The silence invaded soon after, it was so quiet you could hear every step that reached the ground, you could probably have heard a needle if it was dropped at that moment which didn't help Hinata with and his overthinking brain. This only allowed him to continue making up scenarios in his head as to what was awaiting him in the near future. Every time he tried opening his mouth to break the forever lasting silence no sound came out; he couldn't get himself to stir up a conversation. What would he say anyways, Kageyama promised he would explain everything once they reached their destination so Hinata knew there was no point in pushing the matter further, he just had to be patient for now. The middle blocker was practically trailing behind Kageyama, too afraid to meet his eyes and pace. Now that the adrenaline has died down the realization that Hinata punched the setter really sunk in and made Hinata feel more empathetic than it should, he could feel his stomach turn at the thought. Kageyama would frequently turn around making sure that the smaller boy was still following him and hasn't decided to bolt, instead he would find his head lowered looking down at his shoes, as if he wasn't in control of his own body and was just mimicking Kageyama's movements. The image stirred a funny feeling in Kageyama, he signed.

"We're nearly there." breathed out Kageyama. By now it has become darker and the sun nearly completely set giving the atmosphere a cosy glow, something that the two boys really needed at the moment, some comfort. Hinata started gazing around, scoping the area surrounding him. He has never been here before. It was a large field that stretched out into the horizon, grass that looked fresh and vibrant green. There was a lake in the distance which mirrored the sun that was setting over the curvature of the earth. Hinata was surprised a place like this even existed so close to their home and yet Kageyama somehow managed to find such a breath taking environment. They started walking into the field so that they were a bit further away from the dirt path that they were trailing for some time.

Taking in everything around him Hinata took out his phone and took a quick photo to remember and capture the beauty surrounding him. If Hinata wasn't mistaken he could have sworn he saw Kageyama smirk at the action, as if he was proud of himself that he managed to make an impression on the smaller man, though Hinata didn't comment on it, instead he texted his mum saying he will be late out with Kageyama making sure she wouldn't worry for his absence. And just maybe it could be true, they could sit here until the stars came out and they could talk and- wait no, Hinata was supposed to be mad at him. Nevertheless, Hinata kept finding himself thinking back to Kageyama's words, the way his voice seemed so soft and gentle, the way he pleaded him to come, how could he not refuse. There must be a good explanation to why he did what he did, but how can someone explain a kiss-

"Hinata?" Just his name leaving Kageyama's tongue made him shiver. His tone so deep yet somewhat comforting, a perfect match for his deep ocean eyes.

"Yeah?" Hinata replied after a long pause, "Sorry I spaced out."

"What were you thinking about so intensely." Kageyama asked out of curiosity with a smirk on his face which made his question a hundred times more mischievous, the intent of the question suggested only one thing.

"Wait, no you pervert, not that. I'm just a bit- nervous." Hinata who usually is loud and stern, whimpered out those words as he started playing around with his fingers. Kageyama cocked his head to the side making him look more innocent than it should which only played with Hinata's heart even more. It was kind of, no, it was very adorable, it was rare for those two words to be linked in one sentence, Kageyama and adorable, it was just something that was never put together yet here we are. Hinata carefully lay down on the grass, the sky was a perfect mixture of orange, yellows which were blending into purples as slowly the first stars started appearing in the sky. Hinata couldn't help but be astound from the magical view in front of him.

"Join me." Hinata patted the grass next to him inviting Kageyama. It didn't take long for the setter to find himself next to Hinata, way closer to him than he estimated to be, not that he was complaining. Their arms were brushing each other eager to grip one another, yearning for each other's touch yet both of them knew better than to fall into their temptation. Sooner or later Kageyama took a deep breath, looked up above him as the sky stretched as far as the eye could see and began;

"I didn't want to do it at first, but I had to for your own good-"

"How does that do me any good, looking at you kiss ano-" Kageyama leaned forward and slightly turned his body towards Hinata so he could place his hand on top of Hinata's mouth to make him shut up for a second.

"Let me finish," Kageyama continued. "I might as well tell you the whole story so that you can understand where I'm coming from." Hinata looked into Kageyama's eyes which were staring straight back at him, he signed and nodded with approval to let him continue with his story. "So, it all started on the first year of middle school, my dad had to move to a new town because he got a job transfer which caused my whole family to move houses, causing me to end up where we are now. It was quite a huge event in my life, you know how it is, coming to a whole new place where you don't know anyone, having to make new friends. My family was already aware of the fact that I wasn't the best with communicating with other people so naturally I didn't fit in and no one wanted to hang out with me, although I wasn't that surprised so I kind of just dealt with it." Kageyama sat up and took another deep breath in as he searched his memory to lay out the story in chronological order, Hinata mimicked his action and started playing with the grass, intrigued in what Kageyama was telling him.

"One day my dad got a promotion forcing him to become really close with the CEO of their company who if you haven't guessed already was the father of the girl you saw. After they both found out they had children the same age they regularly made 'play dates' for us." Kageyama made an action with his fingers resembling speech marks to show how stupid the situation was. "At first, I hated her guts, I mean she was snobby coming from a rich family, she got what she wanted and got away with literally everything. I mean they have so much power that nothing stood in her way of getting what she wants but as time went by I kind of warmed up to her. We started meeting up more frequently and I felt like I finally found someone who would get me, someone who could be my friend, but I was wrong." Hinata glanced over at Kageyama who had his head down, he could tell his face was sour whilst telling this story. Hinata didn't even know this part of Kageyama's life even existed, now he was more interested as to why he was never opened up about this.

"So, time went on, we got closer, we had fun until one day she confessed her feelings to me." Hinata's eyes widened at the statement, although considering the fact that they kissed it shouldn't have been much of a surprise. Hinata finally managed to speak up.

"So, what happen next?"

"I rejected her."

"Oh?"

"What do you mean oh?" Kageyama asked as he folded his legs to rest his face sideways looking at Hinata again. The setting sun rays complimented Hinata's honey eyes as he stared out into the distance, Kageyama could feel his heart flutter at the view, Hinata really was more breath taking than the view around them.

"I just thought that maybe you'd want to be with her."

"Nah." scoffed Kageyama laughing to himself without turning his eyes away from Hinata.

"What's so funny? Why wouldn't you?" Hinata replied shoving Kageyama's arm softly, just enough power for him to lose his balance. The middle blocker couldn't help but laugh at Kageyama falling onto the grass on his side before sitting back up and placing his face on his hand for support.

"I told you before, sure we got on but my god was she spoiled to the point it ticked me off. The number of things she would get away with just because she was rich, and she would brag about it so much. I just don't want to date someone with a personality like that, I know for a fact that in her heart she didn't care about anyone else than herself. Anyways, she surprisingly took it well and our relationship didn't change much, until the second year of middle school when I somehow made another friend in my class."

"You make It sound like making friends is an impossible achievement." Laughed Hinata.

"Hey, easy for you to say dumbass, you know it's not easy for me." Kageyama made a little pout with his lips and looked away, crossing his hands in the meantime. Hinata couldn't help but laugh at his childish behaviour.

"I'm sorry, I know you find it difficult." He said holding in his laugh as Kageyama looked back at him and flicked his forehead, "Ouch!" Now that made Kageyama laugh.

"Shut up and listen to the rest of my story." Hinata nodded and tried taking in deep breaths so he wouldn't burst out laughing once more. "So, as I said I made a new friend, I got quite close to him and so as I started hanging out with him, I obviously couldn't meet up with her as much which, let's say made her slightly jealous. And I guess that's okay, like she could have told me she wanted to see me more and I'd find a way to balance everything out but instead of that she became like a completely different person. She started manipulated my new friend in ways that would make him not want to be with me anymore. I don't know what exactly she said to him but sooner or later her threats got so bad that he moved away because he couldn't stand her anymore."

"Oh damn, that bad?"

"Yeah, it was horrible. We started fighting a lot and eventually we drifted apart, I didn't want to be friends with someone so manipulative, she kind of scares me. But she keeps latching on to me, she even moved to Karasuno so that she could be closer to me,"

"But she never said anything to me before."

"Well, that brings me to what happen, why we kissed." You could hear the disgust in Kageyama's voice as he spoke those words. "She might have not said anything to you but... you know the boy that was picking on you, she told me she was in charge of that, she sent him to 'ruff you up'. She told me how she's recently seen how close we became and how she didn't like that, she started threatening me that a simple beating wasn't going to be the end of it if I don't stop hanging out with you. I'm telling you she obsessed with me." Kageyama put his whole face in his hands, frustrated with the whole situation.

"So why did you kiss her?" Hinata edged Kageyama on. At the sudden question, Kageyama ears turned red which was a weird reaction to say the least.

"Umm... this is kind of embarrassing but I told her I would do anything for her to leave you alone, I was kind of ready to do anything at this point. I don't want you to be hurt because of me." Kageyama lifted his face out his hands and looked back at Hinata once again, searching through Hinata's ember eyes. "That's when she said that if I kiss her, she would leave you alone." Hinata kept his gaze on Kageyama and he could see how his eyes were starting to glisten with tears. This was probably the first time he had seen Kageyama so venerable, so innocent, so... broken.

"You have to believe me, I only did it to protect you, please believe me, I don't want to lose you after I finally was able to confess to you. I like you Hinata, please, I know I should have probably talked to you first or something, maybe find another way, I was stupid. Plea-

"I believe you" Hinata replied in a soft voice. He lifted his hand and reached out to Kageyama, which he gently placed on his cheek and whipped away his tears. Kageyama leaned into his hand and closed his eyes absorbing the smaller man's warmth. It was such a simple action yet it made Hinata's heart burst through his chest as he saw this other side of Kageyama, the more heart broken side. Everything inside him was screaming for him to get closer, to comfort the raven-haired boy. Kageyama must have been feeling the same was because out of nowhere he picked Hinata up and placed him on top of him and pulled him into a tight hug. Hinata could feel how Kageyama buried his face into his shoulder, his arms gripping tightly to him. It felt like they haven't touched each other in so long, being in each other's grasp felt so refreshing, like their bodies were starved of affection. Without any hesitation Hinata wrapped his arms around Kageyama's neck letting the setter wipe away his tears on Hinata's shirt.

"I like you too Kageyama." Kageyama looked up at Hinata with wide eyes his hands on Hinata's shoulders.

"Y-you do? Even after everything?"

"Of course, I do dumbass, I know you never meant to hurt me."

"Hey, I'm the only one that's allowed to call others a dumbass. Especially you." Hinata chuckled at Kageyama's response. "Stupid" The setter continued as he pulled Hinata by his shirt and placed his lips onto Hinata's. The bliss of their kiss exploded in their mouths, Kageyama could taste that sweet taste once more, it oddly felt like home, like something you look forward to after a long day. Hinata ruffled his hand through Kageyama's hair, his fingers feeling blessed by the touch.

"Be my boyfriend?" Kageyama whispered between kisses. He felt Hinata tense up for a second before replying back.

"Of course, I will."