NOW UR TALKIN MY LANGUAGE
who confessed first: nishinoya, absolutely. nishinoya underthinks things 99% of the time and he can sense it when he’s hurtling towards the other 1%, so the second he realized he was into asahi he was like. ALRIGHT WELL NOW OR NEVER and stormed up to asahi and yelled some garbled aggressive nonsense at him that culminated in an “I LIKE YOU-” then that 1% of overthinking hit and he bolted before asahi could say a single word in response
noya doesn’t come to volleyball practice for the next two days and asahi is quietly freaking out and finally tanaka (who is a Good Best Friend) is like. sigh. and texts noya like “let me explain u a thing” and gets them to actually talk it out, and with noya quieter than usual bc he’s still in lowkey panic mode asahi is feeling brave enough to actually talk through his feelings and. they figure it out.
what does their home look like: somehow i can see them becoming a farm family? asahi goes out and manually clears land and splits logs from downed trees with an axe so they can stay warm in the harsh winter. nishinoya fucks around with the rice paddy irrigation system and has a grand old time feeding the chickens. later on in life they adopt like four kids and the whole family periodically piles into their minivan and goes on those Good Wholesome Family Trips like camping where it rains the whole time and noya’s like “IT BUILDS CHARACTER!” a la Calvin & Hobbes
their mini mixtape: mexican wine (fountains of wayne), tear upon the rose (gaelic storm), leaving on a jet plane (john denver) - these are all more for mood than for lyrics
what happens on date night: they both love the outdoors but nishinoya always wants to do Cool Adventurey Stuff like going ziplining or bungee jumping or whitewater rafting and asahi does go along but he mostly ends up clinging to noya’s arm and softly screeching. when asahi chooses, he convinces nishinoya to do more lowkey nature things like easy day hikes and splashing around in the river and the like.
what are their shopping trips like: asahi wants to buy old man shit like, fuckin fiber cereal or whatever. noya allows it on the grounds that he can get all this junk food that’s in bright neon colors and has no identifiable ingredients (asahi is horrified) (”you don’t even know what they put IN that stuff!” “sure don’t!” [slurping noises])
trivial fact about them: post-graduation they’re a sight to see when they’re out together because nishinoya's style is all pop punk with docs and skinny jeans and eyeliner and a bunch of piercings in the gay ear and meanwhile next to him asahi is dressed like a literal lumberjack in birkenstocks and worn old jeans and faded t-shirts and flannels with the sleeves rolled up and it’s like seeing Bellatrix Lestrange and Rubeus Hagrid walking around holding hands
