AN: This is my first time writing a Haikyu! fic. So I got my fingers crossed that I don't end up butchering the characters too much. This is result from accidentally stumbling upon the Oikayachi ship and wanting to write a Soulmates AU.

"Soul-mates aren't the ones who make you happiest, no. They're the ones who make you feel you the most. Burning edges and scars and stars. Old pains and pangs, captivation and beauty. Strain and shadows and worry and yearning. Sweetness and madness and dreamlike surrender. They hurl you into the abyss. They taste like hope."

- Victoria Erickson

"Nice to meet you, where you been?"

Soulmates…

Oikawa hated the thought of it.

One had to only meet his parents to understand why he did. Shouting matches that would shake the foundation of his home and silences that stretched for hours. It led to him wanting to find an escape.

He despised the name branded across his wrist.

He refused to be in a stuck in a relationship like the one his parents had.

Growing up he tried scrubbing the name off and at one point attempted to cut it off but was stopped by Iwaizumi, who knocked some sense into him.

Although there were times when the thought of soulmates became bearable. When he sees his older sister with her husband and Takeru, it curves his hatred for having a soulmate.

It makes him doubt…

His left thumb lightly brushed over the characters on the inside of his right wrist.

Hikota Yachi.

Soulmates…

Hikota was frightened by the thought of it.

It was a scary concept for her no matter how much her mother told her that it could be a wonderful thing. Her earliest memories were of hearing her mother crying late at night for a man that had died before she was born, a man she'll never meet.

A bond that could shatter her strong mother behind closed doors.

It was not something she wanted and so she tried her best not to look at the name on her wrist and hid it under wristbands and makeup.

Although there were times when the thought of soulmates wasn't frightening. When she sees Hinata and Kageyama and the way they complement each other. How they bring out the best and worst in one another. How they are able to keep going forward when the odds are stacked against them. A bond that strengthened them instead of shattering them.

It makes her doubt…

Her right thumb brushed over the characters on the inside of her left wrist.

Tooru Oikawa.

"I could show you incredible things"

-Blank Space (Tyler Ward)

AN: I'm hoping that it wasn't too bad and it was at least likeable. This fic will be centered on Oikawa and Hikota but other characters will be making cameos *cough* a certain owl and cat *cough*. Please don't forget to review telling me what you think. I would love to hear from you guys and if you got any question please don't hesitate to ask. =D