ao3 text screenshot from the fic: A few weeks ago, Nishi had announced that he was not going to celebrate his birthday until after they had beaten Ushijima. He said everyone should start saving because after the match they would want to give him much bigger presents. To anyone who asked what he would do if they did not win, he said, “Nice try, start saving instead!” A couple of times Asahi caught Tsukishima trading smiles with Narita at that, Tsukishima, who should have been the leader of teasing Nishinoya for his naive optimism. A few of them had chipped in for a birthday cake on the 10th, and Asahi had managed to convince Nishi that it was not a celebration. They were simply having the birthday cake in advance to be reminded of the sweetness of victory and birthday party that would follow. With Tanaka already having put the knife in Nishi's hand to cut the cake in 16 pieces, he had not argued any more.
Haikyuu manga panel of Nishinoya giving a silent thumbs-up with an intense expressiong and Hoshuimi and Hirugami from across the nett thinking, "What the heck? How is Karasuno's libero that dang cool?"
Haikyuu manga extra chapter art of a Kamomedai player asking Hoshiumi, “Oh! Korai-kun, could you grab the tape for me?” and Hoshi imitating Noya's expression from the previous image. Textbox reads: “THE SILENT THUMBS-UP QUICKLY BECAME A FAD.”
White Trail's chapters of #Nishinoya's birthday (celebration)
Week 1: (Ch 55) archiveofourown.org/works/592092...
Week 2: (Ch 57) archiveofourown.org/works/592092...
(plus that time #Kamomedai became instant Noya fanboys)
