Falling Head Over Heels

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*image credit to Viria, I love her work

Summary: AU Kageyama never thought he'd run into a celebrity on the street. Sugawara never considered that a police officer in the line of duty could be such a turn on. Tanaka knew he'd never seen a more beautiful University professor. Nishinoya was absolutely certain he was completely in love with his car mechanic. Kuroo is in love with his neighborhood florist. Ennoshita is hooked on a designer that gets a latte every day at 7:30AM. Yamaguchi doesn't need this many groceries. Iwaizumi wishes Oikawa wasn't so annoying.

Cameos from KnB

Couples: Kageyama x Hinata, Daichi x Sugawara, Tanaka x Kiyoko, Nishinoya x Asahi, Ennoshita x Yachi, Tsukishima x Kuroo, Yamaguchi x Shimada, Oikawa x Iwaizumi

Chapter 1

I'm Your Biggest Fan, I'll Follow You Until You Love Me… Paparazzi

Kageyama Tobio buried his face into his dark blue scarf as he walked down Mosaic street in Tokyo. When the seasons changed into late fall and early winter, the night settled quicker and colder. The string lights on the street glowed softly in the sunset and Kageyama was determined to not get caught in the wonder. Women stopped to point up at them. He figured they weren't from Tokyo. He shoved his hands further into the pockets of his black, wool jacket to keep them warm.

As he neared the end of the street, a window display from one of the shops caught his attention. His mother's birthday was coming up, but he hadn't seen her in three years. When he'd decided to move away from Sendai and make a living as a baker in Tokyo, she'd disowned him. Their family was meant for CEOs and people willing to run a well-established company. His parents wanted him to take over from them, but Tobio wanted his own dream.

His current occupation was as a baker on Takeshita Street. His day was filled with eager teenage girls entering the bakery and ordering the decorative sweets. Kageyama wasn't fond of eating sugar himself, but he liked seeing people's happy expressions when they stared at his creations. Kageyama's eyes glazed over as he thought what might happen if he bought his mother a birthday present.

The gold, intricate necklace glittered at him under the early season Christmas lights. Mosaic street always had a head start on the season. They decorated the lane with gorgeous Christmas Trees in October. Christmas would be a busy day at the bakery, all the long time lovers and new couples would pour in and create a line out the door. Kageyama sighed and let his eyes drift down the fine gold chain to the red teardrop pendant.

If I sent her a gift, she'd probably throw it away, he thought bitterly. He let his eyes glaze over so that he focused on his reflection in the glass. He was illuminated by the white lights hanging from street lamps and his face was set into a permanent scowl. He had black hair that pasted itself over his forehead and deep blue eyes that matched the color of his scarf.

Kageyama turned away from the window and made to take a step further down the street, toward his apartment, when a small body crashed into his and sent them both tumbling to the concrete.

"Ouch," he groaned.

"I'm so sorry!" The smaller person wailed. It took Kageyama several seconds before he realized that the person was a man. His head popped up with a wide smile and their eyes met. Kageyama stared into his large, brown eyes. "Are you hurt?"

"Ah, no, are you okay?" He turned the question back on the mess of orange hair still in his lap.

"I'm totally fine, thanks to you."

"You're-" he drifted off in shock.

"Ah, yes, Hinata Shōyō." The man jumped to his feet and put out a hand to help the baker up. Kageyama took it and quickly stood.

"Kageyama Tobio." He introduced and pulled his hand away.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am sorry about knocking you over."

"You're one of the singers in KYUU. The good dancer."

"Yeah," he rubbed the back of his neck. "I was in a hurry to get away from my manager and Oikawa-san, they wanted to keep practicing without everyone else."

"I- uh, hope you can find some free time."

"Thanks, Kageyama." His smile blinded Tobio in the dimming light.

"Sure." He swallowed, unsure of why they were still talking. "I'll, maybe see you around."

Hinata opened his mouth to reply, but a shout interrupted him.

"Shōyō-chan!" The pair looked down the street to see Oikawa Tōru waving at them. "I found you."

"Shit," the singer swore. "Bye Kageyama!"

He ran down the street and the baker watched the beautiful singer from KYUU race after the shorty with an unfamiliar dark haired man. He assumed it was the manager Hinata had mentioned. Kageyama blinked several times before he turned and continued his way home.

The small apartment complex was hidden by the taller buildings surrounding it as it was only two floors. He mounted the large staircase and climbed to the second floor where his apartment was at the end of the long walkway. His cold fingers fumbled the keys when he tried to put the house key in the lock and he shook his head out of frustration. The door swung open and he slammed it shut behind him. Kageyama kicked off his shoes by the door and slipped into the waiting slippers. He didn't bother to place them neatly by the door as he never had guests.

In the small kitchen to his right, he opened the freezer door and dug for a decent frozen dinner he could eat. Kageyama violently poked holes in the plastic top with a knife and threw it in the cheap microwave that didn't work seventy-five percent of the time. The appliance decided it was in a good mood today and worked on the first try. He turned to turn on the small TV in the corner of the room when his cellphone rang.

"Hello?" He answered without looking at the caller ID.

"Hey Kageyama, I'm glad you answered." Sugawara Kōshi said on the other side of the line. "Our high school group is thinking about going out for drinks tonight. Join us on Mosaic street?"

"Which bar?"

"Kirin City." Suga told him. It wasn't too far from his apartment.

"What time are we meeting up? I was just heating up my dinner." Kageyama asked. It wasn't a bad idea to meet up with his high school friends again.

"Eight,"

"I'll see you there."

"Great! Try not to get into a fight with Tsukishima, yeah?"

"If he'd stop calling me 'king'-"

Suga cut him off. "I've already talked to him, he said he'd lay off tonight since we haven't seen each other in so long. Please try to act like an adult."

"Fine," he grumbled.

"See you later, Kageyama." His friend hung up and left the dark haired adult with a beeping microwave.

"What happened to your elbow?" Tanaka Ryūnosuke shouted when he joined Suga and Kageyama at the large table in the bar. Tanaka was a fairly tall man with a lean frame. Most of the time he looked menacing, contributed to by his shaved head, but he was a secret teddy bear on the inside. He'd sacrifice anything for his friends.

"I got knocked over on Mosaic street." The black haired man shrugged it off. "It'll heal."

"What were you doing to get knocked over?" Nishinoya Yū popped up from behind his best friend. Nishinoya was the shortest of their friend group and his hair added ten centimeters. The man put enough gel in it to make the brunet locks stick straight up. The front section he bleached blond and it curled onto his forehead. Despite his short stature, he was a giant ball of energy that often caused issues for them in public spaces.

"I was looking at a window display," he paused. "I thought I might buy my mom a birthday gift."

"Woah." The other three said together.

"You can't be serious?" Suga leaned across the table. Sugawara was the same age as everyone else, twenty-four, but he already had natural silvery, grey hair. Most of the time he had a kind disposition and a warm smile for those around him, but he was terrifying if someone managed to make him angry. He was a fairly average height.

"What's going on?" Ennoshita Chikara asked as he, Tsukishima Kei, and Yamaguchi Tadashi slid into the remaining chairs.

Ennoshita was a little taller than Sugawara with dark black hair. Like Suga, it took a lot to make him mad and he spent most of his time looking after his friends. Ennoshita could be shaky at times since he didn't like confrontation. He was more willing to admit instances that he'd messed up in than situations where it was his friends.

Tsukishima on the other hand, was the tallest and had blond hair. He looked down on those around him with a smirk and was known for making sarcastic jokes about his close friends. He didn't shy away from confrontation and sought situations that put him in power over others. When it came to his friends, he was surprisingly loyal, especially to his childhood friend Yamaguchi.

Tadashi was shorter than his friend and had dark brown hair that was almost black. A chunk of it stuck up consistently, no matter how much all of their group had tried to fight the strands to stay down. His face stayed childish looking, due to the smattering of freckles splayed across his nose and cheeks.

"Kageyama was thinking of buying his mom a birthday gift." Tanaka revealed.

"That's one of the worst ideas you've had." Tsukishima scoffed.

"I know that. I didn't buy the gift because I know she'll throw it away." He reached for his drink. "I'm not that stupid."

"A change from high school." Yamaguchi said without thinking. "I am so sorry!"

His head hit the table as he bowed to his friend. Tsukishima didn't try to hide his laughter at the snide comment. Kageyama didn't have the best grades during high school.

"It's fine." The baker waved it off with a laugh. "How is your work going, Yamaguchi?"

"I just got a job to do some writing for a company's computer manual, so I should be able to make rent this month."

"If you ever need work to fill your downtime, my shop is there." Tsukishima offered. He adjusted his glasses so they wouldn't slip down his nose.

"I'm fine for right now Tsukki." Yamaguchi sighed.

"What about groceries?" He asked as the waitress set a large mug of beer in front of him. She dropped off similar drinks to the others around the table. Suga thanked her and she winked at Ennoshita. The man turned red and hid his pleased smile behind his drink.

"I," Yamaguchi paused. "I can starve."

"Four o'clock tomorrow afternoon. You'll work till eight." Tsukishima told his friend. "I'll order a pizza."

"Thank you, Tsukki." The freckled man laughed and took a sip of his drink.

"How is school going, Tanaka?" Suga turned to the last member of their group still in school. He'd gone on to complete a Master program while the others had stopped at Bachelor, or in other cases, Trade school.

"It's going fairly well I think." He shrugged. "They're bringing in a student teacher on Monday because the regular teacher has to have surgery."

"What class is that for?" Ennoshita turned and threw his arm around the back of Yamaguchi's chair so he could face the group better.

"Mall design." Tanaka explained. "It's part of the public design sphere for the architecture minor I'm doing."

"You don't sound thrilled to be taking that class." Kageyama commented.

"It's an okay course, but I'm only doing architecture as the minor and it sucks that I have to take so many classes to complete it. I really want to be a video game designer."

"It'll help you with designing buildings in games though, right?" Suga asked. He set his nearly empty glass on the table.

"For a lightweight you've already drank a lot Suga." Tanaka avoided the question.

"Ryū doesn't want to admit you're right." Nishinoya laughed.

"At least I'm trying in school."

"Hey, I got the proper training with good grades to be a volleyball coach." Noya glared at his best friend.

"Sorry, I've been on edge since we have a design project coming up. I'm not as good on paper with these architecture classes as I've been in the game design courses." He lifted the beer to his lips and took a long drink from the glass.

"I miss playing volleyball with you guys." Ennoshita reminisced.

Their group had played on their high school team together, but they hadn't made it far enough in Nationals to make a name for themselves.

"We could join a neighborhood team and play every once in a while." Suga offered.

"Hard to make the time." Kageyama inserted. "The teams we've looked at have never lined up with all of our schedules."

"Maybe we'll do better once Tanaka graduates." Yamaguchi supplied.

"Just one more year guys." Tanaka agreed.

"If we've held out this long, we'll survive." Tsukishima drank from his glass to keep himself from sharing a friendly laugh.

"How is your flower shop going, Tsukki?" Suga turned to the ex-middle blocker.

"I've got some arrangements to do for a couple upcoming weddings and that's it. Business was slow this last week, but I'm hoping to make connections with the wedding planner that opened a few doors away."

"If I get hammered tonight, will anyone drag me back to my dorm?" Tanaka asked eying a vodka whiskey combination on the menu.

"No." The group replied together.

"You guys are no fun."

"Who was the handsome one with dark hair you were talking to?" Oikawa Tōru prod the orange haired singer once they'd dragged him back to the studio. Oikawa's hair was a pretty shade of medium brunet that swooped to stick out on the edges. He had pretty brown eyes that often appeared amber. Height was on his side and his skinny frame helped to accentuate his good genetics.

"Said his name was Kageyama." Hinata shrugged. Like Oikawa he had brown eyes, but his were a darker shade that accented his bright red hair. He was the shortest person in their group, but he had a high jump and his personality made up for his lack of height.

"You don't know him?" Iwaizumi Hajime's eyes narrowed at his charge. The manager for KYUU was different from the singers. His form was bulkier from his time as a wing spiker in high school. His dark brown hair spiked up in little points and matched the color of his eyes.

"No, I crashed into him while I was running away from you two and had to apologize." He admitted. "Seemed like a nice guy."

"Next time don't run from us." Iwa chided.

"I'm tired of extra practice, especially since we're the only two that continue to stay." Hinata complained.

"You used to have tons of energy in high school when we played volleyball." Oikawa pointed out. "To think your youth would be so fleeting and we're only twenty-four."

"Shittykawa." Iwaizumi muttered under his breath.

"You're mean Iwa-chan, I was just pointing out a fact."

"I'm not mean, you have a generally shit personality that makes all your comments sound rude."

"Tell that to the girls waiting outside the studio right now."

"I've tried, they find it attractive." He mumbled. Hinata stood and tried to inch his way to the door. "Stop right there."

"Damn." The red head threw himself back into the office chair. "What do you want me here for anyway? We're just sitting around."

"Tomorrow the two of you will be doing a radio interview and I need to brief you on what is happening." Iwa reached into his brief case and pulled out a couple of manila folders. "I'll be there too, of course, I have to make sure the two of you behave."

"You don't have to babysit us, Iwa-chan." Oikawa tried to wave off his childhood friend.

"I get paid extra to babysit the both of you." His voice darkened.

"Sorry Iwaizumi," Hinata opened the folder Iwaizumi gave him.

"I wouldn't have gone into this career if I wasn't prepared for this. None of our high school friends wanted the responsibility."

"Iwa-chan is brutally honest today." Oikawa threw his feet onto the conference table and pressed into his chair with the file in his hands.

"Review the questions they might ask you tomorrow and then go home."

"Okay!" The duo from KYUU agreed.

Kageyama woke in the morning to his phone vibrating off the nightstand and hitting the floor. He groaned and reached for the singing object. It was eight AM. Kageyama wanted to roll over and go to sleep, but he had three missed calls from Tanaka, Nishinoya, and Ennoshita, and seven from Sugawara. He had unlocked his phone to call the most frantic man back when his phone rang again.

"What?" He growled into the receiver.

"Have you seen the pictures?" Suga's breathless voice asked.

"What pictures?" His eyebrows furrowed. "Did Tsukishima post drunk revenge photos on Instagram again?"

Kageyama tried to stretch his memory to remember the bar scene the night before. None of them had sloshed themselves since Tanaka's hopeful remark about it. It would've been a pain in the ass to drag any of their friends home from Kirin City.

"It wasn't Tsukishima, some paparazzi posted a picture of a singer from KYUU last night in somebody's lap and it's you." Sugawara hissed.

"Huh?" Kageyama pulled the phone from his ear to put it on speaker. He closed the phone app to look at the internet, his call still intact.

"You didn't tell us you were friends with Hinata Shōyō." Suga commented.

"I'm not. I was looking at that gift for my mom and he crashed into me."

"That's how your elbow got scraped up." The older setter had a sudden epiphany. "Why didn't you tell us that a member of KYUU had knocked you over?"

"It didn't seem important. Plus Tanaka and Noya-san would've said I was bullshitting you." Kageyama mumbled.

"You have a point." Suga agreed.

"Found the picture." Kageyama went quiet to study one of the articles with the photo of Hinata sprawled across him on the ground.

KYUU'S NEWEST ROMANCE?

Last night KYUU member, Hinata Shōyō was spotted with a mysterious and unknown person on Mosaic Street in Tokyo. Reports state that the singer exuberantly launched himself into the man so that both of them fell to the ground. They engaged in conversation until KYUU member, Oikawa Tōru and their talent manager Iwaizumi Hajime showed up on the scene.

Rumors have cropped up about whether or not the man in the photo is Hinata's newest snag. The singer came out a few months ago, revealing that he and several other KYUU members are gay. Reporters have reached out to KYUU for comment on the blossoming romance, but are awaiting response.

"Like hell!" Kageyama shouted.

"Ouch," Suga flinched. "Bakageyama, you're still on the phone."

"Sorry Suga." He quickly apologized. "I am definitely not in a romantic relationship with that shrimp. I didn't know him until last night. We didn't even exchange numbers."

"The media is going to be after you all day. The mysterious new romance for KYUU." The older man laughed and Kageyama glared at his phone. "They're a pretty popular group to get caught up with."

"It wasn't even my fault." The baker mumbled.

"You have today off today, right?"

Kageyama thought about his schedule. "Yeah I'm free."

"It's Sunday, so come over and we'll hang out. Without mention of KYUU."

"Okay." He agreed.

Hopefully you all enjoy this new Haikyuu! story. I'm really putting my all into this story to make sure that it's my best work. Due to that, I will only be updating it on a monthly basis. This will allow me time to build the story the way that I want with the details and care that I need to take to make this the best. Thank you for reading and supporting this story.