#haikyuu goshiki
tendou, on goshiki’s second day at shiratorizawa: I’ve only had goshiki for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.
the truth behind goshiki’s bowl cut (and the real reason tendou likes it so much)
sending love
『Haikyuu!!』
Fluff Oneshot
Winter Wonderland Collab
❝ Cure For A Broken Heart ❞
Pairing: Goshiki Tsutomu
Warning: Cheating ex boyfriend, past toxic relationship
Genre: F L O O F
Words:3.6k
Notes:
-F!Reader
A/N: heres another piece for the winter wonderland collab feat baby boy goshiki :3
You stomped your way through the shopping district full of couples making out, anger seeping through you as you tried very hard not to yell at those strangers.
It was hard to contain your anger towards happy couples, especially since you had just broken up with your cheating boyfriend.
Definitely not a good way to start your Christmas evening.
You rubbed your eyes to get rid of the tears that were welling up in it. You tried to get your mind off of things as you thought on how Oikawa would react when he finds out about your breakup.
He’ll most likely nag you for hours, saying that he knew that your (now) ex-boyfriend was bad news all along. You couldn’t help but to heave another sigh.
Not that Oikawa hadn’t warned you about your ex before. He warned you multiple times, even. But you were too blinded by what you thought was love for your ex to even pay any attention to Oikawa’s warnings.
As you kept walking and walking without any particular direction you were heading into, you finally found yourself in an unfamiliar side of the shopping district.
The place wasn’t bustling with as many people as the center of the shopping district you were in just now. There were fewer shops, and the things that were being sold in them weren’t as eye-catching as the ones in the busy part of the shopping district.
Just then, your feet stopped at a shop that appears to be a cafe. You looked at the shop sign. There, written in a beautiful font, was the shop’s name.
“…Shiratori Cake House.”
You stared at the picture of a swan on the sign board logo. Fits the cafe’s name to a T, you thought. Seeing as how the place is void of any visitors, you figured that there won’t be so many customers in the cafe and decided to enter the cafe to treat yourself to something sweet and take your mind off the aching pain in your heart.
Truthfully, you could’ve just gone to the cafe Oikawa worked at, since you’re more familiar with that place and you might even got to ask for a bit of a friend discount from him. But since it was CHRISTMAS, the place will undoubtedly be flooded with customers, who were mostly Oikawa’s fangirls, and you didn’t want to be suffocated with so many people while your mind was in total shambles. You needed peace, quiet and a little bit of a sweet treat to mend your broken heart at the time.
As soon as you stepped in, however, you realized that your previous guess was completely off.
The cafe wasn’t lacking in customers.
It didn’t have any customers to begin with.
You looked around in confusion. You even thought that maybe the place was actually already closed for the day. But you were definitely sure that the sign read “OPEN” before you entered just now. See, it wouldn’t have been weird if business was running slow if this was any other day. But it was CHRISTMAS. Every cafe, bakery and cake shop in the town was swarmed with customers, especially considering the fact that there weren’t as many shops like that in your town to begin with.
Your confusion was cut short when you heard a male voice called out to you.
“Welcome, dear customer. A table for one?”
You turned around to see a guy with a black haired bowl cut wearing what you presumed to be the cafe’s uniform greeting you. You sent him a nod and followed behind him silently as he led the way to one of the tables. Considering the fact that he was serving you, you took it that it was still business hours at the time.
“Take your time, and just call me whenever you’ve decided on an order.”
He handed you the menu and you took it with a curt nod. You didn’t spare a glance at the menu as you stared at the waiter. He noticed your gaze and looked at you with confusion evident in his eyes.
“Is there something wrong?”
At his question, you found yourself opening your mouth to say something that even you yourself wasn’t expecting to come out of your own mouth. You guessed you could say you said that on the spur of the moment, but what exactly prompted you to say that was unknown to even yourself. Who knows, maybe the stress and sadness you were feeling after having just broken up with your ex made you lose some of your brain cells.
“Can I get a smile from you?”
You asked with a straight face, as if you didn’t just ask a question that might as well be considered as a pick-up line. After blurting that out, you realized how much you actually sounded like Oikawa. Guess being friends with him had made his habits rub off on you too. You internally cringed at what you just said, and was about to apologize to the waiter when you saw his reaction.
He looked extremely surprised at your sudden request and he was blushing extremely hard, you could even feel the heat he was radiating. He kept opening and closing his mouth, as if trying to say something to you but the vocabularies in his brain just disappeared. It was apparent that he had never experienced being hit on before. His reaction seemed to be contagious when you found even yourself blushing at his reaction, and you were left with an awkward silence as the both of you continued to hang your head low. You gotta admit though, he was pretty cute so that just became another factor as to why you blushed after what you just said.
Not too long after that, another waiter stepped in and pushed the black haired waiter away. You snapped out of your flustered state and looked up at the waiter who just helped the two of you get out of that awkward situation. He had copper-colored hair with a….unique hairstyle.
He heaved a sigh before meeting your gaze.
“Please excuse him, dear customer. Although, I must say, you did break him after what you just said.”
At his statement, your blush grew darker.
“B-broke him, you said…”
You quickly averted your gaze and stared intently at the menu in front of you, trying to distract yourself from the unbearable awkwardness.
You skimmed through the menu and took a quick glance at the cakes displayed in a window glass. All the desserts looked delicious, sure, but you couldn’t buy all of them. Finally, you decided to go with the easiest solution.
“Say, what do you recommend? Do you have any special menu that you specialize in?”
You turned to the two waiters who, oddly enough, were still standing near your table instead of just waiting at the counter until you called over.
At this question, the black haired waiter perked up, and he seemed like he had finally been snapped out of his embarrassment.
“If you’re asking what we specialize in, I must simply mention our tea! While the tea leaves aren’t anything fancy or anything of the sort, the way we *cough* I *cough* brew our tea is enough to bring the full flavour of the tea. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!”
He seemed rather enthusiastic about it,but the other waiter just shot him an unpleasant glare. The black haired waiter quickly shut his mouth up. From the way he said it, you could pretty much deduce that the aforementioned “tea that they specialize in” was brewed by the black haired waiter himself. Nice display of confidence.
The other waiter cleared his throat before speaking.
“I’m pretty sure she meant what sort of DESSERTS do we specialize in, Tsutomu, not drinks. And to answer your question, we do pride ourselves in our chocolate desserts. I highly recommend you getting the Black Forest cake, but since it IS Christmas, we also have Strawberry Shortcake to offer, if you’d prefer that.”
You contemplated on what to order for a moment. In the end, you decided to go with what he recommended (since he did go out of his way to mention that).
The waiter displayed a small smile that probably meant “Oh thank goodness I didn’t waste my time recommending that cake to her,” as he jotted down the order. He didn’t say it aloud obviously, but his smile just kinda radiated that vibe, y'know?
You then turned towards the black haired waiter, Tsutomu, you presumed, and gave him a small grin.
“And I also would like to have this tea that you specialize in.”
His face lit up and he seemed to be blushing a bit. He nodded enthusiastically while the other waiter just gave him a distasteful look.
The two walked away and you took the opportunity to look around the cafe. It seemed to have a pretty good interior design, and the cakes being displayed also seemed to sparkle brightly. You wondered why there was no customer at all. Probably because of how it’s located in a pretty deserted part of the shopping district.
Meanwhile you were busy looking up and down the shop, the two waiters who were serving you just now whispered to one another.
“Before you start, let me just make one thing clear. She obviously wasn’t actually planning to hit on you from the look on her face, so stop acting like a high school girl who just got herself a boyfriend.”
The copper haired waiter, Shirabu, started. Tsutomu seemed a bit disappointed at this, but he quickly furrowed his brows at him.
“But still, I was still being hit on by a really PRETTY girl. It’s probably a Christmas miracle or something.”
He sighed with a small blush adorning his face, to which Shirabu just replied with a disgusted look.
“I wonder if she has a lover or not…”
He quietly asked the question out of curiosity. Shirabu looked at him for a moment before glancing at you.
“Think about it logically, Tsutomu. Today is Christmas. It’s basically a holiday for couples to spend their time together. Meanwhile our dear customer right there is, as you can see, alone. Plus, why would she wonder around this part of the shopping district alone if she wasn’t preoccupied with her thoughts. She probably either is definitely single from the start and wanted to get away from the busy part of the shopping district which was full of couples, OR she had just broken up with her lover.”
After explaining his guesses (Thanks, Sherlock), Shirabu seemed to realize something and turned to Tsutomu almost immediately.
“Don’t tell me you….you wanted to ask her out or something?? Tsutomu, it was just ONE pick-up line, for God’s sake.”
Shirabu frowned at the younger male, expressing his disbelief with a sigh.
“That’s not it!”
He hissed in defense. Tsutomu turned to look at you again who were staring off at the shop’s window, silently admiring the falling snow outside.
“It’s just…she seemed sad and I was just wondering if she has a special someone who she can confide in….or something.”
Tsutomu softly explained, his eyes still fixated on you.
“You know what people nowadays call you? A busybody. Why would you care for a stranger anyway?”
Tsutomu gave a silent glare towards Shirabu as he finished brewing your tea.
“Well then, Shirabu-san, if I’m a busybody then you’re a jerk. It’s called being KIND and maybe you should try it sometimes too.”
“Alright, then, go take this cake to her, if you’re SO kind. And DON’T scare her away, you hear me? She’s our only customer today and we don’t appreciate you blabbing unnecessary stuff at her and making her leave.”
With that warning, Shirabu handed Tsutomu a plate with a slice of Black Forest cake on it. Tsutomu just grumbled as a response and made his way towards you.
“Here is your order. Please enjoy it.”
Your train of thoughts was interrupted when Tsutomu came back with a tray of your order. You nodded and mumbled a small thank you before picking up the cup of tea. It was freezing cold outside so you figured the hot tea could keep you nice and warm.
As soon as you took a sip from it, you were completely stunned by the flavour of the tea.
Turned out he wasn’t joking or blindly bragging about the tea he made. It was, without a doubt, extremely delicious. The coldness you were feeling was gone in an instant and it felt as if your entire body was filled with the warmth of the tea.
“It’s really delicious.”
You commented and looked at him with a genuinely warm smile. He tried to hide the smile that was forming on his face but the blush on his cheeks was enough proof to know that he was completely pleased with your compliment.
All of a sudden, you were washed with feelings of nostalgia. Now that you thought back on it, you also always tried your hardest to brew the best tea for your ex-boyfriend. All of that memory seemed like a blur to you now that you know that he probably didn’t mean any of the compliments he gave. Heck, you even caught a glimpse of him pouring the tea you made into the sink but you decided that that was just your mind playing tricks on you.
“Urgh, this SUCKS. I came here to forget about him but he still somehow managed to wriggle his way into my mind…”
You closed your eyes and your brows were knitted together in frustration as you thought that. You inhaled the scent of the tea and thankfully, that managed to calm your nerves down.
“Are you alright??”
When you heard the panicked voice of Tsutomu, you opened your eyes and only then did you realize something sliding down your cheeks.
“What….?”
You touched your cheeks to inspect what it was. Well, even if you didn’t, you already had a pretty good guess as to what it was.
Tears were running down your cheeks in an uncontrollable manner. It was as if the more you tried to wipe them away, the more they came flooding down your face.
Tsutomu was panicking so hard, he felt as though he just lost ten years of his lifespan. Meanwhile Shirabu was glaring daggers behind his back, thinking that Tsutomu had said something to make you cry.
“I’m terribly sorry, I….”
At this point, you had buried your whole face in your hands, ashamed at yourself for crying in front of these strangers. Just then, you felt a comforting hand being placed on your back, softly rubbing circles on top of it.
“It’s alright if you felt like crying. Just let it all out.”
Those words were all that you needed before streams of tears started to pour out of your eyes and a few sobs to escape your lips. The fact that you suddenly remembered how your ex-boyfriend would always tell you to not cry in front of him because he claimed it’d be “troublesome” made you realize how toxic your relationship was.
After a few minutes had passed and you had calmed down, you pulled your hand away from your face before facing Tsutomu. He noticed this and looked at you with a concerned look.
“I’m really sorry. That was shameful of me to cry in front of a total stranger. Thank you for giving me the chance to let all that out.”
You smiled at him and he retreated back his hand that was on your back.
“Uhm…if you don’t mind, you can tell me your problems. I believe that it’s better to have someone you can confide in rather than keep it to yourself.”
You looked at him for a moment. Most people won’t really care about a stranger’s problem, so Tsutomu offering that came as a bit of a surprise to you. But if he had offered that, then it’d be nice to accept it.
“Thank you for the offer…Excuse me for bothering you then.”
So you told him everything from how you were burned out because of your work and were hoping to have a nice, relaxing time alone with your ex….and how you discovered he was cheating on you when you went to his place uninvited. You stormed out of there, and walked and walked and walked…trying to get as far away as possible from his place. Then, before you knew it, you found yourself in front of this cake shop.
Tsutomu listened so intently, nodding his head every now and then to silently reassure you that he was listening. It warmed your heart when you saw how considerate he was being. For once, you actually felt as if a burden had been lifted off your shoulders.
Shirabu who was sitting at the counter was silently listening to your story too. He made his way to your table and put down a slice of Strawberry Shortcake, claiming that that one was on the house.
“It’s hard to see the truth when you’re too blinded by what you wanted to believe. I’m sure that’s what happened to you too. Whoever that guy was, he clearly is a jerk that doesn’t have any respect for people. How can he be so disrespectful to someone as beautiful and kind as you?”
Tsutomu huffed out in frustration. You smiled at him for a moment before realizing what he just said at the end of his line.
“What…was that?”
You asked with an awkward smile and a small blush adorning your cheeks.
“Huh? I said he’s such a jerk—”
Before he got to finish the sentence, his eyes widened as a realization dawned upon him about what he just blurted out and before he knew it a deep crimson blush was already dusted upon his cheeks.
An awkward silence came upon the both of you and Shirabu who was watching the whole thing heaved an exasperated sigh as he thought on how hopeless the both of you were.
“A-anyways…thank you for hearing me out. And the food here is delicious too. I’ll definitely come back here again and bring my friends as well.”
After finishing your cakes and tea, you got up from your seat and went to the counter to pay for your orders.
“Ah, it’s already so late so uhh.. I think it’s best if I accompany you until you reach the main part of the shopping district.”
Tsutomu quickly got up from his seat and walked towards you. You honestly didn’t want to trouble him any further, but he simply assured you that he wanted to do it himself. Shirabu also nonchalantly encouraged you to take him up on his offer. At last, you did and walked out of the cake shop side by side with Tsutomu.
The rapid contrast of the temperature from the heater in the cake shop and outside of it made you involuntarily shiver. As you exhaled, you could see your own breath in front of you. You’re definitely curling up under your kotatsu tonight.
The both of you walked in silence, admiring the colourful decorations being put around the district. When you finally reached the more busy part of the shopping district, the both of you stopped in your tracks.
“Thank you for everything today. You’ve been a great help…..Uh….”
You stopped mid-sentence as you realized that you didn’t know what this stranger’s name who had been so kind to you was.
“Just call me Tsutomu.”
He replied as if he knew what was on your mind. You smiled and nodded.
“….Tsutomu, thank you again for today. You can call me Y/N.”
You didn’t know whether it was because of the cold or because he was blushing, but you noticed his cheeks being dusted with pink hues. The same could be applied to you as well as you felt the rising heat in your cheeks.
You bowed one last time and was about to continue walking when he called out to you.
“Uhm! Y/N…now that I think about it…I uh… I don’t think I caught what your phone number was….”
The both of you stood there in silence, your blush only grew deeper as moments passed by and you quickly responded to him by taking out a piece of paper from your bag and scribbling down your number.
“Here!”
You handed him the piece of paper and hung your head low, too embarrassed to face him. He took the paper and held it close to his chest.
“….I’ll be sure to contact you.”
He whispered under his breath, barely audible to your ears. You nodded and the both of you shared a small, content smile before making your separate ways to your house and back to the cake shop respectively.
That Christmas had been very hectic and you were drained out, but spending your time at the cake shop was an experience you’ll never forget. After all, the cute, black haired waiter there did help mend your broken heart at the time.
Bonus~
Oikawa totally wasn’t having it when he knew you gave out your phone number to a total stranger. In the end, he nagged you for hours about the danger of strangers and also how he was going to kick your ex-boyfriend’s ass after that. (He, Iwaizumi, Matsukawa and Hanamaki brought you cakes and some games to cheer you up so you weren’t all that bothered by his continuous nagging.)
The End
Gen.Taglist:@vventiis@laylahoran@whootwhoot@mirakeul @kiyorei @instantmiya-main @ourvisty @tamaguchi@cadenceh2o@hidehaskak@yamagucji@ynainnit@tsukisemi@that-chick212@bakuhoetoedoroki@alysken@ineedsomefoodpls [Join my taglist here!]
Winter Wonderland Taglist:@aii-channn@peteunderoos@jungtoast@nekoclysm@our-tall-slytherin-queen@isabella5@slippinglasses@yhyucklee@rowley-with-ackerman@lilacnoodles@ineedsomefoodpls [Get into the winter wonderland taglist on this post!]
