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At the end of the day (I love you)

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Prompt 1: Asahi PoV: Asahi and Noya have been dating for a while and Moya randomly starts giving Asahi fancy hair clips and hair ties, Asahi feels flustered and confused every time, when they eventually talk about it Noya confesses he thinks Asahi looks cute in them and Asahi thinks it’s the sweetest thing

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YAYAY i really loved writing this!! thank you for the amazing prompt hope you enjoy it!!!

and thank you to hihopelessromantics on tumblr for the title ily so much

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The sun set as Asahi left the Karasuno gym and headed towards the club room to change. It had been a difficult practice and he was tired . He couldn’t wait to go home and take a very long nap, he worked so hard he could almost fall asleep right there. Behind him he heard footsteps. 

 

Noya ran up beside him, somehow still energetic after the ruthless practice. They chattered about nothing till they reached the club room, Asahi happy to listen to Noya ramble about something and Noya more than happy to oblige. His voice always carried a sense of enthusiasm and passion Asahi loved. 

 

Asahi caught himself staring at Noya a few times in the very short walk, the way the setting sun reflected in his eyes and highlighted the slope of his nose, and the residual sweat still lingering on his skin. Noya always looked stunning in the sunset. 

 

He forced himself to look away, staring for that long is weird for anyone and Asahi refuses to be weird like that. Maybe later he’ll get to, but he doesn’t want to make him uncomfortable before they even reach 3 months. It’s way too soon for them to break up. He can be normal, he's conversational and he totally isn’t thinking about kissing Nishinoya. Which is something he’s always thinking about, a practice that’s doubled since they started dating. This is the new internal normalcy he’s settled into since Nishinoya asked him out with the same enthusiasm he uses to receive a ball. Somehow, through all the feelings inside him, he’s able to act as he always has. It’s really a miracle he isn’t a ball of mush on the ground. 

 

As they climbed the steps towards the room, Noya stopped rambling and turned his head ever slightly towards him and grinned like he knew something Asahi didn’t.

 

“Asahi, I have something for you in the club room!” 

 

Asahi stopped breathing for a second, before blubbering in a flustered mess. “Something? For me? Noya…” The blush reached down to his chest. “You don’t have to do something like that…” He mumbled, flattered and embarrassed. 

 

Noya popped his lip out in a slight pout, Asahi’s eyes locked in on it fast, and lightly punched his arm. “I wanted to,” He insisted. 

 

Noya really was too kind to him sometimes. The energetic libro bounced up the last two steps and waited for him to reach the top. They walked step in step to the club door. Suga and Daichi opened the door to leave as the pair went to enter. Asahi didn’t like the half-smirk half-grin Suga sent him, but frankly, he didn’t think about it too much at the moment. He was excited to get out of his sweat soaked practice clothes and way too curious about Nishinoya’s gift. 

 

As soon as he was through the doorway, Noya beelined for his bag before rummaging around for something, and Asahi followed closely. With a small ‘ah-ha’ he whipped around and held out his hand. 

 

 Sitting soundly in the palm of his hand is what looked to be a hair clip. It was gorgeous, with a pink flower with a thin gold stem making up the bulk of the clip. It was stunning. Asahi felt his heart stutter. Noya bought a hair accessory for him. He flushed redder than before. 

 

“Thank you Noya. I love it.” Asahi ducked his head down and smiled. He ran his thumb over the top of the flower and the urge to kiss, hug, and never let him go came back ten-fold. 

 

“You should let me do your hair sometime!” Noya excitedly grabbed his regular uniform pants to change. He paused to think and hummed. “Not today of course but sometime soon.” 

 

Asahi blinked. “Yeah sure.” His reply did not convey his inner excitement. He held the accessory tighter, he would love nothing more than to have Nishinoya do his hair, and Noya made it clear he would love to, “Is that why you bought this?” 

 

Noya turned away slightly, the tips of his ears red. “Well, yeah actually” He paused for a moment before starting again, “I saw it and I uh… Well, I thought it’d look pretty in your hair…” He trailed off, his ears reddening and Asahi smiled. 

 

It was strange to hear Noya so quiet and embarrassed. He put the clip in his bag and turned to change his clothes. Asahi is sure that if he died right then and there, he’d die with a big goofy smile on his face. 

 

~~

 

A week later Asahi sat bored in his classes, with the gift Noya gave him on his mind. He later learned after some searching that it’s called a claw clip, along with some tutorials on Youtube. He’d been tempted to watch them but didn’t want to spoil the task for Noya on a later date. 

 

The bell clanged, signalling the beginning of lunch. Asahi awoke from his math-induced slumber and nearly knocked his desk over in his haste to escape. Math was not his strong suit and it never really has been. He retrieved his lunch from his bag and headed towards his usual spot, a nice grassy area behind the gym. 

 

Soon after Suga came and sat beside him, the two of them were silent except for a ‘hey how are you’. After about ten minutes of silence he broached the topic. 

 

“You know yesterday, when we were in the club room?” He started, unsure of how to continue. 

 

Suga paused his eating, “Last night? Yeah, I remember that. You were as redder than a tomato.” He laughed at Asahi’s expense, “Why?” 

 

“Well. Uh. Noya…” He paused, and prepared himself, “Noya gave me a hair clip.” 

 

”Okay, that’s cute… but what’s this about?” He questioned before his eyes blew wide in some sort of understanding, “Did you guys finally kiss?” He sat up excitedly. 

 

“No… I couldn’t do it.” 

 

“What? Boring and so typical. Noya is so patient with you” Suga huffed and went back to eating. Asahi followed suit. “Why’d you chicken out?” He asked in between bites. 

 

Asahi sighed and rubbed at his forehead. “I just… I don’t know Suga. I know we’re… dating… would it be too soon?” 

 

Suga let out an even bigger sigh than Asahi did, and turned to his friend with a fire in his eyes. “Are you insane? It’s been nearly two months since you two started dating! How the hell is kissing too soon?” Asahi shifted in his seat.

 

“Well I don’t know…but you never know? I don’t want to push it and make him uncomfortable.” Asahi tried to reason with his friend. Suga’s eye metaphorically twitched. ”How did it turn to this topic anyway?” He whined slightly, the flower clip held lightly in his hand. 

 

“Whatever Asahi, but seriously. Talk to him, it would do you some good.” With that, Suga got up, “Well, I’m heading back to my classroom, see you at practice.” He waved goodbye and walked towards the main building.

 

“See you at practice.” Asahi mumbled as Suga walked away, mulling over what he said in his mind as he packed up his lunch. Maybe he should talk to Noya. Suga was right, it’s been two months. He resolved to walk Noya home that night and approach the topic and to not back out of it this time. Like he has for the other fifteen times he’s tried.

 

~~

 

Asahi thunked his head on his desk as the morning bell rang. He didn’t talk to Noya at all on the walk the night before. He was so worried about saying the wrong thing that he just went mute and Noya talked about one thing or another.

 

Sure, they held hands but it wasn’t ground breaking or anything. And yeah, Asahi bid him goodnight in a way that made it very clear that he enjoyed the walk before he turned to make his trek back to his house for a night of beating himself up for being so awkward.

 

  And Noya texted him goodnight later with a little heart, so what? It’s not like he’s been staring at that and the corresponding good morning message all morning long. And the little emoticon hearts did nothing to his real heart at all. 

 

Lying to himself seemed to be the only way he could actually function today. His face was so red it was hot and definitely steaming the more he thought about it. 

 

Today was going to be hell

 

Just then his phone lit up with another message from Noya. It said to meet him behind the gym they use before practice (with a little emoticon heart). He replied with an ‘ok!’, also with a heart to match the question before fiddling with the edge of his phone. 

 

He wondered what Noya had to say, worst case scenario he was breaking up with him, but… No, Noya was not breaking up with him. If he was, he wouldn’t send a little heart. He mulled it over a bit more. The situation was the perfect opportunity to talk about kissing and maybe even kiss. He'll do it after 

 

He straightened his back and sat up. He pumped himself up. Today was going to be the day! 

~~

 

They stood behind the gym, the sunset painting pretty colours on Noya’s face once again. His boyfriend (a small thrill still came with calling Noya that) held a small bag close to his chest, and wasn’t quite meeting his eyes. Which is strange for Noya, his eye contact is always so… There

 

Almost like prepping himself for a big game, Noya took in a few big breaths before extending his hand holding the bag and loudly saying, “This is for you!”

 

Huh. So that’s what that was. Noya… got him another gift. Asahi thinks he’s blushed more in the last two months than he ever has in his entire life. 

 

“You…you got me another gift?” Noya was causing his heart rate to spike in ways even a good volleyball game can’t. He nodded. 

 

“Just open it…” Noya’s face was red, like his probably was too, while he dangled the gift bag in front of him. His fierce eye contact was back and he seemed to get less nervous as the seconds passed. 

 

Going through the motions to save his heart and sanity, Asahi grabbed the gift bag and opened it. He pushed aside the crinkly paper that sat on top and peered inside. 

 

Nestled in the paper was yet another hair accessory. This time it was a pair of pins with what looked like birds. Lifting them out of the bag that Noya hastily snatched to throw away, Asahi inspected them. Close up they looked like…

 

”Crows?” He lifted his head to look at his boyfriend (!!) for an explanation.

 

“Yeah! Like our team name!” Noya excitedly explained, “Do you like them? I have a matching pair. We could match!” His rapid fire sentences registered in his brain as much. 

 

Noya got them matching hair pins? Like the couples thing? 

 

Asahi supposes that would make sense, considering they are a couple that should do more couple things. 

 

“Thank you, Noya. I love it.” Asahi smiled at him, blushing like a flame. 

 

Noya beamed, excited that his gift was well received as Asahi cupped the hair pains in his hands. He fiddled with the little crows glued to the metal as he thought of something else to say.

 

Noya excitedly grabbed Asahi’s arm, dragging him to the club room. “Let me do your hair before practice, ‘kay?”

 

Stumbling after him, Asahi’s subtle blush turned into a full-force forest fire on his face. “Do my hair!? Noya, we’ll be late for practice, Daichi will kill us!” Asahi’s voice raised an octave, the fantasy of Noya doing his hair so close yet so far. 

 

“You worry too much! Besides, we’ll be quick, I promise.” He flew up the stairs, still with an iron-clad grip on Asahi’s arm. 

 

“Can’t we do it after practice? After I shower?” Asahi was stumbling after him, “So my hair is clean?” 

 

“But we’ll match during practice!” 

 

“But we’ll be late!” 

 

Noya pouted back at him and Asahi's resolve finally stuck. He stopped walking, but not pulling his arm away, forcing Noya to stop too. 

 

“Noya can I…” His boyfriend stared at him confused but Asahi powered on, “Can I kiss you?” 

 

The sun was setting lower now, the oranges were strong in his eyes when Noya nodded. 

 

When their lips collided and Noya’s hands tangled themselves in his hair, Asahi knew that this was something he could get used to. 

 

And a minute later when they pulled apart before pulling each other in for another, Asahi decided to skip practice completely that day. Noya seemed to agree. 

 

~~~

 

Asahi kept those hair pins and clips and all the other one’s his now husband has gotten him over the years. They now sit on his nightstand beside the bed they share. 

 

They’ve gotten a little worn over the years of wearing them but Asahi loves them the same, if not more. The same goes for his husband, his Yu. He really couldn’t ask for a better partner. 

 

Asahi still liked to kiss him in the sunset too, when the oranges reflected in the brown of his eyes. He wears his pins and clips then too, just to make a moment with his most special person a tad more special.