Sawamura Daichi is missing a tooth.

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sliding into those lovely thighs

Haikyuu!! [Sawamura Daichi / Kuroo Tetsurou] 

Genre: Angst, fluff, friends to lovers, eventual romance, dancing AU. 

Rating: Mature

SUMMARY

When Daichi watches the alluring creature move in harmony to the music, he feels the freedom he hadn’t felt all his life.

Also available on AO3!

CHAPTERS: 3/?

RIP my soul, this is beautiful and someone liked my fic enough to draw something for it! Legit crying. This is for my “Kill Our Way to Heaven” fic! (I’m still crying this kurodai art actually killed me)

Permission to re-post given by artist: sapchi

Thank you very much for your patience anon! I hope you’re still out there. I chose ‘early’ for this one. 

Sappy and mushy feels ahead. Enjoy!

Daichi instantlyopens his eyes when he hears the soft ping of his phone. Such sound wouldn’t havewoken him up, him being known as a notorious heavy sleeper and all, but it did,despite him having slept really late last night as well.

It’s the excitement,he surmises. Excitement about what lies ahead for him, for them. It’s what’s coursing through his very being since last night,and up and until now. He feels completely awake and completely beside himself,somewhat hyperaware of himself and his surroundings. He remembers his phonewhen it pings again, and he immediately finds it when he goes to search for itunder his pillow.

He has a hunch on whowould be texting him so early in the morning but he further confirms it, whenhis phone notification shows that he got two messages from Kuroo. He slides hishands across the screen and reads the short ‘Can we meet at the gazebo?’followed up by a ‘…please.’

It’s the ‘please’that makes Daichi sit up, look around the room for something decent to coverhimself up with, and leave his hotel room, with his phone and access card onhand. He sends a quick ‘I’ll be there in 5’ while he’s inside the elevator, aknot starting to form in his stomach. It takes all of him not to rush to thegarden gazebo located behind the hotel building.

The sky is stillquite dark, dawn still shy away on the horizon. Thankfully, the lights from thehotel building and the open lampposts guided Daichi.

When he gets there,he sees Kuroo inside the gazebo, rocking on the balls of his feet, with hishands inside the pockets of his faded Nekoma hoodie- his only concessionagainst the cold, early morning air. Daichi tampers the worry that’s crawlingup his chest, tightening his own jacket over himself and walks toward him.

“Hey,” his softgreeting breaks the silence. Kuroo looks up, surprised, as if he wasn’texpecting Daichi to be there.

He stops his rocking andhe gives Daichi a small, tremulous smile. “Hey,” he says back, taking out ahand and holds it out for Daichi. Daichi steps inside the wooden gazebo andtakes the offered hand. Kuroo’s hand is really cold, and his fingertips arelike ice against the palm of Daichi’s hand. He squeezes it, just to make bloodflow and warm it up.

Kuroo pulls him in, makeshim stand directly in front of him and takes Daichi’s other hand. They standlike that, Daichi keeping quiet as he watches Kuroo study and rub the engagementring on his finger.

“Kuroo…?” he asks,unable to take the suspense anymore.

Kuroo grins and lacestheir fingers together. “You can’t use that anymore without confusing yourself,”he reminds softly.

Daichi rolls hiseyes. “Nothing’s official yet… You… you’re not getting cold feet, are you?”

“What? No.” Kurooshakes his head, pulling Daichi closer. “That’s not it. But what about you? You’re not getting cold feet, are you?”

“Well…” Daichi startsand sees how Kuroo tenses up at this. “A few more minutes out here and I willprobably get one. Literally.”

Kuroo exhales,pinches his lips and gives Daichi an unimpressed look, which Daichi returnedwith a cheeky grin. Kuroo brings up their entwined hand in front on Daichi’sface, lifts his forefinger and bops Daichi on the nose.

“Smartass.”

“Why did you want tomeet anyway?”

“I… I don’t know.”Kuroo shrugs. “I just wanted to see you.”

“We’re going to beseeing each other later, soon enough.”

“I got impatient,then.”

Daichi shakes hishead, but smiles at the sentiment. “After today, you won’t get rid of meanymore.”

“I could say the sameto you,” Kuroo says back. He then leans forward and rests his forehead againstDaichi’s. “I don’t ever want to be rid of you.”

“Good,” Daichireplies in a whisper.

They stay like thatfor a few heartbeats, until Kuroo says “Let’s get married now” in a hushedvoice.

Daichi snaps open hiseyes and leans away from Kuroo to look at him properly.

“What?”

“I don’t want to waitfor later. I want to marry you now.”

Daichi is speechlessfor a moment before he settles with “Suga’s going to kill the both of us”.

“That’s not a no.”

Daichi looks atKuroo. Really looks at his earnest eyes, his untamed hair. He looks like he’sjust rolled out of bed. And to be honest, Daichi probably looks the same. Forgod’s sake, he hasn’t brushed his teeth yet. They’re both not dressed for the occasion,and it’s stupid, but it’s also so endearing and so sincere, and curse hisfanciful side, romantic.

He understands becausehe cannot –does not- want to wait for later too. But… He lets go of Kuroo’shands to take his face in between his own instead. “I can’t wait for later too,but we promised to do this properly, remember?”

Kuroo nods his headin agreement. “I know… I just… I think my heart is going to explode. I justthink of you and god I-” he doesn’t bother continuing what he’s saying, andencloses Daichi in a tight hug instead. Daichi wraps his arms around Kuroo’sneck and this close, he can feel the rapid beating of Kuroo’s heart, and it’ssweeping him away at the moment too.

Suddenly, he’soverwhelmed with intense affection, intense love for this man that his eyes beginto prickle.