#but i could write an interesting thing about the different dynamics of bokuaka vs other bokuto ships

[skittidyne]

Any BokutoxKenma headcannoms?

bokuken is the ship i like to think of in the terms of “unstoppable force meets an unmoveable object”. 

these are two characters who are very stubborn, fairly opinionated (though kenma is far quieter about it), and, if nothing else, are used to dealing with kuroo tetsurou as a point in their lives. that should tell you enough about them. 

so i like my bokuken fairly competitive. but also like snuggly because no matter what bokuto ship i think of i absolutely must think of him as The Best Hugger™ and The Second Best Cuddler™. this is mandatory for all of my bo ships.

it’s difficult for me to think of either character completely separate from their canon relationships, so while i don’t want to be That Person, i heavily headcanon that kenma calls him “bokuto-san” specifically to imitate akaashi and tease bokuto. 

i mean, we don’t see kenma use honorifics very often, or surnames for that matter, since he defaults to a lot of casual first names. “bokuto-san” just seems pointed to me. (also how he refers to akaashi. i like kenma as a shit to those he loves.) 

to a lot of people’s surprise, bokuto doesn’t tease kenma for being short/”small” all that often. he’ll make random remarks, like “the small angry setter” (to differentiate him from akaashi when talking to others?), but it never bothers kenma like how lev’s comments on others’ stature can get. 

bokuto does ruthlessly take advantage of their size difference, however. he’s a hugger. kenma, according to sources close to him, is very huggable. sometimes “i must hug now” and “i don’t want to be hugged now” by the two of them overlap, resulting in squirming or wiggling or kicking, but bokuto is pretty perceptive, even when he allows his excitement to carry him off. fukunaga has never had to douse them with water, at least. (kuroo has a running bet on when it happens. he insists it will happen.) 

they, of course, like to watch each others’ matches and cheer them on. in kind of a slightly competitive, salty way, but what can you do. since he doesn’t like to shout/cheer in crowds that much, kenma actually tends to make signs to hold for bokuto’s Big Games. it usually lasts about twenty minutes before kuroo steals it to play cheerleader. 

like, do y’all even realize this is a 15cm height difference. do y’all even realize. do you know how important that is. 

now i’m just imagining kenma getting perpetually smushed against bokuto’s neck/chest and always, always with bo’s head tucked over his. (i’m also imagining tinier first year kenma and bokuto’s First Hug. kenma probably got a faceful of wondrously firm pecs. he had to go pick a fight with tora to let off steam afterward.) 

i really like kenma being low-key thirsty at all times. he’ll vocalize it if asked, or if he thinks it’d evoke a funny reaction, but for the most part he’s one of those people who keeps an utterly straight face while thinking of pretty terrible things. 

he has, however, gotten distracted to the point of making mistakes both on the court and off. mostly off. it’s difficult to ignore bokuto on the court, but at least then there’s a lot more to think about - the next play, where the spikers are, does he have to try to block - but if he’s taking a break, then his mind tends to wander. 

his mind tends to wander in the “biceps” direction. 

bokuto’s absolutely enamored with kenma growing out his roots. “we match!” he cries, overjoyed, although they firmly don’t match. 

in the rare cases where they’re both at a tournament and neither team is playing, or if they have coinciding downtime at training camps, they like to sit somewhere together. kenma usually sits between bokuto’s legs, using his chest as a backrest, and he plays games and lets bokuto choose what he does next. unless bokuto chooses poorly. he usually does. but sometimes kenma feels generous, after all, though kenma finds it really weird because bokuto never actually asks to play. 

kenma finds it embarrassing to toss to bokuto, so he usually tries to avoid extra practice with him. 

when asked, he tells him “i’d rather watch you” and that satisfies bokuto in that stroked-ego kind of way. 

(kuroo, from across the court, shouting with hands cupped around his mouth “gayyyyyy”) 

bokuto finds akaashi & kenma’s rivalry hilarious (and leads to better games) and uses every available weapon at his disposal to egg them on.

consider: kuroo talks yamamoto into letting kuroo borrow one of his jerseys, and then shoves it at bokuto and tells him to wear it. kenma does a double-take, then turns red up to the roots of his hair, and runs off. kuroo cackles, yamamoto gets pissed that his beloved jersey was used for nefarious purposes, and bokuto doesn’t know what to do because he doesn’t know if that was a turned on kind of embarrassment or the kind where he should actually leave kenma alone kind. 

it was the former. 

bokuto is never allowed to borrow nekoma jerseys again (well, #4 at least, kuroo probably lets him borrow #1 despite how it’d fit a little different), but the image of bokuto in red haunts kenma’s dreams. he lies awake in bed at night and wonders how he can convince bokuto to wear more red. he could get him a red shirt for his birthday. that would be too obvious. he could get kuroo to give bokuto a red shirt for his birthday. but that would be even more obvious. it plagues him for weeks solid. kenma is not used to having anything approaching team spirit, and he loathes kuroo for doing this to him. “there were other ways you could get me to like volleyball.” “yeah but this was the funniest. and it gives me ideas for your next birthday present.” kenma won’t speak to either kuroo or bokuto for a week in a misaimed effort to salvage his pride.

bokuto, hopefully, looks at akaashi and his #5. akaashi says “no” before bokuto even opens his mouth. 

sorry i’m still distracted by the fact that there’s a six inch height difference between them

they’re texting buddies! they were actually texting buddies before much romance bloomed, since bokuto is naturally friendly and helpful and probably tried to give kenma “advice” to begin with. 1% of it was actually useful to kenma’s style of play and role as a setter. but bokuto also wooed him with cute pictures of owls and cats together. “this could be us but you playin” bokuto texts one night at a joint training camp, accompanied by a picture of a kitten and an owlet curled up sleeping together. half an hour later he has kenma trying to crash the fukurodani room to demand this. konoha kicks them both out for the noises bokuto makes in shock, and they end up curled up together in the nekoma room instead. 

i’m still thinking about that height different

kenma really likes bokuto’s up moods, despite the way it exhausts him if he’s forced to keep up with his pace for long. he’s pretty good at dealing with his down moods, too, because of his own approach to dealing with people and how reactive he is. it’s a quiet approach to both, though. 

what i’m saying is that bokuto can make kenma smile no matter what and kenma can make bokuto smile even when he’s dejected

bokuto’s a good cuddler even when dejected, though, and in fact needs physical touch more sometimes. he insists on being the little spoon, though. kenma indulges this. 

kenma’s pride refuses to let him ask akaashi for help at any point ever with bokuto. (sometimes, it turns into a very strange game of telephone; kenma asks kuroo and kuroo asks akaashi.) kenma usually prefers to take care of his own problems. 

tora is the most useless at giving relationship advice, however, so kenma doesn’t ask him either.

yaku’s the best on nekoma for asking. komi is the best on fukurodani for asking, too. 

bokuto, on the other hand, asks anyone and everyone for relationship advice when he thinks he needs it (read: when he’s not “i am the best at relationships and thus my relationship is THE BEST”). 

okay i just realized that kenma and bokuto would fight like cats and dogs if they ever got married because they both want to ask kuroo to be their best man. in the end, neither choose him - bokuto chooses akaashi and kenma chooses hinata.

i also just imagined hinata bawling at the wedding because oh my god he’d be so happy his bff is marrying his lowkey idol.