Best TsukkiYama Pining Fanfics
The best pining TsukkiYama (Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. The exquisite torture of loving someone from afar, especially when it's mutual but unspoken.
Top TsukkiYama Pining Fic Recs
3 pining TsukkiYama fics matched, followed by other top-rated TsukkiYama stories.
campfire in your chest
Piningby deanpendragon
Kei realizes in their second year of high school that he's probably been in love with Yamaguchi since they were ten. However hopeless he might be in handling that situation, Kei prays he's at least not as hopeless as Hinata and Kageyama. But he just might be.
fools of us all
Piningby MemeKonHQ (MemeKonYA)
“I...” Yamaguchi broke the silence again, his voice tight, shaky.This was bound to be a big one, then.“I’m in love.”Kei almost stumbled over his own feet then, almost choked on his own spit. What. (Or: Yamaguchi has taken to telling Kei things about his day while Kei has headphones on. This makes
Goodnight, Tadashi
Piningby Magefeathers
Tsukishima buys a body pillow, and calls it Tadashi. Kuroo has an absolute field day with this information.
Thaw
by peppermint_wind
Kageyama Tobio just wants to get through the day. He hates winter, he hates most people, and he really hates getting up for an 8:00AM class. That's when Hinata Shouyou, bright and obnoxious, literally comes running into his life at full-throttle and changes everything Kageyama thought he knew.---B
The Great Yamaguchi-Tsukishima Split (Capitalization Necessary)
by WyYeuw
"But no, the current situation isn’t normal. This situation requires the full attention of the team.No, what’s really concerning this time around, is that Yamaguchi is the one ignoring Tsukishima.”Yamaguchi confesses. Tsukishima fucks up—like, really fucks up. The volleyball club notices and loses a
butterfly in the subway
by bigspoonnoya
Sugawara Koushi has no idea he's already in love with the man he's supposed to hate.
Tales from the Omegaverse
by Happily_Beta
Following the lives of our favourite volleyball dorks as they live their day to day lives. Some highs and lows, drops, pups, heats, ruts, fluff, angst and family time. You name it, we got it in this story!
don't talk to me or any of my fourteen children ever again
by meregalaxiesandgods
Ukai Keishin was not—and had no interest in becoming—a father. He’d somehow become responsible for fourteen children regardless.
We're Overdosing
by scribespirare
It takes a lot to anger the cool, aloof Tsukishima. Unless, of course, you start talking shit about his boyfriend.
Don't Say
by 光咲 (Lucaria)
In which Tsukki talks about a girl, and Yamaguchi has trouble coping.
HAIKYUU PROMPTS (REUPLOADED/CLOSED)
by Virus138
YAAAAAAA 100 CHAPTERS DONE WHOOP WHOOP!!!! Keep a look out for Haikyuu Prompt part 2 my loves ;)And check out my original work!! <3
stay, stay, stay
by deanpendragon
Every story is actually two stories, and now Hinata and Kageyama get to tell theirs.a campfire in your chest companion piece.
Baby, this is how it all goes down
by psych0tastic
In the midst of revising for a class test over at Yamaguchi’s place one night, Tsukki suddenly spoke up and said, “I'd like to bottom the next time we have sex."
but for me, there is a storm
by Authoress
Sometimes you have to make choices you don’t like, or will regret into countless sleepless nights, and sometimes you’re just following orders. But if the other option is certain death for your entire species, you will make those decisions. That’s what it means to be a pilot.…Or so Daichi and Sugawar
The Mystery of Professor Yamaguchi's Husband
by spadebrigade
Oversharing astronomy professor Yamaguchi loves going on about his beloved husband Kei...And students of paleontology professor Tsukishima wonder who would put up with being married to such a tight-lipped man. But a small group of unfortunate students in both classes learn the truth: their two profe
blue summer sky
by deanpendragon
In which Tadashi manages his grandfather's pet store and Tsukishima works at the music shop next door. Lots of exclamation points, dialogue, obvious crushes, internal (and overexcited) monologuing, animal trivia and terrible puns ensue.
Bad Days
by scribespirare
Sometimes the world is too much for Tsukishima to handle. But with Yamaguchi around things are never as bad.
Gutterflower
by sordidsunset
"Their teammates have commented that Tsukishima is the moon, and Hinata is the sun, but he thinks they’re missing something -- that Yamaguchi is a star, lighting the way, glowing faint but steady and keeping the moon company, no matter what." Yamaguchi is stronger and more brilliant than anyone real
Sleeping Habits
by BlueColoredDreams
They have their habits that make their relationship the way it is, and how they sleep just happens to be one of them.
fake it, make it
by zadderlee
"Because Kageyama is already dating someone!""Really? Who?"“Me!” Hinata shouts suddenly, grabbing Kageyama’s hand as an afterthought and grinning triumphantly, like he’s somehow missed the implications of what he’s just done.Kageyama is going to kill him.
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Why Pining TsukkiYama Fanfiction Works So Well
Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi — Childhood best friends who joined Karasuno together, with Yamaguchi the only person allowed to call the standoffish middle blocker 'Tsukki.' Their defining canon moment — Yamaguchi grabbing Tsukishima's shirt and demanding to know what more he needs than pride — gave the ship its emotional spine.
Pining — Unrequited or unspoken longing for someone, often with lots of internal anguish.
It's the comfort of a love that grew up alongside you, where the timid one turns out to be the braver of the two. The exquisite torture of loving someone from afar, especially when it's mutual but unspoken. That's why pining TsukkiYama fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.
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