.ŕłŕż*:シ TALKING ABOUT THEM IN AN INTERVIEW
pairings: Bokuto x reader, Oikawa x reader, Kuroo x reader
content: one-shot!, model!reader, post-timekip, fluff
note: Let me know who else you guys would like to see when I write multifics.
BOKUTO . Ýâ âš . ÝË . Ý
Interviewer: "And the question on everyone's mind: do you currently have a special someone?"
You tried to hold back your smile but felt your cheeks rising anyway, warmth spreading across your face before you could do anything about it. Your eyes dropped softly to your lap for just a moment, thinking about him.
Interviewer: "Oooh! That's promising! Who is it?"
YouL "Well, all I can say is he's a ray of sunshine. I could be in the worst mood and just seeing his face fixes it."
You let that sit for a breath.
You: "And his biceps are the size of my face."
The audience erupted, a wave of laughter rolling through the room, a few dramatic gasps scattered in between.
You laughed along with them, raising a hand like you were done taking questions.
But although you'd said it to get a reaction, you meant every word. You always did. There wasn't a single thing you'd say about him, even offhandedly, even to a room full of strangers, that you didn't mean completely.
That was just what he did to you.
"You said all of this about me?"
Bokuto leaned back against the couch cushions to glance over at you through the kitchen doorway, you washing dishes with your back to him like you hadn't just described him to an entire audience.
He always played your interviews or runway clips on the TV like it was a one-man watch party. You'd come home to find him already three hours deep in clips, completely invested, like he hadn't seen all of them already.
"Who else would I say it about," you chuckled to yourself, keeping your eyes on the task in front of you.
For about two seconds there was complete silence from the living room and then "THAT'S ME! SHE'S TALKING ABOUT ME!"
He was talking to absolutely no one. Just the walls and the TV, expressing whatever energy he had left from the day.
You heard the couch cushions shift, then footsteps, fast ones, and then you were completely enveloped from behind before you'd even had time to set the dish down properly. Both arms locked around you, his chin dropping to your shoulder, rocking you back and forth with an enthusiasm that nearly took you both into the counter.
"You are an angel," he said, pressing kisses into your neck between words. "If I couldn't make you smile I'd have no purpose. I'd be utterly useless. A shell of a manâ"
"A hollow, joyless shellâ"
"I'm trying to do the dishes."
"Okay," he said. And kept rocking you anyway, whispering baby into your neck like that was a completely normal and reasonable response to what you'd just said.
You thought he had walked away, but instead you felt an arm wrap around you from behind, not harshly, just cradling your chin in the crook of his elbow and tipping your face up toward the ceiling.
"Bokuto!" You giggled, surprised, hands still sudsy from the dishes.
"How about this! Does this get your attention!"
"You always have my attention," you managed through the giggling.
That was apparently the wrong thing to say if your goal was to get him to calm down.
"Kou, I am trying to finish theâ"
"The dishes can wait," he said, and there was zero negotiation in his voice about it, though he was still smiling so wide you could hear it. He turned you around by your face with all the care of someone handling something precious.
When you were facing him properly he looked down at you with that expression he got sometimes, the one underneath all the noise and the yelling and the dramatic declarations. Big gold eyes gone a little soft.
"You really said that about me," he said again. Quieter this time.
Not a question anymore. Just Bokuto, saying it out loud one more time because he wanted to.
OIKAWA . Ýâ âš . ÝË . Ý
Interviewer: "And the question on everyone's mind: do you currently have a special someone?"
It was a behind the scenes interview, caught in the middle of getting ready for a runway show. The makeup artist was lightly dusting powder across your cheeks when you turned your eyes toward the camera.
You: "Usually I'd lecture you about not always needing a man, but this time, I do."
You smiled to yourself like it was some enormous personal achievement.
And honestly, to you, it was.
THE Toru Oikawa was dating you. Out of everyone who practically lined up to throw themselves at him, he had chosen you. You, who had seen through the charm on day one and made fun of him for it to his face.
You'd always known being nonchalant would pay off eventually.
Interviewer: "Oooh! Who is it?"
You: "Here's some advice."
Your eyes did a quick scan of the room checking to see who was listening before settling back on the camera with a small, satisfied smile.
You: "People say you can't find someone who is smart, attractive, and respectful. But it's possible. Never settle, ladies."
Oikawa clicked off his phone and tossed it to the side on the bed.
He was leaned back against the headboard, blankets pulled up to his waist, bare chest catching the low light of the bedroom lamp.
You were standing at the nightstand taking out your jewelry, makeup already off, hair down from where it had been pinned up all evening. It fell against your shoulders and he watched it happen from across the room without saying anything.
Then he spoke, "Smart, attractive, and respectful."
You paused, earring halfway out.
"You were watching the behind the scenes, weren't you?" you said flatly.
"Never settle, ladies," he quoted back at you, in a pitch that was not even close to your voice.
"Oh my god." you roll your eyes.
"So when you said smartâ" he started.
"Oikawaâ" you cut him off laughing.
He smiled wide and completely pleased with himself, the way he always looked when things went the way he wanted them to. You climbed into bed and he reached for you immediately, arms pulling you into him without any pretense about it.
"Attractive though," he said into your hair, "That was the part that got me. You could've said a lot of things."
"Tooru." you said in a soft voice, trying to interrupt his absent minded speech.
He went quiet for exactly one second.
"Really sexy or just handsome?" he asked. "Because I think that's an important distinction."
You buried your face further into his shoulder and he laughed, low and warm, arms tightening around you.
He'd be bringing this up for weeks and you both knew it.
"Well, I'm glad to know it's not just me bragging about you," he said, and his voice had shifted, the teasing gone quiet underneath something softer.
You pulled back slightly from where you'd been tucked against the warmth of his chest and just looked at him.
He raised an eyebrow. "What? Not surprised?"
"No," you said flatly. "Iwaizumi told me you never shut up about me." You tilted your head at him. "It sounds like you need a new topic of conversation."
"Telling me not to talk about you is like trying to breathe without air," he said immediately, "Not possible."
You looked at him for a moment, trying to hold onto the flat expression and not quite managing it. He caught the exact second it slipped and his eyes lit up the way they always did when he felt like he'd won.
You dropped back against his chest mostly to hide your face, and he caught you easily, arms wrapping back around you with the quiet confidence of someone who knew he had won in life.
"It would be nice to hear you say it to my face too," he said again, pressing a kiss to your hair.
"Goodnight," you muttered into his shoulder.
KUROO . Ýâ âš . ÝË . Ý
Interviewer: "And the question on everyone's mind: do you currently have a special someone?"
You were mid red carpet, having already answered questions about the dress, your current projects and what was next. There was always only one topic left.
You also knew the photos from two mornings ago were already everywhere. You leaving his building in his oversized t-shirt and your tall brown leather boots from the night before, sunglasses on, coffee in hand. The internet had called it chic but others speculated about who the man could be.
You: "You could say that,"
A smile broke through before you could do anything about it.
Interviewer: "Oooh! Who is it?"
You: "I don't kiss and tell, butâ"
You paused just long enough to let it breathe, glancing briefly down at yourself the way you did when you were choosing words carefully, then back up at the camera with a small, composed smile that gave away considerably more than you intended.
You: "He's really charming and he knows exactly how to use it. But I like when it's just the two of us and he realizes he doesn't have to. He doesn't have to charm me or impress me."
You paused for just a second, not for effect this time, just because you were actually thinking about it.
You: "I'll tell him the most boring stories and he always listens. And he'll send me things he thinks I'll laugh at at completely ungodly hours."
The interviewer laughed softly.
You looked briefly away from the camera, just for a moment, then back.
You: "I don't want to jinx it, But I think he's the one."
The front door clicked open, the sound of the TV shutting off following right after.
His eyes glanced over toward you. You were wobbling back and forth in the entryway, trying to get your heels off, dress slightly unzipped, hair ruffled from the night, eyes droopy in an exhausted way.
You would never let anyone see you like this.
"Tetsu, help me please," you whined, the fitted dress making it nearly impossible to bend far enough to reach the buckles.
Something in his voice made you look up.
"Hi!" Your face broke into a bright smile the second you found his eyes. "Did you watch? How did I look? Hopefully better than I do right now," you laughed, tipping your head toward your current state.
He didn't laugh back. Just looked at you.
"You really meant that?" His voice came out gentle. His arms stayed straight at his sides, like he was afraid that if he reached for you right now you'd somehow slip through. "You think I'm the one?"
"Yeah, I meanâ" you straightened back up, completely forgetting about the heels. "We've talked about moving in together. Kids. All of that." Your brow pulled together slightly. "You didn't think I meant it?"
"It's justâ" he paused, "You said it out loud. To the public."
"Because Kuroo," you said, closing the space between you and looping your arms up around his neck, "I really, really, really love you." You tilted your head up at him. "Have I never made that clear until now?"
"You have," he said. His hands found your waist, unhurried, like they always did. Then something shifted at the corner of his mouth. Not quite the usual smirk but something softer. "It's just different when you tell the whole world." He exhaled once through his nose. "Like you're claiming me or something."
"Oh yeah?" You raised an eyebrow. "And what if I am?"
He looked down at you for a moment, and the smile that came across his face wasn't the charming one he used on everyone else. It was the one you only got in moments like this.
You lifted yourself onto your toes and pressed a kiss to his cheek.
His grip on your waist tightened just slightly.
"Then I'd let you," he murmured, low, lips close to your ear. "In more ways than one."