Convenience Stores & Milk Chocolates

**"Convience Stores and Milk Chocolates"** (Japanese: コンビニエンスストアとミルクチョコレート, *Konbiniensusutoa to Mirukuchokorēto*) is a one-shot posted on Archive Of Our Own, written by lloydxxlol. It marks the debut of Tomoe Oikawa, and is the first written media in the Haikyuu!! Off-Court!! series. It can be read *here.*

## Overview

In the early morning of November, Iwaizumi Hajime thinks it's time to finally, finally, give Tooru Oikawa a present for his third year. After three goddamn years of pining and Iwaizumi finally gathers his courage to buy him a box of chocolates.

What he isn't expecting is to meet his younger sister, Tomoe Oikawa, walking to the same convenience store as him.

- *Taken from the one-shot summary.*

## Plot

The one-shot starts with with Iwaizumi Hajime walking down a street to a convenience store at 2AM in the morning, thinking about his crush on Tooru Oikawa, his childhood friend and long-time best friend. He calls himself an idiot for being in love with Tooru, expressing distaste in the fact that he himself liked Tooru, calling him "Lazykawa". It was revealed that Iwaizumi had also chickened out multiple times when he wanted to confess to Tooru, but today he was going to finally give him a present.

However, he met Tomoe Oikawa, Tooru's younger sister, walking to the same convenience store as him. The two briefly talked and Tomoe offered to accompany Tomoe to the convenience store as they were walking the same way, but Iwaizumi had taken a wrong turn due to his thoughts being distracted by Tooru. He asks why Tomoe was out so late, and she replied that she had a test to study for. Iwaizumi attempts to lie his way out of confrontation, but Tomoe quickly catches this and tries to get the truth out of him. He actually wants to go to the convenience store to buy chocolates, to Tomoe's surprise.

Tomoe then gives iwaizumi a tip that Tooru loves milk chocolates (or anything with milk) as they entered the convenience store. Tomoe leaves to the cashier first. As Tomoe walks over to the register and puts the coins on the counter. The cashier grabs her hand and says how she usually comes to the convenience store during his shift and confesses his feelings for her. He talks about how cute she is and that he’s been interested in her for some time, while Tomoe stands there horrified, unable to move. iwaizumi interrupts the affair with a menacing look and asks if he can check out. They manage to get out and Iwaizumi asks if Tomoe hates these kind of confessions. Looking down, Tomoe says she hates it. iwaizumi claims she owes him one, and then asks Tomoe to give Tooru the box of milk chocolates he had bought earlier. Amused, Tomoe starts laughing much to iwaizumi's irritation, but she gladly accepts and brings the box of chocolates home for her brother.

The point of view switches to Tooru Oikawa as he wakes up, realizing that his parents already went out for work while Tomoe was still sleeping. He finds the box of milk chocolates sitting on the kitchen table and a note that reads: *"Dear Tooru, somebody wanted to give something to you! He hopes you'll like it! Hint: It's someone you are close to!"* written by Tomoe herself. Tooru then eats one of the chocolates, noting it was sweet, and decided to find out who gave it to him later.

## Characters In Order of Appearance

### Major Characters

* Iwaizumi Hajime
* Tomoe Oikawa (debut, first appearance)
* Tooru Oikawa

## Chapter Notes

### Character Relevations

* Iwaizumi has had a crush on Tooru for most of the time he spent with Tooru. It took him three years to give him a present.
* Tooru likes anything that is milk-based (e.g milk, milk yogurt, milk chocolates)
* Tomoe tends to stay up very late studying for exams.
* The convenience store near the Oikawa Residence sells good chocolate products.
* Tomoe hates confessions from strangers.
* Tomoe frequents the convenience store near her house often.
* Iwaizumi had never eaten milk chocolates before.

### Trivia

* The chapter title was inspired by the one-shot contents itself.
* The oneshot marks the debut and first appearance of Tomoe Oikawa.
* It is also the first media in the series Haikyuu!! Off-Court!! and takes place before it.
* The popular ship Iwaizumi/Tooru (or IwaOi) is canon in this universe.