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“okay guys today we’re going to do a challenge called without a recipe! there are some american youtubers named the try guys and they have a whole series on their channel but today we’re going to just do one thing and it’ll be pretty simple” the social media manager of their team flashed them a smile and a reassuring thumbs up from behind the camera.
hinata nodded eagerly, atsumu smirked, bokuto bounced in his seat and sakusa looked bored.
“we’re going to be making… drumroll please … ONIGIRI!”
“oh HELL yes! i’m gonna be great at this guys, i mean my brother is onigiri miya and we’re basically the same person”
bokuto smiled energetically “i love making onigiri! my boyfriend akaashi loves it so i learned how to make it!”
“that’s so cool bokuto-san !” hinata looked up at the taller man, stars practically shining in his eyes “i have no idea what i’m doing! i always just used to buy it at the conbini!”
“what about ya omi omi? ya ever make onigiri?”
sakusa stared at atsumu before replying
“yes, osamu taught me after i asked him”
“he did WHAT? how come every single time i ask that doofus he ghosts me” atsumu rolled his eyes “he just wants my patronage because it does wonders for his popularity”
“keep telling yourself that miya and maybe one day it’ll be true”
“EXCUSE ME?!”
“okay well, let’s get started guys! we’ve prepped some rice for you in the large bowls and we got the ingredients you requested! you have an hour”
*camera cuts to hinata talking about what he wants to make*
“okay so i had an idea guys right” hinata is bouncing up and down in his seat
“like onigiri is kinda like meat buns right? but like with rice you know? so like, what if i cook some yakiniku and then like cut it and then stuff it in the rice right?”
“i’m gonna call it taste of childhood because me and bakageyama used to get meat buns after practice!” hinata beamed, looking pleased with his idea
*camera cuts to bokuto talking about what he’s going to make*
“hey hey hey!! today i’m going to make tuna mayo onigiri! my boyfriend akaashi loves it and so i learned how to make it from him! honestly it was really hard today and the rice kept sticking to my fingers and it wouldn’t be a triangle but akaashi helped me and he said he liked it so i did my best to get better and tadah! i’m an onigiri master! not like atsumu’s brother osamu but i think i make a mean tuna mayo onigiri! it’s gonna be called akaashi's favourite! cause it is!”
bokuto puffed out his chest at the end of his long ramble and made a triangle with his fingers.
“like onigiri get it?”
*camera cuts to atsumu talking about what he wants to make*
“i’m not really sure to be honest? i mean i’ve seen samu make it before so how hard can it be really? if that idiot made a business out of it i’m pretty sure i can win this”
“i’ll just throw some furikake and like i dunno what do people put in onigiri, vinegar? i just eat it ugh, maybe some tuna? it can’t be BAD right?”
“what am i gonna call it? ummm onigiri miya? wait no that’s not creative ummmmm what’s omi kun naming his?”
*camera cuts to sakusa talking about what he’s going to make*
“i’m going to make umeboshi onigiri. it’s my favourite type of onigiri and i asked osamu to teach me how because sometimes i don’t want to go out. i’m going to call it umeboshi onigiri because honestly i can’t really think of another title for it”
*cut to all four of them in the kitchen at separate tables with ingredients laid out in front of them*
“ready, GO!”
“okay well i guess my first step is to grill some meat!”
“wow hinata what’re you making?”
“yakiniku onigiri”
“wow! that’s a great idea! no wonder you’re my disciple” bokuto boasts
“thanks bokuto san! what are you making?”
“akaashi’s favourite! tuna mayo”
“oooo i love tuna mayo! can i have some after?”
“sure!”
“me too bokkun!”
“sure tsum tsum!”
“do you want some omi? i’m using gloves and everything!”
*the camera pans to show that all four of them are wearing food prep masks and gloves*
“if you don’t mind”
“sure thing!” bokuto beams
as the four focus on their own onigiri, the camera pans to atsumu mindlessly adding far too much sushi vinegar into his rice .
sakusa is meticulously shaping his first onigiri and adding an umeboshi inside the centre. he adds some black sesame seeds on his first one and looks satisfied with the result.
bokuto is mixing together his tuna and mayo, occasionally adding more mayo and humming a happy tune.
hinata is grilling meat and sneaking a piece into his mouth, unaware that close by a cloth has accidentally made its way onto the stove.
no one notices as the cloth slowly catches on fire until there is a shout of alarm from the social media manager and all four rush to look at hinata's station.
hinata and bokuto start screaming meanwhile atsumu grabs the cloth with some spare tongs and runs with it still on fire to the sink and douses it in cold water.
sakusa stands at his own station, furthest from hinata, looking around in slight bewilderedness at what just happened.
“sho kun are ya okay? that was scary”
“i’m okay atsumu thanks for saving me!”
“no worries sho kun it’s all in a days work” he winked at hinata and both of them laughed
“seriously though tsum tsum how did you know what to do?”
“well ya see i’m not the greatest chef in the world and this is the reason i’m banned from the onigiri miya kitchen”
everyone chuckled and went back to their own stations after the excitement died down.
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“okay everybody ONE MINUTE LEFT”
as everyone rushed to put the finishing touches on their onigiri the camera turned to show all the onigiri
hinata’s onigiri were strangely misshapen and looked more like balls than onigiri. there was still some meat that was visible through the rice but the man making them looked perfectly happy with his creation.
the camera then followed a stressed atsumu sprinkling furikake on his surprisingly good looking onigiri
next were bokuto’s beautiful tuna mayo onigiri, which weren’t perfect but anyone could tell they were made with a lot of love, and there were so many on his plate it looked like it could feed an army, or a volleyball team one would guess.
finally were sakusa's pristine umeboshi onigiri, looking like they came directly from a store or conbini and arranged on the plate attractively.
*camera cuts to the judging*
“hey samu ya knew about this?” atsumu pointed a finger at his brother accusingly and narrowed his eyes
“of course i knew ya dimwit who else would judge an ONIGIRI contest”
“hmmph”
“first up we have… childhood memories”
hinata’s oddly shaped onigiri were presented and osamu’s brow crinkled in confusion
“it’s… interesting looking”
he took a bite
“it’s pretty good though besides the shape. i don’t think i’ve ever thought of yakiniku in onigiri but it’s pretty delicious. if you just cut the meat into smaller pieces next time, it would probably make stuffing the onigiri a bit easier which would make it easier to shape it”
“thanks osamu!”
*camera cuts to atsumu’s tasting*
“surprisingly these look pretty decent”
“hey samu you slug!”
osamu took a bite
and promptly spat it out
“what IS this tsumu? it’s DISGUSTING and inedible . did ya put like 6 cups of vinegar in this? why does it taste like that? i can’t even taste the filling over the rice? did ya even taste this tsumu?”
“oh shut up samu it can’t be that bad!” atsumu took a bite of his onigiri
and gagged loudly
“goddamit i thought they were good! doesn't furikake fix everything?”
"no ya idiot even furikake can't save this sad mess"
"HEY!"
*camera cuts to bokuto’s judging as atsumu glowers in the background*
“hey bokkun these are delicious!”
“tsumu if ya keep eating them i can’t judge them”
“maybe that’s my plan”
osamu took a bite of bokuto’s onigiri
“this is pretty good. it’s a little messy around the edges but generally they taste pretty good and have the made with love vibe to them. i think if ya wanted to elevate this a bit you could add some sesame on top or some furikake into the rice. overall i like it”
*camera cuts to sakusa’s judging, atsumu still pouting in the back*
“hey these look great sakusa. you’ve improved”
“thank you”
osamu took a bite
“yeah these are delicious i would even consider serving this in an onigiri miya”
sakusa smiles slightly, proud of himself
*the camera zooms in on atsumu staring at sakusa with a smile of his own*
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“the final results are in! osamu? would you do the honours?”
“sure. in last, to the shock of absolutely no one, tsumu’s yours were disgusting man i can’t believe ya wanted to serve me that”
atsumu inhaled sharply “hoW DARE YA?! YOU’RE MY BROTHER YA DIDN’T EVEN TRY TA RIG IT FER ME”
“tsumu yours were literally inedible”
“FINE! FINE. FINE. BE LIKE THAT” atsumu sunk back into his seat with a look of distaste on his face.
“in third, hinata’s”
“i cannot BELIEVE HIS LITERAL BALLS OF RICE AND MEAT BEAT MY ONIGIRI I AM LITERALLY AN ONIGRI MIYA BY ASSOCIATION”
bokuto and hinata burst into laughter and sakusa watched with a mildly amused look on his face.
“shut UP tsumu or i’ll feed ya the onigiri ya made”
“eXCUSE ME” atsumu sputtered “that was LOW osamu miya”
he glared at his brother, arms crossed around his chest.
“anyways now for first… drumroll please… sakusa”
“the umeboshi onigiri was really well executed. ya did great too bokuto, i think akaashi will love the onigiri ya made”
“thanks osamu! i hope so i’m going to surprise him with it at work” bokuto smiled brightly, uncaring of the fact that he lost if it meant that akaashi was happy
“thank you osamu, i’ve been practicing this is truly because of you”
“nah ya put in the work and ya got results”
sakusa smiled again and the video zoomed in on atsumu’s pouting face.
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“you tried i guess”
*the camera cuts to atsumu with his head on sakusa’s shoulder and sakusa’s arm wrapped around his waist*
“how am i supposed to be able to make onigiri when i already have osamu?”
atsumu took a bite of one of sakusa’s umeboshi onigiri and made a face.
“ugh omi how do ya manage to be so perfect? this is delicious”
sakusa chuckled and pulled atsumu closer as the video cut off.
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bonus:
“rin i brought the most disgusting thing in the world for ya to try”
“what is it?”
“tsumu’s onigiri. it’s like the devil’s creation”
suna took a bite and made a face.
“how could you feed me this osamu miya this is gross. i need to brush my teeth or something. what is this taste?”
suna tried to figure out what the hell was happening and slightly gagged
“i know right? how are we even related?”