Jacket ~ oikawa x reader ~

Game day..

It had been only 4 weeks of practice but it felt like years. School was a breeze, but practice everyday was intense, nothing like I was used to. It felt good at the end of the day knowing I was getting better, and I had even begun a new routine of stretching before and after practice.

The few moments after practice when everyone was gone were my favorites. Sometimes I would take too long and Oikawa would come out from the office in the locker room and usher me out, today was no exception as I heard the sharp slam of the door. What was different however was the way he sat down next to me, I turned to see him copying my stretch. "What are you doing?" I paused and examined the way his muscles stretched in his outstretched pose. "we have a big day tomorrow." He never said more than a few words to me, which bothered me because I had seen him chat up every other member of the team like they were best buds. "what are you talking about?" To my knowledge tomorrow was like any other day, practice as usual. "Dont tell anyone but we actually have a scrimmage tomorrow. You know the team well so I was hoping to get some insight." I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion, sitting criss cross and turning to face him fully now before the realization hit "Karasuno?" He followed my lead and sat facing me with a slow nod. I opened my mouth to start saying something but suddenly it felt dry, thinking back to my days at Karasuno it made me realize how much I missed them. Sure the people at school had never been the best, but it was the first real team I had played with and they all were such good guys. "I don't know, it feels wrong to do something like that.." I trailed off and broke my gaze away from him scanning the ground between us. "that's okay, I respect your answer." He stood up offering his hand, I took it gently as he helped pull me up. "sorry I couldn't help more.." Again I trailed off with a small sigh, he took my chin gently making me look up at him again. "It's okay, you're plenty useful on the court really don't worry about it." He gently moved to put something cold in my hand clasping it and smiling gently. "Lock up when you're done, im heading out." I smiled at him and gave a nod, he turned and looked at the dark sky outside. "Do you usually walk home?" He glanced back over his shoulder. "yeah I don't live far, why?" I continued packing my things up as I finished my stretches finally. "Come on, I'll drive you it's not safe to be out this late." I chuckled at his offer, remembering the first time we met he said the same thing "it's okay, really I don't live far at all." I turned around finally to find he was now inches away again, I gasped lightly in surprise as his gently grabbed my wrist. "It wasn't really an offer, come on." He pulled me out the doors before I could even protest.

The drive was quiet and his car was neat, everything about him seemed neat and put together. We quickly pulled into the driveway of the modest house I reside in currently, calling anything home felt weird because id never really felt at home anywhere we went. I turned to thank him when I found him already staring at me. "You do that too much.." I say in a hushed voice. "What am I doing?" He chuckled and gave a confused smile, he was so damn charming I felt the butterflies flutter in my stomach, "you confuse me, sometimes you're so annoying and rude, and sometimes you act like this.." It was true, he did tend to be rude and make off handed comments about how I wasn't one of the 'big boys', but the one thing that never changed was how he looked at me, like he wanted to know every part of me. "It's late, we have a big day tomorrow." He reminded with a chuckle as he unlocked the car door, signally it was time to go. "thanks for the ride." I hopped out quickly and rushed into the house. The rest of the night was spent turning over in bed mind racing with thoughts of Karasuno and Oikawa, eventually I fell into a deep sleep. My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to die, the pressure of Karasuno being here and Oikawa's strange behavior was making me sick. nerves bundled in my stomach 

The next day seemed to drag, each class longer than the last before it finally came time to head to the gym for the scrimmage. I rushed in and sat by the bench to begin stretching, my mind wandered as I scanned the gym anticipating Karasuno's arrival. A large warm hand resting on my head snapped me out of my thoughts as I looked up, finding Oikawa not even looking at me as the gym doors open.

Karasuno's team stepped through, my eyes scanned their faces, none of them had noticed me yet and I hopped to keep it that way. I turned my eyes back to Oikawa, he was looking at me now and those same butterflies came back. He must've sensed my nerves as he crouched down, moving his hand from my head to hold my chin gently again. "You got this." Was all he said before giving my face a light squeeze and jogging off to call the team to a huddle.  My heart was beating so fast I thought I was going to die, the pressure of Karasuno being here and Oikawa's strange behavior was making me sick. Nerves bundled in my stomach as I ran over to wit with the rest of the team, I snuck a quick glance at Karasuno to find Tanaka glaring at me like he had wanted me dead.

The game had gone fine despite them having two new and totally powerhouse players. I was gathering my stuff at the bench, decidedly skipping my after stretches, when I felt a familiar presence.  "Hey Y/n." Sugawara's voice was soft and sweet behind me, I turned sharply to look at him. "You look good." His eyes scanned my face, brows slightly downward. "Oh, Suga..." I sighed and rushed forward to hug him deeply, he returned the hug pulling me closer resting his hand on the back of my head. We stayed like that for a minute, when I finally pulled away and looked at him he was smiling. It felt nice knowing he wasn't angry at me,  but it was immediately broken when Tanaka came from behind him with a scowl. "So you quit and join the enemy? Really? I thought you were more mature than that." His words stung like knives and I felt the hot bubble of tears well in my eyes. I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to hold my head high. "I moved, it wasn't my fault that it happened to be here." My hands shook as I fiddled with my fingers. "Yeah? That doesn't mean you have to join the enemy team, what did you go spilling all our secrets and tactics too?" He glared down at me stepping closer, barley inches away now. "No! I swear I never said anything like that!" my shoulders dropped and I felt small and weak, ever part oh his pretense was overpowering mine, the air felt colder and my breathes felt shallower. Suga was behind him telling him to stop but he didn't seem to care as he continued to belittle me, "It doesn't matter anyway, as a girl you will never be able to keep up. You will end up falling behind at some point just wait and-" he was cut off by a sharp hook to the face, I hadn't even sensed Oikawa coming up but here he was with his fist in Tanaka's face. "Oh my god! Oikawa stop!" I rushed to throw myself between the two, my hands pressed firmly on Oikawa's chest. "what is wrong with you?!" I scanned his face for any answer as he continued to glare at Tanaka, who was now being dragged away with a bloody nose. "He deserved that." He finally spoke as he raised a hand to rest on the back of my head near my neck, he looked down at me and used his other hand to wipe the tears I hadn't even known were coming. " You didn't need to punch him jeez, what if you had really hurt him?" I turned to look at the spot Tanaka had been standing, when I felt him grip my hair slightly were he was holding my head, pulling my head to look him square in the eyes. "Why are you taking his side? He got what was coming, cmon I'll drive you home again." I knew he wasn't really offering, more commanding if anything. I looked around at the empty gym, everyone must have cleared out during the whole escalation, we always seemed to be the last two left lately. 

He pulled into my driveway and look at me again, this time I felt more in control. "What you did was wrong, thanks for trying to stand up for me but please refrain from punching people.." I sighed and put my hand out for him to take. He clasped my hand gently in both of his and looked softly in my eyes, it felt different seeing him like this, like his normally put together self was cracking slightly. "Do you want to come in?" 

A/N: changed this one quiiiiitttteee a bit so I hope yall don't mind :3