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• i'm not too good to say i love you by londonengland, many_Bumblebees

  Fandoms: Haikyuu!!  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  20 Sep 2021

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru
  • Hanamaki Takahiro/Matsukawa Issei
  • Iwaizumi Hajime
  • Oikawa Tooru
  • Hanamaki Takahiro
  • Matsukawa Issei
  • Original Characters - Freeform
  • but not in a weird way they're just plot devices
  • if you thought these two could work out their feelings on their own you were wrong
  • iwa has a single dorm bc i needed to heed the siren song of plot convenience
  • unrealistic depictions of california colleges
  • and argentinian volleyball teams
  • slow burn angst fueled childhood friends to lovers
  • incredibly dense iwaizumi hajime
  • melodramatic oikawa tooru
  • hanamaki is still Between Jobs
  • imagine not knowing you're incredibly gay for your childhood best friend
  • iwaizumi is bad w emotions
  • so is oikawa tho so it's ok
  • So so much angst
  • but a little bit of fluff as a treat
  • Nonlinear Narrative
  • excessive use of picture and puzzle metaphors
  • childhood flashbacks
  • night light symbolism
  • a probably unrealistic depiction of a japanese airport
  • iwa somehow becomes a nice jewish boy
  • lesbian driven plot

  Summary

  After graduating high school and leaving behind eighteen years worth of history, Iwaizumi Hajime and Oikawa Tooru go their separate ways in the world: Iwaizumi to school in California and Oikawa to Argentina to keep playing volleyball. As much as both of them believe they want to move on to new things, neither of them can shake their pasts. Their lives loom in front of and behind them, and they're not sure if they'll be able to face the hard truths.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  43,245

  Chapters:

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