oneshot | haikyuu!!

Hanamaki Takahiro (1)

hanamaki seemed like the chilled, laid back kind of guy who tells bad jokes at a very wrong time with his partner, matsukawa. he is a school mate of yours, a year older than you. he was always there for you to make you laugh and you see him as a brother like you never had before.

one day, hanamaki seemed a little down. 3 weeks ago, a girl confessed to him saying she likes him for a while now and he agreed to date her since he said – to you personally – it was once in a lifetime thing and you laughed it off, telling him to go for it. within the 3 weeks, you watched the girl he's dating; all she ever did was look at her phone while linking her arm around his ignoring hanamaki was beside her all along and bragged to her friends about her "boyfriend" was going into volleyball match.

"he is going to win, that's for sure," his girlfriend bragged, chewing her pink gum.

hanamaki can only smile for a few seconds and looked away, matsukawa shrugging from the opposite of the table. it was as if he's saying, 'don't look at me, bro; talk to her... or something.'

hanamaki decided to start a conversation, "so, (r/g/n)... do you want to grab a few bites after this? i heard there's this new-"

"taka-chan~" you cringed beside matsukawa, gagging behind his back. "i can't eat fat after school; i have cheerleading practice after this. i thought i told you that." she said in a rude tone like she was scolding him for being forgetful.

"yeah, taka-chan. she has to stay 'healthy', after all. water is enough for her." you sneered squeezing your plastic fork which matsukawa noticed. he sweated beside you.

(r/g/n) perked at you, "see? (Name)-chan gets me~! she so understands me." she went to talk with her friends ignoring hanamaki once more and it irked you.

"toshchaya suka," you murmured under your breath.

hanamaki sighed and unlinked his arm from hers, getting up to leave. "i'm heading to the gym, (r/g/n). i'll see you tomorrow."

"sure, babe~ i love you." she purred and get up to kiss his cheek. hanamaki faked a smile and motioned for you and matsukawa to follow him. you two quickly pack your bento boxes and were on your way to the gym when...

"she used me..." he stopped walking to mourn. "i can't believe i didn't notice it before. i thought she was just catching up with her friends but for 3 weeks, she just used me because i'm in a team."

"i knew it all along." matsukawa brought it up. "i knew she wasn't good for you, makki. but i didn't want to break your heart."

you watched back and forth at your 2 friends and deadpanned. this is just like in a manga shounen ai. it was cute that these 2 are good friends but have they forgotten you were there?

"okay, look. i know you 2 are gay for each other deep down inside but please i'm still here." you interrupted their bro moment and they turned to you, makki's eyes a bit watery. "aww, makki... are you crying?"

he nodded, sticking out his bottom lip. "y-yeah i guess, unless there's rain in the school hall..."

you giggled at his remark and pulled him for a hug, which he responded immediately. he sniffed on your shoulder inhaling your hair.

"your hair...smells natural-er than my ex, though."

you pulled away, amused by his new word. "natural-er? there's no such word, makki."

"ex? so you're breaking up with her?" matsukawa's face brightened.

hanamaki gave a sly grin. "let's considered we've broken up. because i have set my eyes on someone else..." he looked down at you.

"wha- nOPE. makki, you're not thinking-"

"be my girlfriend or i'll suffer in my last third year."

"YOUR REASON IS UNREASONABLE!"

"(Name)-chan, just accept him. i mean look at him; he's sad..." the duos faked a sad face, makki's lip quivering.

you glared at the duo. "i hate you both."