you set my soul free (hope you feel the same)
Artist: @tainted126 (also on Twitter)
Characters: Oikawa Tooru, Oikawa Tooru's Grandmother, Iwaizumi Hajime
Pairings: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Aged-Up Character(s), Childhood Friends, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Vacation, Festivals, oikawa's grandma is one sassy lady, also she's their biggest supporter and shipper
Summary: When these memories were followed by very specific ones on the precise shade of Hajime’s eyes, the way his smile got slightly crooked and his nose crinkled when he was feeling particularly happy, or how he would smell curiously of citrus in winter, Tooru had started questioning whether his feelings for his best friend were wholly platonic.
From then on it hadn’t been hard for him to guess the nature and depth of his affections for Hajime, and he realised then that he would never be satisfied with just friendship. It was a simple truth he couldn’t deny. He wanted – needed – more from their relationship. After he realised that he gave himself some time to pine for Hajime like the lovesick fool he apparently was – he was self-aware enough to admit it to himself, but Hajime must never know –, before he’d decided to confess.
However, that was much easier said than done.
Or: Oikawa is unable to keep his feelings for his best friend to himself any longer, so he decides to invite Iwaizumi to spend the upcoming winter break with him in Chichibu, where he goes every year to help his grandmother manage her ryokan in preparation for the Night Festival.