A Faint Inkling | Haikyuu Soulmate AU

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Love ya'll, I'm a bitch. If you're enjoying story so far, which I hope you are, please share with your friends and share it online. I need a confidence boost, like right now. I have, like, no ego whatsoever. No there isn't really a reason for what happened to pretty boy Akaashi, it's just, y'know, one of the random sad feelings I get and I start helplessly crying. Just going through some feels.

Bokuto Kōtarō sat in his room, pondering what was to be placed onto the paper with his pencil, before he felt a feathery, light feeling on his forearm. His soulmate, Akaashi, and according to Bokuto, probably the prettiest person on the current face of the earth. Which is what he meant. What he thought, was just a pretty boy that he really wanted (needed) to hug. Hint hint, nudge nudge.

Hey there

bored again?

Yah

What is it this time?

I just feel kinda sad, Bokuto-San.

Uhm, just Bokuto.

Bokuto-San.

Fine. Why're you sad?

I don't know.

Need a phone call?

Sure.

Bokuto pulled out his phone, ready to call Akaashi when his face appeared on Bokuto's screen. "So he's calling me? Sure, whatever," He thought aloud. He answered the call unconsciously to the sound of sniffles and sneezing. " 'Kaashi? Are you ok?" Akaashi answered, choking up a bit. "I-I don't know, but I don't think so. I just felt really s-sad, so I started crying."

"But why are you so sad?" Asked Bokuto, concerned. There was a shuffle and padding of footsteps before Akaashi answered, his voice quavering. "I don't know. I'm home alone and there's no-one to tell."

Bokuto, who was academically unskilled, could only think of one thing to do, at that very moment. The only thing he could do. "I could draw you? Nevermind, why are you crying though?" Said Bokuto, not fully believing his art skillset was good enough for to draw Akaashi, so he just resorted to what he thought was better.

"I don't know why I'm crying. It's so not like me, yet it happens anyhow."

"That's ok. Everyone needs to cry once in a while." Said Bokuto gently before clamping his hand over his mouth. Huh? What is this? I definitely didn't mean to say that. "Umm...Bokuto-san?" Asked Akaashi.

"I don't know! It just came out of my mouth!"

"It's ok. Now, about drawing me..."

"Oh, it's ok. I don't have to."

"No, no, I want you to, so just turn this into a video call, ok?"

Bokuto contemplated the choices he had, which weren't many and said, "I only need to see you for a second or so, so ok."

Akaashi turned the call to a video call a split second after Bokuto realised this would be the first time he would see Akaashi. And Akaashi was crying.

The screen flashed as Akaashi blinked tears out of his eyes and they rolled down his pale cheeks. Bokuto saw him and just stared for a few seconds, drinking in the fact that his soulmate was like, the prettiest person on the planet. The most surprising thing was that his eyes weren't puffy and his nose wasn't red.

Akaashi was wearing a blue hoodie over a stripe t-shirt. He wore ripped jeans and his hair was messy.

He just seemed normal, but with wet cheeks and glassy eyes. "Bokuto?" He asked, bringing Bokuto back to reality. "O-oh, ok, do you want me to just draw you, or do you wanna pose or something?"