BECOMING STRANGERS AGAIN » 01

01 — STRAWBERRY MODE

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tsukishima kei x reader

SERIES SYNOPSIS: tsukishima kei, yamaguchi tadashi, and l/n y/n—the trio, or at least, was the trio. the three of them had been each other’s sides for years, from primary up to high school. so, what exactly changed once they stepped away from Karasuno? what was it that left yamaguchi in between his two best friends, who couldn’t seem to stand the thought of one another anymore? what exactly was it that ended up with the two of them becoming strangers again?

TAGS:angst, eventual fluff, best friends to enemies to lovers, possible yamayachi

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With a heavy heart, she felt like she was going through the motions. She should be ecstatic as she was handed her diploma, she should be ecstatic as she looked around for her friends to take pictures. Instead, a fake smile is sewn upon her lips as she says thank you to classmates who congratulated her and gave out hugs to people she knew she’d likely never see again.

But her mood changed when she locked sight of the person she was looking for.

She had begun to run towards the boy with green hair and freckles, mixed in with a bit of acne. She tried to recall the countless times she had gotten him to go to Halloween parties with her dressed as Midoriya as she went through her various different costumes for the female characters from one of her favorite animes: Boku no Hero Academia. Now, she let her feet carry her fast, towards the sometimes timid, but most times snarky, boy.

“TADASHI-KUN!” she exclaimed, bending her knees and allowing herself to jump. She wrapped her arms around the neck of the volleyball player as he stumbled back a few steps before regaining his balance.

The impact had caught him off guard, but he managed to wrap his arms around her waist and keep the both of them steady.

His face went into what she had unofficially dubbed Strawberry Mode—a bright red flash flooding his cheeks, allowing for his freckles to look like the seeds upon a strawberry, his hair acting as the green stem and leaves. It worked exceptionally well considering he always had a small bunch of strands that stuck upright at the very top of his head.

What kicked off Strawberry Mode even harder was when she placed a kiss on his cheek before he released her.

A few gasps could be heard from all around them, alongside snickering. A hand was placed on her head, ruffling her hair.

“I see some things never change,” Sugawara Kōshi spoke, placing a hand on Y/N’s hair to ruffle it when Yamaguchi set her back down on her own feet. “How are you, Y/N-chan?”

She beamed at the sight of their old upperclassman, who had come to congratulate them all on graduating.

Someone came up behind her, arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her off of the ground for a moment.

A familiar voice practically yelled, “She’s probably just glad she’s done with this place!”

“Noya!” she squealed, grabbing onto his arms in an attempt to steady herself.

“How you doin’, pretty?” he asked her, before glancing around in confusion. “Where’s Tsukishima?”

“Yeah, where’s that guy? He’s normally how we find Y/N,” Daichi commented.

Y/N tensed at the mention of Tsukishima. She looked around in the crowd for him, but the glasses wearing blond was nowhere near them, not that it surprised her. Instead, she found his blonde hair sticking out at some other point in the sea of graduates and those who came to congratulate them, along with Akiteru’s darker hair. Her breath hitched when she saw that he, too, was looking in their direction, but he turned his attention elsewhere when he caught her eyes.

Yamaguchi followed her eyes, his attention locking on theirbest friend.

“Tsukki!” he called out, waving a hand up until the blond looked in their direction yet again. With an unamused face, he shook his head and turned away.

“Huh?” Yamaguchi wondered, but he shrugged it off and turned back to the group. “Looks like he’s busy. I think he’s still coming with us to celebrate at Tanaka’s apartment, so it’s fine.”

“Oh, is it?” Y/N asked softly.

“Of course, like he’d miss it.”

As Yamaguchi wrapped an arm around her shoulders and the two of them posed for photos with their upperclassmen, she put on her best dressed smile. So, Tsukishima didn’ttalk to Yamaguchi about what they talked about the night before.

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[ a/n: and here is the newly revamped chapter 1! she short but it’s ok, she’s basically just the intro to their college lives ]

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