'What the fuck are you doing?'

Hinata looked up to the cloaked boy in front of him, stunned by his intruding aura and the pissed off look he wore in his eyes. Hinata wasn't sure if he had ever seen anyone more pissed in his entire life. Without really having the change to think about what to do, Hinata diverted his eyes to the ground and started mumbling.

'Em- Well.. You see.-'

Hinata hadn't hold it possible, but the glare the boy wore grew even deeper and the grip on his shirt become tighter.

'Speak up, dumbass!'

The cloaked boy yelled at Hinata. Which had shocked Hinata out of being frozen in place. Hinata started to get annoyed with the cloaked boy, he had only tried to help him after all. He wasn't sure why he had done it, but he saved the boy from the unfair cops roaming the city.

'I'm not a dumbass!'

Hinata countered back, throwing his head up to look at the raven again. He stared right into the boys eyes, determined not to let the rave think he was weak.

'Then tell me why you dragged me all the way to where ever the hell this is!'

He spat at Hinata, looking into Hinata's eyes just as fierce at Hinata did. Either of them refusing to give any give any ground. Hinata was starting to get pissed off now, but managed to stay calm enough to try and explain the situation to the raven.

'You're not from around here, are you?'

Hinata said, and the raven gave him a puzzled look. He unconsciously led his grip on Hinata's collar slightly faltered.

'What does that have to do with anything?'

He asked Hinata, speaking slightly calmer than he had before. Hinata slowly felt some of the tension slip from his body. He led out a small sigh, and started to explain.

'Well.. You wouldn't know if you're not from here. I actually saved your ass, you know?'

'Elaborate'

The raven said curtly.

'If your fight had gone noticed by a cop, or if someone would've snitched to one of the cops; You would've been in a lot of trouble. The police around here loves giving harsh public beatings to folks like you. You're lucky I stopped you before your punch would've hit, now the police doesn't anything on you.'

Hinata spoke in one breath, not once did stop looking at the raven boy in front of him. He was slightly panting by the end of his explanation. The boy removed his grip from Hinata's shirt, and backed away from the wall. Giving Hinata more space to move. He looked down, and scratched his head.

'Thanks…'

The boy looked incredibly pained and embarrassed for being in the wrong, and it looked like his pride took a small blow.

'I could've won though.'

He softly said afterwards, not meant to be heard by anyone in particular. But that didn't matter to Hinata, he beamed at the boy in front of him. The raven didn't appear to be mad at him anymore, and Hinata's mood gone back to his usual cheerfulness.

'So.. You're a traveller right?'

Hinata asked the raven curiously, his eyes sparking with interest.

'Well.. I guess so. I'd hate to ask you, but do you happen to know any place to stay the night? The price isn't an issue, as long as the service is good enough...'

The raven said after a while, and Hinata's face lit up. He cheerfully grabbed the ravens arm again, and looked at him with a goofy face.

'I sure do! My family owns an inn! I'm sure we have some open rooms left, and I can promise it won't disappoint. I can take you there if you want!'

'Well.. I suppose…'

Hinata smiled at the raven, and started dragging him away from the alley they had their little exchange in.

'So what's your name, anyway? Mine's Shouyo Hinata!'

The raven looked to be complementing, and it took him a while before he finally answered Hinata's question.

'Kageyama..'

Hinata turned to face the raven- Now known as Kageyama- and looked at him in astonishment.

'Wow.. Isn't that the last name of the royal family? Are you some noble boy?'

Hinata fired questions at Kageyama, his curiosity becoming the best of him. Kageyama's expression become a deep scowl again, and he looked displeased with the questions given to him.

'I'm not. It's just a coincidence.'

Kageyama didn't appear to be comfortable with the subject, and that was something even Hinata could sense. Hinata dropped his head, and decided to drop the subject. For some reason he could sense that Kageyama would get really mad if he would press on. Hinata decided it was the choice of action to respect Kageyama's wishes.

'Oh crap!'

Hinata suddenly shouted out. It just hit him he had left the bags of ingredients at the plaza, his parents would kill him if they were to find out. They hated it if he wasted ingredients or money like that and Hinata was sure they wouldn't let him off easy for this.

'What's wrong?'

Kageyama asked Hinata, looking slightly confused. A slight scowl still painted his face, and Hianta figured that a scowl must be his regular expression.

'I dropped the ingredients for dinner at the plaza, my parents are going to kill me!'

Hinata said in a panic. He wasn't sure what to do in this situation, it wasn't like he could leave Kageyama alone now. But if he didn't hurry to the plaza, there would be no chance at all that the ingredients were still there.

'We.. could go back there to check if they're still around.'

Hinata's face lit up again.

'I'll race you there!'

X

Kageyama and Hinata were panting frantically as they returned back to the plaza. Kageyama was annoyed at Hinata, who obviously had the advantage of knowing the region; and thn having the nerve to challenge him to a race. But Kageyama was never someone to back down, and especially not to the little orange ball next to him.

Kageyama had ran next to Hinata for the entire race, the both of them refusing to lose to one and other. Even if Kageyama had known the region, he couldn't have ran any faster as he did now. Kageyama and Hinata had to settle for a tie, but both of them demanding a rematch later on.

It was like a miracle had occurred, as it seemed as the ingredients were still in the same place Hinata had left them. All and well, for whatever cosmic reason. Hinata was stunned at the fact that nothing had happened, and thanked whatever gods that were out there. Hinata let out a relieved sigh.

'Thank the lord'

They slowly walked to the inn of Hinata's family, enjoying the sunset that painted the orange colours blending in beautifully with a soft purple. It was very unlike Hinata, but the two of them walked in silence. They both didn't feel the need to utter a word. The silence, however, didn't feel uncomfortable like someone would assume. It felt calm, pleasant. But after a while, Kageyama was the first one to speak up again.

'Give me a guide tomorrow, through town.'

Kageyama demanded. Hinata smiled at him and nodded.

'Okay!'