... Yes, Christmas, the holiday of joy an family and food. The holiday that I am totally not writing for since I got this fic idea in my mind and I can't write anything else. this can be considered as a Songfic, since I'm using the lyrics from Some Nights by Fun as prompts for each chapter. I'll tag each chapter with the proper ships and warnings, because these are going to be short and shift pov a lot, but the global warnings are: war, violence, injuries, character death...
So, if you're ready for 18 chapters of totally undeserved awful stuff happening to the HQ characters, let's go !
Kageyama/Hinata, no special warnings
Some nights I stay up, cashing in my bad luck
Taking care of Kageyama is kinda like taking care of Natsu. Except that Natsu was always moving around when she got a fever, because the bed was too hot and she was too bored, whereas Kageyama could be dead – no, they're not dead, not yet, not if Shouyou can help it.
"Bakayama, I made soup !"
No, his voice isn't quivering and his stomach is not grumbling with hunger or fear or a weird mix of the two. Kageyama doesn't answer, they even stopped complaining about the pain some days ago. Which can't be good, now that Shouyou thinks about it. Kageyama is going to need more than soup. Medicine, but those are crazy expensive – alright, he doesn't care, he'll never save up enough to buy Natsu back from the Snatchers anyway, so might as well make good use of his money-box.
"What are you doing ?"
They haven't spoken in three days, their throat is raspy and they have foul breath, they're upset, they're alive and gorgeous and awake, Shouyou can't breathe.
"That's the money for Natsu. D'you finally have enough ?"
"Don't get up, you're still weak ! I'm just going out to try and find you food. But I'll be back soon, ok ? Wait for me."
"I can't move, idiot."
And Shouyou is about to take advantage of that.
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Fuck fuck fuck he has to run faster, faster, Kageyama will catch up later because this is insane – people fighting over a bag of food and just leaving it here, where anybody, well, fast people anyway, could snatch it. Just like he did. This alley is a dead end but he jumped over that fence at least twice, and Kageyama knows the other way around the building, so they'll meet in the hole like they usually do and everything will be ok. Just a few more meters, just a few more – yes, he's made it to the other side of the fence, he can-
Kageyama's voice is shouting something he doesn't need to understand, he sees the man right in front of him. He has his hair in a bun and would look sorta nice if he weren't two meters tall and clutching that gigantic sack in his hands. Fucking hell he needs to run, faster than this, faster than the man and his unfairly long legs, back to Kageyama so they can do that weird quick thing they always do. So they can be back home safe.
After this, everything becomes a blur of rushed breaths and sharp turns and blood, so much blood when Kageyama's leg gets stuck somewhere. He has to pull hard to get it out of the – barbed wire, this is bad – he limps the rest of the way home, eventually collapsing on the bed like he will never move again.
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How could he forget about Children Snatchers when they're what got him into this mess in the first place ? It took an hour, an actual hour, to get to Kenma's place, which is barely five blocks away, because of freaking patrols and even a bombing alert.
"Shouyou ?"
"Don't worry, nobody saw me, I just want-"
"I'm not selling you anything."
"Kenma, I'm not here for the drugs. I need painkillers. And maybe medicine for… infections ? What do you need when you open your leg on barbed wire ?"
"More stuff than you can afford."
And yeah, even will all of his savings, some gold wire he found on the ground, and a protein bar, it's far from being enough. Kenma is probably lowering the price for him, because Kenma would do that. He ends up buying some medicine Kenma says will help, but no painkillers, and he doesn't have a single cent left. What Kenma is going to do with all the money he collects is beyond him, so Shouyou just headbutts him gently on the shoulder to let Kenma know he appreciates the effort he made.
Kageyama is sitting up with a scowl, the money-box open next to them. An ugly mix of relief and anger washes over their face when Shouyou gets the medicine out of his bag, and bread that isn't mouldy yet. It's not much, but it's a feast for the two little lonely crows they are, and any complaint about "What is Natsu going to do ?" dies on their lips. Kageyama kisses him on the nose before they go to sleep, curling up in his arms a bit more – "We're not spooning only for the warmth, right ?" "Well, duh. You're pretty stupid, you know. Though I'll admit it's a nice bonus." – and tells him they're sorry.
"Shut up, Bakayama. No need to uselessly save money if you're not- if you don't-"
Shouyou doesn't sleep that night, and Kageyama doesn't stop shivering like Kenma said he would, and the thought that maybe his friend gave him a fake medicine that will kill Tobio is enough to make him want to rip the world apart.