yakunoya is still so rare so here’s some headcanons to Remedy That
together they are known as the “fearsome libero shorties”
………….nothing good ever happens to people who use that title
noya enjoys curling around yaku, nuzzling every part of yaku he can reach, like a cat; yaku had been embarrassed the first few times noya tried to cuddle with him in front of their teams, but now he looks forward to noya’s touch
noya has no regard for his body (in that new bruises and scratches are normal for him) but he always, always frets whenever he finds a new bruise on yaku — despite being very much aware that his boyfriend is a talented libero like himself and is therefore also prone to injury
yaku sighs in exasperation every time noya insists on placing salonpas/pain relief patches on the especially purple bruises, but secretly he thinks that it’s nice to be taken care of for once
noya can’t come to tokyo often so yaku takes a lot of pictures and selfies whenever he does, and he keeps them in a little photo album in his bedroom to tide him over until the next time noya visits
yaku isn’t yaku without some (read: a lot of) indignation over his height, but the more time he spends with noya, the more he realizes how big noya’s presence is, how warm he makes others feel, even without the height
(or, maybe it is the height that makes Noya the explosive ball of energy that he is)
so the next time lev makes a comment about “how short yaku-san is,” yaku merely looks at him and says, “you know it.”
lev thinks it’s a trick, that the ass-beating is going to come when he least expects it. yaku thinks it’s really funny to see him freak out over nothing, and says as much to noya during their nightly phone calls
noya really, really adores yaku’s laugh. sometimes his laugh is loud, like when he talks affectionate shit about kuroo and lev, and sometimes it’s soft and startled and so, so fond that it makes noya ache whenever he remembers how far tokyo is
noya is rambunctious and impulsive and yaku loves that about him, but yaku’s favorite moments are when they’re quiet, when his feet are in noya’s lap and noya is drowsily murmuring about some prank tanaka pulled or how his new rolling thunder move is coming along
and out of nowhere noya leans over and kisses his cheek and promptly falls asleep on him. yaku can’t be any happier.
