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...

This round is CLOSED as of 7PM on June 9 EDT. Late fills may be posted, but they will not receive points.

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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!
- Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Rei & Nagisa). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Rei/Nagisa). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
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no tags; 865w

It starts off with a mistake. One of Kuroo's many discoveries at university is the fact that girls won't stop flirting with him when he goes to the local bar for drinks on Friday nights with the rest of the volleyball team.

It's flattering, sure, but it's incredibly stressful, and he doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

Which is probably why, when one of the girls asks him for his number, he blurts out, "I'm gay."

It's a little too loud, and it draws more attention than he'd like. His teammates look up from their conversations, looking at him with raised eyebrows. He stares back at them, kicking himself for panicking, for not paying attention to his surroundings, for unintentionally coming out to his entire team.

He's still floundering when Sawamura, who was on his way back from the bar with a drink, clears his throat loudly.

"We're together," Sawamura says, and even though he's younger than most of their teammates, his tone brooks no nonsense. "Is there a problem with that?"

He gets a scattered chorus of no, and nods with satisfaction. He doesn't look at Kuroo on his way past, but pats his arm. It could be seen as a proprietary gesture, Kuroo thinks to himself, but he knows that it's one of support instead.

They don't talk about it until later that night, when they're at home. They share a small apartment and Kuroo waits until he's closed and locked the door behind them before he clears his throat.

"About before…"

Sawamura shrugs. "It's no big deal."

"I accidentally outed both of us," Kuroo says with a strained laugh. "That's kind of a big deal."

"You outed yourself," Sawamura corrects, and Kuroo wonders how he can sound so calm about this. "I'll take the responsibility for outing myself. That wasn't your fault."

"You covered for me," Kuroo murmurs. "I was going to―I don't even know what I was going to do. Panic, probably."

"I know." Sawamura rests his hand on Kuroo's back, and it's comforting. "I don't care if the team thinks we're dating. I just care that it doesn't affect the way we all treat each other. It'd be more difficult to isolate both of us for it, than just one of us. Besides, if I hadn't spoken up and they started treating you differently, I'm not sure if I could have said anything later. I think I would have been too―I don't know. Afraid, maybe."

"I get you," Kuroo sighs. "But, you know. You don't have to tie yourself down to me just to cover for me. We don't have to make the team keep thinking we're dating."

"We'll give it a while, so they can get used to the fact that we're both gay," Sawamura decides. "We can go from there."

"Yeah," Kuroo nods. "Okay."

―

They give it a month. They're not particularly affectionate with each other when they're with their teammates, because they don't need to go out of their way to be that convincing, but Kuroo notices the fact that Sawamura touches him more often. It's the small gestures; a pat on the shoulder, poking his side to get his attention, knocking their feet together when they're sitting beside each other.

Two months in, and as far as the team is concerned, they're still dating. They all seem comfortable enough about it now, and Kuroo thinks that perhaps they can call off the pretense now.

The only problem is, when he thinks about sitting Sawamura down and actually ending things, or pretending to end things, it makes him feel a little uneasy. It doesn't matter, he tells himself. He doesn't care if people think he's with Sawamura. He doesn't know if putting an end to this will also mean putting an end to Sawamura's casual touches, and he doesn't really want that. Sawamura's taken to massaging his shoulders as they go over their training plans together at the start of every week. Kuroo is a bit selfish; he wants to keep those for as long as he can.

And sure, maybe when they're both tired at the end of a long day, they'll lean into each other's arms and kiss lazily. Maybe Kuroo doesn't want that to stop either.

Four months in, and they're cuddling on the couch as they watch TV, even though there's no one else to see. Sawamura―Daichi, as Kuroo has taken to calling him now―has his head tucked under Kuroo's chin, lying on top of him as they half doze, half watch an old movie that Kuroo happened to find playing.

"Hey," Kuroo whispers, then clears his throat so he can speak a little louder. "Are we dating?"

Daichi lifts his head, blinking at Kuroo slowly.

"I'm going to headbuttt you," Daichi tells him. "What do you think we've been doing for the past few months?"

Kuroo blinks. "Oh."

"Oh, he says," Daichi mutters to himself, shaking his head. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Kissing me would be a good start," Kuroo says hopefully, raising an eyebrow.

Daichi laughs quietly, and when they have their arms wrapped around each other and are sharing the same breath, he's still laughing.

Bonus Round 1: Memory

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G