#keinova

• alright, so this idea was spawned because of a conversation i was having with lia this afternoon >> essentially, we started off by talking about how we both fell for pretty setters and then it somehow segwayed into how i’m basically an honorary member of the pretty setter squad 🧍‍♀️(this is because i play setter position and according to her i’m gorgeous or something 🙄)

• anyways, she basically spawned this concept off this one blurb i’ll find eventually, but the general consensus is, tooru is a pretty setter, keiji is a pretty setter, and i am also somehow in the middle of a triangle between them and things get PRETTY INTENSE

• we will start here — according to an analysis of my personality traits and multiple quizzes,, i have gotten results for both seijoh and fukurodani, however, i’ve gotten more for seijoh and my personality tends to match up more with them >> so in this arc, i’m a student at seijoh !

• so essentially, the story begins with me, nova, who’s a student at seijoh in class 6 (same as oikawa). at first, i avoided him a lot because he’s exactly the type of person i tend to stay away from. it was only when i was moved to a seat near him (much to the chagrin of his fangirls) that we even started to converse at all !

• now i tried to avoid him, i really did, but tooru was insistent and he eventually grew on me. we both formed a pretty solid friendship (we share milkbread my friends >>>), and we were able to bond from there.

• after some thought on my part, i have established that i am also seijoh’s manager here with a history of being a setter (this way im still involved while having my essence there you know?)

• okay, but that’s how i end up forming a bond with tooru initially.

• now let’s talk how i met keiji — this occurred in typical meet cute fashion >>> we met at the library one day

• whenever i can go to the library, it’s a place where i find myself being really happy <33 one day i go to one of my favorite ones, and keiji is there too ! that’s how we initially meet, shy at first (but drawn to each other like magnets) but eventually exchanging more pleasantries

• keiji and i continue to meet at the library, eventually exchanging numbers and forming a friendship !

• now this is where the plot goes very very far from canon

• before the qualifiers and games for qualifying for nationals, a month long intensive training camp was hosted — now this is interesting because schools from miyagi and tokyo are the schools invited

• specifically, aoba johsai, fukurodani, karasuno, and nekoma (see the self indulgence)

• when we arrive there, the teams from the schools assemble, and i see keiji amongst the fukurodani and wave at him (he waves back)

• now tooru is confused, but i think it’s somewhere along this time that he realizes he caught feelings (to which i say, unrealistic, i’m not sure how i could pull ANYBODY)

• and so the real story begins, tense shenanigans between the two and constant interactions

BONUS :: lia told me in a fukurodani and seijoh showdown that it’s be the battle of the two great setters and i’d be standing on the seijoh end of the court but keiji would look at me before he sets and tooru to (he’d get distracted) and iwa would yell djsdnsndsnxnd

anyways here we are <33 feel free to tell me your opinions because my brain really said ✨self indulgent✨ and it’s lia’s fault

Nova woke up with a start in the morning--for some reason, she was wide awake from the moment she opened her eyes. She sat up, internally cursing herself for waking up when she did. However, when she took a look around, she realized she didn’t recognize the room as her own. It was--

Oh.

Oh yeah.

That.

Memories of the previous night flooded back through her mind--very pleasant ones at that--as the drowsiness faded from her mind. She looked to her right, only to see Keiji sound asleep. Little red and purple marks dusted his collarbone and neck--she assumed hers looked the same way. Rather than waiting for him to wake up, she slipped out of the bed and decided to make them some breakfast. She threw on the jersey he’d given her the night before--it was comfy, she had to admit--and went out to go find something to make.

First and foremost was coffee. She started a pot for the two of them and began sifting through the fridge to find something to make. An omelet sounded good right about now, so she found eggs, some cheese, and a few other things to sprinkle in. When she found her ingredients, she turned on some music from her phone and answered the texts on her phone.

Elliot <3 You okay? Didn’t hear much from you last night

Me I have one HELL of a story for you

Elliot <3 Do tell 👀👀👀

She looked up to see Keiji sending in the doorway. With a quick “tell ya later” to Elliot, she put her phone back on the counter and smiled at him. “Morning, handsome,” she said as he rubbed his eyes.

“You left,” he said, his voice almost pouty. It was a lot lower and rougher since he was barely awake, but she chose not to let herself think on that for too long. Instead, she leaned into him when he buried his face in the crook of her neck. So this is what he was like this early in the morning. It wasn’t horribly early, but it was cute to see him before he was ready to be awake.

“I’m making breakfast,” she replied, reaching up to play with his hair. “I think Elliot is going to kill you.”

“They can suffer.” He pressed small, quick kisses up and down her neck, holding her just a little closer to him.

Nova chuckled, shimmying free for just enough to flip the omelet. His breath tickled against her neck--by how still he was standing, she could have assumed he’d fallen back asleep.

“So, do you wanna talk about what...well, what happened last night?” she asked, tapping the side of his face gently to make sure he was awake. “Or have you not had enough caffeine?”

He sighed, leaning on the counter next to her so they could talk easier. “I meant what I said, Nova. I think I really like you. I just...don’t know if we were rushing into anything.”

She smiled at the food she was putting on plates. “Personally, I think last night couldn’t have gone better.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“So…” he started, playing with his fingers. She’d noticed it was a habit of his when he was nervous. “Would you, uh… maybe be interested in going on a date with me sometime this week?”

She turned back to him, leaning up to press a kiss to his cheek. “I would love that, really. But eat up, first--I made coffee, too.”

“You’re amazing.”

“I know.”

IFKWKDKWKDKWNJDWNDNNWND even re-reading some of these gives me butterflies <33