haikyuu sickfics

9: [iwaoi] asthma

sick: iwaizumi - caretaker: oikawa
(iwaizumi has asthma)
3rd pov:

iwaizumi hajime was diagnosed with severe asthma when he was seven years old. he had been playing outside with his parents when his dad chased him around the yard. he started to wheeze before his air way was completely cut off. he tried to gasp for air but his air way was too swollen. one trip to the emergency room later and he had been diagnosed with severe asthma. when he started volleyball with oikawa in elementary school, his parents told everyone about the condition. the coach never let him play in the games, he was put in there for five minutes or so. he was forced to sit down at all times. it was miserable. he was miserable. he almost quit the team many different times due to it. he wanted to play volleyball but it seemed like it was the only thing he wasn't allowed to do.

so, when he went to middle school, his parents left the choice up to him. he had to tell the coach for safety reasons but oikawa was the only player to know of it. and now in high school, it was the same situation. only oikawa and his coaches knew. he had gone three years without having an asthma attack in front of them. it was impressive. when he did feel an attack coming on, he would take oikawa to a separate room and have him help him through the attack. oikawa knew just what to do when his boyfriend was going into an attack. after all, he had been helping since they were in elementary school. but this time he was too into the game to be as cautious as he usually was. during a practice game with karasuno, he could feel his chest tightening. he ignored it. he made the mistake and ignored it. he continued to play. when oikawa sent him a set, he jumped, ready to spike it down. he jumped up, smacking the ball with as much force as he could bring. but once the ball hit the floor on karasunos side, he knew he had made a fatal mistake. he thought he had been able to hold it off, but he was wrong.

as iwaizumis feet made contact with the floor he felt his chest tighten more. he let the out quiet wheezes, trying to keep it under control and subtle. but soon enough, he felt his airways closing and it could no longer be subtle. his wheezing slowly turned into coughing and before he knew it, he was gasping for air on the court as he grabbed at his chest, trying to signal to his partner that he wasn't able to breath. it was obviously he couldn't. oikawa was so intune with his team and his boyfriend that he realized as soon as the male landed on the ground.

iwaizumis coughs soon got more intense, still grabbing at his chest as if he could clear it up. he was scared. really scared. he hadn't had an intense asthma attack like this in years. and now everyones eyes were on him. the whole teams. all of karasuno was looking at him. coach nobuteru called a time out quickly before starting to dig through the bag to get his inhaler out of the bag. he hadn't had to ever use iwaizumis emergency inhaler so he didnt know where it was in the bag. "fuck-" oikawa cursed, it was the first thing out of his mouth as he ran to get his partner. he grabbed onto iwaizumi, holding him up as he coughed. "coach! get his inhaler!" oikawa shouted, it was too late to worry about everyone finding out. everyone was already going to know at this point. "i know- that's what im doing!" the older male called out, still digging in the bag. oikawa ushered his partner over to the bench before sitting on the ground and pulling iwaizumi down to the ground as well. he leaned him back so iwaizumis back would be against his chest. "deep breaths. take deep breaths." he said quietly, starting to take his own deep breaths for iwaizumi to copy and follow.

the coach finally found the inhaler and handed it to oikawa since he knew what to do the best and he was also the person iwaizumi trusted the most. both coaches kneeled down next to him, coach sadayuki gently rubbed the spikers shoulder. "it's okay, kid." he mumbled, trying to help but he was only making it worse for iwaizumi. oikawa shook the inhaler before bringing it up to his partners lips. he gave a small countdown so he would know when to inhale before he pushed down on it and gave him the medicine. he stayed ready to give him another dose while his other hand wrapped around and started to rub his chest gently. "you are doing amazing, hajime." he whispered to him, trying to ground his boyfriend so he could ignore the whispers around them. no one knew that the ace had asthma so they didn't know what was going on. but, they were all starting to connect the dots now.

hanamaki and matsukawa walked over to the other two third years, glancing down at them. "is he okay?" they asked, taking oikawas attention away from the other boy for a moment. "yes. he will be okay. send yahaba and maddog in, im gonna take him to the infirmary." he said as iwaizumi started to catch his breath again. "sorry-" he coughed out, slowly catching his breath and regaining his composure. "i'm sorry- i pushed it-" he said, grabbing the inhaler from his boyfriend and giving it back to the coach. "i can play. i'm okay." he said, trying to stand up but he stumbled and fell back into oikawas arms. "no. no you aren't okay. we are going to have you rest in the infirmary." oikawa said sternly as he stood up and grabbed his boyfriend by the arms. he got him to stand up before he helped him out of the gym, coach sadayuki tagging behind them and walking with them to make sure his players were okay. the game resumed and iwaizumi got sent home with oikawa, taking it easy for the rest of the day.

when they got home, iwaizumi was still having breathing issues but it was not nearly as bad. he and oikawa headed into the bathroom, turning on a nice warm shower to let the steam fill the bathroom. oikawa undressed them both, making his boyfriend take it easy. they got into the shower and oikawa started to wash the shorter males hair. many, many grumbles were heard from the ace, he was pissed. he didn't like feeling weak. he hated it. but, he knew if he overworked himself he would be a hypocrite. after all, he often scolded and yelled at oikawa for overworking himself.

"stop pouting. you are starting to look like me, iwa-chan." oikawa teased as he looked down at his partner. he was back to his playful banter since iwaizumi seemed to be feeling better. "oh don't say something like that with your dick out. it's weird." iwaizumi responded, rinsing his own hair out. "stop insulting me! i'm helping!" his boyfriend argued with a huff. "not insulting, just pointing stuff out." he responded with a smirk on his lips.

when the two males finished in the shower, they got out and dried themselves off. they both got dressed and headed up to iwaizumis room. they got into the bed and cuddled up together, oikawa letting out a soft yawn and laying his head on iwaizumis shoulder as the ace turned on a movie. "you're the one tired, shittykawa?" he teased, taunting his boyfriend a little bit. "so mean, iwa-chan. so, so mean." oikawa pouted but they were just being playful. "plus, you are the one wanting to watch godzilla right now. so mature." oikawa added with a laugh.

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