Snapshots (Yakulev)

1. First meeting

a/n: originally this was just supposed to be a bunch of first for yakulev but now there's a bunch of other stuff to so yeah enjoyy (also I don't own any of the amazing fanart)

The first time Lev Haiba laid eyes on Yaku Morisuke, the first thing he thought was how much he wanted to make the other boy his boyfriend; Yaku did not share these sentiments.

"Kuroo, is the new person coming or not?" Yaku demanded, tapping his foot on the floor. Several weeks had already passed, tournaments were coming up, and Nekoma, in his opinion, did not have time to spend training complete newbies who couldn't even show up on time. He also didn't feel like taking time out of his busy schedule to train another first-year in receives (because he always got that job), but that was beside the point.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll call him now," Kuroo assured Yaku. In any other circumstance he would've fought with Yaku about how it wasn't his fault, but unfortunately, he had vouched for the new guy. As he went to get his phone from his bag he shot a dark look at Inuoka and Shibayama, the two who had recruited this new "Lev."

Just as practice was starting, and Kuroo was wincing and going to call Lev, someone burst through the gym doors and exclaimed, "I'M SORRY I'M LATE!!!" Everyone turned to stare at the giant of a man, taller than Kuroo even, as he began running over to them. Kuroo and Nekomata exchanged glances and went over to talk to Lev, meanwhile Yaku frowned at him from the back of the court as he and Kai started some warm-up drills.

Who does this guy think he is? What, he thinks he's above all the rules because he's so darn tall? Yaku sullenly wondered. He tried to ignore the other, who was trying to explain his tardiness to the captain and coaches. The only part Yaku caught was "–got my arm stuck in a vending machine–" causing Yaku to snort and go back to correcting Inuoka's platform.

They did stations that practice, allowing Lev to work one-on-one with Kuroo, who had gotten stuck training him for the time being. It made Yaku very happy watching his teammate struggle to explain things to the over-enthusiastic first-year.

Unfortunately, because they were doing the stations, they did rotate eventually which left Lev alone with Yaku. Yaku sighed and prayed for patience as he walked over to Lev, kind of back in the corner, who was taking a sip of water as he approached.

He already hated Lev, who looked to be almost 200 cm. Yaku hated tall people, and he would never admit it, but it made him feel so insecure about himself and his own height. Not that that was Lev or anyone else's fault, but still.

"Lev-kun," Yaku said, clearing his throat and setting his own water bottle down. Lev immediately set his stuff down and turned to Yaku with the biggest grin that made him step back almost. Another thing he noticed just then? Lev was annoyingly handsome, and he couldn't decide if he was more angry that the first-year was so tall or so good-looking.

Yaku shook his head slightly in an attempt to clear his thoughts before saying, "I'm Yaku, the team's libero, so, I'll be working on receives with you now, and probably more in the future." He grumbled the last bit under his breath.

"Aww Yaku-san is so cute!!" Lev exclaimed, looking down at the libero with a terrifyingly excited gaze. It took Yaku a moment to process the words, still kind of distracted by Lev's startling green eyes, but as soon as he did his eye twitched, and a moment later he was roundhouse kicking him to the floor.

"Say that again, I dare you," Yaku muttered, cracking his knuckles, fully prepared to beat Lev's ridiculously tall self, who looked up at him from the floor in surprise. No one called him cute.

"Wow, Yaku-san's really strong too!" He said naïvely. Poor Lev was just taken aback by how adorable the other player was with his big brown eyes and strawberry blonde hair and short stature, he hadn't been watching what he was saying at all.