"I'm very sorry… but there isn't really much I can do to help him."
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Continuously, the sound of the shrill alarm clock pierced Hinata's ears, which he promptly covered with his pillow, but before long he had Suga standing over him, whacking him with another pillow whilst Kenma tried to figure out how to turn off the irritating alarm. It was great having roommates, Hinata had decided - they'd been getting on nicely, despite all being fairly different. The night before, the three of them had decided to have some 'bonding time' and play on one of Kenma's multiplayer computer games, which Hinata had been fairly bad at, but enjoyed nonetheless. Slowly, with a lot of persuasion from Suga, Hinata managed to roll out of bed, hair sticking up, even more wild than usual, pyjamas hanging off one shoulder and eyes half closed. There was a kitchen down one floor for the students to have breakfast at, or they could buy it and take it back to their room; Suga had taken the role of going downstairs to get them all coffee and cereal, before bringing it back for Kenma and Hinata.
It wasn't hard to tell who's bed was who's: Hinata's sheets were crumpled and thrown about, bed not made, phone charger tangled with the lamp wire and tea stains on the bedside table. He was on the bottom bunk, and Kenma had taken the top, which was a little messy and covered in a range of electronic devices (a DSi, smart phone and laptop). On the other side of the room, Suga's single bed was against the wall, with neatly made sheets and a glass of water on a coaster on the table next to it, and his schoolbag and books stores in order under the bed.
"What classes do we have today?" Suga asked as he sipped his black coffee - Hinata hadn't thought Suga would like black coffee, but he'd clearly judged wrongly. Kenma, who was clicking away on his phone, responded without even glancing up:
"We have Japanese, English and a period of dance." Hinata's head shot up from the cereal he'd been devouring, and he spoke, mouth still full.
"Woah, cool! Our first actual dance class!" Yesterday, they had only had one class - dance strategy, but today they'd actually get to see the studio and do proper dancing! Suga chuckled, taking a longer drink from his coffee and finishing it in one gulp.
"Eager, Hinata? I'm excited to do some dancing, too!"
Four hours later, after a fairly easy Japanese class, a painfully boring English lesson and a break, Hinata arrived, alongside Kenma, to the dance studio. Suga had gone to see Daichi in the break they'd had, so the two shorter boys had gotten a drink together and then headed to their next period.
"Ooooh! Finally, we get a dance class!" Hinata squealed, punching the air in excitement as Kenma nodded timidly. They opened the studio doors, entering, and Hinata's hazel eyes widened in awe at the incredible building. A shiny, polished floor; tall walls, painted white; a huge mirror, lining one entire side of the studio and a locker room off to one side. With Kenma, he entered the locker room, his dance bag slung over one shoulder. Suga and Daichi were already changed and sat talking as Suga laced up his ballet shoes. Daichi gave Hinata a grin as he entered.
"Hey, Hinata! Nice to see you again."
"You too!" Hinata said, smiling widely as he hung up his bag and started to change. Suga finished tying one shoe, and sat back, beginning to speak.
"So, I got here with Daichi a bit earlier, and we met some people from this class who will be joining us! They're the guys Daichi is rooming with - Tsukishima and Goshiki." Daichi put his head in his hands.
"Tsukishima is impossible. He's so rude and arrogant and he drives Goshiki and I a little mad in our room. Always listening to loud music, never sleeps early, and he has all these dinosaur figures!" Hinata snorted at Daichi's remark, and even Kenma gave a small giggle.
"Apparently we're having a joint session with the C Class today, so we get to meet even more people!" Suga exclaimed. Hinata sat down to lace up his shoes, as did Kenma, before the four boys stood and entered the studio.
A lot of people were there, Hinata realised as he looked around. A tall, blonde boy who he knew to be Tsukishima, with a smaller boy with black hair that looked a bit like a mushroom - perhaps the Goshiki that Daichi had described? But, besides these two, Hinata had no idea who any of these people were! A fairly tall boy with freckles dotting his face, a crazy looking guy with red hair, a fairly normal guy with brown hair and a bored face and a guy with a shaved head and big eyes, and- a girl?
A girl!
Hinata's mouth dropped open. So far, everyone he'd met had been male, but this academy never specified a gender… She was small and cute, with blonde hair tied into pigtails, and she looked very nervous. No wonder she was nervous; she was surrounded by tall boys.
The coach from the day before came into the studio, clapping his hands.
"Alright, all here? Let's take a register then… eh, where did I put it? Ah, nevermind. Anyone not here? No, good! Sit down in a circle, come on." At the coach's words, everyone rushed to sit down next to someone they knew. Tsukishima sat with the freckled boy, and the weird red head sat with Goshiki. Hinata found a seat with Suga on one side and the girl on the other, as she didn't seem to have anyone she knew. Neither did the guy with the shaved head; he looked really nervous, too.
"Okay, so, I know you're all desperate to start dancing, but first I wanna get to know each other a bit. You guys will work together a fair amount, despite your different Classes, so let's go around the circle and introduce ourselves, okay? You start, glasses." Tsukishima met this nickname with an irritated expression, before quietly mumbling:
"My name's Tsukishima Kei." The coach blinked, before waving a hand nonchalantly and signalling for the freckled boy to introduce himself.
"My name is Yamaguchi Tadashi, nice to meet you all!" The next person went:
"I'm Goshiki Tsutomu! I like tap dancing most, but ballet is fun too!" Next up was the red head.
"Tendou Satori! I like all dancing, but I suck at ballet!" After him went Daichi, Suga, Kenma, before it was Hinata's turn.
"I'm Hinata Shouyou! I'm really short, only 5'3, but I really like dancing in any way!" He grinned, as the girl quietly said her name was Yachi Hitoka, and that she enjoyed ballet the most. The guy with the shaved head introduced himself as Watari Shinji, and nervously smiled at the people in the circle. Beside him was the bored-looking guy, who said he was called Futakuchi. Finally, a boy of average height with short brown hair told the group his name was Ennoshita Chikara, and that he hoped they could all get on well.
"Alright, great!" Said Coach Ukai, before standing. "C'mon, warm ups! Let's not waste time!"
Hinata stood. He was wearing his beige ballet shoes with short laces that went around his ankles, as well as black leggings and a white t-shirt - simple attire for a dance session. The first part of a warm up was getting the body temperature up and heart beating faster, so Hinata positioned himself and began to jog on the spot, whilst Daichi performed push ups and Suga did some small jumps. Everyone had their own way of warming up, so it was interesting to learn new methods by watching others. Kenma joined Hinata with jogging, but, because of his long hair, it proved difficult. Suga, still hopping, raised a brow.
"Kenma, doesn't your hair get in the way a bit? I mean, it's pretty, but you can't really see…"
"No… no… it's fine." Kenma said as he tucked hair behind his ears. After about ten minutes, they were all breathing a little faster, and decided it was time to go onto calmer exercises. Dropping to the floor, Hinata stretched both his legs out into a straddle and began to lean over and touch his toes. Suga did the same, whereas Daichi twisted his legs into an odd yoga pose and held his arms at a certain angle, telling the others that it increased arm strength and stretched the muscles in the legs. Kenma quietly began doing his own slow body movements to loosen up, and after ten minutes they were all ready to begin dancing.
"Alright, I'm giving you all a free dance session today. You have half an hour to do whatever you want, but I'll be coming 'round and asking you some stuff and correcting you if you're making mistakes." Ukai told them. After his words, everyone began performing their own movements whilst chatting to one another; the atmosphere was light and friendly. Suga quickly tightened the laces of his ballet shoes, and, with surprising confident, went en pointe. This brought a gasp from Hinata, and a shocked glance from Kenma. Daichi grinned and chuckled at the faces of all the other dancers. Ennoshita clapped his hands in amazement, and Yachi's eyes were shining as she watched suga stand, perfectly still, before returning to a normal standing position.
"Woah! WOAH!" Hinata exclaimed. "Suga-san, so cool!" Kenma brushed his hair back, a questioning look on his face.
"How did you do that?" He asked, and Suga laughed, blushing a little from all the attention.
"I've been practising that for ten years now - since I was eight!" Ukai came over, hands on his hips.
"Suga, that's a pretty dangerous thing to do, since you're not in the A Class or S Class…"
"Sorry, Coach. I'm pretty good at ballet, though. I've been training for eleven years."
"Ah well, if you've had proper training, I can't stop you. Can you show me again?" Suga nodded, sweeping his arms out to balance himself as he went up onto his toes again. "Wow, impressive, Sugawara." Commented Ukai, giving an approving nod. "Alright, you other guys get back to your own stuff now."
Hinata, who found ballet the most difficult of all dancing styles, went over to the Ballet Barre and rested his left hand on it, stretching out his other one to be in a relaxed position. He put his heels together, before bringing his right hand into a circular shape over his chest and attempted a plié. Out of all the ballet moves, he was probably best at this one, and he felt his muscles stretch as he went into the move. Ukai came over, looking at his form.
"Straighten your back more, Hinata. Yeah, like that. Good, good, but remember to relax." The ginger-haired boy nodded in determination as he corrected his posture and tried to loosen up. As he stood back straight, he looked around and watched some others practising. Yachi was doing the same move as him, but seemed to be struggling with her balance. Tendou and Goshiki were messing around, trying to leap and utterly failing. They ended up getting lectured by Ukai.
"This is great." Hinata muttered under his breath, letting a smile onto his face. He was looking forward to his next dance class.
"Haha! Iwa-chan, you're really bad at pointe!" Oikawa giggled, as his classmate failed yet another attempt at the difficult ballet move.
"Shut up, Shittykawa. Just because you can do it well... I'm trying my best here."
"I can't help being perfect." Oikawa commented, receiving a hit from Iwaizumi Hajime - his classmate and childhood friend. "Owww! Iwa-chan, so violent!"
Across the room, a tall boy was alone, sat on the floor and stretching. He had a mysterious, dark air around him, his deep blue eyes like a knife; razor sharp and cutting into anything he looked at. Raven hair fell over his forehead and into his eyes as he watched Oikawa and Iwaizumi and other people in his classes interacting and enjoying themselves. Envy stabbed at him, and he gritted his teeth, stretching more vigorously. Anywhere he looked, anything he heard, everyone else was in pairs and in groups of friends.
"Akaashi! No, I'm going to drop you!"
"Bokuto-san, no, no, no, no! Let me down, BOKUTO-SAN!"
He blocked out the noise, furrowing his thin eyebrows.
"Noya-san, I think you're back's bent…"
"Ah, thanks, Asahi. How is your posture always so good?"
Block it out.
"Hey, Kageyama."
He looked up.
Kiyoko Shimizu stood, holding out a water bottle for him. She was the only girl in the mixture of the A and S Class, but she was appreciated by all for both her beautiful looks and incredible skill in all styles of dance, but particularly ballet.
"Oh. Thank you." She sat down next to him, crossing her legs and resting her hands on her knees.
"Kageyama… are you alright?" Kiyoko wasn't one for talking much, but she was always very polite and calm when she did, and had a soft and pretty voice.
"I'm fine." He responded bluntly, stretching in the other direction.
"You always look disappointed in dance lessons." She commented, not asking for a response. Kageyama considered her words, shrugging as he stood up.
"I'm fine." He repeated, as the bell rang for the end of the lesson, and he left Kiyoko as he went to the locker room to get his bags. She looked after him, shaking her head a fraction of an inch, before leaving as well.
Hinata's Dance Lessons!
"Hey everyone, Hinata here! I'm gonna explain some of the dance terminology used in this chapter, so any readers who don't do dance aren't confused! Keep in mind the author knows nothing about dance, and she had to Google all of this stuff too! But I'm an expert, so no need to worry!
First off, we mentioned 'en pointe'. This is the move where dancers go onto their toes, and it's a lot harder than it seems! Dancers practise for around ten years to get this move properly correct, and they need 'pointe shoes'. 'Pointe shoes' are the shoes with blocks in the toes. These blocks are made of densely packed layers of fabric, paper or cardboard and are hardened by glue! Ballet dancers need these made to perfectly fit their feet, or else they risk breaking or injuring their toes and feet. I was so amazed that Suga-san can do pointe! He has been practising for a long time, though. He told me his parents got him specially made shoes for his 18th birthday - so cool!
The next thing we mention is a 'Ballet Barre'. This is the bar that runs along the side of a studio, but you can get them free standing too. A 'Ballet Barre' is basically something for dancers to balance themselves with and perform certain exercises with. It's important for the bar to be the right height, but the one at the studio is a little too high for me. Sometimes being short is so annoying!
Finally, I do a 'plié'. This is a ballet move where the dancer puts their heels on the group and turn their feet outwards, then proceed to bend their knees and straighten them again. Dancers often have their arms in a kind of circular shape when they do this, but it isn't necessary.
I hope this helped you understand this chapter more! I'll be seeing you all next chapter, and maybe there will be some more dance terminology then, too!"
Author's Notes:
Hey there! I'm Holly, the author of this fanfiction!
I'm sorry I haven't been putting Author's Notes on each chapter, I kept forgetting ^^;
Anyway, some explaining:
-There are two stories going on here! Hinata's story and Kageyama's story. Of course, these two stories will collide very soon (aka next chapter).
-The school & class system will be explained next chapter, too, in a similar style to 'Hinata's Lessons'.
-I update weekly (every Sat/Sun)
Thank you for reading! ^^
