otp

festival ; haikyuu

fireworks exploded in the sky, sending colours of red and gold flashing across the night sky.

"it's a festival!" hinata exclaimed, "awesome!"

"just leave your bags in my store for now," ukai said.

everyone grinned (all except for tsukishima and van, of course) and gave a ninety degrees bow before saying, "arigatou gonzaimashita!"

x

the group wandered around the fairgrounds as they glanced around. the sound of taiko drums reverberated throughout the festival grounds, along with the smell of soy sauce wafting around.

"there are a lot of pretty girls in yukatas!" tanaka said, eyeing every girl dressed in the traditional costume.

(ew wtf tanaka you perv)  

"matte, ryuu!" nishinoya said, grabbing on his friend's shoulder, "tell me, what are we wearing right now?"

"er, shirts and pants?" tanaka answered, confused.

"exactly!" nishinoya said, "although they look sugoi, in order to attain victory, we should change our battle gear!"

"yukatas!" the boisterous second-year duo said.

"uwoah!" hinata said, jumping up and down excitedly, "i want to wear one too!"

"you too, asahi-san!" nishinoya said, grabbing asahi's sleeve as he dragged him into the shop.

"e-eehhh?!" asahi sputtered, "me too?!"

x

a moment not too soon, tanaka, nishinoya and asahi emerged, dressed in men's yukatas.

"asahi, it suits you very well!" daichi said with a grin.

"eeehhh?!" asahi said, "what do you mean by that?"

"oooh!" sugawara said, "not bad!"

zan scanned the crowd for a while before asking, "eh? where's shoyo?"

at that precise moment, hinata emerged wearing a yukata. however, he wasn't dressed in a man's yukata. it was a woman's yukata. to complete the feminine ensemble, there was a fake tuft of orange lock pinned on his head.

tsukishima and yamaguchi were trying to hold in their laughs along with van, sarah and qq, but it obviously wasn't working.

"it looks really lovely on you," daichi said, trying to make his kouhai feel better about the entire situation.

"g-gomen, all the men's yukatas were rented out already," hinata said, giving a slight bow in embarrassment.

qq walked over to shanz and said, "hey, lend me your hair tie for a moment."

shanz just gave her a questioning look before handing her her spare pink hair tie around her wrist.

"arigatou," qq said before sauntering off to hinata, then saying, "hey, shoyo, bend down for a moment."

"w-why?" the orange head asked.

"just squat down for a moment. i'm not doing anything bad to you."

hinata reluctantly squatted down so that qq could reach his head. she took his "ponytail" and started braiding it, much to tsukishima's and yamaguchi's amusement.

"all done!" she said, letting go of the braid and ruffling hinata's hair a little, "and you look even more kawaii now!"

"eeehhh?!" hinata squealed as he stood back up.

that was the last straw for tsukishima, yamaguchi and van. they burst out laughing and sarah was snickering.

"nice, qq!" sugawara said, "hinata, you look cuter now!"

and that sent hinata blushing fifty shades of red.

word count: 492
date originally published: 170117
date republished: 100317