#tanaka x you

Pairing:  Tanaka x Reader. Look at me go! Suitable for all y’all! Males, females, non binary and any other fellow companions, come get your wholesome meal!
Characters:  Tanaka Ryūnosuke
Rating: SFW with teensy weensy themes
Content:wholesome tings, protective boi, lil smoochy smooch, what a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty good man 

Tanaka is an underrated KING. My absolute baby! MWAH! JUST… GIVE HIM LOVE Y’ALL GAH DAMN

This is after the time skip meaning Tanaka is over 18 :)

Hageshī Sasori, the Fierce Scorpions. A professional volleyball team based in Osaka. 

Ever since high school you had a passion for the sport, a sort of love that couldn’t be explained. It was only when you’d hit the peak, flying through the air, that you’d truly experience a sort of high that couldn’t be replicated. With everyone on the edge of their seat, you could feel the rush that flowed through your veins that pushed you further to reach for that next point. 
It was utterly… magical. 
Which is why you knew you couldn’t stop.

“Let’s go Ha-geshī Sa-sori!” The cheers of dedicated fans echo through the overly large stadium. 
Sweat trickles down your forehead, chest heaving. Your trained eyes fixated on the ball that slices through the air. 
“Set point! Hit ‘em with the stinger Y/N!”
A voice screams from the stands. It was your final move. As the ace of the team, you had your own secret weapons. One was especially favoured by your fans, the one they called ‘The Stinger’. It earned the name from its ability to pierce through most blocks of your opponents.
Your legs ache but it was nothing that could strip your attention, you’re too far into the zone to be distracted. One glance over to your captain and you see them nod, granting approval to take the last point.
You leap, arm ready to swing down at the ball and cut through the opposing team’s defence. 
A blaring slam against the polished floors ricochets against the walls. As you fall back to your feet, your eyes widen. You did it. Your team took the victory.
Your fellow members scream with euphoria and leap onto you, burying you in a pile of sweatied bodies. The entire stadium erupts into roars of cheering.

“Great work today guys! That was incredible!” Your overly bubbly coach beams at the smiling faces before them.
You wipe the back of your neck with the hand towel that seemed to live on your shoulders. You grin to yourself, still trying to catch your own breath. 
“HEYYY!” You hear a familiar voice scream. You turn towards it, unsurprised at the joyous face of Tanaka Ryūnosuke, your number 1 fan and dedicated boyfriend. 
“Hey stud, how’s it hangin’?” You ask before taking a swig of your now room-temperature water.
Tanaka wraps his arms around your waist and hoists you up into the air. “THAT WAS AMAZING! YOU DID SO WELL!” Surely enough, he hasn’t changed at all since high school. 
You lay your arms on his shoulders and look down at him with a wide smile. “Thank you baby.” You giggle, planting a quick kiss on his lips. “But you should probably let go of me, I’m all sweaty and gross.”
“Nope. Not letting you, you’re gonna have to pry me off.” He tightens his grip on you, nuzzling his face into your ribs. 
“Okay okay!” You laugh, cupping the sides of his face. “Pretty please let me down, I gotta thank people for coming.” 
Tanaka huffs yet disgruntledly lets you go, only to snatch your hand in his. “Mine.” He says, squeezing you just that little bit more to stake his claim on you.

“Geez babe, anyone would think you’re my bodyguard the way you’re watching over me.” You joke, nudging him in the side with your elbow. 
“Sorry not sorry. I’m protecting what’s mine.” He states proudly whilst puffing out his chest, staring down anyone who dares to even look your way. 
“Wow what a cute couple, down for a poly?” A distinct high-pitched voice hollers from behind you.
You laugh, already knowing who it is. “For you Nishinoya? Of course.” You say, spinning on your heels to face him. 
Tanaka releases your hand to give his old friend a bear hug. “Where you been my dude? I thought you were going to Italy.” 
“I was but I heard Y/N was playing and I had to see before I left.” Nishinoya gleams, throwing his arms in the air. “And you did awesome!” He yells excitedly. 
“Thanks Noya.” You say, ruffling his hair. 

“Hi uh Y/N is it?” A voice calls from behind you as you feel gentle taps on your shoulder.
You turn to them. “That would be me, how can I help you?”
Your eyes take note of the figure, it’s a tall man that seemed rather anxious to talk to you. You soften your look in an attempt to comfort them. 
Tanaka, too involved in his conversation with Noya, doesn’t quite notice. 
“I just wanted to say that I’m a big fan, I used to see your games back in high school. You’ve really come a long way.”
You smile brightly at them. “Why thank you! It’s a relief to know I’ve improved and I’m not just recycling old moves.”
The man laughs nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. His eyes can’t seem to catch yours as he stares at the ground. “Yeah… I also wanted to ask you for your number–?”
Tanaka’s ears prick up as the words fall from the mans mouth. He instantly spins around and wraps his arm around your waist. “Sorry there buddy but, they’re taken.” He tries to keep his playful tone for your sake but ultimately fails. 
Nishinoya stands beside you and glares at him. “Yeah move it along pal!”
It’s no surprise the both of them are so protective, they had been that way all through high school. Never letting anyone come anywhere near you. 
You pray that the man will just take his pardon and leave. 
“I’m pretty sure they can speak for themselves.” He states, crossing his arms.
You sigh, mentally preparing yourself for whatever is going to come next.
“Oh it’s like that?!” Tanaka says, rolling his shoulders back in an attempt to intimidate him.
“So you wanna go after our precious Y/N and then stay when you’re clearly not wanted here?!” Nishinoya says, rolling up his sleeves. 

“I’m just saying, if they really wanted me to leave they’d tell me.” He’s not helping his case. The man plants his feet, refusing to leave from his spot.
“Oh geez…” You mutter under your breath. “Okay guys let’s back up a little huh?”
“Those asswipes started it.” The man says in a way that brings you back to early childhood of ‘he did this’ ‘she did that’.
“Who are you calling an asswipe?!” Tanaka asks, getting right up into his face. 
“Tanaka, heel.” You say gripping him by his shirt collar. “Noya, you too. Don’t think I forgot about you, ya little gremlin.” It never really mattered what you’d say, the boys typically listened to you. They both step back. 
“We’re backing down for their sake. Not yours.” Tanaka growls, eyeing him off as much as he can before you drag him away. 

You watch as Nishinoya stays in his place, keeping guard of you from a distance. The man keeps his eyes glued on the two of you. Tanaka flashes a quick grimace his way before gripping your cheeks and planting a kiss on on your lips. 
He slides his hands down your hips and pulls you in closer to him, pressing you against his body. You graze your hand over the back of his neck to deepen the kiss. 
He pulls away and looks back over, the man seems to be fuming while Nishinoya laughs and cheers you on. Tanaka grins cheekily and returns his attention back to you.
“You sly shit.” You say as you shake your head with a smile. 
“Gotta let the people know what’s mine.” He says before laying a gentle kiss on your nose. “Take the day off tomorrow, you’re spending it with me…”

Okay so I’ve set this up for a part 2 but it’s really up to you guys if you wanna know what happens next. If that’s the case, then it’ll most likely be NSFW kghjfd.
Anyways, Tanaka supremacy <3

Reader:F
Character: Ryūnosuke Tanaka
Rating:G
Summary: His kisses tasted like chocolate ice cream. When you snuck out of your house to go skateboarding with Tanaka and Nishinoya, you alway got ice cream from the freezer of the corner store. 
Warning:Fluff, Confessions
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His kisses tasted like chocolate ice cream. When you snuck out of your house to go skateboarding with Tanaka and Nishinoya, you alway got ice cream from the freezer of the corner store. 

So when you kissed Tanaka he tasted like his favourite swirl flavour. He often let the remainder of the ice cream to kiss you under the streetlights in the park. Meanwhile Nishinoya was grinding across the edges of the fountain. 

  “Maybe one day she’ll get it.” You said as you cupped his cheek, “You’re pretty remarkable, Ryū.” You wiped some ice cream off the corner of his mouth before you went in for another kiss.

He kissed you again. You two weren’t technically together, you just existed in each other’s orbit. You spent far too much time together, that all you had to do was say the words and you’d be together. But you tried not to get your hopes up about the situation. You saw the way he looked at Kiyoko and in all fairness you could never compete with that. 

You could never be her, so you just existed in this grey zone until he got tired of you. But as the school year started to wind down, what started out as a few kisses here and there has turned into this long term position in this grey zone. 

Tanaka placed a hand on your bare knee and continued to kiss you. Your hand carded through his short hair. You wanted to be with him, even though he was loud at times, a little over the edge. He made you melt like the ice cream he forgot about tonight. 

The sound of a skateboard hitting the concrete as you kissed under the low light of the park. You didn’t understand what he wanted, or his intentions. You were in this limbo that pained you but the thought of losing Tanaka hurt more. This could end tomorrow but you’d still cherish the moments you spent together.

How he smiled when he bought you ice cream, how he invited you over the study. How you helped him in English and he tried his best to help you with math. It was like a little fantasy you lived that had a habit of breaking when he ever Kiyoko’s name left his lips. 

You didn’t hate her, you weren’t that pathetic. But the green monster inside of you often sprouted up whenever she was around. You were nice, friendly actually. You just wished she finally saw what you saw in Tanaka. 

He pulled away and laid out on the grass fully, his skateboard beside him. He pushed it back and forth with his hand as he looked up at the blank sky. “So, uh.” He said, refusing to meet your gaze. 

  “Yeah?” You asked as you pulled your knees closer to you. It was never a good sign when he got nervous. 

  “We gotta talk about something.” He said. 

  “Oh?”

  “Yeah. About this, um. The kissing and junk.” He said, still not meeting your gaze. His eyes firmly connected with the night sky. He continued to roll his skateboard back and forth. 

Your heart started to clench. This was it. He was going to break things off. This was all over. You felt yourself grow cold as he remained silent for a few moments. You managed to respond, “Yeah about it.”

There was a long stretch of silence between you two. Nishinoya’s skateboard was farther away now, obvious out of ear’s reach as to not hear your heartbreak. He knew what was going on and how you felt about Tanaka. 

  “It’s been really fun. I like kissing you a lot.” He started then stopped. He swallowed, “Why is this so hard to say.”

You laid there in silence for a moment. You wanted to cry, you knew this was going to happen but it didn’t make it hurt any less. You were losing him, he was leaving once and for all. He was finished with you. You should’ve known but still it left an ache in you. 

  “I understand Ryū.” You said, “You want to put your efforts into Kiyoko. I can’t blame you, I-”

He reached out and looked over to you with his other hand and grabbed your wrist, “Who said anything about her?”

You blinked at him, “Isn’t this about you not wanting to do this anymore. You want to be with her and whatever.” Your heart was racing. What was going on?

He shook his head, “No, she’s actually dating someone else. She told me to keep it quiet, but it’s not someone on the team. That rejection put some stuff in perspective.”

  “And what’s that?” You asked, your heart lodged in your throat. 

  “That I want to be with you.” He responded, he sat up and continued to hold your hand, “I’ve been a real jerk and I should be treating you better. I like you, and I want to keep doing this but make it official. Like a real couple. I want you to be my girl.” And he squeezed your hand, “So what do you say?”

You blinked at him, “Is this a joke?”

He shook his head, “No, I mean it. I was so obsessed with her that I didn’t seen the one I wanted to be with. You’re not a second pick, I was just stupid.” He leaned closer, “I mean it.”

You blushed deeply, “Oh, Ryū!” You threw your arms around him and pulled him into a deep hug, “Of course I’ll be your girlfriend!” And you felt him hug you back, “Of course! Of course!”

He beamed and kissed the side of your head then held you for a few moments. He snuggled up beside you, “Yes! Yes!” He howled as he threw his head back and the laughed.

You then kissed once more and you heard Nishinoya skate back towards you two. He was laughing too, having heard the confirmation of Tanaka’s confession, his two best friends were now dating. He threw himself on top of both of you and the three of you laughed. 

This was the start of the most mega awesome cool perfect relationship between you and Tanaka.