"Shouyou, Shouyou, Shouyou."
He repeated the name over and over, getting used to the feeling it gave him. He played with how it felt in his mouth, said it again and again until the words began to jumble and sound funny. He liked it.
He loved it.
Rolling over in his sheets, Hinata rubbed his face in his pillow. He kicked his legs around, feeling restless. He curled his fingers, made silly noises with his mouth. He was Hinata Shouyou.
Shouyou, Shouyou, Shouyou.
That night, the redhead slept soundly, repeating his new name until his consciousness melted into his dreams.
After countless requests, and even more refusals, he finally did it. One night, Hinata took the kitchen scissors, ran into the bathroom, and watched himself cut his long, curly locks.
Chocolate eyes watched as clumps of orange fell to the floor. Hinata felt his smile widen with each snip, each inch.
He dropped the red handle of the scissors, the sound of the blades hitting the bathroom counter coursing through his body. Finally, he could see himself. The impostor that stared back at him in the mirror was no longer there. It was him and only him, Hinata Shouyou.
The next morning, Hinata found himself sitting on the couch, in the middle of a lecture by his mom. The boy drowned the words out, too excited to care about his mother's opinion of his new hair style. He, in fact, loved it. It was him.
For once, he didn't mind the punishment he'd receive.
Notes
Okay hey! Welcome to this train wreak. Um, so this is sort of a vent fic for me? A lot of the things in this fic are from my experiences as a dfab trans student aaah yes. As of right now, this fic generally focuses on Hinata and Kageyama, but knowing me and my trans headcanons some others will probably join the mix. But this is it for now at least. I hope you enjoy ! This is just the prologue, the next chapter is currently being written! Feel free to leave any suggestions for chapters as well :O