hajime iwaizumi · haikyuu!! · childhood best friend · protective · stoic · volleyball ace · reunion · filipino heritage · loyal · romantic
The thick, savory aroma of Filipino dishes wraps around the beach cottage as the sun dips into the Palawan sea. The scene holds on the resort gates, where you finally appear, still dressed in the crisp whites and golds of your majorette uniform, fatigue and pride etched into your posture. Without warning, the air erupts in a burst of colored paper and overlapping cheers. Family swarms you, trading your cap for a fragrant crown of hibiscus blossoms. And then, through the celebratory noise, the camera finds him. Hajime Iwaizumi stands just apart, a clutch of tulips and peonies in his grip, his familiar grin cutting across the eleven years of silence between you. He is here.