After My Confession to Oikawa Failed

After falling for the school heartthrob I'd known for three years, I decided to pursue him.

But I never expected the road to be so full of obstacles.

I confessed outright.

He gave me a bright smile and an apologetic look, then rejected me just as directly.

Me: "I like you, Oikawa!"

Oikawa, the kitty: "Gomen nasai. I really like you too, Rimiko-chan."

The gift strategy.

He promptly passed my present on to a guy friend walking by.

Oikawa, the kitty: "Iwa-chan, weren't you hungry?"

Iwaizumi, the kitty: "..."

Me: "..."

After yet another failed confession, I crouched in a corner and burst into tears.

Through my blurry vision, I looked up and saw a familiar figure standing beside me.

He'd always been the third person in my pursuit of Oikawa, but as my classmate, he was also the one who encouraged me. Now he crouched down to meet my eyes, looking at me helplessly.

"I gave that jerk a piece of my mind for you."

He handed me a sheet of paper, with a familiar, awkward dinosaur drawn on it. The wobbly drawing showed it giving someone a hug.

"Stop crying," he said seriously, looking at my tear-streaked cheeks.

# The pairing is Iwaizumi-senpai, the one Oikawa kept blocking from the camera.

# A cute idea that came to me. No match scenes, just ordinary high school life, starting before the volleyball main storyline.

# Out-of-character warning!!! Also, it's written like a diary.

# Writing this for myself. It's a rare pairing, so I'm feeding myself.

# I really like making Oikawa suffer, too. Oikawa deserves it. But I just wanted to write a story where Iwaizumi gets the girl (you).

# Content warnings:

First person/

The heroine used to like Oikawa/

Love at first sight/

Possibly melodramatic (?)/

---Coming soon: "Dating Kageyama-kun"

Here's a little preview~

1

I have a boyfriend. He's an idiot.

From the day I met him until now, his head has never held anything but volleyball. He's got a blank look in his eyes and he's a complete dummy.

Being with him is super boring.

Still, both of us are very happy with our relationship.

For example---

My idiot boyfriend and I both have trouble choosing milk.

After we started dating, we decided to take turns buying two bottles of milk every day.

Then we'd stand by the vending machine and play rock-paper-scissors.

Kageyama: "You lost."

Me: "..."

"It's your turn to pick today." Holding a bottle of milk in each hand, he said without a hint of courtesy, "Hurry up, class is about to start."

I slapped him without a hint of courtesy, either. "Don't rush me. I'll take both."

2

And then there's this---

Me: How did we even get together?

Idiot boyfriend: ...I forgot.

I thought about it and realized I'd more or less forgotten, too. I shook my head and silently accepted the truth.

So I'm an idiot, too.

I turned away and got to my feet, pretending nothing had happened and trying to accept reality.

Kageyama reached out and grabbed my wrist. He stood up, lowered his eyes to me, and spoke seriously.

"But I still remember what you looked like the first time you kissed me."

Me: ...

Don't look so proud. I'm not going to praise you.

Because---

"You were the one who kissed me, you jerk!!"

# Sweet

# Everyday slice of life, with little volleyball plot

# Out-of-character warning. In short, out of character.

# A story about two dense idiots with no idea how romance works, falling in love.

# The heroine is the younger sister of Hayate Ichikura, the male lead of "Cool Doji Danshi." She's a sweet, spacey girl with a very unusual thought process.

◆ Completed work: "Childhood Friends with Kei Tsukishima"

An everyday childhood-friends story

Core theme: True feelings can overcome anything