made to love you || ushijima wakatoshi x reader

seven

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You'd had Ushijima's birthday in your calendar since before the two of you were actually friends. You'd simply done it because he was close with Tendou, and you wanted to be respectful and at least wish him a happy birthday when the day came. But now that the two of you were growing closer, knowing his birthday was around the corner took on a whole new meaning. Now you had an obligation to do something special for him, because you wouldn't accept anything less from yourself. The problem was, you barely left this hospital room. Which drastically lowered your options.

You'd been in here for a little over a month now, which was crazy to you. Just five weeks ago, you'd been celebrating your opportunity to go to Nationals. Now, you couldn't remember what it felt like to stand on your own two feet. You tried not to think about it, because if you did you would break down, and you didn't want to do that in front of any of the people that spent time around you. So you distracted yourself with anything you could, not giving yourself the chance to work through what had happened to you.

Right now, that distraction was figuring out what to do for Ushijima's birthday.

"What kind of things do you get for your friends' birthdays?" You asked Oikawa, who was sitting in a chair by your bed with his legs propped up on the mattress. It was his day to hang out with you, along with Iwaizumi, who was out getting food for the three of you in order to avoid the gross hospital stuff.

"That depends. I have different tiers of friends," He mused, tilting his head to look at you, "First there's acquaintances, then fans, then friends, then teammates, then Iwa-chan. Which tier is this friend of yours?"

You furrowed your brows, thinking for a second. How important was Ushijima to you? How close were you to him, in the grand scheme of things? On the one hand, it'd only been a few weeks since the two of you decided to be friends, and his personality made that challenging at times. On the other hand, he'd opened up to you and seen a rare moment of your vulnerability. You found yourself thinking about him a lot on the daily, texting him just so you could talk to him or thinking of things to do when he visited. In a relatively short time, he'd become a very prevalent part of your life.

With an air of finality, you turned to Oikawa and spoke, "Iwaizumi tier."

Oikawa's eyes widened, and he sat straight up, putting his feet back down on the ground. He grabbed your hands, stopping you from continuing writing down ideas for birthday gifts and making sure all of your attention was on him.

"Who is this friend of yours?" He asked, eyes earnest, like this was the most important thing in the World. Now you were getting worried. Had you said something wrong?

"Uh..." You blinked, very confused by the sudden change in attitude, "Ushijima?"

Immediately, Oikawa let go of your hands and recoiled like he'd been shot. His face was grimaced, as if he was physically dying. "Ushijima? Really? Oh my God, y/n. I thought you had taste."

"Wait, what? Taste? What the hell is going on?"

Oikawa gave you a deadpanned look, though there was still stress in his expression, "You do realize I'm, like, in love with Iwa-chan, right?"

You blinked. This was taking a weird turn. "Well, yeah, I was pretty sure. You're pretty open about it."

"Exactly," He replied, "So if Ushijima is your Iwa-chan, then that means..." He trailed off, waiting for you to put the pieces together.

What the hell was he trying to-?

Oh.

Oikawa loved Iwaizumi, and you compared Ushijima to him in terms of closeness.