Disclaimer: I don't own Haikyuu nor any of its characters.
Pairings: Miya Atsumu x Kageyama Tobio, past Oikawa x Kageyama
A.N: I adore this pairing and saw that there isn't many fanfictions about them. I have stopped writing for a while as I have lost interest in all the pairings I used to care about, but now I feel invigorated to write another fic.
Summary: When Kageyama's parents forced him to go to mental hospital for his homosexuality, little did they know that Kageyama would end up being sicker than he previously was. Miya Atsumu, a diagnosed psychopath finds Kageyama absolute enthralling and is determined to make the boy his. Kageyama Tobio x Miya Atsumu
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Kageyama's dad is a somber old business man who values above all tradition and normality. When he was young, his dad has insisted that Kageyama should do sports and he is very happy when Kageyama took a liking for volleyball. Sports was a man thing, and he always had an inner paranoia that Kageyama seemed a little too fond of playing dolls, and he always told Kageyama to shut off his emotions when he cried because that's what a man should do.
Kageyama's mom is a normal housewife who is frail and thin, with a somewhat meek personality that tends to be ingratiating. She always made sure to hide her emotions from Kageyama as her husband told her not to spoil the boy, that he had to grow strong and hard, like boys are expected to be. She was warned not to show much emotions to the boy, as he would grow dependent on her affection.
Kageyama's parents had married through an arranged marriage.
It is no wonder that Kageyama had always found solace in volleyball, where he could aim precisely and apply all his thoughts without any disheartening emotions. He finds volleyball to be a place where he could escape, and because it was simple, put the ball for someone to toss and they would deliver it across the net and score.
In short, it was simple and clean.
His teammates hated him, told him he always so self-centered, and that he is always so awkward outside matches that they simply cannot sync with him. It was almost as if he was in a different world, seeing things that are different from they are. Kageyama did not care about what they said, he has learned to numb his emotions all after the years, his father has told him to.
His life was something that he has settled with, until Oikawa Tooru entered his life.
Oikawa Tooru was someone that he knew was different- almost like himself, but unlike him Oikawa Tooru fits well with the world, he is like a social chameleon, always knowing what to say and know how to make his teammates happy. Oikawa Tooru is able to give tosses as precise without needing to alienate everyone around him, without needing to numb his feelings beforehand. Instead of feeling envious, all Kageyama Tobio felt was admiration, and a feeling akin to adulation. Something that was foreign to him before.
What he did not know was that Oikawa Tooru hated him, he envied the fact that Kageyama Tobio is so talented, and that Oikawa Tooru was a man of hard work and perseverance and Kageyama Tobio was so arrogant and so stand-offish and exist because of God's benign gift of genius in sports.
Little did he knew that Tobio numbed his emotions and that he was failing in all other facets in life.
With those conflicting emotions, the two came into contact and their life became intertwined. Oikawa had not meant anything special when he kissed Kageyama Tobio after a match, for him a kiss was something that would fuel uncertainty in the younger kid, and for once he liked to see the kid vulnerable and not arrogant like some untouchable genius. For Kageyama Tobio, it was his first sexual touch and he was surprised by how much he liked being kissed by Oikawa.
But, by an unfortunate turn of fate, Kageyama's dad was having a meeting stationed near the arena and decided to see his son's progress in sports, which he was proud of because of the manly connotations it had. So when he see his kid making out with another man on the stadium after he asked the rest of teammates where his son probably was, his first reaction was not to burst in anger or raise a fit. After all, he had valued calmness and rationality above anything else, so he brought Kageyama home without even talking to him by taxi.
The next day, Kageyama was officially transferred to a school in Hyogo.
Or at least, that's what the public think. In reality, they were transferring him to a mental hospital.
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Kageyama Tobio was in a car, his mind was processing things as he saw a blur of things around him. His parents had been silent, but he knew something cracked in his father when he saw his kiss with Oikawa. It was as if his father was assessing the young boy he was raising, and decided that he was a hopeless case. Or that was what his expression suggested.
His father was having a call with someone on the driver's seat, "Thank you for arranging it so quick. Its good to have an old friend I can rely on."
Kageyama was silently thinking about what Oikawa think about the whole scenario, he knew that Oikawa had no feelings for him, he had strings of girlfriends after all, and that Kageyama was simply an interesting toy for him. But, Kageyama wondered whether Oikawa worried about him, and remembered the hot touch in his lips, and the tongue that has glided in his cavities so deftly, forgetting everything in reckless abandon. He wondered what would have happened if his father had not come, would Oikawa and him be boyfriends?
Kageyama was foreign to emotions, and he has trouble assessing things from another person's perspective. His parents had been reserved when it came to showing their emotions, instead of screaming on top of their lungs, they had always treated Kageyama coldly. During his younger days, Kageyama has always felt as if someone was pushing ice packs on his chest whenever his parents would give him a silent treatment, but nowadays he has learned to numb it out. Looking back, perhaps that was one of the reasons why Kageyama stopped figuring people out, be it their emotions or their thoughts. It was an impossible task for him.
He realized he has dozed off when the car came to a halt, it was a very long travel, and what he saw was a big white building and what he saw was chilling. "Inarizaka Mental Hospital."
His dad told him to bring out the stuffs from the back of the car, and to follow him. Kageyama was about to ask his dad what this is all about, but a certain hardened look on his father's face silenced him. He did not know how to respond to his father, but he kept his eyes down to the floor and follow his father throughout the corridors to reach a room which appears to be the Head of Psychiatrist Office.
Inside, there is a woman who was about forty of age, when she saw Kageyama's dad, she smiled as if she saw an old acquaintance. She was wearing a lab coat, and was quite a becoming lady with her hair bunned up but with a dark brown eyes that seemed to hold a quiet, detached amusement.
"It's been a long time since I saw you last, hasn't it, Takeo san." She said, and Kageyama's father smiled. It was rare to see him smile like that, and Kageyama remembered the only time he had seen it was when he told his dad he wants to join the volleyball club. She turned her attention to Kageyama and said, "So, you are Tobio, hm. I've heard about your case from your father."
"I'm sure you will be able to cure him, Saki san. If you are not able to, then I guess I should disown him for sure."
Saki merely smiled. Kageyama turned back to looking at his toes and he suddenly felt uncomfortable. His father think that he is sick because he is found kissing another guy, and without asking him for any kind of explanation, he was thrown to a mental hospital.
Without even looking at him, his father said. "I'm sure you will excuse me. I have a meeting tomorrow that is very important. I will leave him in your care, then, Saki."
After Saki nodded, Kageyama was left alone with the Head Psychiatrist, Kageyama had never felt angrier in his life, nor had he felt as powerless as now.
"Your father is a good man, although he is sometimes harsh." Saki said, almost to herself than to Kageyama, leading him to be confused as to what kind of relationship his father had with her. His father did not have many friends, and most of his relationship was professional in nature, but this lady seemed to have a fond look on his eyes as she looked at him. "You look like him when he was young, you know. I am sure he just wants the best for you. I will let you go to your room, you looked like you need time alone."
Despite everything, Kageyama found himself liking the lady, she seemed to understand him more than his own father, and that is saying a lot.
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When he was escorted to the room for some privacy, he sat at the bed he was provided. The room was sparse in terms of decorations, with only the bare necessities. It was somewhat impersonal. It has a calendar in the place near a bed, and there was a desk with a few blank notebooks and pencil. He didn't feel like unpacking, in fact he didn't feel like doing anything.
Before he was able to really think about the situation he was in though, the room banged to reveal an orange haired young boy with a bright smile.
"Hey, I heard we have someone new here." He said, and he beamed when he looked at Kageyama, as if this was a classroom and they were long-lost friends. He took Kageyama's hand and shook it enthusiastically. "I'm HInata, HInata Shouyou. What's your name?"
"Kageyama." Kageyama answered almost in a surprised daze.
"Kageyama! Well, I hope you enjoy your stay here. And I am in the room direct beside you. I heard you're about my age so its awesome, and that you play volleyball. I play too, you know, but I never really got someone other than me to play with. So with you here, things are going to lighten up really quick."
Kageyama did not know what to make of this orange haired miscreant that just appeared before him, he was too bright for a place called a mental hospital. But his enthusiasm is almost lunatic. "Hey, Hinata. That's your name right?" He said, feeling somewhat annoyed that he wasn't even given his alone time he so absolutely craved. "Can you please leave me alone? I need to pack."
If Hinata was disappointed he didn't show it at all, he merely laughed it off. "Fine, fine. Just let me know if you need anything, okay? I'm always ready to help. You've got a friend in me, Kageyama." And before he closed the door, he looked back at Kageyama, his previously cheery smile somewhat disappearing. It was almost eerie, but it was back in an instant that there was no possibility of accusing the boy of it.
"Great." Kageyama said when Hinata has left. "I am stuck here for something that is not my fault, and I cannot go out unless I prove to my dad that I don't like men. Life officially sucks."
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