou (chpt 70)

Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 72)

Impaled by own hostile IBM (chpt 72)

Gunshot to head (chpt 77) S

Gunshot to head (missing an arm and impaled on a rod) (chpt  78) S

HIT BY A TRUCK LMAO DUMBASS (chpt 83)

+240 for deaths while in captivity. Using the same metrics as Tanaka, in 10 days Kei died 240 times. Again, this is a very general approximation.

+72 for drowning deaths while adrift for a week (chapter 14). The stages of drowning take between 10-12 minutes. But let's be generous and say Kei either lucked out with calmer waters or manages to stay afloat for longer. So he drowns at a rate of 1 death per hour. Let’s also say Kei was confused and his estimation of being adrift for a week was off (downing consecutively will do that to a man), and he was only in the water for 3 days. I also don’t think he would be floating around for a week, especially if he didn’t make it out of Tokyo Bay.

Kei total estimated deaths: 35 + 312 = 347

15 suicides

Kou Nakano

Jumped out a window (chpt 15) S

Electrocution (chpt 16) S

Bled out (after falling from aparment building, stabbed in the stomach, run over by Tosaki) (chpt 16) S...ish...I’m counting as 0.5

Impaled by Kei's IBM (chpt 16)

Jumped off a cliff (chpt 17) S

Assumed reset (leg wounds from Kei are gone) (chpt 17)

Impaled by Kei's IBM (chpt 25)

Hanging (chpt 26) S

Shot by Satou via attack helicopter (dream sequence) (chpt 31)

Caught in explosion caused by Satou (chpt 36)

Impaled by Tanaka's IBM (chpt 37)

Gunshot to head by Kei (chpt 39)

Gunshot to head by Kei/Hirasawa (assumed) (chpt 41)

Fell off Forge Safety building (semi-accidental) (chpt 42) S, another 0.5

Head trauma (could also be eventual starvation/dehydration) (chpt 43) FIRST DEATH

+200 for deaths from hanging. We are doing a lot of assuming, so let’s continue that trend. Let’s say Kou would only hang himself for 5 hours a day after training and before bed. Let’s also say they had approximately two weeks of training. To account for extra training, rest time, and Kou generally not feeling up for dying on repeat, we’ll assume out of the two weeks, Kou only used 10 days. Where am I getting these numbers? My gut tells me so (source: trust me bro).

Short drop hanging takes 10-20 minutes for complete brain death. Let's take the middle road and say 15 minutes. So on average, 4 deaths per hour. 4 x 5 x 10 = 200 deaths.

Kou total estimated deaths: 15 + 200 = 215

5 suicides, 200 estimated suicides

Kou and Satou were really hard to estimate for, but we powered through lads.

Izumi Shimomura

Impaled by Tanaka's IBM (chpt 4)

Head trauma (chpt 27)

Untreated illness/STD (chpt 27) FIRST DEATH

Fell off a building with Satou's IBM (dream sequence) (chpt 31)

Bled out (after losing an arm fighting Tanaka) (chpt 39)

Gunshot to head by Tosaki (assumed) (chpt 41)

Hit by car (chpt 56) S

Shot in the throat (chpt 56)

Gunshot to head by Satou (chpt 78)

I’m assuming Izumi didn’t die after Tosaki hired her since she wasn’t being researched nor was it likely she needed to die for Tosaki as a bodyguard.

Izumi total estimated deaths: 9

1 suicide

Takahashi

Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)

Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)

Sniper shot to the head (chpt 21)

Gunshot to head by Gen (chpt 33)

Assumed reset (shot by Satou) (chpt 37)

Gunshot to head by Anti-Demis (chpt 66)

Takahashi total estimated deaths: 6 + 1 = 7

Masumi Okuyama

Carbon dioxide poisoning (chpt 32) S

Electrocution (chpt 32) S

Assumed reset (shot by Satou) (chpt 37)

Improvised explosive device (chpt 58) S

Okuyama total estimated deaths: 4 + 1 = 5

3 suicides

Shinya Nakamura

Motorcycle crash (accidental beheading) (chpt 9.5) FIRST DEATH

Gunshot to head (chpt 9.5)

Shinya total estimated deaths: 2

Reiji Akiyama

Bled out (after being harpooned and fighting Tanaka's IBM) (chpt 15)

Akiyama total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2

Satou detractor (with the cross-body bag)

Bled out (shot in spleen by Tanaka) (chpt 15)

Total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2

Satou collaborator (with the two IBMs)

Sliced in half after pushed off building by Izumi (chpt 63)

Total estimated deaths: 1 + 1 = 2

Himeko Tachibana

Satou's plane crash (chpt 65) FIRST DEATH

Total estimated deaths: 1

Kai

Gunshot through throat by Satou (chpt 72)

Total estimated deaths: 1

[gardenialver]

Fragrance

synopsis - your boyfriend suddenly comes home and he smells like... you?

pairings - Koutaro Bokuto, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Asahi Azumane

content - fem reader, fluffy, some non-canon ships, cheating allegations (not serious)

Koutaro Bokuto

You felt a small tingle in your ear and you smiled knowingly. Crouching to place down slippers, a strong force knocked you over. A giggle emerged from your lips as you held onto your boyfriend's shoulders.

That giggle however was soon interrupted as you dug your face into Kotaro's neck. "Babe.." You stared up at him with furrowed brows, "Why do you smell like me?"

He let out a hearty laugh and you were soon being spun up in the air, your squeals echoing in the entrance, "KOU-CHAN I'M STARTING TO GET DIZZY," You patted his shoulder to signal your weakening digestion.

He kept you up as your hands laid themselves on his chest. "So today while doing interviews there was this lady who was I think talking to Omi-kun about a sponsorship but she had something in her pocket and looked like your perfume bottle,"

While he rambled you slowly placed your feet on the ground and walked down to the kitchen, your boyfriend following in tow, "And I asked her, 'by any chance does that smell like peach, jasmine, and sparkling juice and she said yeah so then I asked her to hit me with a spritz,"

You nodded while pouring broth into two bowls, the aroma bringing your boyfriend over and his arms wrapped around you from behind, leaning side to side. "So then, I started twirling and she sprayed me like 8 times and I smelled so good for the rest of the day."

You placed fried tofu atop the thick udon noodles, garnished with green onions and passed your boyfriend his bowl, the two of you making your way back to the table together. "And like honey you smell so good, Shoyo said I smelled good, Kuroo said I smelled good, this little girl walking home from school said I smelled good, this grandma and her grandson said I smelled good."

You pressed a kiss to Kotaro's cheek, "Thank you honey, but don't do this too often, I miss your scent," Those few words seemed to fill with pride and a vibrant blush and wide smile made their way to his face, "Of course sweetie, THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD,"

Tadashi Yamaguchi

"I'm home sweetie," Hearing your boyfriend's voice, you and Hachiko ran out to greet him, the latter barking and jumping all over the place. Sliding down the hallway you jumped into his arms and his laugh just made you grip onto his hood tighter.

"Eh?" He stared at you confused as your hands were still wrapped around his, "Ehhh?" Noises of confusion continued to emit from you, similar ones coming from the pup at your feet who's nose was going back and forth, "You and Hachi are making the same face." He pointed out while pressing a kiss to your temple.

"I thought you went out with Hitoka and Kiyoko?" "Hm? I did, I sent you pictures." "Then why do you smell like you went with me instead?" The smell of matcha catching you off guard.

"Ohhh," He laughed and sat you down while placing a few bags on the floor. Off course you weren't against your boyfriend going out with Hitoka and Kiyoko, he still calls the two by their last name but as he had told you the seniors had sorta all chosen a first year favourite.

While Shouyo and Kageyama were Sugawara, Azumane, Tanaka, and Nishinoya's favourites, and Kei may have been Ennoshita, Daichi's, and still Nishinoya's favourites, Tadashi ended up being taken in by the two girls.

It made sense with how he acted, his personality resembled one of someone who had only been raised by women. "While shopping Shimizu found a perfume store and we found the one you used and we may or may not have went a little crazy,"

You quirked an eyebrow at him, "Huh" He draped his arm over your shoulder's and you ended up laying on his chest, "We found your matcha perfume and started spraying each other." "Oooh, so did you have a good day?"

"Of course, Shimizu and Amanai-san will be celebrating their first wedding anniversary soon and Yachi adopted a kitten," "She showed me, has she chosen a name yet though?" He nodded, bringing a bag up onto his lap.

"She named her Diana like from Sailor Moon, on another note," He brought out two cutely wrapped pouches, "This one's from Shimizu and this one's from Yachi, they're early birthday gifts."

With wide eyes, your carefully placed your fingers on the inner part of the fabric, pushing out to see a hair ornament. Holding it between your index and thumb you looked at it in amazement, before placing it back in the pouch.

Taking the gift from Kiyoko, you repeated your steps with Yachi's gift and looked at a small simple ring, with blue stones embedded into it. "I should send thank you letters soon," You lean into Tadashi's chest while slipping it onto your pinky.

"Hm, I should get you a real one soon," "HUH?" In surprise your body flew off the sofa and you fell, looking at him incredibly flustered. He helped you back up, a blush of his own mixing with his freckles.

"Sorry babe I didn't think you'd turn into Hinata," The two of you laugh and he takes out a large box from the bag that was previously on his lap, "TADA YOUR EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT,"

In his hands was a very very large box, a gift set in fact, a gift set of that exact matcha line you were previously talking about. "Now you can always smell matcha, maybe even I'll smell like matcha,"

You laugh, slightly embarrassed, tip toeing, you press a kiss to his lips, "Thank you Tadashi, but you do know my favourite scent and flavour's matcha cause of your hair right?" And soon it was his turn to lay on the ground flustered.

Asahi Azumane

"Are you cheating on me? With me?" "Huh?" You stared at your boyfriend with narrowed eyes. "Who is it [Name] 0.1? [Name] 0.2? [Name] 0.3? [Name] 0.4? [Name] 0.5? [Name] Hatsune Miku version? [Name] Christmas Special? [Name] Sanrio Collab? [Name] Beach Edition? [Name] Popstar Edition? [Name] Festival Version? [Name] Halloween Edition?"

Asahi placed his hands on your shoulder attempting to calm you down, "It's no one, although beach edition and festival version [Name] sound cute,"

You peered at him from the side of your eyes, "well you're going to have to wait for summer for those limited editions to come out, so who is it?"

He laughed awkwardly at you, as if he was trying to try and lighten the mood after being threatened, "Baby I just got here why am I getting hit with cheating allegations already,"

Your eye twitches at him, "Because you smell like me, a lady, and usually you don't smell like me, a lady, I mean I'm not against you trying to smell a little more feminine but this is unusual for you and if you were to delve into more feminine scents you'd probably go for flowers, not my scent,"

Soon you were chasing your poor boyfriend around the house with a banana in one hand and a pen in the other, "SWEETIE I PROMISE IT'S NO ONE, LET ME EXPLAIN" "I NEVER TOLD YOU THE PRODUCTS I USE"

After going up and down a few times you were cornered, both of you panting and you lamely threw the banana at Asahi's cheek, "I-I w-would oh my gosh like to thank God for-for giving me-oh my, why do you have so-so much energy, an archery an-and street racing girl, give me a moment to breathe, girlfriend."

And then he collapsed on you making you fall over, your head hitting your mattress, Asahi falling atop of you, "GET OFF OF ME FREAKISHLY TALL CHEATING BOYFRIEND," Placing a kiss on your cheek he got up lightly while holding your limbs down.

"Do you actually think I'm cheating?" "No, I just wanted to be mean to you, I mean maybe but I guess I trust you enough," Looking at you unamused, a wet feeling hit your cheek and you grimaced, "EWW"

"After practice, Suga and Daichi wanted to look at body stuff because some volleyball players," cough "That one tall guy from Nekoma" cough "Nishinoya and Tanaka" cough "So we went to look at body products and whenever I ask what products you use you fall asleep or start telling me about how you're fighting the cap of your soda bottle."

You looked away from him flustered, "M-maybe but still," He placed a light kiss to your cheek and you wiggled in protest, "But Suga tested something and it smelled really familiar so then I smelled one of the lotions but it was kinda empty so it was hard to get so then I was looking at the mist but the nozzle was weird and it kept shooting at me instead of the testers."

That was when you started to giggle at his endeavors, "R-really?" "YEAH IT WAS LIKE THE HOSE WE WERE FIGHTING LAST WEEK WHEN IT KEPT GOING FROM JET TO MIST TO FLAT TO SHOWER IT WAS SO SCARY, an employee ended up just getting a new bottle,"

This time it was your turn to offer him some affection, you placed a soft kiss to his jaw, "Oh my poor baby must've been so scared," You cooed mockingly, although there was care in your tone, "It was slightly scary," He muttered.

"But now I've figured out the scent I couldn't put my finger on, freesias, freesias, pears, and tangerine," "Look at you being so smart," He raised an eyebrow at your baby talk which you reciprocated with a stuck out tongue.

You gave him a quick kiss, "Babe, I'm sorry about before but can I be unpinned from my bed," "Oh yeah, sorry I forgot, but you know maybe you could give me a preview of those [Name] editions," Rolling your eyes you ran to your closet.

"By the way Asahi, don't use other perfumes like that again, then the clothes I steal from you won't smell like you and that's like half of the reason I take them," He nodded with a laugh, "Anything for you dear, now let me see [Name] Barbie and the Three Musketeer's edition"

[oikharou]

MEETING YOUR BROTHER GONE WRONG

with: bokuto, oikawa, & tanaka

note: fem!reader & she/her pronouns used | nii-san/nii-chan = older brother in japanese

warning/s: cursing, spoilers in tanaka's part!!

>BOKUTO

Volleyball practice ended early as the principal and guidance counselor will inspect each clubrooms of Fukurōdani Academy. Sarukui, Komi, Konoha, Bokuto and Akaashi were walking towards the gate of the school while having a loud conversation, Bokuto is the one talking loudly out of the group.

"Seriously Bokuto, be quiet. Each student in this school is staring at us." Komi said, feeling a bit embarrassed and stared at Akaashi, who was bowing in apology at the people who were staring at them.

"Akaashi's even bowing to each student..." Konoha muttered but Bokuto being Bokuto, kept talking loud.

Sarukui just sighed and smiled at the chaos unfolding before him but something caught his attention. He stopped in his tracks and so did the four. "Hm? What's wrong, Sarukui-san?" Akaashi asked.

He pointed at the two people who were having a conversation 6 meters away from them. "Isn't that Y/n?" He asked.

Bokuto's head quickly looked to where his friend is pointing and Sarukui's right, it is you. Except, you were talking to a guy with your back turned from them and they quickly recognized that he doesn't go to Fukurōdani.

"Huh, I've never seen that guy before. He doesn't look like he's from this school." Komi said.

"He looks like he's around 6'2. Huh, a bit taller than our Bokuto here." said Konoha.

"Should we go to them?" Sarukui asked.

"Nah, that guy is probably asking the directions of this school. Who knows, maybe he's visiting someone here." Bokuto said as he's trying not to overthink about the situation.

"Eh, you're right. Let's go?—"

Komi was cut off when they saw how the guy who was talking to you, ruffled your hair and you getting playfully annoyed at him. The four gulped and looked at their captain, whose hair got deflated at the scene. Akaashi sighed and said, "Bokuto-san, maybe they're—"

He was cut off as they saw Bokuto quickly marching up to the two of you. They felt a strange, ominous aura from Bokuto and they swore that they never felt so scared of their captain.

"Y/n!" Bokuto called out. As you turned around to see who called you, you felt two muscular biceps hug your small form. "K-Koutarou?"

"You okay?" His voice was strangely deep, making you slightly shiver. "Yeah, I'm okay. why do you-"

He looked up to the man who was being 'too' friendly with you, "Stay away from her you— eh?"

The man who was talking to you was no other than Sakusa Kiyoomi of Itachiyama Academy. The four stopped in their tracks as they were mesmerized by the number 2 ace of Japan standing before them.

Sakusa squinted his eyes. "And why the hell should I stay away from my sister?" He glared at Bokuto.

"Eh? 'Sister'?" The five repeated in unison. Sakusa grabbed you from Bokuto's arms and placed you beside him. "Why do you even let random people touch you?" He asked and dusted the nonexistent dust from your uniform.

" 'Random people'? Nii-san, he's my boyfriend and the people behind him are his friends." Sakusa stopped what he was doing and squinted his eyes at you. "Hah?"

He glared at Bokuto again before pointing at him. "You stay away from my sister." He emphasized at the word 'you' and brought out an alcohol to spray on your hands.

"Why would I stay away from my girlfriend?!" Bokuto yelled at him.

"Because I don't approve of you." Sakusa simply replied before turning his back. "Let's go home, Y/n." He said and walked away.

You sighed in disbelief before turning your attention to your boyfriend and his friends. "Sorry for that, Kou." You sheepishly apologized.

"Why didn't you tell me that Sakusa of Itachiyama is your brother?!" He whined and hugged you. You just chuckled before hugging back. "I forgot about it."

"Man, your boyfriend let out an ominous aura when he saw Sakusa ruffling your hair." Konoha said, making you laugh. "Really now? Were you all scared?" You teased but you were shocked as the four nodded. "Eh?" Now you're wondering if that really felt scary to experience such an aura from your loud and extrovert boyfriend.

"Darling~ what do I do? Your brother doesn't approve of me." His hair got even more deflated at the thought of misjudging your relationship with your brother and the outcome of it. "I already made a bad impression to him." He whined.

"Wow, to think that you're worried about your impression to Sakusa, Y/n's brother as her boyfriend." Komi teased.

"Hmph! I am competitive when it comes to facing him as an opponent, but I still want to make a good impression for him to approve of me as my beloved's boyfriend!" Bokuto said and you just giggled.

"Y/n!" Sakusa yelled from afar.

"Oh, gotta go now love. My brother does not have enough patience." You chuckled before kissing Bokuto's forehead and waving goodbye to the five of them.

As you caught up with Sakusa, he grumbled at his mask. "I am never letting him walk you home."

"Nii-san!"

>OIKAWA

The boys' volleyball practice ended around a little earlier than usual. Apparently, their coach had to attend a personal business away from Miyagi so Oikawa was left in charge. The first years and second years have bid their goodbyes to the senpais before leaving the 3 iconic 3rd years alone in their gymnasium.

"Hey, where's Iwaizumi?" Hanamaki asked as he locked the gym.

Oikawa shrugged. "Iwa-chan said that he's gonna meet someone."

"Oh? He probably has a girlfriend already and hasn't told us yet." said Hanamaki and Matsukawa just nodded.

"Girlfriend?! If he does have a girlfriend, he should've told me first! I'm hurt!" Oikawa dramatically said as he fake winced in pain and clenched his shirt. The two rolled their eyes. "You're dramatic, Shittykawa."

Oikawa gasped in response. "Mattsun?! How dare you?! I don't need another Iwa-chan here! He gives me enough headaches already!" He rubbed his temples.

Oikawa huffed in annoyance. "Oh, shut up you two!"

"Pretty sure that's what Iwaizumi is always feeling whenever you say something." Matsukawa snickered at what Hanamaki said.

As they neared the gates of Aoba Johsai, the three spotted Iwaizumi talking to someone with his back turned on them. "Oh? Guess he hasn't exited the school yet. Let's go to him." Hanamaki said and the two just followed him.

The three went towards them but Oikawa stopped his tracks when Iwaizumi removed his volleyball jacket and placed it over the girl's shoulders, and that girl is you, Oikawa's girlfriend of 5 months. The two also stopped walking to look at their friend, who was speechless at the sight. "Dude, you okay?" They asked.

He went white as paper at the negative thoughts that filled his mind when he heard the next words that came out of his friend's mouth, "Seriously, you're gonna catch a cold. You're lucky I love and tolerate you."

What you said next made him grit his teeth and clench his fist in anger. "Yes yes, I love you too." The slight teasing in your voice made him even angrier because why would you say 'I love you' to his best friend of many years?

"IWAIZUMI!" Hanamaki and Matsukawa jolted in shock at Oikawa's unsual deep voice and they swore that they never seen him so angry before.

Oikawa grabbed your wrist and pulled you close to him before facing Iwaizumi. "How dare you flirt at my girlfriend you traitor?!"

You and Iwaizumi were shocked at Oikawa's outburst. "Tooru-"

"No! Don't even call me by my first name!" He yelled at you, making you flinch and scurry a bit far from him.

"You're misunderstanding-" You tried to explain but was quickly cut off by him again. "I am not misunderstanding anything! You two clearly stated your love for each other! I can't believe—"

A heavy bag filled with volleyball stuff was thrown at his face by no other than Iwaizumi. It's like a visible fire appeared on the vice-captain and he's shooting daggers at Oikawa. "First off, why the fuck would I flirt with my own younger sister?" Then he turned his attention to you, glaring at you as well. "Second, 'girlfriend'?" His deep voice made you shiver in fear. You completely forgot to tell your brother that you were dating his childhood friend.

"HAAAHH?! IWAIZUMI, Y/N, THE STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IS YOUR SISTER?! AND OIKAWA, YOU'RE DATING HER?!" Hanamaki and Matsukawa exclaimed.

You twiddle your thumbs as you think of an excuse. "Well? Since when have you guys been dating each other behind my back?" Iwaizumi asked, making you and Oikawa shiver at his stern tone. "5 months ago..." You whispered but it was loud enough for your brother to hear.

An irk mark appeared on Iwaizumi's forehead and glared at Oikawa again. He then pointed at his childhood friend, "You're damn lucky that we have a practice match tomorrow and I'll be the one serving first so you better fucking watch your head, Shittykawa." He said before taking your wrist, "From now on, I'm walking you home!"

The three watched Iwaizumi dragging you back home and the two snickered at Oikawa's terrified face. "You're in big trouble."

>TANAKA

You and the loud wing spiker of Karasuno, Tanaka Ryuunosuke, have been dating for almost a year now after you helped him ace his exam when he was a first year. Since their manager, Shimizu Kiyoko, told Tanaka to stop, he stopped, respecting her wishes.

Although, he can't deny the fact that it hurts so as his other best friend, you comforted him. You had feelings for the guy since you two first met but you have always known that his heart belongs to their beautiful manager. Of course, that was in the past now. With the 3rd years graduating and Ennoshita taking over as the captain of the volleyball team, Tanaka slowly got over and moved on. His heart now belongs to you.

It was another day and regular practice for the boys' volleyball team and the former 3rd years have come to visit. It was a chaos indeed, Sugawara crying at the improvement of the current 2nd and 3rd years, Daichi complimenting at Ennoshita's leadership skills, Asahi praising the now ace, Tanaka, Shimizu praising, hugging and comforting Yachi and the 1st years confused at the scene happening before them.

The 1st years bid their goodbyes first and left the gymnasium. As usual, Hinata and Kageyama chasing each other, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi just judging the two silently, Tanaka and Nishinoya hyping each other up (Kinoshita somehow got involved) while Ennoshita rubbing his temple and Narita just patting his friend's back.

Meanwhile, the 3 former 3rd years were outside the gymnasium. Shimizu is still talking to Yachi, helping and giving her some advices in being a manager. While Sugawara and Asahi were conversing, Daichi walked up to you. "How are you doing, Y/n? How's your studies and exams?"

"I'm doing okay! As for my studies, hehe..."

He raised an eyebrow at you and placed his hands on his waist. "Y/n?"

You shivered at his stern voice. "Oh, can you blame me? Studying is hard but I'm trying my best!"

He smiled at you and ruffled your hair. "That's a good thing to hear. You're not falling asleep in class anymore?"

He then knew the answer when you fell silent. He sighed, "Oh, what am I going to do with you?"

You sheepishly smiled. "Shush, you act like my father when you're only my brother."

"Yeah, your brother who's a year older than you. Mom and dad told me to take care of you. How bothersome..."

"Nii-san?!" You cried out and he laughed loudly.

Meanwhile, the 2nd and 3rd years went outside to finally lock up the gymnasium. Tanaka went towards you but stopped when he saw Daichi draping your coat around your shoulders. "You left this on the floor when you helped Hinata and Kageyama. Don't be so careless now." said Daichi.

"Hmph! I'm not."

Tanaka didn't really like how their former captain act towards you but he didn't want to act so possessive over you. Sure you're his girlfriend and he loves you, but he still wants to respect you and the people you converse with. He's not stopping you from talking to Daichi and any other men, but what he witnessed earlier made him uncomfortable.

So he finally made up his mind and walked towards you and Daichi. The former captain noticed him, "Hm? What's up Tanaka?"

Tanaka then wrapped his arms around your waist and said, "S-Sorry for what I am about to say Daichi-san, but Y/n is my girlfriend and I don't like the way you act towards her! She's mine!" You blushed madly but then realized what was happening, "Ryu, what-"

" 'Girlfriend'?" Daichi asked once again, but his voice is now deep as he stared at you and Tanaka intensely.

Ennoshita went to Tanaka's side and smacked his head. "Stupid, they're siblings. How come you don't know about that?"

"Eh?" Tanaka is beyond embarrassed that he wanted to bury himself 6ft underground.

"Yeah. Ever since Y/n stepped on Karasuno, Daichi-san introduced her to us as his younger sister. Were you not listening at all?" Kinoshita asked the flustered bald ace.

"Oh! He wasn't present when Daichi introduced Y/n to us. Tanaka went home early that day." Narita said. "Oh, that's right. He's the only one who wasn't present when Daichi introduced Y/n to us." Sugawara joined the conversation, but they all felt chills as they noticed the scary look on the captain's face.

He's still staring at you and Tanaka, clearly with an "care-to-explain?" look on his face. Daichi placed you on his side before glaring daggers at his underclassman. "We're going home." He said with a deep and stern voice.

"Y-Yeah..." The rest of the volleyball team said and waved them off. The atmosphere is still tense but Nishinoya ruined it by slapping Tanaka's back hard. "Guess you ruined your first 'impression' on Y/n-chan's brother huh?" He teased and Tanaka just fell apart, still shaking at the scary look of the former captain's face.

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[gayest-persona-character]

Round 1!

Rules

Vote for who you think is more queer/gay (doesn't matter if you think they're bi, pan, gay, lesbian, etc. Who's the most not straight!)

I will allow propaganda in the form of asks or notes (tags and comments)

Be nice and respectful. Not everyone has the same headcanons.

Remember, this is mostly just for fun! We have a few submitted characters for this exact purpose, so don't take things too seriously. (It doesn't matter what the results are, most persona characters will be queer-coded in my heart)

The list of polls is as follows:

Labrys vs. Daisuke Todoroki

Principal Kobayakawa vs. Yukiko Amagi

Mayumi Yamano vs. Suguru Kamoshida

Bebe vs. Sho Minazuki

Isako Toriumi (Maya) vs. Ann Takamaki

Ichiryusai Madarame vs. Ichiko Ohya

Chihiro Fushimi vs. Ai Ebihara

Philemon vs.Shibusawa

Kou Ichijo vs. Fuuka Yamagishi

Munehisa Iwai vs. Miyabi Hanakouji

President Tanaka vs. Akihiko Sanada

Ryuji Sakamoto vs. Taro Namatame

Kanami Mashita vs. Haru Okumura

Nozomi Suemitsu vs. Angel and Julian

Ryotaro Dojima vs. Rio Iwasaki

Sadayo Kawakami vs. Maya Amano

Nagi vs. Saori Hasegawa

Cashier from Peace Diner vs. Junpei Iori

Chizuru Ishigami vs. Minoru Inoue

Chihaya Mifune vs. Mamoru Hayase

Misuzu Hiiragi vs. Lala Escargot

Setsuko Sonomura vs. Junko Kurosu

Eri Minami vs. Tae Takemi

Zen vs. Kenji Tomochika

Eriko Kirishima vs. Takeharu Kirijo

Mika vs. Metis

Junya Kaneshiro vs. Takuto Maruki

Moel Gas Station Attendant vs. Hanako Ohtani

Maya Okamura vs. Igor

Sayoko Uehara vs. Makoto Yuki

Lesbian Student from P3 vs. Mami Shibata

Shunsuke Fujii vs. Saki Konishi

Tatsuya Suou vs. Akinari Kashihara

Miho Ogishima vs. Kinshiro Morooka

Hisano Kuroda vs. Ayane Matsunaga

Kanji Tatsumi vs. Makoto Nijiima

Marie vs. Tatsuya Sudou

SIU Director vs. Reiji Kido

Baofu vs. Takahisa Kandori

Yuuki Mishima vs. Tamaki Uchida

Zenkichi Hasegawa vs. Yosuke Hanamura

Mitsuo Kubo vs. Aigis

Kei Nanjo vs. Margaret

Masao Inaba vs. Noriko Katayama

Yukino Mayuzumi vs. Saeko Takami

Tadashi Satomi vs. Chidori Yoshino

Yumi Ozawa vs. Gay Demons P2

Kasumi Yoshizawa vs. Yuka Ayase

Hidetoshi Odagiri vs. Mutatsu

Shinjiro Aragaki vs. Kazushi Miyamoto

Localized version of Naoya vs. Ren Amamiya

Coach Hiraguchi vs. Chie Satonaka

Shuji Ikutsuki vs. Shiho Suzui

Futaba Sakura vs. Naoto Shirogane

Jin Shirato vs. Hifumi Togo

Keisuke Hiraga vs. Eikichi Mishina

Maki Sonomura vs. Toranosuke Yoshida

Rise Kujikawa vs. Elizabeth

Goro Akechi vs. Yuko Nishiwaki

Noriko Kashiwagi vs. Ulala Serizawa

Yuko Himeno vs. Anna Yoshizaka

Hikari vs. Joker (IS)

Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Hidehiko Uesugi

Masayoshi Shido vs. Youichi Makimura

[musicprincess655]

Integral

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43549263

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: ダイヤのA | Daiya no A | Ace of Diamond Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Okumura Koushuu/Seto Takuma Summary:

Koushuu expects to have Taku forever. What happens when he might lose him?

“First practice game of the year,” Taku says, arms in the air and grin on his face. Koushuu follows him at a slower pace to the field, even if he’s just as excited.

Excited. For a game. He’s gone soft.

“It’s early this year,” Koushuu says. “It’s barely April.”

“Quit complaining, you’d go crazy if you had to wait any longer,” Taku shoves his shoulder. “Hope you haven’t slacked off during break. Coach’ll make us run laps ‘til we puke if we lose because we don’t have stamina.”

“That’s because this team is full of musclehead idiots and he knows it.”

“That’s a very mean thing to say about Masashi.”

“You two are the worst,” comes a complaint from behind them. Yui kicks them both in the ankle as he comes to stand in between them. “Could you behave for like, a month before you start scaring off the first years?”

“This is when you want them scared,” Taku says. “How else do you expect to get them to listen to you?”

“I can’t believe anyone thinks you’re the nice one.”

“Incredibly, he’s still the nice one if you’re talking about him and Kou-chan,” Kuki cuts in. “I mean, Taku-chan is just sassy. Kou-chan wants people dead.”

“And those first year pitchers will learn that quickly if they know what’s good for them,” Koushuu agrees.

So he doesn’t really want the first years to fear him. Much. It’s good for efficiency in small doses but terrible if they’re so scared they can’t be around him. He learned that with Asada first year and he thinks he’s learned balance well over the years.

They’re about to see how right he is.

Luckily, this first match is just for returning players. Most of the first years can’t even keep their three bowls of rice down yet, let alone make it through a whole match. Not that Koushuu is great at eating, either, but he and Asada have come to enjoy their little slowpoke squad.

There’s still a lingering bite of winter in the air, no matter that it’s already April, and Koushuu is grateful for it. No reason to start overheating just yet. They’ll have the whole summer for that.

The match is nothing special. It’s the first match of the year, which means they’re getting their feet under them again, learning to play without starters they relied on, and so are their opponents. Yui plays the first half of the game, and Koushuu is switched in from the sixth inning on. They win, but not in any kind of brilliant way, which is why Koushuu is so surprised that a scout wants to talk to him when they’re done.

He's walking off the field, pushing sweat-slick hair out of his face, already beelining for Kuki because what the fuck did you throw in that last inning I will earn my reputation if I see you do that again when he hears his name.

“Okumura-kun?”

The voice belongs to a man no taller than him, thin as a rail and glasses perched on his face. Koushuu looks in the direction of the dugout, but no one is paying him any attention. Looks like he’s on his own to try and behave for the next five minutes.

“Yes?” he answers.

“I’m Tanaka from Hosei University,” the man says. “I’m wondering what your plans are after high school.”

“Isn’t it a little early for scouts?” Koushuu asks, and immediately winces internally. He’s already fucking up this plan to behave.

“It is,” Tanaka agrees. “It’s getting competitive out here for us scouts. Universities are searching earlier and earlier, and the professional league is starting to take kids straight from high school. We have to get in early if we want someone.”

“And you want me?”

Hosei is a member of the Tokyo Big6 league. They’re one of the most competitive schools in the country. This scout is trying to recruit Koushuu this early?

“Both of our main catchers are going to age out soon,” Tanaka says. “We want someone in now who can replace them in a few years. Our coach prefers catchers with your style. Smart, cautious, soft touch, but not afraid to make big plays.”

“Thank you,” Koushuu says, even though Tanaka said it less like a compliment and more like a statement of fact.

“Just keep us in mind when you’re making your decision,” Tanaka says. “Hosei is interested.”

Koushuu walks away in a bit of a daze. He’d received a few overtures from scouts last year, but nobody had indicated such blatant interest before. He’s still turning Tanaka’s words over in his head when Taku gets to him.

“Who was that?” he asks.

“Scout,” Koushuu tells him. “He’s from Hosei.”

“Oooo, now you’re attracting attention from schools like Hosei,” Taku says, happiness splitting his face in two. “You’ll have to study hard to keep up.”

Koushuu feels his chest go cold. If he’d have to study hard to keep up with a baseball scholarship, how hard would Taku have to study to get in?

Pretty damn hard, he finds as he looks it up later that night. It has one of the hardest entrance exams in the country. Even for a private school, it’s difficult.

Taku isn’t dumb by any means. He’s certainly always done better than Koushuu in school, although that has more to do with Koushuu’s lack of ability to prioritize. Well. Koushuu can prioritize just fine. He’s just never picked school.

Still, this would be a stretch for Taku. Out of curiosity, Koushuu clicks around to other universities in the Big6, just to see what the others are like. Todai is difficult, Rikkyo is difficult, Meiji is definitely difficult.

Then Koushuu clicks on Waseda.

He physically winces when he checks the stats for admission into Waseda. If he thought the others were rough, he should’ve been living in fear of Waseda. It’s not arguably the best school in the country for nothing, and the difficulty of getting in proves it. Hosei is just popular. Waseda is insurmountable.

It’s not impossible that Taku could get into Waseda or any of the other Big6 on a baseball scholarship, is it? He’s fast, and he’s clever, and he has a higher batting average than most boys on the team. He can light up the field when he wants to, and surely someone at these prestigious universities has the good sense to see it?

Just sometimes isn’t good enough, though. Taku needs to be the best of the best to be assured of a scholarship, needs to shine every single time a scout so much as breathes in his general direction. Koushuu, even with the ferocious loyalty he feels for his best friend, knows better than to claim that’s true of Taku now.

And it’s very humbling, all of a sudden, to realize that Koushuu has no idea how to help. It’s not that he doesn’t understand what a second baseman does – he’s not that bad a friend, he listens when Taku talks – but he has no idea what makes a second baseman great, how to make a second baseman better. Taku is, in his less-than-unbiased opinion, the best second baseman on the team now, so there’s no one else he can ask, and he doesn’t want to bring this to the coach if he can help it. Koushuu has a lot of freedom to do as he pleases as vice-captain, but blatant favoritism probably isn’t such a good idea, especially for a position he’s not supposed to be that interested in.

There is someone Koushuu thinks could help him out, but they’ve never been that close, and Koushuu doesn’t have any contact information to follow through on this idea. Fortunately – or unfortunately, depending on which angle Koushuu looks at it – the degrees of separation in his life are basically nonexistent.

Koushuu dithers on the subject for a full two weeks before he finally caves and calls a number he very begrudgingly saved in his phone two years ago before he can chicken out.

“Hello?” Miyuki Kazuya’s voice comes through the line. “Is this really Okumura? The same Okumura who swore I would never lay eyes on him again except across the field?”

Koushuu almost hangs up instantly.

“Hello, senpai,” he says, as politely as possible. He’s calling to ask for a favor. He can’t be rude before he gets what he wants. “I need some help.”

“New pitchers giving you trouble?” Miyuki asks, just a hint of a smirk in his voice. Koushuu has gotten better at not seeing things that aren’t there over the years, and while Miyuki is still a shit, Koushuu has to acknowledge that he’s probably not trying to be condescending. “I figured you would’ve had them handled by summer. Did something change?”

“Actually, it’s not about the pitchers,” Koushuu says. “I need Kominato Haruichi’s number.”

There’s a full thirty seconds of silence, so long that Koushuu pulls the phone away from his ear to check that the call hasn’t been dropped.

“Kominato…Haruichi?” Miyuki repeats.

“I would also take Kominato Ryousuke, actually,” Koushuu says, suddenly remembering they both played second baseman.

Haruichi is his first choice, of course. They actually played together, and Haruichi is still playing while Ryousuke dropped baseball as soon as high school ended. In fairness, though, that might have more to do with Ryousuke wanting to do something other than baseball.

Maybe Koushuu doesn’t want to talk to him after all.

“Wow, you really do still have balls of steel,” Miyuki says. “I’ll admit, you have me intrigued. Why do you want to talk to Haruichi?”

“None of your business,” Koushuu snaps before he can stop himself, and then he sighs. “I want his help for training a second baseman.”

“You’ve never had any interest in them before,” Miyuki says. “What first year is so special?”

“He’s not a first year.”

Miyuki goes silent again. Did he always do this? Maybe he was just so intense in person Koushuu never noticed. Miyuki didn’t make eye contact often, but when he did, you paid attention.

“Is something wrong with Seto?” Miyuki asks. Koushuu doesn’t bother asking how Miyuki figured it out.

“He’s not good enough to guarantee a baseball scholarship to a university and I want to help,” Koushuu says.

“Mm,” Miyuki hums, which Koushuu finds both unhelpful and annoying. “Ei, gimme your phone.”

“Why?” Sawamura’s voice is loud enough to travel through the phone to Koushuu.

“Need a number,” Miyuki says. He goes silent for another beat. “Okay, here’s Haruichi’s number.”

Koushuu scrambles for a pen to write while Miyuki starts listing off digits.

“Why were you with Sawamura, anyway?” he asks, not quite ready to say thank you yet.

“We go to the same university and we’re on the same baseball team. Sometimes we see each other,” Miyuki says.

It’s an innocent enough explanation, but Miyuki’s voice has just enough of an edge that Koushuu doesn’t think it’s the whole truth. Still, Miyuki has given him what he wants with minimal pain, so Koushuu lets it slide.

“Thanks, senpai,” Koushuu says, only a little grudging.

“Hey, you should be careful,” Miyuki says. “Catchers are already known for having control issues, but you and I both have the capacity to be particularly bad. Most people don’t appreciate it if you take it too far.”

“I’m not being controlling,” Koushuu snaps. “I’m just trying to help.”

“I know,” Miyuki says. “Just make sure he actually wants your help.”

“I’m hanging up now.”

“Alright, alright,” Miyuki says. “Good luck, brat.”

Koushuu stares at his phone, Miyuki’s number glaring from his recent calls screen. That had sounded…fond? Koushuu is struck with the realization that Miyuki might, in his strange Miyuki way, actually like Koushuu. Which is…weird, and would have maybe been nice a few years ago when Koushuu decided he was done having a weird crush on Miyuki and that he’d take the knowledge of it to the grave.

He’s on a roll, though, so he dials Haruichi while he’s still got enough nerve left to make phone calls.

“Hello?” Haruichi’s voice is wary but not rude. Koushuu steels himself. He and Haruichi weren’t exactly close, but Haruichi was always kind to him the few times they spoke.

“Kominato-senpai? This is Okumura Koushuu,” Koushuu says. He resists the urge to add from Seidou because Haruichi definitely already knows.

“Oh! Okumura-kun,” Haruichi says, voice softening into something warmer. “What can I do for you?”

“I’m trying to help a second baseman get good enough to attract college scout attention,” Koushuu says.

“Is this about Seto-kun?” Haruichi asks.

Koushuu tries not to feel a kind of way about multiple people realizing he’s calling about Taku. He cares deeply about five to ten people total, depending on how they’re counted, and only one of them plays second baseman.

“He’s good, but scouts only take players that wow them,” Koushuu says.

“That’s true,” Haruichi says. “I can offer some general tips, but I haven’t been able to come back in a while, so I don’t really know how Seto-kun plays right now. If you email me some recent tapes, I can give you better advice.”

“I can, that would be perfect, thank you,” Koushuu says, writing down Haruichi’s email and already mentally picking clips to send, a mix of Taku’s shining moments and his mistakes.

“I’m a little surprised you’re the one calling me instead of him,” Haruichi says.

Right. Because Taku is the social butterfly, and Koushuu is the goblin introvert Taku somehow trained to behave like a person.

“I just want to help him,” Koushuu says. “I’ll send you those clips as soon as I can.”

“No rush,” Haruichi says. “If you want my advice, I think if you focus on getting as far as you can this summer, the scouts will come.”

“Thanks, senpai,” Koushuu says.

They exchange a few more pleasantries before hanging up, and Koushuu mentally replaces Miyuki with Haruichi in his hierarchy of People to Call if Shit Hits The Fan. He’s significantly more helpful than Miyuki ever was and didn’t even ask for anything in return.

If he was a catcher or pitcher, he might have even been perfect.

One sleepless night of combing through every tape available again and again, Koushuu has the perfect compilation to send to Haruichi. It highlights both Taku’s brilliance, the glimpses of genius hidden in someone who would otherwise be just a pretty good second baseman, and also mistakes, errors, places for improvement. At least, Koushuu thinks so. Haruichi will have a better idea.

It's just a little over fifteen minutes long, and Koushuu doesn’t examine too deeply how that makes him feel, that everything Taku is on the field can be boiled down to less than half an hour.

He’s sure the same could be said of him, if he were in the same situation.

Practice on a sleepless night is brutal, but it’s hardly the first Koushuu has ever done. He’s a little sluggish on his runs, sure, but that’s sometimes true of him on days where he gets a perfect amount of sleep. His batchmates don’t miss the opportunity to give him hell for it, though.

“Hey, Kou-chan!” Kuki jeers, hooking his arm over Koushuu’s shoulders. Koushuu doesn’t even have the energy or the heart to push him off. He knows he’s gone soft since first year, but he usually tries not to be this soft in public. “What’s got you losing sleep?”

“Probably overachieving on analyzing games like always,” Yui teases, but Koushuu doesn’t miss the hint of gratitude in his voice. And maybe Koushuu feels a little guilty, because Yui relies on him for that more than either of them admit, and Koushuu does not deserve to accept the credit.

“Overanalyzing what exactly?” Kuki asks. “We haven’t had a practice match in over two weeks. You can’t possibly still be going over that.”

“I wasn’t going over a match,” Koushuu says.

“You don’t expect me to believe you were up late studying?” Taku says, shit-eating grin growing. “How are you gonna fail your exams at this rate?”

“That was one time, Taku,” Koushuu growls. He’s still a tiny bit embarrassed about it, and Taku knows this, which means this is about as much shit as he’ll have to take.

“Maybe he’s just thinking about some girl,” Kuki suggests, and that makes the smile slide right off Taku’s face.

Koushuu maybe takes a mean little bit of joy in that and refuses to examine it deeper.

Short attention spans that they have, though, the attention isn’t on Koushuu for very much longer until they find something else to focus on (read: the pretty first year manager who’s still to shy to speak to anyone who isn’t Anna or Akane). Taku stays quieter throughout dinner, which for once suits Koushuu just fine, because he kind of blew all his concentration on practice and his brain feels like TV static.

“You’re not really staying up late thinking about some girl, are you?” Taku asks as they walk back from the bath. Koushuu twists to try and see Taku’s expression, because his voice is offering absolutely nothing. “You already stay up too late thinking about baseball. How will you ever get any sleep?”

“So you’re allowed to get a girlfriend and I’m not?” Koushuu asks.

Taku had dated a girl last year, a pretty little thing half his size named Momoko. She had straight black hair and the tiniest waist Koushuu had ever seen, coupled with a gentle, soft-spoken voice and shy demeanor. She was, in every way, the perfect girlfriend, and Koushuu hated her guts for reasons he’s never tried to voice but that look a lot like jealously.

He was so relieved when Taku broke up with her because he felt bad for devoting all his time to baseball.

“That’s not what I said,” Taku protests. “I just wanna know. If you got a girlfriend, I’d be happy for you.”

It’s not the whole truth, and Koushuu’s stomach twists weirdly. This isn’t how his relationship with Taku has ever worked. They don’t keep secrets from each other. But here he is, hiding his conversation with Haruichi from Taku, and he’s pretty sure Taku’s hiding something too, but he has no idea what it could be.

“It’s not about a girl,” Koushuu says. “I just got caught up doing something, you know how I get.”

Not a lie, but also not the whole truth. He thinks Taku knows it.

“Then get plenty of rest tonight,” Taku says, slowing as they approach Koushuu’s room. “If you’re as dead tomorrow as you were today, Coach might actually kill you.”

Koushuu shudders, because Kataoka is many things, but merciful is not one.

“Goodnight,” Taku says softly after Koushuu is already inside.

“Night,” Koushuu says.

He expects to spend a few hours obsessively checking his phone for a reply from Haruichi, but he must already be getting too old to pull all-nighters, because he passes out the second his head hits the pillow. It doesn’t matter, anyway, because Haruichi doesn’t get back to him for a few days, long enough that Koushuu starts to worry Haruichi is leaving him hanging, but it turns out Haruichi was just taking his time to do it right.

He sends Koushuu back an essay of notes – like, seriously, Koushuu doesn’t even write this much for school assignments when it’s actually required – and caps it off with a phone call.

“I have more specific advice in there, but basically, it boils down to polishing technique,” Haruichi says. “Seto-kun is fast, and he’s very good at knowing when to steal bases, so clearly he knows how to work on technique. His biggest weakness, at least in the clips you sent me, is what he does after he gets to the ball.”

“How do you mean?” Koushuu asks.

“So one of the biggest mistakes second basemen make is hesitating too long to throw the ball after they get to it,” Haruichi says. “It’s fast-paced, there’s not really time to think. Seto-kun has the opposite problem. It’s almost like he moves too fast for his brain to catch up, and by the time it does, he’s already thrown wide or made a bad choice. Not always, but it’s what’s holding him back the most.”

“How do you fix that?” Koushuu asks.

“Drill it,” Haruichi says. “Fielding drills, over and over and over until it’s muscle memory. At that point, you can think while you’re running, and the muscle memory takes over.”

“Makes sense,” Koushuu says. Doesn’t help him, though, because he’s pretty sure he can’t just drag Taku out for fielding practice.

“He could also stand to think about his starting position more,” Haruichi continues. “If you know what the pitcher’s gonna throw, you can predict where the ball will probably go. Does Seto-kun know all your signs?”

Koushuu breathes a loud sigh of relief, because this, this he can work with.

“I’ll ask him about it,” Koushuu says. “Maybe get him to sit on a few of my training sessions with the first years for practice. Or Asada, maybe, get some practice with a batter standing in.”

“That’ll help,” Haruichi says. “You can call me again if you have any follow-up questions, too. This wasn’t a one-off.”

“Really?” Haruichi has always been kind, but this is still more kindness than Koushuu expected. “You wouldn’t mind?”

“Truth be told, I feel kinda bad about not coming back to help,” Haruichi admits. “Eijun-kun is really excited about the team you’re building this year, Furuya-kun thinks you have a real shot at Koshien again, and almost all my other batchmates have come back as well.”

“It’s a longer distance for you, though, right?” Koushuu offers awkwardly.

Unlike Miyuki and Sawamura, who are gearing up to take the Big6 by storm, Haruichi had been recruited by a professional team directly from high school. Furuya had as well, but he’s still in the Tokyo area and had come at the beginning of spring to offer what words of wisdom he had – more than Koushuu expected, if he’s being fair, even if that all went out the window as soon as Sawamura showed up.

Haruichi, though, is all the way in Fukuoka, and between what must be a grueling training regimen and a long train ride, he hasn’t come to visit, the only one of his generation that hasn’t.

“It is, but I still…I owe a lot to that team, and Coach Kataoka,” Haruichi says. “I’ll definitely find a way to come cheer you on for Koshien, so make sure you have something to show me.”

“I will,” Koushuu promises. “Thank you for your help, senpai.”

“Good luck,” Haruichi says.

Well. That’s an actionable goal, and Koushuu has always functioned best when he knows what he needs to do. He’ll talk to Taku tomorrow about learning signs, and they’ll go from there.

Koushuu is early to breakfast, mind racing too fast to oversleep. He’s been turning over in his mind what the best approach would be. This is a subject that, for all their years of friendship, requires a bit of subtlety, which is why the second Taku walks into the room, Koushuu is immediately in his face.

“Sit in on pitcher training today,” he says. Taku, bless him, barely flinches.

“Koushuu, we’ve worked so hard to get you past a third grade socialization level,” he says, words still thick with sleep. ��Surely you can behave around the pitchers for an hour.”

“Not for me,” Koushuu says, not bothering to temper the offense out of his voice. “You should make sure you know all our signs. It would benefit you too.”

Taku cocks his head, nodding slowly.

“Just me?”

“Yes?”

“I’m not the only second baseman on the team.”

He’s right. Taku has been right about an annoying number of things in the time they’ve known each other. Koushuu tries not to groan.

“Can I just…start with you?” Koushuu asks.

Taku seems to consider. Koushuu is ready to ask again, maybe even divulge why he really wants Taku to sit in, even if it might embarrass both of them, when he answers.

“Sure,” Taku says. “I’ll pass the info along to the other basemen and shortstops. That way they won’t be behind when you’re ready to include them too.”

It’s said without anything behind it, so Taku must really think he’s accommodating Koushuu’s introverted ways. Koushuu really couldn’t ask for a better friend.

And the meeting goes well. Taku picks up the signs quickly, clever as always, and Koushuu catches him showing a first year baseman later that week, hands twisting as he goes through the signs in sequence. Koushuu is eventually persuaded to allow the other basemen and shortstops to join, and while it kind of sucks, it’s also good.

Koushuu is able to swing more fielding practice with his tendency to analyze games for Yui. He doesn’t lie, not exactly, but he plays up the fielding errors when he gives Yui a rundown of a practice game, and Yui, like the good captain he is, goes directly to Kataoka to ask about increasing their fielding drills. It benefits the whole team, but Koushuu is mostly proud of how much more efficient Taku looks, how sharp compared to even just the beginning of the year.

He even ropes Taku into analyzing the games with him. Taku is perfectly capable of using a scorebook, but it’s not something he does often, and Koushuu gives him the rundown from his perspective, an overall look unique to catchers. It’s his hope that Taku can improve his field awareness by seeing the game as Koushuu sees it, and that will play nicely with his improved reflexes from the fielding drills.

He thinks he’s done a wonderful, even subtle job of improving Taku’s skills, and that makes it all the worse when he’s informed that he’s not nearly as slick as he thinks he is.

“Hey, can you put down the scorebook for a second?” Taku asks. His voice sounds weird, but for some reason, Koushuu can’t identify why. “I wanna talk to you.”

“We are talking,” Koushuu says, but he obediently puts the scorebook to the side. They’ve covered most of what he wants to talk about, anyway.

“No,” Taku says. “You’re coaching. That’s basically the only way you speak to me anymore. You’ve never felt the need to do that before this year. I know you feel a lot of pressure to perform because it’s our last year, but we’re doing well, so you can back down a little bit, okay?”

“It’s not about the summer tournament,” Koushuu says. “It’s about you.”

“Me?”

“You’re a good second baseman,” Koushuu says in a hurry, because he realizes how insulting that sounded. “You just need a little polish, and scouts will be lining up to talk to you. You’ll have your pick of Big6 university teams.”

Taku’s eyes are wide by the time he’s done, lip caught between his teeth.

“Koushuu,” he starts hesitantly. “I don’t want to play for a Big6 team.”

“They’re the best in the country,” Koushuu argues. “Why wouldn’t you want to play for them?”

“I don’t…want to play baseball at all in college,” Taku says.

Koushuu, to put it simply, does not compute.

“Look, baseball has been fun, I love it, you know that,” Taku continues. “But it’s not a forever thing for me. I won’t do it as my job.”

Koushuu can’t remember ever feeling so blindsided by Taku before. Part of the reason he likes Taku so much is because he understands Taku beyond a need for speaking.

“What do you mean you don’t want to play anymore?” Koushuu asks. “I know I’m hard on you, but you’re a good player, there’s no reason to quit, I know you could make it.”

“It’s not about that,” Taku says. “It’s just that there’s other things I want to do with my life.”

The spiky thing growing in Koushuu’s chest presses into his stomach. It’s hurt. He’s hurt, and Taku is the one that made him feel this way.

“What other things?” Koushuu asks, and it comes out as a growl. “I thought you loved baseball. You’re the one who’s always calling it fun, you’re the one who convinced me to stick at it and find it fun. You love baseball more than I do.”

“I still don’t want to play baseball for the rest of my life,” Taku says.

“What, so you’ll just leave?” Koushuu asks. “When were you even planning on telling me?”

“Koushuu, it’s not even summer yet, I was gonna tell you after the tournament,” Taku says, but there’s just enough guilt in his eyes that Koushuu knows it for a lie.

“No you weren’t,” he accuses. “You were just gonna leave without saying anything. I thought we were friends.”

“What? We are, what are you talking about?”

Taku looks panicked, hands reaching out for Koushuu’s shoulders, and Koushuu doesn’t even think to avoid them, too numb to feel the touch. Taku is going to leave him behind, and the best friend he’s ever had, someone who’s been in his life so long he can read Koushuu without thought, one of the few people Koushuu truly loves, will be gone forever.

“Koushuu, please, I know this isn’t what you wanted, but we’ll still be friends, alright?” Taku tries, and Koushuu zones back in with a vengeance.

“Fuck you,” he snarls, pushing Taku’s hands off his shoulders. “You want to quit baseball so bad? You want to go do something else? Go do something else. Might as well quit baseball right now.”

“Koushuu, I’m not gonna do that,” Taku says, voice edging higher in desperation. “I’m still here this year, that’s never gonna change. We’ll crush this summer, you’ll see, we could really win it all.”

“Tell it to someone who gives a fuck.”

Koushuu refuses to label what he’s doing as running away, but he sure does move with purpose back to the baseball field. It’s almost deserted, so dark with most of the lights out, but Koushuu does have to growl at one terrified first year to get lost. He’s worked so hard to have the patience to deal with underclassmen, but he just can’t summon any today.

He swings a bat viciously, aggressively, with frankly terrible form, not practicing but venting his anger into his body and the air around him. He doesn’t quit until the early hours of the morning, back and shoulders aching.

Kataoka bitches him out for it the next day when he rolls into practice, arms so stiff he can’t lift them above his shoulders and good for nothing but sitting in the bullpen and watching. It’s fine by him, though. This way, he doesn’t have to feel the twist of anger and betrayal when he sees Taku.

He gets all of one day of grace before his friends descend upon him. Frankly, he should be grateful he got even that much. He’s not, but he should be.

“What did you do to Taku-chan?” Kuki attacks first, always the boldest of all of them.

“Who says I did anything to him?” Koushuu growls. He doesn’t appreciate the implication that this is all his fault. Sure, he was the one who let his temper get the best of him, but Taku is the one who was apparently going to lie to him as long as he could.

“Are you saying he did something to you?” Kuki asks.

Yes, Koushuu wants to say but doesn’t. He can’t imagine anything will be helped by involving Kuki in the finer points of this…fight? Wouldn’t a fight be more…fight-y? This feels more like one blowup and the subsequent fallout than a continuing fight.

Koushuu must take too long to answer, because Kuki apparently takes his silence as an admission of guilt.

“Just apologize,” he says, laying a hand on Koushuu’s shoulder. Koushuu shakes it off. “Taku-chan will forgive you.”

But will I forgive him?

The vitriol behind that thought surprises even Koushuu. He knows he feels angry and betrayed, but that speaks to a much deeper hurt. Something more like…

“He looks so heartbroken.” Yui is the next to approach him, and like Kuki, he makes the assumption that Koushuu is in the wrong. For this reason, Koushuu has already started to tune him out. “Seriously, I’ve never seen you two fight like this. Whatever you did, just say you’re sorry.”

“Back off,” Koushuu says, and then he sees the dark circles under Yui’s eyes. It’s not even properly summer yet, and Yui already looks so tired, and Koushuu, as his vice, is supposed to be making it better, not worse. “I’ll get some data to you tomorrow.”

“I don’t care about the damn game data, Koushuu!” Yui snarls, suddenly so furious that it takes Koushuu aback. “I care that my vice-captain is fighting with one of my starters and is refusing to fix it!”

“Maybe I’m not the one who has to fix it!” Koushuu snaps back, storming off before Yui has a chance to respond.

Masashi approaches him next, although Koushuu suspects the others must have put him up to it, because he just sits in silence next to Koushuu for the better part of an evening, watching as Koushuu furiously watches tapes over and over. They don’t speak at all, but Masashi doesn’t have the same air of recrimination that everyone else has had so far. And maybe Koushuu needed that, just one person who doesn’t treat him like the bad guy, because the next day he’s softened enough to not take Asada’s head off.

“So what even happened?” Asada asks, obviously nervous.

“He…” Koushuu trails off. If he would be willing to tell anyone, it would be Asada, but he’s not feeling willing to tell anyone.

“It’s…you know it’s okay to talk about it, right?” Asada says. “I know we all jumped to conclusions, but neither of you is telling us anything, and it’s scary to watch you two fight. None of us know what to do.”

“Maybe there’s nothing to be done,” Koushuu says. He certainly can’t think of a way to get the spiky ball of hurt to stop pressing on the wall of his chest.

“There’s always something to be done,” Asada says firmly. “If you won’t talk to any of us, you have to talk to him.”

Koushuu doesn’t take that for the threat it is.

In the wake of not speaking to Taku, which is its own special kind of pain, the basemen and shortstops have stopped joining in on meetings between catchers and pitchers. That’s why, as Koushuu cleans up his notes while everyone else leaves, he’s so surprised to see Taku there, arm firmly held in Masashi’s grip. Yui stands next to them, eyes on fire in determination.

“No.”

“You don’t get to tell me no,” Yui snaps. “I am your captain and I have had enough. You two are going to talk and you are going to do it before you are allowed to leave this room. I want you two at least cordial before I open the door.”

“You can’t lock us in,” Taku protests, starting to look panicked. Clearly, even if he was in on part of this, he’s not in on all of it.

“Watch me.”

And Yui and Masashi do just that.

Koushuu looks down at his hands. For all that he could’ve approached the situation better from the start, Taku is still the one that started it. He was the one that didn’t tell Koushuu he wants to leave him behind, the one that would’ve kept that to himself until he disappeared forever. Koushuu isn’t going first, that’s for damn sure.

Taku creeps closer, seeming to decide that across the desk is an appropriate distance. He sits, fiddles with his hands in the corner of Koushuu’s vision, and lets the silence ride for a second. Then he sighs.

“Koushuu, can you look at me?”

It startles Koushuu just enough that he actually does it. The raw relief in Taku’s eyes soothes some edge off the hurt.

“You haven’t looked at me since the fight,” Taku says. “You’ve never done that before.”

“Getting used to it,” Koushuu replies.

“Used to what?”

“You not being here.”

Taku looks like Koushuu slapped him, or like it might have been kinder if Koushuu had.

“I’m not going anywhere, and you’d know that if you actually listened to me,” Taku snaps. “I know I didn’t handle that as well as I could’ve, but as soon as you got mad it was like talking to a brick wall.”

“Sorry I didn’t take the news well,” Koushuu snarls right back. “I was operating under the assumption that you don’t keep secrets from me.”

“Oh, because you’ve been the poster child of sharing lately,” Taku says. “Where did all the second baseman advice come from anyway? I know you didn’t ask anyone here.”

“I called Kominato-senpai, and it helped more than just you.”

“Yeah, but that wasn’t your goal, was it?” Taku sighs. “You didn’t even ask me what I want.”

Miyuki’s words echo in the back of Koushuu’s mind, but he’s not quite ready to relent just yet.

“What you want is to leave,” Koushuu says.

“Do you think our friendship is just about baseball?” Taku asks. “Is that all we’re worth to you?”

Koushuu was ready to fire right back, but he pauses.

Is that all they’re worth to him?

He and Taku became friends before either of them knew about baseball. They lived in the same neighborhood, and outgoing Taku had worn introverted Koushuu down until they were joined at the hip. They even got fake-married on the playground when they were seven, and Koushuu had kept the flower ring Taku made for him until it fell apart.

In the last several years, yes, their lives have been focused on baseball, but Koushuu and Taku have always existed outside of that.

“No,” Koushuu says. “I don’t think that.”

Taku visibly slumps in relief.

“Okay,” he says. “Okay.”

They just sit with that for a moment before Taku continues.

“I’m not leaving you,” he says. “I never was. We won’t play baseball together after this year, but I’m not going anywhere. I mean, I don’t even wanna leave Tokyo, we’ll still live in the same city.”

“So what do you want?” Koushuu asks.

“I want to go into social work,” Taku says. “I’ve been looking at programs and trying to get my grades up enough for one that’s a little harder. Baseball will still be my focus until the end of summer, though. We’ve won Koshien before and I want to do it again.”

“And you’re…sure?” Koushuu asks, aware that he’s being an ass. Luckily, Taku knows him better than that.

“I’m sure,” Taku says. “And I’m also sure that, whatever school you end up choosing, I’ll be at your games cheering you on.”

“I chose Seidou for you,” Koushuu says. “I mean. I chose it for me too. But I wanted to win for you, and I thought Seidou was the best place to do that.”

“You can still want to win for me,” Taku says, and his voice is a little more choked up. “Now you just have to want to win when I’m not on the field. And you can want to win for yourself too. Since baseball is so much fun.”

“So you say,” Koushuu says, but that spiky ball of hurt has finally dissolved, leaving nothing but relief in its place. He knows better than to think everything is fixed now, but he believes it can be, and that makes all the difference.

“We have to be done keeping secrets, though,” Taku says. “Both of us. This fucking sucked and I’m never doing it again.”

“Agreed.”

Koushuu expected, with all those threats, for the door to be locked, but it swings open when he and Taku make to leave. Yui is in their faces immediately.

“Well?”

“Tell me you weren’t listening,” Taku whines.

“Of course not,” Yui says, blushing.

“I wouldn’t let him,” Masashi says.

“Shut up!”

“We’re fine,” Koushuu says. “You can go worry about something else now.”

“Are you really?” Yui asks, looking to Taku for confirmation.

“We will be.”

It’s not immediately okay. For the next few weeks, their friendship feels like a bruise, smarting if they poke at it. But like any wound, it heals and they fall back into their normal rhythm. Koushuu still worries, sometimes, what next year will look like, what they will be without baseball tying them together. They still have summer to worry about, though, and Taku wasn’t kidding when he said it is still his focus.

And when summer comes and the tournament begins, Koushuu walks on the field with Taku and knows that it might be the beginning of the end of this part of their lives, but it is not the end of them.

***

“What exactly was that last pitch supposed to be?” Taku jeers as Koushuu exits the locker room, pushing his lazily-dried hair out of his face.

“My pitcher going rogue, that’s what that was,” Koushuu growls. He’ll let that pitcher have it later, no matter that he’s a senpai, because they could’ve won the game. “Idiot.”

“It was still a good game,” Taku says, wrapping arms around Koushuu’s neck. “Glad I actually got to see you play this time.”

Koushuu pulls Taku out of sight of everyone else. He’s not ashamed of their relationship, but he keeps it close to his chest, like a carefully guarded treasure. Taku is usually good about letting him.

“I knew I wouldn’t get much game time the first few years,” Koushuu says, and tries not to let it bother him. “One senpai graduates next year. I’ll get more then.”

He’d ended up choosing Hosei, the offer of building up a new bullpen too much to pass up. It’s good, challenging in ways the game hasn’t been before, and Koushuu knows it’s improving him in all manner of ways.

“You’ll kill it,” Taku says, leaning forward to peck Koushuu on the lips. “I really missed watching you in a game.”

Taku may be at a different university, but he’s still so close that he can come watch the odd practice after he finishes his classes for the day. It’s usually so he can drag Koushuu out to see their friends, who Taku insists they stay in touch with, and Koushuu agrees less begrudgingly than he would’ve expected.

Koushuu still misses playing with him. He thinks he always will. But he doesn’t regret the time they spent playing together, and in time he hopes it settles into a happy memory.

For now, though, he still gets to hold Taku close to him, and that’s enough.

“Let’s go eat,” Taku says. “It’s your turn to pay, and I want meat.”

Koushuu groans at the imminent hit to his bank account, but doesn’t protest beyond that. He’s too weak to Taku’s face-splitting grin as he pulls Koushuu out onto the street in search of something delicious.

They’re okay. They’re going to stay okay. Koushuu will make sure of it. He’s feared losing Taku before, and he never wants to do it again. He lets Taku lace their fingers together as they head for the subway, and is content with how they move through the world.

[onwriting-hrarby]

EPISODE 8 WAS EVERYTHING I COULD HAVE ASKED FOR

but WHY THE HELL DIDN'T THEY DO NARUMI??? like SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL! i am now very intrigued as to what will happen because in the manga it's because of narumi that they don't talk after the kiss... so...??????

i have to say that i really, really like yoshioka's actress. i think she's one of the best young actresses i've seen in jdrama, she feels incredibly natural! kou's alright, too, but he doesn't feel as ease. i like when they banter, though, they have the most chemistry.

AND TANAKA-SENSEI AND MURAO!???? like... tanaka sensei is my favourite character in the manga (ah, perks of being an old sister) but in here it's like they are minimizing his hurt and only serving to the student-teacher narrative, and it's quite apparent in the series (not so much in the manga, maybe) that tanaka is leading murao on!!! i'M VERY ANGRY with tanaka (and also the screenwriters). :'))))))))

[starlightnavis]

Fandom: either persona 3 or 4? Whichever you prefer! :)

just did p3 here!! i'll do p4 for this one :] (also heres the ask game!! i forgot to link it on the other one akshasdh)

blorbo - YOSUKE absolutely yosuke i love him (and also yu bc im a sucker for the protags apparently)

scrunkly - nanako tbh shes just so CUTE i wanna give her a big hug shes just the sweetest little thing ):

scrimblo bimblo - does kou count as underappreciated?? if so then kou :>

glup shitto - the cats i actually dont know for this one... maybe tanaka again since the only time hes there is for his show KAJHAKSDH

poor little meow meow - i mean. id say adachi is uh. fairly problematic. and i think hes great. akjshsakdhasdk

horse plinko - either yosuke or kanji tbh im MEAN and i wanna see em POUT (but mostly yosuke. i feel like id get along quite well with kanji tbh)

eeby deeby - morooka fuck that guy

[wool-string]

Kou is such a sweetie I hope he and Kei hug later in the manga. Both boys have been thru a lot

Yes Yes Yes!! T^T my life is on the line if they don't hug or atleast tell each other "good job. Im proud of you." Or something similar. I want Kei to introduce Kou and Kaito to each other as his 'friends' too

[ask-tanaka-kou]

You're nice, especially to futaba.

“Well …I ... I love her … so I should be nice to her, obviously. I want to be stronger and more reliable so she can depend on me. Why are you making me say such embarrassing things?”

[inkdrawndreamer]

Thank you a lot for your Ajin fics. I am curious about the futur relationship between Tanaka and Kou now that they are in the same team. Their first meeting was terrible and let's add all these mixed feelings with Izumi and the fireman...

Aw, thank you anon! This really brightened up my day. I'm glad anyone actually reads them tbh. You make a good point about the dynamic shift. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they all interact with Tanaka, especially considering all the different perspectives everyone has. I think Kou will be the most sympathetic to his situation due to what he went through, but would have more mixed feelings about all the people he bears responsibility for hurting. Akiyama called him out when they first met at the recruitment, and Tanaka acknowledging that certainly counts for something, but the guy would understandably be less willing to forgive the terrorism/stuffing him in a barrel thing. Still, I think his thinking would be less black-and-white than Kou's, and therefore more willing to see things from his perspective. Izumi has a complex relationship to Tanaka already, but I think she will actually be the most willing to befriend him by virtue of being able to move past his crimes the quickest. She's done bad things to ensure her own survival and freely acknowledges that fact. She thinks of him as being in a similar boat, doing what he needs to in order to survive, and only now seems to be taking how he was manipulated into account with how she interacts with him. What she says to Kou after freeing Tanaka really got to me because it was one of the first times anyone acknowledged that Sato manipulated him at all, in addition to being the first time we see one of the other group try to reach out to him without employing the same tactics. Plus, Kou's been working well with Tanaka so far despite any misgivings he might have, so I think his chances of actually befriending any of the others will increase with time. As a side note, I am really hoping against hope that we might see Naomi again. I think she would be willing to join up to redeem herself if nothing else, and it would be really cool to see how her and Tanaka could work through their history from the same side.

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[adoringhaikyuu]

they find out you hooked up with their friend/teammate before you started dating | 2

characters: bokuto + daichi + kuroo + tanaka + (gn!reader)

request: oh god oh god i don't know if you're taking requests but the "they found out you hooked up w their friend/teammate before dating" i-🥵if you are taking requests could i ask for daichi, kuroo, bokuto, and tanaka? just if you'd like to tho💖💖  • by @kalesugar​

warnings: pouty and possessive boys + suggestive things

notes: idk how i feel about this one but i tried and i hope you like it sjkhgfd

part one | part two | part three

bokuto:

you and bokuto had been dating for a few months now

and you and konoha had hooked up once randomly a year before and thought nothing of it, so you didn’t mention it to bokuto

tbh you’d kinda forgotten about it by now

you had become friends with the whole team now, having helped out with a few practices and bringing snacks for everyone every now and then

today was one of those days that you decided to be nice and bring some snacks for the teams

as soon as bokuto saw you walk into the gym, he dropped the balls he was going to put away, ignoring akaashi’s words of protest to run to you

“hi baby!” he gave you a kiss on the cheek and lifted you into the air with a big smile on his face, spinning you around before setting you down gently and finally noticing the bag in your hand. “what’s that?” 

you smiled, “i brought snacks for you guys.” as soon as the word ‘snacks’ left your mouth, the team swarmed around you, suddenly energized after their several hours of practice. you opened the bag and let them all take their pick. 

bokuto took a pack and opened it, barely having looked at the wrapper. “oh! i’ve never had this before is it good?” 

konoha, who’d only just taken one from the bag spoke up. “oh yeah, these are great. right?” he turned to you and you nodded, grabbing one for yourself. 

bokuto looked between the two of you like a confused puppy. “what’s happening?”

you tilted your head and kohona went on, “oh nothing, we’ve just tried them before.” 

“...together?” you nodded but bokuto was still confused. “when?”

you opened your mouth then paused, only now realizing when you had actually had them with kohona––after you two had hooked up. “um just...” you looked over to the dirty blond, who looked back with slightly wide eyes, knowing this could affect the ace’s mood drastically. “last year, one day.” 

“yeah it wasn’t really that crazy of a day or anything...” konoha scratched the back of his head, trying to laugh it off but bokuto only frowned and pulled you aside. 

“baby be honest with me, what happened that day?”

you sighed, knowing you shouldn’t lie to him. “well...me and konoha kinda hooked up that day?” his shoulders drooped but you were quick to grab his hands and look into his eyes. “but it didn’t mean anything kou, that’s why we didn’t say anything. honestly, i’d forgotten about it till now.” 

he nodded slowly before pulling you into a hug. “okay...you promise?” you nodded and he held you tighter, mumbling an ‘i love you’ into your hair. 

“i love you too.” a few seconds had gone by until you heard a crinkling by your ear and felt your boyfriend’s jaw move against your head. you laughed, “kou, are you eating right now? please don’t get any crumbs on me.”

you heard him whisper an ‘oops’ and you whined his name.

“i can’t help it! even though they’re kinda cursed cause of the reason you tried them in the first place, they’re good!”  

daichi:

i feel like it’d be the end of practice and everyone’s just goofing off or whatever and daichi knows you’re still at school so he invites you over so he can walk you home

and tanaka and nishinoya would be bored, asking random questions and they’d be trying to prove a point about how they’re 10/10, could get any one cause of their personalities and their charm

and you’d walk in and say hi to daichi, greeting him with a smile before the two second years literally jump in front of you

“y/n! y/n! we have a very important question for you!” noya would basically scream, letting you know immediately it was not a serious question

and tanaka would go “yeah, we asked kiyoko but she said no and walked away from us...it was so hot.” 

you’d roll your eyes and so would daichi but you were curious so you let them ask

...you were not expecting them to ask who on the team besides daichi you would hook up with 

you laugh nervously and look at daichi for help but he raises a brow and crosses his arms, a teasing smile on his face “you know what, now i’m kinda curious too. answer them sweetheart.” 

you look around until you see your ‘way out’ of the question

“oh well i’ll just say suga, since we’ve already hooked up before. there’s your answer.” 

suga smiles sheepishly and scratches the back of his head, “haha thanks y/n.” he barely gets the sentence out before tanaka and nishinoya are running over to him and literally tackling him. 

“why didn’t you tell us you got with y/n! dude?!” 

“yeah man what the hell?!” 

you laugh at the boys shouting and basically rolling on the floor until you hear a throat clear next to you. you jump slightly and turn to see your boyfriend looking down at you with a clenched jaw and a strained smile. 

“this is news to me.” 

you laughed nervously, “i um, well you see it was a while ago. before we dated, to be clear.” when he just stared at you, you bit your lip nervously and went on. “it’s not like i would hook up with him now––” you placed your hands on his crossed arms and pried them open to step closer to him. “i’m with you now. and i’m happy.” 

he blinked, “right.” before you could say anything else, one of his hands pulled you flush against him by your waist, the other wrapped around your neck so that he could press his lips against yours passionately––this was way more pda than you were ever used to, with daichi and you preferring to be lowkey, especially around the team. you guessed times had changed...

it wasn’t until you heard the chants and cheers of the rest of the team (mostly tanaka and noya) that daichi pulled away. you waited for a few seconds before opening your eyes slowly, greeted with a dashing and clearly pleased smile on your boyfriend’s face. 

“woah alright captain, no need to flex!” noya laughed, clearly proud of his friend for being bold. 

daichi simply licked his lips, not taking his eyes off of you. “you’re coming to my place tonight.” 

kuroo:

i feel like it would probably be lev’s fault that kuroo found out you hooked up with yaku sjgkhk

this oblivious but lovable fool would literally see you under kuroo’s arm, next to yaku and just stop in front of you 

you’d see the gears turning in his head and he just goes “mm”, “hmm” for a few seconds before going

“hey, didn’t you and yaku hook up before you started dating kuroo?” he’d take a bite of his banana nonchalantly, before speaking again, this time with his mouth full

“was that not weird for you guys?” pointing the bitten banana at the three of you

your eyes would widen and yaku would stutter, looking between everyone before narrowing his eyes at lev “how do you even know about that?”

lev would stop and think cause huh, how does he know?

yaku would get annoyed, not willing to wait, “that’s none of your business anyway!” 

he’d be ranting at the first year and you’d turn to kuroo, surprised to see him cool and collected

kuroo turned to you, a smirk on his face, “i didn’t know you two got together.” he brought his free hand up to your cheek, his thumb rubbing the skin gently as he leaned in so that your lips were practically touching. “tell me, was he any good?”

you stuttered, overwhelmed by his proximity and the look in his eyes and he laughed, tilting his head back. 

“i mean i know for a fact he wasn’t anywhere close to being as good as me but, still, i’m a little curious.” 

at that, yaku turned to kuroo, who’s back was facing him as he was focused solely on you. “excuse me?!”

kuroo simply ignored him and licked his lips before leaning in and looking between your eyes and your oh so inviting lips. “tell me, kitten. i wanna know.” 

“please just kiss me, tetsu.” 

his smirk widened, “alright,” he shrugged. “i’ll bite.” he kissed you with fervor, leaning into you and pulling you impossibly closer, knocking the breath out of you. your hand grasped the collar of his shirt and he half-groaned, half-chuckled at your enthusiasm, loving the effect he had on you. 

he pulled away all too quickly, but not before biting your bottom lip teasingly, and grinned at the dazed look in your eyes. “so about that answer––”

tanaka:

let’s say you hooked up with asahi

oop

and noya the little blabber mouth tells tanaka cause he may or may not have accidentally walked in when asahi was literally leaning over you in the bedroom of that party

and he’d literally randomly bring it up too, conveniently when all of you are in the same room

“yeah didn’t you guys hook up?” noya laughed, thinking back at it, “man that was awkward––asahi was so red when he saw me, he looked like a tomato!” he turned to the boy who was blushing all over again, “kinda like he is right now!” 

asahi covered his face with his hand, “man come on––”

tanaka who was awfully silent finally spoke up. “you guys got together?”

noya who was still pestering asahi turned back to his friend, “what, you didn’t know?” when tanaka shook his head mindlessly, he scratched the back of his head, “...oh haha, whoops...” 

you bit your lip nervously, “sorry i didn’t tell you, it was so long ago i didn’t think it mattered––”

“oh no, that’s cool! totally! i don’t mind at all!” tanaka let out a forced laugh and you winced, placing a hand on his arm.

“ryu baby, you’re shouting.”

“really?! i didn’t even notice!” he blinked and looked over at you sheepishly, “sorry.” he placed his arm around you and looked at asahi with crazy eyes and a puffed chest. “you’re not planning on stealing y/n from me are you?” 

asahi shook his head immediately, eyes wide. “what? no no! i’d never do that man, you know me––”

“alright good!” tanaka turned to you, his composure normal and eyes soft, and clasped his hands together dramatically, “baby if it’s okay with you i’d really like to kiss you right now.” 

you couldn’t help but smile, “you just want to make it clear that i’m yours don’t you?”

he smiled wide and proud, “you know it!” 

well, how could you say no to that.

[queenofanime]

MASTERLIST

Haikyuu

Karasuno

Daichi Sawamura / Kōshi Sugawara / Asahi Azumane / Yū Nishinoya / Ryunosuke Tanaka / Chikara Enoshita / Hisashi Kinoshita / Kazuhito Narita / Tobio Kageyama / Shoyo Hinata / Kei Tsukishima / Tadashi Yamaguchi / Keishin Ukai / Ittetsu Takeda / Kiyoko Shimizu / Hitoka Yachi

Nekoma

Tetsuro Kuroo / Nobuyuki Kai / Morisuke Yaku / Taketora Yamamoto / Kenma Kozume / Levi Haiba / Shohei Fukunaga

Inarizaki High

Shinsuke Kita /Aran Ojiro / Atsumu Miya / Rintaro Suna / Osamu Miya

Aoba Johsai

Toru Oikawa / Issei Matsukawa / Hajime Iwaizumi / Takahiro Hanamaki / Yutaro Kindaichi / Akira Kunimi / Kentaro Kyotani

Shiratorizawa Academy

Wakatoshi Ushijima / Eita Semi / Reon Ohira / Satori Tendo / Tsutomu Goshiki / Kenjiro Shirabu

Fukurodani Academy

Kotaro Bokuto / Keiji Akaashi / Yamato Sarukui / Akinori Konoha

Beastars

Main Characters

Legoshi / Louis / Haru

Shishigumi

Melon / Ibuki / Free / Agata / Dolph / Jinma / Hino / Miguel / Sabu / Dope

Drama Club

Pina / Juno / Billy / Aoba / Tao / Ellen / Shelia / Riz

701 Boys

Collot / Jack / Voss / Durham / Miguno

Black Market and others

Gosha / Yafya / Gohin / Rokume / Kyuu / San / Seven / Ogma / Cosmo

My Hero Academia

Heroes 

Hawks / Mirko / Aizawa / Endeavor / All Might / Present Mic / Midnight / Vlad King / Gang Orca / Mandalay / Fat Gum / Mrs. Joke

Villians

Shigaraki Tomura / Dabi / Toga / Twice / Stain / Kurogiri / Giran / Mr. Compress / Overhaul / Lady Nagant

Class 1A

Momo Yaoyorozu / Shoto Todoroki / Katsuki Bakugo / Tenya Ida / Fumikage Tokoyami / Mezo Shoji / Mashirao Ojiro / Eijiro Kirishima / Yuga Aoyama / Mina Ashido / Tsuyu Asui / Ochaco Uraraka / Denki Kaminari / Koji Koda / Rikido Sato / kyoka Jiro / Hanta Sero / Toru Hagakure / Izuku Midoriya / Minoru Mineta / Hitoshi Shinsou / Hatsume Mei (don't ask why she's here)

Class 1B

Itsuka Kendo / Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu / Juzo Honenuki / Neito Monoma / Shihai Kuroiro / Yosetsu Awase / Sen Kaibara / Togaru Kamakiri / Yui Kodai / Kinoko Komori / Ibara Shiozaki / Jurota Shishida / Nirengeki Shoda / Pony Tsunotori / Kosei Tsuburaba / Setsuna Tokage / Manga Fukidashi / Kojiro Bondo / Reiko Yanagi / Hiryu Rin

The Big Three

Tamaki Amajiki / Mirio Togata / Nejire Hado

Shiketsu High School

Inasa Yoarashi / Seiji Shishikura / Camie Utsushimi

Ketsubustu Academy High School

Yo Shindo

Isamu Academy High School

Romero Fujimi / Habuku Mongoose / Kashiko Sekigai

Citizens and others

Rody Soul / Melissa Shield / David Shield / Natsuo Todoroki / Fuyumi Todoroki / Eri (platonic) / Kota (platonic)

Magi 

Main Characters

Aladdin / Ali Baba / Morgiana / Hakuryuu Ren

Kou Empire

Kouen Ren / Koumei Ren / Kohua Ren / Hakuei Ren / Kougyoku Ren / Judar / Koubun Ka

Reim Empire

Muu Alexius / Myron Alexius / Lo'lo / Yaqut / Titus Alexius

Sindria 

Sinbad / Ja'far / Masrur / Hinahoho / Yamraiha / Sharrkan / Drakon / Pisti / Spartos / Yunan

Magnostadt

Myers / Doron / Sphintus Carmen / Marga (platonic)

AOS and others

Cassim / Serendine / Barbarossa / Mystras / Pipirika / Rurumu / Fatima / Takeruhiko / Vittel

Demon Slayer

Slayers

Tanjiro Kamado / Zenitsu Agatsuma / Inosuke Hashibira / Nezuko Kamado / Genya Shinazugawa / Kanao Tsuyuri / Senjuro Rengoku / Aoi Kanzaki

Hashira

Giyu Tomioka / Mitsuri Kanroji / Obanai Iguro / Sanemi Shinazugawa / Gyomei Himejima / Muichiro Tokito / Shinobu Kocho / Tengen Uzui + wives / Kyojuro Rengoku / Kagaya Ubuyashiki + family

Demons

Kokushibo / Douma / Akaza / Nakime / Kaigaku / Daki / Gyutaro / Tamayo / Yushiro / Muzan Kibutsuji

Swordsmiths

Hotaru Haganezuka

Attack on Titan

Marley

Zeke Yeager / Reiner Braun / Porco Galliard / Pieck Finger / Gabi Braun / Falco Grice / Colt Grice / Annie Leonhart  / Yelena / Onyankopon / Niccolo / Bertholdt Hoover

Paradis

Eren Yeager / Armin Arlert / Mikasa Ackerman / Jean Kirschtein / Connie Springer / Sasha Braus / Hange Zoe / Levi Ackerman / Floch Forster / Historia Reiss / Marco Bott / Hitch Dreyse

Great Pretender

Makoto Edamura / Abigail Jones / Laurent Thierry / Cynthia Moore / Dorothy / Seiji Ozaki / Clark Ibrahim / Thomas Meyer

Cowboy Bebop

Spike Spiegel / Jet Black / Vicious / Faye Valentine / Julia / Grencia Mars / Andy / Electra / Vincent Volaju / Ed (platonic)

This will be the fandoms and characters I'll be writing for. Updates don't happen often but I'll try my best :)

[tender-rosiey]

hi hi <3 back to request bc i just love your work!

could i request haikyuu boys reacting to their fem!s/o getting a phone call and a guy on the other line says “hey, you home alone?” or something along those lines. there was a tik tok trend where girls would get a fake ft call with a guy saying ^ to see how their boyfriends would react, i think i may be able to find a video if you want but i do hope i explained this well :)

❥ “Hey, you home alone?” Prank on HQ characters

Includes Oikawa, Bokuto, Tsukishima and Kageyama

ᴀ/ɴ: i am glad you like my work, luv and this looks fun to write and I love these pranks a lot! hope you liked this luv 💕 also did my blog really go quack or is my stuff just getting ignored 👩‍🦲

Oikawa Tooru:

I would like to write a whole damn essay about how much I love oikawa but this is not our topic for today until now at least

SO, you felt bored and wanted to do something, plus oikawa has been free from pranks for far too long

That’s another reason why TikTok is your place to go for pranks

You saw said prank and wanted to do it since our lovely tooru has rather interesting reactions

So you set it up the sound and held your phone while your boyfriend is in the kitchen counter behind you preparing a snack for movie night

It was all fine and dandy until

“Hey, you home alone?”

You suddenly heard things stumble and your boyfriend was beside you in a snap with a frown on his face

“No she is not alone and in fact we are going on a date so you can just go FUCK YOURSELF— babe you are recording?”

You then smiled cheekily before bursting out laughing resulting in the blank stare and a pout from your boyfriend beside you

“Y/N, that’s mean, how dare you?”

However you didn’t expect your boyfriend to slam down on you and try and suffocate you with hugs

“Tooru get off!”

“No, apologize!”

He also peppered your face with kisses until you were sorry

You also posted the TikTok and it got more than 400k likes 👩‍🦲

And my favorite part is the comments so let’s start

Some of them were like

“LMAO THE SPEED HE GOT THERE WITH��

and “he is so pretty tho tf”

as well as “the kisses at the end were adorable tho lol”

Of course his ass was sticking out while peppering you with kisses so someone commented

“What a flat ass”

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bokuto Koutarou:

I personally believe that Bokuto would have TikTok and would know about the trends unlike the dumbass up there who I think would only stick to one side of TikTok

Bokuto likes diversity in everything and doesn’t like getting left out, once again it’s my opinion

So he obviously knows the trend and you know that he knows, so you got a video of someone with a voice he never heard

He had just came from training and entered the home with a big smile and greeted you with a kiss

And so as he turned his back to you he heard

“Hey, you home alone?”

Bokuto threw the toilet roll at your phone knocking it down

His hair then deflated and looked at you with a look that made you feel extremely guilty

“Kou, it’s a prank.”

He then crossed his arms and faced away pouting

Now how do we make up things to a deflated and pouty Bokuto Koutaro, the great captain of Fukurodani?

Hug him from behind and start kissing his cheek and face then tighten the hug, like you are doing right now

He starts to relax to your touch still being just a little petty

“Don’t do that again, Y/N; these pranks aren’t funny.” He said barely audible as he was trying not to break his pout

He then broke into a fit of laughter and turned to hug you cause I stand by word when I say bokuto loves physical affection with every fiber of his being

And you guys continued the day cuddling <3

Onto the comments:

“HOW COULD HE KNOCK US DOWN LIKE THAT”

“That aim tho”

“HE IS SO MUSCULAR”

“Can we buy someone like him?”

He also gave you a kiss on the cheek while the camera was filming

Cause ✨ AFFECTION ✨

And by the way

He told kuroo about this

And kuroo is planning a lovely prank to get you back for what you did for his bro 🥱

And kou doesn’t have any idea that kuroo is doing a prank even

Tsukishima Kei:

BAHAHA

The fact that you thought this was a good idea is very humorous, however tsukishima has TikTok, but ,unlike Bokuto, he literally knows everything

And he knew the moment you kept staring at him with a smirk on your face that there is something up

Inasmuch he was patiently waiting for your time to strike

He however then heard kageyama’s voice say

“Hey, you home alone?”

Love, when I tell you he whipped his head so damn fast he almost snapped it

“Hey king why don’t you go stick your dick in a dirt hole instead, y/n is too good for you.”

Cue you laughing while replaying the recording of kageyama saying that same line three more times

Explaining to him that it was a prank took some long time cause tsukishima was being a petty bitch

“Keiiii, I told you I am sorry—“ “no.” “Please, talk to me!”

Maybe just give him a hug or threaten him with going to kageyama and he will hug you from behind

“Don’t do it again, or I will never forgive you.”

Of course you wouldn’t go off the hook so easily sweetie

Tsukishima Kei ,as Tanaka once said, never forgets to counter and take revenge

So you basically started a prank war and may god be with your neighbors

But y’all still gonna watch the movie you agreed on and gossip so 🙄

You even managed to make him put on a face mask which I salute you for by the way

He is a little disappointed in himself cause he already knew you were gonna do something but still was shocked or rather startled

And for the comments which are the loveliest

“Woah is his neck okay—“

“The GLARE HE SO MAD”

“So stubborn wow”

You showed kageyama his reaction and he almost burst out laughing instead just ended up smirking in an evil way

While on the other hand hinata was rolling on the floor having the best laugh of his life aside from the one after his first receive which I was very proud of him for

Kageyama Tobio:

Hinata was low key gonna ruin it all

Why?

He almost laughed his way through the one sentence he was supposed to say

So your boyfriend was just doing his nails peacefully like the pretty boy setter he is until your dumbass decided to do the prank him while he was doing that

And so in the middle of his nail care session he heard the voice of his best friend say

“Hey, you home alone?”

You didn’t want to use the actual audio since when you guys cuddle he watched TikTok with you and basically knows the trends because of you

Unlike his senior who despite having TikTok doesn’t remember trends for shit

So you called his best friend and made him take part in this and sacrifice his being for a good laugh

Anyways back to him almost injuring his finger when he heard it

“HINATA BOKE WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM Y/N?!”

“BAHAHAHAHA I AM SORRY Y/N I CANT!”

He kept glaring at hinata through the phone and ended up hanging up on him and returning him to the “to serve at their head” list for the 37th time

He just looked at you and pouted unintentionally

“It wasn’t funny you know, you scared me.”

Aw

now make it up to him

“What can I do so you can forgive me then, Tobio?”

“…milk and cuddles.”

And so he got it what he asked for

Hinata’s funeral got scheduled 3 days later but he made it out alive so it’s okay :D

The comments were interesting to say the least

“Did he just do like oxen do? You know, the air from their nose when mad”

“THE NAIL; IT ALMOST BROKE NO”

“So pretty”

“I feel like the orange headed dude is gonna get his ass handed to him.”

He went to ask noya and tanaka for advice to get you back for what you did

To which they told him to ignore you for 24 hours

They also shared the idea because they heard oikawa and tsukishima talking about it separately

They also showed him their evil laugh

copyright © 2020 tender-rosiey

do not copy or plagiarize or you will be reported

[manj1r0-archived]

hii mi amor ace!! how are you??

i rlly liked your one drabble on haikyuu boys lifting up their shirt infront of you, would you be open to doing it with tanaka (shirtless king), yaku, nishinoya and bokuto? you can def add/remove anyone you want cause i didn’t know what your character limit was! anywho i love you!! <3

hq | lifting their shirts | drabbles

characters included : tanaka, yaku, nishinoya, bokuto, oikawa

a/n : hiii babe !! hehehe I’m doing good (´∀｀*) I hope you’re doing okay too, ahh thank u thank u for requesting <3 I added oikawa just to spice things up hehehe, I hope you enjoy !! mwah mwah

warning : a teensy bit suggestive

read pt. 1

TANAKA ➤ a surge of confidence fills Tanaka’s body as his spike goes through, he’s lost in the moment and before you know it, he’s stripping himself of his shirt, flailing it wildly into the air and screaming his head off, turning his head he turns to hoping to get a kiss but stopping when he sees you covering your face, “y/n, baby? Is something wrong?” he runs up to you gently pulling your hands away to see your flustered state, everything connects when you turn away from his gaze, “oh.. oh babe! getting shy, are we?” he laughs and kisses you on your temple before winking cheekily

YAKU ➤ groans as his body aches from practice, he spots you on the bench gathering your things seeing as practice had ended, he smiles before jogging over to where you were sitting, just as he was about to get nearer he feels the sweat dripping on his forehead, sighing to himself, he grabs the hem of his shirt and wipes it off before saying hello to you, “hey babe I-” he stops in his tracks seeing you stare at him in awe, before coughing into your hand and turning away, “oh.. y/n! what were you staring at?” he smugly grins, leaning into you, rolling your eyes you turn away “shut up,”

NISHINOYA ➤ sighs at the summer heat, even with the A.C blasting through the room it was still hard to think in this condition, the bed groans as he sits up and stares down at you “y/n, let’s do something, yeah?” you whine, rolling onto your back as the heat takes over you, the sweat feels disgusting on your body, “hm? like what? isn’t it too hot to do anything right now?” you turn to face him and your eyes widen as he lifts his shirt up and over his head, flinging it across the room, “it’s way too hot in here and- babe?” he asks, he turns seeing as you hadn’t said anything but his lips quirk up as he sees you staring, “baby! If you wanted my shirt off you could’ve just asked!”

BOKUTO ➤ “Akaashi! Just one more, pretty please?” he begs on his knees, his hands set in a praying motion, Akaashi sighs at his behavior before quickly spotting the solution to the problem, “Bokuto, y/n is waiting in the stands right now, don’t you want to go say hello?” and before he knew it Bokuto was speeding across the court to get to you, “BABY! I missed you so much!” “kou, I was here the whole time,” you smile at your boyfriend’s actions before noticing he was extremely exhausted from practice, grabbing a water bottle from the side you hand it to him, which he graciously accepted before chugging it down, spilling it all over his face, you chuckle, he grins sheepishly before grabbing the bottom of his shirt using it to wipe his face and show off his nicely toned stomach (unintentionally) you take a deep breath before rubbing the back of your neck in embarrassment, bokuto takes note of this, “oh? what were you looking at, hm?”

OIKAWA ➤ yelps dramatically as the orange sauce spills onto his shirt, he whines, pouting, before getting up and grabbing a napkin nearby, “hmph… I just got this shirt too,” he rubs the napkin on his shirt, frantically trying to get the curry out before it stains, “calm down babe,” you grab him another shirt, “we’ll clean it out before it- tooru?” your throat closes up as he slips his shirt over his head, grumbling all the while to himself, you cough catching his attention, “oh, thanks babe,” he smiles before noticing how you wouldn’t look at him, all his worries fly out of his head, dropping the (still) stained shirt, he walks over to you slowly taking the new shirt out of your hands forcing you to look at him, “thank you so much, sweetie,”

[sugawarassoulmate]

but i can't see you every night, free

you and suga have been dating for about four months but nobody on the team knows about it yet. the two of you didn’t mean to keep it a secret for so long — it’s just been nice not having anyone ask too many questions or make constant jokes. they’d all know eventually but for now, it’s still fun to sneak around with your boyfriend.

or car sex with sugawara

words: 2.5k

cw: fem!reader, exhibitionism, fingering, vaginal penetration, pet names, degrading (one line), cursing, minors dni.

There was something about long car rides that always put you at ease; you weren’t sure if it was the long stretch of road before you or the slight rumble that came with being in a moving vehicle. Whatever it was, it made you immediately say yes when the boys asked you to accompany them on their trip to a beach resort they found for the summer.

How could you say no to two weeks with your favorite people at a gorgeous resort? Plus, you might be able to sneak some time with Sugawara. 

You and Suga have been dating for about four months but nobody on the team knows about it yet. The two of you didn’t mean to keep it a secret for so long — it’s just been nice not having anyone ask too many questions or make constant jokes. They’d all know eventually but for now, it’s still fun to sneak around with your boyfriend.

And so here you were, sitting in the passenger seat as Suga barreled down the highway. The ride wasn’t super long, only a few hours, but Daichi made sure there were a few stops for gas and snacks. It was peaceful inside the car, the only sounds were the low hum coming from the radio and the light snores coming from Hinata, Nishinoya, and Yamaguchi who had fallen asleep in the backseat hours ago. Suga’s eyes were concentrated on the road while you stared out the window, enjoying the scenery. 

That was until you felt a hand on your thigh. You looked down and saw your boyfriend’s hands rubbing at your thigh, exposed thanks to the shorts you were wearing. Looking up, you notice that his attention never faltered. He just wanted his hands on you and it made you smile. Placing your hand on top of his and squeezing a bit, you brought your attention back to the window.

It was another few minutes of comfortable silence before you felt Suga’s hand moving up your thigh. You didn’t think anything of it first until the pad of his thumb rubbed against your clothed pussy. Your eyes widen, looking over at him and seeing him staring back at you — just for a brief moment. The look he gives makes you press your thighs together, you know what that look means but he can’t actually be thinking that right now.

“Seriously?” you whisper, remembering that you weren’t alone in the car.

He chuckles, taking a second to look at the rearview mirror before his eyes return to the road. “Everyone’s still asleep, princess.”

You look behind you and, sure enough, there are three sleeping boys in the backseat. For good measure, Yamaguchi even had his headphones plugged in, hopefully keeping him from hearing the two of you.

Suga’s hand starts moving again and you probably shouldn’t let him but even while he’s driving, you can hear the anticipation in his breath. The cons of sneaking around are that you don’t always have time to be intimate. For the past few weeks, you two have been relying on the makeout sessions at your house after volleyball practice. Not to mention you almost got caught the last time he fucked you.

It wasn’t your fault that Suga gets so riled up after practice. It was his turn to lock up the gym and he lingered behind under the guise of working on his serves. Once everyone was gone, he pinned you to the locker room door. Being the good (secret) girlfriend that you were, you tried to visit Suga and the boys during practice — sometimes it had its rewards. 

The way Suga was pounding into your cunt kept you two from noticing that Tanaka and Noya had made their way back to the gym after forgetting something. Suga acted quickly and covered your mouth with his hand, quieting your sobs until the coast was clear. You had no idea how they didn’t notice their precious setter was railing one of their friends. 

You’re brought back to reality when you hear the button on your shorts snap open. If you weren’t so terrified of one of the sleeping boys suddenly waking up and seeing what Suga was doing, you’d probably commend him for being able to do all of this while staying focused on driving.

“Please, baby?” he asks. His other hand gripping the steering wheel with want. “Haven’t been able to touch that pretty pussy in so long.” You hadn’t realized one of your hands grabbed his wrist. You want to tell him no; to wait until you could sneak off at the resort. But you had needs too.

Against your better judgment, you let go of his wrist. 

The sadistic grin that grows on Suga’s face catches you by surprise, but your attention is immediately broken when his fingers slip past your panties. You hadn’t realized how wet you got from just a few light touches. 

“Just focus on the road, my love.” you heard him say. Looking away from the backseat, you try your best to pay attention to the road disappearing underneath you. 

And God bless the way Suga knows your body better than you do. He teased you a bit at first, but the rational part of his brain knew that time wasn’t really on your side. With his thumb rubbing circles on your clit, two of his fingers pushed in and you were embarrassed at how quickly you were gushing around him. 

He laughed beside you. “Has my baby missed me too?” All you can do at this point is whine in response. “I promise once we’re alone, I’m going to  ruin  this pretty little cunt okay?”

Your thighs press together at his words and all you can think is Please let me cum, please let me cum, please, please, please…

Suga took notice and brushed up against that one spot he knew would drive you crazy — wanting to get you off as badly as you did. You were right there, trying so hard to cover your moans as to not alert anyone, scratching at the car seat. He can feel your pussy clench down on his fingers, his good girl is so close just a little bit more…

And your cellphone rings, startling the both of you. Worried that the sudden noise would wake the boys, you slap Suga’s hand away. Quickly buttoning up your shorts, you turn over your phone and see Daichi’s picture on the screen.

“H-hey what’s up?”

“Oh, did I wake you from a nap?” he asks, definitely noticing the hitch in your voice. 

“Yeah,” you lie, your pussy throbbing after being denied its release. “What did you need, Daichi?”

“Tell Suga to take the next exit. We’re taking a 20-minute break.”

A laugh escapes you. “We’d be at the resort by now if it weren’t for all these breaks, you know.”

“Hey!” Daichi teases. “I’m just making sure our drivers don’t get tired. See you soon.”

The call ends and you look over at Suga, letting him know about Daichi’s plans. He rolls his eyes but proceeds to take the exit anyway. The frustration on your face must be noticeable cause he places his hand on your thigh again.

“Don’t worry, baby. I’ll take care of you soon.”

You want to respond but Hinata and the others start waking up and suddenly, both of Suga’s hands are on the steering wheel.

 After one last break, you all had finally made it to the resort — and, thankfully, Suga kept his hands to himself the entire time. The extended drive had tired everyone out and it had been pretty late anyway, so it was decided that it would be best to turn in for the night. 

The cabin you all rented for the trip was quaint but it had enough space for all of you — of course, you’d be rooming with Kiyoko and Yachi which would only make it harder for you and Suga to get some time alone. 

Daichi realized that the fridge in the kitchen hadn’t been stocked, meaning there wouldn’t be any food for breakfast.

“I’ll see if there’s a convenience store,” Suga offered, keys already in hand. “We can just get some essentials for now.” His eyes glanced over in your direction and you quickly caught on.

“I can go with him,” You announced, trying your best to sound nonchalant. Nobody seemed to notice and Daichi thanked you two for offering.

And you and Suga were back in the car, off to run your little errand. But something was telling you that there was something else on your sweet boyfriend’s mind as he drove into the night.

 “I don’t think the convenience store would be around here,” you said sarcastically, taking note of the remote area Suga had taken you to. “Are you kidnapping me?”

He had somehow taken the two of you to a heavily wooded area, with trees dense enough that it was impossible for anyone to see where you were. The car was turned off and your boyfriend had gestured for you to sit in his lap. You hopped over the console and greedily climbed on top of him, wrapping your arms around his neck.

Suga’s hands circled your waist, fingers rubbing against your skin. “I don’t think it counts as kidnapping if you’re coming willingly.” He laughs at his own joke, you roll your eyes. To silence him, you close the distance and press your lips against his.

He leans in almost immediately, tongue entering your mouth as his fingers dig into your waist. He pulls away to attach his lips to your neck, biting down causing you to whine.

“Not too hard, Kou,” Remembering the last time Suga left a hickey on you — Hinata noticed it during practice and blasted it for everyone to hear. You didn’t think the “burning yourself with a curling iron” excuse would work a second time. Suga grunts in frustration but relents to your request, removing your top and nipping at your chest.

“Better?” he asks, tongue swiping at your covered nipple.

Playing with the ends of his hair, you pout. “No, actually,” and Suga quirks his eyebrow. “I want more, Kou…” You say, grinding into him. He had been doing such a good job today of keeping his own desires hidden but the way his cock was hardening underneath you said everything you needed to know.

He feigns surprise when he looks up at you. “Does my princess wanna get fucked here?” he asks as if he isn’t unbuttoning your shorts this very moment. “Being away from me has turned you into a needy slut, hm?”

His vulgar words force a choked sob to leave your lips. You can feel his fingers rubbing against your clit and now, without an audience in the car with you, there’s nothing stopping you from moaning as loud as you want. He bites down on your chest again, with enough force that you’re sure he left a mark this time, at least it’s in a place nobody will see.

But as good as it feels, you need more. “Koushi, please,” a beg. “I didn’t get to cum last time...you promised.”

And, being the ever so generous boyfriend that he is, Suga pushes your panties to the side and shoves two fingers inside you. Fuck does he love the sound of your cries in his ear. You were so wet for him, your arousal running down his hand. Oh, how needy you must have been today when he tried to play with you earlier. From the way your walls were sucking him in, he knew you were close and your whines of, “Please, please, please…” just egged him on even further.

Creaming all over his hand, the tension you felt all day finally released. Suga felt you slump on top of him, trying to catch your breath. “Think you could do that again for me, baby?” A sweet kiss is placed on the side of your face. “Want my pretty baby to cum on my cock. Can you do that for me?”

You’re already so sensitive but he’s speaking to you so sweetly and you just want to please him. “You’re gonna have to do all the work,” He laughs above you, grabbing your chin for another long kiss.

Suga takes his time removing your shorts and panties, leaving you completely bare from the waist down. Before you know it, he’s rubbing his cock against your folds; your juices making a mess of him. He lifts you up so you sink down on him, you cry out in sensitivity but he coaxes you through it.

He gives you a moment to adjust before slowly lifting you up only to slam you back down. “God, you’re so pretty,” he groans, kissing down your neck. Suga tugs your bra down, exposing your breasts. “Let me hear you, baby.” Just then he bites down on your nipple, rolling the bud with his tongue.

“Kou– ” Tears form in your eyes from pleasure as you pull on his hair, crying out. It had been far, far too long since he was inside you. “More...I want more.”

And, of course, he obliges, bouncing you on his cock with so much force there was definitely going to be bruises leftover from his fingers on your waist. Your sopping cunt always took him so well, gushing and clenching around him. He was so lucky to have you.

Your whines start getting higher and higher, telling Suga that you’re about to cum. He removes a hand from your waist to reach down and rub at your clit, sending you off the deep end.

“Ahh, can I cum? Please? Please, please, please …” your begging makes Suga fuck you harder. He loved when you begged. You were always such a good girl, asking your sweet boyfriend to make you cum. Not that he would ever deny you, of course, but hearing your cute little voice made him want to ruin you.

“Cum for me, baby,”  Suga commands, his own release fastly approaching. “Want you to cream on my cock.”

You practically scream when you finally cum, your walls gripping his cock as your legs shake. Suga’s mouth hangs open, thrusting into you and chasing his own high. He’s got his own tell when he’s about to cum; pulling you to his chest, wanting you as close as possible. 

“So good, baby, s’good for me fuck.” And, with a groan in your ear, he’s cumming inside you. Your pussy milking him dry.

The two of you each catch your breaths. After a bit, Suga cups your cheeks and leaves dozens of kisses all over your face. Your laughter fills up the silence. “I love you, I love you, I love you,” he repeats in between kisses.

“I love you too, Kou.” And you want to be like this with him forever. Maybe it’s time that you tell everyone about your relationship. You wondered if he felt the same but for now, you cozied up to him, enjoying the closeness.

“You know,” he starts, “They’re probably gonna wonder where we are.” 

You really couldn’t bring yourself to care.