Eventually, after some extremely subtle coercion, the trio left my room to let me think a bit. Which, in hindsight, might not have been the best idea considering my rather unstable mental state.

But I pulled myself together enough not to fall into another attack. Because that was the last thing I needed. That didn't mean I was all ready to leave the safety of my room.

Like I said, my room was my safe-space. A place where I could feel completely at ease and even express how I really felt. That was usually done online actually. It was a bit easier for me to talk online than in real life.

Not sure what the logic was behind that but I rolled with it. Chatting was pretty much the same, it was far easier for me to express myself over text messages than actual speech. By now you probably already know about the horror that are phone calls.

Why can't you just chat you order to the local pizza joint? Stores need to up their games.

Anyway…

I stayed in my room for what must've at least been twenty minutes, thinking about what had just happened. Iwaizumi told me that they wouldn't be telling Oikawa shit, or any of the Seijo members at that rate, and Kindaichi informed me that he didn't despise every fiber of my being.

Something that shocked me to the bone. Not that I really believed him. This was Kindaichi we were talking about after all. Though I wasn't sure if he was the type to lie to someone straight to their face, that didn't mean I trusted him enough to believe his words.

But for the sake of my mental state, I decided to go with it for the time being. There were still people in the house so there was no time to get too deep into my existential crisis.

Before I did return to the living room, I payed a visit to my bathroom. Checking the mirror to see if my eyes were still red from the tears from earlier. They weren't.

So I sucked up my nerves and opened my bedroom door to face Aoba Johsai's volleyball team.

The scene I came upon was not one I had expected.

Oikawa was still very much awake, and also very much trying to get as little rest as possible. Meaning that Iwaizumi, Matsukawa and Hanamaki were using their full body strength to keep their captain on the couch to get the rest he needed.

Yahaba and Watari both had phones in hand, likely recording the entire thing, and cheering Oikawa on. Kindaichi and Kunimi decided to be somewhat reasonable and had their hands over their faces.

All in all, not what I had expected.

But it did make me crack a smile.

"You will not keep me down forever!" Oikawa screeched dramatically, before promptly bursting out in coughs.

Iwaizumi punched his best friend to keep him from hurting himself even more. "Can you just stop already! Accept that you need to rest!"

"I've slept enough for the next century!"

"No you fucking haven't!"

I considered speaking up but decided against it for two simple reasons; one, I was a bit scared to have all the attention suddenly fall on me and two, this was far too funny to pass up.

So I positioned myself next to Kunimi and leaned against the wall.

"Does this happen often?" I whispered to him.

Kunimi let out a long suffering sigh. "I wish I could say no, Karasuno seems far calmer in comparison."

Despite wanting to hold it back, I couldn't control the small snort I let out. Karasuno? Calm? Those two words don't belong in the same sentence.

Much to my chagrin, my snort got the attention of the other people in the room.

I felt so incredibly small, being looked at by so many eyes. It made me want to crawl in on myself.

"Tobio-chan!" The last person I expected came to my rescue. "I've recovered enough to walk right?!"

Did he have to yell? I didn't like it when people yelled, it made me think I did something wrong.

I bit my lip but answered him anyway. "I'm not sure that's a good idea…"

Oikawa pouted at me, seemingly not noticing my soft tone. But I knew he noticed, I knew that he just chose to ignore it for now. He would likely confront me about it alone if he ever got the chance, a chance I wasn't going to give him.

"B-But if your temperature has gone down a bit then-then, maybe it's fine?" I offered a solution to keep the surprisingly childish third year at bay.

The speed at which Hanamaki sprang from Oikawa's legs to grab the thermometer must've been a world record.

Oikawa nearly gagged when Hanamaki none to gently shoved the thing into his mouth but he didn't fight it. He probably wanted to leave my house as much as I wanted him to leave.

After a few seconds of waiting, which were spent in a tense silence as no one knew how to start a conversation.

But the news the thermometer left me with was good, Oikawa's fever had gone down quite a bit. Enough for him to get the hell out of my house.

Iwaizumi scoffed. "So you did get better huh, how dare you cause so much trouble."

"Why are you blaming me?!" Oikawa yelled indignantly.

To be fair, it wasn't really his fault that he got sick. Most people get sick at least once or twice a year so it wasn't strange or anything.

Iwaizumi showed his affection that way, by pretending he didn't care and was inconvenienced. Deep inside though, he probably cared more than anyone else in his little friend group.

His attitude did depend on the people he was around. Iwaizumi had already shown everyone who had ever watched the anime that he and Oikawa had a friendship that mostly consisted of teasing each other and silent support. But Iwaizumi was pretty different with certain others.

He was typically a calm person, thinking things through whenever he could. But we all knew about his short temper, which was usually activated by Oikawa being his annoying self.

Around others, including myself as I had recently found out, Iwaizumi was far more considerate. He knew that the words he typically used on Oikawa could harm others and restrained himself, letting his fatherly side come to life.

Iwaizumi would make a good father, I just knew it.

Wait, why was I thinking about Iwaizumi like this?

This might just be the start of some romance, though I'm really not sure how to go about it with Kageyama's/Renee's condition. Any and all tips are deeply appreciated!