Jan 4, 2021
another rarepair week entry - prompt was “time skip” this time! the idea of yahaba shamelessly rooting for argentina just because of oikawa is absolutely hilarious to me (and even better, it’s actually canon)
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another rarepair week entry - prompt was “time skip” this time! the idea of yahaba shamelessly rooting for argentina just because of oikawa is absolutely hilarious to me (and even better, it’s actually canon)
Yahashira and 37 and matcha blossom and 47 please? And thank you!!
I'll put the yahashira here and post the matchablossom separately if you don't mind!
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"I'm bored," Shigeru whined, drawing out the word and ending it in a sigh.
"Too bad, I'm not moving in this heat," came the reply from where Kenjirou was sprawled on the tatami mat an arm's length away. His low voice was barely audible over the whir of the struggling old fan in the corner of the room. "What kind of household doesn't have airconditioning nowadays, anyway?"
"I can take a lot of shit, but you're not insulting my dear mother's architectural preferences."
"She deserves it for not bringing ice cream while shopping this morning."
Shigeru pushed himself up onto his elbows and found Kenjirou, who had slung an arm over his eyes. "We need to cool you down, your grumpiness is becoming unbearable."
"I literally just pointed out there's no ice cream," Kenjirou deadpanned, clearly holding a grudge against Shigeru's forgetful mother.
A plan popped into Shigeru's mind, and his lips pulled up into a grin. "Actually, I have something else in mind.
"As long as I get to stay right here," Kenjirou called after him as Shigeru got to his feet and ran off to gather supplies.
Twenty minutes later, he dragged Kenjirou out of his house and onto the grass patch dotted with trees across the street. There was a long stretch of silence when Kenjirou frowned down at the water guns, two buckets of water balloons, and 1.5 liter soda bottles, used and refilled.
"This is your masterplan?"
"Well, yeah." Shigeru bent down and snatched one of the water guns. "Thought we could have some fun."
"As much as I like the idea of throwing things at you, I'm not going to go run around to accomplish that, thanks."
Shigeru hummed. "Your loss," he shrugged, firing a spray of water right into Kenjirou's unsuspecting face with a grin. Kenjirou's surprised yelp was more than worth the seething glare he threw at him in response.
"Oh, now you've done it." He bent down, grabbed a water balloon and hurled it at Shigeru before he had the chance to react. It hit his chest with a splash. "You're in danger now."
Shigeru ran off, his laughter chasing him as he dove behind the nearest tree for cover. Kenjirou's inability to resist a challenge was working in his favor almost too well.
Time became impossible to measure as they darted across the field, trying to catch the other off guard and getting ambushed while acquiring new ammo. The water balloons were almost completely gone by the time Kenjirou requested a break; said break barely reached the two minute mark, with Shigeru trying to empty one of the bottles over Kenjirou's head as he sat in the grass, face angled to the infinitely blue sky. Within seconds, they were at each other's throats again, armed with guns and balloons.
Eventually, there was only one bottle left, and they raced each other for the only remaining weapon. It was only when Kenjirou, having reached the bottle first, nearly lost his footing that Shigeru realized the grass around their supplies was soaked -- and, as his luck would have it, he couldn't stop his momentum before he hit a slippery patch and barreled straight into Kenjirou's unbalanced form.
They crashed to the ground with a shared cry, Shigeru's fall partly cushioned by Kenjirou's torso.
Shigeru's face rested on Kenjirou's chest a moment too long before he forced his arms to push himself up. "Fuck, are you okay?"
Kenjirou's eyes were wide. "No," he said drily.
They looked at each other in a second of silence before they burst out laughing, wild and loud and without a care in the world.
Kenjirou grabbed a fistful of Shigeru's wet t-shirt and pulled him back down, using his free hand to cup Shigeru's cheek as he caught his lips in a kiss.
Shigeru was dragged along in this new current right away, adjusting his position so he straddled Kenjirou's waist and resting the majority of his weight on his elbows to prevent Kenjirou from getting crushed. He felt his own breaths ricochet off Kenjirou's face, tasted the remnants of lemonade on Kenjirou's tongue. One of his hands cradled the back of Kenjirou's head as he dove deeper and deeper, until Kenjirou's fingers knitted in the hair brushing the back of his neck and pulled almost painfully.
The kiss left Shigeru more winded than he'd been during the entirety of their water fight.
"So," Shigeru started, straightening so Kenjirou had the chance to sit up. "Does this mean I win?"
Kenjirou chuckled. He lifted his hand and gently caught Shigeru's chin.
"Idiot," he murmured, drawing him in for another kiss. Shigeru's eyes fell shut on instinct, hands itching to explore more of Kenjirou's body if he would let him. "Not by a long shot."
"Wait, what?"
Shigeru's eyes opened to the mouth of the remaining water bottle, water splashing into his face as Kenjirou squeezed its body. He could barely hear his own spluttering over Kenjirou's victorious laughter. He smiled despite himself, committing the sound to memory.
Shigeru figured he'd won in his own way, if the flutter of his heart was anything to go by.
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[Send me a number + a pairing for a ficlet]
Haikyuu!! - Shigeru Yahaba, Kenjirou Shirabu... & Kenji Futakuchi
comfort... well futakuchi has a different idea of comfort + matching outfits (again... futakuchi just wanted to be included)
@stzfanweek day 4 - reunion
{ Kenjirou Shirabu + Shigeru Yahaba & Kenji Futakuchi }
Bitc- ehm Captains Reunion
Shirabu x Yahaba and gold?
Shirabuhad an old phonograph, the kind that made whatever record it playedsound dusty and crackly. Shigeru absolutely loved it.
Theylay on the floor of Shirabu’sbedroom listening to American songs from the nineteen-thirties withtheir hands bare inches apart. For months now, they had been leadingup to a great and wonderful something,and lying there next to Shirabu, Shigeru could feel it reaching itsclimax. The threshold from which there was no return. The lastbarrier between what was and what could possibly be. All Shigeruwould have to do was to reach out into the empty space between them.
Therecord ended before he worked up the courage to do so, and Shirabugot up to flip it over. Shigeru watched him for a moment out of thecorner of his eye, the closed his eyes and regretted ever being born.A foot or something like it nudged at his side and he peeled his eyesopen again to see Shirabu standing over him.
“Getup,” he demanded.
“Why.”Shirabu huffed.
“Iwant to dance and you’re in the middle of the floor,” he said.
“Oh.”Shigeru climbed to his feet and went to sit on Shirabu’s bed.Shirabu huffed again. “What did I do this time?” Shigerudemanded.
“It’skind of hard to dance with you if you’re sitting on the bed,”Shirabu replied.
“Oh.”Shigeru blinked at him. “Oh.”
“Ithought you were supposed to be smart,” Shirabu said, shaking hishead sadly.
“I’mplenty smart,” Shigeru snapped, even as he stood and stepped closeto Shirabu. Shirabu smirked at him and took his hands, positioningone at Shirabu’s shoulder and holding the other in his own. Shirabuput his free hand at Shigeru’s waist, and suddenly everything feltvery real.
“Ifyou’re so smart, why have you not figured out I’ve been flirtingwith you for two years now?” Shirabu asked as they began to sway intime with the music. Shigeru’s mouth went dry.
“Inoticed,” he said softly. “I notice everything you do.”
“Thenwhy have you not acted on it?” Shirabu asked, his voice and eyesoffering no judgment for once, no accusation or anger, justcuriosity. Shigeru could feel his fingers begin to shake.
“Iwas about to,” he said. “You just beat me to the punch.”
“Sureyou were,” Shirabu snorted.
“Iwas!”
“Ibelieve you.”
“Noyou don’t.”
Shirabulaughed. “Justshut up and kiss me already,” he said.
SoShigeru did.
top five haikyu rare-pairs?
aah sorry it took so long to reply, i wanted to explain each ship n why I ship it thoroughly !!
1. yamayachi
i absolutely adore this pair, they’re so pure ! I love the way Yama calls her Yacchan and calls her cute when he first meets her. Also in the drama cd, Yachi gets into her overworrying mode and tsukki tries to cheer her up, but she gets even more worried ; then yama swoops in and says the same thing as tsukki and yachi immediately feels better and thanks yama ! and that one scene before the shiratorizawa match where they both freak out together after yachi tries to calm yamaguchi and yams is just concerned about yachi’s heart more than himself :> i think my fave moment was when yams cheered yachi up and takeda’s like “looks like yams is most likely to get married” ;; there’s just something about their awkward nervousness around each other that’s really really cute ;; hc that their first date is just a bundle of nerves and fluff aah !!
2. terudai
idk why i but im really digging this ship ; something abt how daichi could be the one to tame teru, but like in a fluffy way ? does that even make sense oops its kinda like the whole opposites attract thing aha
like daichi is grounded, responsible and v caring while teru is wild, carefree and exciting and they both kind of have what the other needs ; daichi brings teru down to earth n treats him w so so much respect and teru gives daichi a bit of fun and adventure ! hc that daichi is the one that teru will settle down w and forget his playboy days x
3. oiyama
oiyama is definitely a favorite bc i feel like they would bond over both being pinch servers n swapping serving techniques despite being on rival teams ?? idk n i feel like yams definitely knows how it feels like to try so hard n not succeed, so he would always be there to cheer oiks up after his losses ;; yama is also a mom-in-training so he would make sure oiks doesn’t overwork himself !!
4. shirayaha
Oof okay i recently read a really good fic that swayed my opinion of this ship,, i rlly like the idea of the second year setters (n second gen captains) having this rivalry that eventually turns into a relationship ?? idk i just love rival! ships (cough kagehina) ;; also i can kinda just see shirabu n yahaba making fun of their senpais and keeping the ‘you shouldve come to shiratorizawa’ joke alive ;
5. levyachi
the height difference aah !! i recently had a conversation with a friend about this ship, and i posed the question, 'how would they hold hands w/o lev just dragging yachi along?’ n they were like no lev would just carry her !! and i thought that was the cutest thing and now I need fanart oops
Bonus:
YamaYamaYamaYamaYamaYamaYamaYama
aka Kageyama, Yamaguchi, Yamagata, Yamamoto, Higashiyama, Hanayama, Yamato n Shibayama
spoiler alert: its just for the ship name aha
I’m really passionate about this issue.
The one piece of fanart came from @mitsouparker . Bless you.
Surprises
Pairing- YahaShira
Word Count- 1k
Summary- Yahaba wants to surprise Shirabu with dinner, while Shirabu is just praying that he doesn't burn down the house before he's done.
Read on Ao3
The smoke should have been the first sign that something was wrong. “Do I need to come in there?” Shirabu yelled through the house, getting up from his spot on the couch, setting the rabbit that was sitting on his lap to one of the seats of the furniture. “No no, everything is fine!” A quick response came yelling back. Shirabu raised an eyebrow, not believing that for a single second, but trusting that whatever happened, he did offer to help. He sat back down on the couch, continuing to pet his rabbit. She looked around for a second, realizing that she wasn’t sitting in Shirabu’s lap, and promptly hopping back to her original spot. Shirabu smiled, ignoring the sounds coming from the kitchen. That was until there was a yelp, followed shortly by a loud crash.