Rhi!!! I did not expect Powder Keg to unfold the way it did and I certainly did not expect it to involve multiple characters. Every time I think I’ve found some sense of bearing in your stories, you always end up surprising me and keeping me on my toes! I love how each the story centers on each Haikyuu boy, starting with Kuroo and in a way, ending with him when he sort of reminded OC time’s up and visitation hours were over.
Also loved how you captured their personality when interacting with Kisumi, like Kuroo’s cunning underneath his mask of professionalism, Akaashi’s polite yet aloof demeanor, and Bokuto’s restlessness and enthusiasm (to get it over with). And I think, all 3 boys are scary, just not in the same wavelengths. Like Akaashi’s and Kuroo’s are more mindfuck scary versus Bokuto’s physical strength. I mean even if he isn’t as ah, calculating as the other two, you can’t deny his beast of a strength and how he is capable of brutally fucking up Kisumi. The opening is also killer because I could feel reader’s dissociation and numbness from the shock of it all, I suppose. I just realized that sometimes, reading about the implications can be much more haunting than if I were to read an explicit retelling, really nice touch!
As always, I’m flooded by questions haha so I hope you’ll indulge me. Did the 3 of them initially plan to confess to MC or at least gave her the option of a polyamorous relationship? Or did they just went ahead and took her by force? How did the rape (I’m using the term in the court case) take place? And what made them decide to take the reader now, after all these years? Thank you! ☺️
yes, all three of them are just awful, terrible men and i for one find that very sexy of them hehe
but as for your questions;
no, there wasn't a 'confession' as such. they initially tried to very gently test the waters when they were hanging out together but the reader was kind of oblivious and they were getting nowhere quickly. when they got to the cabin though kuroo went right for it and when she didn't react well... yeah.
as far as the act itself, they had her for three days before she managed to get away. there was no easing into it. that was always their plan – either she was going to be into it and they'd have one hell of a fun week, or she would need a little convincing before she came around.
so kisumi mentioned that the reader left home a while back and had been kind of spotty in terms of where she was – basically trying to outrun the three of them. initially when i started writing this fic i had a scene where kuroo stops by the house and the three of them take to harassing her/following her around until she disappears. so it wasn't so much that they suddenly decided to take her again after years of being apart, but rather that they'd finally found her and managed to pin her down again that spun the events
