Haikyuu Oneshots & Headcanons

Pumpkin Competitions || S.K. [os]

A/N: it is definitely past October and Halloween, i know, but i still wanted to cross post them all because im trying to catch up while i have online school and I'm definitely not sat in an English call rn lmao. Anyway I'll listen to my English teacher in a minute, this was part of my halloween prompt event!

Character Pairing: Sugawara Koshi x fem!reader

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"I swear to god, Kou. Stay away from my pumpkin, I'm going to beat you"

"All is fair in love and pumpkin carving, princess"

You felt the pressure of his lips against your temple as one of his arms settled around your shoulders.

A small tradition for the two of you was to carve a pumpkin for the local carving competition held at the Halloween fair. It was simple, fun and chaotic. Over the last four years you had both racked up two wins each so this year was a tie breaker, at least until you found out who won next year.

The forfeits tended to change year to year, but this year the loser had to dye at least a strip of their hair orange. For Suga, it was his ahoge, right in the center of his head and would, hopefully, soon be bright orange to compliment his losing pumpkin.

"I hope you're prepared to dye you hair~ oh my god if we dyed your ahoge green and the rest orange you'd be just as cute as a pumpkin." as you proceeded to pinch his cheeks there was a small definitive blush but he hid it within his teasing remarks.

"And I hope you, my love, are prepared to have bright, orange tips" was his response before moving your own hands from his face and playing with the tips of your hair.

Everything was laid out across a fairly large table, a large bowl empty and ready to be filled with the insides of your respective pumpkins, some candles lit around the edges for ambience and a speaker placed in the corner playing a Halloween themed playlist. It all looked too perfect with the other spooky decorations that were already up around the apartment.

All the tools were laid out between you two and markers were ready to sketch out your pumpkin designs, and so the competition ensued.

The first few steps were messy, they always have been and will be. Drawing on the design? Easy. Simple. Emptying the pumpkin of its guts? That was a different scenario.

The slimy strands of pumpkin guts were quickly piling up in the bowl and there may have been some stray strands.

One moment of sticky pumpkin changed it all.

"Did you just flick Oogie Boogie's guts into my hair?" Placing the tool he was using down, Suga started to pull the clump of pumpkin seeds out of his hair as he eyed you snickering beside him.

"It was an accident, Suga. I promise" his teasing smile had returned from earlier and it was wider than before; he was definitely planning something.

"Oh so we're playing like that this year?" His mocking tone did not put you at ease and you watched him reach into the bowl and pull out a handful of insides and seeds.

"Sugawara Kōshi, if you throw Oogie Boogies and Toby Tobers guts at me, I swear to any gods watching that when I die, I'll come back and haunt you so bad" you covered your face with your hands and peaked at him through the gaps in your fingers awaiting his response.

The silence was slightly eerie until you saw a playful light in his eyes as he lowered his hand filled with pumpkin innards; his other hand moved forward to pull your own away from your face. Leaning forward he placed the softest peck on your nose while still keeping hold of your hand.

The next moment was a very unexpected one, on your part at least.

Forgetting that Suga's other hand was still filled with pumpkin was the worst thing you could have done in that situation, because as soon as he pulled away from his peck, a soggy and seedy mass was smeared across the side of your face.

"You did not—"

"Oh~ but I did"

It was hard to stay even the slightest bit annoyed when his joyful laughter rang out through the apartment and over the music. It was even harder to stay annoyed when he toppled over and off of his chair from laughing. In between your own growing laughter you got out a question of concern.

"Are you okay?" As his laughter ensued, he managed to nod at you through the laughing fits and reached his arm up as an indication for you to help him back up.

You reached out to him and he grasped your hand, and tugged, bringing you down next to him with a thud.

As the laughter between you two died down, you stared at the ceiling together with hands intwined. The music continued to play and the only noise from the two of you was heavy breathing after laughing for so long.

"Well... I don't know how long you want to lie here, but I have a pumpkin to finish and a competition to win, sweetie" and as he said that he shot up from the floor, leaving you behind and humming along to 'this is Halloween' as it played.

"That was a twisted move and I applaud you for it, but I'm still going to win"

"Maybe in your dreams"

"Yeah yeah, just help me up"

He reached down and lifted you up, softly spinning the both of you to the music before letting you settle back in front of your pumpkins.