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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no tags; 949w

amaryllis — the namesake of a character from the Eclogues, by Virgil; besotted with the gardener Alteo, who declared her love for him by piercing her heart with a golden arrow, every single day for the span of an entire month.

The flowers on display in the window are a pale pink today, shaped like small trumpets, with leaves and smaller, white flowers to break it up in the arrangement that sits in the very middle. Tooru marvels at it, at how well it's been put together. There's a carefully maintained shape to the entire bouquet, and it must have taken a while to make sure all the stems were of the correct length, that all the leaves sat perfectly. Tooru can't tear his eyes away, and so he doesn't, until he hears the familiar sound of someone clearing their throat.

"With a stare that intense," Iwaizumi tells him, leaning in the doorway of his shop, arms folded across his apron, "you're going to scare my customers away."

"We can't have that," Tooru comments, and he smiles instead but that doesn't seem to be much better, judging by the way Iwaizumi frowns and turns away.

"What are you after today?" Iwaizumi asks, as Tooru follows him inside.

Tooru can't even tease him for being presumptuous, when he's made an excuse to buy at least a small bouquet every day for the past two and a half weeks. He's quickly running out of people to buy flowers for; his mother's friends are all convinced that he's the sweetest young man, his friends have all been given the best flowers to give to their partners, and the last time he brought a bouquet into work with him, the receptionist flatly told him that he isn't going to seduce her so easily.

"Oikawa?" Iwaizumi prompts, when he doesn't get an answer. He looks over his shoulder. "Whose day are you going to brighten with flowers this time?"

"That's a terrible impersonation of me," Tooru mutters, shaking his head.

"You haven't answered my question."

Tooru glances around the shop, searching for another way to deflect the question, but there's nothing. This is Iwaizumi's flower shop, after all. It's simple, straightforward, to the point. Just like its owner.

"I don't know," Tooru admits softly. "I've run out of people."

"Someone like you," Iwaizumi says, "doesn't run out of people to give flowers to. It doesn't happen. Anyone would be happy to receive flowers from you. They are, from the stories you come back with. The old lady who lives down the street from you? With the dog who won't let you walk past until you pat him?"

"She put the flowers in a vase by her windowsill," Tooru recalls with a smile. "I saw them there for days, whenever I walked past."

"And the young couple who moved into the apartment across from you," Iwaizumi adds. "They told you that you made them feel welcome, with that one small gesture."

"You remember the people I give the flowers to?" Tooru asks, his eyes going wide.

"You tell me about it, every single time you give my flowers to someone," Iwaizumi replies, shrugging, but he looks a little embarrassed. "No one else does that, you know. No one really buys flowers from me as often as you do."

"They should," Tooru murmurs. "Every single bouquet is so beautifully put together, with care, with eye for detail. I wish everyone appreciated them as much as I do."

"So you're here for the flowers after all," Iwaizumi says, leaning against the counter. He's watching Tooru with a smile, his head tilted to the side. "Sixteen days, and I was beginning to think that you were here for another reason."

"I…" Tooru blinks with surprise, feeling his cheeks growing warm. "I mean. Your flowers are—your bouquets—the colours—"

"Oikawa," Iwaizumi interrupts gently, and he's still leaning against the counter, his arms folded across his chest, but the space between them suddenly feels smaller. It's the look in his eyes, Tooru thinks. It's knowing. Like he has Tooru figured out. "You're beating around the bush."

"Did you just make a pun?" Tooru asks, smiling.

"I hear it, uh, diffuses tension?" Iwaizumi scratches the back of his neck, and he's right back to looking embarrassed. Tooru can't help but be charmed by the way Iwaizumi is swinging between two extremes, like he can't quite decide what he wants to do.

Instead of making him have to choose, Tooru clears his throat, takes a step closer.

"I'm here for the flowers," he clarifies. "Because I like making people happy when I give them out. But more than that, I'm here for the cute florist."

"Watari," Iwaizumi says with a put-upon sigh. "I knew it."

Laughing, Tooru takes another step closer. "Don't tease."

"Tease?" Iwaizumi raises an eyebrow. "Me? When you're the one who came in every day, buying flowers for other people?"

"Do you want flowers?" Tooru asks with a smile. "What would you put in a bouquet for yourself?"

"Azaleas," Iwaizumi says, "according to hanakotoba, stand for patience."

"Well," Tooru hums. "Have you been patient?"

"It's been nearly three whole weeks, Oikawa," Iwaizumi replies. "What do you think?"

"I think," Tooru hums, closing the distance between them with one final step, "you'll need a bit more than flowers, for that."

"Well," Iwaizumi murmurs, his breath warm against Tooru's lips. "I wouldn't complain about that at all."

Tooru kisses him then, soft and shy. Iwaizumi kisses back, harder, more passionate, an it's lucky that there aren't any other customers around, Tooru thinks as he gasps for breath, because after nearly three weeks, Iwaizumi's definitely deserved more than just the one kiss.

Edited 2016-05-30 12:54 (UTC)

"Someone like you," Iwaizumi says, "doesn't run out of people to give flowers to."

I really, really like that line even if it's only meant to be throwaway *__* I love the tone of this too, and just, your iwaoi characterisation in general? their flirting in the end is SO CUTE and I really enjoyed reading this!!

screaming i'm so glad for this fill! I really enjoyed your characterization of them and the general atmosphere of the fic!

This is beautiful! I love the way you showed Iwaizumi's affection, and how gentle his teasing is :) They fall together so nicely <3

Bonus Round 1: Memory

FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

Re: FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

Re: FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G

Re: FILL: Team Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, G