Thread by @rayneclouds_ao3

#sakuatsu #iwaoi | merch buying chaos

Sakusa watched the time on his phone without blinking. A minute had never felt longer. He peeked over to the bed where his boyfriend, Atsumu, was sound asleep.

Just one minute left to midnight and the drop of the limited edition national

volleyball players merchandise. Sakusa turned back to stare at his phone and suddenly it showed 00:00.

Everything was ready, all Sakusa had to do was add every ‘Miya Atsumu’ item to the cart and checkout.

“What the-“ the first two items posed no problems, but then it seemed

the third item - a full body acrylic stand - wasn’t added to the cart.

When he tried going back to the page, he was met with a ‘something went wrong’ message instead.

Panic spread through his body. Not thinking clearly he picked up the phone and called Oikawa.

“This is all

your fault,” he yelled in a whisper.

“Shut up, you and your abundance of merch to choose from,” Oikawa shouted back. “I only have the /one/ stand, it’s not fair.”

“That stand is why nothing is working,” Saksua shot back through gritted teeth.

“If you and the rest of the world

would just stop lusting after my Iwa-chan-“

“I do no such thing!” Athletic trainer Iwaizumi was no doubt attractive, and many wanted him for themselves, but Saksua only wanted his Atsumu.

“Then why is the website crashing every time I try to buy?!” Oikawa fired back.

“Don’t

you dare insinuate- what just happened?!”

“I almost had it!” Oikawa slammed his fist on the desk so fiercely, even Sakusa could hear it.

“My cart is empty again, the page is taking forever to load and then all I get is a stupid drawing telling me to try again later.” By the end

of the sentence, the volume of Sakusa’s voice would wake up any normal person.

But Atsumu was still asleep and showing no signs of waking up.

Frustrated he might lose out on the merchandise, Sakusa vented on Oikawa. “I hope your stand sells out before you can get it.”

“I hope

Atsu switches one of the Miya stands with a Sakusa stand.”

“What, WHAT did you just call him?!”

“Atsu-MU,” Oikawa repeated sarcastically. “You possessive psycho.”

“Hajime,” Sakusa said and leaned back in his chair for the storm about to hit him.

“WHERE DO YOU FIND THE NERVE

TO CA-“ The storm ended a lot sooner than Sakusa had expected. After a moment he heard a soft ‘Hajime’ followed by a ‘I told you not to worry about it’ on the other end.

The sound of Oikawa’s voice changed from pure rage to pure happiness. “Guess what I’m looking at, Sakusa.”

There was no time for Sakusa to respond as Oikawa immediately added, “athletic trainer Iwaizumi Hajime limited edition full body acrylic stand, that’s what.”

“Why is the page working for you?!”

“Not on the website, in front of my eyes. The actual stand. My sweet, caring,

loving, bestest boyfriend arranged to get one for me,” Oikawa mocked Sakusa. “I’m off to bed now.” And with that, Oikawa hung up and left Saksua alone.

An hour after the release and Sakusa still hadn’t been able to buy anything.

“Babe,” a half-asleep Atsumu calls from the bed.

“What are ya doin’?”

Sakusa cannot admit he failed getting the items, so he began coming up with some other excuse, but when he turned to face his boyfriend, he was once again asleep.

Then, an email ticked in and Sakusa shouted a resounding ‘YESSS’ which jolted Atsumu awake and

sitting up in bed.

“i’m up, where am I, what happened, I’m here,” Atsumu rambled in confusion.

/Shit./

“Shhh…sorry baby, I was just excited to go to bed and sleep next to you,” Sakusa explained as he closed his laptop and got into bed. He gently patted his head and laid him

down again, wrapping his arms around him and pulling the covers over them.

Sakusa squeezed Atsumu tightly from the joy he felt at securing the coveted limited edition items. As he closed his eyes, smile still beaming, he heard Atsumu mumble something.

“What was that, baby?”

“Call Tooru in the morning and apologize.”

“First thing,” Sakusa sighed and fell asleep next to Atsumu.

/end