おはようございます

Good Morning


第1章

あなたと私


"Tobio, wake up or you'll be late for school!"

Kageyama ignored his mother and rolled over onto his side instead, burying his face in his pillow with a groan. Outside, rain poured down in thick sheets and thunder boomed from above, the garage-band sounds of nature making it even harder for him to fall back asleep. It had been downpouring nonstop for three full days now—one of July's many storms—and Kageyama was still getting over his hate for the rain.

"Tobio, I mean it!" his mother hollered up the stairs. "Come down now, or you won't even have time for breakfast!"

He ignored her once again, pulling the covers over his head and hoping she would just give it up. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to be the case. The distinct click of his door opening came a few moments later, followed by a muffled giggle. Before Kageyama could flinch, a voice that was definitely not his mother shouted, "Incoming, Tobio!"

"Shōyō, don't—!" Kageyama shrieked as Hinata landed on top of him roughly, ignoring his protests, and bounced up and down on his chest like an excited kid. "Owww, you idiot, you're gonna break my ribs!"

"Sorry! It's so much easier to wake you up now!" Hinata said laughingly, flopping down beside him with a gleeful giggle. "But you still really like to sleep in."

"What even are you?" Kageyama groaned in response, covering his face with a pillow. "You died like three times, and yet: energy."

"Twice," Hinata corrected. "Mm, technically just once... But anyway, we have to go now or we'll be late." He grabbed Kageyama's arm and pulled on it insistently, crawling back onto his chest and removing the pillow from his head. "Come on, get up! It'll take even longer to bike there since it's raining, so we really have to go now."

"No."

Hinata crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes in his best ultra-serious expression. "If you don't get up... I won't kiss you for one entire month." He met Kageyama's doubtful gaze with a hard, determined stare. "And yes, I really mean it. I'll even stop talking to you!"

"Impossible," Kageyama sighed, but he lifted himself up anyway. Picking up Hinata, he tossed him over his shoulder and placed the laughing redhead safely out in the hallway. "Go get ready; I'll be down in a minute." He paused to shout after him as he headed downstairs, "And you better save me some food, dumbass!"


By the time they got to school, both of them were soaked. The rain was absolutely freezing, and they'd probably end up with hypothermia if the storm didn't let up by the time they had to go home. Even after two months of living in Kamaishi, Kageyama still wasn't used to how cold it got.

Hinata didn't seem to mind, though—in fact, he'd convinced his family to move there after their reunion on the beach. He didn't even wear a jacket most of the time, although Kageyama always made him put on a scarf. After living so long as a ghost before, he probably wasn't used to the concept that he could actually die from weather conditions now, but he would have to grow out of that habit soon or Kageyama would end up having a heart attack worrying about him.

As they reached their lockers, Hinata's lips turned down in a familiar pout. "I wish we had homeroom together! Gwah, class would be way more fun if you were there, too."

"I'd never get any work done," Kageyama muttered to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing." He slung his bag over his shoulder with a concealed smile and beckoned at Hinata. "Come on, I'll walk you to class. We're already late so it doesn't matter."

"Yay!" Hinata bounded after him with a grin. He clasped his hands behind his back as they walked with a low hum. "Hey, since exams are coming up, help me study at lunch?"

"Sure, but I doubt I'll be much help." Kageyama sighed forlornly. "I wish Yachi was here. She was such a good student, always explaining everything so clearly. I started passing all my classes after she started helping me!" He crossed his arms with a scowl. "But now I have to go through high school again. You'd think I would've retained something, but my head is empty!"

"I still think she's around here somewhere," Hinata responded thoughtfully. "It would make sense, wouldn't it? Y'know, since you and I are both here, she should be, too. Plus, some things were different from before, so maybe she was born in, like, Yokohama or somewhere."

Kageyama scoffed. "Yokohama? Why is that the first place you think of?"

"Shut up," Hinata huffed petulantly. "I'm just saying, you should be more optimistic."

"I'll start being optimistic when I'm dead— Oh, wait."

"Still not funny."


They reunited at lunch. It had fortunately stopped raining, so Hinata dragged Kageyama out into the courtyard to eat under the cherry blossoms. They were in full bloom, though they would probably only stay that way for another few weeks. Hinata wanted to spend every waking moment outside to enjoy them, he claimed. It was a little annoying, since they kept falling in his food, but it was a small sacrifice to see the redhead wearing such a big, stupid smile.

He was sprawled out on his stomach with a goofy grin, contentedly chomping on a cucumber slice. He glanced back at Kageyama as he finished it, smile widening in that way that made his heart stop. "Hey, what are we going to do over break? It's only two weeks away, so we should really start planning now."

He took a moment to study the way the sunlight hit Hinata's face before responding. "Hmm... haven't really thought about it. I want to go somewhere that isn't cold."

"Isn't cold..." Hinata paused, chopsticks half-dangling comically from his mouth. "Mm, what about Kumagaya or Tajimi? Natsu-chan said she wants to go to the beach."

"I said 'isn't cold,' not 'scorching hot,'" Kageyama snorted around a mouthful of rice. "You really have no concept of weather, do you?"

"Fine, then how about Akita?" the ginger supplied, ignoring his comment. "Ooh, no, no, I know! We should go to Wakayama!" He sat up with so much excitement, the chopsticks fell out of his mouth. "They have an amusement park, an onsen, the Senjojiki rocks, and an aquarium!

"Oh, and then there's the quartz-sand beach! I was never able to swim before because I just sank right to the bottom like a rock, but now I can! Plus, I can finally ride on a roller coaster, too!" As usual, he accentuated his speech with wild hand gestures that nearly struck Kageyama in the face several times. "We have to go there!"

"Geez, calm down." He pushed Hinata's hand down with a grimace, retrieving his chopsticks and returning them safely to his bento. "You have to ask your parents first. Mine are going away over break, so it'd just be me coming along."

Hinata covered his mouth with a light giggle. "Ooh, how exciting~"

"What are you, an elementary schooler? Shut up and eat your lunch before class starts again."


After school, the rain had started back up again, so Kageyama borrowed an umbrella from an upperclassman and went to meet Hinata by the school gates. As they wheeled their bikes through the streets, water swept past the sides of the road, sweeping leaves into the gutter. The persistent storm reminded Kageyama a bit of Tsukishima, though he knew rain spirits didn't exist in this world.

Hinata kicked his feet through the puddles childishly, eyes trained on the sidewalk to keep himself from tripping. His jacket was, as usual, absent, and the scarf had been slung around the straps of his bag in silent refutation. Kageyama rolled his eyes at that, pulling off his own jacket and securing it over Hinata's shoulders, despite his protests. "You're gonna die if you don't keep warm."

"I will not." Despite the denial, he adjusted the jacket with a slight pout.

"Don't make that face," Kageyama told him, rolling his eyes. He secured the umbrella under his arm and took Hinata hand, intertwining their fingers. He was still getting used to the feeling of his new warmth. "Tomorrow, we're going out to buy you your own jacket, and I'm not taking no for an answer."

"Yeah, okay," he agreed reluctantly, squeezing Kageyama's hand and pressing their shoulders together. "But I really don't think I need one." He crossed his arms matter-of-factly. "I'm only wearing this because I love you. And you're annoying when you're mad."

"I will seriously smack you."

"Uwahh, no!" Hinata dodged his swipe, laughing, and shot him a bright smile. "Okay, okay, I won't say anything else!"

They walked in companionable silence for the rest of the way, but neither of them really minded. Hinata's hand was a spot of warmth in the cold, and the sound of the rain against their umbrella was soothing. The sun was beginning to set in the west, painting the gray landscape in gentle shades of gold, though the warm colors were ruined by the cold gusts of wind.

Kageyama, jacket-less, buried their joined hands in Hinata's borrowed pocket until they reached his front door. He retracted his arm and zipped up the jacket in spite of the ginger's protests. "Keep this until tomorrow. If you're not wearing it, I'll kick your ass." He grabbed him by the shoulders when he laughed. "I mean it, Shōyō."

"Fine, fine," he waved his hand dismissively. "I promise I will. Now, you owe me something~"

"What, a kick in the shin?"

"Mm... nope, try again." He tapped his lips with a teasing, sunny smile, glancing up at him with a look that made Kageyama dizzy. Every time he flashed that smile with those eyes, it left his heart is his stomach.

He wrapped his arms around the smaller boy and shook his head slowly. "You're seriously gonna be the end of me, you know that?"

"Yep!" Hinata beamed and pressed up on his tiptoes to kiss him. "But that's why you love me."


When he got home, Kageyama kicked off his shoes by the door and padded into the living room, where his mother was typing on her laptop. She glanced up at him when he entered, flashing a brief smile. "Ah, welcome home, Tobio! Hinata-kun isn't with you today?"

"I walked him back home since it was raining," Kageyama replied, pulling off his socks as he passed her to reach the stairs. "Speaking of Hinata, can I go with him and his family to Wakayama over break? Since you'll be gone?"

"Sure! That's perfect, actually." His mother closed her computer and folded one leg over the other. "I didn't want to leave you home alone, anyway, so I was going to suggest you go stay with your cousins, but this is even better! As long as Hinata-kun's family is alright with it, I'm on board."

"Great!" Kageyama covered his mouth when he realized he was shouting and flushed. "Uh, I mean; that's good. Thank you."

"Mm-hmm." His mom glanced at him with an amused eyebrow raise. "Alright, Tobio. Call Hinata-kun and let him know."

As always, she seemed to read his mind. Kageyama retreated up the stairs with a blush, ignoring her snickering as he shut himself in his room, discarding his bag on the floor and flopping back on the bed. Sometimes her intuition seriously scared him, but at least her eccentricity kept things interesting.

Flipping out his phone, he dialed Hinata's number, putting it on speaker as he pulled off his wet school jacket and replaced it with a dry sweatshirt. He picked up after only a few rings, answering with too much enthusiasm, as per the norm. "Tobio, my parents agreed to let you come along! Did you get permission yet?"

"As always, you jumped the gun," Kageyama sighed, picking up the phone and sitting cross-legged on his mattress. "Yes, I got permission."

"Yay!" Hinata's screech nearly blew his eardrum out. "That's great, because I sorta already got a list together of things I need for the trip... so I thought we could get them tomorrow!"

"You..." Kageyama rolled his eyes but couldn't help letting a little smile slip. "Fine, sounds good. But you're gonna need to tone it down about ten notches on the excitement meter."

"No can do, Tobio!" There were faint giggles in the background, the sound of running footsteps, and Hinata faintly shouting at his sister before he spoke again, breathless. "I'm so excited! I gotta go but I'll meet you tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, but I mean it about the—"

"Yeah, yeah; I got it! Love you, bye!"

The dial done clicked and Kageyama sighed heavily, throwing the phone aside and collapsing back on his bed with a tired sigh. I have a feeling this is going to be a disaster...


A/N: The first chapter of the Sunset Ghost sequel is officially done! I'm really happy with it, but there may be some mistakes since I'm writing this with a bad cold, so let me know if there's any ^~^