#their whole conversation was so funny obsessed w then shading each other

[trans-xianxian]

anyway this is so fucking funny

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So I went to Denver to see the pre-Broadway tryout of Frozen; here are my thoughts and observations.  It’s basically a brain dump of everything I remember so there are lots of spoilery details. (Won’t claim it’s 100% accurate though, since it’s been a few days.  For that matter, it might have changed by now anyway). Also, I saw the movie for the first time fairly recently so I was making a lot of comparisons.

I’ve never been to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts before, but it seemed easy to get to (barely ran into any traffic) and has convenient parking right next to the theater or at the Convention Center across the street.  Within five minutes of arriving at the box office I saw at least half a dozen little girls dressed as Elsa.  There were also more than a few adults whom I suspect had purposely chosen specific shades of blue to wear that evening.  

Act 1:

“Vuelie”: There was a lot of applause when the music kicked in.  The audience was clearly predisposed to like to the show. 

“Anna and Elsa”: Pabbie acts as narrator, introducing Elsa & Anna, their relationships with their parents, each other, and the kingdom.  Elsa is relatively serious and appears to be conscious of her role as heir, while Anna is irrepressibly energetic and adores her big sister (as Pabbie sings, “Elsa had her [Anna’s] heart”). On the parent-child side, Agnarr and Anna wear green outfits and interact with each other, while Iduna and Elsa wear blue outfits and interact with each other.  I wonder if they were trying to set up parallels between parent/child; it was interesting to me that we basically don’t see Agnarr & Elsa or Iduna & Anna interact until the accident.

“A Little Bit of You”: Young Anna and Elsa build Olaf from toys in their room, and then the fateful accident happens.  

Iduna is given more to do than in the movie; she is able call the Hidden Folk (not trolls) because she is a child of the northern nomads.  She wears a necklace that resembles the ones worn by the Hidden Folk, but with a single glowing crystal rather than multiple.  Elsa is the one who describes her own fearful vision, instead of it being shown to her by Pabbie. The magic snow powers are mostly glitter-based so far, with some projections.

“Do You Want to Build a Snowman”: Seemed much like the movie version, except there’s only one set of Young Anna and Elsa (i.e. no intermediate ages) and their parents die when E&A are young.  Adult Elsa’s first (silent) appearance is at the end of this song.

“For the First Time in Forever:” Anna’s bedhead wig,lol. I was fully expecting it but it was still funny. We first see Hans, Kristoff, and Sven here.  Sven got some applause from the audience, although his role is somewhat diminished from the movie.

“Hans of the Southern Isles”: Hans is dorkier than I expected.  His introduction song is very much meant to make you sympathize with him.  

“Dangerous to Dream”: Loved the whole coronation sequence right before this, which starts off with Elsa standing in profile in a church apse while her cape is placed on her shoulders.  It’s a small part of the movie which I liked but wished had been given more gravity, and this did it for me.  (To be honest, I also like the coronation dress better than the sparkly ice one, and there’s plenty of time to look at it here.) This is basically Elsa’s “I Want” song, and it’s my second favorite of the new songs.  

Right after this is the ballroom scene, which is slightly different than in the movie.  Instead of Elsa foisting the Duke of Weselton off on Anna, Anna steps in and rescues her and it ends up being a more effective bonding moment for them.  At one point the Duke suggests that Elsa might be looking for a king soon, and she gives a brief incredulous laugh, then pulls herself together and says, “one thing at a time.”  (I chose to interpret the laugh as, “A king! Fat chance.” But that’s just me.) 

When Hans shows up after this scene, Anna is still mostly worried about Elsa and it is clearer here than in the movie that he subtly turns the conversation around to focus on himself. 

“Love is an Open Door”: Just Anna and Hans on an empty stage, and it’s funny and charming with a bit of physical comedy.

The freezing of Arendelle happened somewhere in here and it was a neat use of projections with well-timed fog. I think this was the first effect that the audience applauded for.

“Reindeer(s) are Better Than People”: More or less like the movie.

Anna waddles onto the stage in her waterlogged gown at this point and Kristoff lends her a bunch of his winter things to take her up the North Mountain.  (There seems to be a lot of dressing and undressing in this show.)

“What Do You Know About Love?”: Anna & Kristoff bicker and banter while journeying.  At one point they have to cross a rickety bridge and manage to rescue each other from doom, thus building trust in each other.  I am not sure it worked for me dramatically because I didn’t get much sense of danger (compared to say, a vicious wolf chase). 

“In Summer”: Another staging the audience really liked, suitably cheesy for the song.  

“Hans of the Southern Isles (Reprise)”: In which Hans takes charge, puts together a band (mob, whatever) to go rescue Anna/pursue Elsa, and the people of Arendelle start to hail him as a leader. I got the impression from his body language that he was somewhat surprised and pleased at this development.

“Let It Go”: There was a distinct murmur of anticipation in the audience when the opening notes started.  People really liked the dress change (and the dress is very, very sparkly).  I admit I was slightly disappointed at the stage effects, if only because the ice castle-raising is probably my single favorite sequence in the movie and nothing really gave me a chills-down-the-spine moment like that here. 

I was a bit concerned when I first saw that this was the Act 1 closer (since the song comes relatively early in the film), but I enjoyed seeing all additional material used to build up the characters and character relationships.  Overall it didn’t feel like the first act went too slowly.

Act 2

“Hygge”: Oaken’s only appearance, leading to a big comic ensemble number with lots of sauna-goers dancing in nude bodysuits. (It was a little WTF for me.)  It occurred to me at this point that dressing and undressing might be a recurring theme.  This is when Anna gets her familiar winter outfit. (More info on the idea, not the song: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-year-of-hygge-the-danish-obsession-with-getting-cozy)

“For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)”: If I remember correctly, Elsa sings the bridge of the pop version of “Let It Go” in this scene.  I’d like to have seen a bit more spectacle; I kind of wonder what they could have done with the lighting setup that was used at Eurovision this year (and a wind machine, of course).

How Anna, Kristoff & co. exit from the castle is a bit unclear (no Marshmallow).  But they go to the Hidden Folk, whom Kristoff calls in the same way Iduna did in Act 1.

“Fixer Upper”: Similar to the movie, except Kristoff gets a dance break with the Hidden Folk, and they finish the wedding pronouncement at the end. (Make of that what you will.)

“Kristoff Lullaby”: Before taking her back to Arendelle, Kristoff sings to a sleeping (or near-asleep) Anna and realizes his feelings.

“Monster”: In which Elsa wonders whether she really is a monster, considers whether the world would be better off if she were dead, and decides on her own that she will not be a monster and has to set things right. I like the general idea, though it was a little bit on the nose for me and veered into pop ballad territory more than I’d like.  During this time she’s commanding giant glowing icicles out of the stage.  The mob arrives and surrounds her, and while at first she fends them off with the ring of giant icicles and I think some turntable-based tricks, it seemed like Elsa basically allowed herself to be captured rather than continuing to resist.

She has a new costume for this song, switching from the glittery ice dress to one that seems more draped with a shorter diagonal hem and a gauzy sort of robe over it, and ditching her shoes.

“Hans of the Southern Isles (Reprise 2)”: Hans reveals his dastardly plan to Anna.  I still find this a bit abrupt.

“True Love”: Anna is left to die alone in a locked room and sings about it very poignantly.  Easily my favorite of the new songs.  Not too showy, but IMO the most emotionally effective one. 

“Colder by the Minute”:  Some clever choreography; the ensemble essentially acts as the storm, while Anna, Elsa, Hans, and Kristoff run around among them (and Anna’s hair and costume gets progressively whiter).  Anna’s final freezing doesn’t look much like the movie version, but it’s gracefully done and looks pretty cool, combining choreography, costumes, projections, and sound. This was another effect that that audience applauded for.

“Vuelie (Love Thaws)”: Personally I liked the freezing better than the thawing.  

“Resolution”:  It brings Young Anna and Young Elsa and the parents back onstage so the story is full circle, though it seemed a little rushed/busy to me.  I would have liked for Anna and Elsa to have a full duet as adults, something like a “For Good.”  

Cast:

I liked everyone, but I came away most impressed with Patti Murin (admittedly Anna is the most well-developed role).

After the show, I overheard a woman say that she liked the diversity.  I think the cast is more racially diverse than in most shows I’ve seen.

Merchandise: 

Every item was Denver- or Colorado-specific and had the name of the show, but I’m not sure anything included characters.  From what I remember items for sale included t-shirts, hat, mug, poster, keychain, canvas tote bag, postcards, and lanyard w/pin.

Overall:

I definitely enjoyed it, though some parts are aimed at an audience younger than me. If it were actually playing nearby I’d see it again, and would probably bring some of my little-kid relatives along.  At this point it does seem like there are some things to tweak/improve but hopefully being in a more permanent location will help.  

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Do u know any fics where Sherlock is jealous?

NONNNNYYYYYY YES. 

I love Jealous Sherlock so much. I know I’m missing a tonne of them here, but these are the ones I could quickly find or remember being Jealous!Sherlock! I’m also adding Possessive Sherlock here as well, because I LOVE LOVE LOVE “his / My John” SO SO MUCH and literally I fave every fic that has it in there. GUH. 

JEALOUS SHERLOCK

Unimpressed by 221b_hound (M, 3106 w.) – Sherlock has no intention of attending the Met's New Year's Eve party. The start of a new year is all but meaningless to him. But he ends up there anyway, having odd conversations, and John does not find Sherlock's jealousy the slightest bit cute. And then there is dancing. Part 10 of Unkissed

Unforgiven by 221b_hound (M, 4721 w.) – Sherlock's latest case is for his ex boyfriend, the brilliant and handsome Professor Victor Trevor. John is not too happy about that. But things aren't what they seem, an old friend of John's is involved in the case, and John has a few surprises up his sleeve. Also - a proposal! Part 16 of Unkissed

Mine (He Says While Still Being Smol) by beejohnlocked (E, 1,319 w.) – A suspect flirts with John. Sherlock gets a bit jealous. Okay, a LOT jealous.

Maintaining A Personal Life by Gingerhermit (E, 24,284 w.) – Sherlock and John discover some interesting revelations about each other’s sexuality, which lead them both to question the assumptions they've made about one another for years. In the midst of their mutual discoveries, a dangerous psychopath looms on the side-lines who threatens to destroy their new beginning.

For you, there's only me by shock_blanket (E, 19,557 w.) – Sherlock realizes he has fallen in love with John, but believes he is unlovable. Cue lots of pining and jealousy on Sherlock's part, followed by our favorite cuddly marksman making it all better. Because for Sherlock, there's only John.

Matters of National Security by mistyzeo (E, 8,465 w.) – John starts dating a male client of Sherlock's, and Sherlock can't figure out why he's so incensed about it.

Velvet by headlessjess (G, 1,155 w.) – It's the day, the wedding day - John and Mary, getting married. And then there's Sherlock, in pain and in love, without knowing how to deal with it.

5 Times John Got the Girl (and lost her) and 1 Time John Got the Guy (and kept him) by LiviKate (M, 21,695 w.) – John has always had good luck with the ladies. He's charming, friendly and funny, not to mention great in bed. However, his usual skill with the opposite sex is constantly being thwarted by Sherlock and his outbursts. How will John ever get a leg over when Sherlock is always cockblocking him?

Five Times John Noticed But Didn't Really by ScandalousMinds (T, 6,383 w.) – 5 times John (thought) he noticed something peculiar about his and Sherlock's relationship but really missed the obvious.

The Kissing Disease by cottonballz_of_death (E, 30,856 w.) – John brings home a boyfriend, shocking Sherlock, who long ago gave up hope that his straight flatmate would ever take a romantic interest in him. In a bid to reconnect with John, he tries to infect himself with a "harmless" virus. Neither of them is prepared for the emotional fallout that results.

Surety by hudders (G, 2,477w.) – "Sherlock is pissed because it seems that four pints of larger, two shots of tequila and a glass of wine has resulted in Lestrade becoming a little bit too friendly with everyone. And by everyone, Sherlock really means John."

Butterfly, Pinned Under Glass by billiethepoet (E, 4,648 w.) – It started as a desire to keep John safe and whole, and ended up as just desire.

Correspondence by Cleo2010 (T, 8031 w.) – Sherlock’s been spirited away on a case for Mycroft. Part of the deal was that he and John could communicate via letter until the case was completed. Maybe the cliche is true, absence does make the heart grow fonder. Or perhaps something is growing on the feet in the fridge. Read their letters month by month. Written after series one.

Presence by LostGirl (M, 8625 w.) – Sherlock has recently noticed a shift in his own perceptions, but he can’t quite figure out when it started.

Obsession, Appassionato by shinychimera, Yeomanrand (E, 4,249 w.) – John is late, and he hasn't called, and Sherlock works himself into a state. Part 1 of Love and Ysaye (FAVE!!)

Interlude by sussexbound (SamanthaLenore) (G, 2,837w.) – “Are you actually doing anything?” Sherlock scowls. “What?” “Are you busy? Because if not, I could use your help peeling potatoes.” “I’m not eating what you’re making. Why should I peel the potatoes?” John just shakes his head. “Because it might be a polite and thoughtful thing to do for the person who loves you. Just a tip.”Oh…Part 8 of The Homecoming

Understanding by sussexbound (SamanthaLenore) (T, 4,556 w.) – John’s face stretches into a smile that fades again, just as quickly. “It just comes like that, sometimes—all of a sudden. You don’t expect it.” He murmurs against Sherlock’s skin. “What does?” “Grief.” Part 9 of The Homecoming

Sibling Rivalry Or Fighting Over John Watson by Jessa7 (T, 8K+ w., Romance and Humour, FFNet) – Mycroft is just as much of a genius as Sherlock is. He keeps randomly kidnapping John for chats, and the locations get better. Cue Sherlock's younger sibling complex rearing up and jealousy ensues.

Come Home by hudders-and-hiddles (E, 3,763 w. | more pining than jealous but close enough) – When John leaves for a medical conference, Sherlock tries to entice him back home.

The Semantics of Crop Circle Formation: a case study by Sherlock Holmes [unpublished] by canolacrush (M, 41,710 | Cockblocking Sherlock) – "Look at these photographs," I said, gesturing to the wall of crop circles. "What do you observe?""Crop circles," John replied."Obvious. What else?""Are...are those intestines surrounding them?""Yes. The majority are bovine and ovine in origin. The farmers who have acquired these crop circles in their fields have also had a tenth of their livestock murdered and arranged thus.""Why?" John said, presumably in a rhetorical fashion.I detest rhetorical questions. "That is what I must find out, John."

Down with this Ship by FrostedFlame (PinkOrchid) (M, 10,862 w.) – Sherlock drags John undercover to a gay bar - for a case, of course - looking forward to seeing John flustered by their surroundings (since you know, he's NOT GAY). John decides that he has hidden both his orientation and his feelings for his daft flatmate for far too long. He is done hiding, time to be honest with his bloody best friend in the world. He just hopes it won't change anything between them. And then it does.

That Partitioning of the Things of Youth by wearitcounts (Sher_locked_up) (E | 35,353 w.) - Victor Trevor is in town, and nobody’s happy. [[I really like this one. Jealous John AND Sherlock and lots of Angst]].

Paparazzi by SilentAuror (E, 10,543 w.) – John moves back into 221B Baker Street after his marriage falls apart and the paparazzi won't leave him and Sherlock alone about the status of their supposed relationship. Sherlock, of course, never denies it, until one day he does...

Pattern Behaviour by SilentAuror (E, 14,835w) – Sherlock doesn't even know why he resents John's dates so much. Until the day he does know. Slight angst, unrequited feelings (but don't let that scare you off!) (FAVE!) 

OBSESSIVE / POSSESSIVE SHERLOCK

Perdition's Flames by i_ship_an_armada (E, Treklock, 63,435 w., | mild Possessive Sherlock) – Sherlock would do anything to save him. Risk anything. Give anything. His money, his life. His soul. What he does, though, is change both of their destinies forever. Genetic re-engineering is the only option left. It turns out researchers underestimated the life expectancy and potential abilities of genetically re-engineered subjects. The British government and what would eventually become the United Federation of Planets, however, had not. Part 1 of PF Universe

The Things You Hide *Adult Edition* by verityburns (E, 10,821 w.) – Sherlock and John have been working and living together for nearly a year, each finding the other's friendship to be the one thing they would not risk or want to live without. Until something happens to disturb the status quo…

Let Go by thisisforyou (G, 2,743 w.) – In the end, separating John's things from Sherlock's in the chaos of their sitting room is like pulling a limpet from a wet rock. Especially when the rock is clinging on for dear life, because Sherlock doesn't want to let go. 

In the cherry blossom's shade by Eliane (M, 3,934 w.) – "This isn’t new. Sherlock has already done this – has gone through cities, and dingy hotels, and sleepless nights but it was different before. John wasn’t there before. They’re in this together."

The Marriage Proposal Negotiation by Goddess_of_the_Night (G, 2161 w.) –  Sherlock hasn't ever really done anything the traditional way, so of course it wouldn't bother him to propose to John even though they're not even dating. And the fact that John is already on a date with someone else when he decides to do it? Tedious. Marrying John was the only thing he could do to ensure John was his.

The Light of Day by allonsys_girl (M, 7297 w.) – Rewrite of the end of Sign of Three. John actually notices Sherlock leaving the reception early, and chases after him. Angsty Johnlock. Happy ending, for sure. Part 1 of The Light of Day

Let the Sun Fade Out by nothingislittle (E, 2711 w.) – "He could warm the sun itself, Sherlock thinks, could heat their flat with just his presence, could brighten the room with one dazzling smile or just the sparkling in his eyes. Everything hurts when John looks this beautiful, but it’s a dulcet, aching pain, one that consumes Sherlock from the inside, that sends soft pangs through his abdomen and lodges a lump solidly in his throat. John glows, he glitters, he’s light itself, Sherlock thinks, and doesn’t even bother to scold himself for exaggerating, because he’s not, he’s not, John is everything, he’s beautiful and he shines, he’s everything."

On a Sunday Morning by SD_Ryan for jimmytiberius (G, 3136 w.) – Sherlock has a little problem. He can't stop obsessing about John Watson.

His by I'm Nova (T, 1K+ w., Humour & H/C) – Sherlock doesn't share what he's fond of. (FAVE!!)

Foresight by niffler09 (K, 2K+w) – It's raining and neither John nor Sherlock have an umbrella so they huddle under Sherlock's coat. And then Mycroft walks past and makes smartass remarks. (FAVE!!)

Possessive by Fang323 (T, 850w. H/c & Friendship) – His John did not belong. Not here. Not in this blasted hospital. It simply was not logical.

As I’ve said in the past, all my rec lists are of fics I’ve read, so I’m sure I’m missing a tonne more that are probably on my MFL list, but please feel free to add your own recs! 

[sportanimefantasies]

Askbox open for request?! Bless this day! So allow me to beg you for scenario (even short one would be awesome) where Oikawa seeing embarrassed Iwaizumi starts to tease him about it, but in the end he learn that Iwa-chan spend whole evening rambling to his girlfriend about reptiles making her fall asleep and now this pure soul is too embarrassed to meet her and Shittykwa after laughing at him gives him weird advises how to deal with this?

I don’t think I can ever make Iwaizumi requests short @neko-chandreams…

Iwaizumi was weird throughout the morning. Ever since Oikawa met him in the morning to walk to school, to breaks in between class, to now at the beginning of lunch. Iwaizumi had been pouting more than usual, flustered in a way Oikawa had never seen in the eighteen years they had known each other. At first, Oikawa thought he was seeing things. He definitely didn’t want to get continuously hit for asking over and over again.

But as Oikawa stood next to Iwaizumi, watching him fiddle with his thumbs while deep in some frustrating thoughts, he couldn’t help but ask.

“Alright, what’s wrong Iwa-chan? You’ve been weird all morning,” Oikawa cautioned, an eyebrow raised.

“I swear to God, Shittykawa, you ask-”

“Did ____-chan find your doodles of Godzilla in your notebook?” Oikawa chuckled. He patted Iwaizumi’s back over and over again, obviously joking. But when Iwaizumi flinched and stared at Oikawa with red cheeks, Oikawa immediately stopped. “Wait, seriously?!”

“S-Shut up! It’s not like that!” Iwaizumi growled, his face red now.

“Ow, ow, ow! Iwa-chan, I’m too precious, please no more hurting me!” Oikawa begged.

It took Iwaizumi five more seconds to growl and hold Oikawa before letting go. He averted his eyes and pouted. There was a first time for everything, but there were rare times when Oikawa actually found Iwaizumi embarrassed. The first time was when Iwaizumi had wet Oikawa’s bed one time he slept over. Oikawa was forced to never tell anyone about it, but of course Oikawa uses it as bribery whenever Iwaizumi was being too mean to him. After that, there were only a couple times Iwaizumi felt inferior to Oikawa and Oikawa took advantage of the opportunity to laugh at his tough best friend.

“So, what did she say?” Oikawa asked in his overly joyous voice. Iwaizumi sighed into his hands, annoyed that Oikawa even used that voice. Iwaizumi was too embarrassed to even argue with Oikawa about his teasing.

“She fell asleep while I was talking about…” Iwaizumi’s voice trailed off. Oikawa leaned over, trying to get Iwaizumi’s attention. But Iwaizumi looked away, his pout becoming more evident. Suddenly, Iwaizumi yelled out as he ruffled his own hair. “Ah, forget it! It’s stupid!”

“Oh, c’mon Iwa-chan, if someone as pretty as ____-chan can go out with you, she probably doesn’t care about how silly your Godzilla obsession is! I mean, I still wonder if she really likes you or-” Immediately, Iwaizumi’s forehead slammed against Oikawa’s with a grunt. “Ouch! Dammit, just how embarrassed are you, Iwa-chan?! You’re being more mean to me than usual!”

“Just shut up! You’re pissing me off!”

“Stop being so mean to me?! Don’t you want your amazing best friend, who is also amazing in relationships, to give you advice?!”

“Hell no,”

“So, ____-chan fell asleep to you talking about?” Oikawa asked, still hurt from Iwaizumi’s headbutt. He held his nose with a frown, impatiently waiting for Iwaizumi to stop being so flustered and tell Oikawa.

“I was talking about lizards,” Iwaizumi mumbled so quietly, looking to the side.

“Huh? What did you say?” Oikawa exclaimed with his hand cupping around his ear.

“She fell asleep while I was talking about… snakes,” Iwaizumi growled as he snapped his head.

“Dammit, what did you-?!”

“She fell asleep while I was rambling about reptiles, dammit Shittykawa, open your ears or something!” Iwaizumi roared. His teeth looked like fangs as Oikawa flinched back.

Quickly, the duo looked around to find every student stared, eyes wide, at the them. As soon as everyone went back to returning to their own business, Oikawa couldn’t hold back his laughing. Iwaizumi stood there frozen and growling, his whole body red. He just wanted his day to end.

“Goddamit, shut up, Oikawa!”

“Sorry, sorry, it’s not that funny,” Of course, Oikawa actually thought it was hilarious. But Iwaizumi seemed to have endured enough self inflicted torture, Oikawa thought he had enough. As his laughs became more tamed, Oikawa smiled. “Iwa-chan, aren’t you glad you came to me? I have great advice for you!”

“Says the guy who can’t sleep without that weird ass fetus stuffed animal,” Iwaizumi mumbled.

“Take that back about E.T.! He is not weird, nor a fetus!” Oikawa shouted. The best apology Oikawa was going to get was an eye roll from Iwaizumi, following his full attention. It wasn’t exactly what Oikawa wanted, but it was good enough from Iwaizumi. “Anyway, here’s my advice: Dress up as Godzilla when you see her next!”

“I can throw you out the window, I wouldn’t mind,” Iwaizumi stated, clearly fed up with Oikawa. It was moments like this when Iwaizumi questioned if his life would have been simpler to be friends with someone this long.

“No, no! Iwa-chan, listen! It’s perfect!” Oikawa beamed, his fists dancing up and down. Iwaizumi rolled his eyes again, leaning against the wall as he crossed his arms. Everyone else knew this was Iwaizumi’s signature pose for tolerating Oikawa’s ridiculous antics. “When ____-chan sees you in the costume, she’s going to ask why! Then you just tell her everything! See, if I was in an alien costume, I’m pretty sure the girl I like would want to know why. And then she’ll see the pure love for it and will find me dedicated and will just love me so much! See, it’s perfect, Iwa-chan!”

“Oikawa, I don’t think that’s a good idea,” you chuckled.

“Ah!” Oikawa and Iwaizumi yelled, both their cheeks red.

“What?! What?!” you hollered startled. You took a step back from how startled you were. “Did I walk into a conversation I wasn’t supposed to hear?”

“Uh, ah! Sorry, ____-chan! I forgot Makki needed me, so I’ll leave Iwa-chan with you!” Oikawa chuckled awkwardly. Without another word, Oikawa left you and Iwaizumi alone.

“Did I embarrass Oikawa or something, Hajime?” you asked confused. When Iwaizumi covered his face as he shook his head a small laugh left your mouth. “Well, I was worried over nothing.”

“Huh? Why would you say that?” Iwaizumi raised an eyebrow.

“You weren’t really saying much while we were texting. I was starting to think you were upset with me because I fell asleep,” you admitted nervously, a small laugh trailing off.

When you popped into the conversation without their attention, it was quite the distraction from the whole reason Iwaizumi was even flustered the whole morning. Now, at the sudden mention of it, Iwaizumi became pink in the cheeks. He could barely look you in the eyes.

“I wasn’t upset,” Iwaizumi muttered, rubbing at his warm neck.

“Hm? Then what’s wrong?”

You didn’t notice it until now, how much Iwaizumi was acting different. He couldn’t stand still. Your eyes would only meet for a few seconds before Iwaizumi would try his damnedest to look at something else. He was oddly pink.

Suddenly, Iwaizumi slapped his hand over his eyes with a groan. “I’m sorry I bored you with my reptile talk.”

“Huh?” you tilted your head confused. Iwaizumi dropped his hand and his pink cheeks turned red now. He was so flustered, it was cute. If you weren’t so confused, Iwaizumi would be hurting your cheeks from how cute he was.

“I bored you to sleep with my stupid rambling,” Iwaizumi muttered.

It would be hard for Iwaizumi to concentrate on the rest of his classes, let alone practice. All he could think about was how embarrassed he was. You were going to awkwardly deny that Iwaizumi didn’t bore you with his obsession. From now on he was going to have to be conscious of everything reptile around you. Iwaizumi didn’t want to ramble continuously about them around you if it was going to bore you to sleep.

“That’s what you were worried about?” you scoffed with a laugh.

As your laugh rang in Iwaizumi’s ears, he couldn’t hold back his astonishment. Or embarrassment. Or the small amount of offense he was feeling. Iwaizumi was turning too many shades of red today, he was considering taking the next class in the nurse’s office. You laughing at him also felt like earlier, when Oikawa had the right to laugh or tease Iwaizumi. It only happens close to never and when it did, Iwaizumi dreaded every millisecond of it.

“W-Why are you laughing?!” Iwaizumi babbled, his arms around you. Everyone in the hallway was staring at him again, and he definitely didn’t appreciate it. “Okay, sh! I get it! Geez, ____, why are you laughing?!”

“Hajime, I wasn’t bored of your reptile talk!” you began to explain. Iwaizumi pouted deeper as you wiped away a small tear at the end of your eye. Once you calmed down a bit, you held Iwaizumi’s hand with a smile. “I was just tired. It was getting late, but I didn’t want to hang up when you were so excited to talk about all the reptile stuff.”

Immediately, Iwaizumi slapped a hand over his face. “Of course. Why didn’t I just think of that instead of listening to dumb ass Shittykawa’s nonsense?”

“Is that what he was saying? He wanted you to dress up like some lizard?”

“Godzilla,”

“Oh,” you answered. From the looks of Iwaizumi’s eyes widening, you chuckled quickly. “It’s not bad. Just funny picturing my big, strong Hajime in a Godzilla costume. That’s all.”

“Har, har, funny. It’s not happening anyway,” Iwaizumi chuckled, shaking his head.

“But that would be interesting! Learning how black mambas as fast as twenty kilometers per hour while you were dressed as Godzilla,” you praised, holding a finger up proudly.

“Wow, you actually remember that?”

“Yeah. I also remember that Komodo dragons are the heaviest lizards in the world! Almost weighing, at most, 136 kilograms!”

“I know I’m the reptile nerd that bored you to sleep,” Iwaizumi teased. He actually enjoyed that it was a change of pace in conversation now. “But how did you remember that?”

“It helps that the reptile nerd is my boyfriend,” you answered with a smile. Iwaizumi couldn’t find a single word in his mind to actually say when he saw that smile. You were too damn cute. “And it’s cute when you ramble on about snakes, lizards, and all of them. I enjoy it, Hajime. It’s cute.”

“Oh, thanks,” Iwaizumi mumbled, looking away as he covered his face.

How could he talk about reptiles now when all he could think about was you calling him cute?