"I've been cooking for all of us for weeks but I still don't know how to cook one thing."
Everybody stared at Hinata after hearing what the ginger had said. It was true that Hinata had been cooking for the group every morning and dinner so they expected Hinata to know every food and how to cook it.
Sugawara sent him a small smile before asking, "What is it? Maybe we can help."
Hinata grinned, as cheerful as ever. He grabbed the round frying pan and placed it on the stove before grabbing three eggs and showing them to the others. "I don't know how to cook egg rolls."
Oikawa smirked after he heard this. He glanced briefly at Iwaizumi and leaned on the table with his elbows propped on the table top while his chin rested on top of his palms.
"Oh! Egg rolls! Iwa-chan knows how to cook those! He can teach you!" Oikawa informed. Unbeknownst to him, Kageyama was sending a glare at him.
"Really? Iwa-chan would?" Hinata asked, stunning the others at his slip-up in addressing Iwaizumi.
Tsukishima narrowed his eyes at the shortest male while Sugawara downed his glass of water before staring at Hinata. Oikawa glanced at Iwaizumi and saw that his friend was frozen. Kageyama, on the other hand, was glaring at Oikawa.
"Oikawa-san, this is all your fault!" Kageyama shouted angrily.
"Huh?! How?!" the brunette queried with irritation.
"Uwah…I'm sorry! Oikawa-san is always saying Iwa-chan so I accidentally said it as well! I didn't mean to say it! It was just an accident!" Hinata explained while frantically apologizing. He gazed guiltily at Iwaizumi and waited for him to say that it was alright. Noticing this, Iwaizumi hastily gulped some more water before motioning that it was fine. Hinata sighed in relief before leaning on the counter.
"Iwa-chan, since it's fine with you, go teach Shou-chan how to cook some egg rolls." Oikawa insisted.
"That's right! You should teach me!" Hinata agreed.
Iwaizumi groaned and glanced at Kageyama, only to see him glowering at him. 'That guy will certainly kill someone,' Iwaizumi thought. He then accidentally stared at Sugawara. To his surprise, the gray-haired male smiled mischievously at him, as if he knew something about Iwaizumi and wouldn't hesitate to use it against him. This made Iwaizumi nervous so he ended up looking at Hinata, who was beaming with anticipation. After that, Iwaizumi nodded.
"Sure... I'll teach you." Iwaizumi spoke calmly, successfully hiding the fact that he was nervous.
"Okay then! I'll leave!" Oikawa stood up and went to his room.
Sugawara went after as he tugged on Tsukishima's collar to make the blond stand up as well. Tsukishima glanced shortly at Kageyama before going to his room. Kageyama clicked his tongue and left the kitchen. Once everybody had left, the two males went silent.
"Iwa-ch—I mean, Iwaizumi-san, come on!" Hinata said excitedly as he started preparing the ingredients and the various things to use.
Iwaizumi stood up and moved to stand beside him. He was reaching out for a bowl when Kageyama appeared behind him and coughed loudly, making both Hinata and Iwaizumi flinch.
"Ka—Kageyama! What are you doing? Don't get in the way!" Hinata said accusingly.
"Tsk! Don't get in the way? I'm not! I'm only here to get my drink!" Kageyama responded. He went to the fridge and angrily opened it. He scanned the shelves for a box of milk and once he found one, he yanked it out and slammed the fridge closed.
Hinata and Iwaizumi warily eyed Kageyama as they watched him stomp away, only for him to stop and turn around before walking towards Hinata. Kageyama then put his hand out.
"Your phone," he demanded.
Hinata raised an eyebrow and stepped away. "What the heck, Kageyama? You're acting weird," he commented.
"Fuc—Just give it to me!" Kageyama yelled so Hinata hissed at him before pulling his phone out and handing it to him.
Once it was in his hand, Kageyama went to the closet and opened it. He put the phone on record and placed it inside the cabinet so it would catch the whole moment on tape.
"Oi! Why are you recording this?!" Hinata furiously questioned.
"It's so you can be safe!" Kageyama replied as he sent a glare at Iwaizumi.
At the moment, Iwaizumi felt his irritation rising.
"Safe?! No one would kill me here!" Hinata argued.
"No one would but someone might do something to you!" Kageyama retorted.
"Iwaizumi-san is here!"
"That's even worse!"
Iwaizumi covered his face and grumbled. Should he interfere? He wasn't in any position to stop two friends from fighting but still, he was getting irritated so instead of saying something, Iwaizumi walked up to the cabinet where Kageyama placed Hinata's phone and reached for it but when he grabbed it, Kageyama also had his hand on it. This resulted in the two glaring at each other.
"Oi, cut it out. Stop messing around." Iwaizumi reprimanded.
"Let. Go. Of. Hinata's. Phone," Kageyama warned.
"I won't. It's Hinata's phone, not yours."
"Let it go, Iwaizumi-san."
The two had a small tug of war. Hinata watched with frustration as he felt impatient. Iwaizumi pulled on the phone while Kageyama forcefully tugged it back. They kept pulling until they accidentally lost their grips on it and as if it were a slow-motion video, they watched as the phone fell to the ground face first.
Hinata gawked at the event unfolding in front of him before rushing to his phone. He flipped it over and saw the screen was totally shattered. He tried to open it but to no avail. It wouldn't even turn on.
"No! No, no, no! Argh, my phone!" Hinata screamed in agony as he pushed himself up and glared at Iwaizumi and Kageyama. "Oi, you two broke my phone!" Hinata groaned in crossness. He was beyond angry but he had to prevent himself from getting too frustrated. He looked down at his phone and felt himself tearing up. How could this happen to his phone? His innocent phone that served as his only gateway to his sister and mother had only ever done its job yet it had received a treatment like this. How horrible.
"Oh god, no," Hinata whined as he sent another gleam at the two men in front of him. "What would you do now? My phone's broken!" He clicked his tongue and plopped down on the chair near the stove.
Iwaizumi and Kageyama stood mindlessly, remorseful over the fact that they had accidentally broke Hinata's phone.
"Dumbass, I could just buy you a new phone." Kageyama said.
"Belt it, Kageyama!" Hinata scolded as he gave another grumble. "Both of you should just apologize. That's all I want."
Iwaizumi and Kageyama stared at each other before facing the orange-haired male.
"We're... sorry."
Hinata crossed his arms and said, "That's it?"
"What do you want us to say? You said you wanted us to apologize," Iwaizumi replied.
"Apologize like you're in front of the police." Hinata spoke playfully.
Iwaizumi scoffed and retorted with "What? Are you crazy? I'm older than you."
Hinata stared darkly at Iwaizumi. "What did you say?" he uttered.
Iwaizumi rolled his eyes and lowered himself into a respectful bow. "I apologize, sir. It won't happen again."
Hinata huffed with pride when he heard Iwaizumi say that.
Meanwhile, Kageyama watched the two converse. He scanned the orange-haired male's expression and found him looking satisfied, whether it was the apology or the person who said the apology which made Hinata satisfied, he didn't know. All Kageyama knew was that it felt weird seeing his former partner looking like that.
"You messed up their alone time! What's wrong with you?" Oikawa grilled Kageyama as they sprawled on the couch.
After Sugawara left to go to his superior's office, Tsukishima left to study, Hinata and Miho went to the kindergarten, and Iwaizumi went to his workplace, the two were left alone in the share house and it was undeniable that they were both quite bored.
"Good. I wanted that to happen," Kageyama responded lethargically before leaning back on the couch.
Silence surrounded them. The only noise was the television and the female weather reporter's voice that informed them that there was an 82 percent chance of rain today. Oikawa and Kageyama didn't pay attention to it and simply stared at the ceiling out of boredom. All of a sudden, Oikawa had an idea so he sprang up and beamed at his wonderful idea that would surely exterminate the boredom that he felt.
"Tobio-chan! I wouldn't normally asked you this but since I'm bored, let's sing!" Oikawa invited Kageyama.
"No," was Kageyama's immediate response.
"Fine then, let's not sing but what we'll do instead is-" Oikawa pulled out a deck of card under the coffee table- "poker!"
"No."
The brunette complained because of the torturous boredom. He plopped down the couch and eyed the television. He saw a commercial about hiking. Oikawa sulked about how fun it seemed and out of nowhere, he sprang up again.
Kageyama side-eyed him nonchalantly and ignored the enthusiastic action the brunette made. Oikawa ran to the kitchen and Kageyama waited for him. After a while, Oikawa came back with a rope in his hands. Kageyama didn't know where the brunette got it but he let it slide since he didn't care enough.
"Tobio-chan, let's go climbing!"
Kageyama raised an eyebrow. "What? It's 2 in the afternoon and it's hot outside. I don't want to," he denied and kept his attention to the television.
Oikawa glowered at the younger male before thinking about how Kageyama had a tendency to believe something as long as it was passionate enough. Taking a risk, Oikawa took a deep breath before puffing his chest out.
"Tobio-chan!" Oikawa shouted passionately.
Kageyama turned to the brunette and narrowed his eyes.
Dramatically pointing at Kageyama, Oikawa said, "Are you alright with sitting still? Are you?! I know that you're bored and so am I! That's why..." Oikawa gazed at his former underclassman before exaggeratedly raising his fist in the air and declaring, "Lezgo! Let's climb to the roof and eradicate our boredom!"
Kageyama felt swayed. He pushed himself up and thought about it carefully. He didn't want to move, he wanted to wait for the volleyball match that would appear after the news finished but it would be at least an hour until then, anyway. So Kageyama considered the idea and realized that climbing the rooftop of the share house would be more fun than waiting for an hour for a volleyball match. And besides, playing volleyball is better than watching volleyball so gazing at Oikawa, Kageyama pushed his closed fist in the air.
"Lezgo," he blurted out.
Oikawa grinned as he handed the rope to Kageyama. "Tobio-chan, let's climb this house. Lezgo?" he asked for assurance.
"Lezgo." Kageyama nodded as he took hold of the rope.
The two held the rope as they pushed their closed fists dramatically into the air as if they were in a sports anime.
"Lezgo!" they cheered in synchronization before Oikawa took the lead and ran out of the house. Kageyama trailed behind him while they shouted their catchphrase at the top of their lungs.
Oikawa and Kageyama went to the third floor of the building they lived in. The first floor was only for the share house while the second and third floor were for the apartment and its separate room for people who wanted to live alone.
Once they were on the third floor, Oikawa tied the rope while Kageyama searched for a niche in the roof where the rope could be tied at so they could climb up. Once he found one, Kageyama asked for the rope so the brunette handed it to him. Kageyama then expertly tied it and tugged on it to see if it would break. When it didn't, he huffed with pride.
Oikawa eyed the house behind the share house. If he recalled it correctly, the house behind the share house was owned by Mr. Yano. It was where Sugawara and Miho were supposed to sleep but since it was lonely there, the two end up sleeping in the share house most of the time with Sugawara sleeping on the couch while Miho forcefully slept on either Tsukishima's bed or Hinata's.
The two men eyed the wall of Mr. Yano's house. It was too near to the share house. It was only half a meter away from the building so Oikawa and Kageyama knew what to do. They would parkour their way up the roof. It was the only way.
Kageyama was the first one to climb as he held on the rope while his feet were on the other house's wall. He pushed himself up and kept his grip tight on the rope so he wouldn't fall. After he finished, Oikawa went after. He tugged on the rope to see if it would break and when it didn't, he carefully scaled the other wall and kept climbing until he finally reached the rooftop. Once both of them were at the top, they stared at the view.
Oikawa sighed in relief as he pushed his sweat away. Kageyama looked at the houses before staring at the sun which was covered by the clouds. Both of them felt satisfied so they looked at one another before deciding to go back down since there was nothing to do on the rooftop.
Kageyama grabbed the rope and softly tugged it but to his surprise, the small bit of wood that the rope was tied to fell off. So did the rope.
Kageyama and Oikawa eyed the rope that was now hopelessly beyond their reach before glancing at each other. Kageyama's serene expression turned dark as he grabbed Oikawa's collar.
"How will we get down? The rope's gone." He spoke eerily calmly.
"Let go, Tobio-chan!" Oikawa pulled himself away from the male and scoffed. He looked at the sun that was slowly being covered by the gray clouds and thought of an idea. "Once Shou-chan is home, we'll call for him and he'll give us the rope," Oikawa said.
"He can't tie it," Kageyama deadpanned.
Oikawa felt his soul leave his body. Why did he suggest this? He was stupid to think of an idea like this just because he was bored. Oikawa held his head and kneeled on the roof.
"Why did we do this? Why did I do this? I'm so stupid. To think that I had the highest rank when I graduated college... but now look where I am. Stuck on a roof with someone stupid... I'm so stupid," Oikawa mused out loud before lying down on the roof to gaze at the afternoon sky.
Kageyama emptily stared at Oikawa. He sighed and did the same. Kageyama laid down on the roof and eyed the sky and the clouds and... seemed to have a realization.
"Why is the sky gray?" he asked.
"It's the cloud that's gray. Not the sky. You're so stupid, Tobio-chan." Oikawa corrected.
Kageyama side-glared at the brunette before returning his gaze at the sky. "Still, why is it gray?"
"The weather reporter said it would rain today. About... an 82 percent chance?"
The two men went quiet and looked at the cloud-covered sky. It was truly gray and it wasn't light gray, it was dark gray. All of a sudden, a drop of water fell on Kageyama's palm and when he looked at his hands, another drop fell and soon, it was pouring.
The two froze as they felt the sudden downpour drench their clothes. Neither spoke until they stood up and faced each other.
"Oikawa-san..." Kageyama growled. Oikawa backed away and raised his hands up.
"Tobio-chan, let me explain what we –"
"Shut it! How are we going to get down?! What if I get sick? I have practice tomorrow!" Kageyama cried as he cursed at the rain.
Oikawa gritted his teeth, too prideful to accept his mistake.
"I won't apologize, Tobio-chan! If you really didn't want it then you could've said no!" shouted Oikawa.
Kageyama one-handedly grabbed the brunette's collar and pulled him close. "I'm sick of you acting like the world revolves around you. You only think about yourself and nobody else! You better get me down or I swear... I'll fire you."
The sudden outburst silenced the brunette. He kept his gaze at Kageyama and as the younger male's grip on his shirt loosened, Oikawa stood stunned, motionless.
Kageyama scoffed at him before looking up at the sky and cursing at it. Oikawa observed the younger male and watched him carefully. How come he was called out? Oikawa couldn't understand it. How come he acted like the world revolved around him? Wasn't Kageyama like that as well?
Laughing lowly, Oikawa walked towards Kageyama and grabbed his shoulder. He raised his fist but instead of punching the younger male, he just let it stay in the air, confused on what he should do. Kageyama looked at him with shock and once again, Oikawa was reminded by something from the past.
Somehow, Oikawa couldn't deny that he did something wrong to the younger male in the past. Was it his fault? Oikawa wouldn't say yes but he had a hunch that maybe, it was his fault for why the younger male ended up like that. Letting go of Kageyama, Oikawa backed away and sat down on the roof as the rain poured heavily on both of them.
"Oikawa-san, why are you acting like this?"
Oikawa raised his head and saw Kageyama showing a gloomy expression.
"Acting like what?" he asked.
"Like this. Like you hate me." Kageyama answered.
The two didn't say anything. Their clothes were drenched and Oikawa couldn't feel himself acting straight anymore. He smirked and said, "Why should I tell you?"
"Whatever reason it is... I'm sure that it's petty since," Kageyama said, "Sugawara-san told me that you probably feel insecure when you're with me. Isn't that petty?"
Oikawa clicked his tongue and glared at the younger male. "Shut up. I don't hate you. I just don't like seeing you or being with you because you piss me off. The reason why isn't petty as well! I just don't like you since we don't mesh well! That's it so stop asking!" Oikawa argued. He stared at Kageyama and waited for a response. Honestly, seeing the younger male look so solemn seemed to have made him guilty but Oikawa had pride so he huffed and looked away. There was no way that he'd apologize to Kageyama.
Kageyama heaved a sigh and went to the edge of the roof. Oikawa warily watched him. Kageyama leaned closer to check if someone was down but when he saw none, he groaned and turned around. He was about to walk back to the center of the roof when he slipped on the wet shingles. This made Oikawa flinch as he approached the younger male instantly.
"Oi! Are you trying to kill yourself?!" He grilled. "I said I don't like you but I don't want you to die in front of me."
Kageyama pushed himself up and felt his back hurting. He stretched his neck and rubbed his shoulders as he sat on the roof while the rain fell on him. He gazed at the brunette weirdly.
"If you don't like me, then stop getting worried!" he scolded and shook his head in disapproval.
"Hah? I'm not worried! I just don't wanna be framed for your stupid self-caused death!" Oikawa retorted.
"Stupid? Me? Oi, I'll really fire you!"
"Go ahead! Good bye, Tobio-chan! I'm a free man!"
The two glared at each other until the rain became heavier. This made the two cuss under their breath as they glowered at the sky. Once the situation became peaceful, Oikawa looked down at Kageyama before sitting in front of him with a sulk. Kageyama noticed this so he opened his mouth to comment on it.
"Don't say anything. This is nothing special. I'm not trying to make-up with you." Oikawa interrupted.
Kageyama blinked and looked away.
Once he was staring at something else, the brunette observed the younger male and bit his tongue. It was as if Kageyama hadn't changed ever since middle-school. In Oikawa's eyes, Kageyama was still the same innocent and naive middle-school student who irritated him.
With a sharp exhale, Oikawa caught Kageyama's attention. Once he stared at the brunette, Oikawa flipped him off. Kageyama did the same and even had the audacity to send Oikawa two. Seeing that, Oikawa chuckled but immediately covered his mouth to avoid giving the younger male the satisfaction of making him laugh. Oikawa then checked Kageyama's face and caught a glimpse of the male smiling. Again.
'What the – Why is he smiling again? Is he crazy?' Oikawa thought.
To prevent himself from seeing Kageyama, Oikawa pushed himself up and checked the roof. He eyed each corner and scanned them carefully. Out of the blue, something caught his eyes. He went closer and narrowed his eyes when he saw something sticking out on the roof. He approached it and when he was near it, Oikawa gasped.
It was a ladder.
Oikawa kneeled in front of the ladder and felt himself start to cry.
Kageyama came closer and saw the ladder as well. The two men stared at each other and suddenly, they both had a shaky smile.
Oikawa stood up and looked at Kageyama who pumped a fist in the air while looking determined.
"Lezgo," Kageyama said calmly yet oddly resolute.
Oikawa stared at his hand before pumping a fist in the air as well.
"Lezgo!" both of them shouted before Oikawa went down first then Kageyama after. They eagerly climbed down the stairs as they visualized what it was like to sit back on the couch as relaxed as they can. When Oikawa landed on the ground, he felt himself jump for joy on account of being on land again. He stared at Kageyama who was still climbing down and waited for him, even calling him out with names so Kageyama would go faster.
Until, Kageyama somehow slipped again.
It was as if everything were in slow motion. Oikawa reached out to catch the younger male and when the back of Kageyama's head slammed on the brunette's forehead, both of them yelped in pain. Oikawa fell on the ground down with Kageyama on top of him. They stayed that way for a second until Kageyama rolled away from the older male. Oikawa held his forehead and groaned at how painful it was. He then looked at Kageyama and to his surprise, Kageyama, who was drenched from head to toe, was smiling at the sky because he'd finally landed on the ground.
Oikawa froze for a while and gazed at the younger male.
"No way..." Oikawa muttered. He kept his eyes on the male and when Kageyama faced him, he recalled the Kageyama Tobio from middle-school. Oikawa realized that he was wrong and he felt guilty for almost punching someone so naive and pure. Gasping and covering his mouth, Oikawa sat up and stared at Kageyama with anxiousness.
"Oikawa-san, are you alright?" Kageyama furrowed his eyebrows as Oikawa backed away.
"Nope... this couldn't be... I did something wrong. Very wrong," Oikawa said as he placed a hand on his chest. It was oddly beating fast. What was that about? "Oh hell no." Oikawa stood up and gawked at Kageyama, who looked very worried each passing second.
The brunette inhaled deeply to calm himself but when Kageyama tilted his head and asked him if he was alright, Oikawa yelled in frustration.
"Go away, Tobio-chan!" shouted Oikawa as he ran to the share house, leaving Kageyama confused and worried.
"What the hell?" Kageyama blurted out.
Oikawa slammed the door open and saw Sugawara inside. Sugawara narrowed his eyes at Oikawa who seemed to be horrified. Oikawa looked at him and teared up.
"Suga! I did something wrong and I'm feeling something wrong! This can't be happening! Not with him!" Oikawa cried as he stomped to his room.
Sugawara raised an eyebrow at the strange action.
Kageyama then entered the house and when Sugawara saw that he was drenched, he had a weird hunch. Thinking about Oikawa and Kageyama's odd relationship. Sugawara smirked, his mind rapidly filling with mischievous ideas.
A/N:
Oikawaaaaaa. Yayay! The second pairing is here! How nice isn't it?
Since this focused on OiKage, two of the next chapters would still be about them. Don't worry, I promise not to disappoint you. I somehow made the two act cute and be compatible (*v*)
