“if you're weird, it's a we thing now.”
in which u pick up things from each other. ♡
Tsukishima x Reader mini drabble alternative to the OG slightly || tags: fluff, established relationship, slightly ooc, banter | a/n at the end + not proofread 😛 || WC: 500+
in your relationship with tsukki, there were a lot of unspoken traditions, even if some were purely coincidental.
like how whenever one of you likes something that is genuinely absurd to the other, somehow it'll grow on the other and they'll like it begrudgingly admitting it to themselves after a few months.
and right now? you really didn't want to admit to yourself that you started liking Labubus of all things- and all because of Tsukishima!
those mini gremlins were haunting your thoughts and plagued your poor little head.
now when you see them, all you think of is Tsukishima and unconsciously that led you to liking them. and you definitely weren't going to admit that for God's sake!??!!!?!
they were hideous, utterly and truly repulsive and chaotic in the worst ways possible!! well, that's what you wanted to think. but apparently you couldn't anymore.
and worst of all? now it'll look like it's you who liked those creatures first!! because it was definitely gonna be hard for people, well maybe excluding Yamaguchi and ofc you, to imagine Tsukishima liking those things naturally.
it all started when you saw three miserable looking Labubu keychains right under his dinosaur collection shelf. you almost immediately asked about them when you had walked into Tsukishima's rooms that day.
he had shrugged and said they reminded him of dinosaurs, and you. truthfully you were quite offended but you let it slide because a part of thought it must've been peak romance in his head.
tho you did try to find the resemblance between a Labubu and a dinosaur, was it the hands? the feet? the eyes..?? the teeth? maybe it was the sharp teeth.
you really didn't want to think of those things, but when you thought of Tsukishima, they tagged along in your thoughts like a train, Tsukishima was the train driver, and the passengers were Labubus, dinosaurs, strawberries and cake and some other nonsense depending on why you even thought of him.
so currently, as Tsukishima was oh, so, comfortably nuzzled in ur neck while you played with his hair, you couldn't help but look up at where he placed the Labubu keychains. noticing there was now a 4th.
without much thought you mumbled, "hey, Tsukki, why do I remind you of a Labubu? I'm really curious." for a moment he didn't respond.
"honestly.. I don't know, they just, do. like how coffee reminds me of you, despite the fact you don't like it much. you remind me of things I like."
silence. you didn't expect his answer to make you feel so fuzzy and warm inside. you let out a giggle and kissed the top of his head. last time you asked, he ragebaited you by saying you looked like a Labubu. which was honestly funny. but you don't wanna encourage his creative insults even more.
you sighed softly "Tsuskki, that's so cute! I feel like I need to confess that whenever you like something I start to like it too, now." he lifted his head to look at you, "...really now? even the Labubu?" you rolled your eyes, "yes, even the Labubu. also can I have one..?"
he laid his head back down to your neck with a small smug smile and a nod at your request.
BONUS: "i really still don't know what's the resemblance between a dinosaur and a Labubu, Tsukki." you said softly, without missing a beat he shrugged and simply said "you." and you decided to be satisfied with that answer. even though he basically called you a dinosaur now.
A/N hhhheyey,,,, shamefully editing ts to say alternative version ok. actually love this tho, like and subscribe if I should make a version where reader is the one who makes Tsukishima like Labubu