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armins-main-hoe · 1 year
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Hi i rlly liked ur recent haikyuu manager post!! Could u make a karasuno and nekoma version to that?
Take ur time :D (ignore if don't want to do)
Thank you for liking the post! I'll write up any type request as long as I know who the characters are :)
Here is the link to the previous post.
"Oh no, you've got it all wrong. She does bite."
Karasuno and nekoma version
When you first signed up to be the manager for the boy's volleyball team, you really didn't think much of it. You only signed up because your parents wanted you to go to some sort of after school club.
You didn't like any of the clubs so you decided to be a manager for a sports team. Besides, you didn't think a manager would have to do much since most of the organisation for matches would be done by the teachers and coaches.
So here you are on your first day being introduced to the boys in the team.
Karasuno
(You can decide whether its Yachi or Kiyoko's place your taking)
You honestly didn't know much about volleyball but this was the only club left without a manager so here you are standing before the boys as you are introducing yourself to them.
"Hey, I'm Y/n L/n and I'll be your manager from now on."
Things went well and your parents laid off your back for a good while. Though for the first few practices you really didn't have a single clue with what was going on. You would sit, leaning your back against the wall, on the side and watch the ball go from one side to another while they yelled at each other.
To be honest, you didn't get the hype about the sport but you did your duty as manager as best you could.
The boys were wary of their new manager. Often glancing at her every now and then and she would always be looking at them with the same scary expression.
They knew the girl's scary reputation, everyone did. Why she ever chose to be their manager baffles them even to this day.
When Asahi said 'hello' to you for the first time he was pretty nervous and he ended up sounding a little odd. You thought he was trying to intimidate you or something so you glared at him.
Square up Asahi, Y/n about to swing some arms.
Daichi came in between you both, explaining to you that Asahi doesn't mean any harm. He is a friendly giant, promise.
"Yeah he better be."
But over the next few practices, you realised that Asahi really was the BFG so you apologised to him later.
Nishinoya gets on your nerves everyday. Like everyday. He'll be walking back to class and he'll bump into you on purpose. He'll shout "YO MISS MANAGER!" if he sees you across the hallway or streets. Unlike Asahi, this boy was looking to get beat up. He is the cause for 90% of your headaches. The other 10% goes to Kageyama and Hinata's bickering.
Not even a whole month goes by with you as their manager and you have nearly given each team member a smack or punch.
Over time though, you do get pretty close to the boys and you care about them though you might show it, you wouldn't actually ever say it.
When they have practice matches with other teams from other schools and that other team decides to talk shit about your team, you having a field day swinging your fists like helicopter blades.
Though you don't actually ever get very far with your punches to have a field day before the coach or a teacher stops you.
Oikawa once tried to flirt with you. He failed miserably.
By now you understood the game much better and 100% agreed with the hype about it. Would you ever play the game yourself? With these boys? No.
Why? Well have you seen the force at which they smack those balls? (lmao great wording) Like you smack other balls with that force but as a beginner who hasn't ever physically payed volleyball herself, they'd hand your ass back to you even if they were going easy on you. Help, Nishinoya would be a PAIN to deal with after.
Maybe you'll stick to being a delinquent manager and not a player.
Nekoma
Believe me when I say that Taketora was over to moon when he found out his team now has a manager. He was gushing and blushing about it for days.
He came back down to earth when he saw it was you though.
The infamous Y/n.
Just his luck.
But little did he and the rest of the team know, you actually really liked the sport and knew a lot about it. You would give them lots of pointers and took down notes of their strengths and weaknesses.
You threatened to beat them up if they didn't improve in your given time frame.
Did you ever beat them up? No you didn't, apart from Lev.
Lev has a very cheerful and playful personality and he doesn't even realise when he teases you for your height or whatever else. So he gets beat up with your clipboard one to many times.
Okay now I think about it, I think Kuroo would also be on your 'to hit' list. He is very good at provoking people and you. So he is also hit by your clipboard a few times too.
the poor clipboard is worn out.
You took this sport very seriously. The members often wondered why you didn't decide to play as a member on the girls team instead. When they asked you, you replied with
"It pains me to think that you lot would miss out on an awesome manager like me if i were to be a player instead, also because I know I would just be too good at the sport as a player so I decided to be nice and give you amatures a chance."
"Y/n you sound like Kuroo now..."
It wasn't long before Taketora began bragging about his team's manager to Hinata. Hinata thought you looked too scary and competitive for anyone to even see your feminine looks but the nekoma boys can see it clear as day.
Yaku was the only boy who never got told off by you. In fact, you actually get along with him pretty well, you both have very engaging conversations and he's the only one who receives pointers from you in your calm voice.
You have confiscated Kenma's phone a few times because he would get distracted by playing games on it and the poor boy wouldn't even glare or fight you about it like he would with Kuroo because he knew better.
The first time the boys saw you genuinely smile at practice, a smile that didn't have malicious intent or sarcastic, they were fawning all over you. That was also the first and last time they saw you flustered before being chased around the practice hall by you and your fists.
They'd see that smile again whenever they win a practice match or a real match in a competition and to them it makes victory taste that much sweeter.
Think even Hinata would agree with Taketora that you looked cute with that smile.
The boys sometimes forget that you do get into actual fights outside of school and practice so it often comes as a shock when they see you with some injuries when you go back to practice.
But they wouldn't want any other girl as their manager. They are more than happy to have you!
not proofread :/
But I had fun writing this like I did with the other post so thank you for the request!!
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I love your writing so much and you seem to always brighten my day! So, I just wanted to ask if I can, could you do a chubby manager where she gets bullied because of it and the teams stand up for her and help her. I have been having bad mental health days and this will really help me. But of course if you don't want to it's totally okay. Just asking for consideration! (If you do pick this can you do Karasuno, and Shoji and if you do one that's totally okay 👍) ☺️♥️
Hi there! So my full headcanon requests are currently closed BUT this request definitely hits home for me. I’ve always been tall and chubby and use to get bullied constantly for both. I’m really sorry you are struggling mentally and I hope this can bring you a little smile 😊
I’m going to put it below the cut because it might be triggering to some
TW: Bullying, fat shaming
Being Karasuno’s Manager:
Miss Manager gets bullied
for her Weight
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Karasuno (guest appearance by Seijoh, Shiratorizawa and Date Tech) x fem! Reader (she/her)
Warnings: swearing, fat shaming, bullying, reader cries, threatening words, Tanaka thinking he’s a bad ass, Tsukishima taking care of it 💅
First off, Karasuno is B L E S S E D
Come on, 3 managers???
Ugh say less!
Hinata now thinks they are a super powerhouse
Suga says that’s not a real thing
Kageyama kicks Hinata for saying something so stupid 🙄
Anyways, you are a first year like Yachi
Actually Yachi dragged you into this because she was nervous
She had told you about this hot girl who had approached her and asked her to be the boys volleyball manager
You were a bit nervous to say the least
It wasn’t necessarily because your were athletic or didn’t know anything about volleyball
But, in the past, you’d been bullied about your size
And of course, these guys were athletes and they would be fit
To your surprise, however, they said nothing about your weight
Heck they didn’t even seem to notice you were plus sized
Literally all you had to do was breathe YN and these boys would faint 😂
Karasuno treats all their managers like queens and is super protective
They adored you, Yachi and Kiyoko so much and appreciated everything you did for them
You threw them a towel? Eternally grateful 🙌🏻
Filled their water bottle? Excessive thank you’s
Took detailed notes? Framed them and read them everyday
Literally it would be hard to find a more thankful team!
However, not everyone was as nice as Karasuno
You’d faced bullies in middle school and high school
Thankfully most of the people at your high school were pretty decent and nice
But when tournaments came around 👀
Well let’s just say not everyone extended a warm welcome
It was inter high and you were tasked with filling up the water bottles
Honestly, it was your favorite task because you didn’t have to deal with Hinata and Kageyama fighting or Noya and Tanaka peacocking in front of the other team 🙄
As you filled the bottles, you noticed a group of guys gathering behind you
You thought nothing of it, thinking that maybe they were waiting for the water fountain
After you finished, you moved out of the way, turning to smile at them
“You can have the water fountain now! Sorry I was filling up my teams bottles!”
The guys all stared at you with disgust on their faces before one spoke up
“There was no way we could get to the fountain anyways with you taking up that much space.”
The guys all burst in laughter as you watched them
At first, you didn’t think it was due to your size and maybe you were just in the middle of both fountains
“Oh I’m sorry. I would have moved over for you.”
The guys all just laughed as another one spoke
“Not like we’d have any space with your fat ass taking up both fountains!”
Hearing this worlds, your heart instantly sank
But those idiots weren’t done 😑
Because if there’s anything we know about bullies, it’s that they do so to make themselves feel better
And these dummies must have really been feeling like shit…
“Honestly I didn’t even know there were two fountains behind her she’s so big!”
“Damn she’s like a walking billboard for Karasuno!”
The guys laughed as tears began to fill your eyes and your lip began to quiver
These guys were jerks who were hitting every one of your insecurities
And worst of all, you were frozen as the tears began to fall
“Awe did we make the baby hippo cry?” One of the laughed
You tried your hardest to move but you were frozen, unable to run from the bullies
However 👀👀 as luck would have it, you weren’t alone
Because Yachi had been sent to help you
And she saw the entire exchange 😌
She quickly turned, running back to the gym to grab the guys
Kiyoko saw Yachi frantically running and asked her what happened. Panting, Yachi recalled the events
Instantly the atmosphere in the gym changed
Without saying a word, Daichi, Noya and Tanaka took off
The rest of the team following quickly behind
Even Tsukishima was moving quickly 😱
When they say you, still standing there and crying
Oh boy : D
I would not want to be those bullies right about now
Kiyoko and Yachi ran to you and hugged you
“Are you ok Yn?” Kiyoko asked as you shook your head and cried harder
Oof- someone prepare the burial grounds because it’s about to go D O W N
Daichi walked right up to them and got in their face, Suga, Tanaka and Noya right on his heels
“What the hell did you just say to our manager?” Daichi boomed as your head shot up to see the team right in front of you
“What us? Nothing we were just waiting for the water fountain,” one of the jerks said as Suga glared at them
“That’s not what we heard you were doing,” Suga spoke as Tanaka and Noya began to crack their knuckles
By this time, a crowd was starting to gather
Seijoh, Shiratorizawa, Date tech…
The whole gangs here!
And let me just say, they do not look happy
“We heard you said something to our BEAUTIFUL Manager. Mind repeating that…” Tanaka said, cracking his neck from side to side
The guys faces began to pale as Karasuno’s eyes burned with anger
You didn’t want anyone to fight because you knew that they could get kicked out of the tournament
“Guys hey it’s ok, let’s just go,” you said, wiping your eye as Kiyoko and Yachi grabbed your arm
“I think we need to teach these jerks a lesson!” Noya snarled
Nobody was going to stop this
Literally Kunimi was filming because he knew Karasuno was not to be messed with
Heck even Oikawa and Iwaizumi were ready to back Karasuno up!
And because jerks don’t know how to keep their mouths shut, they continued to fan the flames
“Come on guys, she’s huge! How can we not comment on that? I mean I felt the floors move when she walked here!” One of them chuckled
Wrong thing to say bestie
“Let’s take this outside!” Tanaka said, grabbing the jerk by the collar and pulling him towards the exit
The other bullies tried to intervene but were stopped by the wall of Date Tech
“Yeah you ain’t going nowhere,” Futakuchi smirked as Aone glared at the boys
The bullies rn 👉🏻👁️👄👁️
“Hey man let me go! Listen I’m sorry ok!” The one being dragged by Tanaka cried
You didn’t want anyone to get hurt or expelled from the tournament because of you
You stood tall, wiping your eyes as you left Kiyoko and Yachi’s side
“YN wait!” Yachi yelled as you approached Tanaka and the bully
“Tanaka please don’t! I don’t want you to get hurt or kicked out! Karasuno has worked too hard for this,” you spoke as Tanaka looked from you to the bully
He shoved the bully to the ground as he glared down at him
“You’re lucky city boy!”
You breathed a sigh of relief as Tanaka walked away, grabbing your hand
Unfortunately the bully and his now broken ego weren’t don’t 🙄
“I knew Karasuno was a bunch of wimps!”
Daichi, Noya and Tanaka turned around and were ready
“Let’s go city boy! Two hits, I hit you, you hit the ground!” Tanaka shouted
Before you could stop them, they tore down fr towards the boy
Your eyes widened in shock as you prepared for a fight
But thankfully, an Angel shined down from the heavens
An Angel in the form of one tall, rather salty first year
The king of comebacks, Tsukishima 💅
“A bunch of wimps? You’re the one picking on a girl who was filling up water bottles for her team,” Tsukishima spat as Daichi, Noya and Tanaka halted
Everyone turned to look at Tsukishima who had now walked over to the boy and was looking over him
“Where is your manager? Oh wait, you don’t even have one do you? Jealous much? Or maybe it’s because your pathetic asses can’t find any girls who are even remotely interested in being your managers.”
The bully glared up at Tsukishima was was now smirking
“Werent you that team who couldn’t even make it past the first round last time? Yeah that’s right you got your asses handed to you in straight sets.”
“Yeah well at least our team doesn’t isn’t known as being fallen champions!” The bully spat back as Tsukishima laughed, bending over and making eye contact with the jerk
“At least people know who we are, nobody even knows your name.”
“Yeah well-”
“And now that everyone does know who you are, I think they all want to crush you,” Suga added as the boy gulped, looking around at everyone who was glaring at him
“Gee I wonder who your first opponent is?” Oikawa interjected
“That would be us,” Ushiwaka said, arms crossed and glaring at the man
“Oh I’d hate to be your right now!” Tendo laughed, coming from behind Ushiwaka
The boy got to his feet as Tsukishima continued to smirk, everyone still staring at him
“Come on man let’s get out of here,” one of his teammates said
The bully just scoffed before turning around and walking away
Everyone watched as they left for their gym before turning to you
“Are you ok Yn?” Asahi asked as you nodded
“I’ll be ok thank you but you guys didn’t have to do that,” you softly spoke
“No way we were going to sit back and let someone say those things YN!” Hinata shouted
“Yeah that’s why we turned Tsuki lose on his ass!” Yamaguchi smiled
“Shut up Tadashi,” Tsuki said as he began walking back the gym
“Sorry you had to deal with that Yn. If you ever need help, don’t be afraid to ask,” Iwaizumi stepped up
“We are perfectly capable of protecting our manager but thanks,” Daichi growled
“Ok enough of that, let’s go,” Suga said, pushing Daichi back to the gym
Kiyoko took your hand and began to walk away when Ushiwaka stepped in your way
“I will crush them for you Yn,” he said, voice monotone and face passive
You just smiled wide before hugging him
Ushijima 👉🏻😐🫂
Everyone else 👉🏻😳😱
“What the hell Yn where is my hug? I was ready to mess up my spiking hand for you!” Tanaka cries as Ennoshita smacked him
You rolled your eyes before hugging the winged spiker
Tanaka, acting like he’s never been hugged by a girl before 👉🏻👁️💧👄💧👁️
“I WANT A HUG TOO YN!”
“ME TOO!”
“YN look what you started!” Daichi yelled as a line had now formed in front of you, all the guys wanting a hug
Don’t worry YN, he could never be mad at you for long 🥰
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heyitsyn · 10 months
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Manager!Karasuno
a/n: oh dear. hello everyone. i am back, gigi is back and this is the newest installment of the manager series :))) i hope you guys like it and sending much love!!! <3
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a/n: have fun :)
mm okay so this is a new series
or season?
the series is the managers and this is a new season because this is karasuno’s manager!!! :)))) 
everyone say hi!!!
she’s a wittle first year and shes a cute little thing but she got the energy of a rabid chihuahua
so this is how it you came to be
when mommy and daddy love each other very much-
hehe i kid i kid
but srsly, the whole bird and bees thing
and then boom, you were attending middle school in hyogo
you were a first year that was taken in by a pair of twins that were your neighbors
the miyas
miya osamu <3
and
miya atsumu >:3
they were what got you into volleyball in the first place even though you were more into soccer like your papa and even talked you into being their team’s manager
so here you were, freshly turned 12 (because you were the youngest of your entire grade) and suddenly responsible for a bunch of older kids
the coach helped you too of course but it was a lot of work and so when the twins left and you became a third year, you were practically a know-it-all with volleyball
flying receives?
jump serves?
you learned from the best B)
however,
when you were about 3 months into being in high school and as their current manager at inarizaki,
tragedy struck.
see, your parents were often out of town and tended to go overseas for business but when a plane that they were on crashed causing their death, you had no choice but to be taken in by your next of kin which was your uncle down in miyagi
he was your mom’s cousin but she practically saw him as her brother and you didnt really talk to him very much, apart from the times your mom called him and a few sentences of greetings were exchanged, but you knew who he was because your mom was close to him
duh, you were grieving and loss is such a hard thing to go through
the miya twins were there for you the whole time, even when they were busy
i mean like you lived at their house because you couldn’t stand being in the same home that you once shared with your parents
they didnt take it very well when you had to leave but they understood as long as you promised to come visit them soon so you get to see them play on the big stage
:’)
so here you were, on the train en route to miyagi where your uncle was supposed to be waiting for you
the time on your phone blared that it’s been nearly 5 hours and you’re supposed to be approaching the prefecture now
you’ve taken the train by yourself before but it still doesn’t make it any less nerve-wracking because one, you’re alone and two, theres a lot of people
you didnt really do well with a lot of people nor the anxiety that bubbles in you whenever you stuck in a place for a very long time
it doesn’t help that the worst thing to ever happen has happened
eventually, the conductor went around and it was announced that you have arrived so you quickly grabbed your backpack and your duffel bag before rushing to grab the one large suitcase that was at the back of your compartment
the rest of your luggage and clothing was already taken to miyagi when your uncle drove all the way to hyogo to pick it up so you wouldn’t be inconvenienced during your way there
hes so sweet
you pulled the handle and gripped it, nerves eating you away and sleep pulling behind your eyes but you couldnt sleep
you didnt want to
the doors opened and you hurried out, getting past the many people and you saw the familiar hair of your uncle
his bleached hair was pulled back into a baby ponytail and his headband kept stray hairs from clouding his eyes
‘y/n-chan!’ he shouted and waved
you cringed at how zealous he was and the attention he was receiving from strangers so you hurried over to him
he rushed to give you a hug as if you didnt just see him a few days ago
‘oji’ you mumbled in greeting and he pulled back, giving you a wide grin
‘man! i can’t believe you’re as tall as my shoulders! before, you were still a tiny little baby that was smaller than my arm!’
you turned red and began to pull him to go home because he was attracting many stares from blushing ladies
sigh
you guys reached his cute yellow car and piled your suitcase and duffel bag in the back so the two of you could settle in the front seats
he started the car and drove off the parking lot and into the streets
wow, it doesnt look very different to hyogo
‘how are ya, y/n-chan?’
his tone was softer and you turn to look at him
he was focused on the road but it definitely sounded like his mind was somewhere else and he was trying to concentrate on talking to you
‘’m okay’ you mumbled
he was there during the funeral and the only one to attend since your grandfather and aunt was in the middle of recovering from their surgery and your other family members had other obligations
as if this wasn’t more important 
but he was there and you couldn’t be more thankful enough
you were only 15
you don’t know how to plan a funeral and a burial by yourself
not to mention their will and the passing on of their estate 
like bruh thats stuff that you have no idea on what to do with
so keishin was there to help you sort it out and meeting with legal attorneys and you were lucky that he always made sure that you understood what they were saying and making sure with you that whatever you decided is your choice and it shouldn’t be influenced by him or the lawyers
keishin is worried about you a lot since it happened and didn’t even want to go back to miyagi afterwards but his store needed to be opened and he doesn’t have anyone else to run it apart from his mother, who he really doesn’t want moving around since she also just got knee surgery
‘are you sure? you know i’m here when you need to talk. i lost her too so i understand most than anyone’
he quietly comforted you and your nose began to sting as a signal from the incoming tears but you looked out the window and to the trees that you passed by
‘i dont want to’ you whispered to him and keishin nodded
he won’t force you but just to let you know that he was there and will always be there
you two drove in a comfortable silence and you arrived at his family home where you will be staying
‘this is where your ma grew up. its a shame she never brought you or your pops down to visit but it can’t be helped. your grandma is in there sleeping right now so its best you keep the noise down a bit but im sure she’ll be excited to see you, kid’
you got settled into the house quickly and keishin’s mom who you could call as your aunt was very excited to see you and you smiled and hugged her and stuff
apparently your grandpa was helping some friend with his rice farm and such
sigh. you remember kita-senpai so that made you sad
since you just got there, they gave you some time to adjust like a month off of school
but you come to find out that you were enrolled in a nearby school, karasuno, which was somehow associated with your uncle
keishin attended there too when he was young and so did your mom but was now the volleyball team’s coach
you were a little >:\ because you wanted to stay in hyogo with the twins but you knew that you needed to be taken cared of right now
you were still young and even now, grieving is a process that would be easier with family
keishin got you all set for your first day and you had to hide a laugh at how excited he was when he gave you your uniform
‘its like sending off my own kid to school!’
gosh he gives such dad vibes now
your first day!!!!
of course keishin got you a little whiteboard that says first day of high school written on it and he told you to stand in front of the door so he could take a picture
even his ma was giggling behind him while you were red at the amount of attention he was giving to this entire ordeal
‘come on! here’s your lunch and some allowance to get something good at the vending machine. i would’ve sent you off myself but i got a delivery for the store. you remember how to get there right? if not, you got the directions in your notes?’
you rolled your eyes playfully
‘yes, oji. me gots it’
keishin actually walked you to the school a few days ago to teach you the way there and my gosh hes adorable
you tightened the straps of your backpack and hugged your grandma and grandpa before venturing out
it was so quiet
the neighborhood that you lived in was the kind where old people lived so there was no sound of students talking amongst themselves
but about 5 minutes into your walk, you found a pair of students, boys, who were going to the same direction you were in
one had his headphones over his ears and the other was talking to him like he didn’t see the headphones at all
you could only see the back of their heads and noticed that the one who was talking had dark green hair and was shorter than the one wearing the headphones, who was blonde and was really, really tall
the only person was omimi-senpai
and that dude had to be around his height
you had your earbuds in so you couldn’t exactly hear what they were saying but you were just walking along and absorbing the scenery instead of hurrying to class
then the tall blonde guy stopped walking but you were too busy at looking around you to notice that he stopped so you bumped into his back and made a noise of surprise
duh the first thing to come out of your mouth was an apology
‘sorry!’
bro it wasn’t your fault that this dude just stopped out of nowhere
but this guy turned his head around at you and met your eyes
you shivered, scared at his glare at you 
‘’m sorry’
you apologized again by bowing and walking around him to prevent anymore accidents
you weren’t gonna make a big deal about it because it was just an accident but you were afraid he was going to yell at you or something
instead of trying to have a peaceful walk, you were speed-walking to the school and even got lost once since you turned at a wrong street
but dw dw you just had to call keishin in a panic and after laughing, he helped you back to your destination
even google maps didn’t help you bruh
gigi fact: i went to dublin and was looking for nandos and we were walking but the gps thing didnt work correctly so we walked in circles around the city without ever finding nandos
in the end, gigi never got her nandos
anyways!
you went to the little office they got in the front of the school and you smiled at the lady
‘hi, ma name is l/n y/n’
she looked at you and nodded
‘new student?’
duh
but you nodded
‘id please?’
you fumbled in your bag and found your old inarizaki id because all of your other important ids were with keishin
lowkey kinda scary but maybe i just got trust issues
it seemed like it was good enough for her so she quickly typed something in the computer and after many clicks later, she got up to get something from the printer and returned with your schedule and what looks like a card
an id?
she noticed you staring at the identification card
‘it seems a relative of yours with the name of ukai keishin sent your information from inarizaki high, if im correct, and with it, your school picture so we just transferred it over to our database and printed your school id from there’
you let out a small sigh of relief that you dont gotta take a picture and you thanked her then grabbed your things
class 1-4 huh?
you wandered around and found out that the layout of the school was like inarizaki with the third floor being for first years and the second for the second years and so on
but you hate stairs
so you were kinda already dying when you made it up to your floor and by this time, students were already arriving
you obviously felt out of place and even when you started high school back in hyogo, you were already friends with some people in there and with the help of the twins, you were a bit well-known already
but here
you were a total stranger
a background character
an uneasy feeling crept into your stomach but you inhaled and exhaled before walking to the room that was labeled ‘1-4’ 
in an instant, several pairs of eyes were on you
everyone wasn’t there yet but enough that you wanted to crawl into a hole and die
who needed school anyways?
the twins already promised you a future where you don’t gotta work so it doesn’t matter
speaking of, they were messaging you now with how your phone was vibrating and you hurriedly ran to a chair in the back of the room to avoid any more attention
you pulled your phone out and stopped a smile from creeping into your face
it was mainly atsumu sending crying emojis while osamu was fussing over the fact that you only packed some sandwiches for lunch but you were quick to calm down his concerns by telling them that you were gonna get some snacks from the vending machine
sigh
you miss them
a lot
if you were back in hyogo, they would already be in your class, annoying the ever loving god outta you along with the other guy in osamu’s class, suna
atsumu is actually in a class higher than his brother and he continues to use that as a bragging thing
but you really do miss them
it feels like something is missing
but you weren’t allowed to be in your feels for too long because you felt someone looming over you to your right and looked up to see the tall guy from earlier, golden-brown eyes piercing straight to you
you didnt do the whole gasping thing like they do in mangas but you did freeze
he was definitely going to pick you up and throw you outta the window beside you bruh
pray for me
gigi: im praying for you sis
‘can i help ya?’ you asked because we aint here to be stuttering and stammering like little anime girls
but you were still scared lmao
he looked down at you with a cold glare
‘youre in my seat’
goddammit y/n
of course you were
just your luck
y/n things, you know?
but you looked at him dumbly 
‘yer wha?’
maybe it was because you were scared of him that you didnt fully process his question 
but he leaned down at you, glasses shining for effect
‘you’re in my seat, shorty’
he repeated but with an edge this time
yea no you clearly heard that
so you grabbed your bag and stood up, hurrying out of the room
maybe you can go back home and tell keishin you weren’t feeling good and you didnt wanna be here
that could work
so you were standing outside of your class, away from the windows because duh the entire class saw the whole thing and you didnt want them to watch you like thats so embarrassing lmao
your fingers were typing a message to keishin but before you could hit send, you hear someone stop in front of you
you looked up and was met with a man who was quite short but you could tell he was a teacher
god, if hes your homeroom teacher-
‘oh? are you the new student? i’m your homeroom teacher, takeda ittetsu’
the lord just aint on your side isn’t he?
you stared at him with this grim look in your face that his brows were furrowed with concern
‘are you okay?’
you nodded, swallowing and looking to the side
he just nodded along and gestured to enter the room
you cursed in your head but followed him, surprised that everyone was already there
did they just appear there out of thin air?
or were you really that out of it to notice people walking in
‘everyone, we have a new student today. she is a transfer from hyogo so if you could please, welcome her to our school. would you like to introduce yourself?’
if takeda-sensei didnt have such a nice look on his face, you woulda bolted outta there
but also, that would be embarrassing if you just ran out
so you nodded and looked ahead, remembering atsumu’s advice
just look at the wall and tune everything and everyone else out
‘’m l/n y/n and ‘m from inarizaki high school. let’s get along’
ugh, awkward introductions were never my thing nor have i ever transferred during a school year either so idk man
takeda directed you to a seat by the windows and was in the middle of the rows so you were ahead of the tall scary guy
but my god, you felt his stare the entire time
by the time lunch rolls around, you were already ready to go home
you were messaging the twins and suna of what was happening and they all petitioned for you to move back home and into the miya household
osamu: in favor of y/n moving and staying with us, say i
atsumu: Iiiii would like that
suna: *hand raising emoji* i
*cue tears forming in your eyes*
they were so cute
but you were distracted from your phone when a bunch of students started whispering around you and you looked up to see a really really pretty girl at the doorway of your classroom
and she was looking directly at you
aint no way
you havent been here but only a few hours
how have you already made beef with people?
she saw that you were looking at her and after a split-second eye contact, she was already walking towards you before stopping beside your desk
‘can i help ya?’ you asked again, feeling deja vu
man, pretty people were really freaking scary
then she smiled 
small, but still a smile
‘i’m shimizu kiyoko, third year. i’m also the manager of the boys’ volleyball club’
ah! the club that your uncle coaches
so you felt a little better about that so you gave her a small smile back
‘o, ma uncle’s the coach. didja need’m?’
she shook her head and you could swear there were flowers radiating from her right now
‘actually, no. the third years would like to meet you and i was sent to collect you’
*cue the suspicious eye brow raise*
like we as the watchers know kiyoko is the absolute sweetest angel to ever exist but in a realistic point of view, this was still kinda sussy you know?
she saw the hesitation 
‘the team wants to meet you but that might be a lot for you so we thought it was okay for the third years to meet you instead. if you would like, you could call your uncle and see if it’s okay’
nah, you werent taking any chances so you hurriedly whipped out your phone and pressed 1
since he was in your emergency contact :’)
‘oji, theres dis really pretty lady who says shes the manager of yer team’
‘mhm. mhm. shimizu kiyoko’
‘ahhh, okei okei.’
you ended the call and looked at her before standing up
‘lead the way’
she brought you down many stairs and into a secluded little hallway of the third year floor
you were a bit scared so you were walking a little bit behind her but saw 3 figures at the end, just talking and one leaning out of the open window
they saw the two of you and perked up
‘oh hey! you must be coach’s niece!’
the one with grey hair raised a hand
‘yo’ you timidly greeted
the one with the man bun understood your shyness and gave you a small smile
‘azumane asahi’ he extended a hand and you were surprised at how soft his voice was
‘i’m sugawara koshi but feel free to call me suga-senpai!’ he gave you a peace sign that initially made you cringe but quickly found endearing
he seemed really nice
then the last one with the short black hair gave you a smile
‘i’m the captain of the team. sawamura daichi’
ahhh so he was the captain
well, he was no kita-san but they had the same vibe
the same aura
that authoritative and leading aura
they were quick to ask you questions and get to know you better and such
then the bell rang and the older boys bid farewell to you guys while kiyoko was gonna walk you back to your class
not like you were completely lost or anything
but as you walked, she asked you a question
‘y/n, would you like to be a manager? i’m graduating next year and i worry that we won’t have a new one to replace me’
you looked at her in surprise
did someone say something about you being a manager in your old school?
you blinked
‘me?’
she nods, softly
‘you know our coach already and the third years too. it wouldn’t be too hard to be friends with the others but i do admit they’re quite rambunctious’
it might sound like shes complaining but you turn and see her with a smile
‘do ya think i can do it?’
theres that underlying fear
you werent very social and you werent outgoing enough to make friends with anyone and everyone
back home, you had the twins who weaseled you in to the team in middle school and high school
but now, you were completely alone and you had no one, essentially
so yea youre kinda scared lmao
she hums
‘would you like to see first? you dont have to do anything’
you still hesitate
but maybe you can just sit there and see how it goes 
you could even walk home with your uncle afterwards and with him, you know you wouldnt get lost
so you nod and you were sent back to class which ended really quickly now that you got something to look forward to later
kiyoko picked you up from your classroom since she knew you werent sure where everything was and she asked you to wait outside a room while she got changed to her manager uniform
you were familiar of the manager uniforms since you had to wear it at junior high and high school too
you even still have your familiar red inarizaki jacket but you were too emotional to wear it nor did you want to wear another school’s jacket
kiyoko smiled when she saw you leaning against the wall after she came out and nudged you
‘follow me?’
you nodded, blinded by both her beauty and her striking white teeth
she made small talk with you along the way like how your first day was and if you liked miyagi 
she also asked about where you were from and hyogo
‘i managed ma school’s volleyball team too’
her eyes widened at that revelation
‘did you really? then you know how to do these things then!’
you smiled at her but didnt really answer
the two of you were nearing the gym and could hear the squeaks of shoes against the floor and the balls that were smacking against the walls
hehe
she opened the door and you heard shouts of her name before they saw you based on their silence
you observed the gym and noticed many heads, including the tall scary guy from your class
your brows furrowed when your eyes landed on him but he only looked at you with a blank expression
the third years already knew you so they were giving you a smile 
daichi, if you remember correctly, walked up to you and raised a hand
'hey, y/n! glad you could make it!'
you nodded
'shes just observing today, if thats okay?'
daichi lit up and clapped his hands
'of course! feel free to sit over there at the stage, y/n'
the gym wasnt like inarizaki where they had bleachers
it was just a metal box with a stage at the other side 
but before you could go, 3 people bounded up to you
one with orange hair
one with a buzzcut
and another with a bleached fringe
omg tsumu?
they looked at you with wonder
daichi noticed them and quickly put an arm in front of you
'everyone! this is l/n y/n, shes coach's niece and shes simply observing today. please be kind to her'
he pointedly looked at the meme trio and they shrunk back with a pout
but you grinned and raised a peace sign
'yo'
they immediately introduced themselves to you with hinata, noya, and tanaka being the very outgoing ones and hinata being the one who was in your year while the other two were second years
you also met the quieter and softer second years: ennoshita, kinoshita, and narita who shot you apologetic smiles after they saw the surprised and overwhelmed look you got after the trio talked your ear off
‘sorry about them. they can be a handful’
ennoshita apologized but you waved a hand around
‘don’ mind! don’ mind!’
and you met the other first years
the tall scary guy was tsukishima kei and the one who was walking next to him with the green hair this morning was yamaguchi and was strikingly opposite to his best friend
he had freckles and an adorable smile
‘hi, i’m yamaguchi tadashi’
he introduced himself with a bashful smile
your heart exploded with how cute he was and nodded before sticking a hand out for him to shake
‘l/n y/n’
then the last team member you were introduced to was kageyama tobio
he is a first-year setter with dark blue hair and seemed to have a hobby of bickering the with the tangerine
he was kinda quiet and a bit awkward with introducing himself but it cant be helped that people were awkward you know?
in a way, he reminded you of sunarin
sigh
you miss them
but once you were introduced to everyone, you simply sat on the edge of the stage and watched them practice
duh, you just met them so you werent gonna have an automatic friendship with any of them but it didnt mean that you were a stranger to them
your uncle did eventually arrive and he already knew that you met kiyoko and the others but he wasnt really sure if you were gonna be there at practice so he was still surprised to see you
keishin would look at you often just to check if you were uncomfortable but he saw some sort of light in your expression, a sense of excitement and longing
he knew that you were a part of a volleyball club in hyogo too since he met the twins in the midst of moving your stuff
so he knew that you had a connection to volleyball
which is why he dropped the hint to the third years and shimizu about possibly recruiting you as a manager for the team
once nightfall breaks and it was finally dark, everyone clapped as a signal that practice was over
you felt bad just watching them clean up so you jumped off the stage to pick up the stray balls and helping them dismantle the net as much as you could
‘y/n, here’s the cart’
shimizu gently said and you smiled before pushing it yourself and dropping the balls in as you went
she watched you with a soft gaze and she was looking forward to training you
she feels that she made the right choice
keishin rounded them up as a meeting before leaving and announced to stop by the store to get some ice pops as a treat for their hardwork today
you connected to the meme trio since they had an energy that reminded you of your friends back home and how lively they were
hinata and you bounced off each other effortlessly and you animatedly spoke to him the entire walk to the store
did you know where you were going?
no
but you were just following along with everyone else
‘ah, now we got two shortys to worry about’
tsukishima remarked from behind you and both you and hinata gave him a glare
‘rude’
hinata huffed and you nodded
‘its like i can never escape ya, tsukishima. are ya stalkin me?’
you teased and he rolled his eyes before shoving your shoulder lightly
‘dont be so vain, shrimp. maybe its because we live in the same area and go to the same school. its just a maybe though’
okay, hes sarcastic
keishin opened the door to the store and you greeted your auntie who was looking after it for the time
hinata wanted to get some chips but you wanted a drink so you went to the fridges in the back causing kageyama to follow you too
you noticed him stand beside you, looking at the contents of the fridge and you gave him a sideways smile
kageyama turned his head a bit when he saw you and nodded stiffly before opening and reaching for his milk
how cute
you grabbed your f/d and met up with everyone at the front
the third years were fussing over the meme trio while the second years were watching with an amused smile
your uncle stood beside you and nudged your arm
‘so? you okay with this?’
you looked at him and smiled softly
‘its fun’
yea keishin hasnt really seen you smile like that and he felt a warmth surge in his chest
he wanted to make sure you could start over here and help you move on from what happened
this is the first step to doing so
daichi waved you over and suga patted your head as he began to talk to you
you met keishin’s eyes and he nodded
that night, you were on a group facetime with your friends
tsumu: oi, y/n! ya better not be replacin’ us!
osamu: oh, shaddup, tsumu. nothin’ wrong with making friends yanno
sunarin: how is it there? are you getting along with them? are they nice to you?
y/n: ‘m kinda scared to start over but i’ll do ma best
and thus, started your little adventures with karasuno volleyball team
for like a week, you followed kiyoko everywhere and just watched what she did
you found out that you needed to be in a club as a first year from your homeroom teacher who also coincidentally is the advisor for the team
he was so nice omg
as the days went past, you were quickly warming up to the boys and it was like you were back on the groove that you’ve lost
as a manager, you knew that you needed to be responsible while also being a friend to them
you helped kiyoko with the note taking and doing errands with her to ease the burden on her shoulders while also making plans to hang out with the people in the team
it helped that you were also skilled in doing some medical things so you would be on stand-by with the first aid kit just in case someone did something
but when kageyama and hinata start fighting, you just avert your eyes and pretend your didnt see anything
the third years love you since you were a quick learner and you already knew what to do and what to expect during practices and such
the second years were a bit scared that you would be like the meme trio but they found you were actually not that rowdy and they often stand by you to just talk
sigh, why must they always be benched bruh
you were close with them and because they were your senpais, they would also help you with your studies and tutor you
the meme trio thought of you as another goddess with their kiyoko-senpai but hinata and you just clicked so well together
i mean like yall make jokes and be the only ones that laugh at it
kageyama is more distant and reserved from you mainly because thats just how he is but he does start warming up to you in ways like asking if you would help bandage his fingers and such
and sometimes, you grab him his milk before going to school and surprise him with it 
very very cute things
gosh, dont get me started on tadashi
you got permission to call him tadashi btw
he is so adorable like help he is so cute
like yall are in the same class and you both talk to each other a lot during lunch since you have now joined their little group (much to tsukishima’s dismay) and you guys get along with your similar interests
but gosh, now we get to tsukishima
this dude cannot seem to forget about your bumping into him and taking his seat during your first day
‘gosh, shorty. remember when-’
‘tsukishima, shaddup!’
he loves and i mean LOVES to tease the ever loving life outta you bro like you cannot seem to escape it
and during practices, he will make little remarks to anger you or tick you off 
like when youre on your toes just to reach for something in the storage room, he would somehow know you were in trouble and would make a comment
‘it wouldnt be a problem if you werent so short, chibi’
you turn to him with a glare
‘are ya gonna stand there an’ jus’ keep yappin’ like a chihuahua or are ya gonna help me like a normal human bein’?’
he laughs before huffs and grabs the cone for you but not without accidentally dropping it on your head
‘ah, whoops’
‘yer such a bully, tsukishima’
these boys adore your accent!!!!!!
so it seems that they do have an accent here too but its so faded out and its like a normal tokyo accent but gosh, you were raised in hyogo and your kansai accent is strong asf
and unfortunately i do not speak japanese so i cant explain it directly but theres certain ways that you speak that they find so endearing
like you were rushing to the gym since you were late to their practice because obe-sensei held you up with some sort of issue with your assignment
you were huffing and puffing as you stumbled into the gym and they worriedly asked you where you were and if you were okay
but you were just grumbling since you were frustrated
‘obe-sensei was goin’ on an’ on ‘bout somethin’ so not related ta the homework like didja need ta tell me ‘bout yer dog?! ugh god get the hint why dontcha?!’
you were so cute
like hearing you rant was so adorable and they were blushing at how cute you sounded just now
then training camp starts and you, along with the others, meet nekoma
AHH it was intense and you met the rooster head and kenma too
kuroo looked at you intensely before he lit up, startling you while you were taking notes
‘can i help ya?’
you ask and he chuckled
‘thats where i saw you! youre the girl in suna’s phone!’
you turn red at the mention
help that was so random why did he just say that
‘wha?’
kuroo laughed
‘man! now i remember!’
‘what’re ya sayin’, kuroo-san?’
you press on
‘kenma! come over here!’
he yelled for the bleached hair setter who cringed at the mention of his name and how loud it was yelled but still walked over, eyes glued to his phone
‘what is it?’ his soft voice fills the space
‘you remember the inarizaki trio right? the ones that bokubro brought to our last hang out?’
kenma looked up at kuroo with a furrowed brows
‘huh?’
kuroo rolled his eyes
‘you know, the training camp and how we met that one school in hyogo and we ended up hanging out after?’
‘ah, the twins’
‘same thing. anyways! you remember the middle blocker? i thought you had beef with him at first but you got along with him’
‘ah, suna’
‘yea him! y/n-chan is the girl on his lockscreen, right?’
kenma looked at you, eyes fixing itself on your face as if he was committing your face to his memory
‘uh, wha?’
you ask again
bruh youre the emoticon O.O
then he nodded
‘mhm’
you turned red, freezing and voices tuned out and your team was worriedly asking if you were okay but nah, not really
HAHA ENOUGH OF THAT
because of how young you are, the third years tend to treat you like you were a baby and at first it bothered you with how caring they were since you didnt really know them that well and they were already taking care of you
there was still some underlying trauma from your parents death that haunts you
the guys dont know what happened or anything like that because obviously that was your business and nobody else’s
all they know is that you were from hyogo and transferred over here to miyagi and now live with your uncle
one day, you got a phone call from the legal attorneys with them explaining that all of the stuff was being finalized and you were finally finished with the longest months of your life
it was during a school day and you needed absolute privacy so you were at the back of the gym since one, the rooftop had too many cliche stuff happen up there and there has to be someone that could go up there and two, the volleyball gym wasnt exactly a popular hangout spot for anyone and three, the back of it was rarely visited by any of your team members and most of them would be in class anyways so they wouldnt be here unless they were skipping
but anyways
you were pacing behind the gym with your phone pressed to your ear
‘if you have any other questions, ms. l/n, feel free to call us okay? again, we are very sorry for your loss and offer our utmost condolences. there is always light in the darkness’
‘yes, thank you. goodbye’
you mumbled before they hung up and you stopped, harshly biting your lips with tears brimming your eyes and fists clenched around your phone at your sides
this was it
everything was done
you should be relieved, there was no more issues or legalities left to worry about
so why do you feel so empty?
as messed up as it was, those stresses and problems were the last of what connected you to your parents
and now that it was finished, it felt like that connection was gone
you sucked in a breath harshly, trying to not cry and make yourself calm down but you couldnt, sobs escaping you
:( 
you harshly wiped your eyes and kept breathing in and out to stop yourself
‘l/n?’
someone’s voice called out to you from way in front of you so you looked up and saw
kageyama?
his eyebrows were furrowed like usual but there wasnt a trace of annoyance like there usually was
instead, there was concern
‘ah’
you mumbled before shakily sighing and breathing for a second before looking up at him
even with your puffy eyes and red face with tear tracks down your face, you still smiled at him
‘wha’s up, kageyama?’ you question and he sighed a bit
‘what happened? are you okay?’
he approached you cautiously but you nodded
‘yea, ‘m fine. really’
he didnt believe you but didnt say anything, continuing to look at you
your eyes glaze over and you looked down
‘please, don’ give me yer pity’
you whisper
kageyama’s eyes widens
‘huh?’
‘i don’ need pity, kageyama’
there was no malice or anger in your voice, just a little tone of embarrassment peaking through
kageyama understood
pride
he was the same way
he was prideful and would rather die than someone seeing him so vulnerable and much less, crying his heart out
especially to someone he knew personally
so he understood
and he also understood grief
no one knew anything about your past as their coach always remained tight-lipped about it
but he did hear from some gossip from his mother with the coaches in the area that the old coach ukai’s granddaughter died
were you somehow connected to that?
oh, the current coach ukai was your uncle so it had to be you
you looked at kageyama and you saw a flash of understanding
did he know?
kageyama turned to lean against the wall
‘would you like me to leave you alone? i promise i won’t say anything to anyone’
his gruff voice sounded gentle and you looked up at him
‘yer a good person, kageyama. but, ‘m okay’
there was definitely an odd aura in the gym today and you and the coach were acting weird but everyone didnt want to be involved in familial business so they left it alone
but kageyama was paying attention to you more than usual and running to you to be bandaged up
they were even shocked when he patted your head
trust me, kageyama shocked himself too
the entire time, the team were trying to make you laugh and doing more jokey things
they wanted to cheer you up and daichi suddenly remembered, in the midst of closing up and cleaning up
he got you a surprise before they were starting to do the interhighs and he ran to the storage room, everyone watching him intently
‘daich-san?’ you asked when he came out and walked towards you with his hands behind him
daichi smiled softly before presenting you a clothing
is that
‘welcome to karasuno high school volleyball club!’
they shouted and you looked at them with wide eyes, tears once again in your eyes but this time, they were kinda happy tears
you looked to the side to shimizu and she gave you a rare wide smile and your uncle too
what is this feeling
so familiar but so strange since you havent felt it in a very long time
‘thank you!’
you shouted with them and bowed to keep your tears hidden
you all went to your family’s convenience store to celebrate and when you and keishin got home, he pulled you to a hug
‘we’re here now, y/n. not just me, but the team too’
that night, you once again facetimed the trio and they saw how grinny you were
tsumu: ei, why’re ya lookin’ like that?
y/n: tsumu, rude!
osamu: yea, did somethin’ happen?
you shake your head
y/n: the volleyball team here is really nice
tsumu: ahhh, yer really replacin’ us now!!!! what would kita-san say hm?!
osamu: here ya go again with your jealousy
while the twins bickered, suna gave you a gentle smile
suna: something good happened right? i havent seen you smile like that in a while
y/n: yea. i just…
you trail off, eyes wandering to the black karasuno jacket hanging there beside your red inarizaki one
y/n: its not startin’ over. its jus’ startin’ a new part of ma life. and i think ‘m ready to do it.
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Chapter Two
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Summary: Inarizaki vs Karasuno. Foxes vs Crows. A match between two powerhouses competing for the next slot in Nationals and while tensions were high, Karasuno’s ace couldn’t help but look forward to the upcoming match. Or rather he was looking forward to seeing her.
Word Count: 8.9K
Warnings: A long fic with a huge amount of fluff! Once again Asahi's anxiety will be mentioned. Conversations are prolonged between reader and Asahi in order to establish a well-meaning relationship. Brief description of reader's hair.
A/N: PART 2 to Glass-Hearted Ace!! A lot of people wanted a continuation so here it is!! I had so much fun writing this because I absolutely love the adorable craziness that goes on in Haikyu as well as spreading more love to our gentle giant. Let's keep spreading our Asahi love!!
Part 1
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3rd POV
Day 2 of Nationals. The second round has already begun with the first match of the day. It wouldn't be long for the next match to start. Karasuno vs Inarizaki. The atmosphere was filled with the same energy of anticipation and eagerness just as it was the other day though multiplied by a hundred.
As this was her third and final year in participating in the Spring Tournament, (L/N) (Y/N) felt confident enough to say she was calm and collected. (Y/N) smiled to herself when she compared her younger first-year self to now. Back then, she was such a nervous wreck. Always getting lost on her way to the restroom or the time she followed the wrong team to the WRONG gym. (It wasn’t her fault that the team wore the same maroon jackets. Good thing that happened in her first year otherwise Suna and the Miya twins would never live it down.)
(Y/N) shook those thoughts away and continued her way to the gym where her team was preparing for their match. She was only gone for a few minutes as she had to fill up the water bottles, but knowing the second-years (Y/N) knew it was only a matter of time before something happened. Luckily, the Karasuno volleyball team hadn't arrived yet when she left but perhaps they have already.
The familiar warm feeling returned at the thought of seeing Karasuno’s team. More specifically the team’s ace. Azumane Asahi. The same guy that caught her eye when he played volleyball. The same guy she met yesterday who saved her from getting hurt. The same guy that made her believe in the lyrics of all those love songs.
(Y/N) wanted to say she was a good judge of character and she had a good feeling about Asahi.
A sweet guy, every bit of a gentleman. Very cute too. Every time his soft brown eyes met with hers, she swore it reminded her of a cute puppy. His smile didn’t bring a few butterflies in her stomach… No. They brought a swarm. Each flap of their metaphorical wings gave her the shivers but the grin on her lips never left when she was with him. Even his hair played a part of her enchantment on him. It’s not often to see guys with long hair, but Asahi pulled it off amazingly well especially when he has it in a man bun. Despite his tough guy appearance, Asahi was a gentle giant with a glass heart. In the little time she knew him, (Y/N) hoped she was able to help him realize his self-worth.
God. It hasn’t been 24 hours and not once has Asahi left her mind. They texted each other last night for almost two hours. The conversation between them flowed so easily. Just like before, (Y/N) enjoyed talking to him. Not once had he made her uncomfortable. Quite the opposite actually.
The next morning she woke up early enough to do research on Karasuno’s team. While Inarizaki’s motto was: we don’t need the memories, (Y/N) couldn’t help but see how Karasuno was like from their past matches. They’re different from any other teams they’ve competed against. Besides, it was nice matching names with faces. Luckily, someone made ‘I’m Awesome’ videos of Karasuno’s starting lineup. She’ll admit whoever made these videos was good as they depicted amazing receives to jaw-dropping spikes.
She recognized Daichi, Suga, and Asahi immediately. Their libero, Nishinoya Yū, looked high caliber and so was their setter. She’ll keep her opinions to herself on Kageyama; she didn’t need Atsumu hearing her say that. They’ll have to keep a lookout on Karasuno’s #10, Hinata Shoyo. He’s on the short side considering he’s a middle blocker but judging by the video, the first-year is full of surprises.
Then again, the Inarizaki volleyball team has a few tricks up their sleeves too.
“Ah. Look, it's her!”
“(Y/N)- senpai!”
“Over here!”
The said manager snapped back to reality and was confronted by the usual crowd of fans in front of her. Inarizaki always show their pride with each event but with volleyball, they took it to another level. Then it doubled with the arrival of the Miya twins. Their popularity soared to new heights and as a result the marching band, cheerleaders, and several students took part in Nationals. Both a blessing and a curse.
The curse part? Well, as much as she loved her school’s support, the fangirls… Well…
“(Y/N)-senpai! Can you give this to Atsumu?!”
“Oh, please give these chocolates to Osamu! I made them last night!”
“(Y/N), is there any way I can get a picture with Suna? Please!”
Yeah… This was pretty much the usual for her but this time it was going too far. Girls ranging from first-years to third-years were blocking the entrance to the gym. She recognized some as fellow classmates but others she was almost positive they came from other schools. And they were all trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite player.
Despite the hectic scene in front of her, there were two girls that caught her attention.
One of them looked the same age as her with beautiful black hair that reached her shoulders and fair skin complexion except for the beauty mark underneath her lower lip. Her gray eyes seemed to sparkle behind her thin framed glasses. The other girl looked visibly younger with her petite frame and blonde hair that was styled with a star hair clip. Right away (Y/N) knew that the girl was a first-year. She could see the way the girl was trembling at the sight of the crowd.
They didn’t look like they were a part of the crowd, but they did look troubled. That’s when she noticed they were carrying water bottle carriers just like her. They must be the Karasuno team’s managers. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, (Y/N) decided to go talk to them.
The older girl noticed her first. She stepped in front of the blonde girl as if shielding her. (Y/N) didn’t let that get to her. Instead, she smiled and introduced herself.
“Hi. I’m (L/N) (Y/N). I’m the manager for the Inarizaki team. Are you two the managers for Karasuno?”
The two girls glanced at one another before nodding in unison.
“My name is Shimizu Kiyoko. Third-year.”
“I-I’m Y-Yachi H-Hitoka! F-First-year m-manager! I-It’s very n-nice t-to m-meet y-you!”
“Hey, there. No need to be scared of me. I’m just a manager, just like you.” (Y/N) tried her best to console the first-year’s anxious nature. It was almost like deja-vu with Asahi. “Are you excited for today?”
Kiyoko nodded, finally feeling at ease with her. “The team has worked hard to get to this point.”
“I couldn’t sleep last night because I was so nervous!” Hitoka added while trying to fan herself in order to cool down her face. “But the team is excited to play against the team that placed second place in the last Interhigh!”
(Y/N) raised an eyebrow. “You’ve done your research. I’m impressed. But don’t worry, we still have some tricks under our sleeves. We know we’re up against a great team.”
The Karasuno managers felt the same warm feeling coursing underneath their skin at the compliment.
“Does that mean you’ve done research on our team?” Kiyoko asked.
(Y/N) nodded. “Of course. I like to be prepared.” Her cheeks began to warm up when she thought of Karasuno’s ace. “You two have impressive players on the team. Are they in the gym?”
“Yes. They’re practicing right now. We went to get some water for the match when this happened.” Kiyoko gestured to the sea of girls in front of them.
“We tried to get through but they’re scary!” Hitoka was practically shaking in her shoes. “The first match is already playing their second set.”
“Man! I swear time flies around here. Come on, I’ll help you through.” (Y/N) gestured to the girls to follow her. “We can’t let our teams forget us.”
“Are you sure?” Kiyoko asked her. “We can find another way.”
(Y/N) shook her head and gave them a carefree grin. “This is the best way into the gym. Trust me, I’ll get us in there.”
“W-Why a-are you h-helping us?” Hitoka stuttered out. “A-Aren’t you scared of them?”
“Well us managers have to stick together, right? And trust me, after dealing with the Miya twins for a year, these girls don’t scare me.”
Taking her word for it, the pair of Karasuno managers followed her. As expected the crowd of girls showed no sign of parting, in fact, it has grown in number. Kiyoko and Hitoka were waiting for (Y/N) to politely ask the girls to move aside, like they did before, but the Inarizaki manager did something quite unexpected.
(Y/N) looked over her shoulder and smiled, “Cover your ears.”
The girls obeyed. Lucky for them. Unlucky for the fangirls.
Because (Y/N) let out the loudest whistle anyone had ever heard. A series of groans and shrieks were heard from the fangirls. Then they all had turned to face the managers.
“(Y/N)-senpai? What was that for?!” One of the fangirls that she recognized as an underclassman.
“Oh, come on guys. I warned everyone last time this would happen.” The manager told them, not an ounce of fear in her voice as she addressed the crowd.
“B-But we just want to see the twins practice!” A girl holding a hand fan with the words ‘Miya Twins’ on it. “We aren’t doing anything wrong.”
“The boys need to warm up. You’ll see them on the court. Do yourselves a favor and find good seats to watch and cheer from.”
“Aww but (Y/N)!” They complained.
“You guys know the rules. Now, please, let me and my friends,” She stepped aside to reveal her new manager friends, “get into the gym. We need to do our jobs as managers. Don’t make me tell Kita-san and have him ban all of you from watching practice matches in the future.”
At the mention of the serious captain and under the threat of closed practices, the fangirls dispersed quickly. Some had the sense to apologize and others wished them good fortune on the upcoming match.
“W-Wow.” Hitoka said in awe. “You knew exactly what to do. That’s amazing.”
Kiyoko agreed before asking, “Does this happen a lot?”
(Y/N) let out an embarrassed chuckle. “Yeah… They’re big fans of the team and they mean well but sometimes their excitement can take it too far. As Inarizaki’s manager, sometimes I feel responsible for their behavior.” She bowed her head and continued on. “I apologize on their behalf for any trouble they may have caused you two.”
The youngest manager out of the three was speechless at the older girl’s sincere words in her apology. They’ve only known the Inarizaki manager for like ten minutes but she proved herself to them that she’s a kindhearted yet self-assured person. One look at her senpai and Yachi knew that they were thinking the same thing.
What Yachi didn’t know, Shimizu was smiling for a different reason. Yesterday, she accidentally overheard her fellow third-years talking. She didn’t mean to listen in and she was about to leave when the topic of the conversation caught her attention. Apparently, a girl caught her friend Asahi’s eye. A girl from the Inarizaki team that, according to Suga, sounded like the perfect girl for her anxious friend. So when the girl’s name came up, (Y/N), Shimizu wanted to see for herself what the girl was like.
Now that she has, Shimizu can see how and why Asahi would fall for her.
“Don’t apologize,” Kiyoko finally spoke up and offered the girl a kind smile. “Sometimes, these things happen.”
“You sure? I mean, this might happen again when we have to go into the main gym. There are some fans of the Miya twins that can be a bit… Fierce. If you want, I can help out. It’s no trouble at all.”
Kiyoko shook her head. “It’s okay, (Y/N). We can handle it. Right, Hitoka-chan?”
The first-year nodded eagerly. “Yeah! We’ll be okay. The guys on our team can be scary too. Ah! I need to tell the team that the first match is already in the second set. It was very nice to meet you!”
The third-year managers watched in amusement as she scurried into the gym. (Y/N) smiled before facing Kiyoko. She offered her hand for a handshake and said, “I know it’s customary for players to shake hands before and after the match, but I do it too with the managers. Let’s have a good game.”
Kiyoko took her hand and squeezed. “May the best team win. No hard feelings, right?”
(Y/N) laughed and nodded. “I like you, Shimizu, but yeah, no hard feelings at all.”
“Please call me Kiyoko.”
~Meanwhile inside the gym, ten minutes earlier~
‘Where is she?’ Asahi thought as his eyes searched the other side of the court. ‘Is she hiding from me? Did he say something that scared her away? What if he creeped her out last night when they texted each other?’
“Yo Asahi!” Suga’s energetic voice scared him back to reality. “Are you looking for someone?”
He didn’t miss his friend’s teasing tone that laced his words nor the way his eyes shined in amusement. Leave it to Suga to tease the hell out of him. Last night, for example, was too much. Even after he told his friends about his time with the Inarizaki manager, Suga still wanted to know everything, down to the last detail. Luckily, Daichi took pity on him and reeled Suga back on a somewhat normal level of interrogation.
But that didn’t mean he was going to drop the subject completely.
“I can’t find (Y/N).” He admitted to his friend. “Have you seen her?”
“Hmm. Not yet. But I wouldn’t worry too much. Her team’s here so I’m sure she’s somewhere around here. She’s their manager after all.” Suga clapped his shoulder. “But if you really want to know where (Y/N) is, why don’t you go ask her teammates?”
Suga pointed to the nearby Inarizaki members that were practicing their spikes. He recognized the Miya twins and Inarizaki’s ace, Ojiro Aran. And while he saw how they played from previous matches last night, it didn’t ease the anxiety clawing its way around his heart. It also didn’t help when one of the wing spikers turned the set into a powerful spike. The impact of the ball being slammed to the floor echoed throughout the gym.
Just the very action scared Suga’s suggestion out the window. There was no way he was going over there and ask about their manager! If they were anything like Tanaka or Nishinoya, then he’ll be ripped to shreds.
“N-No way!” He stuttered out a reply and waved his hands in front of him. The slight blush on his face was becoming more visible by each second. “But I’m worried. What if something happened to her?”
“Her who?” Daichi asked as he came up from behind them. “What’s going on?”
Suga answered before he could. “Well, our dear old ace here, is worried that his crush is somewhere out there dying without him knowing. And he’s too scared to ask her friends where she is.”
Karasuno’s captain chuckled and patted Asahi on the back. “Quit worrying. I know you saved her yesterday, but this isn’t a little girl you’re talking about. She can hold her own. After all, this isn’t her first time here in Nationals.”
“See, Asahi?” Suga, clearly amused by this whole conversation, told him. “There’s nothing to worry about. I wouldn’t be surprised if she walked through those gym doors right now.”
He pointed to the entrance and they followed it only to see a swarm of girls trying to catch a glimpse inside the gym.
“You mean those doors?” He asked his friend. “They look ready to burst in here.”
“Who are they?” Daichi asking the question everyone was wondering.
“Judging by the hand fans, I think they’re fans of the Miya twins. They must be really popular to have this many. That’s annoying.” Suga muttered the last part with a pout.
“Can anyone get through?” Asahi wondered as he avoided eye contact with the girls. Something about them unnerved him somehow even if they wore bright smiles and loud cheers. “They look vicious.”
“They’re fans, not witches.” Daichi stated. “I’m sure they’re nice. After all, they're showing their support to their team.”
“Let it go, Daichi. Asahi is only like this because he misses his dream girl.” Suga jested. “He’s going into withdrawal.”
“I was just hoping to see her. She texted me-”
“Woah! Woah! Texted?! When did this happen?” asked Suga, his eyes wide with this new information. “You’re at the texting-each-other stage?!”
“Was that who you were texting last night?” Daichi asked him.
“What?!” Suga exclaimed. “Daichi, why didn’t you tell me?”
“You were asleep and I was tired.” The captain defended. “And it isn’t my business who Asahi texts. He’s old enough to make his own decisions… That being said, what did you guys talk about?”
“You didn’t tell her our secret weapons, did you?” Suga whispered his question, referring to all the tricks they perfected in the past few months.
“(Y/N) isn’t like that, Suga. She didn’t squeeze any information out of me. We picked up where we left off and talked about normal stuff. We thought it was better than to talk about the match between our schools.”
“And what did you guys text about?” The vice captain pressed, eager to know more.
For some reason, Asahi couldn’t help but recall how he initiated the conversation with the pretty manager from Inarizaki. Actually it was more like he couldn’t believe he was texting with (Y/N) last night. It felt unreal, like a dream. After reading her note, he remembered how hard his heart was beating and how warm his cheeks grew.
Ever since she mentioned it in her note, admitting how he made her nervous, Asahi took some comfort that he can do the same to her and vice versa.
Though, she did prove herself to be bravely spontaneous when she wrote the note and after texting with her last night, he hoped he could do the same. One of his many concerns since starting high school was that girls in his class were always disappointed after finding out his timid personality didn’t match his physical appearance. He’ll never forget the time when one of the girls called him a wuss. It was years ago but the girl’s remark was like a stab wound in the back. It healed over time but it still made its mark on his self-image.
Luckily, (Y/N) wasn’t like any of the girls in his class. She’s so kind when she bought him a shirt as a gift. She’s so understanding when she patiently listened to his problems. She showed compassion when she offered some advice to help ease the anxiety that almost suffocated him. Then there was that beautiful confidence she had in herself. He liked that about her and while he just met (Y/N) yesterday, he wanted to prove to her that he can be confident too.
That’s why he’s been looking for her. He wanted to be the first to greet her. It might not seem like a big deal to others, but it was to him.
‘Baby steps,’ He thought when he was second-guessing himself. ‘What was that saying? Rome wasn’t built in a day. Well, that applies here too. Bit by bit, confidence will grow.’
“Asahi? Earth to ace?”
“Huh?”
“You zoned out there for a second.” A smirk appeared on Suga’s face. “Must be quite a conversation you had with her. Wouldn’t you say Daichi?”
It was always nerve-wracking to have both Daichi and Suga tease him. So it wouldn’t be a surprise if the captain joined in on the teasing. But to his surprise, Daichi clapped him on the back causing him to huff a bit under his breath.
“Well, I think (Y/N) is the kind of girl that can make our dear ace invincible. Make sure to show what you’re made of during this match.”
“Yeah!” Suga encouraged, his hand clapping the ace’s free shoulder. “Let her see how awesome you are on the court.”
“No pressure or anything.” Daichi added, his smile matching Suga’s teasing grin.
“None at all!” Suga piped in. “Just remember she’ll be watching you when it’s your turn to serve. Don’t mess up!”
“You guys aren’t helping!” He yelled at his friends. His face burned in embarrassment.
Daichi and Suga laughed but before anyone could say another word that could cause further humiliation for the ace, Asahi’s saving grace came in the form of their first-year manager running into the gym. He thanked whatever deity who was watching over this episode that spared him from further teasing from his friends.
“The first match is in the middle of their second set.” Hitoka informed them.
Daichi nodded and clapped his hands together. In a loud voice, he announced, “Alright, guys. Let’s get into our uniforms.”
Following the captain's orders, Asahi grabbed his alternate orange jersey and placed it over a nearby chair. He looked across the gym and saw the Inarizaki players putting on their uniforms as well. Still no sign of (Y/N).
“Hitoka-chan, wasn’t Shimizu with you?” Suga asked.
The first-year nodded. “We made a new friend just now. She helped us out when we couldn’t get into the gym. I think she’s still talking to her by the doors.”
Asahi tuned out their conversation as he took off his shirt. In his head, he had to concentrate on calming down his nerves. The scariest moments of his life played like an endless nightmare. Like the time when he was a kid and he had to show his parents the bad grade on his report card. Or the time he wanted to pet the neighbor’s puppy but ended up getting chased by the puppy’s mother. Or how Date Tech’s iron wall blocked every single spike; shaking him to the core so much that he temporarily stopped playing volleyball.
The whirlpool of anxiety and dread arrived on schedule in his stomach. Was it getting harder to breathe? Was the air getting warmer? Or was he getting colder? Yeah, no. He was definitely getting colder. His hands felt like a block of ice. Was he this nervous during the Shiratorizawa match? Probably. He made a mental note to trace 人 on his hand, hoping it was enough to settle down his nerves.
He threw his jersey on and was just about to fix his loose hair strands when he heard a familiar laugh coming from the entrance. He looked up to see Kiyoko laughing along with another girl. It was only a glance, a quick one, when he did a double take. He couldn’t believe it.
(L/N) (Y/N), the girl that caused his brain cells to go on a roller coaster ride, was standing there in all her beauty.
She was having a conversation with Kiyoko and by the looks of it, she must have said something funny because it made his usual shy and quiet manager laugh a little. Now he was 100% convinced that (Y/N) had a natural aura that eased people on friendly terms if she was able to hold an amiable conversation with Kiyoko.
Not to mention her smile that complimented her eyes that seemed to shine in excitement. Or how her hair was styled a bit different from yesterday. This time her hair was pinned back from her face with two small side braids connected together where it fell in rhythm with the rest of her hair. It looked cute on her, lovely even. Should he mention that to her or would that be too weird?
SLAP!
“Ow!” Asahi turned around to find the culprit who slapped the (for lack of a better word) living shit onto his back. Nishinoya didn’t have an ounce of shame or regret in his eyes. Quite the opposite actually as the libero was smiling ear to ear. “Nishinoya? What was that for?”
With no remorse, the second-year player ignored the question and asked several of his own. “That’s her, right? The Inarizaki manager? The one who’s talking to Kiyoko-san? The girl you like?”
He could feel his ears begin to burn. “H-How did you know?”
“That’s not important.”
Asahi begged to differ as he thought it made a world of difference now that Nishinoya knows about his crush.
With his arms crossed in front of his chest, the libero continued, “What are you doing standing here? Go over there and talk to her! Be a man!”
“I-It’s not that simple. I need to build myself up before I talk to her. And then I need to think of a topic that we can talk about. Then what type of questions I should ask-”
“Oh come on Asahi! You have to stop acting like a cowardly wimp. Man up and go! She’s right there!”
“J-Just give me a second and I will.”
Nishinoya was just about to retort back when he realized something. This was the first time Asahi was nervous, visibly and mentally, for a girl. Well, scratch that. Asahi was always nervous around girls but this was the first time he seemed to actively try to impress someone. Like the way he repeatedly made sure his jersey was tucked in, double-knotted his shoelaces, and double-checked his hair was safely tied in his usual bun.
So he did what any good friend would do. “You look great, Asahi.”
With a glimmer of hope in his eyes, the ace stood up straight. “You think so?”
“Personally, I don’t care about what other people think about my looks.”
Asahi physically deflated at those words. If only he could borrow some of his friend’s confidence.
“But then again I’m awesome.”
The ace couldn’t argue with that one. But before he could wallow in a pool of anxiety and dread, the libero’s next words saved him from drowning. Along with a strong slap on the shoulder that could echo throughout the gym.
“You’re awesome too. You’re the ace of our team. Take pride in that.”
Asahi took his friend’s words to heart as he stood up a bit straighter. He glanced up to look at (Y/N) who looked breathtaking while wearing her maroon Inarizaki jacket. If only she wore a black Karasuno jacket… He could just imagine the alternate dimension where she could have been a classmate, a close friend, or even something more.
“I… I don’t want to mess this up, Noya.”
Concerned, Nishinoya asked, “How would you mess up?”
“I don’t know! Anything could happen. With my luck, I could trip over myself in front of her. I want to be confident and go over to her and say hi-””
“Alright. Then let’s go.”
Asahi’s mind froze. “What?”
“You heard me. Let’s do what you said and walk up to your girlfriend-”
“She’s not my girlfriend!”
Nishinoya rolled his eyes but the grin on his face showed no sign of leaving. “Fine. The girl you wish to be your girlfriend. We’ll go together. You’ll say hi and introduce me to her because I want to know what kind of girl makes you act this way.”
Asahi could feel his face turning red. “Okay, let’s go. But please don’t say anything embarrassing. Daichi and Suga did enough of that yesterday.”
His friend laughed loudly before slapping his shoulder. “You really need to grow a backbone off the court, especially if you want to impress your crush. But don’t worry, I have your back.”
~
(Y/N) felt as if she met her long-lost sister through Karasuno’s manager. Kiyoko definitely could relate to the ups and downs that comes with managing a group of boys (especially rowdy second-years). But she admired her commitment. Being a third-year, specifically attending Nationals, it was their last chance to help their respective team to make it to the top.
“So, how are you feeling about being here?” She asked as they sat down on a nearby bench. They still had time before the ongoing match ended. Why not take the opportunity and spend time with her new friend?
“It’s unreal. Sometimes it feels like a dream. A lot of people doubted us since we were a forgotten powerhouse. We were devastated when we lost in the third round of the Interhigh to Aoba Johsai. Our only chance to get to Nationals was to win all our matches.”
“Woah, I can only imagine the pressure your team had on their shoulders. More so on the third-years.” She took a chance to look for Asahi. Her eyes automatically found him and she couldn’t help but smile. It looked like he was having a conversation with the libero. “How did you guys manage all that?”
Kiyoko shrugged her shoulders but she had a faint smile before answering, “It was rough. But we didn’t want to give up on volleyball. Not when there was a chance to make it here. It was a risk. Our advisor warned us third-years to take our future into account before we made our decision.”
“And now you guys are here! I have to give you and your team respect, Kiyoko.”
Kiyoko laughed as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. “Thanks. It’s been a journey and we’re ready to play against the best.”
“Trust me the feeling is mutual.”
“Speaking of feelings,” Kiyoko began with a teasing tone. “I’ve heard there’s a guy on my team that caught your eye.”
(Y/N) let out a nervous laugh as she looked away. “He told you?”
“Not directly but Daichi and Suga weren’t exactly keeping it down about it. Asahi is usually quiet. But he sounded happy when he talked about you. I think you helped him in more ways than one because I’ve never heard him sound so confident.”
“Really?” She couldn’t help but smile widely. “You're not just saying that, are you?”
Kiyoko shook her head. “I don’t know what you told him but it looks like he took it to heart.”
“I just spoke the truth. He helped me so it’s only fair that I helped him too. He’s a gentle giant that needs a boost in confidence.”
“Do you like him?”
“Well… It’s too soon to tell but I think so. Asahi is not like any other guy I’ve met. I just want a chance to get to know him more and vice versa.”
“So like a date before the actual date?”
“Exactly!” It was like Kiyoko and her were on the same wavelength. “Is that too weird? Or is it stupid? I mean, I just met him yesterday and so far he seems like a great guy but like… I’m nervous. He makes me nervous and… Shoot. I’m sorry for rambling.”
“Hey, it’s reasonable to think and feel that way. Take it from me, Asahi really is a good guy. He can be a scaredy-cat sometimes and can be insecure about a lot of stuff but he really means well.”
“I saw that side of him yesterday. He’s the type to shoulder all the blame, isn’t he?” (Y/N) asked.
Kiyoko nodded. “He’s still our ace and he’s been working harder than ever to prove it.”
(Y/N) remained silent, taking in all the information Kiyoko told her. She looked for Asahi again and smiled when she saw him getting clapped on the shoulder by the libero.
“Does that bother you?” Kiyoko asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
Confused, (Y/N) furrowed her brow before asking, “What do you mean?”
“Does it bother you that Asahi is the ace but he doesn’t have an ace-like presence?”
While Kiyoko hated asking the question she believed it was an important one. Girls can be ruthless. She heard the gossip from other girls and how they talk about Asahi behind his back. Calling him a wimp or how he was a part of a gang. As Asahi’s friend, she felt it was her responsibility to see if the girl he has a crush for is actually genuine in her feelings towards him. Because as much as she enjoyed (Y/N)’s company, Kiyoko will choose to defend Asahi over her.
“Should that be important? If anything, it goes to show how different Asahi is. When I saw him play yesterday, I knew he was an amazing ace but when I talked to him and got to know him… I saw a guy who’s not ashamed to admit his insecurities and who’s not scared to admit his feelings. I respect that. And after what you told me of what you guys have gone through, I know Asahi will show his self-worth on the court and show everyone why he’s the ace. So who cares that he doesn’t have the traditional personality of an ace? I think he’s already brave.”
Kiyoko smiled at her. That was the answer she’s been hoping for and (Y/N) delivered it. Her (E/C) eyes matched the conviction in her voice and Kiyoko loved it. Not to mention, the timing was absolutely perfect and she thanked the gods that (Y/N) didn’t notice the two people behind her.
“(Y-Y/N)-san?”
Oh god. She could feel her heart falling to her stomach when she heard her name in that deep voice that made her feel everything all at once. Her face became warm in seconds and she didn’t dare move an inch. It wasn’t until Kiyoko let out a small cough that brought her from cloud nine back to the gym.
(Y/N) took a moment to center herself before turning around to see Asahi. His chocolate brown eyes met hers and she swore the butterflies from her stomach danced between her ribs.
“A-Asahi-san! Hey!”
She quickly stood up, a bit too fast as she accidentally knocked her team’s water bottles out of the carrier. Embarrassed, (Y/N) fell to her knees and grabbed the nearest bottle.
“S-Sorry about this.” (Y/N) didn’t dare look up as she already embarrassed herself in front of her crush and his friends.
“N-No! Don’t apologize. It was an accident.” Asahi kneeled, grabbing the last bottle before handing it to her. His breath hitched ever so softly when her fingertips touched his hand. It was as if the rest of the gym faded away. Being so close to (Y/N), he saw how her eyes were beautiful as he remembered. He swore it was no trick of the light that her eyes seemed to shine like stars in the night sky.
(Y/N) felt so self-conscious about how close she was to Asahi. She hoped she looked okay in his eyes. Usually she wouldn’t care so much on how she looked, but the idea was thrown out the window when she met Karasuno’s ace. His long hair was once again in a bun but this time it was neatly in place, a perfect bun any woman or man could be jealous of. The small scruff of facial hair on his chin suited him very well, giving him a sort of wild, intimidating appearance.
But she knew better because Asahi was an adorable giant with a large and gentle heart. If she was being honest, his presence was like springtime coming to wash away winter’s snow. His warmth was… Indescribable.
How was it possible for him to be that handsome yet so adorable at the same time?
The moment was interrupted when someone cleared their throat. Loudly. (Y/n) looked up to see the libero, Nishinoya, with a large grin. His eyes were bright with excitement and amusement. She can immediately tell that this guy was the mischievous and energetic type. As they stood up, she could have sworn she saw Asahi blush.
“(Y/N), this is my friend Nishinoya Yū. He’s a second-year and the libero of our team.”
While he maintained a normal composure, Asahi was mentally beating himself up. ‘Why would you say that?! She’s a volleyball manager!! Of course, she knows that Nishinoya is a libero! She has eyes. She can see that he’s wearing a different color jersey! Asahi, you’re such an IDIOT!’
While the ace was mentally berating himself, (Y/N) formally introduced herself to his friend. During her introduction, Nishinoya could only gawk. When he heard from Suga and Daichi about his friend Asahi finally having a lucky break encounter with a girl, he couldn’t be happier for the ace. And it didn’t take a genius to see how hard Asahi fell for her.
“By the way, I’ve watched those ‘I’m Awesome’ videos.” (Y/N) brought up and immediately caught the attention from both boys. “That match with Shiratorizawa when you made a double save against Ushijima was so cool. It was so amazing that I had to replay it like five times. I even showed it to our own libero and he literally took my phone out of my hands.”
Nishinoya beamed. “Really?”
His chest swelled up with pride and the thought of another libero studying his techniques was just the icing on the cake, but to have a pretty girl, like (Y/N), praise his skills… Well that’s the cherry on top. He liked her already.
“And Asahi, you were amazing too. The way you were able to smash through Shiratorizawa’s defenses was unreal!”
The warm and fuzzy feeling from his chest exploded and it was as if all the heat rushed to his face. Asahi was sure his whole face was red. He tried to stammer out a reply but Nishinoya beat him to it.
“I know right!” He slapped Asahi’s shoulder repeatedly. “He went head to head against one of the best aces in the country and helped lead our team to victory. We wouldn’t be here without him.”
“T-That’s not t-true-”
“Of course it is!” Nishinoya looked back at the girl who was chuckling at their interaction. “Ignore that. He’s so humble whenever someone compliments him.”
Her eyes met Asahi’s and gave him a knowing smile. Although this was her second encounter with Karasuno’s ace, (Y/N) noticed the trend of Asahi’s friends building him up and teasing him at the same time. She had to stop herself from laughing at the lack of subtlety amongst them. Still, it was cute to see Asahi this way.
“Well,” (Y/N) began, her hand casually tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Asahi was listening intently. “Then I bet this next compliment is going to be unbearable because I thought you looked great during that match. It makes me wish I was there to see you guys play live.”
Nishinoya grinned. “Don’t worry, (Y/N)-san. You won’t be disappointed with our match. Asahi, here, will make sure of that. Right, Asahi? Oh, did I mention how-”
Kiyoko, who was silently watching the entire interaction, noticed the slight panic in Asahi’s eyes. She knew the libero means well but there were times he can take things a bit too far.
“Nishinoya, can you help carry this for me?”
“Anything for you, Kiyoko-san! I’ll follow you forever!”
Asahi was about to stutter out his friend’s name when he saw Kiyoko give a little head gesture towards (Y/N), subtle enough so she wouldn’t see it.
‘This is your chance, Asahi.’ That was the message she was telling him as Kiyoko led Nishinoya away. ‘Don’t mess up.’
“So, um, (Y/N)? H-How are you? You know, with everything?” Asahi could feel the goosebumps traveling up and down his arms at how cringy he felt.
The dark cloud of self-doubt and worry that plagued Asahi this morning has evaporated into thin air the moment she smiled at him. How was she able to put him at ease like that?
“So far, so good. I'm a bit nervous for today. Not the bad kind of nervous but the excited kind, you know?”
Asahi nodded as he knew exactly the feeling (Y/N) was talking about. He was feeling it right now! “I know that feeling very well. I feel it almost everyday.”
(Y/N) chuckled before replying, “At least, you’re honest, Asahi. Most guys usually lie about their feelings.” She glanced back at her own team where she saw Atsumu arguing with his twin, probably over something stupid.
“Well someone did tell me that it wasn’t a bad thing to express my feelings. I’m just following her good advice.”
The smile she gave him was like no other to know that Asahi was really taking her words to heart. Words can’t describe how happy this made her nor the warm feeling she felt stir in her chest.
“So, are you ready to play against us?” (Y/N) asked the ace in an effort to keep the conversation going. “Because we’ve been looking forward to this match.”
“It’s a bit nerve-racking that we’re playing against the team that placed second in the Inter-High. You have great players on your team.”
(Y/N) waved her hand in dismal with a shake of her head. “Oh don’t let that rattle you, that was yesterday.” Her school’s motto rings true in her words. “Besides, I’ve done my research. Karasuno isn’t like it was before. Your team has cool players too and that includes you. All you can do today is challenge yourself.”
Asahi couldn’t help but smile at her. “You’re just full of good advice, aren’t you?”
She beamed while tossing her hair over her shoulder in a joking manner. “I’d like to think so. But seriously, Asahi,” Her hand gently touched his bicep and Asahi didn’t shrink away. “How are you really feeling?”
“H-Honestly?”
(Y/N) nodded, her eyes looking up to him, patiently waiting for his response.
“I haven’t told anyone so d-don’t make fun of me but… I’m scared.”
“Scared of what?”
“I’m scared of failing. I’m scared to drag the team down. I’m scared to lose the trust my team has in me as the ace. I mean, I’ve watched the Inarizaki clip last night and I can’t help to compare-”
Asahi stopped talking when he felt a pair of warm hands wrap around his cold ones. The blush from before came back in full force. (Y/N)’s hands were small and so soft compared to his yet it was enough to calm his fast beating heart. With her holding his hands, it reminded Asahi of the time when Kiyoko held Suga’s hands during the fifth set of the Shiratorizawa match. He remembered how he, Daichi, Nishinoya, and Tanaka became jealous towards the vice captain. Now he was in Suga’s position and with (Y/N) holding his hands, Asahi understood the feelings Suga went through that day.
“Listen to me, Asahi, what you’re feeling right now… That’s normal, okay? You’re not the first ace to feel this way and even if you are the first that just goes to show how considerate you are to your teammates. I can tell you worked hard and you have skilled, trustworthy teammates. That’s why you’re here in Nationals, remember? You earned your spot on the team as the ace and I understand you carry a burden on your shoulders, but you’re not alone. You have your team with you.”
Asahi opened his mouth but no words came out. It was as if (Y/N) took his ability to talk. He felt enlightened in a way. He was pushed so much in the darkness by his own self-doubt, anxiety, and worry that he almost missed the ray of light that gave him hope.
“You with me, Asahi? I didn’t lose you, did I?” (Y/N) questioned, giving his hands a small squeeze. “Or did I say something wrong?”
“Oh! Sorry! No! I mean- Yes! I mean-”
(Y/N) chuckled. “Breathe, Asahi. There’s no need to be nervous. It’s just me. No one special.”
He shook his head. “That’s not true. At least, not to me.”
She blinked. Then blinked twice. Three times. When she realized that she hadn’t misheard him, she swore those butterflies in her stomach made their way to her chest and danced around her heart. The feeling never went away when he met her eyes. His brown eyes took her breath away while melting her heart at the same time.
Still, she wasn’t expecting Asahi to say that and judging by the obvious blush on his cheeks Asahi wasn’t either. Well, two can play at that game.
“Oh? I’m someone special to you? When we only met yesterday? If I didn’t know better, I would say you’re falling for me.”
Asahi felt his Adam's apple bob up and down. He was used to teasing by his friends and the second-years but never before has he felt like this. Wait a minute… Was this teasing or flirting? He hoped for the latter because he didn’t want it to stop.
“What if I am?” He asked, his confidence growing with every word. “Would it be a bad thing?”
(Y/N) smiled widely. “I… I wouldn’t be opposed to it.”
Asahi felt his heart soar to new heights at this. Any anxiety he had began to slowly fade away. His hands were no longer cold but he wasn’t going to stray away from (Y/N)’s touch.
However, the universe thought differently.
“Hey. Do you mind not holding hands with my manager?”
(Y/N) grunted when she felt a strong arm swing over her shoulders. Even without looking, she could tell who it was. The same person who had no problem starting a confrontation with anyone. Not even his twin brother.
“Atsumu.” She warned, letting go of Asahi’s hands, hoping this action would relieve the tension her setter placed around them.
The blond-haired twin kept the same annoying smirk as he met his manager’s eyes. He knew that look very well as he was always on the receiving end of it.
“What?” He asked innocently. “I’m just looking out for you, (Y/N)-senpai. You’re our precious manager after all. Now, is this guy messing with you?”
(Y/N) sighed, closing her eyes while counting to ten in order to calm down. She could only imagine how this must look.
“He’s not. This is Asahi and he’s my friend. We were just talking before the match began. Asahi, this is Miya Atsumu. He’s the setter-”
“Star setter.” Atsumu interrupted as he shook Asahi’s hand, gripping it hard. “An All-Japan Training Camp setter.”
Confused but feeling bold, Asahi matched the twin’s grip strength. He took a tiny bit of satisfaction when Atsumu grimaced the tiniest bit.
(Y/N) raised her brow at them but shook it off. “Sorry about him. He can be a bit much. Anyways, Atsumu, Asahi is Karasuno’s ace. We watched their match yesterday, remember?”
Atsumu gave him an unimpressed look before shaking his head. “Not really. He must have not made a good impression for me to remember. I don’t remember players who suck-”
He was cut off by (Y/N)’s sharp elbow to his stomach. “What was that for, (Y/N)-san?!”
“That’s for lying!”
“I wasn’t lying!”
“Just yesterday you told me he made a lot of great plays. Not to mention, you praised his service ace.”
Atsumu could feel himself blush a little when his manager caught him in his lie. “I… I don’t remember.” When lying doesn’t work, denying is the second best option.
She rolled her eyes while pushing the setter’s head down, forcing him to bow with her. “Sorry about him. He can be incredibly insensitive at times.”
Atsumu twisted his head to look at his manager, quietly struggling underneath her surprisingly strong grip. “No, I’m not!”
(Y/N) sighed before letting go and ignored the glare Atsumu gave her. Instead, she focused on Karasuno’s ace. “I wish we can talk more, Asahi but I need to get the team ready before the match. But I’m glad we had the chance to catch up.”
“Yeah, me too.” He smiled at her, much to Atsumu’s displeasure. “Can we talk later?”
The manager grinned and was just about to answer when she felt a strong tug on her arm before getting dragged away. “Hey, Atsumu! What the he-”
“You said it yourself.” Atsumu pointed out. “You need to help get the team, our team, ready. Let’s go.”
(Y/N) yanked her hand back and gave Atsumu a glare before he could utter a complaint. “Atsumu, be a dear and take this,” She placed the water bottle carrier in his hands. “I’ll be right behind you.”
“But- I, er, we need you. Remember, there’s that thing… That important thing…” His eyes gestured to his hands.
To anyone who didn’t know the Inarizaki setter very well, it may have sounded like there was something urgent she, as the manager, had to do. But (Y/N) knew Atsumu and she almost wanted to laugh at the desperation in his voice. This happened every single time before a match. It was obvious that Atsumu didn’t want to admit his problem in front of Asahi, who had a confused look on his face.
“The stuff is in my bag, inside the small pocket. Just don’t use too much like last time.”
“Yes!” Atsumu fist-pumped before running back to the rest of the Inarizaki team, forgetting the reason he came over in the first place.
(Y/N) chuckled as she watched her friend dig into her bag before turning back to Asahi. “Again, sorry about that. He can be a bit much. But he does have a point, the match is going to start soon.” She offered up her hand for a shake. “Best of luck to you, Asahi.”
He wasted no time in shaking her hand. “You too. Good luck to your team.”
“And whatever happens, win or lose, we’ll be cool, right?” (Y/N) asked, hoping Asahi wasn’t one of those players that completely shuts down and shuns people when they lose. She really liked him so she hoped that wasn’t the case.
“Of course we will.” Asahi promised. “No matter what happens, we’ll give it our best.”
“Good. See you later, ace.”
With one final encouraging squeeze, (Y/N)’s hand slipped away before making her way towards her team. Asahi seemed frozen to the laminate gym floor as his eyes were fixed on her maroon Inarizaki team. His hand was still in the air where he could still feel her fingertips.
“ASAHI!”
He flinched when he heard Nishinoya yell out his name and he almost fell over when he felt the libero hoist himself to do a handstand on his shoulders. It always amazes him how Nishinoya was able to do that effortlessly.
“H-Hey careful!” Asahi warned him. “And what happened to having my back?”
“You were amazing Asahi-san!” Nishinoya praised, stars in his eyes. “And I did have your back. We all had your back. We were watching the whole thing! You looked so cool talking to the girl you like!”
Was it just him or did that last sentence sound so loud?
“Don’t make it so obvious, Nishinoya.” Suga chuckled.
“Yeah, we don’t need Miya Atsumu to come back over here and scare Asahi again.” Daichi joked. “We had to pull Nishinoya back so he wouldn’t go feral on him.”
“I-I wasn’t scared! He just surprised me.” Asahi defended though he wasn’t going to admit that there was a tiny moment of fear when the Inarizaki setter confronted him. “He’s intense though.”
Kiyoko stepped forward. “You didn’t run away. I think that speaks louder than words.”
Asahi swallowed hard. “You think so?”
“Trust Kiyoko on this, Asahi.” Daichi said. “And trust all of us when we say, don’t give up. I know I give you a hard time with you being a coward and all-”
“Thanks.” He said sarcastically.
“Let me finish.” Daichi laughed. “I was trying to say… (Y/N) brings out the best in you. So keep going. Deal?”
“Deal.”
“Alright, let’s go win!”
“YEAH!!”
~Meanwhile on the other side of the gym~
“You done flirting with the enemy?”
“Does that bother you, Suna?” (Y/N) countered as she checked her bag, looking to see if Atsumu used all her hand lotion. (He’s always complaining about his fingertips being dry.) “I thought that’s what you guys wanted? For me to find someone?”
“At least give us a warning. Atsumu said it was that scary samurai-looking guy.”
“Atsumu’s dramatic.”
“Am not!”
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
“He literally was squeezing my hand off! Trying to ruin my perfect setter hands!” The blond complained. “I call sabotage!”
“Maybe you’re just that weak, ‘Tsumu.”
“Shut up, ‘Samu!”
“So,” Suna interrupted before the twins could start another infinite argument. “You like this Azumane guy?”
“Is he Lucky Schmuck #1?” Osamu followed up.
“Or Unlucky Schmuck #6?” Atsumu mumbled with his arms crossed.
“I think… He’s the one.”
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hnychn · 4 months
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HAIKYUU !!
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—— ;; karasuno
♡ — KAGEYAMA TOBIO
why are you so quiet ;; don’t yell at me for walking on the eggshells you placed in this house
♡ — TSUKISHIMA KEI
my better half ;; i love you more than words or actions will ever tell you, please understand that.
♡ — TANAKA RYUUNOSUKE
♡ — SHIMIZU KIYOKO
people i’ve been ;; i have been millions of people in this lifetime; a shoulder to cry on, a strong aid by your side, your first confidant. please, let me be your lover.
—— ;; aoba johsai
♡ — OIKAWA TOORU
do you think about us? ;; i’m too late to be your first love, but i’ll always be your favourite
♡ — IWAIZUMI HAJIME
♡ — MATSUKAWA ISSEI
♡ — HANAMAKI TAKAHIRO
♡ — KYOTANI KENTARO
—— ;; nekoma
♡ — KUROO TETSURO
♡ — KENMA KOZUME
all the ways we said goodbye ;; and here they stood, two kids in love; their hearts separated by distance but their souls connected for eternity
♡ — YAMAMOTO TAKETORA
♡ — LEV HAIBA
♡ — ALISA HAIBA
—— ;; fukurodani
♡ — BOKUTO KOTARO
♡ — AKAASHI KEIJI
—— ;; shiratorizawa
♡ — USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI
♡ — SEMI EITA
♡ — TENDO SATORI
♡ — GOSHIKI TSUTOMU
—— ;; inarizaki
♡ — KITA SHINSUKE
♡ — OJIRO ARAN
♡ — MIYA ATSUMU
♡ — MIYA OSAMU
♡ — SUNA RINTARO
—— ;; miscellaneous
♡ — SAKUSA KIYOOMI
♡ — KOMORI MOTOYA
♡ — AONE TAKANOBU
♡ — TERUSHIMA YUJI
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rae-is-typing · 2 years
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In Which Hinata is a Blabbermouth
Notes: enjoy :) @millenialfanfictionaddiction hope you don't mind me tagging you 😅
Description: A request from Spooky Anon! Hinata tattles when after he sees you and Iwaizumi from Seijoh kissing
Warnings: Threats, swearing, Tanaka and Noya believe that Iwaizumi may have forced himself onto the reader for a minute, mentions of Oikawa
Image count: 9
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tiajk · 6 months
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Black coded!Karasuno manager headcannons
Warnings: cursing, reader flirting with every fine man because she can, chaotic karasuno, karasuno being readers found family, fem reader, miss reader is poly and ain’t afraid to show it, some sappy feelings, probably spelled people names wrong
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It’s chaotic with the mfs all they do it scream, shout eat and play volleyball
You did those things to but they’re more annoying
Tanaka and nishi always finds new ways to make you know your the goddess you are
The first years are intimidated by you even tuskki (it depends on the day)
the third years love you ur probably there favorite underclassmen
kiyoko and you are close like knit tight she loves all that you do for the team and it makes her job a little easier she know that when she leaves the boys will be in good hands
Okay anyways you’ve always known you were that girl like your a pretty black girl in japan who wouldn’t want you
While everyone in karasuno agreed with you so do other schools
which is why tanaka and nishinoya are on guard duty half the time
so guy tries to come ask you for your number *cough* Terushima *cough* they will and i repeat they will start barking at bitches screaming at the top of there lungs “NO WAY IN HELL YOU CAN HAVE OUR MANAGER SHES OURS” it pisses you off to every end especially if there fine (which is all because all hainaut boys are gorgeous)
they hate when you are flirting with the other teams at camps *cough* Bokuto and Akaashi* “Bokuto your spikes are so good you have to teach me” while giving him heart eyes which the boy is eating up because a pretty girl flirting with him and complementing his skill SOLD
you couldn’t forget about the pretty boy setter for Fukurōdani you would always tell him “Akaashi its great that you look out for bokuto like that” he would get the hints but didn’t act on them and you were a patient women you could wait “you and i should hang out i wanna get to know you more” you weren’t lying at all…
Now the boys were fumming you would give them water instead of your own team YOUR THE CLUB YOU SIGNED UP FOR they were but hurt except for suga he knew you had to claim them because you had told him that older men just hit different
anyways when yachi had joined you had welcomed her with open arms as always our girl yachi was scared out of her pants your were intimidating you had a resting bitch face and it scared her to be honest but when she saw you smile she got scared about how pretty you were (i cannon yachi is Bi you can’t change my mind)
You loved enoshita he may have been on the quieter side but he was a good friend when you really needed him you had majority of classes with him so of course you guys had a tight knit he’s the reason why you joined the club
hinata and kageyama you loved them but they were actually kinda stupid all they would do it scream ans yell at each other they were like your children when ever you would confront them about there behavior they would come up with so many excuses “Y/n BUT KAGEYAMA WHAT BEING ANNOYING” “I WAS NOT YOU SHITHEAD” rubbing your temples as they continued to argue “if you don’t shut up i will never bury you food again” They shut there asses right up after that (rich y/n?!?)
your third years were your favorites asahi, dachi, suga, and kiyoko we’re like your parents they always made sure that you were eating correctly, had enough money, and that your mental/physical health was good you are their favorite and nothing can change there mind they do get upset when you go after people there age they know it’s not a big difference but they just wanna make sure your safe
Dacahi almost had an heart attack when you told him when Shiratorizawa match was about to start that you wanted him to put you on with ushijima and tendou (he did only because they asked about you)
yams was a angel sent from heaven he was so kind you loved playing with his hair it was so soft and fluffy and it was like a stress reliever you were trying to set him up with tsukki he’s not slick i know damn well he has a crush on him and vise versa tsukki was a piece of work you always had a response for his snarky ass mouth
tanaka, *sigh* tanaka hairs dog number 1 has never and never disrespected you once he knows if he did that you would twist his ass inside out but in all seriousness he loves you it can be romantic or platonic but he would die for you defend you against any creep or someone that makes you feel not worthy he’s your hype man he’s one of your best friends you love this hot sister too he hates when you bring it up tho
Nishinoya guard dog number 2 he’s short ass hell and clings to you like a dog he has been on thin ice when he’s trying to flirt with you but he knows his boundaries he always wants to show you new tricks he comes up with but mostly rolling thunder
COACH UKAI not gonna lie you thought this man was one of the hottest men alive and you weren’t wrong he was honestly surprised when there was 3 manager but he didn’t care more help he secretly liked you the most he lets you have free meat buns and sometimes stuff from the shop but he makes you swear not to tell anyone
Takeda he made you so happy he was like your sweet older brother he always grateful that you love it with the club you always try to bring kk spare money because you know how hard he believes in the the boy and would do anything for them
in conclusion you love your “job” and the boys love you you wouldn’t know what to do without them
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pinkykats-place · 2 years
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incorrect-highkyuu · 10 months
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Ennoshita: With the third years from last year gone, Inarizaki has the collective intelligence of a pineapple. We gotta use that to win. Hinata: Ennoshita-san is right! Kageyama: What do you know? You weren't even paying attention! Hinata: I was! I said Ennoshita-san was right! Nishinoya: Yeah, but there's like a 90% chance of Chikara being right most of the time, so that's not proof you were listening. That's just a good guess.
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hayilaajaxz · 2 months
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I need help finding Haikyuu fanfics with an oc female that ACTUALLY plays volleyball. None of the whole "She was once great but now has some sort of injury so she can never play again and is reduced to just being the manager of one of the boys' teams" bullshit.
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justmywriting1313 · 2 years
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|| MASTER LIST || (HAIKYUU)
If the 18+ sign is in brackets that means just that part of a multi-series is NSFW but if its not then the entire fic as in all the parts are above 18. 
A- Angst/ F- Fluff/ S- Smut/ R- Requested/ H/C - Hurt/Comfort
☀︎ - Fem M/C  ☼ - Male M/C   ☽ - GN M/C
💜 - Personal Favourite
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Full Fics
Referee’s dont fall in love Part 1, Part 2 (Osamu x Reader) ☀︎F/S 💜 
Taken for Granted... Part 1, (MSBY 4 + Meian + Iwa x Reader) A/F ☽
Miscellaneous (Multi-characters):
Throw words out... Parts 1, filler, Part 2 (Suna x reader x Osamu) H/C ☽
Words once said cannot be unsaid... Part 1, Part 2 (Filler), Part 3 (Suna x reader x Osamu) A/F
His favourite places to kiss (Tsukishima x reader) H/C
Aggressively Affectionate (Sakusa x reader) H/C
Soft (Osamu x reader) F
Hq Brainrot (18+):
Hq Horny thoughts: Quickies? 18+ (Suna x reader x Osamu) ☀︎
Hq Horny thoughts: Panties? 18+ (Tendo x Reader x Ushijima) ☀︎
Prompt List Based:
 14, 17, 138 with timeskip! Sakusa x reader TW ☽ A/H/C
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armins-main-hoe · 7 months
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HI HELLO!!! I would like 2 request some haikyuu! Manager fluffy headcanons please??? Some of the fem! reader being chubby and popular, it can be either platonic or romantic! I also love your writing ✍️ have a good day/night 💗💗
Hello! That is honestly such a cute request and I have a few ideas for it hehehe
I’m going to do this for Karasuno and Nekoma, if you would like other teams, send in a request again saying which ones you want.
(For those who have sent in requests, don't worry, I'm getting round to writing them all up)
“Nah, I think she’s perfect the way she is”
Karasuno
In all honesty, you were really into music and you wanted to sign up for a music club, so when you found yourself standing in the gym, you couldn’t have felt any more out of place.
It seems there was a bit of a mix up with the sign up sheets and you ended up becoming the manager for the boy’s volleyball team.
You don’t know shit about volleyball.
You talked with the teachers and they said it may take some time for them to go through the sign up sheets and find an empty spot in the music club for you to switch into.
So for now, it seems like you're stuck being the boy's volleyball manager.
On your first day, you were very confused about what exactly you should be doing. I mean the team already has a coach and an qualified teacher with them, what can a student manager do?
So you just sat around, watching the boys practice while the coach yells at them. You weren't going to lie, you got a little bored...
Next few days, you would do the same thing, you even used the time to get homework done, since you thought you'd rather do something than do nothing.
You won't lie to yourself, you weren't popular, or that's what you thought, just known by everyone because of how you looked. You knew you weighed more than the other girls in your class, it didn't bother you all that much and you did always try to see the better side of things.
But that doesn't mean that everyone else thought the same.
You were eating lunch with your friends in the school courtyard when a student walking by with his friends yelled out names at you like "piggy", "diabeto" and "fat cow". You didn't really take words like that to heart, they never were all that creative with the name calling.
However, before you or your friends could say anything, a boy from the volleyball team (you pick who) came and stood up for you.
You watched as he stood in front of you and started yelling back at the boy who was name calling you. "I think she's perfect the way she is!"
As you watched him, you couldn't help but wonder "had he always been this good looking? I hadn't noticed before...."
Funny how now you suddenly feel motivated to actually look into volleyball.
So next time there was a practice, you came prepared. You did your research, you learned the basic rules of volleyball and asked other sport manager's what they do.
The boys were surprised to see you suddenly interested since you usually sat in a corner dong homework.
"The teachers are taking forever with sorting the mess up, I didn't think I'd actually be here for here for this long. But since I am, I might as well help out." You shrugged when they questioned it. It wasn't a lie completely but it wasn't the only reason.
You glanced over to the boy who stood up for you the other day before quickly looking away again, he was smiling at you.
As the weeks passed, you began to pick up more and more about volleyball. It wasn't long before you memorized the positions and each player's weakness and strength.
The other boys were quick to notice your little crush and thought that it was probably why you decided to stick around, but later they began to feel like you genuinely enjoying being manager as well. You weren't a bad manager either, you helped everyone equally and the team as a whole.
Nishinoya was little shit though, you were kind and nice to everyone but with him, you're patience wore down thin.
You did get an offer to change clubs and go do the music club you wanted, you thought of going to both volleyball and music but the timings clashed often so you had no choice but to pick.
Volleyball or music?
Oh well, you can practice music at home and the weekends, it's not like you can see your crush at home or the weekends, right?
You kinda knew making decisions based off of a boy wasn't really good for you but even if you wouldn't admit it, you kinda liked playing manager.
You actually found it fun.
When you told the boys that you were staying as their manager, you were taken back by their cheer.
"We were worried that you'd leave us when you get the chance to join the music cub" Hinata said.
"Sure, we didn't get off too well in the beginning but we like having you around now" Suga smiled at you.
The others nodded their head and in that moment, you felt immense happiness wash over you, your face felt a little hot from the praise and you felt a little embarrassed.
"Thanks guys, I promise to get better at being a manager too. I still have a lot to learn."
At the end of practice, you were helping clean up along with your not so secret crush.
"You know Y/N, I hope you don't mind what the others say about you."
You look at him. "Say what?"
"About your looks. It doesn't matter what a person looks like as long as they are happy and healthy." He says, looking at you with a sincere expression.
"Oh that, don't worry, I'm basically immune to those childish name callings, but thank you anyway for looking out for me" You smiled at him.
As you both continued to talk, you didn't see the rest of the boys spying on you both through the windows, silently cheering you and your crush on. They all are VERY supportive of you both, even though they all suck ass at being cupid.
Nekoma
No one and I mean no one has ever thought of bad mouthing you.
You quite literally were the sweetest girl in the whole school, always having pure intentions. No one could ever hate you, you got along with everyone.
You heard the volleyball club was looking for a manager for a while now with no luck so you decided to give it a go.
"hello I'm-"
"Y/N!" A few of them called out, running over to you. You recognised nearly all of the members, you had spoken to them at some point during your time as school, even the ones that were not in your year. You knew the basics of volleyball since the school sometimes made you do that in your Physical Education class.
Yamamoto was all over the place, he could basically explode with how much joy he felt. His team finally got a manager. He was so going to boast about it to his friends outside of school.
What amazed you was how seriously the boys took the sport, you weren't all that much into sports or anything really, you struggled to find something to actually be that passionate about that could lead into a future career.
So you weren't able to understand but respected their dedication and efforts nonetheless.
You were really good and hyping the boys up and giving them motivation when they needed it, some of them became very fond of you.
Kenma would sometimes try to hide behind you whenever Kuroo would be scolding him, you would give kuroo a sweet smile and lie to his face saying "I haven't seen Kenma all day!"
Whenever lev would to the same, it wouldn't work out the same but you found it enduring still. You would let out a laugh before acting like insanely tall guy was actually able to hide perfectly behind you.
Yaku would often tut at you for playing along, saying that lev needs to learn but you keep taking the seriousness out of it.
"But he has gotten better though, hasn't he?" you would say back.
"Not enough!" yaku would reply back before huffing away.
Though despite you being all smiles and sunshines most of the time, you did have moments where you would get a bit serious.
During tournaments specifically, the boys were good, really good even but so were other teams.
When you get nervous you would become quite and have a serious frown on your face.
Kinda scared the boys a bit ngl-
lev would laugh tho.
Maybe kuroo too.
They find it cute more than scary okay?
You would give them a pep talk before their very first game, promising to buy them all ice cream if they come first place.
Though no one at your school has ever badmouthed you, that doesn't mean people from other schools wouldn't.
Since you were on the chubby side, you were prone to some bullying when you were younger, though in middle school it died down a lot. The boys never saw you differently because of your weight though, you were sweet and a really good manager to them so why wouldn't they adore you?
So when they would overhear people from other schools making fun of you just because of something as little as your weight, they didn't take it that lightly.
They would only stop yelling threats and curse words when their next match is about to start or the "bad mouther" runs away. Kuroo once nearly got a bit physical too.
You would then tell them to ignore that when it happens since there is not use wasting breath over people like that, it's not like you take what they say to heart anyway... well most of the time anyway.
But like always. the team refused to ever ignore anyone making fun of you.
It's almost like you have a bunch of protective brothers, they sometimes tease you but no one else can.
I do hope you like it! Let me know if you want more :)
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Being Karasuno's Manager:
Yaku Falls for Miss Manager
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Yaku Morisake featuring Nekoma and Karasuno x Female Manager
Warnings: light swearing, fluff
A/N: This is an request from @lilacveiledsea!
Ahh Yn you are one lucky lady
Seriously Yaku 🥰 he’s such a sweetheart
Demon senpai to some but not to our precious Angel Yn
You unfortunately fortunately were the 2nd year manager for our lovely bby crows
Kiyoko didn’t want to leave you alone so she said you should get another manager 😂
Honestly such a caring move
And trust me, you’ll need it
Not only managing the demon first years but our feral second years as well
But it’s all good because these boys adore you so much
Your relationship was strictly platonic with all of them, despite their very visible crush on you
Honestly, you preferred someone a little more… mature?
Sure let’s go with that 😌
So before Yachi joined the crew it was just you and Kiyoko
Dream team honestly
Kiyoko dealt with all the technical things and you, well you dealt with the children
You and Daichi were a dream team
Daichi was the hard ass disciplinarian and YN was out sweet, consoling angel
“HEY DORKS CUT THAT OUT!” Daichi would scream
“Please be careful! We don’t want you to get hurt!” You’d add
It honestly was so perfect
The atmosphere around Golden week was so exciting
The boys were ready to face their unknown rivals, Nekoma
This was the first time they would be facing Nekoma so everyone was fired up
When you arrived, Kiyoko took care of monitoring the children while you began to gather the water bottles
The crew was talking with Nekoma, Daichi and Kuroo being BeStIeS 🤪
Tanaka and Yamamoto being weirdly twin like and Asahi being the scary, non-scary person scaring all the children
You noticed Suga was talking with someone who looked to be the Libero of Nekoma
You didn’t really have a chance to look at him because you were busy carrying things
BUT 👀 trust when I say he definitely saw you
The sunshine’s on your beautiful hair, you started to glow and Yaku absolutely fell in love
You smiled as Ennoshita offered to help you, Yaku becoming jealous that the smile wasn’t for him
“She’s cute right?” Suga interrupted his thoughts 🙃
“Uhh yeah, who is she?” Yaku questioned, eyes still watching you
“She’s our second year manager AND she’s single,” wing man Suga says
“Good to know,” Yaku says as you walk into the gym
Inside is when you first noticed Yaku watching you
You noticed how cute he was and you blushed when your eyes met his
Suga 👉🏻👀 📝
Kiyoko 👉🏻😐😳😏
team work makes the dream work 💅
“Hey YN why don’t you ask Nekoma if they need help with their water bottles?” Kiyoko suggests as your eyes widen
“O-ok,” you say, turning to head over to them
Nekoma watches you approach
Kuroo smirks
Yamamoto faints
And Yaku, Yaku stares 👁️👄👁️
“Hey, umm I’m YN and I was wondering if you needed help with the water bottles?” You as ask Coach Nekomata nodded and thanked you
Inuoka was just about to ask if you needed help when Yaku spoke up
“ILL HELP!” He may have yelled a little louder
Kai and Kenma 👉🏻👀👀
Kuroo 👉🏻🤨😏
You 👉🏻😳 ok-
Please he was so cute!
“Here let me carry those for you,” Yaku says as you nod
Kiyoko, Suga and Kai 👉🏻😍😍😍
“Is it just me or is Nekoma’s Libero hitting on Yn?” Daichi asks
Tanaka and Noya 👉🏻🔥👄🔥
Meanwhile-
“Thank you so much for helping me,” you blush as you continue to fill water bottles
“Call me Morisuke please,” Yaku says with a smile
“Thank you Mori,” you say
Yaku dies 😫
As you walk back to the gym, you enter and EVERYONE is looking at you
“Uhh what happened?” You ask Yaku
Yaku 👉🏻😐😑
Please he knows what’s going on
“It’s nothing Yn, they literally are all just sharing one braincell and it’s not functioning right now,” he says as you giggle a little
Yaku 👉🏻 💀
While you observed the game, you continued to sneak glances at Yaku
He didn’t pay much mine but again he was in the game but during timeouts 👀 Yaku would practically stare at you
You blushed as Tanaka and Noya growled
“Knock it off!” You said smacking their heads, “don’t ruin this for me!”
The team 👉🏻😐😳
“Dang Yn and Daichi did a switch,” Yamaguchi said as Tsukki nodded
After the game, Suga and Yaku talked while Noya stared at Yaku
“You are an excellent Libero, even if you are annoying when you stare at OUR Yn,” he says as he runs away
“Ignore him! YN doesn’t belong to anyone,” Suga adds
Yaku nods as he looks over to you as you help clean up
As the boys are prepared to leave, Yaku says ‘it’s now or never’
He runs to you, as you stop and stare
“YN can I have you phone number?” Yaku asks as you smile and nod
“I’d like that!”
Yaku literally swoons as you type your number into his phone
“I’ll text you later!” Yaku yells as he runs back to the team and waves to you
Suga and Kiyoko 👉🏻🥹 our baby is growing up
You smile ad you walk back to your team who are all watching you
“Please don’t make this weird?” You groan as you get on the bus and the team follows asking you a million question
What you don’t realize is Yaku is going through the same thing
Yet he doesn’t regret getting your number, quickly going to text you
“Hey Yn it’s Mori 🙂”
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tooruchisposts · 2 years
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Watch "Karasuno's Volleyball After School Practice | HAIKYUU GYM AMBIENCE | ASMR | STUDY, SLEEP, SHIFTING |" on YouTube
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Karasuno after school volleyball practice | Haikyuu Ambience ASMR |
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ineedhaikyu · 22 days
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Summary: The story of Asahi Azumane meeting the love of his life,(Y/N) (L/N), in Nationals. He's Karasuno's ace and she's Inarizaki's manager. Despite being on different teams, it didn't stop either of them from falling in love with one another.
Pairing: Asahi Azumane x female! Reader
Warnings: Slow burn! Lots of fluff. Topics that involve struggling with anxiety, self-worth, and slight depression. Spoilers for Season 4. Manga spoilers. Slight use of offensive language. Use of (Y/N). Third POV.
Credits of Dividers to @saradika
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Glass-Hearted Ace Series
Chapter 1: How a beautiful love story began.
Chapter 2: Second meetings are just as nerve-wracking as the first.
Chapter 3: Admitting to a crush to friends is only the first phase. The next phase is dealing with their reactions.
Chapter 4: It was a bittersweet moment when Inarizaki lost to Karasuno. What will happen next? Do the feelings stop there?
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yns-manager · 2 months
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𐙚 Masterlist
Hi! Welcome to your daydreams (for the attention seeking-girls) ! <3
— about me
• Lalá
• Cancer
• she/her
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Blog & requests
• I mainly write headcannons for Haikyuu!! teams x manager!reader
example: Being Karasuno’s manger!
• this is extremely self-indulgent!
• Requests are happily accepted! (Please don’t be afraid or nervous, they make my day!)
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~ Karasuno
!! pending…
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~ Aoba Johsai
!! pending…
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~ Nekoma
!! pending…
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~ Shiratorizawa
!! pending…
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~ Inarizaki
!! pending…
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~ Fukurōdani Academy
!! pending…
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~ Date Tech High
!! pending…
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