Don't chapter 14
Ukai walked towards the bathroom, Hinata tagging along behind him. It wasn't big, there barely fit a bathtub and a toilet in it, but it was enough. It was clear that Hinata was still unsure about all of this, he walked very slowly and looked back towards the living room once or twice, as if he was longing to be there instead of where he was going now.
Ukai wasn't really looking forward to it either. He had put on a brave face, since the kid really didn't need to know how uncertain he was about all of this. The phone call with Takeda had calmed him down a bit.
He hadn't been able to tell his good friend everything that had occurred in the past hour (was it really just an hour, it felt like days ago that Ukai was sent towards the kid's house to check by Takeda). Instead, he had told Takeda that he should come here as soon as possible. Takeda had been curious, but probably realized that it wasn't the time to ask questions and let it go — something that Ukai was grateful for, he really wasn't up to telling the coach that there was a big change that one of his students was being abused over a goddamn phone call. Takeda promised to come as soon as his schedule allowed him to — which was probably in an hour or two.
So, in the meantime it was Ukai alone with the two teens. And he still didn't know what he was doing.
However, he did know that Hinata was injured and hurt, and he needed to know how bad it was. He understood very well that Hinata wasn't going to tell them everything just like that, that would be too easy. The boy was clearly more mentally hurt than the coach had thought at first sight.
Ukai still got shivers when he thought back about the conversation they had a few minutes ago in the hallway. Hinata's face when he said he needed to go home. The kid looked so innocent and so naïve.
How could someone hurt an innocent kid was beyond Ukai's understanding. It made his blood boil. It took everything he had to restrain himself from jumping into the car and to race towards Hinata's dad to show what a dip shit he really was.
But he knew that wouldn't do Hinata any good, so he didn't.
"Here it is." Ukai opened the bathroom door. Hinata glimpsed carefully inside, he looked ready to run away any second. The kid gave himself a few seconds, before deciding it was safe and walked inside. He turned around and gave Ukai an awkward glance. The color of his face was almost as similar as the color of his hair.
To be honest, Ukai found this just as awkward. He didn't know what to say or how to make the kid feel comfortable. For the hundredth time this day, he wished Takeda was with him.
But Takeda had to finish class, after that he would race over to them as fast as he could. The teacher wasn't here right now, so Ukai needed to step up his game and do whatever it would to help the broken kid in front of him.
It took Ukai a few seconds to realize that Hinata was waiting for him, the kid stared expectantly at him with his big brown eyes.
Yeah, Ukai was going to do this.
"I understand that this must be scary for you, but it's very good of you that try to do this anyway. Do you think you are ready to put out your shirt?" He carefully suggested, not wanting to scare the kid away.
Hinata nodded unsure, but he still started to undress. The movements were stiff and it clearly hurt him a bit, but Ukai was glad to see that he was at least able to make those movements, that meant it couldn't be that bad that was underneath the shirt.
Ukai had never been more wrong in his life.
Hinata's front was covered in bruises varying from blue to purple. It looked rather painful, but even though Ukai wasn't medically schooled (except from that one first-aid course he did a few years back) he was pretty sure that they were mostly shallow bruises on the surface. They would probably heal within time.
Plus, he was pretty sure that there were a few older bruises between them. Which meant that the abuse hadn't been a one-time thing. Again, Ukai found himself wondering how long this has been going on.
Suddenly he realized that his silence and glancing made Hinata even more uncomfortable, the boy had stopped looking him in the eye, looking down instead. Ukai tried to put himself in the kid's perspective and understood how vulnerable this must make the kid feel.
"Thank you for trusting me with this Hinata. Does it hurt?"
The kid gave him a small smile and Ukai painfully remembered the huge grins that was normally plastered over his face. Still, it was better than nothing he decided, one smile was a start, right?
"It hurts most when I move, but it is not something I can handle." He said. And that was another step, the boy was warming up to him, enough to admit that the bruises hurt him a bit.
"Well, they don't look hurtful. I have some painkillers at home, so if it hurts too much just ask, alright? Now is it okay if I look at your back." Meanwhile, Ukai was kneeling down, that way he was a bit lower that Hinata himself. Hinata turned around and even though Ukai tried to hold it in, he couldn't help but gasp. There were a lot of welts on his back. A few of them looked open, but none of them were bleeding. There were some blisters forming though. Some looked new, others must have been from at least a week back. Ukai tried not to think about how wounds like these could have been created, he didn't want to think about that right now. This time Hinata didn't wait for UKAI to say something.
"It's not as bad as it looks."
He was dumbfounded, what in the hell was he supposed to say to something like that. The wounds looked horrible, especially knowing that they were on the back of a freaking 15-year-old. This was not okay.
Damn it. How long? How many beatings? Had it started before or after his mother had died? It couldn't be before, right? One of them must have noticed something if it had been going on that long.
"I am sorry, coach." Hinata suddenly said. UKAI closed his eyes for a second and rubbed his face with one of his hands. Hinata's voice sounded so full of grief and sadness. The kid was relying on Ukai right now, he didn't have time be shocked or sad. He needed to be a damn adult and make the kid feel safe.
Hinata was his responsibility now.
"Listen Hinata, I know you might not believe this at the moment, but I am going to stick it you anyway. You have absolutely nothing to be sorry for, okay? You have done nothing wrong. What your dad has done is terrible and no kid or teenager — wait, no human being — deserves to be handled that way."
Judging from Hinata's facial expression, the teen didn't believe him. He looked puzzled as if Ukai was talking in another language. God damn it, he wasn't getting through to the boy.
But he had no idea how to make him understand. Hinata's father had not only hurt him physically, he had put just as much of pressure on Hinata's mental state.
Knowing that, it probably would take time for Hinata to process and understand the whole situation.
"Do you have any other injuries, aside from these?"
"I have a little bump on the back of my head, but it doesn't hurt." Hinata said. Ukai looked at it anyway, but concluded that it was nothing bad. He nodded content. Even though he was still shocked by how hurt Hinata was at the moment, he knew that it wasn't anything life-threatening, it would be okay to hold of the hospital for now.
However, it was important to keep those wound clean, otherwise a visit towards the hospital was going to be inevitable.
"It might be a good idea to take a shower, get yourself and these wounds cleaned up. I am pretty sure I got some ointments somewhere that would do good on your back." Hinata didn't answer, he just nodded.
"There are some towels you can use, just call me when you're done, okay?"
Again, no answer, except a simple nod. Ukai wanted to leave, giving the boy some privacy, when Hinata suddenly took hold of his t-shirt. The coach looked behind him.
"Thank you." The kid said, while his cheeks blushed even more red than before.
Ukai put a quick smile on his voice.
"There is nothing to thank me for." He closed the door behind him and decided that since Hinata was now busy with taking a shower, it was probably a good time to check on Kageyama. It was clear that the whole situation had shaken the teen up as well.
He wasn't really sure what he should do with him though. It was still during school hours, so officially the teen was skipping his classes. However, there was no way that Ukai was going to send him back to school after everything that has happened. Bringing him home was another option, but that didn't feel right either.
Besides, Kageyama seemed to have a positive effect on Hinata.
When he walked in, Kageyama wasn't watching the TV. He was absently looking outside. He didn't even notice when Ukai walked in.
"Hey Kageyama." The kid looked up; his big eyes suddenly reminded Ukai again how young these kids actually were.
That was what they were, kids.
"Hey Coach, is he…?"
"He is taking a shower." Kageyama nodded and turned around so he was facing the window again. Ukai knew that the teen never really was a talkative person, especially regarding his feelings.
But he had to approach the subject with him anyway.
"So..uhm…" He started. Why was he so bad in these kinds of things? Kageyama turned around and gave him a questionable look. He didn't say anything, he just waited until Ukai knew what he wanted to say.
Again, the coach kneeled down on the floor, so he was at the same height as the setter.
"So, how are you holding up?"
The question clearly surprised the teen. He didn't answer for a while.
"I am fine." Was all he said. Unlike with Hinata just know, Ukai really couldn't read the teens expression. He sighed, this wasn't going to be easy.
"It is okay to not be okay, you know? After everything that just happened."
"I don't understand, why would I not be okay?"
Ukai bit his lip. Damn it. The teen looked genuinely confused. He wasn't lying, he really didn't understand it.
However, before Ukai was able to say something, Kageyama continued.
"After all, I am not the one who got beat up by his own dad." It was more of a mumble than actually saying it out loud, but Ukai could hear it perfectly. His voice didn't sound as stoic anymore as it did before. There was something underneath, something that the teen was trying to bury. That was not going to happen, not on Ukai's watch.
"Doesn't mean that you can't be shocked about it, or sad, scared, even angry. It is very normal to feel like that." The teen looked down. He didn't say anything, but his body language did all the talking.
Ukai was used to seeing Kageyama on the court, standing straight up with his head held high, confidently in himself and in his spikers.
That Kageyama was nowhere to be seen. The boy in front of him looked confused, sad — and most of all — unsure.
Finally, the kid was letting down his shield.
Ukai used the momentum to carefully place his hand on Kageyama's shoulder.
"You did wonderful, you know? Standing up against Hinata's dad the way you did? Of course, I would have preferred it if you stayed out of harm's way, but it happened and you did good. We are going to figure this out and I want you to know that if there is something on your mind, you can talk to me. Okay?"
Kageyama nodded, but kept himself silent. Ukai wanted to talk a bit more, but he could hear the shower stopped running, which meant that Hinata was ready. He needed to go back to the other kid.
He excused himself to walk towards one of his cabinets, where he found some old first-aid stuff that he could use. Time to patch this kid up.
-Haikyuu-
Takeda was nervous.
No, better said, he was anxious.
Class was finally over and it had taken everything in himself to not let it finish early. But that would be unfair for the third-years in front of him that needed to study for the upcoming exams.
Not that he was much of use to them today, the phone call with Ukai completely threw him of his game. Never before had he hear Ukai's voice sound so…so…distraught?
The coach hadn't told him what was going on, but Takeda was pretty sure that it wasn't good. Something was going on with Hinata and it made him even more nervous than usual.
He grabbed all of his textbooks under his arm — not wanting to waste time by putting them all in his backpack - before he raced out of the empty classroom. When he half walked-half ran around the corner he bumped into someone.
Of course — since he had always been a total klutz — he yelped and dropped all of his books of the ground.
"I am sorry Takeda-sensei. Are you alright?" Daichi was already picking up the books from the ground before Takeda had the chance to do it himself.
"Don't worry about it! I should have watched were I was walking!" He gave the captain a quick smile while taking the books from him. "Actually, it's good that I run into you. Both me and Ukai-san will not be able to make it to training. Would you mind taking over?"
Takeda could see in the captain's eyes that he was curious as to why both the coach and teacher were both going to be absent - UKAI almost never skipped and when he did Takeda made sure to fill up his spot as good as possible — but the teen was too polite to actually ask something like that.
However, the team captain wasn't too polite to ask about another pressing matter. "That's fine, don't worry about it! I'll manage! Have you heard anything about Hinata?" Takeda quickly shook his head.
"No, he called in sick today, so there is no news. Don't worry about it, I'll talk to him when he gets back." He lied. It felt bad to lie against the teen, after all Daichi had proven more than once that he was responsible. But Takeda didn't even know himself what was going on with Hinata, so he needed to keep it to himself for now.
Besides, if there really was something bad going on with the teen it wouldn't be fair to him to tell other people about it. Whatever it was, in the end, it would be Hinata's story.
It was clear that Daichi wasn't completely satisfied with the answer, but just as Takeda expected, the captain didn't push any further. He just nodded. After they said their goodbyes Takeda quickly moved himself to his car, luckily, he didn't run into any other member of Kurasuno volleyball team in the meantime. It surprised him that Kageyama wasn't there to question the teacher some more — after all the teen hadn't taken Hinata's decision to leave the team very well.
Well the team was a problem for later. He needed to go to Ukai's place as quick as possible. Luckily it was only a ten-minute drive and before he knew it, he was standing at the front door.
"Oh, thank god, you are here Takeda, finally" Takeda gave himself a quick second to read Ukai's appearance. His friend looked fine actually, only there was something in his eyes. The teacher couldn't really tell what it was, but it was different.
"Yeah, sorry I took so long, classes and all." He said while getting in the apartment. "So, could you please tell me what's going on. Is everything alright with Hinata?"
Ukai gave a quick look behind him, before he turned back to Takeda, looking unsure. "Well, no. Like I said it's bad, it's even worse than I first thought it was, but the kid's sitting in the living room now…."
"Wait, he is here!?"
"Well, yeah, he is watching TV together with Kageyama."
"What, Kageyama is also here, why is…?"
"Will you stop interrupting me? Come, we can talk in the bedroom, we have a bit more privacy there." Before Takeda could give him another response, Ukai grabbed his arm and dragged him along.
The teacher had hoped to get a better understanding of everything that was going on the moment he got at Ukai's apartment. Instead, he was only having more and more questions about this situation.
What could be reason that Ukai decided to take Hinata to his apartment? What could have happened. Another question, why was Kageyama here? He was supposed to be at school — and now at training — today. How did the teen get here? Was there also something wrong with him?
But although he had noticed Hinata acting weird the last few weeks, he hadn't seen any difference in Kageyama. So no, the setter was probably here because of Hinata. But still, how did he get here?
He hated having no idea of what was going on with his students.
Takeda noticed his own breathing getting faster and faster and decided that he should calm down. He was here to get those answers. Ukai was going to provide it to him, and then they would find a way to help those kids — whatever the problem was. That was after all what a teacher was supposed to do, helping the teens with whatever problem they were facing.
"You should probably sit down." Ukai mumbled. He followed Ukai's advice and sat himself down on the end of the bed. Without even noticing it, his hands nervously started to fiddle with the blanket.
Ukai didn't sit down. No, the coach started to pace around in the room. Okay that was most definitely not good. Takeda knew Ukai as a though personality, one that knew what he wanted, one that knew what he was doing. Unlike himself, the coach wasn't easily nervous.
Ukai kept himself silent for almost a minute, looking unsure of what to say, as if he didn't know how to start.
Which was probably the truth.
Just when Takeda decided to say something, Ukai started. "Hinata has been abused by his father."
Wait what? Takeda could feel his heart drop inside his chest. Did he really just say that? No, Takeda must have heard it wrong. No. No. No. Just No. Hinata being abused? How, what why? He didn't understand. He just did not understand.
It felt like his head was going to explode any second. A hundredth questions formed inside his head, and he barely could keep up.
But there was one question that popped up over all the other questions. He needed to have an answer on just this one. All the other questions could wait for later. "Is Hinata okay now? Is he safe?"
Ukai sighed and sat himself down on the floor next to him. He leaned back against the wall, one leg straight, while the other knee bend upwards — where he leaned his arm on.
"I don't know. I really don't. I mean he is safe now, because I took him out of there, but he is hurt. You should have seen his back, and it isn't only physical. I think it also took its toll on his mental state. You should have seen him when he just arrived here — he was just ready to go home, back to that bastard. He doesn't understand why his dad is wrong. He thinks it was all justified. But he is just a kid. It's not right." It was clear that Ukai needed someone to load unto. He needed to tell his story to someone and Takeda was more than happy to provide a listening ear to his overwhelmed friend. He had never seen Ukai mumble and vent before like this — if this was another day, Takeda would have almost found it comical, but there was nothing funny about this and it wasn't any other day. So even though Takeda had a thousand questions, he just waited.
Meanwhile, the coach continued. "I mean, how could someone do something like this to a fifteen-year-old. Now he is here, and he is hurt and Kageyama is here and also hurt. I try, I really do, but I don't know what I am doing. I want to give them what they need, but I am pretty sure that it all sucks and that I am failing. They deserve better."
Ukai seemed to be done with his mumbling façade, he stopped talking and stared at the ground. Takeda knew that it was now his time to say something — preferably something comforting towards his distraught friend — but found himself at a loss of words. He was shocked into silence, trying to process all the information that Ukai fired at him at a fast pace.
His mind pictured Hinata hurt by his own father, scared and unsure of what to do and who to trust. Ukai was right, Hinata was just a kid. One that Takeda was supposed to protect. As a teacher it was his job to notice these kinds of things and to act once it occurred. How long had this been going on? How long had he missed these signals? Was this his fault as a failing teacher?
No, Takeda shouldn't do this. It wouldn't do any of them good to go on a guilty-trip here. Hinata wouldn't have any use to that. Besides, it was clear that Ukai himself was feeling pretty distraught here and Takeda was here to support his friend.
Just when Takeda wanted to open his mouth, UKAI started talking again. "I am sorry Takeda, you can do nothing with this vague information, but I just needed…."
"You just needed to get it out of your system. It's okay." Takeda interrupted. "How about you tell me the whole story from the moment that you arrived at Hinata's home until now. After that we will find a way to help the kid." The teacher was happily surprised at how calm he sounded — unlike his normal nervous talk. Ukai smiled and seemed a bit calmer than before. "Good idea. Let's find a way to help the kid."
-Haikyuu-
Hinata was sitting on the coach at Ukai's place. He felt weirdly relaxed. The hot shower had made him a bit sleepy and the warmth of Kageyama's presence made him feel safe. In the back of his head there was this tiny voice that told him all of this was wrong. That he didn't deserve it and that he should go back.
He pushed it way — or tried to, because it never really left. He had missed this feeling of warmth and being taken care of. It was so nice and so easy to just forget about all the rest and sit on this coach with one of his best friends. Hinata knew it was weak, but for once he allowed himself that weakness.
Both the teens were silent, they had put the TV on, which Hinata recognized was playing one of the Thor movies — he didn't recall which one. They had jumped mid in the movie, so he didn't even understand most of it, and he was pretty sure that Kageyama understood even less — seeing his confused face. Besides, unlike Hinata, Kageyama wasn't really the type of guy to watch cool action hero movies. Weird person.
But Kageyama didn't complain about the movie. Hinata was pretty sure that just he liked the distraction. They didn't need to talk about anything while watching a movie, they could just stare and sit and forget.
But even though they didn't talk, Hinata enjoyed Kageyama's presence. It felt weird to admit it, but it was true. It was almost calming. This was definitely one of the few times they were together and did not talk about volleyball. Kageyama hadn't even said anything about him quitting the club — which Hinata really appreciated, he just was not ready to talk about that too.
Thinking about never going to play volleyball again made him feel sad, but he knew it was for the best. His time and attention needed to be spent on his family. His dad was all alone right now, probably drunk and sad and disappointed.
Hinata bit his lip. An uneasy feeling returned and his body unwillingly tensed up. Just when he finally found himself relaxing, his thoughts had to go back towards his home.
His father was all alone.
Hinata just abandoned him.
No, he needed to stop thinking like this, concentrate on the movie. Ukai had made it very clear already that he was not going to let him go back to his father for now. The same was to be said about Kageyama. The teen was pretending to just normally watch the movie, but he was observing Hinata like a hawk. Kageyama wouldn't let him pull any weird stunts either.
It was clear that Hinata didn't really have any option in this matter, so he might as well use this stay here to rest a bit. In the meantime, he was going to make both Ukai and Kageyama worry less by pretending everything was okay.
Yeah, that was a pretty good plan. All Hinata needed to do was to get them to trust him, then maybe would leave him alone for a little while. Once that happened, he would take Natsu with him and go back home.
Either that — or Ukai would finally understand that this was all Hinata's fault and that his dad hadn't done anything wrong. The coach would just send him back home, end of story.
And once he was home, he would make up for all of it towards his dad.
"Hinata-kun?" Takeda was standing at the doorway. Hinata bit his lip. He knew that Ukai had called him, and he was pretty sure that the coach told his teacher everything. He didn't blame Ukai for reaching out towards the teacher, but it was yet another person that knew about Hinata's weakness.
So he looked up and noticed the way Takeda was staring at him. There was sadness behind his eyes that he hadn't seen before. Why did Hinata keep making people sad? He didn't want to drag them into his mess, but from the moment that Kageyama had walked into him today, everything just seemed to spiral out of his control. There was nothing Hinata could do about it, even if he wanted.
But it still felt bad, knowing that there were three people who were giving up their precious time for him. Kageyama and Ukai both were missing practice and Takeda had probably still a bunch of homework and tests to check and yet they were here, all because of Hinata. How selfish could he be?
Takeda didn't wait for him to answer, instead he walked up to him and kneeled down, so that they were on the same level. Kageyama clearly noticed something was about to happen, because he dialed down the volume of the tv. Hinata could feel himself getting red in the face. He didn't want all of this attention, he didn't want them to think he was weak. This was just all so embarrassing. He didn't want any of it.
But again, it wasn't in his control anymore.
"Hinata, could you look me in the eye?" Takeda said. Hinata slowly raised his head, meeting the friendly face of his teacher. "Ukai told me about what happened. How are you feeling?"
"I am okay."
"Well that's good. I just wanted to say that whatever happens, we are going to make sure that you are safe. Okay? For now, you can stay with Ukai, and we will find a way to get through this. You are not alone."
Hinata gave his teacher a fake little smile and nodded, because he knew that that was what he was supposed to do.
"Okay, that's good. We will have to talk with you some more about everything that has happened, but I think it's best to let that go for now. I think it was already very brave of you for showing Ukai your wounds. Enough has happened today and you need your rest."
They didn't seem to notice the way Hinata tensed up at that sentence — or they both ignored it — however, the moment his teacher said that he wanted to talk with Hinata about this whole situation, it made Hinata wanted to sink into the ground and just disappear forever.
He didn't want to talk about that. What good would it do? Luckily Takeda had said that he would let it rest for now. All Hinata had to do was to pretend everything was okay and maybe the teacher would let it go.
Hinata was pretty sure they were all waiting for him to say something, but he just didn't know what. An awkward silence returned. He started to nervously fidget with his hands and already missed the comfortable mood he and Kageyama were in when they were alone and watching the movie. They were expecting something from him, and he didn't know how to satisfy them. What would be the normal thing to say here?
Hinata couldn't help but cringe when thinking about the past. A few months ago, socializing with other people was like breathing. He did it without thinking, his mouth just automatically talked with anyone he came across. Now it seemed like his ability to act normal around other people just vanished into thin air.
Anyway, Hinata was pretty sure that they were still waiting for him to say something, but he just really didn't know what.
And then, at that moment, he was saved by the bell, literally. Before either the teacher or Kageyama could react, Hinata jumped of the couch and ran towards the hallway. This could only be one person, Natsu!
"Hinata wait." And "Dumb ass, watch out!" was yelled behind him, but he wasn't listening. Ukai was quicker than Hinata and had already opened the front door.
"Oh hello, you must be Ukai?" The soft voice of Hajime-san was heard. Hinata didn't waste a second and quickly moved himself next to his coach. Natsu was easily spotted, she was hiding behind Hajime-san — probably still a bit shy towards Ukai.
However, the moment that Natsu noticed her big brother standing in the front door, her eyes widened and a big grin appeared on her face.
"Shoyo!" She yelled, while running towards him. Before Hinata could realize, he was holding his little sister inside his arms. She felt warm and had that typical smell surrounding her, similar as how mom used to be. Hinata was hit by a sudden homesickness. Not towards his real home, it was more like homesickness towards the past. Everything was so different now, it had all changed. He had changed.
But there was one thing that had never changed and would never ever change.
Natsu would always be his little sister.
Whatever would happen, they were going to have each other's backs. Hinata was sure of that.
Hinata was aware of the stares he got from all those adults around him, he knew that he was holding his little sister a bit to long for a normal hug. But he didn't care.
He needed this, he needed her.
Natsu felt like home.
-Haikyuu-Hdhddsasdsd
Sorry for being so late in updating, just busy with school and work and you know, pretty much the usual stuff. Although I love writing and hate letting you guys wait, there are a lot of things that are higher on the priority list right now that I just needed to do.
But here is the next chapter! I hope you guys liked it. I really struggled with the first part, where Hinata showed Ukai's his wounds. I think I re-wrote it a lot of times, but it never seemed to get any better, so I just decided to let it be like this.
I know this part of the story is a bit slow-paced in comparison with the rest of the story, but I just don't want to rush it. I hope you guys don't mind it too much.
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