Most of my longer works are sweet romance fics featuring rare pairings. They do usually include some chapters with NSFW content and are rated E on AO3 because of that.
My shorter fics tend to be rated G or T and are more safe for general audiences.
My posts and reblogs here will be SFW, and Iâll try to stick to that with likes too.
Hereâs my AO3 page
And this is my longest story, Heat Waves, which is a post-timeskip Iwaizumi/Ushijima fic!
explaining to my partner why haikyuu good like no you need to understand the entire story is composed of interconnected webs of clear dramaturgical dyads and furudate understands the brechtian idea that the smallest possible social unit is two people (as opposed to an individual) and so all of the action of the show youâre able to genuinely invest in because itâs built upon the foundation of meaningful and deeply compelling relationships between people and those relationships are tied together via volleyball as the connective tissue and then my partner is like yes dear
And what if I said trans boy Hinata, who normally has to deal with people asking him if heâs on the girlâs volleyball team, shows up at his first tournament and doesnât know how to process King of the Court Kageyama actually taking him seriously?
Sometimes I think about baby Tobio getting to Kitagawa and thinking for a second that maybe Oikawa could be what his grandpa meant by âsomeone better.â
And then that completely falling apart because Oikawa is not in the headspace to be that for him.
And Tobio ending up thinking maybe itâs not actually real, that that wonât happen for him like he said.
But then out of nowhere he gets absolutely captivated by some scrub who doesnât even know how to receive properly but just has Something About Him.
Then itâs months later and he hasnât seen that guy or heard anything about him, and heâs lost all his friends, and heâs failed his entrance exams, and now the coach heâd gone to this safety school for specifically because he wanted to play for him isnât here after all and everything sucks and then IN WALKS AN ORANGE IDIOT TO CHANGE HIS FREAKING LIFE.
Like obviously all the characters in Haikyuu have their rivalries but not all of them are bloodthirsty like Oikawa but they all live in the same region like Hinata found Ushijima just by getting a little bit lost. Do you think, like, Yamagata and Yahaba ever had to take an escalator ride together at a department store?
Yamagata: So.... Seijoh, right?
Yabaha: I think I'll be killed if I'm seen talking to you.
I have been following fandom communities and fanfiction since I was in late middle school, and midway through 2024 I finally decided to make my own ao3 account and start posting. One of the coolest things about this is now my engagement can be tracked. I have a reading history, and have become acquainted with fellow Kagehina writers, and I can bookmark things! So, a few months earlier than New Years to balance out the chunk of 2024 in the mix, here are all the bookmarks I've made so far in rec list form- a.k.a.
Haikyuu Fics That August Likes 2025:
Silica Sand by lilien passe
Asanoya
"Overworked, over-stressed programmer Azumane Asahi works on the top floor of a Shinjuku skyscraper. Nervous around his coworkers and terrified of the long drop on the other side of the window, Asahi falls into a miserable routine, only to have it broken one day by a simple message on the outside of the glass. AU."
Chapters 2/2
We Could Be Brave by i8thecookie
Kagehina Iwaoi (light Oihina)
"What followed were people dissecting the photo in every which way, cobbling together timelines and other "proofs" of their relationship. It was a shitstorm. One that forced Hinata out of the closet, and Oikawa deeper in. While Hinata had taken to social media and TV interviews to admit that, yes, that was him in the photoâOikawa was going to deny it."
Chapters 4/4
a call to brazil costs several thousand yen by emleewrites
Kagehina
"Ginger gives him a strange look before snorting loudly. âGod, youâre weird,â he says, voice shaking with barely suppressed laughter. âDo you normally harass people for games and ask them bizarre questions, or am I just special?â
Tobio feels a strange urge to punch him and stalk away, but he refrains.
âI need to join a beach volleyball game for⌠practice,â Tobio grits out eventually, getting back on topic. He canât let his temper blow this opportunity â the chances of him finding another random Japanese speaker playing beach volleyball are likely to be slim. âOur coach sent us here.â
âPractice? For indoor?â Ginger asks, but he has the decency to look intrigued, pulling his cap back on and rubbing his chin thoughtfully. âTo like, transfer skills and stuff?â
âSomething like that,â Tobio shrugs. âSo can I join or what?â
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Kageyama Tobio is tasked with joining a beach volleyball game in Brazil shortly after Team Japan's defeat at the Olympics. By some miracle, he finds a Japanese player called Hinata Shouyou, and life is never quite the same after that."
Chapters 1/1
Wedding Ring by crazychipmunk
Iwaoi
"Oikawa returns from a three-week vacation with a wedding ring around his neck.
All his teammates knew about Oikawaâs new wife was that she was Japanese and she was "the most beautiful person in the world"
Join Oikawa's Argentinian teammates on a multi-year adventure to figure who has the misfortune to have married him."
by the moon and the stars in the sky (i'll be there) by aishi (reviiely)
Kagehina
"And so, he looked at Kageyamaâ Kageyama, his partner, with his fleeting smiles and his tosses and his trustâ and he said, âMarry me.â"
Chapters 1/1
Just Because I Make You Almond Milk Lattes Does Not Mean We Are Boyfriends by rudbeckia_hirta
Kagehina
"Kageyama is a retired pro volleyball player who runs a cafe. Hinata is a former beach volleyball player who works for the JVA. They meet for the first time in their 30s when Hinata desperately needs a caffeine fix during a work trip to Sendai."
Chapters 1/1
A Setter's Journal by MajesticAnna
Kagehina
"In Tobio's apartment, the quiet is constant, ceaseless. There's little that breaks the muted air; sometimes Tobio can go days without speaking a word. He goes on runs, watches televised games, and, most of the time, tries and fails to figure out what he's doing with his life. He's restless. It's become a second-skin, made worse with the silence. Sure, he can call Hitoka or Suga when he needs to talk, but otherwise his life is a routine of quiet and solitude. Often, he finds himself wondering how he'd ended up here.
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or: Tobio, after he retires from professional volleyball."
Chapters 1/1
Break Point by sunnyslipper
Kagehina
"As a rising tennis star, Shouyou has many decisions to make.
The most pressing one?
What to do about the blood-boiling gall of one Kageyama Tobio (and how to proceed when the fire in his chest becomes more of a mellow campfire than an angry, wild blaze.)"
Chapters 12/12
Sunshine and Cowlicks by girsbacon
Kagehina
"A short story collection comparing when Hinata and Kageyama first met to when they live together as adults."
Chapters 1/1
An Unfortunate Upsidedowning by Septems
Kagehina Daisuga Tsuki/Suga
"Thousands of people disappear overnight across the world. When they return the next day, it becomes apparent that they are not the same people they used to be.
During this time, Hinata struggles to maintain a workable relationship as an author with his editor Kageyama, and Sugawara tries to push away doubts that Tsukishima has planted in his mind."
Chapters 12/12
Conflict of Interest (orphaned account)
Kagehina
"A shift in the shadowsâa faint rustle, barely perceptible, like a held breath finally released. The silence thickened, pulsing, as if it had a heartbeat as if it waited for what would come next.
Kageyamaâs hand flicked the light switch, flooding the room with a sudden, harsh glow. He turned slowly, gaze locking onto the figure perched on the windowsill, grinning like he hadnât a care in the world.
âNinja,â he growled, his eyes narrowing as they met the bright, all-too-familiar grin of Hinata Shoyo.
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Detective Kageyama Tobio is the best of the best, renowned for his relentless determination and razor-sharp instincts in capturing criminals. His career-long obsession? Taking down The Ninjaâa notorious thief who has managed to evade capture for nearly a decade. But there are two big problems: The Ninja leaves behind no evidence, and Kageyama canât seem to stop finding his way into bed with him.
AU- Police"
Chapters 4/4
A Hundred or so Hellos by iwillstillopenthewindow
Kagehina
"He has lost count of how many times they've met, of how many "hellos" they've exchanged, and of how many "goodbyes" came and went."
Chapters 1/1
Columbidae or, The Whale by brechtian
Kagehina
"Kageyama gets drunk during a national team outing. Hinata contemplates what it means to be trapped in the belly of the beast."
Chapters 1/1
every version of you by versteckt
Kagehina (LOTS of good platonic relationships between characters you wouldn't expect)
"Kageyama Tobio discovers, not only that the multiverse exists - but that he can slide through it. Thus begins his quest to find the perfect world."
Chapters 11/11
Sugar Kink by ikft
Kagehina
"Sugar kink is a slang term for Gentle BDSM. People who like to experiment with only mild BDSM elements and get squicked by more hardcore scenes. This is a collection of Hinata/Kageyama stories on the same timeline where the characters (now adults) have sex that's silly, funny, sweet, and a tiny bit kinky.
...There might be some plot in there on occasion, too."
Works 6
The Person We've Yearned For by cymyguy
Kagehina
"âI do know you! From that summer at the river! Was itâten years ago?â Hinata taps his chin. âYeah, I think thatâs right.â
Then Hinata smiles a little smile, tilting his head.
âDo you remember me?â
~
When a rival cook opens up shop just a few blocks away, Kageyama takes it as a personal attack.
It goes beyond personal when he finds out said rival is an old flame."
Chapters 11/20
The Job by Esselle
Kagehina
"Kageyama Tobio only loves a few things in life: computers, movies, and interacting with other people as little as possible. So when he meets hotel employee Hinata Shouyou on a work trip and doesn't immediately hate him, it comes as something of a shock. Hinata is everything Tobio isn'tâoutgoing, worldly, and sexy AF. Even more surprising is the part where Hinata seems to be just as interested in him in return, plunging Tobio into the kind of whirlwind attraction he's only ever seen in films, and certainly never experienced for himself.
Tobio doesn't know why Hinata would want anything to do with him, but he can't stop himself from falling for Hinata's movie star-level charisma⌠and the air of mystery that surrounds him. Because for all their chemistry, there's something holding Hinata back, making him push Tobio away.
But Tobio is used to keeping people at arm's length, so he might be able to figure out how to get Hinata to let his guard downâand prove that he can be more than just some nerd Hinata met on the job."
Kuroo: Bo what are we doing on a volleyball court?
[Bokuto, staring at the candlelit dinner he prepared in the middle of the gym]
Bokuto: huh?
Bokuto: Kuroo... don't you know?
Bokuto: it's a courtship.
Today Iâm thinking about how basically all our Haikyuu monster gen boys are able to be so incredible because they had the right people in their lives.
For Hinata he needs someone to believe in him besides himself. He needs someone who can match and exceed him to show what heâs actually capable of, and thatâs Kageyama. And then later also Atsumu to an extent.
Kageyama also needs someone to challenge him, someone who will eventually make him be the one trying to keep up instead of leaving everyone else behind. Also someone to show him how to communicate more effectively and be around other people, someone to guide him out of everything going on in his own head. Thatâs Hinata with his boundless energy and fearlessness and big brother behavior.
Then we have the Miya twins, who continually push each other. Atsumu in particular needs someone who can both crank him up to 11 and bring him back down to earth just as quickly. Someone who can match his skill to keep him on his toes but has an outside life too. Someone who is like the part of his rocket that boosts him into orbit but then falls away eventually, going off to do his own thing and letting Atsumu keep going on his own. Thatâs Osamu, who is literally described in canon as Atsumuâs greatest blessing.
The exact opposite of that is Oikawa, who doesnât need someone to goad him on and push him â he needs someone to get him to stop. And thatâs Iwaizumi. He keeps him sturdy. Stable. His name meaning includes ârockâ for a reason.
Then Sakusa and Komori, who turn each other into one of the top aces and top liberos in the country by practicing with each other. Komori can dig almost anything now because heâs had years of practicing with his cousinâs weirdo spin. Sakusa is considered lucky or exceptional because of his wrists, but also considers himself lucky because of the people he meets who actually click with him and his prickly personality and challenge him and make him better (Motoya, Ushijima, and Iizuna)
The whole âluckyâ thing is also part of Ushijimaâs backstory and how he is who he is because Utsui protected his natural left handedness, likely at great cost. âI wonât ask for anything else.â He put everything into protecting Wakatoshiâs gift. (The IwaUshi shipper in me also likes to believe that his âIâm lucky tooâ also refers to his running into Iwaizumi and talking about a technique that later makes it so that he can challenge other teams on an international level, but Iâm gonna let yâall decide what you think on that, because I am admittedly very delusional about them.) But also letâs not forget best friend Tendou, who in high school is one of the only people to treat him like a normal person, who in timeskip calls him and knows exactly what to say when heâs struggling, because Wakatoshi is not used to struggling. Tendou knows what he needs, what to say to him to get him back on track.
And honestly, donât even get me started on Bokuto and Akaashi. I feel like I donât even have to explain why this involves them too, because damn.
But like, even outside of our major pro players, this happens to so many other characters too â like Hyakuzawa (later a D1 pro player) has Hinata, Asahi has Nishinoya, Nishinoya has his grandfather and Kinoshita, Terushima encounters Daichi and appreciates Okudake more because of it, Tora (later a D1 pro player) has Kenma, Tsukishima (later a D2 pro player) has Yamaguchi & Gym 3 Bros, Kyoutani (later a D2 pro player) has Iwaizumi & Oikawa & Yahaba, Kita affects his entire team including Suna, Atsumu, Aran, and Riseki (later all D1 pro players), Hirugami Sachirou has Hoshiumi, etc.
All this to say, Haikyuu is a story of connection. Not just because itâs about volleyball where you have to literally connect (looking @ you, Nekoma), but because basically everybodyâs arc has something to do with having the right people behind them when they need them. âWho they become tomorrowâ is directly tied to the people who matter in their lives, and I think thatâs incredible.
Suga is this type of setter too, to be subbed in and refresh everyone on the court â hence the âMr. Refreshingâ nickname. And so I just think Oikawaâs maybe⌠probably⌠very likely⌠a little completely obsessed with him đ¤
