Hey guys! I managed to get another chapter up before I go back to school! Yes!XD

Hope you enjoy this chappie- it's a lot lighter than the last one!X)

Part 9

It was a Sunday once again. And it had been one long, dry week for Hinata.

Saturday had been the worst.

Where Hinata would usually have spent the day playing volleyball, smacking the ball hard into the ground, his feet pounding hard on the wooden planks, feeling the stinging sensation on his arms as he received a serve or spike, that erratic feeling of his rapid breaths as his lungs begged for more oxygen, feeling the satisfaction of a good solid block or one touch… The view as he ran across the court; the room turning into a blur of colours in his vision…where Hinata would usually have spent the day playing volleyball, he had to sit at home: still.

Completely still.

Sat down.

For hours.

In one spot.

Like a mere object.

It was torture.

But, Suga had skilfully reasoned with him…

"With all this free time how about you put it to good use?" Suga leaned back against the window, the Monday sunlight at its peak in the sky, and Hinata frowned slightly.

"What d'you mean?"

"Well if you study like crazzzy now, then you'll have less to do when you can play volleyball again. And so when you get your stitches off and your arm has healed enough, you can play volleyball a bit more- without worrying about having to study as much, see?"

"Oh yeah! That's such a good idea!" Hinata agreed elatedly.

"Yeah? So keep that tight in your mind when your concentration slips- the more you study and concentrate now, the more you can play volleyball later on!"

"Okay!" Hinata beamed at him.

"HINATA DUMBASS THE BELL IS ABOUT TO GO AND WE'RE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL HURRY UP!"

"Coming Kageyama!" He high fived Suga with his good hand and ran off down the corridor where Kageyama was stood waiting for him.

"No running!" Suga called out after him.

Hinata stopped short, "Oops bad habit, sorryyyy!"

Suga merely sighed and shook his head with a smile.

And so here he was, a practice Literature essay sat open in front of him. He'd asked his teacher for extra revision questions… and he was already regretting it. I guess it wasn't essential that he did the work… maybe he could have a little break today… just for one day…I mean he'd spent the whole day yesterday busy working his socks off… so… No! The more he worked now the more he could play volleyball later on! He had to work!

Besides he'd left yesterday feeling so content and pleased. It was a feeling he really wanted to feel again!

He looked back down at the work and began to write…

In an Inspector Calls Priestley also presents his views about gender through

"Through…" Hinata mumbled to himself, "Er… through…"

He glanced up at the clock wistfully; 10:58. In two hours he'd written a paragraph… not even stretching to half a page… or was it half a page?

Hinata leaned down and began counting how many lines he'd written compared to how many lines were on the page as a whole.

"Awh darn! So I haven't written half a page yet!" He concluded, throwing his hands up in annoyance. He looked back up at the clock: 11:03.

Well maybe he could do the question after lunch… No! He wanted to do maths questions after lunch… ugh! Studying sucked…

The doorbell ringed suddenly, and the ring vibrated round the house.

Hinata smacked his head down onto the table.

"Think think think THINK CHILD! USE YOUR STUPID BRAIN AND WORK!"

His views about gender through…

"Through… erm… through… THROUGH WHAT HINATA? STOP REPEATING THE SAME WORD OVER AND OVER BAKA!"

11:06

He let his head flop onto the table with a loud crack, "Ow…"

"Hey Hinata!"

"Bwah! Daichi-san?" He flipped his head round suddenly to see Daichi poking his head round the door.

"Can we come in?"

"Yeah sure!" Hinata started, skilfully ignoring the ache in his head, swivelling his spinny chair round. We?

Hinata's jaw dropped as the whole team shuffled in.

"Hey Shouyou!" Noya leaped in, "We came to say hi!"

"Sorry for the intrusion!" Chikara called out.

"Struggling to work Hinata?" Suga winked.

Kageyama slipped in last and smiled ever so slightly at him. Hinata felt his chest stir.

"Wha- what are you all doing here?!" Hinata's eyes were wide.

"We wanted to see how you were," Daichi smiled. "I know you've been in school but we were all thinking about you yesterday in practice."

"Yeah it's been so quiet in practice without you!" Tanaka added.

"Even Kageyama has been extra quiet without you!" Grumbled Nishinoya.

The rest of the team nodded their heads in agreement.

He had? Hinata couldn't help but feel all warm and fuzzy inside at the thought Kageyama hadn't been entirely himself without him. Hinata glanced over at Kageyama, who blushed ever so slightly. Hinata felt his heart do a sudden leap.

"So what were you shouting about?" Suga raised his eyebrows at him.

"Oh-hee-er… I couldn't concentrate so got annoyed at myself," Hinata's voice went quieter and quieter as he spoke until the 'myself' was pretty much incoherent.

"Ah… I see… Well you deserve a break now and again. There's no point trying to work if you can't concentrate- instead take a break until you can."

"Okay!" Hinata snapped his book shut and shoved it to the back of his desk. "Bye essay!"

The team breathed a laugh at the first year's antics.

"So how's your week been?" Daichi asked.

"Boooooring!"

"Haha, well I'm glad to see you're not finding it overly fun not being at practice- we wouldn't want you to decide you're gonna spend the rest of your days having days off!"

Hinata beamed.

"Can you imagine Hinata NOT playing volleyball?" Suga turned to Daichi with raised eyebrows.

"Well… no! I'm just saying I'm glad he's finding it boring without us and without playing volleyball."

"Well of course he would it's HINATA!"

"I was just saying!"

"You were just trying to sound sophisticated and mature," Suga nodded thoughtfully, "Understandable."

"HUHH?"

Suga beamed at the Captain and Daichi let out a small 'huff.'

The rest of the team laughed.

"We should play a game," Chikara said, "To be honest we never really spend much time with each other like this- we're always playing volleyball so we should use this opportunity to er… you know…"

"Find out about each others deepest darkest secrets!" Noya proposed with wild eyes.

"Er nope." Chikara shut him down.

"Awghh!"

"We should play 'Never have I ever!'" Tanaka shouted out eagerly.

"What's that?" He received eleven replies.

"Well basically you all put up ten fingers- or five- or whatever- and we go round in a circle and one person will say… ugh I dunno, 'Never have I ever kissed a girl.' But it has to be something they actually never have done, and then if other people have done it they have to put their fingers down! So it kinda is like finding out secrets!"

"Hmm… It sounds pretty dangerous," Asahi said, "I mean what if you don't want people to know if you've done something?"

"That's the whole point though everyone discovers embarrassing things about everyone else! And we're a team! It'll make us inevitably closer if we play games like these!" Tanaka argued excitedly.

"Hm… fine we'll have a vote. We could just play a normal game though," Daichi said.

"Yeah like cards or something!" Suga advised.

"Booooring!" He received a bunch of groans.

"Fine who wants to play?" Daichi asked.

Everyone but the third years put their hands up.

"Gah the third years clearly have some secrets!" Noya declared.

"We don't!" The three shouted back defensively.

The others snickered.

"Okay everyone get in a circle and put five fingers down," Tanaka ordered.

Hinata bounced off the chair and went to sit next to Kageyama, "You haven't said anything at all yet!" Hinata whispered in his ear. "Lost your voice?"

"Hi Hinata! There I said something!"

"Pffft," Hinata pouted in reply.

They leaned back against the wardrobe and put their hands out.

"How was practice yesterday?" Hinata asked.

Kageyama looked at him, "Slow… I hate not being able to do our quick… I miss it… I miss you." His eyes were soft and sincere.

"I missed you too," Hinata mumbled, allowing his hand to brush against the setters.

"Okay who's going first?" Noya asked, breaking up their quiet moment.

"Ooo me!" Tanaka begged.

The circle seemed to collectively sigh.

"What?!"

"Nothing! It was just predictable that you'd say 'me' first." Suga said with a knowing smile.

"It was?"

"Anyway your go first Tanaka!" Hinata called out.

"Okay… let's go with my example, 'Never have I ever kissed a girl!"

"Or boy!" Noya added.

"Nice shout dude!" Tanaka replied and they fist bumped.

There was silence.

Suga, Yamaguchi, Asahi, Kageyama and Hinata put their thumbs down.

"Huh? Suga?!" Daichi exclaimed.

"What? I can kiss girls!" Suga replied heatedly.

"When? Where? How old were you?!" Daichi asked his expression fervent.

"I was fourteen, why?"

"Who was she?"

"An English girl called Alicia- she was very pretty but she had to move back to England."

"How long was the relationship for?"

"Three months- why all the questions!?"

"No reason," Daichi mumbled, he paused before then asking, "Do you still like her?"

"I haven't seen her or spoken to her in five years!"

"So is that a no or a yes?"

"No… I think." Suga narrowed his eyes at Daichi, who began to inspect his nails.

There was an awkward silence and the whole group stared at the two third years. "Well if you're going to bombard me with questions then Asahi, Yamaguchi, Kageyama and Hinata spill!" Suga abruptly broke the silence.

"Er…" Yamaguchi scratched his head awkwardly, "I was ten and my neighbour's daughter and I kissed… but it wasn't a relationship or anything! Just a kiss…" He let out a nervous smile.

"Awwwwww!" The team chorused. Tsukki huffed but nobody noticed.

"I was three…." Asahi started.

"Huuhhh? Three?!"

"Well does kissing a girl on the cheek count?" He asked humbly.

"Yeah," Tanaka nodded grinning all over. "Wait a minute YOU were brave enough to kiss a girl!?"

"Er… actually she kissed me…"

"Of course." The team chorused.

"Hey!" Asahi frowned at them, "Buy yeah she was my best friend in nursery and in the nativity she was Mary and I was Joseph and she kissed me…"

"AWWWW!"

"God damit these are all so cute!" Tanaka placed a squeezed fist to his heart.

"Wait… Natsu's three and has a friend that's a boy…." Hinata breathed in like a dragon, "Right that's it! I'm having words with all her friends when they next come over!"

"Haha look at you the responsible brother!" Suga teased.

"Anyway who did you guys kiss?" Noya looked at them.

"Er…" Kageyama mumbled.

"Well…" Hinata started.

They looked at one another.

"Wait… wait a minute!" Suga started.

"I knew it!" Tsukishima grinned triumphantly.

"YOU TWO KISSED ONE ANOTHER!?" Tanaka yelled.

"YOU'RE GOING OUT NO WAY!" Noya added.

"Awwww! Congrats guys!" Yamaguchi clapped his hands together.

"Since when!?" Daichi exclaimed aghast.

The boys looked at one another and both asked at the same time, "Are we going out?"

The team paused in their bombardment of questions and there was shocked silence again.

"I dunno… does one kiss count as going out?" Kageyama replied.

"Well I guess you could count playing volleyball as a date… right?"

"Maybe… Or was last Sunday a date?"

"I dunno… I guess you were just over… and we didn't kiss till later…"

"Hmm true… well do you want to go out? Or be in a relationship or whatever the hell that means?"

"Well we see each other every day and spend nearly all our time together anyway so I guess it doesn't make much difference."

"Yeah you're right."

The team stared at them.

"What?" They both asked.

"Hehe… nothing…" Suga began.

"So you kissed for the first time last Sunday?" Chikara started.

They both nodded.

"Cool… So you're not sure if you're in a relationship yet or not?"

"We're in the oddball duo relationship," Hinata declared.

"Oh… I see…"

"And what relationship is that?" Suga pressed.

"Ours," Kageyama replied.

There was another awkward silence.

"Well congrats!" Daichi said suddenly.

"Yeah," The rest of the team agreed.

"Thanks!" Hinata grinned.

"I don't think they understand what a relationship is," Suga whispered to Daichi.

"Nah me neither." He agreed.

"Right who's turn next?" Tanaka asked.

"Oh I'll go!" Suga proposed.

"Awh cool okay Suga!"

"Never have I ever… gotten drunk." He finished with a sly look at Daichi.

Daichi gulped and placed his thumb down along with…

"TANAKA?! WHEN DID YOU GET DRUNK!?" Suga yelled.

"Ah! Blame my sister! It was my sister's fault!" He cried out, terrified of the team moms wrath.

"What? She force feed you the drink?" Suga argued.

"No! Well kinda! She's good at persuasion!" He desperately pleaded.

"You should have said NO! Take responsibility!"

"Yes mum! I won't ever do it again!"

"Good! Now how did it happen?" Suga took a deep breath and Tanaka shivered.

"Well…. I asked a girl out and was ruthlessly rejected…. Because she'd only been at our school for a week…"

The team looked at him.

"But she was so beautiful and perfect and I knew she was the one and her rejection was like a knife in my heart! I didn't know what to do anymore- who to turn to! The pain was as if-"

"Okay we get it stop with the pitiful imagery," Chikara cut in.

Tsukki sniggered, "Burrrnnnn."

"Shut up Tsukishima!"

"Tanaka," Suga began sternly.

"Hai! Well I got home and I my heart ached and throbbed and I felt so heartbroken! So I told my sister- the only person I could turn to! And she… laughed… because she's a cruel child… and then shoved a can of beer in front of me and said to drink and it would make me feel better… truth be told I think she was a little drunk too… well anyway I tried not to but the pain was too great I had to flush it away somehow!"

Yamaguchi sniffed back a tear and the team stared at him.

"Well it's a sad story! Turning to drink because his heart was broken!" He defended.

"I don't think it was broken Yamaguchi…" Daichi said.

"It was!" Tanaka argued, "And anyway then we were both drinking and laughing and then I was drunk and got a hangover and had to stay off school the next day… The end."

Hinata clapped.

Nishinoya thumped Tanaka on the back, "You handled it like a true man Ryu!"

"Ahem!" Suga coughed, "I'll have a word with you- and you to Noya- about this later."

"Yes…" They both mumbled.

"Well who's going next!?" Daichi shouted out forcefully.

Suga loudly cleared his throat, "Daichi? You put your thumb down too- how'd you get drunk again?"

Daichi flinched and a bead of sweat ran down his face.

"Whoa the captain got drunk?" Kageyama whispered.

"Yikes!" Yamaguchi gulped.

"Suga's so scary!" Tanaka cowered.

"I never thought Daichi'd get drunk- he's so mature." Noya whispered.

"Yeah…"

"Well em… I did a very irresponsible thing that day and none of you should ever repeat it! I had to take full responsibility for my actions and erm… yes…"

"So…?" Suga probed.

"Do they really need to hear the story Suga? I'll lose my good reputation!"

"This game is so we can learn stuff about one another!" Suga replied harshly.

"Yay Suga gets it!" Noya grinned.

"Well…"

"It was the Karasuno third years summer BBQ," Suga began.

"And there was alcohol from some people… no teachers as it was a student organised get together… and I ran into the Basket Ball Captain…" Daichi continued painfully.

"Oh Gods…" The second years mumbled.

Daichi gulped once again, "And he challenged me to a drinking competition with shots- how many shots before you give up, throw up, lose your head etc etc…."

Suga folded his arms, "You know there's something called 'walk away'. There's also something called 'being responsible'."

"Hai Suga…" Daichi scratched his head nervously and turned to the others, "Well I agreed of course! I mean I had to show my fearlessness and strength!" Daichi puffed out his chest. "I wasn't going to let the Volleyball club lose to the Basketball club now was I?"

"That's our captain for ya!" Tanaka yelled.

"Wooo go Daichi-san!" Hinata added.

Suga gave them the death glare and they all shut up with a flinch.

"And so we had one shot… which turned into two and because both of us are stubborn and hate to lose we kept going until er…."

"Until me and the Basketball clubs vice-captain had to drag them away before they went past the point of no return- in the end it was a deuce. They tied. Eight shots each."

"Eight!?" Chikara cried out.

"Is that a lot?" Hinata asked.

"Usually three would have you slightly drunk… I think- and as it was their first time properly drinking- for BOTH of them- they got drunk pretty quickly."

"Yeah I don't really remember much…" Daichi trailed off. "And my head hurt a lot the next day…"

"I'm not surprised!" Suga scolded, "Now I want you all to take this lesson and learn from it- I never want you to act like-"

"My Gods Daichi that's so cool!"

"You certainly were stubborn! We're proud of you!"

"You've made Karasuno volleyball club proud!"

"IT'S NOT COOL!" Suga screamed.

"Right well next!" Tanaka called out.

"Ooo me!" Hinata cried out.

"Okay take it away Hinata!"

"Never have I ever broken a bone- and that is the truth!" He added seriously.

"Seriously? You've never broken a bone before Hinata?" Suga asked.

"Nope!" Hinata exclaimed proudly.

"Does dislocating my pinky count?" Tsukki asked.

Hinata nodded furiously.

"'k…" Tsukki put a thumb down.

"Does knocking a tooth out count?" Daichi added.

"Hmm… well it is a bone so yeh!" Hinata concluded.

Daichi respectively placed a finger down.

Suga looked around, Noya and Tanaka had both placed a finger down and were glaring at the carpet. Kageyama also had a finger down. So did Narita. "Well story time! Noya?"

"Me and Tanaka both broke bones together…" Noya started.

"Hehe… we were trying to steal my sister's game console from the window sill when we were first years and er…" Tanaka trailed off.

"Oh I remember that! You guys weren't at practice for a few months were you?" Asahi asked.

They both grimaced. "We tried to climb up vines… and then they broke…"

Suga placed his head in his hands.

"I broke my wrist…" Tanaka mumbled.

"And I fractured my shin…" Noya added.

"Oooo! Youch!" The team chorused.

"Baka…" Suga mumbled into his hands.

The two smiled sheepishly.

"Don't try to climb up vines," Tanaka advised.

"I think you're the only ones who didn't know that Tanaka and Noya," Chikara replied, two fingers resting against his temple.

"What did you do Narita?" Daichi asked.

"I broke my wrist as a kid falling off my bike- I tried to do a jump stunt… even after my mum repeatedly told me not too…"

"Well, all three of you are idiots!" Suga concluded shortly. "What did you do Kageyama?"

"Volleyball." He answered.

Of course, the team thought in sync.

"How?" Hinata asked.

"I tried to do a jump serve at the age of four… by copying a match on TV…."

Hinata snorted and then clapped a hand over his mouth.

Kageyama narrowed his eyes at him. "… and then I fell flat on my face…I cracked a rib."

"Ooooo!" The team all pulled equal faces of grimaces.

"Pfffttt! You tried to do a jump serve at the age of four?!" Hinata laughed. "Off the TV? Are you an idiot?"

"Huh?! It's not funny! I actually thought I could do it y'know!" Kageyama turned on him.

"Fighting is the sign of a healthy relationship." Tanaka preached.

"Huh?!" They both whipped their heads round to face him.

"True fact!" He held his hands up.

"Okay my turn!" Daichi called out. "Never have I ever set my hair on fire…" He turned to Suga with a smirk.

Suga flinched and slowly placed his finger down. "It was in science. I was so busy trying to figure out the chemical equation I didn't realise that I'd accidentally added the wrong metal to the solution and it… sort of… exploded… and my hair set on fire…"

Noya snorted, "PAHAHAHAHA!"

"OMG SUGA-SAN SERIOUSLY? HAHAHA!" Tanaka clutched at his side.

Suga couldn't help but let a tiny smile slip onto his face which burned red in embarrassment.

"And he tells us to be careful!" Daichi shook his head.

"Shut up Daichi!" Suga responded, slapping him on the shoulder playfully.

"Kinoshita, Chikara- haven't you got any fingers down yet?" Tadashi asked suddenly.

"Nah!" Kinoshita put his five fingers up proudly.

"You see we're sensible." Chikara added with a wink. "We like to live a quiet life."

"Hmmmm really?" Narita began, "Never have I ever been so scared of a dog that I ran away crying." He flashed Chikara a wide smile.

"GAHHH!?"

"PAHAHAHA!"

"OMG CHIKARA SERIOUSLY?"

"AWWWW BLESS!"

"AHAHAHAHA!"

"I WAS FIVE! FIVE! AND IT WAS THE SIZE OF A HORSE!" He defended aghast. "IT WAS ALSO DARK!"

"Finger down Chikara!" Narita mocked triumphantly.

Chikara slowly lowered his thumb with a growl.

"And now Kinoshita's the last one with a finger still up!" Yamaguchi voiced.

"Haha you can't catch me out!" He yelled, "I live a quieter life than Chikar-"

"Never have I ever served a ball out of the court." Noya said in monotone.

Everyone stared at him.

"I'm a libero and I've never been anything else- even when I was younger I never really tried tossing or serving or spiking- so nope I've never hit a serve out of bounds." He grinned at them all, "I think I win in 'who can get the most fingers down with their 'never have I ever''."

Everyone put a finger down.

Noya smirked.

"Right who's not had a go yet?" Daichi asked the team.

This, Hinata agreed, was far better than studying.

Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I had a lot of fun writing it! I actually got the idea when me and my friends were playing it at our Christmas party;)

Don't forget to review!

Acia xxx