#daiyui

After being in love with Daichi for multiple years, Michimiya knows him quite well. So when he asks if she wants to go out for dinner she definitely knows better than to think it's a date. She is NOT going to humiliate herself like that - Daichi is too dense to notice girls, and too focused on volleyball to think about dating. She does find it weird that none of their other friends are at dinner, and she does find it weird it's a pretty nice restaurant, but again, she knows better and she will NOT embarrass herself. At the end of the dinner, he walks her home and asks if she'd be interested in doing it again, and she obviously tells him yes, but they should definitely invite their other friends next time, there's no point in leaving them out, and it would be more fun in a big group. He seems surprised, but nods along, and says he'll text her some other time, and it's a full 12 weeks later when she realizes she hasn't heard from him about any other plans that she realizes that it had, in fact, been a date, and somehow after five goddamn years of complaining about him not noticing her she had managed to not only fail to notice going on a date, but ALSO fully reject him in the process.

the captains passing daichi around like a blunt send tweet

daiyui childhood best friends to lovers except they weren't exactly friends, they just lived down the street from one another, went to elementary school together, then middle school together, and of course high school. they were always in each others presence and always waved when they passed by on the street. but one day during the summer before first year daichi walks by michimiya's house and sees her practicing her serves. and then she sees him. and then she quietly, cautiously, kindly nods her head inviting him to join. which then leads to them playing for hours until michimiya's mother calls her inside for dinner. the rest of the summer goes by with them following that routine, exchanging compliments and critiques, jokes and secrets, dreams and wishes in between spikes. the week before school starts, they make a promise to both try out for the boys and girls volleyball team. they celebrate with each other after wins and console each other after losses. when they find out they're the captains for their respective teams, they immediately run to tell the other. and somehow, someway, they end up kissing. daichi blushes, michimiya laughs, and they go back to her house to practice some more. :)