Fic: Those Isles of Yours (that wait for me)
Title: Those Isles of Yours (that wait for me)
Author: fmpsimon (on AO3)
Fandom: Haikyu!!
Relationship: Kageyama Tobio/Hinata Shoyo
Rating: E
Summary: Sugawara made a bet and Kageyama took it. If Kageyama loses, he has to teach Sugawara’s worst student until he passes his swimming certification. He had no idea that losing that bet would completely change his life. He had learned how to swim as a child, so giving special attention to Suga’s worst student seemed like something he could handle. What he didn’t expect was that student to be Hinata Shoyo, someone he’d known when he was a child, someone he’d abandoned, and someone he’d, frankly, forgotten about. But what he hadn’t realized is that even though he’d forgotten Hinata, he’d carried that guilt with him his entire life.
He felt comfortable in the cool, clear water, like coming home, even though he had never been much of a swimmer. He had taken classes when he was little: a pool full of awkward little boys and girls learning how to float on their backs and kick the water from the safety of boogie boards. He had aced all his swimming exams, of course, and could have probably done it semi-professionally had he really had an interest in it. No, volleyball was his true passion, but that didn't really pay the bills at 32 years old. He managed to play on the side, though, which was of some comfort as he approached middle-age, and was single and working his ass off at a job that barely paid the rent of his luxury apartment.
So, if volleyball was his passion, then what was he doing swimming laps in the tightest swimwear he'd ever worn? He burst out of the water and ran his hands over his face. He regretted not bringing goggles, but this had been rather spur of the moment, and he was just lucky that Suga was able to lend him an old pair of swimming trunks. It was the least he could do for the loser of that stupid bet, the bet that Kageyama had lost.
Chapter one is up on AO3--more to come! Big thank you to all the team at @kagehinabigbang for putting on another great BB! And another big thank you to lvnesart on twitter! Their art is amazing, so check them out. Here's one of their pieces below!
