iwaizumi pines A Lot but much more subtle but Everyone on the team Knows except for oblivious oiks whos too busy pining to see it so idk id vote both!!
OKAY hear me out:Ā theyāre both pining (dumbasses) but they deal with it in very different ways.
iwaizumi hatesĀ seeing oikawa with all his fangirls and the way oikawa acts all flirty and suave with them and 24/7 heās likeĀ āgod i wish that were meāĀ
but because iwaizmiās selfless Like That and also bc he probably thinks oikawa is straight and that heāll never have a chance he doesnāt try to get in the way; he just wants his best friend to be happy so he just pines and Suffers quietly
he still really hates it though, every time he see
sometimes it gets Too Much and he gets really frustrated so he tries to get rid of that by blowing off some steam and going to the gym to work out extra; lift a few more weights, punch a few punching bags here and there
(and oikawa sees him sometimes, arms exposed and sweaty, which leaves my poor boy very Hot and Bothered)Ā
oikawa is also pining but heās. Bad at romantic feelings so he has no fucking idea what to do when he realises that he likes his best friend in a very non-bro kinda way. heās your token Disaster Bisexual
heās emotionally constipated but he doesnāt want to let it slip and make things awkward between him and iwaizumi by accident so he tries to maintain his usual behaviour. and by that i mean he amps up his flirting
iwaizumi: āhey donāt overexert yourselfāĀ oikawa: āyouāre so caring iwa-chan. so domestic. youād make a great husband you knowāĀ iwaizumi, panicking internally:Ā āhaah????ā
iwaizumi:Ā āafter practice wanna go get dinner at the new ramen place hanamaki discoveredā oikawa:Ā āsure but only if youāre payingā iwaizumi:Ā āwhy canāt you pay for yourself idiotā oikawa (slapping himself mentally after itās too late):Ā ādonāt you know if you invite someone on a date you have to be the one who pays?ā
matsuhana at the side:Ā āwhat did we do in our past lives that caused us to be cursed with the two biggest, most oblivious idiots as best friendsā
oikawa also gets starts to become more touchy-feely than usual. itās in his desperation to not make things awkward because completely shutting iwaizumi out and stopping all touches would be awkward and someone would be able to tell that somethingās off, but oikawa only knows how to go big or go home. so thereās suddenly way more physical contactĀ ā high-fives, fist-bumps, hugs, bumping shoulders, playful slaps, you name itĀ
itās just because he doesnāt want to make things awkward though, definitely not because heās touch-starved and itās iwaizumi
and iwaizumi, pining dumbass #1, is fucking horrifiedĀ because heās been trying to keep his crush under wraps but goddamn oikawa keeps testing his patience by fucking flirting with him like theyāre in some sort of shoujo manga
basically what iām trying to say is: mutual pining and mutual destruction