Lovelykei

The smell of food filled the house and soon enough reached the rooms of the two sleepyheads. It didn’t take long before the first of the two showed up. “Food?” Kageyama walked through the kitchen door, rubbing his stomach under his shirt. “This is for after the game, breakfast is on the table already” you motioned over to the freshly grilled fish on the table. “Okay, I’ll serve us rice” Kageyama expertly opened the right cabinets, putting out everyones preferred bowls and utensils. “I made some miso soup too it’s in the pot” Tobio walked over to you and placed a hand softly on your head. He wasn’t really a man of many words, more often than not he would show his appreciation physically. He’d carry your bags, softly pat your head, hug you and always help you reach the taller cabinets without you needing to ask, that’s just how he showed how much he loved and appreciated you. Even now the soft touch on your head was his way of thanking you for making his favorite right before a game. You grinned at him and finished up another container of food while getting ready to prepare more. “Why are you making so much food ri-chan?” The endearing nickname made you smile as he peeked over your head to the full containers. “I figured I’d make food for both the teams since grandpa kept hinting that he missed my food” you said and smiled up at Kageyama. “I might get there a little late but you can go ahead first with Rio” as soon as you said that, Rio came down the stairs in full volleyball gear.

“What are you doing” you gave Rio a deadpan look as she brazenly strutted into the kitchen. “Im sure I can convince grandpa to let me play atleast one game” Rio chirped with a grin. You just sighed and kept cooking. In the end Rio and Tobio ended up leaving and you stayed at home for another hour cooking.

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Everyone was on a break, having just finished their first 2 sets when you bursted through the door carrying probably 5 big bags filled with heavy containers. “Kageyama Tobio” you gasped, barely able to breathe. “Hoshi Rio”. Damn, taking a full breath had felt like a privilege in the 10 minutes it took to walk to the gym. They rushed over and took 2 bags each as you fell to the floor gasping. “I brought you food grandpa so you can’t complain anymore”. Since Rio had probably already told them about your grandpa the teams didn’t seem that surprised. “Seems you brought enough to feed a village” he chuckled and walked over to help you up. You whined about having to get up early so you could feed both teams and he laughed as he led you over to his team. “This is my other granddaughter Eri-chan, Eri-chan this is the nekoma team” you bowed at the team and gave them a small smile. “Nice to meet you I’m Tsukino Eri I play volleyball in the karasuno girl team” The members took turns introducing themselves and after the formalities were over you grab your heavy bag and walked over to the karasuno team. About half way, Tsukishima had appeared next to you, grabbing the bag from your hand. “I’m surprised you could carry all of that on your own Tsukino”

“I really thought I was gonna pass out before I made it” you sighed and leaned against his tall frame. “Didn’t know you were coach nekomatas granddaughter” Tsukishima was sulking a little over the fact that you hadn’t told him. “My moms maiden name is nekomata, don’t be jealous even Tobio only found out recently” you joked fully expecting him to tell you to shut up like he usually does when you play around. “Alright guess I’ll let it slide this time” at first you really did think he was making a joke but after he put the bag down you did see his ears turning pink as he returned to the court.

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“Okay everybody 5 minutes until the last game before we eat” you had been sitting on the bench watching the game, Rio had switched in a few times and she was doing amazing. Since you weren’t dressed to play volleyball you had been filling water bottles and handing out towels all morning. “Why didn’t you come prepared?” Your grandpa had sat down on the bench with you. “I came with 5 whole bags of food, I’d say I was pretty prepared” you acted oblivious as if you didn’t understand what the old man meant. “Hmm I see” that’s all he said…. That’s all he needed to say to let you know he was disappointed. Ever since you were little you and Rio used to practice volleyball with your grandpa and talk about how you were going to compete in the Olympics someday. Later Kageyama joined and the three of you shared the same dream. On the summer you had to be forced inside to eat and apply sunscreen because you’d spend all day playing volleyball outside. But now you sat there, on the bench, watching Tobio and Rio advance to a place all three of you used to dream of. You were fine with them getting ahead, maybe high school would be the last time you played with Rio and although it was painful you had somewhat accepted it. So why did you tear up at the simple words your grandpa had said. It wasn’t mean, he wasn’t scolding you or trying to hurt you, he was just disappointed.

Coach nekomata stood up from the bench and walked over to gather the team. “I’ll play, I’m wearing jeans shorts but I want to play” coach nekomata turned around with a smug smile “And your shoes?” Oh, you didn’t think about that-

“She can use mine, I’ve played already so I can just run home to get her things for her” Rio said already taking her shoes off. “It looks like Kozume-senpai is in need of a break anyways” Rio was awkward, she was like kageyama in the sense that talking about feelings made her tense. She wasn’t one to tell you she loved you or that she cared for you. She would just simply show it. She knew about your crush, she knew about your feelings for volleyball, damn she even knew what score you got on your last history test. Listening came easy for her. Oh, you like that guy? Let me make sure you end up on the same team. You’re struggling with history? I’ll ask you to help me study so you don’t have to do it alone. More than anything in the world Rio wanted you to be happy and even if most of her good deeds went unnoticed she didn’t mind. So if she had to give you her shoes or run home to get something just so that you could enjoy playing again, she’d gladly do it. “Thank you Rio” that’s the least she could do for you.

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The floor squeaked as Kuroo jumped and slammed the ball down, one point for you. The sun felt hot on your back but there was a slight breeze coming through the open door. It was like your senses were heightened, since the ball always made its way right into your hands it was easy to observe the other team. Observe, learn, find a gap and push through. This is so much fun. Inuoka was tall, Yamamoto needed to get a full run up, Kuroo was a beat slower you needed to adapt this is so much fun. The nekoma shirt hung loosely on your frame, bouncing as you jumped up to set the ball right into Nobuyukis hand. /this/ is so much fun. The new libero nishinoya got the ball up, now it’s their turn to attack. Kageyama got under the ball and hinata was already in the air- Boom, yaku received it, you jump up meeting Kuroo in the air ready to hit a quick. This is so much fun. Daichi got it back up, kageyama ran and their ace did the final slam, but Kuroo was right there. The sound of the whistle echoed in your ears and you pumped your fist at the victory. It was silent, or atleast that’s how it felt. The sun seemed to shine brighter than it was a moment ago and the air felt fresher. God that was so much fun.

After thanking the team for letting you play with them you walked over to Rio. “Thank you Rio” you squeezed your friend tightly which she reciprocated. “Anytime, now let’s eat food I’m starving”

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“So..do you like it?” Tsukishima had just barely finished chewing the nth side dish you had made him try. “Edible” he said nonchalantly. Truth is, it was delicious but you needed to be humbled or you would be unbearable, is what he told himself but truly he just liked teasing you. The playful banter, casual conversation and admiration was buzzing throughout the gym as everyone ate their meals and got to know each other. After lunch the teams ended up playing a few more sets, with you and Rio switching in periodically. Everyone helped with cleaning up but it was already dark when it was time to go home.

“Daddy! Daddy! Let’s go over there” the toddler pulled her father to yet another toy store. If it was up to Katsuki he would buy her everything she desires and then some, you however were resolved to raising an acceptable citizen for society. “Hima you are not getting any more toys, your dad already bought you a toy”

“But mommy- what if there is something even better here?” Hima exclaimed and Katsuki looked at you as if your little girl had made a reasonable argument. “Then you save that thought and buy it next time” you gave Bakugo a pointed look, urging him to agree with you. “Your mum is right Hime, you have to appreciate everything that you have and you already have tons of toys” you managed to steer them away from the store and back to the escalator to start moving home. “Daddy I know what I want” Katsuki raised his eyebrow at his princess. Hima stretched her arms towards Katsuki and he quickly reached down to pick her up. The little firecracker leaned over and gave her daddy a kiss, and that’s exactly how she kept your husband wrapped around her tiny tiny finger.

Hawks:

Keigo loves flying, soaring through the sky is where he felt the most at peace besides your arms

When you had just started dating he had picked you up and flew across the town

Which was fucking terrifying at first

He really wanted to share that with his little girl so when she was just a baby he would strap her into her baby carrier and take her flying around town

Sometime you would hear her little giggles around town when hawks would take her for a ride, other times there would be soft snoring as she found peace just like her dad

Keigo was used to flying, so if your baby had to soar through the sky nobody felt like a safer bet than Keigo

Throwing your baby several meters into the air only to hopefully catch her before she goes crushing down into the ground did however not feel like a safe bet.

“C’mere ny little hummingbird” chubby feet softly slapped against the floor as your daughter did her best to run towards her father. “Dada” her giggles filled the room as Keigo picked her up and spun her around. “You finished early today babe” you walked over to Keigo and gave him a swift kiss. “That was too short so we are definitely circling back to that later dove” he winked at you and even though you had been together for so long he could still make your heart race. “Bring Sakura to the backyard babe, I set up a picnic blanket” On the grass outside you had placed a picnic basket filled with Keigo and Sakuras favorite snacks. Keigo did spend a lot of time with his daughter but lately there had been an increase of villains so he had been working long days where he left before Sakura woke up and came back long after she had gone to sleep. That’s why you wanted them to enjoy their time together while you got the last few things ready for the picnic.

It couldn’t have taken you more than- idk maybe a minute before you could hear sakuras babbling to her dad. It was barely decipherable but her dad understood everything his princess was telling him. The babbling was followed by loud laughter and happy screaming.

Scream is what you did when you walked out with a pitcher of juice and Keigo had thrown little Sakura high up in the air. You closed your eyes as she started descending but judging from the laughter her dad had caught her. “ook mama! I fly” she said as her dad once again threw her in the air. “KEIGO” he caught her again and laughed at your face. “She’s alright dove, I got her” he kissed her forehead and Sakura kept saying something that could only mean “again”.

As fast as the pain came it was gone and now you felt nothing. Your body was lighter than it had ever been but your heart had never been heavier. Cause soulmates were meant to be forever, it was the other half that people spent their entire life searching for. Soulmates weren’t meant to die thousand of kilometers away, soulmates weren’t meant to die at 16 while fighting a villain they weren’t even qualified enough to be fighting. Katsuki wasn’t meant to die like this.

-

It had been years since day and somehow katsuki had been brought back to life with the help of the pro hero edgeshot. The apartment was silent apart from the soft thudding of feet pacing back and forth anxiously. The air was thick, the night was dark, the tears were silently streaming down. It’s past midnight, katsuki always made it home by 10pm. The dinner that was always on the table by 10 had turned cold. You put your phone to your ear trying to call just one more time hoping he would answer when the door busts open.

“I’m sorry baby I got caught up with paperwork” Katsugi apologized lightly as he walked through the door kicking his shoes off. The soft thud of your body falling to the floor brought his attention back to you and made him rush over. It was still dark, it was still late but it was no longer silent. “You have a phone don’t you? Couldn’t you call? Text? Why did you just disappear?” He reassured you that he was right there and that his phone had run out of batteries and although his tone was gentle there was an air of frustration coming from him. “You can’t get like this Everytime I’m a little late baby” you roughly pushed him away from you, standing up as you did so. “It’s been 3 hours katsuki, that’s more than a little late don’t you think” maybe it was the fear that made you lash out, maybe you were just angry he didn’t understand. “Im a hero y/n I can’t always make it home on time and I can’t always call you, we have talked about this” he ran a hand over his face frustrated that you were doing this again. Silence fell over the apartment as you turned around and walked to your shared room. He followed after you and slammed the door. “You married a hero, you knew what that meant so why are you acting like this? Ever since I started working as a hero you’ve been psychotic” he screamed and kicked a pillow that had fallen to the floor. How dare he call you psychotic when it was all his fault. How dare he turn it on you. “Answer me for fuck sake” it was obvious that he was frustrated and tired but you couldn’t get the words out. “I thought you died” it was barely above a whisper but he heard you and scoffed. “So what? You’re worried I’m weak? You’re acting crazy cause you don’t think I can take on villain?” He felt offended that you thought so little off him, angry that you saw him as someone so weak.

“But you did die katsuki” your teary eyes met his glaring eyes. “You died and I felt it all, I felt the pain from your heart exploding, I felt the emptiness of our soul band dying” you gripped the sheets in your shaking hands as you spoke louder and louder. “You fought shigaraki without worrying about leaving me behind and you died. Then you came back and moved on. But I’m still right there, thousands of miles away from you screaming and crying because.. BECAUSE I COULDNT FEEL YOU ANYMORE” you screamed at him. Every night you wait by the door for him to come through okay and at night you stay up healing his injuries while he sleeps. Every moment of every day was spent worrying that he wouldn’t make it back this time. That if he died now there wouldn’t be another miracle. He walked over to you and tried to wrap his arms around you to apologize. “It just feels like we got matching fucking wounds. But mine is still black and bruised while yours is perfectly fine.” He held your limp body in his arms for hours that night. Reminding you every 30 minutes that’s he’s right there, that he’s still alive and apologizing over and over. But even as the sun rose and the birds started chirping you were just limp in his arms, the tears still streaming down your face. It was the first time he saw how broken you were and suddenly everything made sense.

As soon as the bell rang signaling the beginning of lunch you saw Tsukishima grab Yamaguchi and sprint off. ‘Damn they’re probably going to the cafeteria, I wanted to eat with them’ you sighed and picked up your phone to check up on your sickly friends.

Just as you were about to tell your friends that you were more than capable to walk home alone after practice, you heard someone clear their throat infront of you. You raised your head and met the gaze of a boy that you had never seen before. “Hey, I’m Hatsumi from class 1-3”

To say you were confused was an understatement but you gave him a polite smile and replied. “Hi I’m Tsukino, can I help you?” He smirked and placed a hand on your desk. “I know who you are, you’re usually with your friends so it’s a little intimidating to approach you buuuut….now you’re alone” as strange as this conversation was you did agree that your two, tall scary looking best friends didn’t look very approachable. You didn’t really know how to reply to the dude infront of you, thankfully you didn’t have to as he decided to keep yapping. “Since you’re all alone maybe you could come eat with me? Just the two of us?” He leaned a little closer which made you lean away from him until your head made contact with something soft.

“She doesn’t seem to be alone since me and Yamaguchi are right here” you heard Tsukishima condescending voice. He followed up by pulling up a chair to sit on the left side of your desk, Yamaguchi following and sitting on the right side of your desk. “Pretty sure I was here first, so let’s go Eri-Chan” Hatsumi grabbed your wrist, which made you drop your phone, and tried to pull you along. Tsukishima quickly grabbed his wrist and you shook your hand out of his grasp. “I really don’t appreciate strangers pulling me around and as you can see I’m not alone.” You said as you rubbed your sore wrist. He leaned over you insisting on talking to you and it was honestly making you really uncomfortable. “Let’s meet at the gate after school Eri” you tried to tell him you had practice which lead to him asking to walk you home and that’s when Tsukishima seemed to snap.

“I’ve seen roaches die faster than you are capable of taking a hint. She doesn’t need you to walk her home because I’m going to and she doesn’t want to meet you at the gate because you’re being annoying. So please the door is over there we want to eat without the annoying buzzing of a fly.”

This clearly pissed the guy off but it seemed to have worked as he turned around and started walking away. “Oh and by the way if you’re not close with someone you shouldn’t call them so casually, didn’t your parents teach you manners?” Tsukishima said with a condescending smile as he shooed him away with his hand.

Yamaguchi had to cover his mouth to hide his smile after seeing his best friend get so blatantly jealous. It was a known topic in the school, people talking about ‘the two beautiful first years’ and debating who was prettier and who would get to date them. Which would explain why Tsukishima had grabbed Yamaguchi, sprinted to the cafeteria and sprinted back up to the classroom. They hadn’t been gone for more than 15 minutes and it irritated Tsukishima to no end, that someone still managed to approach you in that short span of time he was gone. When you and Rio were together it was hard for people to approach the two beauties but now that you were alone Tsukishima knew this was gonna happen.

Which is why he picked up your phone from where it fell on the table and started typing in something. You didn’t mind and proceeded to thank your two friends. “Thank you guys he was really creeping me out” you breathed a sigh of relief and gave them both a big smile. “Well Tsukki knew th-“ Yamaguchi started but was quickly interrupted by the flustered blonde. “Yamaguchi shut up” to which Yamaguchi could only scratch his head and utter “sorry tsukki”. Before you had time to question what Yamaguchi was gonna say Tsukishima handed you your phone. “Text me when you’re done at practice. I’ll walk you home” you looked down at your phone and saw he had entered his number but when you saw what he saved himself as your cheeks instantly flushed. “O okay I’ll do that. Thank you”

When he saw your flushed cheeks he smiled again looking pleased. Then he proceeded to slide your favorite chocolate milk carton over towards you. “I accidentally picked the wrong flavor so i guess I’ll just give it to you” you grinned at him and took it happily. “It must be my lucky day today”

Tsukishima poked you on the forehead playfully and said “kind of a dark thing to say while your best friends are battling death” You laughed and took a sip of your chocolate milk. “I’ll count it as a lucky day if my house is still standing by the time I come home tonight”. Yamaguchis smile dropped as he looked at you seriously. “Why wouldn’t your house be standing Tsukino-san?” You saw his worried look and laughed even harder. “I’m sorry Yamaguchi-san I thought you guys knew, me and Rio live together and Tobio pretty much lives with us too. All of our parents work abroad so we’ve been living together pretty much since middle school”. Tsukishima felt his smile falter again. He couldn’t believe you lived with the king? Suddenly he felt really insecure about himself. What if Kageyama also liked you? He undoubtedly had a big advantage over Tsukishima. He felt himself spiraling into his worst insecurities when your cheerful voice brought him back. “You should come over someday! We have beach volley courts in the backyard and I could cook something for you if you’d like” your smile was the most beautiful thing Tsukishima had ever seen and he felt pulled towards you everytime you smiled at him. He agreed to go visit you, which thoroughly shocked his green haired friend and after that the rest of the lunch was spent talking about their favorite foods and just getting to know eachother.

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The rest of the school day went on without any incidents as the boys(tm) stuck by your side until it was time to for club activities. Practice had been fun as more girls had started showing up, the team was still far from complete and nationals still seemed like a far fetched dream but atleast they showed up. It didn’t take Tsukishima long to reply to your text once practice was over, saying he’d be there in about 2 minutes. You eagerly waited for him outside the girls gym and ran up to him as soon as you saw him. If your heart beat any faster you were seriously worried about a heart attack, little did you know the exact same concerns were filling Tsukishimas head. “thank you for walking me home Tsukishima, you really didn’t need to”. He shoved his hands in his pockets and muttered “I offered because I wanted to….walk you home I mean”. You couldn’t stop the red from colouring your cheeks or the grin to spread on your face. “Is it bad that I hope those idiots are sick one more day?” You laughed softly. “One day? I was thinking atleast until the end of the week” he complained and pushed you playfully. You laughed and said “as nice as it is walking with you I need my guard dogs to scare everyone away, you’re too pretty to scare someone”. You looked up at him to see his reaction and while his face didn’t change much you saw his ears turning red. “I think I scared that dude away prettt good today” he huffed and it almost sounded like he was… sulking? “I can protect you too” he muttered. “L let’s eat lunch together then, Rio and Tobio would rather shovel the food in and go play volleyball anyways” you were flustered at his words and it was obvious with the way you stuttered your reply. “A-and I want to be with uh..with you” you covered your cheeks with you hands and Tsukishima looked away as the blush spread itself over his face. Before he had a chance to reply you stopped walking and looked up at him. Was the road back home always so short.. “Well this is my house” you pointed awkwardly at your house. “Right..so I’ll go now” he said but both of you just stood there looking at eachother when suddenly-

The door to your house was busted open by a half naked kageyama and Rio who had managed to grab, arguably, every blanket in the home wrapped around herself. “ERI? We were just about to get you” they wobbled over and Rio continued through chattering teeth. “You started talking in third person so we thought you’d lost your mind”. You sighed and felt your patience being tested, third person?? They must’ve been hallucinating or something, did they have to do this right now, infront of Tsukishima? “If the two of you idiots don’t turn your asses around and go back to your rooms I’m going to lose my mind” you said through a tight lipped smile. The two idiots then proceeded to look at eachother before Tobio fell to the floor and Rio started throwing up on the grass. “tHIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. TOBIO WHY ARE YOU NAKED WHEN YOU HAVE A FEVER AND RIO DIDNT I TELL YOU TO STAY IN YOUR ROOM? NOW GET UP AND THROW UP IN THE BATHROOM AND I WILL DRAG THIS IDIOT BACK TO BED” you yelled before remembering Tsukishima was still right there. ‘I’m gonna kill these idiots as soon as they get better, why does this always happen infront of Tsukishima’ Tsukishimas snort made you turn around with a blush. “I- I’m not usually like this” you tried to defend yourself while Tsukishima smirked at you. “You are” Tobio and Rio immediately retorted. You could feel a vein pop on your forehead as you clenched your jaw. “Only because the two of you are using my last nerve as a jumping rope” This amused Tsukishima to no end. Even tho he felt jealous and worried that Kageyama got to be with you like this he also liked seeing the side of you that only Kageyama and Rio could bring out. He saw you ushering Rio back inside and trying to hoist Kageyama onto your back to bring him inside aswell. He looked at you and although you were huffing and puffing he just found you so endearing. He grabbed the other side of Kageyama and helped you carry him inside. “I’d tell you to drop him in the hallway and let him figure it out but I’m trying to look like a good person” you muttered which made tsukishima chuckle yet again as you lead the way to kageyamas room. After order had been restored you apologized to Tsukishima. “I’m sorry about all this, I told them not to come and I promise I’m not always like this” you sighed and covered your embarrassed face with your hands. He grabbed your hands from your face and replaced them with his gentle hold. The way your big eyes looked up at him while a rose flush covered the apples of your cheeks made him weak. “I thought you were pretty cute, and I can’t help but feel happy to know I’ll get to walk you home tomorrow too” you met his gaze and leaned in to his hands. “Yeah they’re definitely not making it to school tomorrow” you giggled. The two of you said goodbye and reluctantly parted ways and even as you got ready for bed and laid down your cheeks remained flushed.

Even though nobody is reading this fic it’s still so fun to write😭😭 she finally got Tsukishimas number 😭😭 oh and bonus content: Tsukishima also typed in a reply to the groupchat🤗