In retrospect, getting up at 5 in the morning on a Saturday to take a train to Yukigaoka wasn't Oikawa's best idea. Actually, it was probably one of his worst ideas to date, minus that time he decided to let Iwaizumi drive them over to Tokyo for a day trip. In his defense, Oikawa never would have suspected the guy to have such terrible road rage.
On second thought, nevermind. It made total sense.
Oikawa sighed, looking out the window at the scenery whizzing by. It really was a beautiful place, despite its somewhat more sheltered location. Perfect for all kinds of hand holding walks and- Oikawa wasn't ready to mentally deal with this right now. He'd had enough trouble trying to stay focused for the rest of the week, so as to not attract Iwaizumi's ever watchful eyes. It had sort of worked, at least from what he understand of Iwaizumi psychology.
Attention passengers, we will be arriving at Yukigaoka Station in approximately five minutes. Please stay seated until the train has come to a full stop. Thank you and we hope you enjoyed riding with us today.
Oikawa listened to the announcement, stretching his arms to alleviate some of the stiffness that had formed during the ride. It felt more like he was going to his death rather than meeting a friend. It was still really strange to think of Hinata as a friend. Aside from Iwaizumi, Oikawa didn't really have a large spectrum of people that he could call friends. Of course, there was his volleyball team and all of the fangirls and other people that flocked around him, but they weren't really friends.
Not really.
Agh, his life sucked damn it.
The train halted suddenly and Oikawa jerked forward in his seat slightly, not expecting the stop. That he probably would have expected, had he actually been paying any sort of attention. Oh well.
Waiting for the train to come to a full stop as the announcement had requested, Oikawa stood up, taking his duffel bag with him as he went. Contained in it were the basic sleepover necessities, like pajamas and a toothbrush, as well as volleyball related gear, assuming they would spend a large portion of time practicing. There was also a volleyball, just in case, although Oikawa figured that there was likely already a large number lying around the Hinata household. He hoped that his attire of an old blue jacket, a black t-shirt and jeans wasn't too casual.
"Oikaaawwwaaaa-saaan!" The bright, excited voice that could only belong to one person, rang out and Oikawa found himself being practically tackled by said person.
"Ah, Chibi-chan?" Trying to act at least marginally surprised, Oikawa turned his head sideways to peer at the red headed boy. Dressed in a light blue hoodie and simple black jeans, Hinata was the picture of casual perfection. He was smiling widely, amber eyes sparkling. Was sparkling even a way to describe someone's eyes? Oikawa wasn't sure, but he'd use it anyways.
"Come on come on! Let's go!" Removing himself from tackle formation, Hinata grabbed Oikawa's arm and started to march out of the station, pulling Oikawa with him.
"So this is what being dragged into hell feels like," Oikawa thought sullenly. "At least I can rest easy with Shou-chan's adorable face ingrained within my memories."
"Oikawa-san?" Hinata's inquiring voice snapped Oikawa out of his daydreaming state as he suddenly found that he had his arm back and had consequently stopped walking.
"Sorry Chibi-chan! I, uh, got a little distracted looking at the scenery!" Oikawa grimaced. That was entirely believable.
Hinata tipped his head to the side, a confused look on his face. "What do you mean? It isn't really that interesting is it?"
"Oh, well, it's just a lot different from back home is all!" Waving his hands in front of his face while trying to cover up with a quickly constructed lie, Oikawa internally cursed his lack of attention over everything today.
"Awah, really?" Hinata grinned at Oikawa. "I can show you around a little bit more later, if you like." At this point, Oikawa was simply glad that Hinata had believed him.
"Sure! That'd be really neat Chibi-chan!" Oikawa smiled lightly, as the two started walking again. "Are you going to show me all the places you'll take your girlfriend to?" Might as well test the waters.
Hinata's face went red as he struggled to defend himself. "No! Of course not, that'd be weird! Anyhow, there's no way a girl would want to come here of all places!"
Oikawa laughed. "That's fine Chibi-chan, I was just teasing~."
Hinata pouted slightly. "Well whatever. We're almost there anyways, my house is just up there." He pointed to a regular looking beige house at the end of the street. "There's a volleyball net set up in the back for us to practice with."
Oikawa made a sound of agreement, gazing at the house as they approached. It was simple, in a good way, with a cheery disposition and atmosphere that seemed fitting. He wondered if the rest of Hinata's family was just like the tiny ball of sunshine next to him.
"We're here!" HInata cheered, bounding up the front steps to pull open the door, allowing Oikawa to step in first. "Just put your shoes on the side 'kay? We can come grab them before we go outback later!"
Oikawa did as he said, placing his shoes near the wall before trailing after the already up in action Hinata.
"Mom I'm home! And I brought my friend back with me!" Hinata yelled into a room that Oikawa assumed was the kitchen, judging by the slight sugary smell emanating from it.
A women with light brown shoulder length hair that had a similar structure (height and all) to Hinata popped her head out of the kitchen. "Hello there! You must be Oikawa-san! Shouyou's talked quite a lot about you and it's lovely to finally meet you!"
"Mooooom!" Hinata whined. "You aren't supposed to tell people that sorta stuff!"
"Now Shouyou, we aren't supposed to whine in front of guests are we?" Oikawa decided he really liked Hinata's mom.
"Ah! Don't worry about it Hinata-san! I'm intruding into your home after all," Oikawa bowed politely, trying to impress her as best he could.
"Nonsense! Guests are guests!" Smiling at Oikawa in a motherly fashion, she continued. "Oh, but please call me Haruna, Hinata-san makes me feel so old!"
Hm. This was going well. "I insist that you call me Tooru then. I can hardly be so as informal to call you by your first name if you won't refer to me by mine."
"And so polite! It's a shame Shouyou isn't as polite as you,Tooru!"
"MOOOM!" Hinata's enraged voice cut through their conversation
Haruna looked at her son, smiling menacingly. "Yes, Shouyou dear? Is something wrong~?"
Hinata blanched and shook his head in denial. "Uh, no, of course not! W-why would anything be wrong?! Everything's just great! Gwah worthy even!"
Oikawa smothered a laugh, finding Hinata's fear towards his mother somewhat hilarious.
Haruna clapped her hands together. "Oh good! Well, I suppose I'll let you boys get to work then! I'll see you later then, Tooru dear!" With that, she retreated back to the kitchen.
Hinata swiveled to face Oikawa. "Quick! Let's go before she comes back!" Half dragging Oikawa for the second time that day, Hinata raced down the hallways of his house. Reaching a door on the left, Hinata pulled it open, shoving Oikawa inside and slamming it shut once they were both inside.
Hinata spun around from his position of facing the door and grinned. "You can just put your stuff anywhere. I'll just grab a volleyball and then we can get our shoes and go outside! Oh, and if you want to get shorts or something that's fine to! Bathrooms to the right if you want!"
Oikawa nodded, dropping his bag in a corner of the room, next to the dresser, before pulling out shorts, his knee brace and volleyball pads. Deciding to use the bathroom as to avoid any weird situations, he left the bedroom and located the bathroom on the right.
Switching out his pants for shorts, and removing his jacket, Oikawa adjusted his knee brace on right leg and pulled a regular knee pad onto the other. He didn't know how much receiving he'd be doing, but it didn't hurt to be prepared. Ready to go, he stepped out of the bathroom and returned to Hinata's room, where the ginger appeared to have successfully found a volleyball.
"Oikawa!" Eyes lighting up, Hinata bounded the short distance between them before brandishing the ball in Oikawa's face. "I found one, so let's go!"
Oikawa laughed. "Sounds good Chibi-chan! Lead the way." Of course, Hinata didn't need much prompting and proceeded to half sprint down the hallway, like an excitable ball of energy. Oikawa, on the other hand, simply followed at a regular pace.
"Grab your shoes!" Hinata shouted down the hallway, before picking up his own and darting through a side space. "The backdoors just through here."
Following orders, Oikawa picked up his shoes and headed in the direction that Hinata had disappeared in. It wasn't hard to find, using the open outside door as a cue. Stepping out and shutting the door behind him, Oikawa sat down to put on his shoes. They weren't his regular volleyball shoes, but being that they were playing on grass, it was probably better that way.
"OI-KA-WA HU-RR-Y U-P!" Apparently Hinata was impatient. It was a good thing his shoes didn't have complicated laces, because he was done before Hinata could march over and berate him.
"Coming Chibi-chan!" Oikawa yelled, standing up and stepping off the raised platform of the house onto the grass. The yard was fairly large in size, large bushes surrounding the area, what he assumed to be a fence behind them and a volleyball net set up in the middle of it all. There was also an enclosed area that contained an assortment of plants, likely some sort of garden, flower of otherwise. The Hinata family seemed to acknowledge Hinata's somewhat fanatic volleyball tendencies, enough that they felt the need to protect their greenery from a stray ball.
Of course, it was probably almost impossible not to notice, especially if you lived with the boy.
Oikawa continue walking until he was across from Hinata. "I can hand toss the ball if you want to practice spiking."
Hinata smiled. "Alright! I've been learning how to spike without my eyes closed, so I'd love it if you could help me out with that! Old man Ukai says I have to be able to adjust to different play styles and speeds to be able to fight on my own."
"Tobio mentioned something like that actually," Oikawa hummed thoughtfully."I guess that was probably why."
Hinata blinked. "You talked to Kageyama about it?"
"Well, only a little bit. I just gave him a little bit of unspecific advice? About setters and spikers and power and stuff…" Oikawa trailed off, a little bit embarrassed. He really hadn't done much other than harass Tobio. But, it was enough to impress Hinata.
"Really?! Maybe that's why his attitude changed!"
"Uh, no, I really don't think so…" Oikawa rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. He tried switching the topic before Hinata could carry on. "But, hey, we were going to practice with your spikes right? Pass the ball and we can get started!"
"Right!" Hinata threw the ball at Oikawa, who caught it in a smooth motion.
"Okay," Oikawa started, "So I'll try and hand toss the ball and you can spike it. It might take a couple of tries before we can sync with each other, so don't worry if you can't hit it on the first try."
Hinata grinned and pumped his fist in the air. "Don't worry, I'll definitely hit it on the first try!"
Oikawa smiled. With determination like that, he could believe it.
And when Hinata hit his first toss with a soaring jump that made it land forcefully on the other side of the net, Oikawa would have sworn the boy had wings.
2 hours later when they were still trying to adjust to each other with nothing as successful as that first toss, Oikawa figured he should have known it wouldn't be that easy.
"Agh! How come this is so hard?!" Hinata flopped back on the grass. he'd been able to make a lot of connections with the ball, but nothing spectacular so far. To be honest, Oikawa felt about as frustrated as Hinata appeared.
"It's fine Chibi-chan. It takes a lot of work to be able to hit amazing quicks with a setter you aren't used to. The fact that we can match each other at all after only two hours is amazing in its own right!"
Hinata sat up, still looking pouty. "Yeah I guess…"
Oikawa laughed. "Come on, let's take a break. If you're feeling better after, we can practice some more."
"Alright!" Hinata jumped up and, seemingly fully re-energized, bounded up to the back door. Oikawa, of course, followed a little bit less energetically.
Traipsing through the house after taking off their shoes, Oikawa found that they were back into the kitchen area, where something that smelled suspiciously like chocolate chip muffins was wafting out from.
"Hello boys!" Haruna greeted, smiling at the two sweat drenched teenagers. "I've just finished making a snack! Just be careful, they're very hot still."
Hinata grinned back. "Thanks mom!"
Oikawa also thanked her politely, before taking a step back as a muffin was shoved in his face, courtesy of Hinata.
"Here!" Hinata said. "Try one, they're really good I swear! My mom's like totally gwah at baking!"
Oikawa took the offered muffin, taking a small bite and wincing as it burned his tongue. It was good, despite its temperature. "It is pretty good," Oikawa admitted, much to Hinata's delight.
"Ha! I told you!" Hinata smirked victoriously. "Oh! I just remembered something, hang on I'll be right back." Oikawa didn't have any time to protest because the ginger was already speeding off.
Leaning back in his chair, Oikawa munched on his snack thoughtfully. All in all, he thought things had gone pretty spectacular today. Better than he had expected, in any case. Tipping his head back on the chair, Oikawa was met with a surprise, in the form of an indignant looking child with orange locks.
Oikawa yelped slightly, tipping all the backwards, landing with his back against the floor. the little girl loomed over him, hands on her hips, before uttering a single question.
"Who are you?"
"Dammit Chibi! You didn't tell me you had a sister!"
A/N: Well, that's it, chapter 2! I hope you all enjoyed it, thanks to everyone who followed/favourited/reviewed last chapter! I really appreciate it! I hope everything is consistent in this chapter, considering I had to make some stuff up about Hinata's family, excluding Natsu of course! It's also unbeta'd, so sorry for any grammar mistakes! ((If you are interested in betaing this story, PM me and we can talk! It'll mean pre-chapter release reading~ *shamelessly bribes*)
On that note, don't expect an update for like at least 2 weeks. I have exams that are going to reflect my predicted grades for univeristy so I need to do well.
Thanks and see you next chapter!
~Jay
