Water dripped down his face as if someone had just pored a water bottle over his head. He lifted up his arm and drew it across his forehead, wiping away the beads of sweat that were constantly forming. His feet pounded against the pavement with every stride he took, each time his foot hit the pavement it sent a jolt up his leg and into his spine. It felt exilihrating. He knew this was the furthest he had ever gone, through the woods outside his town and onto the road, along the roadto the waters edge, along the waters edge untill he met another road and followed that back home. Lifting up his arm again to wipe up some more sweat he collided with something and slammed against the pavement. The palms of his hands stung and gravel stuck into the grazes on his knees, letting out a shaky hiss of pain he
looked up to see what he had collided with. To his suprise a hand was stuck out and a face looked at him with increasing worry.
'Jesus christ, are you okay?' The boy asked him, even though he had grazes up his arms and gravel stuck to his face. 'Uh, hey?' He asked.
'Y-yeah im fine, thank you!' He exclaimed as he took hold of the boys hand. He heaved him up in one pull, clearly not noticing the state he was in.
'Kag- I mean, I'm Kageyama, sorry we had to meet like this' The boy scratched the back of his neck. 'I've just transferred here.' That why he didn't recognise him.
'Hinata, nice to meet you' He shone Kageyama his biggest smile and the boy looked shocked, scared almost. 'Wha- are you okay?!' Hinata quickly asked, once his saw the apparent fear on the other boys face.
'Uh, yeah i'm fine. It's just... no one has ever said it was nice to meet me before.' Kageyama quickly looked away, avoiding meeting Hinata's eyes. Hinata chuckledand grapped the other boys wrist, twisting his arm extremely carefully to look at his grazes. He soon noticed that he had a bag which had been flung off in their collision.
'We need to get you cleaned up!' Hinata exclaimed, letting go of the boys wrist and bending down to pick up his bag. 'I'll carry this, come on we'll go to mine it's not far from here?' He asked the boy, Kageyama just nodded his hung head and let himself be followed by the boy he had just ran into. 'So, where have you transferred from?' Hinata asked the boy, glancing over at him.
'Aoba Josai' He replied in a quiet voice, wishing that Hinata didn't question him why.
'That's a powerhouse! But you decided to come to Karasuno? Why's that?'
'I heard coach Ukai was meant to be coming out of retirement, and i hated that place. My stupid senpai Oikawa was horrible and never let me be sette-' Kageyama clasped his hand aroumd his mouth, clearly showing that he didn't want to say that much.
'It's okay, you can tell me, i mean we're freinds now right?' Hinata looked over at Kageyama when he asked and the other boy returned with a sweet smile and noddedhis head. 'Anyway, you play volleball? That's so awesome! You should join the volleball club but ill have you know we're pretty good!' He said with the biggest grin on his face, 'and someday, i'm going to be the ace like the Little Giant!'
'Ace huh? You're pretty small to be an ace, I though you'd be a libero.' Kageyama confessed, scratching the back of his head again. Hinata just stopped infront of him shocking Kageyama.
'I may be small, but I can jump!' He shouted making Kageyama chuckle.
'Hmm, I'll have to see it before I believe it!' He put his hands on his hips with the aim of looking cool, but instead the sudden movement of his arms caused the cut to bleed.
'Shit, uh, here take this!' Hinata thrust a bandage at the boy. 'I always carry them around because i usually fall over'
'Hah, thanks'
They turned the corner and Hinata ran up to the front door of the nearest house, opening it with a key he had in his pocket. He held the door for Kageyama as he entered his house.
'My mum won't be home till late and my little sis it at her friends house, make yourself at home!' Hinata exclaimed as he rushed into the kitchen, Kageyama could swearhe heard something fall on the boys head. Smiling to himself he removed his shoes and traced Hinata's steps through to his kitchen. 'Sit, sit!' Hinata gestured towards a nearby chair and Kageyama took it, hissing as the table brushed his arm. Hinata found what he was looking for and knelt down infront of Kageyama. 'May I?' He asked before taking hold of his arm. Kageyama nodded and bit his lip and he twisted his arm to get a better angle. He took the wipe out of the first aid and carefully and methodically wiped away all of the dirt out of the grazes on both of Kageyamas arms. 'Tell me if it hurts okay.' Hinata told the boy with genuine worry in his eyes. Kageyama nodded and he returned to the box, pulling out antiseptic cream and slowly applying it to Kageyamas arms. 'Well, good news we don't have
to cut your arms off!' Hinata joked, making kageyama smile. 'You want something to eat?'
Waving good bye to Kageyama, Hinata stood in his doorway with a huge smile on his face 'See you tomorrow!' He shouted after him.