A/n: If you canât tell, Hinata is my favorite sunshine ever, and I adore him with my entire being. Hereâs a little something for him because itâs always missing Shoyo hours - there are manga spoilers from around chapter 371 onward though, so be warned!
Pairing: (Brazil timeskip!) Hinata x Reader
The blazing sun of Rio set below the horizon, allowing a taste of salvation to wash over as a cooler breeze swept the bustling city. You sit perched on a plush bed, with brush in one hand and a blow dryer in the other. A towel snugly wraps around your body, but itâs quickly opted out for soft pajama shorts and a flannel that smell uncanny to tangerines and sunscreen. The scent invades your senses like a summerâs afternoon spent at the beach, and you welcome the comforting feeling that settles in your body as the oversized fabric ends at your thighs.
Idly scrolling through recommended shows on your laptop and humming softly to a relaxing song reverberating throughout the room, you donât register the sound of the front entrance being unlocked nor the shuffling of feet in the living room. When you finally think youâve decided on something to watch and go to pause your music, the bedroom door opens and filters a warm glow of light into your sitting space.
A smile graces your features when you recognize the figure leaning on the doorframe, his brightening presence ever more highlighted by the rays of the living room behind him.
âIs that my flannel?â he grins, taking notice of your chosen apparel.
âWhy hello to you too, Shoyo,â you reply with an air of sarcasm, although the glimmer in your eyes indicates him to your amusement.
The Karasuno alumni pads over to the bedside before unceremoniously flopping onto the mattress, his unruly hair even more of a mess from the baseball cap heâs likely had on all day. âHi, angel.â His greeting is muffled by the comforter below him, but you can hear well enough what he says. You stifle a laugh and reach a hand over to smooth out his tousled locks. âTired?â
He groans in response, turning his head to face you with a pout. âSand is stupid sometimes.â
âIf you say that, the sand isnât going to like you very much.â
âToo bad, it can deal with my annoyance in stupid sandy silence.â
Hinata props himself up on his elbows to examine your setup, a cheeky smile returning when he toys with the fabric of the flannel you decided to wear - yeah, most definitely his.
âYouâve sure settled in nicely,â he notes.
âAnd youâre sweaty as heck and lying on the bed,â you retort, eyeing his drenched athletic shirt as he splays out on the mattress.
He hums in acknowledgment, but makes no effort to move from his position, instead resting his chin on his palm. He gazes at you with bright eyes.
âWanna shower with me then? Conserve some water?â he proposes, and you snort at his attempt to sell the idea.
âI just took one actually, but good sales pitch,â you grin while gesturing to your damp hair, still slightly wet despite using the blow dryer earlier.
He whines like a puppy being denied attention.
âWell thatâs no fun,â he mutters.
His other hand skims over the back of your own, pulling it towards him and placing a gentle kiss on your palm.
âDid you already eat?â you inquire as your thumb strokes his cheek, temporarily choosing to put aside the fact that the he wanted to distract you from his (very necessary) shower. âPedro brought back some dinner before he went out to study, so thereâs still some left in the kitchen if you want.â
âI got something before I came home, but thank you,â he gives you a hazy smile. âSleep well today?â
âYeah. That early morning arrival at the airport ended up working out, since I woke up at a good time this afternoon.â
âIf youâre up for it tomorrow, I can show you around the city. Maybe sit at the beach for a bit while I practice too?â
Your eyes light up at the idea, and Hinata chuckles at your excitement. âThat sounds nice.â
The male leans towards your face and presses a soft kiss to your lips, full of tender affection and pure warmth. Gentle touch grazes the side of your face to pull you closer, skin on the pads of his fingers quite rough, but his touch still captivating you easily. That scent of sunscreen and sandy shores strengthens with his proximity, and you poke his chest with a giggle after grasping the strength to pull back.
âDonât think I donât know your games, sunshine. Shower,â you insist, drawing out the word.
He groans, rolling off the side of the bed and trudging towards the bathroom, snagging some clothes from his drawer to change into. âI was this close to making you forget.â
He was very close to making you forget, actually, but you donât tell him that.
The gentle cascading of water sounds from the bathroom connected to Hinataâs room, and you turn your eyes back to your laptop. Pressing play on one of your sitcoms, you relax into the many pillows stacked from behind and pull your boyfriendâs flannel even tighter around you. Despite declining his offer to shower earlier, you find yourself sneaking a glance at the bathroom doorway more than once, already missing the soothing warmth he brought with his mere presence alone.
During one of these occasional peeks at the door, your eye catches the glare of a picture frame sitting on a nearby desk, and you smile fondly at it from across the room. Even without being very close, you can tell itâs a graduation photo from the striking amount of orange in the frame, some being Hinataâs hair, and the other being a giant bouquet that he gave you after the ceremony.
You had your arms thrown around him, flowers clasped between your hands near his waist, and both of you were smiling like idiots in the shot. The photo was one of your favorites, and it was proudly on display in your room back home. In return for the bouquet, you gave him a big crow plushie - a gag gift that you didnât expect him to hold on to for long, but you soon found out that wasnât the case when it appeared in a facetime call during his first week in Rio.
It reminds me of you, he had said, hugging the stuffed animal tightly to his chest.
The bathroom door opened abruptly, promptly breaking your attention from the photo on the desk. You hadnât even realized that the shower water had turned off until now. Hinata ruffles a towel over his hair, bringing his mop of orange locks back to its more typical volume, despite it being just as damp as your own. Heâs only in a pair of sweatpants, and you are definitely not complaining at the sight of a shirtless Shoyo, sun-kissed skin and toned body very much on display.
Thank you, beaches of Rio.
âSee? It feels nice being all showered up,â you nod approvingly, trying to keep your eyes from raking over the maleâs upper body - youâre failing quite miserably. Fortunately, for your sake, he decides not to comment on your staring.
âI know, youâre right,â he sighs out, âI just wanted to catch up on lost time with you.â
As he situates himself back beside you on the bed, you give him a quick peck on the nose that leaves his ears a light pink. Even after all this time, heâll get flustered at the smallest of affectionate gestures with which you surprise him.
âWell, youâve got me to yourself for two whole weeks, so thereâs plenty of time,â you point out.
âKenma was really generous with all that vacation time at once.â
âThereâs a backup editor that heâs been looking to test out on the channel, so he told me to take a break while that happens.â
Kenma - AKA Kodzuken - is indeed your boss, and a very great one at that. He lets you handle all the video editing for his channel, and youâre also invited to come along with him on business travels whenever youâre able. He knew youâd been working diligently when it came to your job, and saw testing the backup editor as a perfect opportunity to give you a break.
When he heard you were planning a visit to see Hinata sometime soon, the former Nekoma student practically forced you to take a vacation and âcheck in on my favorite sponsorâ.
You constantly call him Shoyoâs sugar daddy, at which point heâll chuck his cat plushies at you, but he doesnât necessarily object either.
âWhatâre you smiling about now?â Hinata inquires, poking at your cheek.
âI just remembered something funny,â you wave it off, knowing Kenma would come after your ass if you said anything referencing the streamerâs nickname.
Hinata slides over and pulls you into his side, and your head instinctively lands on his chest. The gentle thrum of his heartbeat resounding in your ear relaxes you immensely. His hand traces lazily from your shoulder blades down your arm, and he takes your hand in his own with a squeeze.
âI missed you like crazy, you know,â he murmurs, and you feel like youâll start melting into a puddle at any moment.
âI missed you too. So much,â you respond, earning another squeeze to your hand.
âWant to stay in my room instead of the guest one tonight?â
You nestle yourself into him even further, eliciting a chuckle from the Karasuno alumni. âYes please.â
The both of you remain that way for a long time, barely paying mind to the show on your laptop. Warm hands glide gently through your hair, and you trace small patterns on his arms as he does so, just basking in the long awaited presence of his light, that sun-kissed skin so inviting against your fingers.
The next thing you know, the sound of birds coaxe you awake, eyes fluttering open to find strong arms wrapped around you. A pair of legs are intricately tangled with your own beneath cloud-like sheets, and steady breaths gently fan against your neck. You spot your closed laptop on the bedside table in front of you and realize that you must have fallen asleep at some point last night, Hinata likely taking care of things and getting you properly into bed.
A smile breaks out on your face at the thought of him gingerly placing you under the covers, before quietly getting in next to you. Elated emotions from said imaginations only grow when you feel lips pepper the back of your neck in soft kisses, notifying you that your boyfriend is also up.
âDid I wake you?â you ask quietly, hand reaching back to smooth out Hinataâs messy bed hair. You didnât even have to be facing him to know that the orange strands were sticking in every direction.
âNo, I was already half-awake,â he rasps, voice not yet void of its morning grogginess. You find that you missed the sound of it more than you initially realized.
You turn your body around to face a sleepy Hinata, a hazy grin playing at the corners of his mouth as you let out a yawn.
âMorning, pretty thing,â he chuckles, before stifling a yawn of his own. âBreakfast?â
âFive more minutes,â you groan. Limbs latch around the orange haired male like a koala bear, a lazy attempt to keep him in bed for just a while longer. You know that Shoyo had picked up a habit of getting up and ready for the day at early hours, but you were determined to make him stick around to cuddle - if even for just a moment longer.
A lingering kiss is pressed to your forehead once youâre settled again, and you can sense Hinataâs face breaking into a sunny smile. âThatâs perfectly fine with me.â
Even if every blazing star in the sky fizzled out and ceased to shine, youâre certain that wouldnât matter to you. All the warmth and light youâve ever needed or wanted could be found in your reach - encasing you in a love so raw, yet you knew it would never burn you. Sun-kissed skin embraces your entire being, and you hardly notice the incoming daylight streaming over the streets of Brazil.