hajime – Page 3

ceejles:

“Oikawa. Hey. Are you – oh.”

Hajime’s mouth snaps shut. The movie is flickering in white and yellow, a flashback of the protagonist to a happier time when they were younger, the world pure, golden, free of monsters. There’s still so much popcorn over, it’s barely past midnight and usually, they’d be in a heated discussion about whether the aliens are animated like shit or not.

But Oikawa’s hair tickles his neck. Hajime tries to breathe as slow as he can, his arm tingling where it’s falling asleep, supporting the heavy pressure that Oikawa puts against him. How did he get tired so easily, Hajime wonders, watching him as his lips pull into a smile. Oikawa looks young and small like that. His legs are over Hajime’s lap, God, why’s he still wearing those silly alien pajamas, and he smells like summer, the forest they played in as children, popcorn and soft, endless trust.

Hajime is careful when he reaches for a handful of popcorn. He manages to move slow enough for Oikawa to not even flinch. The movie goes on, but Hajime chews on the popcorn and his eyes lose focus on the main protagonist. A hero, out to change the world. Hajime touches his thumb to Oikawa’s collarbone.

“Sleep,” he whispers, words lost in Oikawa’s hair. “I’ll stay here.”

(written by Moami on Twitter)

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astronautical-polarbear:

“How the hell did you even get up there?!”

Hajime’s
words are a dark growl, and Tooru winces. He doesn’t like it at all
when Hajime stares at him as if he’s just eaten away all of his tuna.
“It’s not my fault that the cat treats were up here,” he says, quiet,
and then raises his voice into a whine. “Just help me get down!
Iwa-chan, you – you won’t leave me up here, right?”

Tooru
watches how Hajime shuffles back a few steps from the big kitchen
cupboard, seeming to consider the situation. Yes, okay, maybe Tooru is a
bit of an idiot for climbing up the side of the cupboard and
accidentally kicking over the hat stand, which would have been his only
way down. It’s his own fault, fine, but that won’t help him down the
steep front of the cupboard and back onto the floor. Plus, his tail –
his beautiful, wonderful tail got hurt!

Tooru
sniffs. A bit of the fluffy hair got stuck in the rack and when he
tried to pull it away, the hat stand fell over, taking precious
creme-pale fur from his tail with it on the way down. “Look at this,
Iwa-chan… I look terrible, so please help me down already, I don’t
wanna stay here!”

Hajime
watches him from below. His short, charcoal grey tail twitches, clearly
distressed. Tooru makes himself smaller, wrapping his ruined tail
around his front paws. “Please?” He asks, flicking his ears back and
forth.

“Fine,
alright.” Hajime moves back another inch, then sits down. “But you
gotta jump.” Before Tooru can protest, Hajime cuts him off. “There’s no
other way. I’ll catch you, okay? Don’t you trust me, idiot?”

Tooru
does. He also wants to get down from the cupboard and back into his
comfortable hammock by the fireplace and he wants to nuzzle Hajime’s fur
and-So, he jumps.

“Oomph!”
– “Iwa-chan?” Tooru only realizes that he’s closed his eyes when warm
fur presses against his nose. Hajime’s flat like a pancake below him,
but he seems alright. And Tooru is back on the ground! He gives a joyful
mewl,

“Thank you!”, and before Hajime can defend himself, Tooru is
nuzzling his chin. He begins purring as soon as Hajime relaxes. “My back
hurts,” Hajime mumbles.

But Tooru just purrs and wraps his tail around Hajime’s, snuggling against him. “I knew you’d catch me.”

– Moami

Isn’t Moami’s writing simply the cutest?! My deepest thanks and all my love for all of their patience and for agreeing to collab this little iwaoi with me! This was so fun to brainstorm with you~ ❤

Lina’s cat Iwaois are the light of my life. Working on this has been so much fun, and Lina is an absolute delight and a star in the sky. Thank you, sweetheart, for letting me write this and creating that wonderful gif. ♥ Thanks so much!

mangobursts:

“Adults say that life is complicated, Hajime thinks, but luckily there are easy and simple things, too. Being with Tooru is one of them. They eat together, switch milk packages (because Hajime always gets strawberry and it’s Tooru’s favourite, so he slides it over), and they share. Sometimes it’s not equal. Tooru tries to steal his meat, then Hajime snatches one of his onigiri, and Tooru pouts.

But they always sit on the stone steps below the old tree’s shadow, talking loud and giggling quietly, and it’s easy. He can’t imagine eating alone. Tooru says that he never has to. Hajime hopes that it’ll be as easy as that.”

–moami

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Thank you so much, mangobursts, for letting me writer a little drabble for your art! Your style is so very cute and your children Iwaois have a spot in my heart, aaa, I’m so weak. Kami, congratulations once again on making such an amazing zine ♥

Hajime’s got to be honest: This isn’t what he expected. Not at all. This is the furthest from any guesses he made about how this whole thing would be going.

It doesn’t help that Oikawa is frozen in place. His fingers are stiff in Hajime’s shirt, lips still parted where Hajime had kissed him. Yes, he had done it, and he’s never going to forget the hitch in Oikawa’s breath or the tiny noise that bubbled out of his throat when Hajime had pressed their lips together. It had been soft, just a brush of his mouth against Oikawa’s.

It had been everything.

But now Oikawa looks almost… embarrassed. Hajime blinks. His brain isn’t catching up. “Hey. Are you okay?” he decides to ask.

Oikawa closes his mouth. There’s a faint blush rising up his cheeks, spreading down to his neck. It’s gorgeous. Hajime swallows. “I didn’t read your signals wrong, did I? You wanted me to ki-”

“Don’t say it out loud!” Oikawa’s hand slaps across his mouth. Hajime almost stumbles back, and he’s ready to punch Oikawa in the face because fuck him, this took all courage he’s ever had, he’s wanted this for so long –

“It’s because it’s my first,” Oikawa blurts. And Hajime stops struggling against his hand. He stands still when Oikawa leans against him, and his heart explodes into warmth and the need to protect when Oikawa – no, Tooru – buries his head against Hajime’s neck.

“I kind of hoped that it’d be you.” Tooru’s lips tremble against his skin, a small touch. Hajime closes his eyes.

“That was your first kiss? You’re fucking with me.”

A chuckle. “We just kissed and you’re already thinking about that. Naughty.”

Hajime kind of wants to hit him again, but Tooru slings both arms around his neck and presses their foreheads together, eyes alight with a joy Hajime swears he’ll keep glowing.

“Idiot.” Hajime slides his thumb along Tooru’s cupid’s bow, as gentle as he can. “We have time.”

Tooru’s smile widens. “Yeah. All of it.” And then he’s the one kissing Hajime, pushing him against the wall of their now old school, their lips falling together as the graduation celebration goes on without them.

meru90:

“The café is a secret. Oikawa chose it, back when their first kiss had left invisible marks on each other’s lips, clumsy and awkward, and when they needed a place to sit on their own and not have anybody watch them. Nowadays it’s tradition, and Oikawa’s lips are as soft as the day they first came here, when Iwaizumi asked him to be his boyfriend.” – moami

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kkumri:

“He looks up at the sky like it’s a miracle. His hair is dark and warm-shining in the rain, and he’s going to catch a cold like that. But Iwaizumi watches him still, knowing that he will lend Oikawa his jacket once he comes back inside. He will kiss the water from Oikawa’s cheeks, touch his shirt that’s changed from blue to purple like the cool skin below, and Iwaizumi knows that Oikawa still won’t realize what the true miracle is.” – moami

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Thank you so much for letting me write for this beautiful piece of yours, Ally! I’m very happy that I got to help this project at least a little bit. Kami has done such great work on the zine, putting all of this together. I’m sure the final result will be stunning. This was so nice to do – I’m astonished by all the people coming together for this. To the Iwaoi.

Source: kkumri

Tooru almost forgot about their symbiosis. He’s reminded that Hajime and him are connected by some ancient part of themselves during a situation that couldn’t be more harmless; volleyball training before an important match.

And Tooru is reminded with stinging cruelty when Hajime receives a ball just with the tips of his fingers. He falls, his ankle hits the court, and the entire team freezes when Hajime screams. It’s sharp, short, and Tooru’s feet kick into motion when their ace crumbles on the ground.

Someone calls both of their names. It could be the coach that’s shouting, something like “don’t move his foot, let me through”, but Tooru’s ears are deaf. His vision is white and teal blurring into skin darker than his own, his own steps echo up his spine, and then his hands reach Hajime’s shoulders.

“No,” Tooru thinks he’s saying. His face feels wet, he can’t see clearly. He doesn’t fucking care that he’s crying on the court and Hajime isn’t. He can’t be hurt, he can’t, it’s not supposed to be him who gets hurt-

“Hey. Tooru. Shh, look – look at me.” Hajime’s voice is dark, twisted by pain, but he wraps his arms around Tooru’s neck and allows himself to be lifted. Tooru doesn’t know how he carries him to the bench. All he knows is that he keeps saying, like a prayer: “You have to be okay again.”

Hajime kisses him just when Tooru is blocking everyone from seeing them, just before the coach comes running, just before it turns out to be a harmless overly strained tendon that will recover after a few days.

But still, that night, Tooru stays at Hajime’s place. And Hajime doesn’t complain if Tooru holds him more tightly, nails digging into his back, ear pressed to his ribs to listen to his heart beat.

jeannetteleven:

Pic for my friend @moami based on her awesome fanfic. Read it!

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Jeanette, this is so wonderful. I hope I didn’t use too much capslock when you showed it to me first and after you said you’d draw for my work. Inspiring you is an unbelievable feeling, and your art has captured the scene perfectly.

I already said it in our chat but again: Hajime’s hands are so, so nice. I can practically feel him press his thumbs on Tooru’s skin to massage the fear away. You did splendid, brilliant work on it and the intimacy is slaying me.

You may have killed me a little bit. Never stop. Thank you so much, dear. Thank you. ♡

“Boys don’t cry,” his father says when Tooru comes home crying, his knee scraped red like the sunset outside and like the panic that bleeds on Hajime’s cheeks as he drags Tooru inside, wailing for someone to take care of the hurt. Tooru is four years old.

“You’re not a girl. Stop crying,” his father says when Tooru limps home, his knee swollen, his mother helping him out of the car and into the armchair in the living room. Hajime calls later that night and offers to talk until it gets better, to bring ice for his knee every day and, in a softer, nervous voice, to listen when Tooru has to let out his tears. Tooru is twelve years old.

“Real men don’t cry,” his father says when Tooru stands before him, fists curled by his side, his suitcase packed and the train to his new college just half an hour away. His mother sighs and leads him outside, but Tooru grits his teeth and pulls away, just to wrap his arms around his father in one last awkward hug. There’s a moment of silence. Then, a hand pats his back. “This will be good for you, being on your own a bit. Study hard.” Tooru is nineteen years old.

“Crying is weak,” his father tries to say, but Tooru lifts his head and yells. Hajime stands by his side, proud and silent, not as Tooru’s sword but as his shield if hell should break loose. His fingers are laced up with Tooru’s, two silver glints of metal pressing together, Tooru’s mother is in tears and laughs and begs her husband and above it all, Tooru screams.

“It’s okay to cry,” Hajime says when Tooru lies in this arms that night. They’re back in their flat, back in Tokyo, warmth in their veins and tears falling from Tooru’s cheeks as if he’s been saving them like silver coins for this moment. His father hasn’t looked at Hajime when he said goodbye, but there was a hug, and just before they fall asleep, Tooru whispers:

“I think he said ‘sorry’.”

“You don’t need to forgive him,” Hajime whispers back and kisses Tooru’s forehead. Tooru closes his eyes. “I know. It’s… a start.”

They fall asleep with each other’s breath, the moonlight dancing over the silver rings on their hands.

Even ten years later, Hajime will always remember exactly where he was when Tooru’s service ace wins his team the Olympic golden medal. He’s in his dorm, glued to the tiny tv screen, and because of the fucking time zones he startles his flatmate awake with his howl of victory in the middle of the night. Hajime doesn’t apologize. He calls Tooru an hour later, and there are tears on both sides; Hajime keeps whispering his name, says that it’s okay and that everything has paid off, “I’m so proud of you” – but Tooru repeats one sentence through his happiness-drunk sobs:

“I need to tell you something when I’m home.”

Hajime is at the airport when the team arrives. Their team jackets seem to glow in the late afternoon light. They look tired, exhausted, but Hajime can see their smiles from a mile away. They’re victorious, it’s in their step, it radiates from their skin. Tooru is walking ahead. When he spots Hajime, his mouth opens into a yell. He’s crying before they even hug.

“H-Haji – I’m – we d-did it, and that means. Th-that I can finally-”

“You were incredible,” Hajime grins, and looking back, he should have noticed how Tooru struggles for words that aren’t about winning or losing. “You took their breath away, fuck, I gotta show you the tape, I recorded it all, their damn faces, Tooru!”

“I love you,” Tooru says and starts sobbing.

Hajime falls silent. The team is standing around them, greeting their own families, but Hajime feels their watchful eyes on him. They must know, he realizes. They’re waiting for me to hurt him. “Tooru.” His lips somehow form words. He doesn’t get to say them.

“I did it. I’m at the top.” Tooru’s face is buried against his shoulder. That bastard is still taller, holding Hajime tight, he stinks like sweat and dry skin from the long flight and he’s so beautiful that Hajime wants to hide him below his heart and keep him there forever. “Tooru,” he tries.

“I th-thought that if I win this…” His tears soak Hajime’s shirt. The sun reflects off his hair. He’s all that Hajime’s ever wanted. “That you could love me if I p-proved that I’m the best. I’m… not a girl, I know that, but. But, for you, I could-”

“Idiot.” The kiss that Hajime’s lips press onto his hair is softer than a whisper. “I fell for you when you were on the ground. I’m not leaving, no matter if you fall or fly. It’s too late to ever stop loving you. But I’m glad that you’re not a coward like me. God, I lov-”

The team breaks into another roar of victory when Tooru lifts his childhood friend up and kisses him right as the first camera begins to flash.