ใ last sun of the summer ใ
happy mid-week! i offer an iwaoi fic in the good year of 2024 about shrine guardian!oikawa whose life is changed by a boy he meets in the woods.
edo period japan | 3 chapters | rated m | complete
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kuroo, calling iwaizumi: hey sooo i'm holding this all star match
iwaizumi: yeah, so?
kuroo: atsumu and oikawa will be in the same team
iwaizumi: i'm on my way
-`โฎยด- ecto's haikyuu pilgrimage in tohoku! -`โฎยด-
So I visited Karumai in Iwate prefecture, the city where many Haikyuu locations were based on and Furudate's hometown. It was honestly the highlight of my trip and I wanted to share it here :)
[Translation] Here's Akane's full interview with Iwaizumi from the 13th Haikyuu light novel! (Because he's my favourite and I would revise my Japanese just for this.) This is just my unofficial translation so please forgive any mistakes/awkwardness.
Unpopular opinion but I like that iwaoi are not in the same class. Imagine Iwa walking past Oikawa's classroom and Oikawa's gaze following him until Iwa finally gives in and spares him a glance and scoffs at him and it makes Oikawa's heart stutter.
How the japanese national team first fell in love with their athletic trainer, a list:
- bokuto: when he was defeated in an arm wrestling match
- sakusa: when he saw how organized iwa's bag was and it's bc iwa didn't want his clean supplies like kt tape to be easily dirtied +
Iwaizumi, who's lived through numerous reincarnations and remembers how he's loved and lost Oikawa in every single one, answers Oikawa's teasing "how long have you liked me"โOikawa who doesn't remember any of their previous livesโwith "a few lifetimes I think"
Japan national team be thirsting after iwa but they know he's in a committed rs with oikawa so when someone is ACTUALLY serious about hitting iwa up, they tell oikawa like these bitches got his back too
iwaoi: *looking at the stars*
Oikawa: *mumbling*
Iwaizumi: what are you doing?
Oikawa: naming stars after people i love
Iwaizumi: do I get a star?
Oikawa: you get the sun
Commissioned the wonderful
@cezziiii
to draw iwa at pride festival !! He looks so handsome and happy and I just know he's out there living his best life โจ๏ธโจ๏ธโจ๏ธ
Matsukawa and Hanamaki make Oikawa play a speed game of smash or pass. They list off names so quickly that Oikawa is literally answering off the top of his head and when they sneak in Iwaizumi's name, Oikawa smashes without thinking twice and the room goes dead silent after that.
I am still not over Iwaizumi Hajime athletic trainer (USA) so I made a powerpoint presentation to sum up my feelings bc I just love him SO MUCH and these are messily put together but he makes me so asfkjdlkjs
So I added Iwaizumi to the libero/wing spiker play style series bc I just love him sm ok? He deserves to be there! And I feel like he would be ใ็ๅฎใ (chakujitsu) which means "steady, sound, trustworthy, solid".
Suddenly engrossed with the idea for an amnesia fic where iwaizumi loses his memory temporarily and somehow deduces that oikawa is his boyfriend and tries to live like they're lovers which puts oikawa in a spot bc they're most definitely NOT boyfriends and he's a pining mess
The kanji are really hard to make out but the quote under Iwaizumi looks suspiciously like "่ชๆ ขใฎ็ธๆฃ" which is "partner I can be proud of", a homage to that declaration he made after the karasuno match.
โHIS OPINION OF HIS INSIGNIFICANT PRIDEโ
A world renowned control centre of Miyagi: Oikawa Tooru
An old friendโs testimony: Iwaizumi Hajime
โProud Face & Big Idiotโ (BYE IWA-CHAN. ๐คฃ)
I just think Iwaizumi would have his own fancams when he appears at league games as the athletic trainer. Not as many as like kageyama or atsumu, but uncharacteristically many for an AT.
When Seijoh4 pick up Iwaizumi at the airport, Oikawa does a doubletake at the sight of his best friend he'd not seen in mths bc Iwaizumi's in a white henley that hugs the lines of his body and his skin is bronzer than he remembers, like the sun didn't just kiss him, it loved him.
Like,, the concept of the ENTIRE Japan national team thirsting after iwa is so funny like you guys are ATHLETES TOO with great bodies but there is just SOMETHING about iwaizumi fucking hajime that makes everyone lose their goddamn minds
Akaashi bumps into Iwaizumi while waiting for Bokuto after practice and talking with him for a bit.
Akaashi: I'm glad the team has you to look out for them. Thank you Iwaizumi-san.
Iwaizumi, blushing, stuttering, looking away: Oh, uh, yeah- it's- don't mention it.
Oikawa, an incorrigible workaholic, finds himself in a foreign country when his friends thought it would do him good to take a break from his hectic work life, no distractions. They had gotten him drunk and shipped him off with nothing but a backpack and a ticket to
Oikawa kissing iwaizumi hesitantly and the moment iwaizumi realizes that holy shit he's kissing me, he pushes against oikawa to kiss him deeper, the suddenness surprising oikawa but they melt into it, shoulders relaxing and palms sliding over nape and jaw
People saying that oikawa won at the olympics reminds me of how frdt tells us things without explicitly saying that they happened (he could have said olympic medallist but he used world star) which means there are other things we can infer so this is how iwaoi are soulmates-
Oikawa taking off his ring before the game, walking across the court to find iwaizumi, smirking as he drops the gold band into his palm, telling him to take care of it while he wins another gold
Thinking about Oikawa, who has dealt with so much shit and still holds it together but the moment Iwaizumi puts a hand on his shoulder or his fingers against his cheek, he finally loses it
When Oikawa calls Iwaizumi that night, wondering why he hasnโt shown up for their online movie date, itโs a girlโs excessively cheery voice of all things that greets him.
โHi! Sorry! Hajime canโt come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?โ
Royalty/historical au where young prince Tooru sneaks out of the castle to an ungoverned town outside the kingdom & is saved from danger by village boy Hajime. They become friends & bc Tooru likes the freedom, doesn't tell Hajime he's The Prince, but Hajime has his secrets too.
Thinking about seijoh sports festival where students aren't allowed to play in the same sport of their club activity so there's an all out war to get iwaizumi to play in different sports.
Cryinggg lrt says that according to Japan sports association, the pass rate to become japan's athletic trainer is less than 10% which is strict ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ can you imagine how CAPABLE iwa is i love him sm
Iwa who gets broken up w/ in front of an ihop bc he was late for a date after facetiming oikawa who was ranting abt his failed empanadas & is told tht "i can't be w/ someone whose wallpaper is him & his best friend" is the same iwa who realizes he's in love with said best friend.
Nurse Iwaizumi x investigative journalist Oikawa where Iwa receives a patient who starts a chatter around the ward bc heโs handsome beneath the injuries & so charming heโs got everyone smitten. Except Iwa, who sees him as a sweet-talker & huh, someone with no emergency contact.
Seijoh vs inarizaki but like in a shounen manga fight. Oikawa going against kita, a clash of personalities. Iwaizumi and aran respect each other and that's why they have the most thrilling fight. Matsukawa and hanamaki saying they'll take one twin each.
Iwaizumi would be the kind of guy who kisses Oikawa deeply, hand on his jaw and tipping Oikawa over a little, then breaks the kiss all of a sudden to walk away without a word and it drives Oikawa insane.
I can't believe I just found out that in gusari's iwaoi battle deployment art, it says on Oikawa's tag, "If you lay a hand on Iwa-chan, I'll kill you" and "Anyone other than Tooru can die" on Iwaizumi's.
- yaku: when iwa lectured the team about being reckless (it's sexc)
- hoshiumi: when he saw a video of that time iwa spiked thru a 3-man block
- hinata: when iwa helped him with spiking practice and showed that he still got skillz
- hyakuzawa: from a reassuring pat on his back +
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โHey Iwa-chan, Iโm still on my way home, so I canโt turn on the video,โ Oikawa says into his phone when their call connects.
โSโfine,โ Iwaizumi waves off. โHow was practice?โ
#iwaoi
They say love lasts for 3 years.
According to a certain science, love is caused by phenylethylamine (PEA), which is not produced continuously. In 3 years, once you get used to your partner, your brain will stop producing the chemicals and eventually your feelings will fade away.
Remember when people were editing seijoh's uniform to make them black and teal? We kinda got that in the all star match team a uniform so personally, I like it
Hanamaki waggles his eyebrows and Matsukawa grins, knowing they managed to trick their dear, pining captain. Oikawa panics but is relieved that Iwaizumi isn't here. Kunimi catches it all on camera and will show it to Iwaizumi if it comes down to it. They call it sabotage footage.
Guys...yall don't understand, the fact that Iwaizumi said it'd be a lie if Oikawa didn't have an influence on his decisions and that athletes can be reckless...I know /something/ happened...that right knee injury may as well be canon.
iwaoi playing twister
Hanamaki: iwaizumi, right hand on red
Iwaizumi, ending up on top of oikawa: you're doing this on purpose aren't you?
Hanamaki: I stopped spinning like 15 minutes ago, im surprised you didn't notice
I think iwaizumi commands attention but not in the way oikawa does. Like when oikawa steps into a room, eyes would turn to him but iwa's effect on strangers is not that immediate, it's after people interact with him that they start paying more attention
Iwaizumi sitting against the wall at the end of practice one day with a towel over his head, obscuring his face and Makki comes over, jokingly lifts it up only to see that he's really pale and burning up.
"Holy shit Iwaizumi, you look like death."
Just thinking about how oikawa assumes that iwaizumi would be really unromantic so when they get tgt he's floored by how wrong he was bc iwaizumi brings him out on nice dates, puts a lot of thought into their anniversaries, showers him w affection and he does it so effortlessly
Oh to be the person who gets their heart broken by iwaizumi hajime because he's always been in love with his best friend. To be the one who never stood a chance.
Translation for LRT!!
I: Hello?
O: Iwa-chan, have you read this week's Jump issue?
I: You...isn't it really early over there? (What time is it even...)
O: That's because I'm in it! Have you seen it?!
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istg the more people superimpose these pictures together, the more I'm starting to believe that the illustration team simply drew this first then separated it into two
Iwaoi standing really close to each other in the hallway, arms pressed against each other's and fingers laced as they look at something on oikawas phone and someone asks "are you guys dating?" and iwaizumi just goes "yeah. what about it?"
Japan national team be thirsting after iwa but they know he's in a committed rs with oikawa so when someone is ACTUALLY serious about hitting iwa up, they tell oikawa like these bitches got his back too
An international fan comes to a game to support her favourite player but before she can go up to him for an autograph, he's already walking away. Iwaizumi notices and calls him back and the fan gets her autograph AND a picture and she's so grateful
Oikawa facetiming Takeru one day to โcatch up with his favourite nephewโ and talks about how much heโs missed the ramen there and Takeru is like โyeah, maybe I should have that for lunchโ and then turns to ask the person beside him, โhey Iwa, can we have ramen for lunch?โ
Different take on the college roommates trope: oikawa rents a room in hanamaki's apartment even tho hanamaki said its already rented out to someone else but that person is out of town until the end of the semester. oikawa rents it anyway bc its cheap and near his campus.
Iwaizumi uploads a gym mirror selfie.
Oikawa: *looking at his phone very closely*
Teammate 1: what are you doing?
Oikawa: *panicking* nothing!
Teammate 2: why are you looking at a man's post-workout selfie?
Oikawa: *panicked* it's not a man!
Teammate 3: yeah it's iwa-chan
Thank you evvy for the higher quality pic <3
Oikawa:
World-class control tower from Miyagi prefecture
[Adversity is my true strength.]
Blanco:
Teacher's words
[People lose when their limits are set.]
Iwaizumi:
An old friend's testimony
[Partner to be proud of, big idiot]
Quarantine au where iwaoiโs relationship is on the rocks and they both โneed a breakโ so Oikawa is about to move out of their shared apartment but then they have to be quarantined and are stuck with each other in the same house for another two weeks.
I bet the JNT uses iwaizumi's name to get out of situations. They'd be at the gym and someone asks, can you spot me? and they'll go, my athletic trainer says I can't.
Iwaizumi retires to write books about dealing with sports injuries I know it. He's following his mentor's footsteps. I'm imagining him typing away on his laptop with glasses perched on his nose.
Iwa, who promised to marry oikawa when they were kids, and his mother thinks to herself how innocent they are.
Years later, when he realizes his feelings are far from innocent, iwa asks his mother,
"Rmb when i said i'd marry oikawa?"
"Yes?"
"What if i say i'd marry him now?"
Iwaizumi who doesn't know what to do with his love so he just vents in the most random ways. Oikawa smiles at him? Runs laps around the school. Oikawa looks at him with a soft gaze? Breaks his stationery. Oikawa gives him butterflies in his stomach? Punches a wall.
With oikawa, people always only want the good things. His confidence, his diligence and his successes. But iwaizumi, iwaizumi takes the bad things, his insecurities and recklessness and the ugly parts of him and doesnโt make them good but loves him anyway.
Oikawa has many fangirls but what if Iwaizumi has that one fanboy who visits their games and sometimes their practices and Oikawa is like "it's kinda distracting for him to keep coming to our practices" but Iwaizumi is like "๐คจ๐คจ๐คจ your fangirls???"
"Long distance don't last."
That's what Oikawa's friends in Argentina say when he tells them he's in a relationship with someone back home.
"Oh? How long have you two been together?" +
#iwaoi
I made an iwaizumi sorter!!
I tried to include as many iwas I could think of (there are 21 iwas in total!!). It took me all day so please try it out and reply/qrt with your results!! Hereโs mine hehe. (I hosted it on my tumblr, donโt mind)
I think one of oikawa's favourite photo of iwa is when he spontaneously took a selfie of them and iwa was caught off guard but still smiled anyway, eyebrows raised and chin up, the smile not really reaching his eyes bc of the surprise and its so in the moment oikawa loves it