i want to listen ➵ bokuto koutarou

1.

There's a boy in my class who, without a doubt, locks his eyes onto mine after the first bell rings. And then after lunch and during geometry while taking notes. There's a boy in my class who speeds up his pace so that he's by my side during passing periods. There's a boy in my class whose lips move nonstop, talking without taking a breath.

And there's this boy in my class who doesn't know im deaf.

From the moment i entered the second grade, all I could hear was the static of a blank portrait. Absolute emptiness is all I've ever known since then. My parents tell me of an accident I can no longer remember. An accident that took my ability to hear away. The people who are close to me have picked up pieces of sign language, as have I, but I go to regular school and pick up what I know just fine. The teachers can't sign so i'm forced to read their lips, or copy from the person next to me. And from that, I met this boy who is unaware of my deafened state. However, I know that he has grey hair almost silver in the sunlight, and wide golden eyes. Looking at his page consistently turned to him looking at mine turned to him talking to me about the latest school drama. Well that's only what I can assume, I try to read his lips to the best of my abilities but sometimes I just smile and nod. Yet that seems to be the only thing I do, since nobody knows signs I usually just nod my head in any conversation I find myself in. I haven't said a single word to this boy who follows me around for the past year and a half, however he's stayed by my side for each and every one of the 8-4 school days.

I enjoy his company, since I can't hear anything, things start to get lonely. I didn't have any friends before him, nor did I enjoy watching TV or playing video games. Moving pictures got to be stressful when all I was focusing on was what the characters were saying. However, I start to wonder how long I can keep up this facade. I want to appear as if I'm interested in learning about his life, or at least that I understand. I want to appear as if he's a boy telling his greatest fears and life goals to a girl who loves to listen. I want to appear that way because I finally feel normal, and he's never questioned why I never reply. Inside I know that I'll never understand what he's saying, but it's nice to have company.

While I may not know what he's saying, I do know many things about him. I know that he's on our school's volleyball team, and is someone who is referred to as the "Ace". That could explain why he's extremely tall, towering over me by at least a foot, and has a girthy build.

I know he has a friend, who is probably the only person he talks to as much as me. The friend seems reserved in nature, and has only spoken to me maybe twice. However, I have no classes with him and have never gotten the chance to learn his name.

The golden eyed boy always has a smile on his face, it pushes his cheeks to the side so that he resembles a chipmunk, and it's so bright it instantly fills me with euphoria. There are times when he's not smiling, like he's got some kind of multiple personalities, a direct opposite of him. Frowning, sulking. But in a few minutes he's always back to laughing and bouncing around. Bouncing, there's always a bounce in his step. A hop springing from the balls of his feet when walking from gym to english.

He's very diligent in his studies, always getting high marks on quizzes and tests although he may miss a few homework assignments. And if he does I always offer my paper to him. Gazing up at the board with his gilt eyes, a firm stare focused on the examples up ahead, then scribbling down the answer onto his paper with almost incoherent handwriting.

And the very last thing that I know about the only boy who I would call my friend, is that his name is Bokuto Koutarou.

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a/n: i found this little blurb that i wrote like a year ago and i thought the character fit bokuto really well so here we are! i intend for this to be a shortish story btw

also:
-this includes minor angst!
-i got this idea from "a silent voice" although if youve seen it and after you read this youll be able to see theyre very diff. so i didnt steal the whole plot ahaha.
-this story is a bit diff in terms of plot/storyling, everything will be in mc's POV and it might get a bit jumpy but its all for the angst! just a little btw it might not be like the reg haikyuu fanfics ( at least i see alot of) + there will be no dirty times u horndogs. this is a purehearted story
-lastly there is no dialogue, for at least the majority of the story. this focuses on their relationship and building that rather than their conversations, ect. so yea if ur looking for a fanfic like that, this isnt the one for u!

okay thats it i hope u enjoy! this is prolly my fav plot that ive written so far :]]]