#tanakano

aka #3 of 5 times Tsukki reluctantly gives relationship advice + 1 time somebody returns the favour

“It isn’t faaaaiir,” Tanaka griped, hauling his shoe bag out of his locker and slamming the door shut. “Kageyama and Hinata. Asahi and Noya. Suga and Daichi. You two.”  He jerked his head between Tadashi and Tsukki, who had the misfortune of being the only ones left in the locker room to hear Tanaka’s poor-little-old-me rant. “Even Kiyoko and Yachi. Literally everybody is part of an OTP except me!”

Tsukki frowned and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “You realize the only pairing you mentioned there that’s actually a thing is Kageyama and Hinata.” 

“Yah but that’s not the point! The point is, if you imagined the Karasuno team as the main characters in an anime or a manga or a YA novel or something – those would all be the OTPs everybody shipped. They’re just the iconic duos you know? But I don’t have an iconic duo! I’d be the only one doomed to die alone in the manga alternative universe! Hooooowwww did this happen to me??” Tsukki shook his head and swung his bag over his shoulder – his third attempt at exiting this conversation. “I think you need a healthy dose of separation from your sister.” 

Saeko, though you’d never guess it from her brazen tough girl demeanour, apparently had a hidden nerd side. She was really into “fandoms” (Tsukki had been educated on the definition of that word, and many others, in the duration of Tanaka’s locker room melt-down). 

Tsukki was a nerd in his own way, of course, so he’d like to say good for her, to each their own, let her have her fandoms and he’d have his dinosaur collection... But the thing was, while Tsukki’s dinosaur collection harmed no one, clearly Saeko’s fanishness was absolutely destructive for her little brother’s mental health. 

“You spend more time with Noya than Asahi does,” Tadashi said helpfully. “Why wouldn’t you two be the OTP?” 

Tanaka heaved an enormous sigh. “That’s what I said to my sister. But she said Noya and I have too much of a chill, bro dynamic and not enough profundity or tender moments. And she said–” he wrinkled his nose. “That I ‘present as too straight’. Apparently that’s a disadvantage in the fandom world.” Tsukki and Tadashi exchanged perplexed glances.

“So according to Saeko,” Tanaka continued, “The best that I can hope for is that Noya and I would be the bro- tp.” 

“Oh good grief.” Tsukki was very done here. He headed to the door. 

To his surprise, Tadashi didn’t follow immediately. 

“What about that girl we bumped into at Nationals last year?” Tadashi tried again. 

Tsukki paused and looked back at Tanaka. The latter’s cheeks had pinkened slightly. He’d immediately sobered, dropping the drama. 

“Do you mean Kanoka?” Tanaka asked, evidently trying to sound casual. 

“Yeah,” Tadashi said. “The tall, cute one with black hair. She liked you. Whatever happened to her?”

Truth be told, Tsukki had been wondering the same thing. Not wondering like he cared, of course… It just occurred to him once in a while. 

for diversity im not gonna repeat ships or put one character in a lot of them k?

M/F OTP: suguru/mika all the way, i love them sm

M/M OTP: i can only pick one yet i have so many m/m ships i love dnjaskk. uuhhh am i legally aloud to just say poly stz to avoid choosing 1

F/F OTP: i think runa/yachi is rlly cute and should be more popular

OT3: dont have a fav ot3 so im putting bokuto/akaashi/kuroo/tsukishima which is close enough right?

Favorite Canon: not together in canon but tanaka/kanoka! (im counting it bc they canonly have feelings)

Favorite Crack: not rlly sure what is and isnt a crack ship anymore but im just gonna say kageyama/kenma bc i think its kinda cute :3 

Guilty Pleasure: kyoutani/yachi,,, i read a few rlly good fanfics for them n im hooked shdkdjss need more content immediately

I love this pair.