He had tried. He really had tried to hide them. But the dark marks along his sides, the fingers printed on his arms, and his way too pale skin had made this really hard to keep on. It was kinda foolish of him to have ever thought that he could manage this with two observant men in his life.

Kageyama had been the first one to see that something wasn't right. Of course it would be him. It was always the king.

"- I can't believe you did that to him !" Kunimi heard once when he was coming back home.

Closing the door behind him as silently as he could, he listened to understand what was going on.

"- For the last time, what the hell are you talking about ? I did nothing to him !"

Oh. That was bad. Kindaichi sounded angry. Like really out of his mind.

"- Oh, then if it's not you and obviously not me, he did that to himself." the former setter of Karasuno joked bitterly.

A fist slammed to their kitchen's table and the apartment was silent again. The hidden man put his grocery's bags down and slipped out of his shoes. He didn't even bother to take off his jacket and made his way to the room where everything was happening.

"- Kags, I-I know, okay ? I've seen them too, I've seen how he's trying to avoid us lately. But, you have to believe me. I love him. I love Akira with all my heart and I would never hurt him. Not even once. I get it that you're angry and worried and hurting, 'cause you love him too, but you know pretty well that I didn't do this."

Yuutarou seemed to have cooled down. Peering through the half-open door, the conversation's subject could see his boyfriends' teary eyes. He let out a shaky breath, his back to the wall and his own eyes dry.

"- I'm so scared about what that means, Yuu. Kageyama finally sobbed. He's been in pain for only God knows how long and didn't tell us. Are we… Do we mean this little to him ? When did he stop trusting us ?"

The way Tobio's voice had crack at the end made both of the other men's hearts break. Bringing a trembling hand to his face, Kunimi sighed. There was no possible going back now. He simply couldn't let this destroy them, destroy their relationship. Hesitating, he slowly pushed the door and was welcomed in the room by a sight he'll never forget. Kindaichi was kneeling beside the national player, holding him tenderly as they both cried their eyes out.

Once again, Kageyama was the first to notice him. It was always him.

"- Aki ?

- Hey..."

The silence that followed could have been awkward, with two pairs of shot-blood eyes directed at him. But it wasn't. They all knew. It was the calm before the storm. The time had come to reveal the painful truth.

"- I… I'm sorry. Kunimi whispered. I just… I thought I could get through this without help and then… It got worst and worst.

- Who ? Why ? When ? Just tell us please ! Yuutarou pleaded, standing up.

- Coworkers at work. They discovered for… For us. They said they couldn't tolerate a… a f*gget in their business so they tried to… To put some common sense in me, I guess. I'm sorry."

A nervous laugh escaped his lips as he averted his eyes. He didn't want to watch their faces as his two lovers understood what he said. Next thing he knew, four strong arms were embracing him.