Chapter 4
The summer was getting near and near and it was the time for Karasuno to go summer training camp with Fukurodani Academy Group. For unknown reason to the team, Kageyama became very hostile whenever someone mentioned the training camp. Tsukishima did not miss a chance and always told about the training camp when the raven was within 10-meter-radius. The reason was, of course, no other than Lev who had a very CLOSE skin contact with Hinata at the night of golden week practice match. Kageyama, himself, still did not understand why he was that concerned with every little thing Hinata involved. He could not help but pay attention whenever he heard the words 'Hi, Na, Ta, Shou and You'.
The day for training camp had arrived in the end. As soon as, Hinata stepped outside of the car, Lev came running toward him in full speed to greet him and boast how much he grew taller again. Kageyama was already in high concentration mood, looking the surrounding with aware andwhen he found the tall guy running toward them, he grabbed Hinata's hand and forced him to stay behind him. Lev stopped and looked Kageyama annoyingly. The two teams were surprised by their action and decided to stay still and watch what would happen next.
"You got something to do with Hinata?" It was Kageyama who started the conversation.
"All I want to greet him since we haven't seen each other for a short period." Lev grinned.
"Fine. Say it now and get lost." Kageyama pulled Hinata to the front.
"My, my, don't be so hostile. You looked like a dad who's meeting his daughter's boyfriend for the first time.
Hey, Shouyou, how are you doing?" He smiled at Hinata who was confused by Kageyama's strange actions.
"Hello, Lev." Hinata greeted. Kageyama stared intensely at Lev, giving a hint of 'you'd better get going.' Lev did not fill to return the favor and stared back at Kageyama with the same intensity. No one said a word until a black-haired, tall guy found them and came to fetch them.
"I was wondering what's taking you so long. Lev, stop this at once or there'll be a DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS EXTRA PRACTICE waiting for you at night!" Lev shivered as he heard the was Tetsuo Kuroo, the former captain of the Nekoma.
"Kuroo-san, whatcha doing here?" Hinata asked, being the closest guy to Kuroo in the Karasuno team.
"Well, my parents decided to go on a trip alone and I'm free since the collage is closed so I decided to come here. Good to see you again, Karasuno." Kuroo explained.
'You just came for Kenma! Stop telling lies.' was the whole team of Nekoma (except Kenma) yelled inside their heads. They would not say out loud and make Kuroo mad. If they did, that meant that they would be suffering from the black-haired teen's a little sadistic extra practice during the camp. Taketora, who was now the captain, also could not do a thing.
"Osu." Lev yelled and left them while giving Kageyama a nasty glare for the last time. Kuroo looked the three teens with amusement. He had already heard what happened a few months ago from Kenma. He smirked, thinking some amusing ideas that could make the Karasuno's official setter boil in anger.
"Sorry, Kageyama-kun, but this is for your own good." He whispered while watching the rest of the teams made their way to the gym of Ubugawa High School.
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After the practice was called for a night, Hinata wondered around the gyms to find someone who might doing some extra practice and join him. Luckily, he heard the bouncing of the volleyballs in the 1st gym. He opened the door and entered. There was only one person, Tetsuo Kuroo.
"Kuroo-san, let me join, too." The older teen looked at the boy with a smile and answered.
"Okay. Where's Kageyama? Did you two finish your practice?" He asked.
"Yes. He went to get some food. Kuroo-san, are you still playing in your collage?"
"Yep, it's no fun without volleyball." Kuroo told, serving a ball and the ball landed perfectly on a empty water that was on the other side of the net.
"Isn't it? I mean there's no fun at all. When I caught a cold last month and couldn't make to practice, I was totally bored. I really love volleyball." Hinata positioned at the other side of the net.
"Let me receive them." He asked for permission and the older boy noded.
"But, Hinata, you know, if you continue to be a volleyball idiot, you'll never get a girlfriend. Or do you already have someone you interested?" Kuroo served another ball.
"Of course not! I don't have one!" Hinata blushed so hard and lost his concentration, ending up not sending the ball back.
"Relax. Relax." Kuroo comforted the boy.
"Hai. How about you, Kuroo-san?" Hinata asked him.
"Me, of course, I've found the one I loved."
"Who? Who? A girl from your collage?" Hinata asked with curiosity. Then he realized he was too much into Kuroo's personal matter and apologized. "Sorry, I'm not in the position to ask you this."
"It's okay. But about that person is a secret." Kuroo said with a bright smile.
"I understood."
"Let's take a break. Shall we?" Kuroo picked up two sport drinks on the bench and handed Hinata one. Then he caught a glimpse of a certain raven-haired boy. He saw him approaching the gym. He faced Hinata who was now sitting beside him. He leaned towards him, grabbed his hands and trapped the smaller one between the bench and him. "Say, Hinata, what do you think of Kageyama?"
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Kageyama became worried when he did not find Hinata when he finished his dinner. He thought that the smaller guy might be got caught by the carnivorous stupid cat again. He sighed and decided to look for the boy.
'Why am I so concern with him?' He thought. Tsukishima often called them as 'The Royal Couple', but he was not sure why he called them like that.
'I mean, we're just a volleyball duo. Nothing more than that. Hinata is my teammate, so what's this feeling? I don't feel like this to other teammates.' Yes, Kageyama was not only stupid at feeling? I don't feel like this to other teammates.' Yes, Kageyama was not only stupid at academics, also in love matters. He still did not get that he FREAKING LOVED Hinata when the rest of Karasuno were starting to get the hints. (Please count Hinata out because he was also a failure when it comes to love.)
Just then, he saw Hinata's bright orange hairs through the window of the 1st gym. He decided to go and fetch him.
"I can't believe he's still practicing. How much energy does he have?" When he arrived near the gym, he heard Kuroo's voice.
"Say, Hinata, what do you think of Kageyam?"He stopped midway and eavesdropped without entering.
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"Kageyama?" Hinata repeated Kuroo's word.
'What the hell is this position?' He looked at Kuroo who was over him with his face so closed to him own.
"Kuroo-san, please let me go first." He pleaded.
"No, answer me first." Kuroo replied him in a singing voice.
"Why do you interested in Kageyama? And it's getting annoying. Please stop this." Hinata talked the older boy back.
"Just curious. Tell me and I'll let you go."
"Fine. He's nothing more than a friend. He's annoying, always yelling at me, no matter what I do. His tosses are awesome and I admire him a lot. He's my eternal rival. I'll surpass him some day. Are you satisfied?" Hinata yelled.
Kageyama felt a pain in his heart. When he heard that for Hinata, he was just a friend, he wanted to feel like crying. He could not move an inch and froze.
"No, there's one more. Do you hate homosexuality?"
"What? Well, it's not like I'm against it, but I still think it's a little awkward to see two men doing this and that kind of things. Can you let me go now?"
"What if the person I said earlier was you, Shouyou; the one I'm interested in. What's your answer?" Hinata's face was now bright red. He blinked once. No, make it twice before digesting what Kuroo had said.
"Eh, please don't joke."
"I'm not joking." Kuroo pulled up the boy. He might be doing with intention of not, Kuroo used too much force and lost his balance and fall together with Hinata. Now their positions were reversed; Hinata was on top of Kuroo.
"Ah, sorry." Hinata yelled. His voice made Kageyama who was currently in the frozen state came back to the real world. Kageyama sneaked a peak and found Hinata and Kuroo's awkward position. "Kageyama?" Hinata shocked, seeing the raven boy at the door. Kageyama did not say a word. He picked up Hinata and left, only saying the words 'Please excuse us to Kuroo. Kuroo got up and made a evil grin.
"Kageyama-kun, you should realize your feelings by now."
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"Those stupid cats. Always trying to make a move when I'm not looking." Kageyama murmured, dragging Hinata.
"Hey, Kageyama, it hurts. Please release me." Hinata told the taller boy. Kageyama turned to look at him in face. He placed his hands on Hinata's shoulders.
"Listen Hinata, never ever stay with a guy from Nekoma ALONE anymore. Those guys are dangerous." He told him with a very serious face.
"Huh, what's wrong with you? You're acting funny. You look like a dad lecturing to his kid."
"Just promise me!" Kageyama yelled.
"No, can't do." Hinata replied.
"Do it."
"No! Seriously, you're getting annoying more and more, you know." Hinata said his final words and left Kageyama alone.
"Damn it!" Kageyama punched the nearest tree to relieve his anger.
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"What's wrong with Hinata and Kageyama? They hardly say a word to each other today." Tanaka said to Nishinoya during break.
"Oh, did the royal couple have a little love quarrel?" Tsukishima said in a loud voice.
"Don't call us that!" The two of them shouted in unison. They realized they said it so perfectly and became mad. They ignored each other and walked away.
"What now?" Tanaka mourned.
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To Kageyama's dismay, Kuroo kept on doing his affectionate gestures towards Hinata and sometimes, Lev joined him. Unable to keep his angry feeling anymore, Kageyama finally went to Kuroo for a talk.
"What do you want to talk about?" The older boy asked.
"Please stop flirting with HInata. Are you even serious with what you told to him?"
"Why? I've my right to flirt him, don't I? And I'm very serious."
"I don't like it. So stop it when I'm using words."
"Well, unfortunately, I must decline. I'll stop if you're his boyfriend or something like that. Are
Hinata and you in that kind of relationship?" Kuroo smirked. Kageyama looked away from Kuroo.
"Even we're not in like that, he's my teammate so I care. Stop it!" Kageyama yelled.
"Wow, wow, relax. How nice of you, Kageyama-kun, protecting your teammate. Say, if the one confessed was Tsukishima, not Hinata, will you stay react like this?" Kageyama became confused.
"Huh, why should I care about that freak?"
"He's your teammate, Kageyama-kun." Kageyama realized Kuroo tricked him. "Just admit that you like Hinata."
"No, I don't like him." Kageyama refused."In fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm straight." Kuroo sighed. He could not believe that the genius setter would really idiotic when it came to love.
"Think about it, Kageyama-kun. Hope you find your answer." Kuroo left him alone to have him some thoughts. Kageyama was puzzled.
'Do I really love Hinata?'
Julissa: Wow, what a long chapter! Here's the question, "Does Kuroo really love Hinata?" Find out in the next chapter. And Kageyama was finally getting the hints that he loved Hinata.
I'm sorry but there won't be any BokuHina anymore. I wanted to add, but I can't think up a good storyline. I'm thinking of finishing this on Hinata's birthday (21.6.2014) and there are several chapters left. Well, I'll try my best to finish it. Also, there will be two extra chapters: TsukiHina one and for the other, I'm not telling you. It's a surprise.
To LumineNS: I don't mind if you want to translate it. To tell you the truth I'm overjoyed. I'm happy that you like it.
To Kat nee san: As you can see above, I'll make a TsukiHina one even though I think Tsukishima is for Yamaguchi. I hope you will like that chapter.
To Japaneseeychesse: Yes, I know that 'chan' is for girls and 'kun' is for boys. Oikawa called Kageyama 'Tobio-chan' so I decided to make him call Hinata 'Shouyou-chan', too. It's not really a serious grammatical rule. Please note that Tanaka also Takeda-sensei 'Take-chan'.
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