genre: a cliché title for a cliché story, love triangle between the miya twins, a tiny angst??, mutual pining maybe??, slowburn???, but mostly something light and fluffy and crack
setting: third year of high school, inarizaki high
wc: 1.5k
warnings: none
Right person, wrong timing.
It had always been like that with Atsumu. Ever since you got to know him, the chemistry between you two was just right. Even if none of you had confessed, you both know that the feelings are mutual. Heck, even the entire volleyball team knows you and Atsumu are head over heels for each other.
But the timing was just never right. At least not before. But now that the two of you are seniors, him going to v-league and you to university, mayhaps this time, nothing else can stop the two of you.
*Flashback*
First year of high school.
It bummed you so much that you ended up in the worst class of your year. You were aiming to be in class 7, but because you were sleep-deprived when you took your entrance exam, you didn’t realize that your answers were one space off; which earned you a place in class 1. But it wasn’t as bad as you thought. Being seatmates with Samu and Suna, you naturally got closer with them. At first you thought you wouldn’t click as you have opposing interests, but they’re actually very chill and shares the same vibe as you.
Before you know it, you’ve been spending your Saturdays in the Miya’s household together with Rintarou playing some Xbox and eating some chips. Although you’ve always seen Atsumu in the hallways and you’re close to his twin, it wasn’t until you’ve visited their house that you’ve really spoken to him.
“Whose that nerd?” Was the first thing you’ve heard the moment you step foot in their house. There’s nothing wrong with being a nerd, but Atsumu’s tone was just so condescending and judgy that it pissed you off so much. Besides, you don’t even look like a nerd.
“Y/N, meet the inferior twin and my asshole of a brother, Atsumu. Atsumu, meet Y/N.” Osamu said as he takes off his shoes.
“Oh, hey Y/N.” Atsumu said again, this time more politely.
Instead of acknowledging Atsumu, you decided to be passive-aggressive and speak to the superior twin.
“Dang, samu, how the heck can you tolerate someone like him?” You said loud enough which made Samu smirked and Atsumu’s face crumpled.
“Hey! I heard that!” Atsumu said loudly. Meanwhile Suna is already in the sofa choosing which game to play.
“You started it!” You shouted back.
*End of flashback*
Since then, it’s as if you and Atsumu can’t and won’t stop bickering, even in the stupidest things. Before you know it, he’s already making you laugh. Before you know it, your usual hangouts of four became just you and him. Before you know it, you’ve fallen head over heels for him. Second year came, and finally, you moved to the advanced class. Despite that, you’re still close with Samu and Rin; but your bond with Atsumu was simply incomparable.
But you never dared make any move, and neither did he. Both of you were too career-focused, him with volleyball, you with academics. You knew deep inside that making a move will just ruin the wonderful bond you have right now.
You were brought back to reality when you heard Atsumu called your name.
“Y/N!” He shouted through the hallways.
And there he was, the most beautiful person you’ve ever known. Your lips automatically flashed a wide grin at the sight of him.
“Tsumu!”
You saw him pushing his hair back as he walked towards you. You know him so well that you know he’s doing that to look cool. Well, it was cool, until he tripped over his untied shoelace that turned his face a deep shade of crimson and you bursting out laughing.
“H-hey, y-you okay?” You said between your laughs. It was coming to the point that you can’t breathe anymore.
“J-just help me up, ‘kay?!”
“Oh, dear Atsumu. You’re already in your third year and you’re still just as lame.”
“S-shut up! I’m not lame! I’m the captain of the volleyball team.”
“Yeah, sure, let’s just say that.” You said as you two sat in a bench on the schoolgrounds.
“Hey!”
“Anyway, have you chosen which team are you going to? Are you going to the same team as Rin? I heard from him that it’s division one.” You changed the subject before Atsumu starts another bickering session.
“Nah, Raijin’s in Hiroshima. That’s too far.”
“So you’re just gonna choose a lesser team ‘cause you don’t wanna leave this place?” You know he wouldn’t do this. But you just love to tease and edge him every chance you get.
“Who says I’m choosing a lesser team? If there’s really no good team here then of course I’ll leave. But it just so happens that I received an offer from MSBY, also a division one. And they’re based here.” He said as a smirk formed in his face.
“So… you’re choosing MSBY?”
“Yeah. Their spikers seem pretty to play with. I can’t wait to use Oliver Barnes! And even if he’s a dramatic ass, I wanna try playing with Bokuto too.” He said as his eyes light up talking about the sport he loved most, which made you smile. You could listen to him talk about volleyball all day.
“Why is it so hard for you to leave Kansai anyway?” You asked out of curiosity.
“There’s a lot of reasons to stay.” He said as he stares at your eyes intently and sincerely, which made your heart race. You didn’t want to assume, but he’s saying it as if youare one of the reasons he’s staying.
“A-anyway! I have an interview in Osaka Uni next week!” You said as you wanted to cut off the tension that’s forming.
“Really? Congrats! Though I’ve always known you’d get it!” And to your surprise, he hugged you.
“Tsumu! It’s just an interview! It doesn’t mean that I’m already in!”
“Whatever, the moment they see how impressive you are, I know you’re already in.”
“Tch. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, shall we?”
Your conversation was cut off when the school bell rang, signaling the end of the 10-minute break.
“Hey Tsumu, let go!” You said as he was still hugging you.
“Now that we’re finally achieving our dreams, I think it’s time we talk about us.” He whispered, and then kissed your forehead, before quickly walking away, leaving you dumbfounded in the middle of schoolgrounds.
You were five minutes late to class, but you didn’t pay no mind. You didn’t even know how you walked. All you know is that you’re in cloud nine and you’re floating.
You were smiling like a fool all throughout the day. When lunchtime came, you and Atsumu were unusually quiet and would just steal glances at each other, then smile afterwards as the five of you (You, Suna, The Twins, and Ginjima) eat together.
“Did something happen between the two of you?” Ginjima asked, pertaining to you two.
“Nothing.”
“Not at all.”
The two of you said simultaneously. Realizing you said it at the same time, you and Atsumu grinned at each other again.
“Oh, shut up. Something happened. What is it?” Suna followed up.
“It’s nothing, really. I just got an interview from Osaka University.” And Atsumu kissed me in the forehead. You said, trying your best not to look too happy.
“Aye! Congrats!” Ginjima said as you brofist the three of them.
“How about you? Why are YOU so happy?” Samu asked his twin suspiciously.
“Geez! Is it a crime to be happy now?!” Atsumu’s dramatic ass counters.
“I decided I’m going to MSBY!”
“Damn, that means you’re still saying here?” Samu.
“Oh shut up, Samu! I know you can’t live without me!”
“Pretty sure YER the one who can’t live without me.”
*****
It was long after lunch and you were on your way to the Science lab, your last class of the day. When you reached the lab, you were surprised to see Osamu standing just beside the door, the top three buttons of his shirt unopened.
“Samu! What are you doing here?”
“I was waiting for you.”
“Waiting for me, why?”
“I wanted to borrow a pencil.”
“You do realize you could have just borrowed one of your classmates, right?”
“Well, you have the best pencil collection…”
“Tch. Here you go. Now go back to class before you get late.”
“Yes Ma’am. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to learn a lot.” Samu said as he opened the door for you while smirking.
Then suddenly your heart was beating crazy and your knees was weakening. You know Samu is not the smiley type, but in your two years of friendship, you have seen him smile and smirk from time to time, so it wasn’t an unusual sight to see.
So WHY, after many, many months, are you going crazy over Osamu’s smile like a fool? Is it because he shares the same face as atsumu? Or worse, did you just develop a crush on him?
Oh Gosh.
And for the first time since senior year started, you didn’t listen to what your teacher was explaining.
I love Matilda because it's a story about a child who sees injustice around her and gets mad about it and questions why things aren't fair, and instead of the ending being that she learns how the world works and that life isn't fair, she catapults one of the adults who abused her out of a building with her mind
I FINALLY WATCHED HAIKYUU KARANEKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SPOILERS INCOMING
FIRST OF ALL THE ANIMATION AND MISIC WAS FLAWLESS!!!!
But!!!! Somehow it felt like a movie because it was a movie. Where scenes in a tv show would be dramatised it wasnt in the movie :(((
That last part where the camera switch to kenma’s pov… CHEF’S KISS!!!!!
But like i said… i miss the times where the y dramatised stuff… :(
This is def had a different feel from the tv show but i still loved it i guess
But at the same time i dont understand why they couldn’t do a tv show. Season 5 consisting of karaneko and kamomedai, then season 6 with brazil and msby arc. The pacing would have been perfect :((
something about the way kindaichi, kunimi, and kageyama all being like. really messed up over the reality that the other party could be anything other than they percieved of them for 3 years
what happened during the karasuno/inarizaki rematch??? like how did inarizaki countered the freak quick? how did karasuno countered miya's freak quick this time? did kinoshita got his hero moment??
who was the interhigh champion destined for nationals during kagehina's 3rd year?? who?? who?? who?? (i have a feeling its either stz or aoba johsai)
WHO WON BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND JAPAN HOT DANG (im better argentina but we never know ughhhhhhh)
The game between them was so incredibly hype and I nearly lost my breath at multiple moments. I love both of these teams and honestly its just so hard to choose a winner, but I felt like the actual outcome wasn't the best?
I dunno I generally thought that many of the results (anime only) of the games were pretty realistic for the most part, with karasuno vs shiratorizawa toeing the line but the struggle made sense there.
The issue came with the karasuno vs inarizaki game, which I thought should fairly go to ina? Maybe I'm missing something fundamentally wrong with their team (other than their cheering section and insane lack of communication sometimes) but they were 2nd seeded in the interhigh nationals while karasuno was beat in the semis of their prefectural tourney. It just doesn't make sense to me that karasuno honed their skills that much leading up to the spring nationals, otherwise ina should have been beaten by many other teams no?
Also, after looking closely, ina's team is pretty much an upgraded version of karasuno. Atsumu was known as the "#1 high school setter" and his synergy with Osamu was freaky, Aran was a top 5 spiker, Suna had crazy blocking, Akagi was a mad cool libero, Kita was a defense oriented captain, and their pinch server was an adorably nervous first year.
Sound familiar? They're basically karasuno upgraded (right now... polished karasuno would slay so hard)
Karasuno winning against Inarizaki kinda shocked me because I was sure they were gonna lose and then come back for redemption the next year, but instead the opposite ended up happening. As of right then in the anime, I felt that ina was the better team and probably would have won that match.
Although, I do understand why karasuno had to win, cause they were playing nekoma next, and no one wants to miss the battle at the garbage dump. I'd be upset if we didn't get to the current team with all the third years play against their rivals, so I suppose I could let it pass.
Even so, I do think realistically Inarizaki should have won that match. Thoughts?
