Haikyuu - Songfic Series

Sugawara Koushi x Reader - Beautiful Stranger

Suga found himself once again spacing out in the middle of class. His grades were good enough that he could get away with it, unlike some of his team members. He let his gaze wander over to the window, and with it, you.

You were a bit of an enigma to the former setter. You had a close group of friends, but no one that he knew particularly well. He knew a few things. You were fairly smart, being in the same prep class as him. You often stayed after school for some kind of club activity, and he imagined it was something involving the arts. Literature club? Music club? It was something like that.

You glanced over and smiled softly before going back to your note-taking. Sugawara became very aware that he'd been staring at you and quickly went back to his own notes.



"Hey, can I copy your notes after practice?" Suga asked Daichi as they started leaving the locker room.

"Copy them? Weren't you paying attention?"

Sugawara just laughed and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Daichi smirked, knowing full well how his friend had been spending his class time.

"All right, just make sure you give them back. Or did you forget we have a test coming up?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know." He was about to comment further when he glanced up and saw you talking to Coach Ukai and Takeda.

"Daichi, Sugawara, perfect timing!" the young teacher called, waving them over. Ukai climbed up on his chair to oversee practice.

"This is the president of the arts club and the members would like to make some advertisements about the volleyball club."

"We're supposed to be putting together a few information pamphlets about the clubs around Karasuno to give prospective first years when they come to tour the school," you explained. "That is, if it's okay with you."

Daichi nodded thoughtfully. "That's a great idea. But why do you need our permission?"

"Well, myself and a few other members need access to your practices for pictures, and we want to get interviews with both of you since you're the student leaders. It might be a bit awkward--"

"Not at all," Sugawara assured you. "We're happy to have the publicity."

"Great! Why don't I start with you then?" The silver-haired male was taken aback by your eagerness and turned to Daichi. The captain simply nudged him closer to you.

"Good idea. Besides, I've got some curious second-years to handle." He quickly made a beeline for Tanaka and Nishinoya, who had been trying to eavesdrop. The pair started pretending to practice.

"We can talk over here, (Y/N)," Sugawara said after a moment. He started on his stretches while you asked him a few questions. Basic stuff – his position, his year and class, how long he'd been involved in the club, etc. Then you started going into the harder stuff - what made the team stronger this year, what kind of people they wanted to be involved in it in the future, and so on.

The more he talked to you, the easier it became, and you started going off on tangents completely unrelated to the interview such as assignments for class, a mutual acquaintance's new haircut, how you spent free time, and some of the good food in the area.

He mentioned his coach's store, saying that they liked to go there after practice to get snacks.

You jotted that down after realizing the conversation had come full circle. "That sounds nice," you told him. You'd heard rumors their coach had a store nearby but hadn't known for sure.

"There are all kinds of things there. I'll bring you something back next time we go."

"Really? You don't have to go to all that trouble."

"It's no trouble. I want to, to say thank you," he replied with one of his bright smiles. You quickly averted your eyes, aware that Sugawara was much more charming than you'd first imagined.

"Hey Suga, it's time to start cleaning up!" Daichi suddenly called. You both glanced up to see that it was now dark outside. You'd somehow spent hours talking to Sugawara without even noticing. You scrambled to gather your things, but he gently grabbed your arm.

"If you give me a few minutes, I'll walk you home. It's the least I can do for taking up your time like that." You nodded meekly, watching him get up to help the others clean the gym.


"Thanks, Sugawara. I really appreciate this," you said as you got to your door.

"Suga," he replied. You glanced up at him. "Most people call me Suga. You can too, if you want."

"All right, Suga. I'll see you tomorrow when I get Daichi's interview. And maybe we can go to that store later if you have time."

He smiled. "I'd like that. Good night."

As he turned to walk home himself, he couldn't help but smile. Just a few hours ago, you were nothing more than a stranger to him. But now...who knows?