Iwaizumi yawned as he opened his eyes to the morning sun shining through the curtain of his apartment window. He shifted his gaze and smiled as he caught the sight of the brunette half naked in his bed, soundly asleep. Life was good, to put it simply.
At twenty-four, Hajime was in his last semester of university, working towards graduating in the spring and was also in steady relationship with someone he truly cared for. What more could he ask for? Sure, he'd had his struggles getting through school and second guessing if he truly wanted to be a physiotherapist but it had worked out in the end. For the most part he had payed for his tuition by picking up odd jobs when he had had the chance and was lucky enough to be graduating with very little debt. As for his relationship, he was happy. Whether they were spending time or sleeping together he enjoyed being in the others presence. Not to mention the sex was mind blowing.
All in all he had no reason to complain about his life.
The only thing that bothered him from time to time was his past. There were things he regretted, things he looked back on and wondered why he had been so naïve and most importantly people he had trusted that had not hesitated to stab him in the back. Iwaizumi only guessed that was how people were. Some were too selfish to care about who they played around with to get what they wanted.
He was snapped out of his inner musings when his boyfriend shifted in his sleep, the soft brown locks brushing against his chest as he slowly opening his eyes to smile up at Iwaizumi.
"Morning babe." The soft voice said and Hajime leaned down to place a kiss on his lover's forehead.
"Morning." He responded, feeling a thin arm wrap around his naked torso.
"Hmm, last night was good." Came the teasing voice, and Hajime slowly smirked as he watched his lover climb into his lap, straddling his waist as kisses were peppered along his chest. "Let me repay you?"
Before he knew it, the sexy brunette was in front of him, on his knees, pulling at the waistline of his boxers and stroking at his cock. "You're so damn big, Hajime."
"Hm." The raven hummed in approval as his dick was engulfed in the warm mouth of his lover.
"Fuck yes, right there Misaki."
The ball slammed into the back wall of the gym, echoing as it bounced off the cement and rolled to a stop in front of the net. "Sorry, that was long."
"Oh ho, is someone in a pissy mood today?" A raven asked as he picked up the ball and walked over to the server.
"Fuck off Tetsu-chan." Oikawa snapped as he grabbed the ball out of his teammates hands. It was too damn early to be in the school gym on a Saturday. Sure, scouts were coming from the national team in a few weeks, and sure if Oikawa didn't snag a spot he would only have his degree in science to fall back on, but that didn't mean he had to suffer being stuck in a gym with fucking Kuroo Tetsurou and his other teammates on a weekend.
"Maybe you should get laid or something?" Kuroo continued, unfazed by Oikawa's words. The two of them had become quite close over their years in collage together and although they could tolerate one another, Kuroo had taken a liking to annoying Oikawa every chance he got.
"Oh, relationship advice from the man that can't settle down?" The brunette spat, winding up for another practice serve, this time successfully sinking it in the far right on the other side.
"You know I'm not the type to settle down, besides you could find someone willing to fuck your brains out in a second." Kuroo said, smirking widely as Oikawa frowned at him and laughing as he dodged the ball aimed at him seconds later. "I'm just wondering why you haven't found anyone yet."
"The same reason why I was dumped in high school, volleyball is all I have time for." He stated, walking over to the bench and grabbing his water bottle. He ignored the eye roll he received from his friend or the quiet 'bullshit' that was said under the man's breath. No, he wasn't being honest with being unable to maintain a relationship.
He had done it before. For years in fact. But considering he was twenty-four and still single it was safe to say the relationship hadn't lasted.
He turned to speak once again but was interrupted by an obnoxiously loud yell from the entrance of the gym. Oikawa knew who it was before he, and the rest of his teammates who were littered around gym, turned to take in the sight.
"Oh ho ho, good morning!" The voice said as he ran towards the raven next to Oikawa. Once he was within a few meters of them he spoke again. "Good to see you bro."
"I'm surprised you made it Bo." Kuro said, smirking as he noticed the obvious bags under his friend's eyes.
Bokuto , former captain of Fukurodani, was now the current ace of Tokyo University's volleyball team. Oikawa admired the man for his talent and sheer enthusiasm for the game and although he could be overbearing at times, he was a good player.
They were number one in the country after all.
"Akaashi woke me up this morning. He said that he was heading to the library to study for midterms."
Kuroo nodded and wrapped one of his arms around Bokuto's shoulders, leading him towards to court to start his warm up. They were annoying, but good friends if Oikawa was being honest. Surprisingly they had had his back more than once throughout his collage life and he was grateful for that. He was also happy to have met great friends through those idiots, namely Akaashi and Sugawara. It was a long story but through repeated meet ups with the two setters they had formed a pleasant friendship.
Akaashi was quiet and liked to keep to himself, but he was there for Oikawa when he needed him. He wasn't like the Bokuto or Kuroo who couldn't keep a serious conversation longer than five minutes. No, he was pleasant to talk to and on more than one occasion had helped him with homework, despite being a year younger than him. The raven was aiming for a degree in health science, specifically to attend medical school and become a neurologist and Oikawa wondered if it was fair to be both pretty and smart. It wasn't like he was saying he wasn't either of those two, but his passions had never been that high.
Or least that's what he told himself. It was obvious from an on lookers point of view he probably had it all. A full scholarship to one of the best Universities' in the country, a degree in general sciences and a prospect for the upcoming year of picks for the national team. Not to mention he was good looking.
Many people probably envied his position. But when he was alone and left to contemplate what he was going to do with his life, he became scared.
Would anyone be by his side once his career was over? Sure, he was happy about his bright future but he had always believed when he was standing at this point of his life he would have someone with him to hold his hand and tell him everything would be alright.
One person in particular.
How stupid to think that he had been too afraid to get hurt that he let everything slip through his fingers. He had regrets, but still held onto that false hope that one day he would open the door to his apartment and see the man he had loved, was still in love with, standing there. He had hoped that he would be given one more chance, but that wasn't the type of man he was. Iwaizumi had always been head strong and honest with himself and Oikawa knew there was a reason why he never came back.
It had been a year since the break up and as much as Oikawa had regrets, his biggest one was staring Hajime in the eye and saying. "Yeah, I agree maybe we should." when the raven had suggested a break.
Oikawa was snapped out of his thoughts by a ball hitting him in the back of his head, almost knocking him over. He heard a faint "oops" from Bokuto behind him and quiet snickers from Kuroo, probably trying to contain his laughter.
He stormed over to where the ball had landed and picked it up. There was no point dwelling on the past. Besides, volleyball had always been a fantastic stress reliever.
"Why don't we play a little scrimmage." He announced to the few players on the benches. "Bokuto and Kuroo can be on the other team."
Iwaizumi had finally gotten out of bed around noon, grateful that he had the day off from work considering he really needed to finish a lab report he had pushed off until the weekend. He was usually surprisingly good about finishing homework early but in the past week Misaki had dragged him to bed every chance he had gotten and the raven didn't have it in him to refuse.
"Hmm, you heading to campus today?" The shorter man asked, walking out of his room wearing nothing but one of Hajime's old shirts. The shirt easily fell to the brunette's thighs, barely covering his ass and Iwaizumi couldn't help but slightly blush at the sight. It wasn't the first time Misaki had sported one of his shirts as clothing, but it never ceased to turn the raven on.
"Yeah, I'll probably be late coming home." He said as he finished off his coffee and grabbed his backpack.
"Have fun." Misaki said as he wrapped his arms around Iwaizumi's neck, pulling him down into a kiss. When they pulled apart he heard a faint, "I love you" whispered in his ear and he pulled his boyfriend into another quick kiss.
"Bye." He eventually said when he pulled away for the last time. "I'll text you when I'm done."
He exited his apartment a few seconds later and immediately headed to elevators at the end of the hall. Iwaizumi had just moved into his apartment less than a month ago when he decided it was best to get a place of his own this year. He was graduating soon and it would be better to live alone. Plus, it made him feel independent, like he didn't have to rely on anyone, like he had control over his life which was something he hadn't felt in a long time.
For the latter part of the previous year he had been able to split the rent with Hanamaki and Matsukawa in their apartment. Since the two of them had started dating after they had leased a two-bedroom apartment they had been forced to pay for it. Luckily for Iwaizumi he had convinced his friends to let him borrow the room they were no longer using.
"Wait." He called as the door to the elevator begun to close and Iwaizumi just barely made it in time to stop it from shutting. The door reopened as his hand blocked it from closing and he stepped inside once he was able to. As he entered the cramped space he finally caught sight of a familiar face he would have been happy if he had never seen again.
"Iwaizumi-san." The deep monotone voice said. "What a coincidence, it had been a long time."
"Likewise, Ushijima." The raven managed as he sized up the stoic man. Nothing had really changed from the last time they had seen each other, which was probably about a year ago. He was still as expressionless and emotionless as ever.
The door closed a few seconds later, leaving the pair to awkwardly wait as they descended to the main floor.
"You live here?" Iwaizumi asked finally, wondering why the man would be here in the first place. He had his theories, one would be he was visiting someone and the other was that he lived there. He hoped it was the former.
"Yes, I recently moved in." He nodded. "I'm assuming you do as well?"
"Yeah." He answered.
They stayed silent for the rest of the ride down, which was relatively short, but nonetheless Iwaizumi would've preferred to take the stairs. Despite himself, he exited the elevator when it opened and politely followed alongside Ushijima until they were in front of the apartment complex. The place was close enough to the university that Iwaizumi was able to walk, which was good considering he didn't own a car.
"Are you planning on heading to school?" Ushijima's deep voice asked from beside him, and Iwaizumi wondered why the other hadn't left already. Turning his head slightly, the raven nodded as he pulled out his phone to check his messages. He frowned as he noticed the date on the lock screen, but pushed the thoughts out of his head and unlocked the phone.
He had received a few texts, one from his lab partner that had suggested doing the lab report together later in the afternoon. He quickly replied to her as he responded to the man beside him. "Yeah, I have a lab due soon. You?"
"I'm visiting the team."
Short and to the point as always.
Iwaizumi sighed, nodding slightly as he turned his body in the direction of campus.
"If you are interested you should come visit." The ace of the national team offered and Iwaizumi wondered if the man was doing it out of kindness or if he was just that oblivious. Nonetheless he waved off the offer, adding "I'm a little busy today."
"See you around." He said a few seconds later and immediately turned to walk towards the large campus.
Life was good. Or at least that's what Iwaizumi liked to tell himself anyway.