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    Those few points Hinata scored … they had felt like such an insult at the time, even though he knew they did nothing to change the outcome. Now he wondered… had he gotten what he wanted then—an indestructible team as fast and flying as high as he could set them—they would have left Hinata without hope. Completely destroyed. Then what? Might Hinata have quit the sport completely? Would he have joined Karasuno or would he have picked a school closer to home? How would he be different if Hinata hadn’t been by his side for those three years of high school?

    Sometimes Kageyama closes his eyes and tries to imagine that. He always comes to the same conclusion: Hinata wouldn’t quit, he’d show up at Karasuno ten times more annoying and only marginally less talented.

    Kageyama is 21. When Hinata shows up at his door out of the blue one night, he thinks about how they used to make out in high school.

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    09 Jun 2026

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    All those years ago, Shouyou proclaimed he was of those who sprouted from the concrete. Once he arrived in Rio, he wondered if exchanging the hard cracks of concrete with the dry, dense bed of sand was worth it.

    But then he sees the lines of palm trees taking roots on the golden sprawling beach, and the tiny particles of sand—wet by the waves that reach the shoreline—clinging to the wiry muscles of his toned calves, and he thinks, perhaps it’s never been about the land.


    The unmaking of one Hinata Shouyou, and the making of one Oikawa Tooru, together.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    “Well, they had pretty good steak, but I don’t know if they’d have anything you would like,” Hayden says, and kicks off his shoes. He falls onto his bed with a contented sigh, then looks over at Shane, who hasn’t said anything yet. “Shane? You good?”

    Shane means to say he’s fine, but what comes out instead is: “Rose is having a baby.”

    Hayden sits up abruptly.

    “Whoa,” he says. “You’re serious?”

    “Yeah,” says Shane. “She just called me. She took three tests.”

    “Been there, brother,” says Hayden, his eyes wide. Shane puts his head in his hands again.

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    A few weeks after Rose and Shane split up, Rose discovers that she's pregnant. Overwhelmed by the prospect of fatherhood, Shane puts off confronting Ilya about his feelings, and they never hook up at the All-Stars Game. They find their way back to each other anyway.

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    18 May 2026

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    “Rozanov needs a place to stay. His visa won’t allow him to go home to Russia over the break, and we don’t have the cash to put him in a hotel.”

    Did the Harvard dorms completely shut down over the winter break? What about the dining hall? Shane supposed he didn’t really know. He’d never stuck around to find out, when he was younger. 

    “Okay?” 

    Coach raised his eyebrows. “So, he’s staying with you.” 

    Shane’s eyes went wide. 

    “What?” 

    “Come on, Captain,” Wiebe looked down his nose at Shane. “Try not to look too thrilled.”

     
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    or, Shane's a senior captain with an empty house over winter break. and Ilya's the freshman who will be crashing his Christmas. 

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    26 Mar 2026