being part of a content house is harder than you think whenever you are new to the crew. though everyone in the house seem to like you, only one seems to resent your presence.. or is it because of what happened in the past?
❧A/N: folks, when your friend is upset at you, you should probably give them some space and let them heal on their own time </33 that’s your lesson of the day with Jan!
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun for as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
a/n:written content for this one!! also yes i’m reposting bc i fucked up the tags and tumblr wouldn’t let me edit
“y/n relax! it’s ok!” bokuto turns you so your facing him, a hand on each shoulder. the rest of the team has just barely made it into practice, so the only other people there are atsumu, yaku, iwaizumi, and sakusa. he can see your hand trembling with anxiety, and his kind eyes and reassuring words just barely reach your ears.
“i am calm!” you shoot a nervous smile towards him before turning back to filling up the water bottles with shaky hands. you hear bokuto sigh behind you before turning towards the rest of his teammates as they steadily flow into the gym.
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun for as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun for as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
a/n: this is one of my FAVORITE chapters so i hope y’all enjoy :)
WRITTEN CONTENT
“good morning sleepyhead,” suna’s voice sounds from behind you, and you groan in protest at the thought of having to fully wake up. you hear him chuckle behind you, his arms around your waist tightening so that your back is pressed fully against his chest.
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
a/n: A DOUBLE UPDATE BC TODAYS MY SISTERS BDAY AND IM FEELIN EXCITED AB THIS NEXT ARC
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun for as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
a/n: THIS CHAPTER IS WHEN IT STARTS TO SPICE UP EKDHEHSHS
you sit outside of his apartment waiting for him to open the door, the breeze outside was a pleasant surprise. you soon hear the lock click and the door open, being greeted with iwaizumi behind it. “hey iwa! how’s it going?” you smile as he motions you in with his hands. “it’s going well, sorry i didn’t get some of it clean, oikawa likes to come mess up my place from time to time.” he scratches the back of his head while you laugh at his statement. “that’s perfectly fine iwa.” he takes in your outfit with his eyes and a tint of red paints his cheeks. he walks over to the couch inviting you to come join him, “you can sit wherever you’d like, i don’t mind,” accompanied with a smile. you decide to sit in the middle of the couch while he plops down next to you, still at a comfortable distance.
“what kind of movie do you want to watch?” he focuses on the tv biting his bottom lip in concentration. your eyes light up at the question and you respond, “ooou can we watch a horror movie?” he slowly turns his head and shakes it from one side to the other, “i hate horror movies.” you continue to look him in the eyes puffing out your bottom lip. “i-i uh well,, i guess i can’t say no can i?” he closes his eyes as you respond to him, “nope, not at all.” after convincing him to watch a horror movie he finally picks one that he doesn’t think will be too scary. (yeah it’s a scary scary movie)
as the movie goes on iwaizumi seems to inch closer to you until your arms and legs are touching, you can visibly see him jump every time the music gets ominous. you smile knowing that this next jump scare is the worst one in the movie. it soon arrived and iwaizumi yelps as he hides his face in the crook of your neck, his arms wrapping tightly around your body. “aww iwaaa, are you that scared?” you feel him starting to pout on your shoulder so you pull his face away from your shoulder. he looks away trying to hide the deep blush creeping up on his face. “here, lift up.” he pulls his back from the couch and you start rubbing circles on his shoulders. “t-thank you.” the blush on his face gets worse than before.
soon enough the movies over and iwaizumi is asleep on your lap, slight snores escaping his lips. you look at his peaceful face and start running your fingers through his hair. you grab your phone and text the group chat that he’s one not a serial killer and two you’re safe and he’s asleep. after you text the group chat you decide to watch another movie. towards the end of the second movie he starts moving around. “hey, i’m sorry did i fall asleep?” his just woke up voice rang through your ears. “uhh, y-yeah i just uh watched another movie.” he nods and sits up, making your lap feel cold again. “i normally don’t fall asleep on people like that,” he scratches the back of his head, “just uh people i trust.” he smiles and looks towards you, “thanks for not stealing my kidneys by the way, you a real one.”
“would you want to watch a funny movie, since you were so scared of the horror movie?” you sarcastically turn your head towards him as he tries to stifle a laugh. “i mean. i’m down.” halfway through the movie you start feeling sleepy, your eyes closing on their own, drifting off to sleep.
iwaizumi’s pov
i feel a weight on my shoulder and look over to see y/n fast asleep. i smile and pull her closer to me so that her head is more comfortable on my chest. she grumbles in her sleep and i try not to laugh at the soft snores coming from her. i decide to run my fingers through her hair soothing both me and her. i feel the same blush as earlier creeping up once again, just the picture of her in my arms is enough to make me blush. i smile and lay my head back on the cushion slowly falling asleep too.
y/n’s pov
you begin to wake up, trying to get up to check your phone but feel weighted down. noticing that your laying on iwaizumis chest and his arms are wrapped around you, small rhythmic breaths escaping his lips. you try and move out of his grasp but he keeps pulling you back and mumbling the same phrase, “please don’t leave.” (i mean how could you leave with iwaizumi being all soft) you poke his face and he wakes up with a gasp, “hey iwa, it’s just me dummy.” he looks down and starts laughing, “oh, you scared me.” now it was your turn to laugh at his stoic response. “gosh i guess we both fell asleep huh?” he turns his head to meet your gaze, messy hair, dried drool, and heavy lidded eyes. “yeah, you look like you got hit by a bus.” he laughs and lightly punches you in the arm. (which sends you flying across the room to break your back jk)
“anyways, mrs. i wake up looking cute after a nap, are you hungry? we didn’t eat dinner.” he lays his head on your shoulder continuing to play with your hair. “aww iwa, you think i’m cute? but yeah i am getting a little hungry.” he blushes once again at your remark nodding in your shoulder, once he sits up he offers his hand so you take it. he grabs his jacket, one for you, and his keys then leads you out of the door. “where are we going?” you laugh grabbing his hand tighter, interlacing your fingers. “it’s a secret.” he holds his other hand to his mouth. you guys went to mcdonald’s in the end and went to a park to eat it. he fed you fries and chicken nuggets and laughed at stories of your friends. in the end you thought it was a perfect day and thought you should do this more often, with him. “hey, iwaizumi, uh can i call you by your first name?” you look over to him. “oh, uh, yes, yeah you can, i would really like that actually.” you smile and nod, “alright hajime.”
a/n | wowowowow this one is probably my favorite one so far, like who doesn’t wanna go to mcdonald’s with iwaizumi also the whole hajime thing was really cute to me so i was like, let’s add it. anyways i hope you guys liked this one
oh to have a movies and cuddles date with iwa and fall asleep wrapped in iwa’s arms
iwaizumi hajime has hated you, his assistant athletic trainer, since he knew you in high school. you on the other hand have bothered him for fun for as long as you knew him, not realizing your romantic feelings for him had manifested in that way. what happens when you two blockheads finally come to terms with how you feel?
Iwaizumi looked at Oikawa’s message without answering him. He hated that he understood more than he did. He didn’t want to hear him brag about how great of a friend he was, even if it was true.
By placing his phone in his jacket pocket, he sank into the sofa in the small dressing room of Y/n. As soon as he closed his eyes all the moments spent with her, all the laughs and teasing came in his mind and feeling the butterflies in his stomach couldn’t stop a smile.
“are you okay ‘zumi?”
So lost in his thoughts, he didn’t realize the girl was coming. And at that moment, seeing her so different from her usual self, he realized how much he liked her every facet and would not have heard the end of his best friend’s boosting.
“Oh yeah, I’m okay” he suddenly answered, “you look great” he added, trying to calm her down.
“thank you… I feel so weird” laughed Y/n looking in the mirror in the room.
“you’ll get used to it, you’ll see.” he gave her a smile, believing in what he said.
The girl turned smiling at him “let’s cross our fingers then.”
Iwaizumi approached her and took her hand, starting to caress her with his tumb “I know it’ll be fine.”
Y/n crossed his green eyes through the mirror, a sweet smile appeared on their faces accompanied by a slight redness on their cheeks.
Of all the moments they spent together, that proximity was definitely their favourite.
The atmosphere was light and cheerful around the two as they ate what they had ordered.
There was a light in the bar that made the girl in front of him look even more beautiful and unreal.
“Are you excited about the qualifiers?”
The girl’s voice brought him back to reality. She sipped her cappuccino while waiting for his answer.
“Of course, we won’t lose. We’ll go to nationals.”
Iwaizumi’s answer made her look up to meet his beautiful green eyes. It was the same answer Hinata would give, or Kageyama, that’s when she realized her heart would break anyway. Because both her friends and the boy in front of her could have lost.
A sweet smile illuminated her face “let’s give our best then”
Iwaizumi smiled in turn, promising that regardless of the outcome of the matches, he would not drive that girl away.
And without realizing it, he shook hands and they just stood there, chatting and laughing until the last sip of coffee.
1# - Y/n sometimes forget to answer her texts. Noya and Tanaka have to spam her for an answer.
2# - Iwaizumi loves Oikawa (and we all know that), but this time he was really concerned about this plan of flirting with Y/n. he was freaking out poor baby
3# - Kiyoko and Yachi were really scared and concerned when they saw Y/n with her face in her hands and Tanaka and Noya dying of laughter on the floor
- y/n as a child did some ads and counterfigure roles in some dramas. This is her big chance.
- Tanaka and Noya knew about her audition for the drama but they forgot after a month that she wasn’t talking about it. they were so focused on training that they forgot
- for y/n, Akaashi is the real star and not for popularity but because he is really stunning and relaxing. just like the stars.
- Iwaizumi FINALLY is flirting with y/n. i might cry
a/n: okay soo I personally ~love~ this part, it’s like where the story actually start y'know?? BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE ~ugly~ text edit. I have a Samsung so it’s kinda difficult edit with templates that does NOT exists (and if they do exist they hate me ‘cause I didn’t find ANY)
Y/n knew perfectly that she could not keep her promise. That’s what she said every time Kuroo and Kenma went to visit her and she would punctually end up weeping.
Even if it was only three hours of travel, that distance was atrocious for her. She wanted to spend the days with her friends, but obviously things don’t always go the way you want.
She took her bag and came out of the room ready to greet those boys she had grown fond of in no time.
“Y/NNNN” Bokuto’s voice came loud and clear, rumbling in the school halls and in the girl’s ears. The captain of the Fukurodani was already in tears as he ran against his new friend.
To everyone’s huge surprise, Bokuto and Y/n had managed to make a strange friendship that made them look like friends for years and not a few months.
“Bokutoo don’t make it so hard for me!” The girl’s scolding seemed more like a plea. Her shiny eyes ready to weeping sweet tears of farewell.
Bokuto smiled and took the bag from her shoulder and then began to accompany her out where the others were waiting for her.
“Akaashi and Kuroo said we’ll come see you as soon as we can.”
Y/n looked at him smiling. She was touched by all the affection and care that Bokuto had towards her despite knowing each other recently.
She smiled and nodded “I’m counting on it.”
As soon as they left school they found themselves with the others, ready to say goodbye.
“My team is looking forward to playing against you again,” she added.
Y/n walked away from Bokuto and then approached his Nekoma friends. Huge mistake.
“Are you made of Copper and Tellurium?” Obviously Kuroo’s jokes could not be missing. Waiting for an answer to his, obvious, rhetorical question Y/n raised eyebrows urging him to speak.
“Because you’re CuTe”
The funniest thing? The eyebrow movement. His boldness made them even more fun, but he’ll never know.
“If only I could say goodbye to everyone but you,” she smiled as she embraced that giant nerd.
“Yes, of course. You could never.”
Kuroo gave her a wink and then left her to Kenma, who immediately hugged her.
“I’ll never get used to it, you know?” the girl asked referring to all this closeness from the boy, not that she was complaining.
“Neither did I.” Kenma smiled and went away to say goodbye to Shoyo who was as perky as usual.
“MY LITTLE LEV LOVE COME AND SEE ME SOMETIMES” cried the girl when the youngest lifted her up in the air, holding her in a hug and smashing her ribs.
“COUNT ON IT Y/N-CHAN!” He smiled and put her on the ground.
At first Y/n wanted to kick Lev for underestimating Hinata, but she immediately changed her mind when she saw him play and spoke to him for the first time. It’s a half-Russian, taller version of Hinata, two babies.
Akaashi timidly approached her and twisted her hair. A gesture he had learned to be Y/n’s favorite, if done with affection and delicacy.
The girl smiled and with the index finger of her left hand pricked a cheek making him blush.
“If Bokuto tries to hug me I swear I’ll come after you” provoked her with a little smile.
Y/n teased him at her turn, rolling her eyes and said, “So dramatic.”
“No one ever died for a hug.”
“You got close, though” Akaashi thought back to the first hug Bokuto gave Y/n as soon as she got to camp. The girl turned her nose.
“Damn, you’re right.”
With a little laugh, Akaashi once more twisted the girl’s hair before leaving her in Bokuto’s clutches.
Bokuto was waiting for her with his hands on his hips and a smirk on his face. Y/n had to admit that even just standing still, Bokuto emanated a really comfortable aura… and even a slight comic aura, but maybe it was better to keep it to herself.
“Y/N-CHAAAN! I hope you enjoyed this week!" The captain of the Furukodani shouted, stunning the girl who was stuck in a lethal embrace.
The youngest laughed and then nodded and gave a big smile, one of those she always gave to her friends when she was happy.
"I hope to be able to spend more moments like this! Thanks for everything Bokuto-chan!” she said trying to free herself from the strange embrace of the boy.
It was a rather hilarious scene seen from the outside. Bokuto squeezing to death a poor girl who couldn’t stop laughing at the situation, while Kuroo and Daichi tried to free her to get her on the bus.
Once on the bus, Y/n lowered the window to say goodbye one last time to her friends.
¦ materialist ¦
Fun facts:
Y/n is growing on Kenma, quite at the same level of Kuroo
Oikawa planned to make Iwaizumi ask Y/n out
Iwaizumi gave a punch to Oikawa when he said the word ‘date’. Such babies
Y/n goes to that place with Nishinoya when they decide to study together and Sugawara when she needs help with some subject
- Kenma isn’t good in board games. that’s it. that’s my headcanon of the day.
- Iwaizumi really gets along with Y/n’s friends and when she saw Kuroo and Iwaizumi chatting like they had been friends for a long time her heart just melted.
- every time Iwaizumi did something “good” Kuroo gave Y/n a thumbs up. (I HATE HIM BUT I JUST KNOW THAT HE IS THAT TYPE OF FRIEND)
a/n: I don’t know if you guys can tell but I miss my friends so much ngl I kinda love doing the social interaction part. It’s like the social life that I don’t have Be ready ‘cause the next chapter will beshort give you
As soon as she read the message, without waiting for an answer from her friends, she rushed to the door. She couldn’t believe they traveled two hours just to get to Miyagi.
“HEY HEY HEYY!!”
As soon as she opened the door, she was literally lifted into the air by Bokuto.
“Bokutowsj” was the smallest among the laughs as she was suffocated by the ACE.
“Akaashii!” I squeaked Y/N as soon as the lift appeared in his view.
“Y/nie” he smiled at her in turn, embracing her. “How are you?”
“It couldn’t get any better,” the girl exclaimed to say goodbye to Kenma, who in response had almost brought down his console.
“It’s good to see you too, Y/n,” he muttered, trying to finish the level.
“The best for last after all” smiled the captain of the Nekoma when the girl approached him.
“Of course not,” the girl rolled her eyes.
Kuroo laughed and then held on to the girl.
“So? did you like the surprise?” rhetorically the raven asked.
“A lot” laughed the girl lifting her face from the chest of the oldest, giving him a big smile.
- during the night out, Tanaka saw the lovestruck gaze Iwaizumi had every time he looked at Y/n. It was the same gaze he had when he sees Kiyoko. (so Iwa is Tanaka and Noya approved)
“I had fun today!” cried the girl swinging their hands.
The smile on her face was so beautiful and contagious that Iwaizumi couldn’t the light heat on his cheeks. At this point he was sure. He wanted her to be his girlfriend and couldn’t wait anymore.
“Me too” he answered with a little chuckle as he drew the girl close to him.
“We should do it again”
“definitely”
And in that moment Iwaizumi took all the courage he had in his body and made a move. “Next time will be different” he started making Y/n confused in the meanwhile.
“Different? why?”
“Cause I’ll hope that you will consider the next time like a couple’s date…” He swear at himself for letting the sentence end so poorly and insecure.
Y/n smiled after a moment of <y/n.exe has stopped working>
“You’ve just asked me to be your girlfriend?”
he laughed at the confused and surprised expression on the girl face “I definitely did, yeah”.
he started caressing y/n’s hand with his thumb while his mesmerizing green eyes looked at her with so much adoration, “so? what did you say?”
For a moment the girl stopped breathing. He was so sweet and handsome, too perfect to be real. And there he was, asking her to be his girlfriend.
“I will gladly be you girlfriend, Hajime Iwaizumi” she smiled rising on her tips to let a little kiss on his nose.
“I couldn’t be happier Y/n Y/l/n”
and like that he gave her a kiss on her forehead while with his free hand stroked her cheek.
y/n, across the room, saw Iwaizumi leaning against the wall trying not to get too noticed.
She smiled to herself before warning Yachi that she had to go and say hello to someone and that she would come back soon.
Her heart went so strong that she feared it would explode as soon as she arrived in front of Iwaizumi. But her heart stopped when their eyes crossed and he came up to her with that beautiful smile of his.
“Hey” whispered the ace leaving a small kiss on Y/n’s forehead, who responded in turn with a small smile and a feeble “hello” too busy enjoying the moment and the comforting scents of the boy.
“How are you?” they asked at the same time, laughing as soon as they looked each other in the eye.
“You go first” told him the girl while she was still holding on his jacket and he was caressing her cheekbone.
Iwaizumi chuckled before speaking, a little frown on his face “I’m sorry if I didn’t called you yesterday… I wasn’t- I wasn’t really in the mood and then I- I thought that maybe you were too tired-”
He was stopped by Y/n’s hand on his jawline and he could feel his heart melt under her sweet gaze. He could almost hear Oikawa call him a simp for her, and he was 100% on for it.
The girl smiled at him, trying to calm him down succeeding “hey it’s okay. You don’t- you don’t have to explain to me. I don’t want to force you to talk to me when you’re not in the mood. I’m just happy knowing that you’re better now… or at least it look like- it look like you’re better, I don’t know are-are you okay now?”
She was so nervous, so afraid to say the wrong thing and make him suffer again. When she was nervous, her brain struggled to formulate cohesive thoughts and he seems to have noticed the care in her words.
He ruffled her hair with so much adoration before smiling “I am okay now, not entirely, but it’s just matter of time.”
“OH MY GOD! please tell me I didn’t miss the first kiss!”
y/n walked away from the boy who in turn raised his head swearing slightly. Iwaizumi was planning Oikawa’s death in a meticulous way in that moment.
“Hi Oikawa-san!”
y/n greeted AobaJohsai’s captain with a small smile, a little courtesy and a little embarrassed.
Oikawa on the other hand felt guilty for ruining their moment, but could not resist the temptation to poking at his best friend.
“I think I should go,” the manager announced slightly embarrassedly.
she turned slightly crossing Iwaizumi’s eyes, she did not want to leave but had to be present for her friends. She wouldn’t have missed this game for anything in the world.
“see you Hajime-kun” smiled and then winked and headed for the door, greeting Oikawa with a wave of the hand and a polite smile.
She was so embarrassed, and as soon as the game was over she had to tell Noya and Tanaka.
Iwaizumi was still standing there trying to put his mind in order. Too bad that the presence of Oikawa and his mockery did not help at all.
“I have to admit, you two are really cute together.” Oikawa decided to break the silence between the two, while watching the game closely.
As soon as they got to the gym where Seijoh was still facing Date Tech, Y/n started to have a lot of thoughts. They were two very strong teams and whoever won would have given Karasuno a run for their money.
Y/n watched the two teams attack and defend themselves while her right leg plotted quickly from nervousness. Sugawara, noticing the girl’s nervousness, took her hand and sqeezed slightly.
“exited to see your boyfriend play?” he winked at her, trying to cheer her up, in his own way of course.
Y/n took a short look at him and then returned to watch the game. “I’ll kill you.” she said dry, trying to hide a little smile and the slight redness on her cheeks.
She watched the field carefully and, without realizing it, her gaze fell on Seijoh’s ace who, as every time, was giving his all. Y/n couldn’t hide the adoration she felt for that boy, he was an exceptional ace whi was going to give everyone in the field a run for their money.
“come on boys” she muttered unconsciously, chewing on the inside of her cheek.
Although those three words were murmured, they came to Suga’s ears who smiled at himself. That girl was really in love but too naive to know.
Ready to hit, Iwaizumi lifted his eyes for a few seconds, before seeing a highly familiar head of hair. A small smile appeared on his face and when their looks crossed, he nodded a little before beating and making a direct ACE.
Y/n smiled unconsciously holding Suga’s hand.
“Y/nie, he dedicated it to you!” exclamed Nishinoya leaning on the shoulder of his friend attracting the attention of a couple of people, including Karasuno players.
“Noya I’ll kill you, STOP IT!” cried the girl embarrassed and frustrated pulling an Libero’s ear making him laugh.
“NISHINOYA STOP BOTHERING Y/N!”
On hearing Daichi’s voice, the girl breathed a sigh of relief, byt when she turned to thank him she blushed to the capitan’s smug grin.
“Stop it, her boyfriend might get jealous.” He then added Tanaka with a sneer as he watched his best friend slowly sink into the chair.
as soon as Aoba Joshai made the final point of the game against Date Tech, Y/n released Suga’s hand, which she had held throughout the game, and released a sigh of relief. To say that she was happy with Seijoh’s victory was to say little, but at the same time she was also worried.
During the minutes of rest they had allowed Aoba Joshai to rest before the game against Karasuno, Y/n decided to go to the bathroom to rinse her face a bit and calm her nerves.
She was so mind-boggling, she didn’t realize the person who turned the corner and slammed into her.
“Oh sorry I didn’t mean… Iwaizumi?”
the girl’s voice was reduced to a whisper when she pronounced the name of the dark-haired man who looked at her equally surprised but with a small smile on his face.
“Apparently we always have to face each other like thus during matches” he joked trying to break the awkward moment, succeeding.
“Will you tell me again that I am too loud and a crybaby?” joked the girl crossing her arms to her chest with a little laugh that made him smile even more.
Iwaizumi responded in a way that caught the smallest girl unawares.
“Actually, I thought I’d invite you on a date at the end of qualifying.”
Y/n stood still before him with her eyes wide open and a slight redness on her cheeks as she tried to assimilate the words of the ace and to formulate a sentence of complete meaning, failing.
Iwaizumi, having to return to the gym for the warm-up, was the first ti break the silence.
“then I’ll see you after qualifying.”
and with some determined but slow movements, almost as if he was afraid to break her, Iwaizumi approached her leaving a kiss on the cheek and then he walked away towards the gym while Y/n was there, still and with a smile on her face and her heart racing.
The world seemed to stop as soon as the ball hit the ground, in the field of Aoba Joshai, giving the last point to the Karasuno who incredulous were shaken by the whistle of the referee before cheering as loud as they could.
On the other hand, in the fans of Karasuno, while big sister Saeko embraced bit Yachi and Y/n, sweet tears filled the eyes of the latter, happiness mixed with sadness and other thousand emotions all together.
She was so proud of her boys and the fact that they finally has their revenge, but at the same time her heart was broken when she saw Iwaizumi, on the other side of the field, with his head down.
Her body reacted before she could even assess the options or reactions of the people around her.
She ran down the stairs, as if her life depended on that race, she did not think abkut what she would do when she arrived in the field, Y/n had no idea what she was doing or at least until her (color eyes) eyes crossed the green ones of the boy.
In two seconds she found herself in his arms, her face in the hollow of his neck and hus forhead against her shoulder. She knew hiw difficult it was, he remembers Asahi’s empty gaze and his trembling voice when she called him that night.
“You must not doubt even a second of your abilities, you’re an exceptional ace and your teammates know it. So don’t dwell on it too much, okay?”
Iwaizumi shook his head and tightened the girl’s T-shirt, bringing her even more close to him if possible.
“I want to stay like this forever” whispered the boy, his voice muffled by Y/n’s hair but clear enough to make her blush and hide her face even more in his chest. So focused on calming her heartbeat that she didn’t realize the little kiss that Iwaizumi left on her temple.
They loosened the hug slowly, and upon seeing hus red eyes, Y/n couldn’t help but caress his cheek to remove one last tear and smile at him.
“Thank you so much… for everything” thanked the ace repeating the same action of the girl just before, picking up a small tear and making her blush slightly.
“I think it’s time to go… your team will be waiting for you” whispered the girl slightly away to give him space.
“Yeah, even your team will be waiting for you to celebrate. Don’t keep them waiting.” He responded smiling and striking her hand with his thumb.
Y/n smiled, nodding “making them wait was worth it, there was someone who needed a hug more” replied, swinging their still-woven hands.
“I’ll contact you as soon as I get home” Iwaizumi greeted her by holding her hand tightly and smiling at her, then moving away towards the exit.
Y/n reviewed all the choices made in her life as soon as she turned around and saw the looks her friends were gaving her.
“shut up and let me hug you idiots” she muttered red in the face as she approached them for a huge group hug.
a/n: a lot of written parts… I’m sorry guys I really let myself go wild with this, you can tell it’s one of my favourite :3 let me know what do you think, have a nice day <3
from elle ! I got iwa on the brain and I know seijoh would be absolute menaces if they ever find out ;-; thanks for ready <3 reblogs are appreciated, they help a ton <3
notes:thank u for the idea anon! i love this cliche hehe
content warnings: insecurities,mentions of previous harassment/catcalling, pet names (baby, my sweet, etc), protective boyfriends, suggestive in ushijima’s, kinda angsty
featuring:iwaizumi, atsumu, bokuto, and ushijima
thank you for reading!! likes, reblogs, follows, and general feedback are all appreciated
i mean, i thought it was going to be obvious. i did break the fourth wall a few chapters ago, after all.
you did notice, right?
(tsukishima did too kinda, but like—i’m better, obviously.)
why am i here, you may ask?
both she and i agreed that you guys have had your fill of cliffhangers, and she asked me to set the record straight for you guys!
with minimum spoilers, obviously.
so,rumor has it. pretty wild ride, huh?
i always knew seijoh was up to something, but damn, iwaizumi was really a douche, wasn’t he? still kinda upset we weren’t allowed to fight him, ngl.
but besides the point! kiro left you, in the finale, at another cliff hanger. ANOTHER ONE.
i scolded her but she likes to be dramatic, so there was no stopping her.
what a sadist.
—is what i WOULD say if this final cliff hanger didn’t have any meaning to it!
very up in the air for rhi readers! will you accept iwaizumi’s apology? will you two be destined to meet again and try again in timeskip? or have your paths finished crossing, and it’s finally time to move on?
ahhhh i love being dramatic.
i gotta say, honestly—that last part left me kinda emotional.
BUT I DIDN’T CRY! no. i would never.
but in that final part where he reached out and asked for forgiveness and a second chance when your paths cross again … SHEEEEEEEESH i felt that in bones. manly moment.
in the end, you were left with two final choices. after much debate and thought, kiro came up with two official endings:
thetrueending, and the secret-but-not-really-secretending.
secret ending sounds cool, but it’s really not a secret, since they’re quite literally being posted at the same time. but she had no other name for it, so secret ending will have to do.
let me break these endings down for you, without spoiling too much! i think kiro would throw me into a dumpster if i happened to spoil too much.
so, the true ending.
well, you forgive him.
yeah, that’s pretty much the extent to what i’m allowed to say.
she calls it the “true” ending because the smau is an iwaizumi x f!reader series, so she thought it would be a little awkward to end the series with you and him not ending up together.
and yes, this is the true ending. now don’t be calling y/n a loser or stupid for forgiving him, she was a girlboss all series long.
the secret ending was made because kiro understands that for many, any kind of infidelity—physical or emotional—is something they would never forgive. she herself would probably never forgive iwaizumi either, honestly.
so, if it wasn’t obvious already, the secret ending will follow an epilogue where you, in fact, do not forgive him. you kick him to the curb, and continue on with your life. this is where your and his story ends.
but yeah, that sums it up! both epilogues will start out the same, but you’ll be able to read for yourself when they start branching off to their respective endings. it’s pretty cool, i must say.
she’ll have them both posted soon!
with the endings posted, rumor has it will finally have come to an end.
oh, and she’s gonna be posting a Q&A after all is said and done, for anything that still hasn’t been answered or just in general. now that the series will be over, there’s no reason for her to remain mysterious.
isn’t she the sweetest?
please put in a good word for me and tell her i didn’t slack off in being a fourth-wall-breaker MC.
i think i’ve said all that i’ve been instructed to say, so i’ll leave you with this final thing.
it was awesome to speak with you! on behalf of kiro, thank you for sticking through rumor has it, amidst her spontaneous and intermittent scheduling! she really hopes you enjoyed the series.
and with that, concludes my job here as an MC. i did pretty good, if i do say so myself. noya, out!
oh and another thing before i wrap things up completely—expect something related to saudade soon. ;)
wait fuck i don’t think i was allowed to say that
LOL YOLO OKAY BYE
so, with that said,
what ending is right for you, y/n?
will you forgive hajime iwaizumi?
or will your future not be foreseen with him by your side?
the choice is yours.
so, choose wisely.
LOL JK, both endings will be posted so when the time comes you can just choose which ending to read whenever you want.
✧ ｡ synopsis : though hajime has reassured you time and time again that you two attending different schools would be plenty manageable in your guys’ relationship, your imagination is left to wander when he slowly begins to ghost you.
જ — a/n : i think it’s very characteristic of me to post the finale off schedule but after a long ride, we’ve reached the end… or have we?
the only reason why you wanted first say in what you two were going to be discussing was solely because you didn’t trust the determination written clear on his face. it held you a bit on edge, yet he showed no reaction to your uneasiness. maybe he was expecting this, but it was all the more reason why you needed to get what you wanted to say in first.
unfortunately, you didn’t have much in mind you wanted to say. either way, you were at a loss. “i don’t know if i’ve put into words just how confused you’ve made me since… all of this started,” you began, taking it slow for your own sake—some extra time for thoughts to process. hajime kept his mouth sealed shut, but by the looks of his shaky hands folded together in front of him on the table, he still had jittery nerves. that gave you some relief. you needed at least some control in this situation.
“i would’ve never thought of me moving schools as anything long distance. we’re literally in the same prefecture. you drove me to karasuno everyday! i could easily see you every weekend, and you know i’d always be happy to cancel other events to be with you. you’ve been the one for me for as long as i can remember. i don’t know why that changed.” once the ball started rolling, you needed to be honest with yourself, and with him. this conversation should’ve happened long ago—at least it’s better than never. you felt strangely brave in that moment, being able to open up about everything you had been thinking about. even if you hadn’t prepared everything properly, at least you had enough in you to give him a piece of your mind.
“i understand that me switching schools for our last year may have been hard on you,” you continued, keeping your eyes firmly glued to his. “i missed seeing you everyday. i was also guilty of missing being able to see your face at any given moment. but at least i knew that if i missed you, all i had to do was take out my phone and send a text, or even call. i’d be able to hear from you, just like that. i’d be able to tell you that i miss you, and we’d go out together until the evening. we could do that as many times as you needed, hajime. i wanted to be able to see you everyday. we could’ve made that happen, and you know that just as well as i do.”
“i know that now,” you heard him murmur under his breath, a deep sigh escaping his lips. “i came to that understanding too late.”
“i wouldn’t have even cared about your so-called family friend of yours.” that wasn’t completely true—you’d still make sure that nothing would happen between the two, but of course you would never restrict him from seeing people. but now that you knew just how vile someone could be, you had every right to be even more on edge. “all you had to do was talk to me, hajime. communicate. the same thing we’ve done for countless years, even before we started going out. all i wanted was for you to trust me. tell me that you’re worried, concerned about us. tell me how you’re feeling. i don’t care if you seem overly clingy or possessive or whatever bullshit excuse you want to spew. you’re not perfect. i know that, because i’m not perfect either.”
you caught yourself beginning to raise your voice. heads began to turn, causing you to pause for a moment. iwaizumi sat with shock in his features, both impressed and fearful of all you’ve said so far. whatever thoughts were running through his brain, he’d have to wait his turn to dish out everything he wanted you to know. this was your moment. you deserved this, more than anyone.
“you’re not perfect,” you repeated, “and neither am i. you always remind me that even with my imperfections, i was worthy of love. your love. but you never let me say that it goes the same way for you, too.”
“y/n…” he started off with your name, but you held up a hand to interrupt.
“but this goes beyond imperfections,” you continued, getting past your first round of thoughts. “this goes beyond mistakes, beyond little quirks that i could easily skim over. you went behind my back because of your insecurities, and regardless if you understood what you were doing or not, you began pursuing someone who wasn’t me. i don’t know if you’d consider it cheating, but you betrayed my trust. you lied to me, hajime. who knows what would’ve happened if i never ended up finding out the way i did? would i be sitting here having this conversation with you right now? maybe i’d be sitting at home, crying into my pillow that i never knew how you were feeling because you never tried reaching out to me.”
“i never realized just how much…” iwaizumi spoke up softly, his lips pressed together in between phrasing. “i didn’t know that this affected you so much. i’m really, truly sorry. i don’t know how many times i have to say it, but i’ll say and do anything to prove it.”
“that’s not the point, hajime. that’s not my point at all.” you snapped at him, causing him to stop anything else he was going to say next. “i know you’re sorry, you don’t have to spell it out for me. you proved that to me the last time we spoke like this. i’ve known you long enough to figure out when you’re honest and when you’re not.”
“then what is the—”
“my point is that your actions now reflect our outcome in the future.” after weeks of beating around the bush, this was it. this had to be it. this is what you needed to tell him. “this is small scale, hajime. nothing about this is long distance. so what would happen if we actually tried? you’re going abroad, i know you’ve had your eyes set on america. i’d never stop you, but what’s going to happen then? to us? could we really handle distance on an international scale? international. it won’t be just not seeing each other outside of school hours. we won’t be able to see each other, ever.”
“i know.” he nodded. “i’ve thought about it, a lot.”
“it’s going to take more than just thinking about it to actually do something about it,” you retorted. “i want to believe that we’d do okay, but as far as things turned out, obviously i was wrong. more than wrong.”
“do you know where we stand, then?” iwaizumi stared at you long and hard, his eyes holding no malice yet steeled, searching in yours for answers. “how do you feel about us?”
simple words, yet you paused. any rhythm you had dissipated into thin air, now that he was backing you into a corner about the one thing you were supposed to be thinking about since taking time away from reaching out to one another. any conclusion you could’ve reached was much harder than you anticipated. to drop your first love would be putting yourself first, and would certainly be the right thing to do, would it not?
would it really be that easy to never see hajime again? to drop everything you two had?
“i don’t know.” your eyes drifted to the floor below your booth, twiddling your fingers in between your lap. “i don’t know, i want to make the right decision and not regret it. but i’ll end up having regrets either way.”
"y/n, please look at me.” his voice was tender, and you listened to him. hajime looked at you with a smile, but you saw the sadness pooling within the emeralds of his eyes. “for your sake, make the right decision. you know what it is. if you can’t make that decision, i think it’s best if i make that decision for you.”
your heart dropped to your stomach. what?
“hajime,” you breathed, sitting up straighter. you felt chills run down your spine as he, too, sat up straighter—as if preparing himself. “what are you—”
“while you did some reflecting,” he began, “i, too, was doing some thinking about myself, and how i could provide in our relationship. but clearly, i haven’t been doing anything for our relationship. quite the opposite.”
you couldn’t process what he was trying to say. he had taken over the spotlight. “i didn’t know i’d react so badly to you not being with me,” he continued, watching your panicked silence, “and acted immaturely. it was a moment of weakness i could’ve easily talked to you about, but i thought that i’d be selfish by adding more to your plate by pushing my problem onto you. that was wrong of me, and i know that now. i always tell you to put your problems on me when you need someone to lean on, yet i always forget that it should be a two way street.”
“where are you… where are you going with this?”
this wasn’t what you had in mind at all. watching hajime iwaizumi understand the full weight of his actions, and forcibly trying to make things right by…
no. he’s not really going to…?
“i didn’t want to come to this decision. i knew that i would get hurt, and you as well. i really, really didn’t want to do this.” he pressed his lips together, swallowing a nervous lump in your throat. you felt your stomach arise angrily like crashing waves, feeling queasy and sick to the gut. “but after talking to someone about this, i realized that even if i made up with you—and by some miracle, have a second chance—i don’t know how i’d be able to handle being in a different country, time zone, environment.”
talking to someone. a realization popped into your head.
“suga,” you whispered. “you talked to him?”
hajime’s eyes widened slightly, before slowly nodding his head. “i did.”
“what did he say?”
“things that should’ve been common sense.” he paused momentarily. “if i asked for a second chance now, i know i’d end up blowing it in a matter of a few months. i originally wanted to ask for a second chance, but after reaching out to him and doing some more thinking, i realized that asking for a second chance now would not benefit either of us. you especially.”
the more you listened to him speak, the more you felt like crawling out of your skin. it was an out of body experience—something you wanted to run away from. “hajime, i don’t know what you’re trying to say.”
“yes you do, y/n. i know you better than that.”
“please,” you then pleaded, your eyes in a frenzy and your breath panicky. “please tell me what you’re trying to say.”
there sat your boyfriend, his eyes watery and his hands clenched tightly into fists as to not cause a scene. he was right—you saw this coming. even from miles away, you knew it was over.
“i don’t deserve a second chance,” he mumbled, any energy devoid from his body. “i don’t deserve you, not with how i’ve been acting since you’ve switched schools. i’m not ready for a long distance relationship, and i’d hurt you. since the beginning, that’s the last thing i ever want to do, but all i’ve done since this year started is hurt you, even if it was never my intention.”
the words echoed. ringing in your ears like a blow horn. whatever nightmare this was, you wanted out. but no matter how hard you could pinch yourself, you wouldn’t wake up from reality.
“this means… we’re really breaking up for good, aren’t we?”
now that you said it, it was like it had been manifested into reality. neither of you liked the sound of it—with all the time you spent together, even when you two were just friends, it was always you two against the world. the natural click you and hajime bonded over was something soulmates wished they had. the two young children who could spend hours alone and talk about every corner of the world would’ve never been able to guess a simple school change would be the end of something beautiful.
“i believe that time away from each other would be best,” he responded after a moment’s hesitation. “for both of us.”
you really didn’t know how to properly react. truthfully, you would’ve been able to react better to him begging for a second chance—not him pursuing a break up. you should’ve been on board with this.
thiswas the conclusion you were thinking of, weren’t you?
was there a part of you that would’ve overruled your better judgement and taken him back?
“i really wish it didn’t have to be this way,” you admitted, feeling your stomach churn in storms. you really didn’t—he hurt you, but he never had ill intentions. it was a series of unfortunate events that occurred one after the other. you cursed the universe for putting you in such a predicament.
“i have one more thing to say,” he added, watching as you hesitated on standing up. “and i want you to answer truthfully. please.”
what else was there to say? everything was already said and done. one more minute spent here and you’d probably break down—something you really weren’t in the mood to do.
“hajime, i don’t know what else—”
“you never let me answer your question,” he intercepted, carefully reaching a hand out to stop you from leaving. “i want to follow up on that.”
one last thing, you thought to yourself. at this point, you’d had enough. you glanced at tooru out the window, who had his back against the two of you. you envisioned yourself sprinting out the door and into his arms, wanting nothing more than to just escape. leave.
“one last thing, hajime.” the pain in your voice was clear. “then i think it’s best to go our separate ways.”
“you asked if we were breaking up for good,” he then responded. “and i only responded with that it would be best for us to spend time away from each other. for each of our sakes.”
“you did.” that was obvious enough. “i don’t know where you’re going with this.”
he reached out his hand on the table, palm facing upwards. an invitation for you to place your hand in his. your heart lurched out of your chest.
“i love you, y/n. i really do.” you looked into his eyes and felt your stomach flutter. you knew hajime, and that all-knowing look in his eyes—he meant every word. “i will work to better myself. i swear it. you may not believe me now, but i’ll live up to that promise—not just for your sake, but for myself as well.”
a dramatic confession. what a way to get the waterworks going. and as you lifted a hand to your eye, you noticed it was working.
“in the near distant future, if we happen to cross paths again one day—i want to know, truthfully—” you held your breath, and he spoke his next few words with a puffed chest.
