I want to apologise for disappearing off here and letting this blog die. It wasnât because my love for KnB disappeared, quite the contrary! I actually made a KnB RP server over on Discord, and well, moved myself off Tumblr and onto Discord. Thatâs why Iâve been so inactive on all of my accounts here.Â
But, I wanna change that. There is a lot I need to do for that to happen, however. That mainly requires me going through each of the blogs I still have up and redoing all of them. This will take, well, a very long time. Not sure how long, but Iâll try and not have it take years xD
For now, Iâve started easy and more or less redone my writers blog. Next, Iâll be starting on this blog or my main - which I changed a while back, I believe. For those who are still around, well hi! It sure has been a while, but I hope this blog can still interest you slightly.Â
There will be another remodelling of this account, so hereâs youâre little pre-warning to that. See you all soon! <3
âIn this world, winning is everything. Winners are affirmed completely, and losers are denied completely. Iâve never lost at anything before, and I never will. Because I always win, and I am always right. I show no mercy to those who oppose me. Not even my own parents.â
So recently Iâve started poking at this fandom again and reading a lot of meta and checking out Pixiv and gosh. Itâs making me all sorts of nostalgic and melancholic.
I remember when I first started reading this manga back in 2011, back when scans only got up to Volume 12-ish and I pieced through the rest of the story on Baidu up to Akashiâs first official appearance in the manga. There were only about 10 or so fics in FF.net, just one tiny comm on LJ (and a closed one at that, which my lurker self kept far away from) with an even tinier anon fic/kink meme that had one page of comments, no AO3 presence of course, and while I hadnât lurked on Pixiv at the time I distinctively remember being in Japan that fall and being oh so excited at actually finding a Kuroko no Basuke doujin anthology in Book Off (and there was only that one doujin anthology too, in all the Book Offs) - not a surprise since Ketto.com tells me there had only been two Kuroko no Basuke specific doujin events up âtil then (and only four puchi ones too).
Now there are some four thousand fics on FF.net, more than a thousand on AO3 (which is pretty amazing for an anime/manga based series), 300,000+ items with that tag on Pixiv, and Ketto.com shows a bunch of doujin events coming up despite the threats. Look how far weâve come from that tiny no-name series⊠;_;
All reminiscing aside, I have found so much nice meta; Iâm so happy (áŠÂŽâĄ`áŠ)
his stats are unreal bois,,,, imagine how much he could improve the team with his powers (mentally, physically, and his skill-stealing)
plus you canât tell me haiza wouldnât enjoy injuring people out in the open
and, the abusive thing aside, heâd get along with the team members + the dynamic pretty wellÂ
for example: haizaki doesnât like basketball. whoâs the only other dude (i think) in knb who doesnât care about the sport? seto
they can complain about practices together, like real bros do
but, out of everyone, haizaki and hara get along the best
they give each other tips on dying hair (read as: hara tells haizaki heâs going to end up bald with the way heâs going with things, and haizaki threatens to shove his middle finger up haraâs ass), and haraâs also helps haiza with his cornrows
hara also loves having haiza on the team cause he likes to yell out âzaki!â during practices and watch both haiza and yams look his way with confusion
yeah the team now has a zaki duo
and you thought your favourite team was cool?
yams and haiza, despite their pretty different personalities, end up being pretty close buds
well, pretty close buds if you ignore how pissy haiza gets when yams beats him once again in the game they were playing
anyway, in the kiridai atmosphere (with the team that stans Quirks), haizaki would thrive - heâd still be an asshole, but at least his teammates would accept him for it
this would also mean heâs more willing to attend practices, which is pretty important seeing how rocky his relationship with hanamiya is
thatâs not to say that they dislike each other but hanamiyaâs very strict about attending practices, and haiza loses his shit when heâs warned to listen to his âsenpaiâ
(thatâs right lads - haizaki would be the baby of the team. if that doesnât convince you to support this Idea, i donât know what will)
(also just imagine poor haiza when the rest of the team are in their 3rd year, about to graduate, and leaving their kouhai on his own)
back to angst-not, i think haizaki and furuhashi would also have a pretty interesting dynamic - in the sense that haizaki thinks that the second-years all homicidal and punches-people-for-fun (heâs not wrong), so he tries to impress said homicidal maniac, only to be greeted with furu looking up from watering his flowers with a clear âwhat the fuckâ in his dead fish eyes
in general, you can tell, when haiza joins the team, a lot of what he says is trying to suck up to his seniors
heâs caught between wanting to be aloof and âbad boy assholeâ, but also wanting to show the respect he feels for these fellow bad boys, these dudes that do what he does but better
heâs the most comfortable with hara (honestly who isnât), and then probably yams, then seto, then furu, hanamiya, and finally matsumoto
âwhyâs he so uncomfortable around matsumoto?â i hear you ask, âsurely dudeâs the lame guy tm - whatâs there to be scared of?â
well, the thing about matsumoto is that haiza canât read him in the slightest
the first time they met it was when haiza was being introduced to the team, and he caught matsumotoâs eyes, and matsumoto stared, and walked off as if he couldnât give a shit
which he couldnâtÂ
but yeah, theyâve never exchanged more than âoh can you pass me the ballâ or something, and matsumotoâs made it pretty obvious he couldnât care less about haizakiâs existence
which makes it a little awkward for haizaki, who consequently gets pissy, but thereâs nothing some good aggressive play to get it out of your system
so thatâs that. @ fujimaki let haizaki join the kiridai team or let me die fighting
(lads my asks are open for anything involving haizaki + the boys at the moment - imma be tagging it as #kirihaizaki if anyoneâs interested)Â
I just found out that Aomine scaring Kise's fans is canon. It was when they were joining the rally whatever match in Teiko. I always thought it only happened in fanfictionsđđâ€
6th G of Replace V or An Actual Translation This Time
Alternative title: In which Imayoshi is terrifying and Aomine sure is lucky heâs so good at basketball or just think what could have happened to him.
Apparently there arenât any plans to translate the Imayoshi and Hanamiya chapter; which is a real pity because this chapter really deserves one. So I decided to do it. Mind you, I donât know much about the translating side of fandom, so if someone was going to translate it/has translated it, please accept my sincere apologies orz
First things first, please imagine that Imayoshi is speaking in his kansai dialect during all of his dialogue. Thank you.
Edit: Thereâs now a Spanish translation based on this one here by reckonerbeats, for anyone whoâs interested.
Hello! First of all I wanna say that I really love your writing! It has me excited every time!!
I had this idea for a while and it always makes me go SOFT!
Haizaki, Imayoshi and Hanamiya (Separately) X f!reader. Like Reader would have a massive crush but it's basic friendship between them so they're really close friends/best friends. And since reader is friends with those baddies Reader usually keeps a tough front so one day Reader can't really hold it no more and Goes "Shut up and Just Hug me" while bawling her eyes out? Like I bet those baddies wouldn't know how to react but I think it would be really cute!!
Anyways Have a Good Day/Night Hun!! All the Love!!
ANON THE WAY THIS PROMPT HAS BEEN ON MY MIND THE ENTIRE 6 MONTH HIATUS, IM SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO WRITE THIS BLESS UR GENIUS MIND, but wow this prompt is so damn challenging because these 3 are assholes in their own waysâ
Also Note: these headcanons are hella long (this entire thing is collectively 19 pages long), like each feels like a whole anime arc LMAO because these three characters having a âfavorableâ reaction to the reader crying would need a ton of context, which includes: how they met, their relationship dynamics, and such⊠and these three also have their own definitions of what a âtoughâ reader is to them⊠so without further ado, I guess Iâm beginning my active status with a big bangâŠ
I would like to tag: @takatul @mihangry @nadav-ii @roppongiperfume @carinacassiopeiae @seijurosempress @kkeke99 @4kominato @bunny-girl-lia (@dust-of-fandoms | edit: it finally me tag you, and I cackled at your reblog hashtag LMAOO) and I would love to tag more people who stuck by me when I was active before, but I canât find them/tag them! This longest headcanon yet is dedicated to you all and everyone else reading this... mess~
[Tough front f!reader]
Imayoshi Shoichi
you guys probably first met as classmates
sure, there could be a possible scenario where you guys met through basketball, but even so, Imayoshi isnât the type to take note of people unless theyâre in teams Touou has faced before/has a huge reputation⊠so the chance of him actually wanting to get to know you beyond your face and name is near zero
but on the other hand, as classmates⊠1.) heâs pretty much forced to see you around every day and familiarize himself with your presence and habits regardless of what he does 2.) sharing the same class means that you both are smart smart (and someone who shares the same intellectual capacity as him is a MUST to get close to him)
good rule of thumb: the more classes you share with him (throughout the years, because the Japanese school system is quite the opposite of the American system), the faster you become closer together, because that naturally translates to more opportunities for Imayoshi to annoy you more
but half of the friendship development also requires your personality/reactions/things of that nature that might hold his intrigue for a long time
heâs met his fair share of people who have similar wit and irritability as himself, so if he met another Imayoshi-like individual⊠sure, itâs fun and entertaining as hell, but somewhat predictable in its own right since theyâre, well⊠himselfâand heâd like to think he knows himself very well (like Aomine being able to predict Kise even when he copied his basketball style of playing, for example)
imagine if there was a person out there whoâs so stone-faced, so blank and unflinching at nearly everything, yet cold and spartan
spoiler alert: itâs you
and wow, holy shitâwhenever youâre in the room, the temperature just drops several degrees celsius
everyoneâs at least wary of you, and you didnât even do anything wrongâyour presence just elicits that impression out of everyone
Imayoshi couldnât help but blow a slow whistle the first time he witnessed this with his own eyes
who wouldâve thought he found a Kuroko and an Akashi (...before he lost at the Winter Cup) in one individual⊠let alone a girl (not that he cares about gender, but heâs amused that youâre an oddity in the average Japanese societal norm of a woman)
he had to do some probing, he canât help it: the opportunity was too good to pass up
âYo!â he calls out, approaching your desk on the first day of class. âLooks like weâre seated next to each other for the year. Itâs nice to meet you, (l/n)-san.â (his polite Kansai accent never fails to stick out in the room)
you merely look at him before you went back to reading whatever book you had in your hand; he looks closer to note that youâre already getting started on the assigned book for the upcoming lessons
so what if he didnât get a welcoming reply back? thatâs fine with him; not everyoneâs friendly on the first encounter
either way, he makes himself too comfortable on his seat, stretching out his limbs before he pulled out his usual pen to twirl around out of boredom
and thatâs what happened every time he entered class, always making an over-friendly remark or two before you looked at him in silence momentarily
pretty soon, youâve stopped giving him attention completely, blatantly ignoring him when he calls out for you early in the morning
a slow grin snaked its way onto his face the first time this happened
âHow cruel, (l/n)-san! You hurt my feelings every time you donât reply to me, you know? Really now, to think my efforts for friendship get constantly snuffed mercilessly. Youâre really gonna make me cry.â
âThen cry.â
(cue everyone near you two slightly scooching their desks away in fear for their safety)
Imayoshi dropped his grin in hearing you reply for the first time
âNo oneâs stopping you,â you continued, yet your eyes were still on your own table, minding your own business, as if Imayoshi wasnât worth your attention to begin with
âYikes, youâre actually really evil,â he dryly remarked
âCry about it.â
(YOUâRE JUST KILLING HIM WITH THE STRAIGHTEST FACE, HOW IS THIS HAPPENINGâŠ)
the worst thing was, Imayoshi couldnât get a read from you one bit; normally he can âread mindsâ based on analyzing any body reaction or facial expression changes⊠but you exhibit nothing to base anything off of
Imayoshi has truly met an equal opponent for his wit, because you confirmed his assumption that you had much to say about things even if you never chose to indulge in social interactions, and itâs not like youâre bad at conversationsâyou just choose not to participate
pretty soon, he goes from giving daily âmorning greetingsâ to pestering you at EVERY given moment throughout the day in the classroom
the teacherâs busy setting up a new lesson? youâre gonna hear some comment. itâs break time? youâre enduring comments for at least 10 minutes. youâre assigned to work with your âdesk partnerâ for a class activity? you do your share of the work before giving the paper to him wordlessly⊠all while hearing his comments
âHonestly, with how much you run your mouth, Iâm very much surprised your lips havenât grown wings and flapped off of your face yet.â
youâre⊠a little impressed with his tenacity, thinking that heâd give up talking to you after realizing how fruitless his efforts would be⊠and mind you, Imayoshi was talking to a wall for nearly a damn month now, almost a month and a half
heâs a bit too patient for the wrong things, you think
âIâm flattered,â he easily shoots back with that infuriating grin. âBut they say my charm lies in my linguistic abilities. Iâm afraid I canât afford to lose them just yet.â
âThat is creepy,â you blankly deadpan at his smirk, before you return your gaze to the board⊠but you can easily feel his intense scrutiny in your peripheral vision
a day never goes by without multiple interactions like the ones described above happen
it slowly went from you ignoring him to you giving one-word responses like: âGreat.â // âHow nice.â // âRight.â // âThatâs cool.â
youâre somewhat similar to him, he notices; youâre always polite with everyone, yet thereâs always a clipped, frosty edge to your words that unsettles them
like how his politeness drips with a bit of jabs and arrogance that never truly puts anyone at ease
when Touou lost the first round at the Winter Cup, he was surprised to see you approach him the day after, and the first thing that comes out of your mouth was:
âCongratulations, Imayoshi-kun,â you said. âThat loss was a spectacular show to witness.â
âYou wound me,â he languidly sighs with his hands up in the air. âMust you rub salt in the fresh wound? Dear me, if I didnât know better, Iâd say you were checking on my well-being.â
you finally give a slow blink to indicate some type of⊠reaction, though thatâs not much at all
âYes,â was all you said. âYou are correct. Take this.â
⊠wow
the nerve
heâs⊠speechless
how the hell did you know of his drawing habits, and how the hell did you imitate it exactly?
and since when did you ever pay attention to basketball??
heâs processing a lot of things right now, but he first notices the âCongratulations on losingâ and â101-100,â which was the final score of yesterdayâs game
⊠you were watching them play?
â... My, myâŠâ he coos. âI have many questions. Letâs start with the one about how much youâve been actually staring at me in order to figure out that I drew in class, let alone how I draw.â
he looks up to anticipate an answer, but all you simply do is stare at him more intensely before you tilt your head slightly⊠as if you had no idea what he was talking about
his grin only grows wider, taking your silence as a challenge, and he puts your sketch on the table and gets up to step closer towards you and lean his body forward, hands in his pockets
of course, your expression never changes, simply moving your head back from the tilted position
â... It helps to open your eyes more, Imayoshi-kun. Maybe youâll notice things you havenât been privy to before. Your pen scribbles are irritating to hear on the regular, so my poor eyes witnessing such grotesque imagery was an unfortunate inevitability.â
âAh-ha!~â he chimes, cracking his eyes open for the first time to you. âIs that so?â
you widen your own eyes slightly in response to making eye contact with his gaze for the first time, and damn Imayoshi for noticing it, because he immediately pulled away in extreme satisfaction and sat at his desk
and yet another day of school started soon after, but this time, Imayoshi was giving off the smuggest aura
. . .
after Touou gets eliminated from the Winter Cup, Imayoshi takes this free time as an opportunity to study for college entrance exams⊠while also bothering you on the pretense of âstudy buddiesâ since you two were in the same grade
though you were still as cold and collected as ever, you were WAYY more talkative with him at this point, though most of the dialogues exchanged were nothing more than him trying to ruffle your feathers up and you deflecting his attempts
and the entire 3rd year was just you two âbanteringâ (if you can even call it that), but no one would ever see either of you without the other
still, neither of you could deny that both of you guys are really efficient in terms of working together to get things done, where both of you turn serious and start analyzing the objective at hand
these times are when you guys have the more genuine conversations on more personal topics and such:
âI didnât take you as someone who has a sister.â
âHow mean! Sheâs raised very well as a respectable lady, yâknow?â
âWe seem to have two different definitions of ârespectable,â because have you looked at yourself in the mirror? Another female you sounds like an incoming migraine.â
âI can reassure you that sheâs the considerate type of girl.â
âIf you insist.â
or maybe another convo like:
â(l/n)-san, do you always have your face stuck in cement?â
â... Pardon?â
âYou remind me of a few people who always have their faces as blank as a sheetâitâs kind of terrifying.â
âAlways been like this. Itâs more convenient this way to scare away nuisances, donât you think Evil Glasses-san?â
âClearly itâs not working.â (dryly replied, as always)
everyoneâs terrified of you two and would clear the way every time they saw you guys walking by, letâs make that clear
both of you are clearly very polite and proper, always taking rules and responsibilities into consideration⊠but what the fuck, yâall are way too menacingâseriously, Sakurai wants to RUN to the opposite direction whenever youâre in his field of vision
youâve been down lately thoughâand increasingly more somber as spring was coming closer that yearâthough, itâs more of the air you give off that would indicate this, rather than your facial expressions
in truth, you knew that your time with Imayoshi would most likely end once you two graduated, because he only interacted with you out of curiosity and convenience
but even though you guys were done with taking the exam, Imayoshi still comes to annoy you and hang out with you, so you were secretly relieved that you guys were still âcloseâ in that sense
you become acquainted with Susa, the one who was unfortunate enough to be Imayoshiâs good friend and study partner before you came along; both of you share a mutual understanding and common ground of dealing with Imayoshiâs shit 24/7
. . .
alas, itâs a couple days before the 3rd years graduated, but you arenât overjoyed at the fact that you are going to move onto a new chapter of your life
quite the contrary, you didnât like what you were going to leave behind after your last day of being at Touou (yeah, itâs Imayoshi, but you didnât want to admit it to avoid making this inevitability all the more tangible)
you were alone for once in one of the courtyards, having those moments of quiet contemplation, but for the first time in a long time, you felt tears streaming down your face, you heart feeling a painful squeeze at coming to terms about your inner emotions
your head raises up at the sound of leaves crunching, and lo and behold, itâs almost as if your thoughts summoned him to you
unlike his usual infuriating grin, his face was one of seriousness as he gauges your face⊠youâre crying
and youâre just staring at him silently even with the tears streaming
heâs a bit unnerved, but heâs a practical one, his mind racing thousands of miles an hour to crack down what you currently need and what the cause of your tears was
heâs an asshole, but heâs not heartless, and lately, heâd been feeling a soft spot for you
â... Do you want solace, silence, or solutions?â
you wordlessly walk to him before tightly hugging him
his eyes are cracked open, trying to figure out what the hell is going on
â... shut up and just hug me.â
he chuckles a bit before gingerly reciprocating, musing, âTo think you would want all of the aboveâdidnât take you as a greedy person, (l/n)-san.â
you both share a comforting silence before you separate yourself from him⊠you didnât dare raise your gaze to look at his face, knowing fully well that he was gonna hold this over your head for a long time
â... You never stop running your mouth, do you?â
âBut you like me all the same, yes?â
you say nothing, but you stared up at him, your eyes slightly wide and mouth parted from what he was presuming as your way of being shocked⊠but whatâs this?
he canât tell if thereâs a smidge of a flush on your skin or if his eyes are finally playing a trick on him
with the last of your tears still on your lashes, he might dare to call you beautiful
âI told you that my linguistic abilities are crucial to my charm.â
and you immediately went back to your default expression of indifference at his antics
â⊠Youâre annoying.â
âYou really canât afford to be nice for a momentâŠ!â he exclaims in mock-hurt. âBut we both know thatâs not what youâre really thinking.â
you finally give a sign of defeatâa long resigned sighâbefore you opted to walk past him
that is, until Imayoshi stops you by putting his two hands on your shoulders and pulling you back a bit towards him
âWhoa there! Youâre really going to leave me up in the air like that? Arenât you curious enough to stay and let me finish?â you didnât even have to turn around to know that he had a scheme in his mind
âLetting you finish has never been a good idea,â you dryly reply, and Imayoshi canât help but genuinely laugh at you inheriting some of his own mannerisms at this point
he brings you even closer, his hands going from on your shoulders to slowly snaking them around your clavicles as he settles his head atop your left shoulder
âEven if I told you that I, too, find you too amusing to let go?â
âWho said I found you amusing as well?â you finally turn your head to his face
âAh, but you didnât deny that you didnât want to let me go either,â he smirks, but it turns slightly more affectionate as he leans closer. âSay, I have a proposal that would be a solution to your current âpredicament.â Say that we both graduate, yes? There will be new challenges to tackle as an adult, no doubt. I can graciously offer you my indisposable intelligence for years to come in exchangeâŠâ his thumb brushes over your lips, his own lips curling up more when he feels how you got warmer from his touch â... for this?... How about it, (y/n)?â
Haizaki ShĆgo
were you guys childhood friends? were you friends during middle school when he used to hang out with some of the Teiko kids? did you somehow worm your way to have connections with people he knew in some shape or form? friends with one of the starters in the Fukuda SĆgĆ team before you met Haizaki? classmates or ex-classmates/partners through coincidental circumstances led you to hang around even outside of school? did he once hit on you but you vehemently rejected his offer for a one-night stand?
the mystery of the beginnings of this strange friendship was always a subject of gossip and speculation (rightfully so)
but most likely, he probably tried to hit on you like any other girl, but you were the first to not only openly defy him and cuss him out, but also fend off his physical violence successfully through self-defense techniques by yourself
that HELLA surprised him⊠and also pissed him off
but he left you alone⊠until he came back to annoy you again a few days later after his pride recovered enough to face you again
âfeistyâ was what he often likes to call you nowadays
yes, this combative nature of yours always got you into less-than-ideal situations, even if you always meant well, and that aspect of yours always drew him back to you, even if you both hated each otherâs guts
it was after the Winter Cup, when Fukuda SĆgĆ was eliminated, that you two interacted considerably more
âI hope that game taught you a valuable lesson or two, Haizaki.â
âShut the fuck up, yeah?â
âOr what? Not like you can do anything to me anyways, you fucking clownââ
he immediately goes to throw a fast punch right for your neck, but you immediately dodged it, grabbed his forearm to twist it behind him
âJesus Christ, you really do never fucking learn.â
he easily shakes off your grip and pulls away with a crazed look that never revealed what he was truly thinking
âIâm a pretty simple guy, yeah?â he sneers. âJust canât help myself. Whatever, I got places to be at.â
and he never fails to finish his sentence with a lick to his thumb before strolling away
a simple guy, huh, you thought. yeah right
you picked up the fact that he licks his thumb when something is going his way, but recently heâs been licking his thumb before ending his interactions with you⊠which makes you suspicious as hell
nah, youâre overthinking it
it really does suck that you go to the same school as him, and as such, you are bound to meet each other outside of school too
these encounters always happen when you want to kill time in the local arcades or eat at the nearest fast food restaurants
âOhhhhh, if it isnât (y/n)...â
âGoddamn it, why does this always happen to me?â you openly facepalmed yourself before you sourly turn to the source of the voice. âWhatever you want with me, make it quick. Iâm tired of seeing your ass around.â
âA quick fuck sounds up my alley righâ now,â he says quitely loudly to attract surrounding passerbysâ attention in an attempt to humiliate you
he didnât want to fuck you, not at all, you knew, but those were simply fighting words to piss you off
your face scrunches up in disgust at his words, before a slow smirk spread across your face⊠which Haizaki doesnât fail to notice
âA qUiCk FuCk SoUnDs Up My aLLeY rIgHt NoW,â you mimic equally loudly, and you make it a point to pull your arms into chicken wings and walk in a circle around him to mock him
at this point this was when you ran while laughing your ass off⊠whether he tried chasing you down in contempt or not, you didnât know, but you knew he was going to get his revenge
another day, youâre sitting at a table outside to eat your lunch when Haizaki casually strolls from behind to snatch a kebab stick out of your bento, which you werenât quick enough to stop the basketball player
âHaizaki, what the fuck?â
âOh? Was this yours? Oops⊠my hand must have slipped,â he drawls⊠again while licking his thumb
âDamn, I shouldâve put snot on them or something before you stopped by. Maybe itâll teach you to not take peopleâs food.â
âHehh?â he gives a mirthless chuckle before he spits loudly on the half-eaten kebab on his hand. âLike this, eh?â
âIââ you gape at him incredulously. âThat is the most unattractive thing Iâve ever laid my eyes on in my entire damn lifeââ you slam your own head on the table. â... Take the rest of my food. You damn ruined my appetite for the rest of this week.â
âHell no, wench.â
âI insist,â you look up to hiss at him, throwing the closed bento box to him. âKeep the box too, sicko. You can spit your shit in there alllll you want.â
âYa make me sound like Iâm some bug,â he says. âDonâtcha know that the girl I had last night kept screaming to keep my tongue in herââ
âGO AWAY, OH MY GODâSHOO.â
you immediately dash away with your hands to your ears, singing loudly âlalalalala~â to yourself to drown out any profanities and filth that came straight from Haizaki himself⊠without any regard to the students giving you annoyed or concerned looks
for some reason though, Haizaki canât bring himself to throw away the bento box you unceremoniously threw at himâŠ
⊠you werenât that half-bad of a cook (heâd rather burn at a stake than admit that ever)
. . .
another evening, you decided to unwind at an arcade hall, making yourself comfortable at a shooting game machine booth
you got yourself a decent score for the first run, and you make a noise of happy triumph before a rude scoff interrupted your fun time
âYou fucking suck.â
you immediately knew who it was
âI do not, you manwhore,â you whip your head to Haizaki, disliking his narrowed gaze of annoyance and disapproval of your playstyle. âThere are 3 other booths next to me. Go put a token and play by yourself.â
to make your point, you slot in one of your own tokens to start a 2nd round and readjusted your grip on the gun to point at the screen
âGimme that,â he jeers, pushing you to the side while snatching the booth-attached rifle off your hands
âH-Hey!!â
you harshly slapped his arm in a feeble attempt to make him listen to you, but to your surprise, he completely lets your violence slide and looks at you what that piercing gaze
âSince youâre so shit at this game, lemme give you a few pointers so ya donât look like a royal dumbass next time.â
âMaybe you should give it back to me because maybe I want to look like a royal dumbass. Thatâd be a win in your books anywaysââ
youâre interrupted by the boothâs loud intro music to indicate that the game was starting, so you have no choice but to observe Haizaki and his gameplay
and the entire time, heâd make a condescending comment every time he progressed further into the game map
⊠and you hate to admit it, but he was way better in technique of the gun and precision in aiming (your scowl only grows harsher the more points he racked up in the round)
his final score tripled of your own
âSo whaddya think, hmm?â he muses lowly while grabbing your chin to look at him, to which you bat away his hand immediately
âI think you oughta give me back the damn gun, thatâs what.â
âHah? Now why donât ya use one of the three machines next to me instead, like a good girl.â
âEurgh, ew, ew, ewâugh! Youâre soâthat was my spotâ!â
you growl under your breath before you roughly snatch your small bucket of tokens and stalk your way to the machine booth next to his, angrily shoving a token down the slot before you hoisted the gun
(cue you out-scoring him in your fury)
(cue him beating your score again)
(cue you beating his score again)
and for the rest of the evening and night, you both kept at the shooting game, both of your prides refusing to concede defeat, all the while Haizaki taunting and goading you
that night you stormed out of the arcade hall when it was time for the establishment to close, with Haizakiâs gleeful cackling echoing down the streets to further mock you of the multiple Lâs you took earlier
. . .
youâre sitting in a cheap eatery, lucky enough to grab a table by the window, and you grab your first burger, ready to chow down
that is, until Haizaki slid in the seat in front of you, and you literally snarled at him to go away
âYa make me sound like Iâm such bad company,â he slyly smirks, immediately snatching your other burger on the tray as if it was his to begin with
you donât even give him the satisfaction of replying because all you do is aggressively bite into the burger while glaring at him, not even bothering to try to get the burger back anymore
so here you two were, eating your burgers in tense silence, before Haizaki finishes his first and leaves without a word⊠until he comes back with his own order to sit at the same spot in front of you
you merely raise a brow before you take the opportunity to steal his burger from his tray and feast on it
he merely clicks his tongue and glares at you but opts to not say anything
oddâŠ
. . .
the more you âhangâ around Haizaki, the more likely youâd accidentally encounter him while heâs having a tryst with another girl⊠and even more unfortunately for you, you accidentally encountered him while they were both heavily petting each other⊠when you just wanted to take a shortcut to your home from school
âOh my fucking god?? Can yâall at least NOT DO THIS IN THE ALLEYWAY? Thereâs hotels for a reason!â and then you ran out so fast
. . .
these types of encounters and shenanigans would go on for almost 2 years; I would think that Haizaki would need some time to somewhat âmellowâ out or at least tolerate your presence to be considered a constant in his life, so much so that he wouldnât utilize physical violence as much as he did before
having you in his life, whether he liked to admit it or not, taught him to not have as fragile of an ego and pride, and he slowly learned to have some level of patience with you
otherwise you two would be going for each otherâs necks beyond just aggressive words and gestures
and wow, you donât even realize you had this stupid guy in your life for two whole years
you even have each otherâs phone numbers
youâve done a lot of reflecting, especially if being around Haizaki for so long somehow made you a worse person, but when you asked every person who knew you, they simply told you that you were always the same to them (in a pretty confused way, because what a strange question)
speak of the devil, Haizakiâs contact pops up on your screen as an incoming call; you sigh before answering it, knowing fully well that he would spam even more calls just to spite you if you didnât answer
âWhat.â
you cringe when you hear a womanâs voice on his end of the line, but that feeling disappears once Haizaki starts talking
âWhaddya know? Iâm starving after that session. Usual place, yeah?â
âHuh? What if I was busy, dumbassââ
âI know you ainât.â and he ends the call as quickly as he started it
irk marks only multiply on your head when you stare at his contact screen before you started heading to your âusual spotâ
âTch, that bitch was hella annoying. Chick yapped her mouth as much as ya do when she shoulda been kissinâ and doinâ what we planned to do.â
âGee, thanks,â you mumble, rolling your eyes and holding your temples with your fingers.
it became this weird thing for him to talk to you about his escapades and complaints about the women heâs recently been with; it started a year ago when he first did it to mortify you, but now itâs become something of habit⊠as terrible as it sounds
at⊠least he trusts you with this type of info? though you mentally chided yourself for having such low standards like this
on rare occasions, when you do share your own complaints/rants of your life to him, he somewhat listens, though heâs yawning half the time or eating something while youâre talking
on even rarer occasions, he talks about basketball
still, itâs somewhat cathartic in a way to have this routine between the two of you
hearing about him talk about women after women doesnât feel good though; you wonder when you began to feel this way
you certainly didnât feel like this a year ago
âFucking damnit,â you mumble to yourself into your pillow
were you⊠possibly⊠no⊠in love withâ
âArfgghyrgfhurfhhhh!!!!â you screech into your pillow at the horrible thought that crept into your mind
. . .
youâve been reevaluating your life and having an existential crisis at the horrifying realization of your poor choices that led up to this unwanted predicament in your love life
you didnât come up with any solutions, let alone accepted the fact that you fell for this problematic man⊠who you may have thought about a lot more frequently than you would like to
no, you do not like Haizaki ShĆgo.
⊠was what you kept telling yourself for the next 3 months of enduring him talking about his usual topics of video games and women without snapping and strangling him right there and then
you finally had enough when Haizaki called you once again, demanding that you two meet up at a fast food driveway for a bite, but soon after, you heard a different woman with an urgent voice: âHurry up, canât we go for another round before you go?â
you were just trying to have a peaceful moment in the park alone in the evening, too⊠looks like thatâs ruined
you bit your bottom lip before you abruptly ended the call without giving an answer and threw your phone away on the grass, before you curled yourself up into a ball and let your tears fall unrestrained
why did you do this to yourself? this was what you deserved for liking someone like him.
who knows how long youâve bawled your eyes out in the dark against a basketball hoop pole, but after being in the frigid air for so long that your fingers feel numb, it mustâve been hours
âYou look so damn pitiful there, I almost mistakenâd ya for a lost dog.â
you still had your legs pulled up to your chest, your head tucked in to hide your tears
you pulled your arms tighter against yourself when you heard his unmistakable voice, and he was the last person you wanted to see right now
you immediately pulled your head up when you heard him strutting towards you though
itâs coldâyou could see the wisps of air coming from his lips, and he was breathing really hard⊠which is weird considering heâs extremely athletic, and physical activity was a breeze for him
and he has the harshest look on his face for a while, his eyes narrowing further at the sight of your face
you immediately stand up from your sitting position
âUrgh, go the fuck away! Take a hint already, would ya?!â
he stands there in shock, the same type of shock he felt when he lost to Kise years ago⊠only worse
youâre in hysterics, crying and yelling at him, and he feels really troubled for some reasonâlike he feels a slight stir in his heart that he canât put his finger on, and that makes him more pissed
âWhat the fuck is wrong with you? I swear, you women are too complicatedâ!â
âEverything is fucking wrong with me!â you scream at him, and fresh tears escape down your face. âWhy do you even stick around meâjust, stopâstop giving me hope thatâŠurghâshut the fuck up and just⊠(whispers) hug meânever mindâŠâ
you didnât even finish the sentence, your voice trailing off, and you look at him to see that heâs just⊠standing there
he doesnât even say anything, he doesnât even move
because he knew⊠anything he would say or do would upset you more, and for the first time, he realizes that his entire time with you all these years was spent pissing you off to no end instead of building any real bond with you
here he was, running around for hours to find you after that abrupt call (in all the restaurants, the arcades, hellâeven all of the buildings and areas on campus, and even damn worseâall of the local neighborhood), ditching the woman instantly to look for you and yell at you for leaving him hanging, but the deepest part of him was worriedâterrifiedâthat something might have happened to you
women like gentle touches⊠right? maybe if he tried to hold you, restrain himself from any rough handling, youâd be pacified right? and go back to the same dumb, infuriating person you always were, right?
and what the hell were you muttering about a hug? where was the âyouâ he knew?
at this point, youâre just watching him, too scared to actually leave and turn your back on him⊠you still didnât want to ruin whatever⊠âfriendshipâ you guys had after building it for so long
the frigid air dried up your tears long before Haizaki decided to take a few sauntering steps towards you⊠and then a few careful steps before heâs in front of youâthe you whoâs still staring at him with furrowed brows
he tentatively reaches out an arm to touch your side, and when you donât flinch (only raise a brow at his action), he fully grabs one side of your waist
â... I donât know what the hellâs going on with you, but you made me fucking starve and miss dinner.â
your curious gaze turns into one of anger, and you swatted his arm off of you
âOh piss off then, yeah? Get your damn burger yourself and get your filthy hand off of me when you literally just fucked someone hours earlier.â
âOhhhh,â Haizaki is immediately relieved, the tension leaving his body when he knows heâs re-entered familiar territory. He leans towards you, head cocked to one side with a bit of a crazed, gleeful look. âJealous, arenât ya?â
you give a gasp of indignation and mortification before you reel your arm back to punch him; he deftly dodges you before he hugs your waist from behind, his lips to your ear
âWell if thatâs the case⊠I can also give ya a good time.â and he licks your ear for good measureâ
âY-You⊠you!!â youâve now gone on an endless barrage of kicks and punches, and Haizaki, knowing you for quite a while now, knows nearly every practical move youâve thrown at him
and it goes on for nearly an hour, but Haizaki doesnât care when youâre back to your normal self again
from then on, instead of going to different women for casual flings, heâs found new entertainment in flustering you and trying to push your buttons in terms of sexual innuendos and gestures
âHaizaki, thatâs fucking harrassmentâWhat the hell are you doing?!â
âHehh? Youâre more than free to punch me right now, go on⊠I can be a patient guy sometimes⊠unless you actually⊠like this?â
âUrgh, stop putting words in my mouthâ!â
karma will actually kick him in the ass when he takes the next few weeks to figure out his real feelings about you
Hanamiya Makoto
who even knows how you two came together and saw eye-to-eye, but itâs quite a contrasting image to see Hanamiya sauntering down the hallway with you by his side looking quite unbothered and natural⊠as if you were always meant to be by his side
but the first time you two met⊠oh boy
the principal finally had enough: all these written complaints from these basketball teams from other schools, asking to shut down the Kirisaki Daiichi basketball team due to foul play allegations⊠it was time to get to the bottom of this issue, a thorn on the schoolâs side in terms of reputation
no matter how many times Hanamiya was given a warning, nothing changed
and no one wanted to be coach of the infamous team, all knowing the unsaid horrors if anyone tries to to tame and reel in the starters
the solution? a student disciplinary committee. usually the student council holds the responsibility of reporting and administering proper discipline within school code, but the new proposal suggests that there be a separate student body with leadership separate from the student council to focus on cracking down anything harmful to the âlearning environmentâ (a.k.a. the basketball team)
enter you; you were nominated by many faculty members and students alike, agreeing that you should be the one to spearhead this discipline campaign⊠always kind, gentle, and sweetâyou always seemed to know how to resolve conflicts efficiently and safely
and you accepted the role with a smile and modest thanks
your âpriority jobâ (as strongly urged by the principal) was to deal with the basketball team, especially since rumors of what happened in the Seirin match began circulating around campus
it was one day after practiceâwhen the team was done practicing rough play drills and enacting various scenarios to carry them outâand the starters were strolling out the gym
Hanamiya was the last to exit the doorway but once he slammed the doors unceremoniously and turned around, you magically appeared in front of him with a welcoming smile⊠and it looked like the other starter players walked ahead enough to not notice you
âHey there! Super sorry to bother you! I know you guys just finished practice right now, but I would like to introduce myself as the president of the new student disciplinary committee^^â you write something on a clipboard you brought with you before looking at him again
âOhhhh,â he widens his eyes in mock sincerity, putting a hand to his chin. âSo thatâs what the fuss in the office was about. My apologies for only realizing now.â There was a coo to his voice that if anyone else heard it, they wouldâve known to book it right there and then⊠so why were you not affected at all?
are you fucking stupid?
âGreat! Just wanted to let you know Iâll have to do mandatory check-ins with you every couple days or whenever conflicts arise. Sorry for taking your time, and have a good evening!â
you couldnât be this oblivious. there was no way. everyone knew who he was and the reputation he brought wherever he went
he gritted his teeth at the fact that you werenât cowering in his presence, and when you spun around to leave, he deftly grabbed your forearm to pull you back to the closed gym doors behind you
and he made sure that your back felt the doors as he cornered you closer like an agitated predator
âListen here,â he lowly sneers, all traces of his nice facade gone, replaced by a dangerous glint in his usual gleeful expression. âIâll let you in on something, president. I run how my team works. You can crawl back to your precious principal and kindly tell him to fuck off and mind his own business. You can also tell him that we donât need a nosy bitch snooping around like she owns the place. The goody-president can see that this is all in the interest of the student⊠which is what you student council parasites always preach aboutâŠâ he leans in closer, caging your body with two arms by the side of your head, and heâs a breath away from your own face. â... Right, (y/n)?â
âO-OhâŠâ you started, and Hanamiyaâs wicked grin grows wider at your predictable reaction
now thatâs more like it.
now that he REALLY gets a good, close look at you, youâre not half-bad; thereâs just something about that innocenceâthe naiveteâthat really turns his gears and has him entertained (this man really has a âstupid girlâ as his canon type of girl, I CANâTâ)
â... to think that I have to repeat myself.â
what?
you abruptly move your face even closer to his, your noses touching⊠your own closed-eye smile taking on a more sinister quality for the first time
âFor someone with the supposed 160 IQ, youâre as daft as the dirt I step on, captain. I can easily shut this entire gym if itâs in the interest of the student body. Should I ban you guys from entering? Should I report your behavior to dispel the team completely? Your teamâs fate is in my hands. You donât run this show, dear. Iâll say it one more time: Iâll be checking in 2 days. Keep up the âgood boyâ act until then, hm?â ( â âżâ )
you take your clipboard to smack one of his arms out of the way to clear a way out for yourself before you hum to yourself and walk onwards
cue Hanamiya cussing and kicking the gym doors
now for the next few weeks Hanamiya has been noticing how TWO-FACED YOU WERE WITH EVERYONE ELSE⊠heâs so irritated, heâs SO ANNOYED that heâs been biting the inside of his cheek and gritting his teeth constantly while thinking about you
look at you smiling at everyone so kindly when youâre the most awful, sadistic person inside⊠yeah, he embodies all of that, but only he alone can have this pleasure of terrorizing everyone
they donât even know your real side, look at you socializing with everyone like you own the hallwaysâ
every comment he makes to you has been reciprocated with a âgood-naturedâ response that makes it obvious that you werenât scared of him one bit
youâre like⊠the female version of the rotten, evil Imayoshi
god he fucking hates it here
definitely has made plenty comments about the fact that youâre not his typeâthat youâre one of those types of girls that irritate him to no end⊠even still, he doesnât know why he tolerated you
recently, when he makes those customary remarks though, you widen your eyes a bit or avert your gaze before you shoot back your retorts, though he knows those are things you do to feign reactions to mock him (little did he know that those were not feigned)
youâve been successfully putting a leash on the team starters, but to be fair, the other starters donât care because thereâs finally someone who can put Hanamiya in his place and itâs the FUNNIEST thing in the world
in other words, youâre good in their books; dare I say, they consider you as a friend // Haraâs been known to give you spare chewing gum every so often recently
youâve went from checking in on their practices every couple days to tailing behind Hanamiya every chance you get (because you realized the team can just fool you and pretend theyâre playing honestly when you do check-ins)... and then it eventually developed into you two always walking side by side (but not because you two enjoy each otherâs company, though! donât get the wrong idea now)
he expected you to tell him to completely change how the team played like any other person has done, but surprisingly, you havenât really said it out loud⊠sure, he noticed that you frown a bit when they practice foul play on the courts, but you never made a serious attempt to stop it
âI get what your strategy isâŠâ you give him that knowing look and genial smile one day, and INSTANTLY Hanamiyaâs day is ruined once again; he only scowls and walks on, knowing that responding would fuel your sadism further⊠that was how he dealt with Imayoshi in middle school, after all
you lay out the strategies, describing the rough play as a prerequisite to the âspiderâs webâ setup, and you finally note that these starters arenât playing their true positions, but just arranging themselves to create that formation to begin with
âCongratulations,â he praises with that mocking saccharine voice. âWant a cookie for your hard work, Ms. President?â
âOhoâI actually do~ You know, we should try out that pastry shop near the blockââ
âFucking dream on, dumbass.â
he reallllyyyyy hates the fact that no oneâs as scared of him walking by them anymore, mostly because youâre there with him⊠and for some reason, their minds have the audacity to think that youâre taming him in some way or that youâd protect them if he tried anything
give him a year to really get used to your presence, trust me
but recently, your attitude with him has gotten more reactive with him⊠snappier; you havenât lost your edge, but youâre not completely mentally there with him 100% sometimes and you sometimes drop the Imayoshi-smile with him completely + show an actual reaction to his words and actions
so now he has a new reason to be pissedâbecause someoneâs making a fool of him enough to somewhat ignore his existence and go daydreaming on him as if he was completely harmless to you⊠but heâs also smug that heâs visibly riling you up
but one day, you werenât tailing behind himâin fact, he hadnât seen you around at ALL
heâs not gonna go look for you, what kinda idiot would damn do that
but it feels⊠so wrong without you near⊠not like heâd ever admit that
he didnât see you for a week straight
heâs sauntering down the hallways so casually but his eyes scan for your figure without him even realizing
he looks out of the window from a high floor, and (finally) there you are, sitting on a bench outside alone, and he feels that familiar twitch curving up his lips at the anticipation of getting under your nerves again
so he walks downstairs, goes outside to look for you, but before he can open his mouth to announce himself to you, he sees you wiping your face with your sleeve with a sniffle
you were crying
heâs shocked out of his damn wits, if weâre gonna be honest, but he quickly recovers before he starts processing this entire situation
heâs now pissed, because:
1.) whoâs capable of making you cry to begin with?
2.) how dare someone make his (y/n) cry
3.) NO ONE is allowed to make you cry except him and him only
4.) he doesnât like how shaken he feels when he sees you so different from how you normally are, and he canât have that shitâhe needs to be in control of everything⊠but now, he has no idea what to do⊠this type of scenario never crossed his mind and now he feels like a lost little boy
âOy.â itâs a rough line, hardly comforting at allâscary even, but if anyone knew Hanamiya well, those deep furrowed brows with a harsh scowl meant that he was bothered by what he was seeing
âUrgh,â you sniffed. â... Iâm⊠(sniff) not in the mood for your shit right nowâŠjust, go awayâcan it, (sniff) will you?â
âAnd miss seeing this ugly ass mug of yours? Hah, Iâll make myself comfortable rigggghht here. They say the misfortunes of others taste like honey, and yours is a bit too delectable to pass up.â
heâs standing right in front of your seated figure, but before he moves to take a seat next to you and plop down, you wail out:
â... Shut the hell up and just hug me already, damn itâŠâ
he stiffens momentarily, but his body is going on autopilot, as if it was following your command, and before he knows it, your face is pressed against his midriff, your arms wrapped around his torso⊠and heâs aghast to see HIS one arm against the back of your neck and the other (thatâs also attached to him!) on your back
and to save face, he puts the fakest âlovingâ tone into his voice, as if mocking you that youâre touching him like this and heâs just playing along:
âLook at our president, hugging the Bad Boy like Iâm the most precious thing in your life. Hah! Is this in the best interest of the student body, too?â
you tighten the hug around him before mumbling, â... No⊠itâs in my best interest.â
â... get off of meâyour snot is disgusting.â (to which you gripped his torso even harder to spite him in response)
heâs using this hug as blackmail (he FINALLY has dirt on you to use against you)
. . .
imagine the school uproar of everyone when they found out you two are an official thing later on
the principal is gonna faint and die from a heart attack at the news
âYou know,â you muse, âyou should actually stop beating basketball players up and just keep the âspiderâs webâ part of the strategy. The latter actually has some intellectual merit behind it.â
âAnd why should I, my dear (y/n)?â Hanamiya goads, looking up from a magazine to glance at you but holds his scrutiny of you when you lean your lips to his ear
âIâm sure a genius like you can find a way to piss players off while still playing by the rules. Donât you think thatâs the most infuriating thing of all? The way youâve glared at me in the hallways for the past year tells me that you agree with my sentiment. Iâve always noticed.â
he merely scoffs at your face, âRoughing âem up gives me the most satisfying reactions. Playing by these damn rules makes me no different than those starry-eyed try-hards.â
âSo that 160-plus IQ thing was all just you blowing smoke on some admission papers to make you feel better about yourself? You poor, poor thing⊠Maybe that intellect could do better with a team that can actually utilize itâŠ? Perhaps Seirinââ
Hanamiya snarls at you and moves to grab your arm closer to him, but you swiftly dodged his grasp like it was the easiest thing in the world
âNu~uh,â you chided, walking away from him. âGrabbing another student is Code 0129 violation of an attempt of physical assault on campus! We canât have your team disbanded now, right?â ( â âżâ )
heâs gonna make you eat your own words later though, trust me⊠after all, heâs still holding the blackmail (that you cried over liking him a while back while begging him for a hug) over you
youâre the one winning though, you completed your objective in convincing the Kirisaki Daiichi team in playing more fairly⊠and it all took a bit of conniving maneuvers on your end