Haikyuu x Reader

Oikawa Tooru - Kiss Kiss Fall In Love

*please note: all dates are set in the haikyuu universe and within the time frame of the series.  i'm sure most, if not all, of us were not any of the specified ages during these years, but we're just going to p r e t e n d* 

September 13, 2006.

Age 12

"Did you hear that Kaori and Iwaizumi kissed?"

Your head snapped away from the court below to look at the boy next to you on the bleachers. He sounded so nonchalant about the whole thing as if he hadn't just shared some incredibly hot middle school news.

"Really?" You ask.

He nods quickly, wide brown eyes following the ball as the high school students from Aoba Johsai squared off against a lesser opponent in this round of the tournament.

First kisses had been the talk of the grade lately. Who was having their first kiss with who? What was it like? Are they dating now? But as all of your other friends finally took that plunge, washing away any childishness as they indulged in their first big kid activity, you and Tooru had been left in the dust. Your other classmates would be sharing the stories of how it happened and who it was with and when asked about yours, all you could do was look towards your feet and shake your head, telling them that you hadn't had your first kiss yet. They would all get a sad look in their eyes, but they would pat you on the back, repeating that phrase that you had heard ever since this all had started. "It'll happen eventually."

There was an unwavering pressure being placed on you from your classmates and Tooru had felt it bearing down on his shoulders too. Out of your group of friends, you two were the only ones who hadn't had their first kiss, but there just wasn't anyone that you wanted to share that important rite of passage with. Even still, you just wanted to get it out of the way. You just wanted to be able to say that you had finally had your first kiss.

"You know, I don't understand why everyone is so obsessed with this first kiss thing," Oikawa says. "It's just a kiss. It's not that big of a deal. Older people do it all of the time, so it's obviously not super important."

You just shrug in your seat next to him. "I think it's because it's the first one, you know? Like, the first time you got to play in a game was a big deal, because it was the first time. It's something that you remember."

"Yeah, I guess so." He was trying to play it cool, act like it wasn't bothering him, but the slowly quickening bounce to his leg was telling you otherwise. He had long since stuffed his hands in the pockets of his Kitagawa training jacket and he was awkwardly biting the inside of his cheek. As much as Tooru hated to admit that he cared about something as silly as a kiss, he couldn't help but feel left out as now even his best friend had left him behind in the dust.

You weren't sure what shocked you more about the moment to come. Was it his words? Or was it the fact that Oikawa Tooru actually looked away from a volleyball game?

"We could kiss."

You were taken aback, eyes wide as you stared at him. "What?"

"If we kissed, we could just get it over with."

"Won't that be kind of weird? I mean, Tooru, we're friends!"

He simply shrugged his shoulders again. "Then let's not make it weird."

You take a shaky breath and nod. "Okay."

"Okay?"

"Yeah. Okay. Let's kiss."

Tooru nodded as he scooted closer to you. He could feel his face burning with the heat of embarrassment and the way his heart pounded in his chest was surely loud enough for you to notice. "So, do I just-?" He placed his hands on your cheeks abruptly, making the moment significantly less romantic than you ever thought it would be as your skin stung from the not-so-delicate contact. He started to lean in, but he stopped right before he was close enough to place his lips against yours. "You're sure about this?"