Kuroo's mouth hung open in shock. He what!? He must have heard Iwaizumi wrong. "I'm sorry, would you mind repeating that?"
Iwaizumi sighed in exasperation. "I said, I want to adopt Oikawa. I've asked him already, and he said he would like to be adopted by me as well."
Okay, so he hadn't heard wrong. But had Iwaizumi really thought this through? He was still a young man, even if he already had a job, and a child would greatly limit his ability to do things most young people like to do.
When he mentioned his concerns to Iwaizumi, Iwaizumi replied, "I'm sure. Besides, I work for the police, it's not like I go out drinking and clubbing every night anyway."
This whole time both Kenma and Oikawa had been quietly listening to the conversation. Now Kenma spoke up. "Have you thought about schooling, Iwaizumi? He can't just stay at home while you work. Also, you'll have to set up some doctor's appointments to get him checked and make sure he got his vaccines."
After they finished talking about concerns, Kuroo agreed to pull up the necessary documents for the adoption. He asked Oikawa a few questions and seeming satisfied with his answers, showed him where to sign on the paper. Once he finished signing, they handed it to Iwaizumi to read and then sign.
Once Iwaizumi had signed the papers, Kuroo took them back and placed them in his file cabinet. "That's done. So Iwaizumi, you now have temporary custody of Oikawa Tooru. It should take about a month for the government to either approve or disapprove the adoption. So all that's left to do now is wait."
Leaving the law office, Iwaizumi's stomach growled very loudly. Hearing it, Oikawa giggled. Grinning, Iwaizumi suggested their next stop be Maji Burger, a fast food place in the area. The plan receiving Oikawa's approval, they headed off.
After eating a burger apiece, and Iwaizumi eating a second one, they headed to the mall to get Oikawa some new clothes. About halfway through their shopping, Iwaizumi saw Oikawa tense up. Not knowing what the problem was, he looked to Oikawa for the answer.
Oikawa was glaring at a young boy sitting outside the entrance to the store. He hadn't noticed Oikawa stabbing holes in the back of his head with his eyes, but Iwaizumi was sure it wouldn't him too long if Oikawa kept it up.
He finally got Oikawa's attention by tapping him on the shoulder. "Hey, what'd he ever do to you?" Oikawa just looked at him then shook his head. Shrugging, Iwaizumi walked over to look at some shoes for himself.
A few minutes later, he looked up as someone joined him in the aisle. He was shocked to see that it was the boy Oikawa had been glaring at.
Wondering if Oikawa knew the boy, Iwaizumi studied him. He was not quite as tall as Oikawa, and looked to be a few years younger. His hair was raven black and cut short with jagged bangs falling in his face. Iwaizumi was shocked when the boy turned and looked right at him. His eyes were the darkest blue Iwaizumi had ever seen. They seemed to stare straight through your body and into your soul.
Once he got over his shock, Iwaizumi was embarrassed to have been caught staring. He turned around and was about to leave when he heard Oikawa start talking to him from around the corner.
"Hey Mr. Iwaizumi, could we go home now? I think I have everything I need."
Iwaizumi was suprised. Oikawa hadn't called him anything previously, and "Mr. Iwaizumi" sounded a bit weird. Then Oikawa walked around the corner. As soon as he saw the boy standing to the side of Iwaizumi, he froze. Then Oikawa turned and ran as fast as he could go out of the store.
Wondering what that was about, Iwaizumi turned to the boy, prepared to apologize for Oikawa's behavior. However, the boy appeared to be just as shocked as Oikawa had been. His eyes were wide open, and he was staring at the place Oikawa had disappeared to.
Deciding that this was something he needed to know about, Iwaizumi walked over to the boy and tapped his shoulder to bring him out of his daze.
"Sorry about that. I'm Iwaizumi Hajime, and you are?" As the boys eyes focused on Iwaizumi, he was struck once again by the intensity of them.
"Kageyama Tobio." the boy replied.
"Nice to meet you Kageyama. So the boy that ran away is my son and I was wondering if he knows you? He doesn't usually react that violently to strangers."
Kageyama looked unsure for a few seconds before saying yes. Iwaizumi was confused as to what about Kageyama would cause Oikawa to react like that. "So, were you friends?" Kageyama shook his head. "Enemies then?" Kageyama shrugged. "Well then, what were you?" Kageyama was silent for a few minutes before saying quietly, "Brothers."
Iwaizumi's mind was screaming at him. "Brothers!" Oikawa hadn't said anything about having a brother, and they had different last names. Maybe the boy was lying. Looking over at the boy, it didn't look like he was lying. Iwaizumi decided to ask him some questions to see if the boy's story matched up with Oikawa's.
"So if you're actually his brother, then why do you both have different last names?"
"Our parents divorced when Oikawa was five and I was two. My mother took me and our father took Oikawa. I don't know what happened to Oikawa's mother. She was gone by the time my mother met father. After the divorce, my mother wanted me to have her last name so she got it legally changed."
Iwaizumi's brain was being flooded with new information, and it took him a second to catch up. It didn't sound like the boy was lying and the information fit with what Iwaizumi had gahered about Oikawa's previous life. There was just one more thing to make sure of before he would accept that this boy was Oikawa's brother.
"Do you know why your mother left her husband? Was there a specific reason?" If the answer was what Iwaizumi thought it would be, then they were definately talking about the same person.
Kageyama nodded. "I don't remember the man, but mother said he had no control. He would take her paycheck and spend it on drugs and alcohol. She also said he would hit her. One night I knocked his beer bottle over and spilled it, and he tried to hit me with the leftover piece of glass. Mother said that was the last straw and the next day she filed for divorce."
Iwaizumi was now sure that the boy wasn't lying. So Oikawa had a brother. He clearly disliked his brother, but Iwaizumi had yet to find out why. Now what should he do?
