was smiling to myself as I cleaned up the house. It felt like some weight was lifted off my shoulders and I had a warm feeling in my stomach. Suddenly I heard my phone ringing, since I set the volume on high in case Hinata called, and ran towards my room to get it. Hinata's number was displayed on it and I felt my smile grow.

"Hello Hinata, what is-" there was the sound of a muffled cry that stopped me and I felt my eyes widen and my grip on the phone tighten.

"Well looks like someone has been quite a blabber mouth. Wouldn't you agree Hina-chan?" I heard the soft sobs that echoed in my ears.

"Who the fuck are you? Get the hell away from Hinata," I growled and slammed my fist down on my desk. I heard the man sigh. He sounded familiar.

"Eeeh, your such a party pooper. I like playing with Hina-chan. And I think he likes it too, don't you Hina-chan?" Hinata's scream rattled my brain and I felt angry tears forming in my eyes as I clenched my teeth. When I find this guy I am not going to hold back one bit.

"Bastard! If you harm another hair on his head I'll-" I was cut off by a pained cry.

"Whoops, sorry didn't hear you there. I was too busy fucking your precious ginger," I was beyond pissed now and was about to explode. I felt angry tears run down my face.

"You get away from him right fucking now! I've got proof now that you've done this and when I turn it into the police you can no longer hurt him. What about that bastard?" I heard a laugh and was taken aback. It was a full on belly laugh that made me clench my teeth so hard my jaw began to ache.

"You amuse me. The police? Ha! They won't see me coming, yes sirree. And to make it easier I've got Hinata wrapped right around my finger. Yup! This little slut," there was a sound of skin hitting skin followed by a whimper, "will do whatever the hell I tell him to do. Heck I could probably get him to lie to the police about this, or better yet, sell himself to a whore house!" There were no words to describe how I was feeling. My face was hot in anger and my fingernails were almost drawing blood from my fists being so tight. If I could I would end this guy right here right now.

"Do not ever talk about Hinata that way! You disgusting bastard! Who the hell do you think you are?" I meant it rhetorically and he laughed.

"Who am I? Well Kageyama Tobio, I am just the most powerful setter you will ever meet. Isn't that right, Chibi-chan?" Now I was silent. No. This couldn't be. What. The. Hell. This just... What?

"Oikawa?" I said in disbelief.

"The one and only, Tobio-chan! And you won't tell a single soul about this."

"And why the fuck won't I? I could be calling the police right now," I wasn't and he probably knew it. I can't believe how stupid I was! I should have realized it was Oikawa! There was an ear splitting scream that made me pull the phone away.

"SHUT UP YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" There was a deafening sound followed by a cracking noise.

"HINATA!" I growled. That bastard! "YOU GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM! OR I WILL CALL THE POLICE!" I was scrambling around for the phone when I heard Oikawa's breath in my ear.

"I would love too, under one condition."

"What?" I snapped, still looking for the phone.

"You take all of the evidence on that flash drive, you know which one, and destroy it. Then I will promise to never hurt Hinata again, as long as you keep up your end of the deal," I was tempted to just call the police but the sound of Hinata's sobbing made me hesitate. If he leaves Hinata alone then we can always redocument the evidence safely. But then he might find out again. How did he even know about it? He probably got it out of Hinata.

"Fine," I went and got the flash drive and a hammer.

"Put it on speaker phone. I want to hear it being destroyed," I clenched my jaw and did as instructed. This is for Hinata.

I set the flash drive on the ground. As I raised the hammer I felt my face contort. I closed my eyes as the hammer came down with a helpless crunch. I continued to smash it until it was in tiny pieces. I stared at the mess and felt tears pouring down my face. I felt so defeated.

"Good. Now I suggest you come and get little Hinata. He's in no shape to get anywhere on his own. Ta-Ta!" The call ended with a crackling noise and I was already running out the door, my shoes barely pulled on.

Oikawa may not have told me where he was but I had a very good idea where he would have been. My lungs burned as I continued running at full speed. My body wasn't used to it and it took all of my willpower to keep myself from slowing down. My eyes watered at the pain that ran through my muscles but I kept it in. I have no right to cry over something so insignificant.

I took a sharp turn and practically flew down the steep hill by the bridge. Out of breath and body growing heavy, I stopped and caught my breath before turning towards the scene. It made me want to cry but I toughened up and went to Hinata's aid.

There were red welts forming on his back and claw marks on his backside and thighs. There was blood splattered in multiple places and I could barely see Hinata breathing. As I crouched down next to him I noticed his phone smashed into pieces a little bit from where he lay. Looking at him like this broke my heart.

There was a long gash on his cheek that mixed with his tears, his eyes stared of into the distance with a glazed look. Covering his neck and collarbone were red marks that were, I hate to say it, hickies. I held back a choked sob as I looked at his chest. Carved into his chest and spilling with blood was an ugly word. "Slut". I took Hinata's limp outstretched hand and held it to my face.

I kissed his palm and took a moment to contain myself before looking at the rest of the damage. There were multiple minor cuts all over the insides of his wrists as if he cut himself and the thought that he probably did crushed me even more. Covering his black and blue stomach were red gashes dripping with blood, but not deep enough to do much damage. Then there were his thighs. They were covered in hickeys and hand marks. There was also disgusting white liquid and blood dripping out between his thighs and I felt my heart crumble.

Taking off my shirt, I sat Hinata up gently and pulled it over him. It was big and covered most of him. I looked around and saw his bag laying in the grass. I pulled a pair of his sweat pants oit and helped put them on him. Hinata just sort of stared off. Whenever I asked him to do something so that I could dress or pick him up he just did it without any reply. I asked how he was feeling and he just turned away.

He didn't fight me as I picked him up like I did the day before. When I asked he put his arms around my neck and leaned into my shoulder heavily. He was shaking like a leaf and I knew that he wouldn't be able to go home like this. We walked quietly back to my house, and once we got there I brought Hinata to the bathroom before putting his stuff back in my room.

Back in the bathroom I drew a bath and asked Hinata if he needed help getting clean. He didn't respond but undressed and sat down on the stool with his shoulders hunched in as if waiting. I took off my clothes as well and decided that I might as well get cleaned too.

I washed myself quickly before cleaning Hinata off carefully. His shoulders shook the whole time and I made sure to tell him everything that I was going to do before I did it. He never said anything or really showed any sign that he heard me but I didn't get aggravated about it. As I scrubbed his scalp with shampoo he finally spoke, but in a broken whisper that I had to strain my ears in order to hear.

"Do you hate me now?" I was simply astonished by this statement and it made me tremble.

"Of course not, Hinata. I love you, okay? Don't you forget that. I will always be here for you," He didn't say anything after that but his shaking slowly stopped and I rinsed him off before we both stepped into the bath. We sat there sitting side by side and just when I was about to ask Hinata something he moved closer to me so that he was leaning against my chest with his hand pressed flat against my sternum. I was surprised at first but then wrapped my arms around him and rested my head on his. Neither of us talked. Neither of us moved. We just sat there, holding onto each other for dear life.

We didn't get out until our skin was pale and prunny. I brought out some more clothes for us both and Hinata struggled to get the pants on. I helped him in them before finishing drying his spiky hair off. He just sat there limply as I took out the med kit and began to treat his new wounds. I asked what hurt and he just shrugged his shoulders and looked down at his lap. While putting a patch on his face I saw him begin to scratch the cuts on his wrists from the corner of my eyes.

"Hinata," I grabbed his hands and held them gently in mine. His eyes stared in my direction but seemed like he was looking through me and not at me. "Don't worry. He can't hurt you any more," I kissed both of his knuckles. "I promise on my life."

"Okay…" Hinata breathed out the word before squeezing my hands slightly. I smiled at him sadly and went back to work. I was beginning to wrap the cuts on his wrists when he spoke up again.

"He hit me with a belt," I froze and my hands shook, I couldn't look up at him. "And he made me cut myself with the knife. I just wanted to make sure that he didn't hurt you too," Hinata began to cry and I hugged him to me, feeling like crying again.

"It's okay, we're both safe now. You don't have to worry anymore, I'm here," he clung to me and I would have rubbed his back but it was covered in welts. I decided to brush my hand through his hair again. That seemed to calm him down the best.

"Yes," I heard him speak and then paused.

"Yes what?"

"I… I want to… go out w-with you," I paused my brushing of his hair and he leaned back to look at me, really look at me. His eyes were back in focus and he stared at me desperately. I brought a hand up to his face and smiled.

"I would love that," he cracked a small smile and pressed our noses together.

"So does that make me your boyfriend?" he said it quietly but I still noticed the teasing undertone and I pulled back, kissing his nose.

"Yes, you're my boyfriend, silly," he laughed breathily and pulled me against him in a hug. I instantly hugged him back.

"I think I might love you too," he spoke quietly in my shoulder but I still heard it and I kissed his head. Smiling into his hair I felt Hinata nuzzle my neck and I chuckled.

"That tickles, boyfriend," I heard Hinata giggle and he pulled back with a small smile on his red face. I leaned towards his face and saw him close his eyes as I gave him a small kiss. I wrapped up the rest of his arms and put patches on the welts on his back. He took some pain medicine and put on a big sweater I grabbed for him. I fixed up dinner as Hinata sat at the table quietly with a sad face. I hated seeing him like that but today had been hard for the both of us. We ate a simple stir fry quietly. I sat closer to Hinata and our knees were pressed against each other under the table.

After we did dishes, Hinata insisted on helping again, we went to my room to go to bed. Hinata went straight for the bed and climbed in. I went to the closet and pulled out the futon. Hinata watched as I laid it out. I went to the lightswitch and smiled at him.

"Goodnight," he just stared at me as I flicked it off and got into the futon. I heard shuffling of sheets and my blanket was lifted off. "What the-" Hinata crawled into the futon next to me and I could just make out his face. I rolled over on my side and he crawled closer, sticking his head under my chin and resting it against my chest. I felt him grab my shirt in his hands and I just laid there in shock. I was not expecting this. So I rolled with it and wrapped my arms around Hinata, pulling him closer to me and I heard a hum come from Hinata as he snuggled against me.

I guess sometimes things turn out just right.

Hinata ended up staying at my house the whole weekend and into Monday. He used my phone to call his house and said that his mother was fine with it. The night before I made us both lunches and Hinata sat on the counter and watched me work. He complained that I was putting too many vegetables in it but when I said that he wouldn't get any more cuddling time he quickly stopped and it made me chuckle. His face grew really red after that and he pretended to be mad at me for the rest of the time I made the lunches.

We walked to school together and Hinata clung to my arm for most of the walk there, but once we neared the school he let go. He told me that he wasn't ready yet to let the others know and I was fine with that.

I had made sure that we left extra early so that we could change first with no one else around, to make sure no one saw Hinata's wounds. Before we left this morning I changed them and we both decided to wrap his neck up in bandages to hide all of the hickeys. We changed and went down to the gym to wait for every one else to arrive.

When they did arrive and we entered the gym to go practice it was quieter than it usually would be. Hinata didn't say anything and stuck close to me with his head turned down. I told him that he didn't have to pretend everything was okay, because I would tell everyone else to lay off. I saw Noya run up to slap Hinata on the back and I caught his hand making his eyes go wide as I glared at him.

"Hinata is not having a good day so I suggest that you don't do that," I spoke softly but it was hard and slightly threatening. I let go of his hand and he just stood there. I turned back and saw the whole team staring at me. I glared at them all, and I mean everyone. I met all of their eyes with one hard glare.

"I would suggest that all of you lay off of Hinata for the time being, understand?" I saw a few nod their heads and Sugawara started walking towards Hinata. I watched as Hinata looked up, saw Sugawara, and dashed towards me. He hid behind my back and I felt him clinging to my shirt, shaking.

"Hinata, what's wrong? Please, tell us," Sugawara spoke desperately and I heard Hinata whisper to me.

"Hinata says he doesn't want to. He wants you to all act like nothing is different," Noya stepped forward with his arms crossed.

"And why are you so special, Kageyama? You're the one that's always on Hinata like a bully, why should we trust you?" I opened my mouth but didn't have time to speak as someone spoke up.

"Because I trust Kageyama. I don't really trust all of you…." the others looked shocked at what Hinata just said and it did strike something in me, but it felt good to be something special to Hinata. I felt him let go of my shirt as he came out from behind me, head held high. All of their faces stayed in shock as they took in all of the bandages covering Hinata. I saw Hinata's fingers twitch and knew what that meant. He was scared.

"Hinata… what happened? Are you okay?" Sugawara and the others started asking questions and didn't notice when he flinched back. I set my jaw and stepped forward, putting my arm in front of Hinata.

"I said, leave him alone," they stopped their questions and I saw some of them looked pissed and the others looked worried. I felt Hinata tug on my shirt and when I looked back at him he was already walking for the door. I followed him and before I shut the door I looked back at the others. "And don't even think about eavesdropping," I closed the door and looked at Hinata, whose back was facing me.

"Hinata…" he turned with his head down and walked into my open arms. I hugged him tightly as he clung to my shirt shaking. He wasn't crying but he was still scared.

"That was… terrifying," I pet his hair.

"I know. You did good. I think they understand," I felt him nod into my shoulder and I leaned my head against his. We stood there until Hinata stopped shaking and was ready to go back in. The team was in a circle off to the side and when we stepped in they all looked at us. They seemed to be waiting for something.

"Can you toss to me for a while?" he still spoke softly, I think his throat was still sore, and I nodded.

"Sure," he waited while I went and rolled out the bin of volleyballs. When I came out Sugawara was waiting for me and the rest of the team was standing off to the side still.

"Kageyama, what is this about? Is this about what happened Friday? Why is Hinata covered in bandages?" I shook my head.

"It's not my place to tell, and Hinata says he isn't ready to tell you yet. He says you all will react violently and he doesn't want that. He's already been apart of enough violence as it is," I walked away without another word and took up a ball. "Hinata," he looked up and I saw a small spark in his eyes as well as a smile beginning to form. We both got up into place and Hinata ran up, albeitly a lot slower due to his hips, and jumped up. I aimed the toss and got it right to his palm as he spiked and the sound of the ball hitting the ground echoed in the gym.

"Again," Hinata sent me a smile, a genuine one, and went back to his place as I picked up another ball. While we worked the others slowly began to practice as well. They kept sending us weird looks but I ignored them. They all listened to what I said and stayed away from Hinata. As practice neared the end me and Hinata went up first and I stood on guard as Hinata changed. It was a good thing too because Sugawara came up a little after we did.

"Let me through Kageyama, I have to change," I stayed in front of the door with my arms crossed.

"Not until Hinata is finished," I saw Sugawara frown and his eyebrows moved into a V-like shape.

"I'm your senior, now move," I didn't move.

"Not until Hinata is finished," I saw that he was getting annoyed but his eyes also shone with concern.

"Kageyama please, tell me what is going on. I want to help, I promise I won't tell the others. Is Hinata in some sort of trouble? Did someone do that to him?" He was becoming frantic. I uncrossed my arms and put one on his shoulder and he stopped.

"It's not my place to tell. So please wait until Hinata is ready," he nodded his head in defeat and stepped off to the side and waited. Hinata knocked on the door and I moved out of the way as he opened it.

"I'm ready, boyfriend," I smiled as he stuck his tongue out at me. Sugawara cleared his throat and Hinata froze, slowly turning to face the other setter. He took a step back towards me before hiding behind my back again. I saw Sugawara smile.

"So is that what's going on? You two are dating?" I nodded and felt Hinata press himself against my back, holding onto my shirt. Sugawara shook his head before putting a finger up to his lips.

"Don't worry, I won't tell the others," he went into the club room and only when the the door closed did Hinata come out from behind my back. I felt his hand slip into mine and I squeezed it before we walked down the stairs and headed to class.

No one in class asked why Hinata was in bandages. No one seemed to care. Each lesson seemed to drag by and I wanted so badly to look back and watch Hinata to make sure he was okay but I would get yelled at by the teacher. When lunch came around me and Hinata sat under a desolate tree and ate together. He leaned into my shoulder as he ate and I watched him out of the corner of my eye.

Hinata still only picked at his food but I got him to get in some protein and vegetables. I even had to use the threat of no cuddles if he didn't eat his vegetables. He didn't take it seriously at first, so when I scooted away and wouldn't let him lean against me he ate his vegetables, mumbling something about a "mean boyfriend" so I kissed him on the cheek and said;

"Am I a mean boyfriend now?" Hinata of course blushed and then pulled his hood over his head and wouldn't look at me until I started tickling him. It was nice to just tease him for a while and be together without any worry.

After school at practice everyone still gave me those weird looks, excluding Sugawara who went over to some of the ones staring and telling them that staring wasn't nice and if they continued he would make them run laps. So people stopped staring and practice went on as normally as it could. Hinata still didn't show any emotions around the others, because he was scared, and I was okay with it. At least he can have some time with me so he can relax. We left early again and when Daichi tried to stop us Sugawara let us go and I nodded my head to him in thanks.

As we walked home, Hinata wrapped his arms around mine and hung onto me. Whenever we weren't talking he would get this blank look on his face and I knew that he was probably thinking about Oikawa. I sure as hell wanted to teach that asshole a lesson but Hinata said that I shouldn't because he didn't want me to get hurt to.

Hinata didn't take the turn to his house and we stayed at my house for a while, sitting together and watching TV. I walked him all the way home even though he said he would be okay and before he entered his home I pulled him to me and we shared a deep kiss.

On the walk back I thought about today and about the weekend. I should definitely redocument what he told me and use the pictures again, because I never deleted them from the camera, but I should also ask Hinata if we can get new pictures of his most recent wounds. We would need to talk about it face to face before deciding what to do this time.

I sure hope that Oikawa keeps his word. And I hope even more that he doesn't find out that we are re-documenting the evidence for our case. As soon as I get the okay from Hinata I am submitting the evidence to the police, no matter what Oikawa might say.

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