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  1. Public Bookmark 48

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    Iwaizumi lived in a world of silence.

    Or rather, due to his profound hearing loss, the world was much quieter for him than it was for most other people. That may have seemed sad to some people, but Iwaizumi, at the ripe old age of seven, thought those people were stupid. Hearing was terrible. The moulds of his hearing aids always hurt his ears when he kept them in for too long, and when he did wear them, everything was so loud, from the clicking of keyboards on the computers at school, to the jumble of voices when everyone in a room seemed to be talking all at the same time.

    Most days, Iwaizumi chose to forget his hearing aids, lose them at home, or simply refuse to wear them. At home, there was no need for them; his parents also had hearing loss, so they tended to communicate through sign language, though they did speak aloud and encouraged him to do the same to practice lip reading. Neither of them wore hearing aids. His parents got by just fine, and so would he.

    He only wished the rest of the world could understand that.

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    10 Jul 2026

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    Hinata's love language is touch, and Kageyama receives the brunt of this.

    (Alternatively titled: Hinata is affectionate and clingy, and this doesn't help Kageyama, who is trying desperately hard not to fall any further for him as the years wear on, from high school to his professional career. Nothing works. He is suffering, and deeply in love.)

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    09 Jul 2026

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    “What?” Bokuto asks. “Haven’t you ever kissed anyone?”

    “No,” Kuroo mumbles, shrugging. He can’t help but feel a twinge of embarrassment, like he’s being judged, which is stupid because Bokuto couldn’t judge a goddamn fly, but. Still. It’s the principle of the thing, and the fact is, Kuroo’s never kissed anyone and Bokuto has, which makes Kuroo feel just a little lame.

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    or, in which kuroo is bitter about not having his first kiss yet, so bokuto helps him out

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    07 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 6

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    Kuroo shoots Bokuto a lopsided grin and opens his arms for a hug. “Bring it in, Bo. C’mon man, give your best bud a smooch.”

    Bokuto takes a breath. This is fine. Just a regular day, smooching the homies in the makeshift foley studio. Nothing gay about that.

    Except that’s exactly the problem, isn’t it?

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    07 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 80

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    Iwaizumi and Oikawa getting stuck in the rain. That's it.

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    28 Jun 2026