Pairing: Iwaizumi x Oikawa
Lenght: Super short, like omg so short
Triggers: none
Inspiration: my toothache which is ruining my life, please help me
Requests: open
Hotel: Trivago

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there is something to be said about those who choose not to speak. not those who cannot speak and have a disability, but those who keep their mouths shut no matter what happens for seemingly no reason at all. those are an enigma - they hold secrets you never wished you needed to know, they know what lurks in the shadows and the bottom of the ocean, they know the secret passages and pages of books containing spells. behind their shut lips lies a world like no other...

so now, looking at oikawa's face, iwaizumi felt quite different. at first he was annoyed, then concerned and now eventually he has accepted the fact that oikawa is just...not speaking. not even opening his mouth when he smiles - nothing about him changed, he did not live through a life-changing event, he just stopped talking one day. like lightning from a clear sky - his lips glued together.

iwaizumi tried countless times to make him talk, make him smile, make him open and move his jaw at least a bit, but nothing worked. he could not bring himself to say it outright, what if something did happen and oikawa just couldn't tell anyone. that could be the case, but at the end of the day his lips remain sealed, like a treasure box hidden in the rocks under a waterfall.

how many months passed since the last time he said 'iwa-chan!' in that cheerful voice of his, a voice that iwaizumi missed more than anything in the world? he had oikawa in his grip, yet he longed to hear his voice, to hear anything! he prayed and prayed, hoping that oikawa is okay, hoping that even after months of silence their feelings for each other had not changed.

"be mine, oikawa. i don't think i could live without you by my side..." iwaizumi said quietly as he extended his hand towards oikawa, hoping the other would agree and express it vocally.

oikawa smiled and nodded, a tear formed in his eye as he pulled iwaizumi into a hug. even if he was silent, he was still oikawa, he was still a dork iwaizumi loved, he did not change.

"ah... that makes me so happy" iwaizumi spoke, his arms wrapped around oikawa's strong body. "i just wish i knew.... why you can't talk anymore"

"i can?" a voice that iwaizumi had not heard for many moons suddenly echoed through the hallway. he pushed oikawa away, his hands gripping his shoulders as he stared at oikawa in confusion.

"what?" iwaizumi's voice cracked as he watched oikawa open his mouth.

"i got braces and i don't think they look good on me so i just kept quiet"

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"are you kidding me?"