The sharp-witted leader of Nohebi, Daishō, lives up to his team’s “snake” reputation—cunning, observant, and always seeking ways to rattle opponents while maintaining a polite facade for referees and spectators. As a spiker, he combines solid technique with unpredictable plays, using feints and well-timed hits to break defences. Though he enjoys psychological battles, he cares deeply for his teammates and leads with clear, tactical direction.
A steady and versatile attacker, Takachiho plays a key role in balancing Nohebi’s offence with his ability to score from multiple positions. He works smoothly alongside his captain and teammates, adapting quickly to shifting game rhythms and making smart choices under pressure. Calm and cooperative, he often provides reliable support both in attack and defence, quietly doing his part to keep the team’s strategic, methodical style running effectively throughout intense matches.
As the team’s ace, Numai carries heavy offensive responsibility with strong hitting power and consistent performance. Even when playing through injury, he fights relentlessly to keep his team in the game, embodying Nohebi’s stubborn, enduring spirit. His serves are also a valuable weapon, often used to disrupt opponents’ formations. While he may not be flashy, his reliability and determination make him an essential pillar of both attack and morale.
Hiroo is a critical force in the centre, using his height, quick reflexes, and precise timing to shut down opposing attacks with well-placed blocks. He also contributes sharp, fast-paced, quick attacks that catch defences off guard. Though he appears quiet and laid-back, he is highly competitive and sharp-minded, working closely with the setter to create tactical advantages. His solid defensive work and efficient offence make him a key part of Nohebi’s structured game plan.
A promising young player, Kuguri brings fresh energy and agility to the team as a first-year. While still developing his skills and gaining match experience, he already shows good court awareness and the ability to make effective plays within Nohebi’s tricky, strategic system. He learns quickly from his upperclassmen, adapting to their unique style of play. Though sometimes seen as reserved or slow to act, he steadily improves and adds depth to the team’s offensive lineup.
The brain behind Nohebi’s offence, Sakishima organises plays with clever strategy and excellent control. He fully understands his teammates’ strengths and tailors his tosses to maximise their effectiveness, whether setting up powerful spikes or tricky feint plays. Confident and sharp-tongued, he also joins in on psychological tactics to unsettle opponents. Calm under pressure, he adjusts strategies instantly based on how the game unfolds, acting as the steady foundation that turns plans into points.
The way you talked and expressed yourself, the way you dressed, how you interacted with others and your surroundings, the way you seemed to be so funny whether you tried or not, the way you immersed yourself on your interests, the way you looked good on every frame, the way your image shined wether the picture was light or dark, the way the frame was sometimes angled in a way that it seemed as if you were looking at them.
author's note: i've been thinking a lot about reader being a media character and haikyuu bois simping for her and i think is the best way to deal with my burning brain
author's note(2) : i was working on a wip and it got deleted i now have to rewrite all my process 🙃🔪
These are only Daishou, Numai, Hiroo and Kuguri, I'm gonna do the other four next!
Daishou Suguru
This man will tease you mercilessly before you start dating. It’s his way of saying that he likes you, but he won’t up and admit it, that’s not how he’ll confess
He’s a tsundere to be perfectly honest with you
Kisses with him are short and sweet or long and meaningful, no in between
But once you two start going out, oh boy
He’s so WHIPPED for you, it’s not even funny
He will show you off in front of the team and it’s both endearing and embarrassing because you could walk in and he’ll bounce over to you and call you his princess
Trust me, he’s someone that will take you around the city for your first date, but while he tries to play it off as cool, he’s so nervous
He likes lingering hugs more than short hugs
Bury your face in his chest and he’s a goner
He’s a good boyfriend, he takes what you want to do and what you like in account and he applies it to everything in his life
Kazuma Numai
Perfect boyfriend? This man right here
His confession was straight to the point and while he's the ace of Nohebi and talented and all that jazz, believe me, this is not his field
When he's asking you out, he's a blushing mess and stuttering but the second you agree his face LIGHTS UP
It's the cutest thing, I swear
He will not show you off in front of the team if you're uncomfortable but he will, from time to time, say, "Oh yeah, my S/O and I have a date later, I can't make it" to the team
Isumi's so mad at him everytime
He'll hold your hand anywhere and everywhere, as long as you agree, his hands are rough but they bring a sense of warmth, a sense of home
Hugs? You bet. He'd much rather have you hugging him from the front so he can hug you tightly and place his hand on your head
He loves to press little kisses all over your face but kiss him before a game, you better believe he’s playing to his fullest
Cuddling? He’d rather be the big spoon, but he won’t say no to being the little spoon
Honestly, best boyfriend of all of Nohebi
Hiroo Koji
He’s actually popular but honestly doesn't care for that crowd
He'd rather be with you all the time
At first, his love language will be physical acts because he's scared of you leaving him, but over time, as he starts to trust you more, he'll use words of affection
Expect a love letter at any given moment once you're in that stage
It also reminds you both on how he asked you out, which was by letter because he was nervous about it
PDA is a yes or no for him, depending on you and what day it is, but he will always be up for hugging you from behind
Out of all of them, third best cuddler, I said what I said
Kisses from him are usually when he's teasing you or when he thinks you're adorable, but there are the meaningful kisses before a game or important event
He likes to carry you on his back, no matter his height, he will do it
Amazing boyfriend, 10/10
Kuguri Naoyasu
Now this guy, man
If you're down for a boyfriend that will sleep on you whenever the day is slow, guess what, here he is
Absolutely a sweetheart with you when he starts getting feelings, but I'm gonna be honest, he doesn't even realize until Numai straight up tells him
Confession from him, he'll act nonchalant, he's dying inside and he tries to pretend like his face isn't burning
Once you're going out, it doesn't seem different to anyone else but you two
He'll link pinkies with you as PDA, but nothing other than that
He isn't big on outside dates, he'd much rather stay inside and binge a true crime documentary and cuddle with you
SPEAKING OF CUDDLING, HE'S THE CUDDLING KING OF NOHEBI
If he cuddles you, that's it, it's over, your worries? Gone. Exhaustion? Already here. Kuguri? A heater or AC, depending on the weather, it's weird
He's a switch between big and little spoon, but he's mainly a little spoon because he likes to be held; he'll only be a big spoon when he wants you to stop worrying and/or sleep alongside him
Kisses are VERY rare for him, so when he does kiss you, he's showing you his vulnerable side
He's such an adorable boyfriend, please protect him with your life
Okay listen this dude has like zero personality recorded, wiki is straight up dry and empty so im MAKING THIS BITCH A PERSONALITY IDCIDC lets get s t a r t e d
So just looking at this dude im envisioning a suna and kunimi type character but like with spice because i say so like he's pretty quiet i imagine, kind of edgy but like in a skater boy who doesn't smoke way. Super into respecting women™ and like more laid back than lazy, but he can make snappy comments here and there. The type of guy to dish it out when flirting but as soon as you give the same energy he's turning red ya know?
So in a relationship i imagine it'd be like comfortable silence but like also a lot of laughing 🥺 hes one of those people who seems very intimidating but as soon as you meet he's able to vibe with you so that'll only increase in a relationship. Will 100% make you playlists but will be like lol lemme have the aux (after you two become friends probably asks you to walk to drive him home from practice) and then shows you some of his favorites to see if you like them and then casually makes you one and wordlessly links you or maybe even makes you a tape omg and then would love it if you showed him your songs. He likes seeing people so passionate about things so honestly share anything you enjoy with him and he'll be so interactive and invested like it could even be like stamp collecting and he'd fucking suck it all in. Great listener too, the type of guy to listen to you talk shit and laugh or join in with snarky comments to make you feel better but will call you out on bullshit. dont worry he keeps people in check.
Omg he writes a song for you?? Idk something about him tells me hes into music like a lot so he'd like to express his feelings through it. HIS HAIR PLAY WITH HIS HAIR omg he'd let you do his makeup (pls paint his nails) and put clips and beads in his hair and braid it or basically anything. And if you want him to do yours he totally will like he'll learn your favorite hairstyles and stuff too and will learn about hairtypes but prefers if you teach him about yours so he can learn what you like to do to your hair personally. Also learns your skin cair routine and stuff so if you fall asleep while spending the night or are about to pass out he can help you get through it because he refuses to let you sleep without washing your face properly especially if you wear makeup. Likes to hold hands and likes being the small spoon but will be the big one too if you want him to be, but if yall are laying on the couch he prefers big spoon bc its so cramped.
Dates are probably super casual too. I dont see him going anywhere fancy but i dont see him particularly fond of staying at home all the time either so probably enjoys walking around the city (yall are the couple with sick fits like rad as fuck) even if you guys dont go into any stores or anything and loves vendor food compared to restaurants and cafes. Also buys you little gifts, for your anniversary probably buys you guys matching rings like he gets one of those chunky ones that look good on your favorite choker (his hand 🤩) and you a band if you dont like chunky rings or maybe he'd give you one of his own to put on a chain or MAYBE he just gives you one of his chains or necklaces.
Overall a super good and underrated feminist boyfriend 😌
AHH 2K YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! Congrats congrats!! Is it lame I just wanna see you wrote anything with Hiroo or Numai? Like just whatever you want and I’ll love it?! 😭🎉😂💗
HI HI THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! No it is most definitely NOT, I will do anything for those boys and so I will write for Hiroo! Thank you for requesting especially Nohebi I love those boys!
Snow Days
“Hiroo, wake up!”
Hiroo turned over in his bed, wondering why he was hearing Y/N’s voice in his sleep. There was no possible way that she was right next to him. Through his slightly opened eyes, he could see a female figure. Maybe he was just dreaming...
However, his guess was wrong when he could feel her shaking him awake and exclaiming, “Wake up, wake up, wake up, it’s snowing! It’s a snow day!”
“Couldn’t you have stayed at home then?” Hiroo grumbled. He loved his best friend so much and even had certain feelings for her, but waking him up on a day where all he wanted to do was sleep was walking a tightrope. “I’m tired, go away.”
“I’m not leaving until you wake up. Come on, it’s snowing!” She draped herself over him, grinning as he shifted to try and push her off, failing miserably. He ended up just trying to find a comfortable position. “Your mom said that I could wake you up. The rest of the team is waiting for you!”
Hiroo groaned and successfully shoved her off of him, a smirk appearing on his face. “Okay, okay, I’ll be there soon.”
But when he went outside, he didn’t see the rest of his teammates anywhere. Only Y/N was there, smiling mischievously at him. So she had dragged him out of bed for no reason, huh? “You’re kidding me.” Hiroo said bluntly before going over to a pile of snow and balling it up, throwing it at Y/N before she could react. “I wanted to sleep!”
Y/N started laughing as she started throwing snowballs at him as well and soon they were in a full-fledged snowball fight with one another, Hiroo trying to get revenge on her and Y/N defending herself. Hours passed by and once they were cold and tired, they went back inside the house to rest and get warm.
Hiroo looked over at Y/N as she grinned at him thankfully for the hot chocolate he had served her. It was the smile that got him everytime. That smile that made him fall head over heels for her. And as he sipped his own hot chocolate, he found himself smiling too.
Maybe it wasn’t a bad thing that she woke him up that morning.
In which Hiroo Koji notices what being a real assassin and a target actually is.
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Note: This one came out in a different way than I expected, to be honest.
Assassins were usually to be feared and no one could tell them what to do. Not even the highest bidder could get them to take a target.
But to each his own, Hiroo thought as he sat across his best friend in a coffee shop. He was currently waiting for her to get back with their food as he fiddled with the silver necklace she had given him for his birthday. He never got it for himself, thinking that it would be too self-indulgent for someone like him to buy.
It was different when it came to her, though. He refused to take it off during missions. Maybe it was because it was a gift from the one friend that had been with him even though she didn’t know what was going on, maybe it was because he harbored feelings for her, maybe it was because it was that same necklace he had wanted. So many possibilities, so little time to think about all of them.
“Here you go, black coffee.” Y/N sat down and shook her head. “I don’t know why you always get that, it wouldn’t bother me if it was another brand of coffee, but that brand is so utterly strong.”
“It’s the only thing that keeps me up at night.” Hiroo sipped his coffee, rolling her eyes at her playfully.
“Maybe you shouldn’t, do you not see the bags under your eyes? They get worse every time I see you!” Twirling a stirrer into her own coffee and eyeing the last croissant in between them, she took it, taking a bite out of it.
“I pretend that I don’t see them.” He plucked the remaining half of the croissant from her hand and stuffed it into his mouth before she could blink. Swallowing, he continued, “Besides, my job requires me to stay up. I don’t want to sleep in the daytime either because you keep me up.” Before she can say anything, he cuts in. “Not in a bad way, of course, I like hanging out with you.”
“Aww, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re soft right now.”
“Am not.”
“Are too.”
The bickering went on until both of them left the shop to go their separate ways. Walking into his apartment with an elated smile on his face, he was about to crash into his bed until he saw something that caught his eye on his desk. A cream-colored envelope with his name written on the front in calligraphy. There was no way someone didn’t actually go and place it there without breaking in. However, one scan of the room proved him wrong.
There was a simple letter inside, but that letter made Hiroo’s throat go dry as he realized what was going on. Someone incredibly dangerous had just hired him to assassinate the one person he swore he’d never harm in his life.
Y/N was in danger.
His hands started shaking as he kept reading. The message was clear. If she wasn’t gone by the same time the next week, he’d be the one targeted. This person obviously had a vendetta against her. He wondered why before getting back to reading the letter, his mind infiltrated with inquiries going faster than he could perceive.
They’re taking hunter becomes the hunted literally, Hiroo mumbled to himself inaudibly. If he wanted to scream, that would be the right moment to do it. Instead, he sat on his bed, a blank expression on his face. The real question now resided with his choice. Would he choose her or him? What could he afford to lose, his own cautious reality or the fantasy of her?
One week. One week to choose. This could have been a no-brainer if he truly wasn’t weak for his best friend.
During the next week, he found himself not sleeping a wink. If he was lucky, he’d get two hours of sleep but he was looking haggard. He couldn’t do any of the missions he told himself to do. Trying to avoid Y/N was out of the question, she had a sixth sense for him.
“Hiroo, I swear, you need to sleep right now!” She exclaimed as she kicked the door open to his place. He stared at her like she wasn’t real and she sighed, walking over to him.
“You need to go...” Hiroo whispered as she sat him down on his bed. Raising an eyebrow, she clearly refused.
“No, you’re going to sleep.” She tucked him in and put a hand on his forehead. “You’re warmer than normal, but considering that you’ve been awake for several days, that’s the expected result.”
Fatigue was arriving in several waves and he tried to fight it. A horrifying realization creeped into his mind before he passed out. One week had gone by exactly. If the person knew where Hiroo was, surely they’d find out where Y/N was too. He couldn’t resist the drowsiness, cursing himself for it.
When he woke up again, he quickly jumped out of bed and tried looking for Y/N, screaming her name. When she didn’t answer, he sunk to his knees, head in his hands.
Another pair of hands took his and a familiar voice said, “Why are you screaming? I’m right here.”
He looked up to see her face, beaming down at him. Crouching next to him and running one hand through his hair, she raised an eyebrow. “Your job...it isn’t as uncommon as you think, Hiroo. You didn’t need to protect me.”
He looked at the hand holding both of his. There were chips of a red substance underneath them. They were the same chips that he’d get after a job. “You’re also an...?”
“Assassin? Hmm, you could call it that. I prefer to go by solo, though. I get paid by the highest bidder to do their jobs. The person that told you to get me was someone I refused to work for. It doesn’t matter now, we’re safe.” Pressing her lips to his temple, he found himself falling into her arms, shaky breaths coming out of him.
He didn’t expect that outcome and yet, he found himself more relieved now that his darkest secret was one that she also shared. He could finally breathe again.
Note: This one does have a major character death and we are finally entering the last five that I have wanted to write all month long, I’m so excited to get to Kuguri’s though. There are mentions of internal injuries, but it is nothing graphic, but do skip it if you can’t read it. (Also, fair warning, I started crying as I was writing it, this is the only piece of angst I actually started sobbing as I wrote it)
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All he could tell her was that he was okay, that she didn’t need to fuss over him when something was going on with him. “Nothing, I’m fine!” He always told her, even though he was far less than okay. However, there was no way that he would tell her that something had happened to him and he had less than five months to live. Maybe someone could tell her that he had left Japan to go somewhere else when he passed away.
But Y/N was smart and that’s something that made Hiroo both smile and frown. Depending on the performance of the messenger, she could either tell that they were lying and possibly hurt her. Maybe just telling her that he had passed away was for the best.
No. It’d hurt more.
These were the things he thought about as he kept playing volleyball. Trying to execute his plays well without letting anyone else know, he found himself slower than Kuguri when they were both trying to block a ball. Kuguri asked quietly, “Are you okay? You’re slower than usual today.”
“Yeah. Yeah, I’m okay.” Hiroo said, placing one hand over his ribcage and wincing. “I’m just a little sore from something that happened yesterday.” Another lie. How many lies would be be able to tell before someone realized what was actually going on? Every weekend he had to go to the hospital and every time, with a solemn look on their faces, they’d say that his clock was ticking.
It’d be a miracle if he was even able to go to college with Daishou, Numai and Takachiho. Hell, it’d be a miracle if he’d have the life he wanted with Y/N. But he persisted, trying to tell himself that the doctors would help or find a cure for whatever he had. Everytime he came back from the hospital, he was much more tired than before.
Y/N would be a fool not to notice this. She always went up to Hiroo and asked what was wrong and when he didn’t say anything, she’d brush it off. There was no way, she’d forget though. She’d ask him if he wanted to go to his favorite place and he’d always say yes with a smile on his face. It was strained, but not as if he didn’t want to go. He just felt so tired.
Exhaustion was something common for him nowadays. He feared that if he fell asleep he’d never wake up. The doctors had told him he only had a few months to live, so he shouldn’t have had that fear. But as the time came closer, he felt sicker and sicker to his stomach. How would he tell Y/N?
“Kuguri...there’s something I have to tell you.” Hiroo said quietly after practice. Kuguri was the one he could trust with this because he wouldn’t tell the team any of this. At least he hoped he wouldn’t.
“Hiroo-san?” Kuguri glanced at him and decided to walk home with him. Along the sidewalk, he looked at Hiroo curiously. “What’s wrong?”
Hiroo didn’t know how to say it hiddenly so instead he just blurted it out. “I only have two months left to live.”
Kuguri’s eyes widened and he stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, staring at his upperclassman. This was impossible, what had happened to him? Was that the reason why he had skipped a month of school that one time? “What?”
“Every weekend I’ve been going to the doctors so they could check on me but it’s the same result every time. I-I haven’t told Y/N, and I don’t plan on telling her. But I’m not sure if it’ll happen before we graduate, so I want you to tell her that I graduated and then I left Japan.” Hiroo explained quickly yet quietly, looking at the floor.
The other boy shook his head slowly. “And you’re just telling me? Why didn’t you tell the team?”
“How am I supposed to tell them!?” Hiroo half-screamed. “I don’t want to die yet, you think I want to?! I can’t go up to them and say, ‘Oh, hey, guys, by the way, I’m dying in a couple of months, but what college are you going to?’ What am I going to tell Y/N? We were supposed to do so many things together and now--” Hiroo’s voice cracked and he quickly rubbed away any tears that were starting to rise up. “Now I can’t because the doctors told me I’m dying!” The emotions broke through the dam and he was shaking, covering up his sobs.
Kuguri only looked at him and he said slowly, “I’ll tell her.” Both of them went home together, Kuguri having one hand on Hiroo’s shoulder as comfort as Hiroo continued crying on the way home.
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Two months were eight weeks. They flew by too quickly. He was in his seventh week, having one last week to live. He confided in Kuguri and sure enough, none of the team had noticed this at all. He continued playing volleyball and joked that he was just getting so old that he couldn’t move like he used to before. Kuguri was the only one to look at him with sad eyes, knowing that Hiroo wouldn’t make it to an old age.
On Thursday, the day before graduation, Y/N and Hiroo walked up to a hill where a cherry blossom was waiting for them. Y/N twirled around and grinned at him. “Can you believe that we’re graduating tomorrow?”
“Yeah, it’s hard to believe.” He sat down next to the tree, staring at her smiling face, memorizing the features and ingraining them into his head. That was the last image he wanted to see before he passed away. “Where are you going to go?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Maybe travel the world with you, that’d be nice.” Y/N had said, sitting next to him and taking his hand in hers, kissing his knuckles. The sign of affection warmed him up inside and made him sadder as well. Wrapping an arm around her shoulder, he merely placed his cheek on top of her head and kissed the top of it. “You know I love you right?”
Y/N looked at him in astonishment and smiled, not saying anything but merely drinking in the moment.
It was not until that night that the event occurred. Hiroo collapsed inside of his home, pain in his chest as the hospital was called and he was rushed there, his eyes closing slowly.
This is it. This is where I die.
But it wasn’t where he was going to die. He started fighting against the urge to just fall asleep right then and there, one last flare of hope rising up in him that there would be something to cure him. He didn’t want anyone to come and see him, afraid of leaving them even though it was inevitable.
What he had underestimated was how long Kuguri could keep quiet. The whole team was racing to get to Hiroo, all of them panicking and rushing to Hiroo. But the one person that was already ready to go and running as if her life depended on it was Y/N. Kuguri had told her beforehand and something tugged at her instincts at the exact moment Hiroo collapsed. She sprinted to the hospital, entering the waiting room and asking, “Where’s Hiroo Koji?”
When she got the room number, she felt like she was going in slow motion trying to reach him. Pushing the door open and panting, she saw a team of doctors waiting around. The doctor with a clipboard in his hand stared at her and said, “Miss, you can’t be in here.”
“No, NO! Don’t you dare tell me that. Hiroo!” Y/N screamed. She tried to make her way inside but one of the stronger nurses started pushing her out the door as she started struggling and shrieking.
Hiroo was growing weaker as he stirred and slowly turned his head towards the door. “I-Is that my Y/N? Please…” His hand slowly slid out of the blanket and he tried to reach for her. “Let her be with me...that’s my last wish…”
The doctor with the clipboard nodded and Y/N was let inside. She went to his side, looking at him up and down and clapping a hand over her mouth, tears welling in her eyes as she brushed away his bangs. He stared at her blankly, but started smiling slowly. “I don’t want it. I don’t want the assistance. I want to die out of my own accord with her by my side.”
With those words, the team started leaving, closing the door behind them. Y/N took his hand, slowly getting colder and weaker as he tried to squeeze her hand. He whispered, “Hey, princess…”
With a shaky voice, she started speaking. “Were you ever going to tell me?”
Hiroo let out a sound that sounded like a laugh, but carefully brought her hand to his lips, staring at her with love in his eyes. “Is it okay if I say no?”
“Hiroo….Koji….” Tears started falling from her eyes as she tried to wipe them away and she bent down to hug him tightly, wishing that it was her in that position and not him. “We were supposed to travel the world together, you said you’d do it.”
“I’ll still be by your side. Just not physically.” He stared at her as she pulled away, cupping her cheek and trying to smile. Wiping a stray tear away, he mumbled, “Don’t cry for me. Smile. I want to see your smile one last time before I go.”
“Don’t go. Please don’t go…” Y/N begged, squeezing his hand as if trying to bring life back into him. “I don’t want to be alone.”
“You won’t be alone. I promise, I promise, I’ll be right behind you even if you can’t see me.” Hiroo mused. He memorized the patterns on her face and smiled as she kissed his forehead. “You’re so beautiful...I was so lucky to have you as long as I did.” The heart monitor started slowing down as he closed his eyes. “I love you.”
With those words, Hiroo’s hand went limp in Y/N’s hand but still she kept holding it, even as his hand got colder. Holding his hand with both her hands, she sucked in a breath shakily, letting her tears keep falling as she pressed her forehead to their entwined hands and letting out the quietest of sobs.
