HINATA

The past week at school was a bit different. I noticed myself looking for Kageyama. I learned some things from watching him. He drives a car on the days he has practice. He gets to school after I do and we share the same lunch period. I wanted to go up to him but it felt weird so I didn't. It's Saturday morning, I wake up because my curtains are doing a poor job at blocking the sun. I groan as I shift to adjust my curtains. I crash back into my bed snuggling back into my pillow. Ah, so soft. I'm distracted by my phone ringing.

I bet my teammates forgot I wasn't going to practice with them today. I grab my phone seeing it is Kageyama. I sit up so fast in the bed I got dizzy. What do I do? What? I answer the phone, answer it!

"Hello," I croak out in my sleep voice.

"Oh did I disturb you?" asked Kageyama.

"No!" I exclaimed. I clear my throat. "I'm just really drained from last nights game." My team we tend to play mostly on Friday evenings.

"I understand," said Kageyama. "From what I heard you played the whole game, I know that takes a lot of energy." This causes me to smile. "I was thinking we could meet for lunch after I'm done practicing." Practicing, oh that's right, he plays volleyball.

"Sounds like a plan," I replied. "Where do you want to meet up at?"

"Doesn't matter," stated Kageyama.

"I'm treating you to lunch! What do you want to eat?" How could he not have anything in mind?

"What I want?" he asked.

"Whatever you want!"

"I want the meat buffet," he replies. Holy shit, I was not expecting him to say that. My tummy growls so I don't mind. I could use a refuel from last night, got a little extra money in my piggy bank.

"Done," I agree. I can tell Kageyama wasn't expecting me to agree.

"Um okay," he says. "Meet me at the school in another hour, I should be ready." Crap, I don't have a car.

"Um do you have a car?" I asked.

"Not yet but I can borrow my dad's, why?"

"Would you be able to come and get me?" I asked shyly. Kageyama snorts.

"I'll come and get you. Text me your address." I pull the phone away from my ear typing my address and sending it to him.

"Done and done," I grin.

"Did you seriously do that with me on the phone," said Kageyama.

"Oh," I say because he sounds agitated.

"Never mind," he said. "I have to get back to practice. I will leave here in one hour to get you so be ready." I nod although he can't see me. "Later." He ends the call before I could say goodbye. I happily hop out the bed and start dancing. What the hell am I doing? This isn't a date. For some weird reason, it feels like it. I run to my closet to pick out some clothes for today. I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard but I also don't want to look like shit either. You can't go wrong with jeans and a tee. It is November so layers are a must. I grab a button-down shirt to wear over top of my tee. I sit the items on my bed jumping when I hear a knock on my door. I run to open it.

"Shoyo," said my mother smiling.

"Hey mom," I reply giving her a hug. I get my short height from her. I'm proud to say I am taller than her as she is my middle school and 1st year height of 162cm. I love my mom so much she is awesome. My dad is as well but since my mom is always home I feel like we have a special bond. My parents are not only supportive of me being gay but also supportive of me playing basketball.

"How did your game go last night?"

"It went as expected," I reply heading back into my room a bit more. "We had to fight for this win but we are already ready for the next one. I think we will make it to the finals this year."

"That is always good to hear," she smiled. "You guys deserve to win the championship." Mom notices my clothes on the bed. "Are you going out?"

"Yeah," I replied.

"I thought you had practice this morning but those don't look like practice clothes. I may be getting old but I'm not slow." I laugh.

"I skipped practice today because I owe a favor to uh a friend," I explained.

"A friend?" questioned mom. "All of your friends are on the team, aren't they?"

"Uh I just met him officially last week," I explained. "It's a long story but we're meeting for lunch. He plays on the volleyball team at school."

"Oh," replied mom slowly. "Is this a date?"

"Mom, no!" I exclaim. "We're just hanging out, nothing that serious."

"Okay," she replied sounding sad. I'm only 17 like jeez, no big rush to date. I dated before but the person wasn't who I thought they were and I would much rather forget the whole thing happened. Lucky for me, he doesn't go to my school since he graduated last year.

"I'm going to go wash up," I tell mom heading out of my room. I take a shower to ensure that I smell fresh. I'm just putting my wallet in my jeans when Kageyama tells me that he is outside via text. I head down the stairs and my mom is sitting in the living room with Natsu. Natsu seems to be engaged in whatever book she is reading. "Mom I'm about to head out." Mom stands up from her seat.

"I want to meet him,"

"Mom," I drone.

"I just want to know this person my son is going out with," she explains. "Come on, go ahead out the door." I know mom is not going to let this go. I say bye to Natsu and head outside. I see Kageyama look nervous when he spots my mom, he does step out of the car to greet her. It's a very nice car, looks like one of the more recent Lexus models.

"Hi Kageyama," I greet. "Thank you for coming to pick me up."

"It's not a big deal," he replied. "Hi, are you his mom?"

"Yes," mom smiled shaking his hand once close enough. "Shoyo tells me you play on the volleyball team."

"Yes I do," Kageyama smiles and I feel my heart flutter. "You should have seen your son last week he was incredible." My cheeks get warm now.

"I'm hoping to see him play in person sometime soon," mom replies. "Is he really that good?" I laugh as Kageyama does.

"Yes he is. He can reach the height of the other players on the court, I have never seen anything like it." Mom smiles.

"That's my little Shoyo," she says kissing my cheek further embarrassing me. "I will let you two get going. If you're going to stay out late just text me." Stay out late? It's only what, a little after noon.

"Okay, I will see you later," I reply waving good bye to my mom. Kageyama gets behind the wheel and I get in the passenger seat. He takes off towards the meat buffet.

"Does your mom think I am psycho?" he asked.

"Oh no!" I exclaimed. "She just tends to be over protective at times."

"She's very pleasant," noted Kageyama. I can smell his cologne, it's not too strong but just right. It seems very him in a way.

"She is," I reply. "Thanks for letting me pay you back. So how was your practice this morning?"

"Well," he sighed. "It could have gone better than I expected. I'm working on serves after I have spent the last couple of months' strength training."

"Don't you guys have an off season?" I ask.

"No off season for me," he replies. "I train all year around. Training at school starts at the end of December."

"I know," I reply. "We had to change our training schedule to not clash with yours."

"Tough shit," said Kageyama smirking. "We're going to win this year."

"So are we!" I exclaimed. Kageyama and I go back and forth on why our team would be the one to make it to the final championship game. It's weird because we play two different sports but we're so in sync. Kageyama pulls into a parking space not far from the meat buffet. We climb out and he clicks the lock on the car before we start walking. I'm looking around at other people out enjoying their Saturday as we head towards the building. Since we're coming mid-day and not at night I am hoping it will not be as busy.