Iwaizumi was holding an ice pack on his head and wearing a different shirt after changing out of the ripped one. Oikawa had his legs crossed while scrutinizing the people in front of him. Hinata looked down as Miho kept bugging him to play. Kageyama gazed at his two former seniors before briefly glancing at Sugawara, who was watching the group with bafflement.
"So," Sugawara started, "what happened here? Why did Iwaizumi-san have his shirt ripped by Hinata? Why did Oikawa-san invite Kageyama over, even though they both actually live here?" he queried, a gentle and soft smile plastered on his face to make the group answer his question.
"Well..." Hinata paused and buried his face in his palms in shame. Even now, after five minutes had passed since he had accidentally thrown a bunch of Legos and a dustpan towards Iwaizumi's face, Hinata could still feel the sensation of humiliation and cringe infesting his body. What did his housemates think of him now? That he was a rampaging dwarf who liked hurling Legos and dustpans and ripping shirts open? Hinata wouldn't accept that! He could be called anything but that!
Pushing himself up in protest, Hinata loudly blurted out, "I'm not an aggressive dwarf who likes throwing Legos and dustpans and tearing clothes open!" He desperately added, "Please believe me! I didn't want to do that to Iwaizumi-san." Hinata faced Iwaizumi and bowed down lowly. "So, I'm sorry! You're so scary that I was nervous with you! I didn't want to rip your shirt open so please don't hurt me!"
Oikawa chortled as he watched the shortest man in the room scream his apology while Kageyama scrunched his nose in disapproval of what his former partner did. Sugawara forced himself not to laugh and ended up staring at Iwaizumi, who didn't like being called scary and as a result, gave a mixture of a deadpan and a look of disbelief.
"Oi, dumbass," Kageyama called out. "If you didn't want it, then why was Iwaizumi-san's shirt open? Was that a coincidence? That's not believable! You were trying to attack him, weren't you?!" he shouted.
Hinata gritted his teeth at Kageyama's statement. "I was just..." he struggled to find an explanation to say.
"He held onto me because he was falling." Iwaizumi saved Hinata from explaining his actions. "He accidentally ripped my shirt after grabbing my collar."
Hinata stood in awe when he heard Iwaizumi explain for him. The orange-haired man closed his ajar mouth and stood up straight before glancing at Kageyama with a smirk. "Hear that? I didn't mean it!" Hinata beamed in relief before sighing.
Sugawara shushed him to sit down so Hinata obeyed and plopped down on the couch. Hinata turned to Miho and patted the young girl's hair and assured her that he'd play with her later.
"I don't really get how Hinata could accidentally tear a shirt open but have it be an accident, but we should let it go," Sugawara said calmly.
Oikawa suddenly took interest in Suga's own story. The gray-haired male had suddenly appeared and entered the share house without explaining anything and so now, it was only fitting that Oikawa decide to interrogate him.
"Why is Mr. Refreshing here then?" Oikawa grilled.
Sugawara smiled softly before looking at Miho. When the girl caught his gaze, she waved happily.
"Actually, I'm Miho's uncle." Sugawara stated and waited for a response. He scanned the group's face and saw them all looking confused. So he continued, "The landlord is my brother-in law and he told me to move to his house since he'll be gone for a while." On that note, Sugawara grinned with a hint of mischief.
The group paused as they registered the information dumped on them.
All of a sudden, Miho started crying. "Did papa leave Miho?" the girl asked as she bawled her eyes out.
Hinata glanced at Sugawara shortly before comforting Miho.
Oikawa understood the situation so he groaned in annoyance. The brunette questioned the fact that he had three people who made him devastated. He had to live with them and that single fact already made Oikawa salty.
Meanwhile, Iwaizumi and Kageyama didn't speak. Nor did the two do anything to signal the fact that they were stressed after Iwaizumi was accidentally bullied by someone shorter than him whereas Kageyama had been chased by Oikawa who then proceeded to nag to him on why the two of them were going the same direction and after that, whined at him after knowing that Kageyama would now live in the same share house that Oikawa lived in. Needless to say, the two were probably the only people who were in their right mind.
Oikawa was in utter disbelief.
After Kageyama signed a contract with him, Oikawa was soon informed that the black-haired man had a photoshoot. But since it was Kageyama, he'd forgotten about it and, now, Oikawa was being reprimanded by staff from the agency for being forgetful. In his own honest opinion, Oikawa was not guilty of being forgetful, it was Kageyama who should be blamed.
Standing in front of the younger male, Oikawa folded his arms and huffed with irritation. "Asics. It was Asics who asked you to model for their brand new shoes and you forgot about it?" Oikawa grilled with firmness. "You were supposed to be there by afternoon but look what time it is! It's five in the evening!" Oikawa proceeded to nag while Kageyama kept his eyes on his phone and ignored the older man.
"Oi, Tobio-chan," Oikawa called out stingily, "you're lucky that I told them to do the photoshoot tomorrow." Kageyama shifted his attention from his phone to Oikawa.
"I don't have work tomorrow," he deadpanned.
"Well now you do." Oikawa retorted.
"Is it about volleyball?" Kageyama questioned.
"No."
"Then I don't want it."
Oikawa felt his blood boil just from talking to the male. Taking a deep breath, the brunette realized that he'd have to do this the hard way. Checking the list of brands that had requested for Kageyama to model for their product, Oikawa smirked mischievously before pushing his phone inside his pocket.
"Then... you'll be doing lots of photoshoots this week! Hurray, right?" he riled. Kageyama froze at that statement and stood up.
"What?" he uttered. "I was scheduled for a practice with my teammates this week so what photoshoot are you talking about?" Kageyama asked with a puzzled expression.
Oikawa smiled, feigning innocence. "I changed it. You're plenty strong so it's fine, it's fine!" He then brushed off Kageyama's words before turning his back on him. Without looking behind him, Oikawa muttered, "This is Asics we're talking about. The fact that you're being requested to model for them should make you happy." Oikawa grinned with haughtiness as he said that.
"Hey! Change my schedule back, now!" Kageyama demanded as he grabbed the brunette's shoulder. Oikawa then spun on his heels and showed the smug smirk on his face.
"How about this, Tobio-chan? You can get your practice for the week but in return, you model for Asics tomorrow. If you don't want it then, let's finish all of the photoshooting this week!"
Faced with the two options, Kageyama gritted his teeth and stepped back from the older male. Witnessing his former rival looking agitated amused Oikawa. He guessed that being his sports agent had its ups. This way, Oikawa could order the younger male around as much as he wanted as long as it was work-related.
"Fine! I'll go tomorrow! Change my schedule back to the real one!" Kageyama clicked his tongue in irritation. "You can leave now," he ordered as he motioned for Oikawa to go.
The brunette scoffed as he turned around and exited the room. Afterwards, he slammed the door behind him and went to his room. Oikawa took the crown for today but the brunette quickly told himself that he'd make sure that the black-haired setter completely abides by the schedule that Oikawa made. That way, Oikawa's life would be easier.
All of a sudden, the sound of glass breaking was heard. Oikawa immediately ran to the source of the sound which was located at the kitchen.
Hinata stood meters away from Iwaizumi. They stared at the broken plate on the floor with different expressions. Iwaizumi heaved a deep sigh and looked at the shorter male, who coincidentally gazed anxiously at him as well. Unlike Iwaizumi who looked unfazed, Hinata was evidently shaken.
"I – I'm sorry! I didn't wanna break it! I swear!" Hinata bowed again.
When he saw this, Oikawa wondered if this would be a recurring thing. To have Hinata break something in the house and scream his apology after that. Oikawa hoped not. It might be hilarious right now but after a while, it would probably become troublesome.
Iwaizumi nodded nonchalantly before approaching the broken platter and kneeling down to clean it. Hinata shouted a loud disagreement as he rushed down as well.
"Don't!" Hinata cried. "I'll clean it! I was the one who broke it so I'll make sure to clean this! Please leave," he insisted.
"It's fine. I'll clean this so go back to washing the dishes," Iwaizumi replied calmly as he picked the broken pieces.
"No! Get away now!" Hinata asserted before gently pushing the older male's hands away. At this point, Iwaizumi was bottling his annoyance but he was sure to erupt if the orange-haired male kept pushing him away.
"Listen, Hinata, calm down." Iwaizumi spoke in a laidback manner. "I'll let you clean this but stop being fidgety. That's why you always break things in the house," he reprimanded as he let the piece of plate go then pushed himself up after. Staring down at the shorter man, Iwaizumi said, "Don't break another plate again." He walked away calmly and left the kitchen. He glanced at Oikawa and saw the playful grin that his childhood friend was wearing so he feigned a punch and immediately, Oikawa lowered himself to avoid the hit. When Oikawa realized that there was no impact, he glared at his friend who simply walked away in contentment.
After that, Oikawa glanced at Hinata and went closer to the dinner table. He sat on the chair and rested his chin on top of his palm.
"Shou-chan, why are you acting like this? Stop breaking things. And where's Miho-chi?" Oikawa questioned as he watched the younger male pick the broken shards.
"Miho-chan is with Sugawara-san. She wanted to go to the playground so Sugawara-san told me to rest while went to go play with her," Hinata explained as he put all of the shards in the garbage bin. He let out a shaky sigh after as he leaned on the counter. When he saw Oikawa, Hinata smiled brightly as he thought about how different his attitude was when he was with the brunette. "You're really kind and friendly but, Iwaizumi-san... he's different," he blurted out.
Oikawa hummed in response. "That's just how Iwa-chan is at first. He'll warm up to you," he assured lethargically. After all the worrying with a certain setter's photoshoot with a rich and famous brand, Oikawa was exhausted and wanted nothing more than sleep but he had work to do so he couldn't rest yet.
"No," Hinata disagreed. "I feel like he won't. He'll always be angry at me and I'll always be nervous and fidgety when he's there!"
After hearing that, Oikawa let out a long "ah" once he realized why the shortest male in the house was clumsy. He observed Hinata wash the dishes and to his surprise, Hinata did it with adeptness. Hinata was only clumsy whenever Iwaizumi was there, Oikawa thought. That would explain why most of the time when broken plates, messy living room, and much messier situation occurred, Iwaizumi was in the situation as well. It was because Hinata became nervous whenever he was around and since Hinata had the tendency to fidget and tremble when faced with something threatening, he broke things easily.
Snickering at the situation, Oikawa wondered how it would go between his childhood friend and the shortest male in the house. He knew that Iwaizumi didn't have the tendency to hit people he didn't know well, in fact, Oikawa was the only one he hit, but with how irritated Iwaizumi looked earlier, Oikawa pondered about the possibility of his friend hitting someone who looked innocent and pure. Surely, this moment made Oikawa chortle in amusement as he chose to help Hinata to make the situation even more hilarious.
"Shou-chan, do you know how to bake?" Oikawa questioned out of nowhere.
"Huh? Well, kinda." Hinata answered with uncertainty.
"Can you bake cookies?"
"No, but I can try."
"Then bake some for Iwa-chan. He likes homemade cookies," the brunette informed him, and if Hinata was an observant person, but his gullible and trusting nature got the best of him and he simply nodded.
"Okay! I'll make some for him!" he said in total determination before returning his attention to washing the dishes. Oikawa snorted to himself before leaving the kitchen and dining area.
Let's see how it goes, Oikawa thought as he walked away smiling deviously.
Kageyama did not feel good. He didn't feel like posing for the camera at all. Why did he have to do that? He was an athlete, not a model. So why was he in front of blinding lights and expensive-looking cameras?
"Okay, last pose before moving to next one," the photographer informed as he took a shot of Kageyama.
Meanwhile, Oikawa stared at his phone. He kept his attention there the entire time and even when the crew decided to take a break, he had no idea that Kageyama had left the place and escaped. Then, after a solid fifteen minutes, a shout was heard.
"Oikawa-kun! Where's Kageyama-san?" a make-up artist asked. Oikawa stood up and scanned the area and when he didn't find Kageyama, he decided to call him. Luckily, Kageyama answered.
"Where are you? Make it fast and come back. You're interrupting my time in reading manga on my phone." Oikawa spoke nonchalantly.
"You read manga? I didn't expect that from you Oikawa-san." Kageyama replied calmly.
"Yeah, that's why you should come back so I can read again."
"I don't want to. Tell them I'm tired and resting."
Oikawa swore that he signed a contract with a professional volleyball player who played for the country, not a child. Yet why did he instantly tell the make-up artist to wait while he went to fetch the setter? Oikawa knew that it was his job but chasing after the younger man while talking to him on the phone to play a new type of hide and seek was not in that list of responsibilities as a sports agent.
"Where are you?" Oikawa queried.
"At the café near the mall," Kageyama answered.
"Okay, wait for me there." Afterwards, Oikawa rushed to the café and searched the place for a familiar black-haired setter. When he found none, he pulled his phone out and called Kageyama for the second time.
"Tobio-chan, where are you? I'm here at the cafe near the mall." Oikawa asked while huffing in exhaustion.
"You're there? But I just left that place. I'm at the sports shop now." Kageyama told indifferently.
"What?! Earlier, you said you were at the cafe!" shouted the brunette.
"I was. I finished resting so I went to the sports shop." Kageyama replied.
"I'll go there! Don't leave!" Oikawa ordered as he ran to the sports shop that Kageyama was talking about. Unfortunately, by the time Oikawa got there, no black-haired setter was spotted. Once again, the brunette dialed Kageyama's number and for the second time, Kageyama answered.
"Where are you?! You said that you were at the sports shop!" cried Oikawa.
"I was. But you took too long to get there so I went back to the cafe to get some coffee," Kageyama said as calm as ever.
Realizing that it was taking too long to fetch for Kageyama, Oikawa wondered if the staff who were supposed to photograph Kageyama went home. But it was only thirty minutes since Oikawa left the studio so surely they were still there, right?
"Tobio-chan. Stay there. I swear to god, if you leave that place again," Oikawa took a deep breath before threatening Kageyama with, "I'll change your schedule and make you suffer through weeks of photoshoot."
This angered Kageyama so he agreed to stay put in the cafe and wait for the brunette to fetch him yet once five had minutes passed, Kageyama became impatient. He stood up and exited the cafe. He then saw a sports shop across the road and to his surprise, it was a store specifically for Asics's brand. With his curiosity piqued, Kageyama went and waited for the traffic light to turn green and once it did, he crossed the road.
And at that moment, as Kageyama crossed the road, Oikawa caught a glimpse of a black-haired male on the streets. He called out and chased him.
Fortunately, Kageyama heard the brunette's call so he turned around and saw the male running towards him. He halted and waited for the brunette to catch up but when Oikawa was only a meter away from Kageyama, a truck came rushing behind Oikawa and the brunette immediately felt that he had just been centimeters away from an accident. The two men stared at each other, stunned, before they followed the receding truck with their eyes. Once the truck was gone, Oikawa stepped towards Kageyama and as he did, he found himself shaking with terror, fully aware that he had almost just died.
When Oikawa was finally on the other side of the road, Kageyama eyed his former senior with a blank expression. Oikawa looked back at his former underclassman and all of a sudden, Oikawa put on a shaky smile while Kageyama seemed to be frozen.
"Tobio-chan!" Oikawa shouted as he uncharacteristically held onto Kageyama's shoulders to shake him whereas Kageyama was still frozen at the realization that someone had almost died in front of him and literally because of him.
"Oikawa-san! You almost died!" Kageyama finally shouted back.
"I know! Do you see how good I am at my job?! I'm willing to die for my client!" Oikawa cried as he kept shaking his former underclassman. "Tobio-chan, don't leave me anymore! I'll literally die for you!" the brunette yelled at the top of his lungs, the fear of dying still ingrained in his mind.
"I won't leave you anymore! I'll stay here!" Kageyama yelled as well.
The two males then hugged each other, an action they wouldn't have done if they were in their right minds but Oikawa almost just died so they didn't care. They held each other tightly as they started to cry out of fear and the aftershock.
The people around them scrutinized the two and misunderstood their actions. Some people thought it was disgusting, some supported it, while some just snorted at the hilarious conversation.
After the whole incident was resolved, Kageyama willingly went back to the studio and Oikawa had to reluctantly explain the whole situation to the perplexed staff on set.
Sugawara saw that there were two clear containers that had white powder in them. He decided to check if both were sugar or salt and when he did, he realized that the one with the red lid was white sugar while the one with the blue lid was salt. Deciding that the two containers should be labeled, Sugawara went to his room to grab a marker.
While he was gone, Miho sneaked in the kitchen. Having seen the action of his uncle made her curious. What was he doing?
Miho tested it out herself and removed the red lid then the blue lid. Afterwards, she stared at the two open containers and tasted each. She hummed in delight when she tasted sugar but her nose scrunched up when she tasted salt. She then tasted the sugar again and smiled contently. Miho, having had enough of the sweetness, covered the container with blue lid and did the same for the salt's container but with the red lid. With the containers' lids switched, Miho went back to the living room to watch her favorite cartoon.
Sugawara came back with a marker, something he had a hard time finding. He eyed the containers and wondered why the two containers had seemed to switch places but quickly dismissed it and labeled them, not knowing that the two containers, while not physically switched in position, had had their lids switched. He soon left the kitchen with a satisfied and relaxed smile.
An hour after from the switching incident, Hinata returned home from his grocery shopping and went to the kitchen.
"I know how to bake cookies! It's easy!" Hinata thought internally. He then rummaged through the bags of groceries he had and found the ingredients he needed. The only thing that was missing was white sugar but that was already in the house so Hinata searched for it and once he saw a red-lidded container with the label 'sugar', Hinata immediately grabbed it and started baking. He decided to mix the brown sugar and white sugar with butter, vanilla, and egg but since Hinata forgot to buy brown sugar, he decided to add more white sugar and just stir it with the flour, baking soda, chocolate chips and salt but just as he was about to add the salt, he heard Miho call out his name, so Hinata put the large bowl aside and went to the young girl.
Sugawara went into the kitchen to get something to drink when he saw the container with the blue lid on it. He warily glanced at the container that had no lid and was labeled sugar. Deciding to try to get something sweet, Sugawara tasted the white sugar and had his nose scrunched up when he realized that it was salt so he went to grab the container with the label salt and exchanged the lid to make sure that no one mistook it for something else. Afterwards, he placed it back in the shelf and went away, completely forgetting that he had wanted a drink.
Hinata went back to the kitchen after Sugawara left. He was confused as to why the sugar wasn't on the table but upon realizing that Sugawara probably put it back to be helpful, Hinata dismissed it and searched for salt. Once he found it, Hinata was sure to finish his cookies before Iwaizumi got home. Who knew baking cookies was easy? Hinata could do it all day if he wanted to.
After that, Hinata waited for Iwaizumi with a plate of cookies in his hands. He hoped that he could at least make the older male not look like he hated Hinata's guts. While Hinata was waiting patiently, Oikawa and Kageyama returned home.
"Welcome ho – " Sugawara couldn't continue his sentence as he saw the two males enter with faces that seemed like they went through eighty years of living and had passed through various calamities with their house getting repeatedly destroyed by a storm only for it to be repeatedly built again by their own bare hands.
"Whoa… what happened?" Sugawara asked, only to receive a shrug from the two exhausted male.
Kageyama sat down beside Hinata and when he noticed that his former partner had a plate of cookie in his hand, he reached out to grab one but Hinata yelled at him to not touch it. The two males then glared at each other before Hinata transferred to sit by Oikawa's side.
Taking notice of the cookies, Oikawa recalled what he told Hinata. "Shou-chan, is that plate of cookies for – "
"It's for him! It's easy so I made lots!" Hinata chirped happily as he beamed brightly. He had an idea and gave one to the brunette. "You look tired so have one!" Hinata offered. Oikawa smiled at the shorter male and grabbed one. He took a bite of it and what he tasted made him freeze.
It was salty. Not just salty, it was like Oikawa tasted the whole ocean in one bite. It was that salty.
Kageyama caught his former senior tasting the cookies so he secretly reached out to take one but Oikawa stopped him. Kageyama sent a questioning glare towards the brunette but when he met Oikawa's gaze, he recognized the expression the older male had. It was similar to the face the brunette made when Kageyama witnessed Oikawa almost get hit by a truck. Realizing this, Kageyama pulled back and stared at Hinata.
"You're killing Oikawa-san. That cookie must taste bad," Kageyama muttered nonchalantly before standing up and going to his room to take a proper rest.
Hinata grasped what Kageyama said and looked at Oikawa. The brunette, seeing the younger male's face, felt like he had just kicked hundreds of puppies.
"Oikawa-san, it doesn't taste bad, right?" Hinata queried with a somewhat pleading look.
"No... It tastes good," the brunette forced an answer out. When he saw the shorter male beam once again, Oikawa felt relieved.
"Do you think Iwaizumi-san would like it? He won't get angry at me if he received them right?"
The brunette desperately wanted to say no but since Hinata gave such an earnest look, how could he say that? He wasn't heartless. Sure, the kid defeated him but the past was in the past and Oikawa was a new man now (at least, that's what he thought). He wouldn't hurt anyone's feelings because he was a grown man (again, that was just his assumption). So Oikawa dramatically raised a thumbs-up and said, "Iwa-chan would like – no, love this!"
Hinata felt himself laugh at the statement he received. He was about to say something when the sound of the door opening made him stand up. That was him, Hinata was sure of it, although he didn't know why, but he was certain that it was Iwaizumi. Glancing at Oikawa, he saw the brunette mutter a silent "fight on" before pumping his fist in the air. Hinata left afterwards after seeing that. Once he was gone, Sugawara smiled playfully.
"How were the cookies, Oikawa?" Sugawara asked casually.
Hearing this, Oikawa stared at the male, stunned. "Did you know – "
"He made me taste it. I don't know why it's that salty but," Sugawara paused as he remembered one thing, "I might need to apologize to Hinata later."
Oikawa eyed the man with suspicion. Apologize to Hinata? Why?
Meanwhile, Hinata was in front of Iwaizumi's door. He inhaled deeply before knocking and then cautiously opening the door. He gaped when he saw Iwaizumi sprawled on his bed with his face buried in his pillow.
"Iwaizumi-san? Are you alright?" asked Hinata. He trudged towards the older man and flinched when he saw him raise his head.
"Ugh... why are you here?" Iwaizumi questioned. His voice was hoarse and it was evident that he didn't feel good. This worried Hinata.
Raising the plate of cookies, Hinata said, "I was about to give this to you but are you alright?"
"Yeah. Just stressed," Iwaizumi answered shortly.
The two went silent and Hinata had never felt as awkward as he was at the moment. It was like his wrong decisions in the past had come to hunt him while he was talking to Iwaizumi and as a result, Hinata was immobilized and simply stared at the older man on the bed with a blank expression. Iwaizumi, being the observant person he was, noticed the shorter male's face.
"What are you doing?" Iwaizumi queried as he struggled to sit up on his bed.
Hinata blinked and realized that he had been standing frozen for a while. He cleared his throat and decided to make conversation. "What happened?" he questioned worriedly. This made Iwaizumi narrow his eyes at the shorter man but he answered nonetheless.
"Two people fought at the office."
"Oh?" Hinata said. "Two people fought... why are you the one stressed then?"
"Because I'm a labor relations specialist and it's a part of my job to fix arguments."
Hinata couldn't help but get amazed by the older man's occupation. That sounded like a stable job and Hinata slightly envied it. But he still didn't know why the person in front of him acted sick if he just mediated a fight.
"But why are you stressed?" Hinata repeated his question.
Iwaizumi groaned before saying, "I'm not only stressed, I'm also in pain. One of those two punched me in the gut."
Hearing this, Hinata immediately approached the male, surprising Iwaizumi as a result.
"They punched you? Really?" Hinata asked as he plopped down on the bed beside the taller male. "Must be hard on you... You wanna do something as well, right?"
"What are you talking about?" Iwaizumi questioned indifferently.
"I mean, get back at them! You probably wanted to punch them back too!"
"Why would I want that? You're ridiculous."
"Everyone who gets punched wants to punch the person who hit them!" Hinata exclaimed as he placed the plate of cookies down. He then faced Iwaizumi with a determined face.
"Tell me who did it and I'll hunt them down! I'll punch them for you!" he said, feigning toughness to cheer up the older male. This entertained Iwaizumi as he glanced briefly at the cookies.
"Cut it out. I don't need to get back at them." Iwaizumi showed a soft smile.
Hinata blinked before recalling that he still needed to give Iwaizumi the baked goods. Grabbing the plate, the shorter male handed it to Iwaizumi. "Actually... I wanted to give you these."
Confused, Iwaizumi asked "Why?"
"The reason isn't needed! Just take it!" Hinata gently shoved the plate on the taller man's hands and once Iwaizumi took it, Hinata sighed in relief.
Looking at the cookies, Iwaizumi saw that they weren't bad-smelling nor did they look poisonous so he grabbed one and took a bite. Iwaizumi instantly felt himself gag.
"What the..." Iwaizumi stopped speaking as he further tasted the cookie. The chocolate chip and the amount of salt put in the cookie didn't make it taste good. Staring at the shorter male with a stunned expression, Iwaizumi who was already stressed and exhausted became even more stressed, exhausted, and to top it off, irritated.
"Hinata," he called out, "do you hate me?"
Hearing this, Hinata blinked and shook his head fervently. "No! I actually made that so you would not hate me!" he explained.
Even with that statement, Iwaizumi didn't feel good. Out of irritation, he decided to list all the things that Hinata did to him ever since the younger man appeared in the share house. "First, you accidentally throw Legos and a dustpan at my face. Second, you accidentally rip my shirt open. Third, you accidentally break stuff when I'm near. Fourth, you accidentally push me away when I'm just trying to help you. And now, I think you just intentionally put lots of salt in these cookies."
Hinata's eyes widened as he heard what Iwaizumi said. He snatched one cookie and took a bite and then, his face scrunched up in disgust as he savored the taste. Glancing at Iwaizumi guiltily, Hinata bowed lowly once again.
"It was an accident! I don't know why it tastes salty! I swear I put lots of sugar in the mix," he clarified.
Iwaizumi nodded in understanding before blurting out, "Won't you say sorry?"
With his head lowered, the shorter male started saying his apology. "I'm sor – " Hinata didn't continue his sentence when he realized that he didn't intentionally put lots of salt in the cookie mix and since it wasn't intentional (like all of the other incidents he apologized for), there was no need to apologize. Raising his head with resolve, Hinata took a deep breath before standing up. "No." he disobeyed. "I won't apologize! I didn't do it intentionally so there's no need to say sorry!" he exclaimed.
Iwaizumi felt even more irritated as he stood up as well and faced the shorter male. "You're the one who made the cookies. Who else could be blamed but you?" he spoke with sternness.
"Yeah, I made them! But I didn't make it with lots of salt to be there! In fact, I made it with lots of effort and desperately hoped that you'd like them!" Hinata retorted with tenacity which only irked Iwaizumi even more.
"Then should I apologize? Say I'm sorry that I tasted it and called it salty?" Iwaizumi pointed at himself and spoke with sarcasm.
Hinata nodded ardently. "You should apologize 'cause I'm not going to! No matter how scary you are right now!"
Iwaizumi huffed and out of annoyance, gave Hinata a chop to the head. After that, the two men halted as they processed what Iwaizumi just did. Hinata slowly held his head and stared at the taller man with a pained eyes. Witnessing this for the first time, Iwaizumi felt inclined to apologize and that was exactly what he did.
"Ow! That hurt!" Hinata whined as he rubbed his head.
"I... sorry." Iwaizumi mumbled as he backed away. He looked down at his shoes then back to Hinata and to his surprise, the younger man had a look of amazement.
"Whoa... did you just apologize?" Hinata exclaimed with eagerness.
"What… no! I didn't!" Iwaizumi plainly denied the statement as he looked away. "God, just get out!" He motioned for Hinata to leave the room. He soon caught a glimpse of the younger male proceeding to exit his room but when Hinata paused and turned around to face Iwaizumi, he felt the need to yell a cuss word.
"Iwaizumi-san, you're not scary after all. You're actually pretty decent." Hinata complimented without hesitation. He sent a sunny grin back toward Iwaizumi before leaving the room. Once Iwaizumi was alone, he huffed in irritation. He noticed the plate of cookies on his bed and immediately, he recalled what the shortest man on the house told him a few minutes ago.
"In fact, I made it with lots of effort and desperately hoped that you'd like it!"
Clicking his tongue, Iwaizumi took one cookie and ate it. He shuddered at how unsavory the baked good was but kept eating it nonetheless. Underneath his breath, he muttered something that sounded like "fucking brat."
A/N:
This second chapter is pretty long! I already created my longest chapter with 5,735! Yay!
If you're wondering, Hinata is a kindergarten teacher, Kageyama is national athlete(guess what sport), Oikawa is Kags' sports agent, and Iwa is part of the HR who fixes problems and other stuff. Suga might look like a minor character but don't worry, he's a part of the major characters! And... the last male character as well. Guess who it is~~~ you would find out on chapter 4.
Anyway, can you guys guess who's gonna end up with who? Like... I created this to break the usual pairings seen in the fandom so since it's that way, I'm interested with who you think will end up together~~~ Still, their personalities... if it's a bit off, you can tell me since I'm constantly worried about it and yeah, ciao~~~
