#iwa brainrot

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california love

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h. iwaizumi x f! reader

four seasons across four years with iwaizumi...

OR... during his first fall in california, iwaizumi is lonely- until you lock yourself out of your dorm room, completely disrupt his sleep schedule, and make yourself a fixture in his life (and his dorm room).

tags: strangers to friends to lovers, cali! iwaizumi, fluff so much fluff, occasionally this turns into a chat fic

warnings: substance use, cursing, will update this section as i write (but plz also check individual warnings for each chapter!)

status: in development! currently writing...

fall, first year - currently writing!

winter, second year

spring, third year

summer, fourth year

[honeekyuu]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEE!! 🎉 (marking my calendar as we speak 🫡) I HOPE YOURE ENJOYING YOUR DAY AND TAKING A WELL DESERVED BREAK 💗💗

THANK YOU I DID TAKE A HUGE BREAK ‼️ PARTNER TOOK ME ON A READING DATE OUTSIDE AND THEN WE GOT TACOS AND THEN WE WENT TO MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH (it’s costco. he did not understand why i wanted to do groceries on my birthday but he drove my happy ass to costco.) AND THEN WE WENT TO BARNES & NOBLE AND THEN TO DINNER AND THEN CAME HOME AND DRANK WINE AND PLAYED STARDEW ALL NIGHT AND THAT WAS MY DAY

[seiwas]

MS SEL ITS 4AM (for me) AND NOW IM THINKING ABOUT FWB WITH IWA INSTEAD OF SLEEPING SKDHJSNDMSND okay no BUT YOUR IDEA IS SPARKING IDEAS IN ME OH MY GOODNESS (edit: i fell asleep ;-; so now it’s a normal 10am for me now LOL)

literally the accidental kiss and how it’s different maybe less intense but more soft and more home-y and just so much more comfortable and it hits him hard that it’s different. and yeah after talking about it, he just gets the urge to kiss you again and he gets drunk off the feeling from the sliding of the tongues to the way your mouths move more or less in sync. his hand tilting your head at an angle to deepen the kiss and it’s like he’s sucking the life force out of you. and you’re just letting him :,)))))

and it starts off with the little comments that tick him off: “got yourself another toy, haj?” and the like. the way he prickles and tells them to go shove it but can still feel the ache deep in his chest that people see you like that. and the way it feels like a slap in the face that this wasn’t enough. how you managed to cope thus far was your hoping, praying, for a chance to be at his side—what you would’ve done to stand by him for a day back in middle school—but it’s not enough anymore. and overcome by greed, you just feel so so guilty. so you ghost him a bit more, leaving more and more time between each text, and you go out by the back doors, or you completely change your path of commute, just to avoid seeing him.

and he sees you again, coming out of the library late at night and he’s just so confused, so lost. though it hasn’t been that long since being fwb with you, it still felt odd, not being in your presence. he chalked it up to because you grew up together, but honestly we all know that’s not why 💀 “…i just didn’t know what to do with all these feelings,” you say to him after that long and painful silence, and you look down at the ground, at the tips of your shoes, at anything, just anything but his face.

and he still doesn’t say anything so you turn to walk away but he catches you by the wrist and keeps you with him. “please look at me” he tells you softly and you do and you’re just so taken aback, chest panging at how gentle his eyes look and everything just floods back in.

AND THEN he just leans in super close, gaze lowering to your lips and you squeeze your eyes shut, heartbeat building up, and you can’t deny the excitement you’re feeling to feel his lips again on yours but the kiss doesn’t come. instead you hear his low voice, “i feel that too.”

and you must’ve looked so confused because he lets out a burst of laughter, the boyish laugh that leaves the bubbling feeling inside your chest, and he takes your hands in his and raises them to his lips, and he tells you that he loves you!!!!!!! he omg i love this part sm in yours: where he hugs you close to his chest and you can hear his heartbeat and he asks you to come back to him, voice raw and vulnerable.

the way i would’ve gotten so so so soft. caving IMMEDIATELY losing all will to be petty

and he tilts your chin, capturing your lips in his, and it’s so much more hungrier, so much more intense and can you blame him? he hasn’t gotten to kiss your lips in so long he was going insane. and your body just moves on its own, knowing how to move your mouth against his and akdhjsndnsn

(screaming that you can change him and you did!!!!!)

PLOT TWIST: HES ALSO BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT COULDNT BRING HIMSELF TO TELL YOU so he’s been going around for someone to fill the gaping void you left in his heart without even having done anything and when he sees you again at you he was so so SO convinced that he got over you, and he kept telling himself that he’s moved on, that you wouldn’t reciprocate for someone like him and 🥲🥲🥲🥲)

the things i feel for fwb to lovers with iwa

wait also emoji um um um 🎏 or ☔️ please! if those aren’t available, then you can choose one for me! :3

omg.... another koi iwa thought of the day 🤧😭😳

the kiss i-- oh my god. how it's different. yeah. i'm gONE. and the waAAAYY the way the comments tick him off omfg bc it's you. they can't talk about you like that. the yearning since middle school oh god and the guilt that comes with wanting more koi pls 😭 the ghosting too HELP.

and when he bumps into you OMG. when he grabs your wrisT omg PLEASE. and how he leans in and u think it's a kiss but nOOO nonononno. he confesses oh my god. THE KISS TO UR HANDS AFTER HE LAUGHS. oh my god. then he says i love you. AM CRYING.

and the reunion kiSS YESSSSSS. HELP. my god. the relief of finally having him this is insane sdbsd.

AND THE PLOT TWIST TOO?!??! the way he's been looking for you in everyone he goes to 😭 and the way he tried to move on too... not knowing that... that's probs the last thing he had to do....

fwb iwa supremacy pls everytime i see a fic on it i CLICK IMMEDIATELY.

[iwaasfairy]

megumimegumimegumimegumi

thats my brain at work btw. and when i sleep. and breathe and and and—

💔💔💔

Its obsession and we love to see it ♡♡♡ HED be so luCKKYYYY To have you!!!

[mollyrolls]

i am in your house david karp. give me more than 30 tags or give me DEATH!!!!1

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THE MANEATER CHAPTER NINE: diet pepsi

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"Man, I swear she's the one who asked me."

Iwaizumi believes him. That’s the worst part. Actually, the worst part is this odd pang he gets in his chest. He doesn’t have the right to feel betrayed, and yet, here he is, feeling betrayed and jealous and pushing some random man out the door just because she batted her eyelashes at him.

He’s fucked. Iwaizumi’s totally fucked.

“Don’t care. Club’s closed, go home,” Iwaizumi instructs, tone cold and detached. And before pretty boy can respond, he’s closing the doors in his face and locking them, more than ready for this fucking night to be over with.

She’s in their spot, sitting on a milk crate, cigarette hanging lazily from her lips, in one of her ridiculous outfits. Iwaizumi sighs at the sight of her; her drunkenness is evident in the way her limbs hang from her, sloppily, like they’re hardly connected to her at all. He doesn’t try to convince himself he’s not worried. Iwaizumi’s past that point.

She offers no reaction as he pulls up his milk crate to sit beside her, she just pulls the cigarettes away and breaths out a line of smoke. “Rough night?” Iwaizumi asks.

“Fuck off,” she mumbles, but there’s none of her usual bit to it. “Thanks for getting that guy off me. I changed my mind about thirty seconds in.”

Iwaizumi squirms. “Yeah, I could tell.”

They sit in silence for a moment. Iwaizumi doesn’t move. He’s never quite seen her like this before. Quiet and solemn. Even with a drink thrown in her face she was blubbering and expressive and loud. Now her expression is straight and unwavering, her words a pitch lower than they usually are. He doesn’t know how to deal with her like this.

“I got into an argument with Kiyoko,” she offers suddenly, and Iwaizumi tilts his head to look directly at her. “Was my fault, for sure. But she wants to quit, get her own place. She said she’s tired of this lifestyle.”

Iwaizumi watches her face for any give or any sort of tell. But she doesn’t flinch or twitch and there’s no watering in her eyes and this feels suddenly more severe than any other conversation they’ve had. He shifts and pulls out a cigarette of his own. “And, to you,” Iwaizumi starts, flicking at the end of his lighter, “this lifestyle is sorta synonymous with you, right?”

She turns her head to glare at him. She looks tired, that coating of makeup on her face doing little to conceal the dark bruises under her eyes. “Don’t be a dick about it.”

“I’m not being a dick about it,” he contests gently, exhaling smoke. “I’d be upset too.”

“You would?”

He nods. “Yeah. It fucking sucks when it feels like people are moving on from you.”

Her head drops, and her eyes find the ground. “She’s my best friend. I was mean to her.”

Iwaizumi does something unexpected then. He doesn’t realize he’s doing it until he’s already done it, but he raises his arm and throws it over her shoulder, pulling her and her milk crate closer to him as he does so. His heart hammers in his throat when she lets her head fall against his shoulder. “She’ll forgive you.”

There are goosebumps on the skin of her arm. Iwaizumi can feel them, and he lets himself believe they’re not from the chilled, late summer night. “I wanted to go home with someone so I wouldn’t have to go home to see her. Is that pathetic?”

Iwaizumi swallows a lump in his throat. “You can come back to my place, if you want.”

✧˖*°࿐

She’s standing in Iwaizumi’s bedroom. She cleaned her face off with Oikawa’s micellar water and used his expensive face wash and moisturizer. She pulled off her fake eyelashes and left them on Iwaizumi’s nightstand, next to the glass of water and Advil he left her, and now she’s standing in the middle of his bedroom, wearing a t-shirt he pulled from the bottom of his drawer and a pair of sweatpants she had to roll up not to trip over.

His room is exactly what she would expect. Plain walls and grey sheets. Methodically neat and organized. Black wooden furniture and dumbbells stuffed in the corner. It feels oddly familiar, being in a room that is so him.

There’s a knock on the other side of the door. Polite of him to knock on his own bedroom door. Standing feels awkward, so she sits at the edge of his bed. “Come in,” she says, quieter than she needs to, like she’s afraid of getting caught.

Iwaizumi opens the door, and then hovers there for a moment. He looks like he has something caught in his throat. “Do you need anything else?” he asks.

“Nah. Are you sure you don’t want me to sleep on the couch though?” she asks, knotting her hands together on her lap.

“Take the bed,” he insists. He has an expression on that she can’t read. That might be on purpose. “You look different.”

She raises an eyebrow. “Different?”

“Without all the makeup. Less intimidating, I guess.”

“Sorry,” she says with a slight eyeroll. “I’ll put a full face of makeup back on, so you don’t get uncomfortable by what I actually look like.”

“Not uncomfortable,” Iwaizumi is quick to correct, and then he takes a step back, hand reaching for the light. “Goodnight.”

He leaves her in the darkness, and she settles into his sheets. They smell like him. And she’s not sure if she’s still just too drunk, but she sort of hopes the smell lingers on her skin by morning. It’s the last thought she has before she falls asleep.

✧˖*°࿐

She is awoken before she’s ready. The blinds of his bedroom are ripped open, and the morning sunlight invades her rest. She groans, and grabs the closest corner of blanket she can find to pull it over her face. “Go away,” she grumbles.

Iwaizumi chuckles. “Gotta get up, brat. I got you breakfast.”

She groans. “Don’t want breakfast. Wanna sleep.”

She doesn’t know what time it is and it’s hardly even registered where exactly she is. All she can think about is hiding in possibly the warmest and softest place she’s ever been in her life, and sleeping for eight more hours or so.

And then, the blanket is ripped from her, and once exposed to the cold, outside air, she shoots upright. Iwaizumi grins. She glares. “Breakfast, c’mon. Before my roommates wake up.”

That motivates her. With less reluctance now, she rises, and follows Iwaizumi to his kitchen, quietly complaining the entire time, continuing to do so as she devours as a bagel. Whatever last night was, it was just theirs. No roommates need to know.

When she leaves, she leaves in his clothes, her own ones bundled up into tight balls of fabric and shoved to the bottom of her purse. She wears her platform boots under his sweatpants and at least they allow her a few extra inches of height so she’s not dragging them along the pavement as Iwaizumi walks her home.

By the time he leaves her at her front door, they’ve returned to normal, trading insults back and forth like it’s the only language they know how to speak. But when she closes her own bedroom door behind her and falls onto her bed, she’s still wearing his clothes, and it all feels different.

✧˖*°࿐

Iwaizumi was going to wash his sheets. But he lies down on top of his bed, and notices they smell like her perfume. He looks to his nightstand, and sees her fake eyelashes, lying there with bits of glue stuck to them. And he decides to leave the traces of her there, for now.

extras!

yn rode home from the club with iwaizumi on the back of his skateboard

he went slower than usual because he was afraid of her getting hurt

yn and kiyoko has fought before but they always make up in the end ; yn takes it harder when she fights with kiyoko because she hates the feeling of disappointing her

iwaizumi had her ass up and out of bed at 7:30 in the goddamn morning

she was pissed

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[possuminnit]

Zzzzzzz THINKING ABOUT NARRY!!!!!!!

ME2.. always..

shakes him around

[educatedsimps]

— bonus headcanons, iwaizumi hajime

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iwaizumi hajime x gn!reader

a/n: idea dump based on this iwa request (main fic) so this is basically just everything i wanted to put into the fic but i kinda lost the energy and the bandwidth to write everything up to the standard i wanted so now this exists HAHA hope u like this and tysm for reading! :)

headcanons under the cut!

You remember asking him once, "Hajime, why do you do that?"

And he replied "Do what?" with deadass the most confused look on his face.

"Kiss my wrists and palms all the time," You clarified.

"Oh," He stopped. "Yeah, why do I do that-"

ok so basically, Iwa finds the wrists a very delicate part of the body, and given his experience as a volleyball player, and the nature of his job, he takes extra special care of them.

he remembers his coaches always reminding him and his teammates not to injure their wrists during training, which translates to "YOU BETTER HAVE GOOD FORM WHILE SPIKING, SERVING AND SETTING, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"

anyway, i think he started noticing wrists when he was in high school, especially since he was seijoh's ace and had to use his wrists a lot to spike. he probably injured his wrist(s) once and has always listened to his coaches ever since.

now that he's a professional volleyball trainer he makes sure that his athletes don't injure their wrists either.

so i think all of this adds to why he pays extra attention to your wrists especially.

bonus if your job requires you to use or rely on your wrists a lot, eg. musician (like me), athletes, surgeon, author, artist, etc... idk.

YOU CANNOT CONVINCE ME THAT HE DOESN'T GIVE THE BEST 👏 FKING 👏 MASSAGES 👏 ON EARTH 👏 and at the end of the massage he'll always kiss your hands and wrists and idk why but it just feels so chivalrous. like ofc it feels intimate when you hold his face in your hands and he plants kisses on your wrists/palms and but sometimes it just feels so chivalrous and gentlemanly ykwim?

OMG WHEN HE PROPOSES TO YOU like after he slides the ring onto your finger AND THEN KISSES YOUR WRIST/HAND AND IT FEELS LIKE YOUR HEART COULD EXPLODE 'cause i know mine would actually explode if he did that.

anyway some instances i thought of adding to the fic (but couldn't cuz i don't have the ability or capacity to write them out well) include:

waking up in the morning together or when you hold his face and kiss his forehead (these two are in the main fic linked above!)

when you're cuddling on the couch after a long day and just watching a show together or napping. if you're laying on him and touch his face he'll 100% kiss your wrists/palms

when he hugs you from behind and you reach up to run your fingers through his hair (like when you're cooking dinner together or something) and he'll pull your hand down to kiss your wrist

when you hug him with your arms around his neck and he catches your wrist before you pull away

when you shower together (SFW, DON'T WORRY) and you're facing each other and he's tilting his head / bending down while you wash his hair or massage his scalp and when you're done washing it he'll give your wrists a gentle kiss before returning the favour

BONUS: when he holds your face in his hands and you decide to give him a taste of his (very sweet) medicine. you’d twist your head to kiss his wrist and then his palm and he'd be BLUSHING because he's usually the one who does that AND HE'S SO CUTE he's like, "hey... you can't do that. i'm supposed to be the one doing that for you." while blushing and smiling and getting a lil shy and everything and HE'S JUST TOO CUTE FOR MY HEART 😭😭💕

a/n: ok that's all for the iwa brainrot ... i'm kidding, the iwa brainrot will never end. THANKS FOR READING THOUGH and thank you anon for sparking my two week long obsession with iwa once again

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[akaashikeijisbeloved]

Can't stop thinking bout kissing iwaizumi on his cheeks and making him a blushing mess coz he's just so shy!! Him trying to give you a kiss on the cheek but you turn your head and he ends up pecking your lips and now you're both just so flustered sjsjz

Iwa brainrot so real 😩🥰

[kusanagihaku]

ahhhh realised i got so caught up in explaining alan's 五格 that i didn't take a look at his actual kanji!!

御堂 (midō) refers to a religious building, like a hall or a temple. 亜 (a) usually refers to a subordinate. i think this is interesting because without looking at the last character, it sounds like he is subject to the will of the gods. or secularly, being bound by circumstance.

we don't have many details on alan's history now, but i assume a child (especially someone like alan, from what we've seen of him) has no sort of innate inclination to just go about using super-strength to beat up an adult, and to beat that adult up so badly he goes to juvie. we'll probably find out more about it at some point, but it's cool how something so formative in his character set-up is embedded in his name!

his last character, 嵐 (ran), usually refers to a storm. it's also made of two characters, 山 (mountain) and 風 (wind) – something strong and solid, and something powerful. which is so lovely for alan, not just as a physical description mans is BUILT, but also as a character. he might cause as much intense and uncontrollable damage as a storm with his stigma, but he's solid and reliable as a captain and as a person.

i think it gets incredibly interesting when you put his name all together – the storm of his name (亜嵐) with the concept of his surname (御堂). i choose to interpret it as this: no matter what the gods throw at him, he's his own storm and he's strong enough to come out the other side. things may not go his way easily and he may need to work harder than most to succeed, but he will!!!!

Hey! I’ve been following your blog for a while now but I think I’m missing something. Your two most recent(?) posts about Taiga were about reading is 五格 and 地格/总格 (10,31) but I don’t really understand what these are or where it is that your finding them in the game. I figure it might be hard to explain what they are to someone who doesn’t understand Japanese culture or anything but could you try to elaborate in any way? Thanks!

五格 (five elements?) is a type of onomancy first written about by kumazaki keno. it’s a type of name divination that people use to choose a name for their children, company or stage/pen name.

because it works by calculating the number of strokes in a name, it’s used mostly to decide between kanji options when coming up with a name. depending on the total number of strokes, the luck that the name predicts you will have can be good or bad.

you calculate each number based on the kanji then combine them for interpretation, so you can't find it in the game! it's more of looking at the individual characters in their actual name. let's use alan's name as an example!

① 天格 (24) refers to his 'inherited luck', ② 人格 (18) refers to his 'main luck', ③ 地格 (19) refers to his 'early luck' (before he hits middle age), ④ 外格 (25) is his 'support luck' (from friends or partner) and ⑤ 总格 (43) refers to his 'later luck' (after he hits middle age). these numbers are derived by adding up the strokes of the kanji.

the resulting numbers correspond to an interpretation (there's a full list of 1 to 81 floating around somewhere), but the interpretation is usually read in relation to other numbers. i usually can't be bothered to count the strokes and scroll up and down to put all the numbers together lmao, so i use sites like this to help me add everything up!

1 天格 and 2 人格 can be interpreted together to read his relationship with his parents/mentors. for alan, his parents might be more old-school. at work, it might be hard for him to get approval or validation from his mentors... which sounds really vagastrom / tracks with what dante has expressed about vagastrom...

2 人格 and 3 地格 can be interpreted together to read his character. honestly i gasped cried a little when i read it??? he takes good care of his children/juniors - even though he may be overly protective (!!), he thinks about them all the time and can easily be negotiated with. his sense of responsibility is very strong, will care for others and he will work hard (!!!!!) which to me makes the mortkranken chapter even more lovely… the members of vagastrom will follow and defend their captain to the end and there’s good cause for that… (captain of my heart……..)

2 人格 and 4 外格 can be interpreted together to read his relationship with others. when he's in trouble he may have a lot of friends willing to come forward to offer him support (especially financial... certain vice-captain i'm looking at u!!!!). if he remains kind and down-to-earth, he will see success. (i am once again begging the universe to give alan a safe and normal life i love him)

2 人格 and 5 总格 can be interpreted together to read his work/financial outlook. things won't go his way easily; he will need to work harder than most to succeed. (i am once again begging the universe–)

3 地格 and 5 总格 can be interpreted together to read his relationship with his future family. he might be not be good at communication (!!) and may be stubborn (!!!). he might end up quite pessimistic, but this can be changed if he puts in effort to change his mindset. (i am ONCE AGAIN begging the universe PLEASE to give alan love–)

obviously i read names very much for fun and you can take it as seriously or as lightly as you want, but i think all the readings i've done so far for all the characters track very much with how they're presented in-story... which makes me wonder if some writer in the tkdb character design room has all their 五格 numbers and interpretations mapped out...

anyway, hope this is clear enough!! if I explained anything unclearly I found this site that explains it the most simply (web translate available)!

[raisunomii]

Back on my Hawaiian Iwaizumi brainrot he’s from Kauai he brings Oikawa to meet his family (moms side) for the summer and spends most of his time

1.) fishing

2.) making sure Oikawa is stocked with flowers

Oikawa isn’t opposed to the flowers but he’s not seeking them out. Iwa gives them to him and he goes thank u Hajime very nice and tucks them behind his ear or wears his lei for the rest of the day but that’s all that is. He doesn’t think a lot about this.

Iwaizumi Hajime, age 19, is fully convinced he’s the provider of this family. He’s hustling. He’s on his spear fishing, musubi preparing, flower gathering grind. This man wakes up and goes if I don’t make my man a lei by 6am I’m a failure. Breakfast is cooked by 7.

Oikawa is unaware of the trenches his boyfriend is in. Iwaizumi is too deep now to back out. He buys another chain.

[strwbrryeyes]

hi nini, i just read your bokuto imagine and my heart is on the floor in the best possible way <33

how about oikawa with a gf who’s also really hard-working, to the point that she pushes herself too much but always tries to hide it and puts on a smile. but deep down she really needs to just be held and to let go of everything (and oikawa sees that) 🥹

i love charming oikawa, but i feel we don’t really get to see his hard-working and obstinate side, as well as his ability to read people (like his team mates) well, emphasized in imagines/drabbles! it’s the multidimensional oikawa brainrot coming out </3

𖦹°｡⋆ Nothing matters but you (oikawa x reader)

⟡ cw: comfort, general stress for reader, lmk if i missed anything

⟡ a/n: this is shorter than i usually write but i was thinking of making a part two to this ngl

The loud sound of volleyballs hitting the court echoed through the gymnasium, mixed in with the shouts and laughter of all the players who were hard at practice. In the middle of it all stood Oikawa Tooru, the captain of his university's volleyball team, effortlessly leading and encouraging his team as much as he could. He relished everything about volleyball, from the challenges to the adrenaline it gave him every time on the cour . But today, his mind was elsewhere. His mind was focused on you.

As practice ended and the team began to disperse, and Oikawa immediately looked around to look for you like he always did since you always came to watch his practice. Looking around, he finally spotted you. Your smile, that was usually so warm and welcoming now seemed like a mask but even so, Oikawa weakly smiled back at you making you wave before quickly walking out of the gym which only made him worry more as you would always come down from the bleachers to tell him and the rest of the team that they had done great today.

“Iwa,” Oikawa calls out to his best friend, Iwaizumi,  who was gathering his things a few feet away from where he was standing “I’ll catch up with you later.” Oikawa explains as he motions towards the door you had just walked out of

Iwaizumi gave him a knowing look but nodded. "Take care of her," was all he said, clapping Oikawa on the shoulder before heading out himself.

Oikawa quickly packed his things and jogged out of the gym, his mind racing. He knew You were hardworking to a fault. It was one of the things he admired most about her, but it also worried him. You often pushed yourself too hard, hiding your exhaustion behind a brave face. He couldn't shake the feeling that you needed more than just his admiration right now. You needed him to comfort you, to hold you…just be there as a shoulder to cry on.

After a few minutes of looking for you, Oikawa found you sitting on a bench outside, your back to him with your shoulders slightly slumped. Your eyes seemed distant and unfocused, like you were in a completely different world. Oikawa approached you quietly, his heart breaking at the sight of you.

"[name]," he said softly, taking a seat beside you, his voice startling you causing you to slightly jump.

"Tooru! Great practice today, as always," you said, your voice a bit too cheerful with a fake smile plastered on your face.

Oikawa took your hand gently, his thumb tracing soothing circles on your skin. "Thank you, my love. But enough about me. How are you, really?" He says, getting straight to the point and his main concern.

Your smile faltered for a split second before you regained your composure. "I'm okay! Really! I’m just tired from studying and all. You know how it is." you nervously laugh out .

He did know. You have been a top student for as long as he has known you, always aiming for perfection, just like he was with volleyball. But he also knew when someone was on the verge of breaking. He had seen it in his teammates, he has seen it in himself, and now he saw it in you and nothing broke his heart more.

"[name]," he said more firmly, "you don't have to hide from me. You can tell me if you're not okay. It's okay to need a break."

Your eyes filled with tears, and you looked away, biting your lip. "I just... I don't want to be a burden. You have so much on your plate already, Tooru." 

Oikawa's heart ached at your words. He pulled you into a gentle embrace, holding you close. "You're never a burden to me, [name]. You're my girlfriend. I want to be here for you, just like you're always there for me whenever I need it.” Oikawa whispers into your ear, his voice threatening to crack.

You let out a shaky breath, the walls you had built around yourself these past few weeks had begun to crumble. "It's just so hard sometimes and I feel like I have to keep pushing, keep smiling, even when I'm exhausted and defeated.”

Oikawa held you tighter, his voice a soothing murmur in your ear. "You don't have to do it all alone. Let me help you. We can face everything together. I promise"

For a moment, you were silent, and then you let out a soft sob, finally breaking. You buried your face in his chest, and he felt your body tremble. He stroked your hair, whispering comforting words, giving you the space to let go of the weight you had been carrying.

Time seemed to stand still as you both sat there, wrapped in each other's arms. Oikawa knew that this was just the beginning. There would be more tough days ahead, but he was determined to be there for you whenever you needed him, to support you as you had always supported him.

As your sobs subsided, you looked up at Oikawa, your eyes red but filled with a newfound sense of relief. "Thank you, Tooru. I don't know what I'd do without you."

He smiled, brushing a tear from your cheek. "We'll get through this together. I promise." He says followed by giving you a kiss on the forehead.

[honeekyuu]

so down bad in my iwa brainrot that i started a playlist for him

[chrollogy]

definitely not me!!!!! 😗

I know a certain someone who has a massive iwaizumi brainrot (definitely not @zhonglism) 👀

[seiwas]

would anyone be interested in a series of gym-themed fics on our faves

[nkogneatho]

OMG OMG WHAT THEBFACK OMG WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HOW CAN I FORGET IT'S MY MAN'S BDAY FUCK THE TOJI BRAINROT WAS SOOOO BAD I LITERALLY FORGOT IWA😭😭😭

[seijorhi]

Rhi I don’t know if you’ve already shared a thirst of a purge!au but bodyguard iwa inspired by purge:election year HSNSNBD sorry for the brainrot coz i just recently read undertow and the writing’s so good and intense 🥹 ur an amazing author, rhi!!

I actually haven’t seen all the purge films, only the first one hshdjdjdkd so I have no idea if what I say next is even remotely close to the plot or not but who cares here goes :))

You pick Iwa because he’s strong and quick, and you feel safe with him. The purge reduces crime, yes, but it’s never eliminated it entirely. After watching Iwa take down a would be shooter on the campaign trail without breaking a sweat, there’s no one you trust more to stay by your side on Purge night.

And Iwa is loyal. He might think you’re too idealistic, too naive – too good for the political shit fight you’re dropping yourself into, but he’ll keep you safe. Not out of the goodness of his heart, or because he believes in what you’re preaching, not even for the money. He’s not so noble as all that (he’s never been anything but selfish where you’re concerned).

Iwa was born for violence. There’s something deep inside of him that craves it. Maybe that’s just human nature – he thought that for a while, watching people burn shit and break things, killing for the sheer fun of it on Purge night. But then there’s people like you, who condemn the needless violence, flinch from it.

Maybe you are right, and people as a whole are better than this. He isn’t. He’s a twisted piece of fucking work, but if he’s hurting people, killing them for you, well, that scratches his itch just fine.