sportsanime | Bonus Round 1: Memory

Let's start our summer by looking at the past—things that happened in canon, or maybe in an AU, or maybe just as wishful thinking...

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Submit prompts by commenting to this post! You prompt should consist of one scenario beginning with the phrase "Remember when", along with any ship/ot3/etc. from our list of nominated fandoms.
- Your prompts can take the form of recalling canon facts/events ("Remember when Nozomi and Eli got parfaits after school?"), non-canon events ("Remember when Megumi and Jin met at the Tadokoro Family Reunion?"), or somewhere in-between ("Remember when Bokuto and Kenma first met?"). Headcanons and AUs are welcome!
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content warnings; lil bit of swearing, mention of hypothetical nsfw but nothing actually described
877 words

*

“Okay, so. Plan. I have one.”

Kuroo quirks his eyebrow at Bokuto, who is currently laying across Kuroo’s front with a volleyball magazine that he stopped reading about five minutes ago. He’s a dead weight on Kuroo’s stomach, for the record; he’s pretty sure his ribs have been crushed. He can’t find it within himself to mind. “I’m listening.”

“I’m thinking; tomorrow, we go into your practice…”

“Yeah?”

“Maybe upturn the volleyball bin and stand on it, you know, for dramatic effect.”

“Uh huh…”

“And jack each other off in front of everybody.”

Kuroo shoves him off the bed.

Bokuto lands with an “oof!” on the floor, but pops his head back over the side of the bed a moment later, his expression sour. “Well, what do you suggest?”

Kuroo sits up, a pseudo-thoughtful expression on his face. “We could, I don’t know, just say, ‘Hey, Kou and I are totally dating’?”

Bokuto whines. “Where’s the flair? I mean, we could at least make out a little. You know, to secure the deal.”

“I’m not making out with anyone in front of Nekomata-sensei.” Kuroo says with a shudder. “Besides, we tried that already, remember? Yaku gave me a stern lecture on the dangers of having ‘friends with benefits’ at our age, when you left.”

“Seriously?”

“Seriously.”

“Unbelievable!” Bokuto groans, throwing his hands into the air. “It can’t be that hard to believe,” he grumbles. “I mean, Kenma and Akaashi figured it out before we did; why the hell is everyone else so set on bro-zoning us?!”

Kuroo snorts. “I don’t know, bro. I mean, ‘what could be better than this? Just guys bein’ dudes’, am I right?” he quotes, smirking, and receives a pillow to the face for his troubles.

Bokuto leaps back onto the bed to flop against Kuroo’s chest again. After a moment, he shifts upwards until his nose is hovering by Kuroo’s, his mouth set in a determined line. “You’re my boyfriend.”

Kuroo grins. “I am.”

“We’re like, hardcore dating.”

“We are.”

“I mean, I got you roses that one time.”

“You did.”

“And I, uh.” Bokuto coughs. “Really like you. A lot.”

The grin gets wider. “I like you too.”

“Right,” Bokuto beams, his cheeks flushing in a way that Kuroo doesn’t think he’ll ever really get tired of. “So, we are gonna go into your practice tomorrow. And we are gonna stand on the volleyball bin. And then I’m gonna deliver a huge, sappy speech about how much I like you - full romo - and it’s gonna be so great. Really moving stuff.”

“Oh really?”

“Oh yeah,” Bokuto nods decisively. “You’ll probably cry. You’re romantic, like that. And then-”

“I’ll kiss the shit out of you?” Kuroo interjects, waggling his eyebrows for emphasis.

Bokuto goes pinker, something Kuroo finds pretty amusing considering he’d suggested that they give each other handjobs in front of his entire team about a minute ago when they haven’t even gotten that far in real life, yet. “I thought you weren’t gonna kiss me in front of your coach.”

“Well, I mean, this speech is gonna be pretty powerful, right?” Kuroo muses. “No one can blame me if I get caught up in the moment. I’m romantic like that, remember?”

“Uh, yeah.” Bokuto clears his throat, and Kuroo is reminded of how much he enjoys flustering this guy (and is still kind of amused by how easy it is to do so). “And then,” Bokuto continues with regained confidence, “We’ll mic drop, and one of us’ll bridal carry the other out of there.”

“What about practise?” Kuroo points out. “Just because it’s your day off doesn’t mean it’s mine. I’m not skipping.”

“We’ll circle back.” Bokuto says, as though it’s obvious. “I mean, you will, at least. I’ll have to catch my train if I want to get back to school in time for class, but I promise I’ll give you a really memorable goodbye, in front of everyone. No-one will be able to misread that, right?”

“You’re a genius, Kou.” Kuroo says sagely, and even he can’t tell whether or not he’s being sarcastic at this point. He lays back to look at the ceiling again, a sly smile pulling at his lips. “Mind giving me a preview of that ‘goodbye’, then?”

He can’t see Bokuto’s grin, but he does feel it a second later when it’s pressed against his own. His hands move up to slide into his Bokuto’s hair, thick with gel, and he thinks he’s pretty damn happy calling this guy his boyfriend.

*

(Kuroo does not end up actually crying at Bokuto’s five minute long speech to Nekoma listing everything he likes about Kuroo and the unneeded details of their ‘full romo’ relationship, but he does kiss the shit out of Bokuto with a loud cry of “For god’s sake, we’re dating!” when Inuoka makes a comment about how it must be nice to have a friend like Bokuto to say such nice things about you.

In the end, they’re too distracted by each other to notice the exchange of money going on behind them. “I knew they’d crack eventually.” Yamamoto grins. “Captain’s not the only one who can be provoking.”

Not for the first time, Nekomata wishes he could have made Yaku captain instead.)

I was hoping someone would fill this one! I love how you write their bromance and their romance -- GUYS BEING DUDES. BRO-ZONING. HARDCORE DATING. I could go on for a while. And then Bokuto going all pink and shy when Kuroo suggests actually doing something. These two are ridiculous. Your writing is wonderfully ridiculous. AND THE MONEY EXCHANGE AT THE END. BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON XDDDD

*gently screams into hand* thIS !!!!! THANK YOU ??????????

it's so cute look at that opening look at their casual touches they are so comfortable with each other i love it
i honestly laughed through the whole opening it's so cute and you write dailogue SO WELL AHH and then i got to this part
“We’re like, hardcore dating.”
and i was like. oh shit. oh no. i'm getting emotional. OTL
i'm cryign this is so cute look at how you characterise bokuto look at how sweet and nerdy he is i'm
he bLUSHED *screaming*
five minute speech sjlfsdjfsdklfj they're so cute i'm so weak what is this
this is amazing
that's what it is
I LOVE NEKOMA I LOVE BOKUKURO I LOVE YOU FOR WRITING THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!

honestly i'll be honest i prompted this bc i was a bit ? about romantic bokukuro like i just hadn't... seen it before in a way that clicked with me
BUT THIS
LMAO
YOU CONVERTED ME IN LESS THAN 1000 WORDS IM SO ANGRY

this was too wonderful thank you so much i am v happy :D :D :D

"Yaku gave me a stern lecture on the dangers of having ‘friends with benefits’ at our age, when you left."

i have been laughing for twenty three years oh my G OD (pls tell me yaku won the biggest chunk of the pot bc that would be Too Good)