KAGEYAMA

Practice is over and I am dead tired. I know they said it was going to get harder but this ridiculous. I practiced volleyball in the morning and evening. Hinata and I are in route back to our room to shower. God I'm starving.

"Good practice," he states.

"Same," I reply. I feel like an idiot for crying. I am glad that it was Hinata that heard me and not anyone else. I don't know what came over me at that moment. He made me feel…. comforted. I blush thinking about it. No one has ever made me feel that way but no one has ever seen me like that either.

"What do you plan to eat for dinner?" asked Hinata. "I have a craving for fried chicken, but I know that is the no no list." I chuckle.

"What about something close to it," I replied. "Like crusted chicken."

"That's a good idea," says Hinata. "Did you want to shower first?"

"You can go ahead," I reply. He more than deserved it. We arrive to our room with Hinata heading straight to the bathroom. I removed my wet shirt hearing my phone chime. I walk over to see who it is. Akaashi?

Akaashi: Hey you okay?

Kageyama: I'm fine

Akaashi: Just checking.

Kageyama: You really just checking on me or is there something else?

Akaashi: lol, I did want to check on you, but I also wanted to say I know practice was rough today. You and Hinata seemed to have a good system when we all left. When did you guys finish?

Kageyama: Just 10 minutes ago. Thanks for noticing the improvement.

Akaashi: You guys stayed an extra 2 hours!

Kageyama: For good reason!

Akaashi: Wow. Do you. I couldn't do it. I won't keep you though.

Kageyama: Thanks. I'm fucking hungry.

Akaashi: I bet. I'll talk to you later.

No sooner than I end the text there is knocking at my door.

"Now what?" I question out loud. I walk over to the door opening it seeing Oikawa.

"Where the hell have you been?" he asks walking into my room. I close the door. "Today was so damn awful."

"Sure….please….come in," I drone.

"Save it man," he replies. "I can't believe how bad today was."

"You did it to yourself," I reply. Oikawa glares at me.

"You mean like you did," he sneers. Oh now he pissed me off.

"Yeah, like me!" I snap. "At least I can fucking own it!" I can admit I screwed up today. I will not make that mistake again. Oikawa shakes his head looking away from me.

"I knew this was going to be hard but damnit man," he mutters. I have never seen Oikawa look so down. I sigh.

"I get it," I reply. "Kuroo didn't yell at me but Tendo….." Oikawa appears sympathetic.

"Yeah man," he replies running his hand through his hair. "I'm being self-centered. What was he saying to you?"

"I don't want to talk about it," I say shifting my eyes away from him.

"I know you usually keep stuff from me, but it can't be that bad," says Oikawa. It was terrible. It's like Tendo knew stuff about me that I don't even know. I'm almost scared. I don't even know where to begin. I'm not sure if I want to talk to Oikawa about this.

"Dreadful enough," I reply folding my arms. "Tomorrow will be better. Hinata and I at least have a rhythm now."

"I was fine once I stopped thinking," says Oikawa. "I can get away with that for now but when it comes time to game play, I will need to be in beast mode.

"Don't sweat it man," I encourage. "I'm sure you will be fine." I hear the shower cut off with Oikawa glancing toward the bathroom door.

"That is my queue," he replies. "I know you are dying for a shower. I'm surprised you didn't go first." I say nothing walking with him to the door. "Kageyama, are you surprised that we are a part of the big 3?" I think for a moment.

"A little," I reply. "You being mentioned wasn't a surprise but I didn't expect my name to be called." Oikawa nods.

"Hope things aren't too bad between you and shrimp," he states. "He looked really broken up when his name wasn't called." What? I didn't even notice because I was trying to get it together from what happened during our match.

"We will talk about that later," I reply pushing him out the door. I don't want Hinata to hear us talking about him. "Bye." I close the door as Hinata comes out the bathroom towel drying his hair.

"Who was that?" he asks.

"Who was what?" I ask.

"At the door," he replies sitting on his bed. "Sounded like you were talking to someone." Good. Seems like he didn't hear what we were saying.

"It was just Oikawa," I reply walking to the bathroom.

"Oh," says Hinata. "Long as he acts humbler, he should be fine. Kuroo doesn't like arrogance."

"I think he certainly got the point," I reply. "Going to um…..shower now…" I head into the bathroom closing the door. I try not to think about what Tendo said during the game, but I can't help those words keep echoing in my head.

"Mister king of the of the court," Tendo said. The comment surprised as I haven't heard that since middle school. He didn't stop there. "Hm do you have a thing for Hinata? I see you staring at his ass on court." I completely lost it after that. Hinata is the one always staring at me, not the other way around.

I get in the shower moving quickly so Hinata and I can get dinner. I really want to go to sleep but I know I need to eat. I get out the shower drying myself off quickly. My mind keeps thinking about what Tendo said on top of the fact Hinata comforted me today. Is he even into guys? Am I into guys? I growl lowly just thinking about it because I don't know the answer to any of those questions. I come out of the bathroom heading over to my draw. I was in such a rush to go shower I forgot to grab my clothes.

"So they do have crusted chicken," says Hinata. "I let the kitchen know that what's we want tonight for dinner. I hope you don't mind me ordering it for you."

"I don't mind…." I reply slowly. Hinata looks worried. I am pretty sure he can see I have a lot on my mind.

"Are you sure?" he asks.

"Yes," I reply. "Let me change and we can go eat." He nods turning his attention back to his laptop. I head back into the bathroom getting dressed. He ordered my dinner tonight….I'm not upset about it. Just a lot going on in my brain. I get dressed quickly informing Hinata I'm ready.

"I was thinking," he says as we enter the hall. "Since you are my partner for this week. I was thinking we could try some combos together."

"Should we even be doing that?" I ask looking at him. Hinata frowns.

"To be honest no," he admits. "But if you and I can come up with something great to get the team points or block accordingly we can be assets." I think about what he is saying, and it makes sense.

"I'm down," I reply. "What do we need to do?"

"We can work on something on the weekends," he replies. "I know we need our breaks but to get this together we need to learn on our time. I don't want coach to think we are using his time to do what we want."

"I have nothing else better to do," I say with a shrug. "I'm sure coach would never think that about you."

"What's wrong?" asks Hinata. "I mean you sound excited but not at the same time."

"It's nothing," I lie.

"Is this about what Tendo said to you?" he asks.

"No," I lie. Thank god, we got to the cafeteria. We walk up providing our names. They give us the meal we asked for them to prepare. "You got the side as green beans and mash sweet potatoes?"

"I do listen to you," he says taking his tray. "Where should we sit?"

"Doesn't matter since we are the only ones here," I reply. Hinata picks a seat in the off towards the back corner. I'm glad he chose here. I would prefer some privacy in the event someone else comes along. I sit down more than ready to eat. We begin to dive into our food eating in silence for a moment. Hinata breaks the silence.

"What do you plan to do when this is over?" asks Hinata.

"Huh?" I ask in surprise.

"What do you plan to do when this over?" he asks. "I am going to go back to my job, but I am still going to practice. I want to be on the team again in another 4 years." He will be young enough to do that. Me too.

"I want to play on the team again," I reply. Hinata laughs.

"You haven't even played yet!" he exclaims. I smile.

"I know I would enjoy it," I reply before taking a bite of my chicken. "I love the challenge, the thrill of the game. No doubt in my mind I will enjoy it."

"I know you will," says Hinata. I am smiling at him before I can stop myself. I glance back down at my food eating some more.

"I'm hoping I can make a living a surrounding this," I state after much thought. "I really love volleyball."

"Depends on what you want to do," says Hinata. "I personally want to be the training coach like Bokuto. I like seeing different playing styles and putting combos or moves together. It is so exciting to me."

"I see," I reply. "I mean I wouldn't mind being a coach."

"A coach?" he questions. "Are you sure about that?" I nod my head. "Anything can happen. You can do anything you put your mind to." I stare at Hinata as he begins to eat smiling at me. I glance away focusing back on my meal feeling weird. Besides Oikawa I never had anyone support me this much. "I also want to thank you."

"Thank me?" I ask. "For what?"

"For not bring up what happened," he says blushing. I immediately know what he is talking about. I try not to blush myself but fail. That day I tried to ignore what he was doing in there, but I couldn't. It's embarrassing to know I had my best climax in the same bathroom as him just moments apart. Unlike him I knew he wasn't in the room to hear my sounds of desire. I clear my throat.

"I don't know what you are talking about," I say giving him a small wink. Hinata begins to chuckle before focusing back on his meal.