A/N: hey guys what is up! It is time for another chapter! But first, a few things I want to address. I forgot to mention last chapter that I am so happy Haikyuu is back with season 4 and also the Nekoma arc. I saw episode 2 and my favorite part has to be the part where Noya did the Rolling Thunder Double and ran over Tanaka...and then both proceeds to get yelled at by DaichiXD...honestly after everything I put everyone through in this series, it's nice to see the characters just acing like their normal selves. Another thing I want to address, is that shortly after I posted the last chapter, I got an email from a literary magazine saying that an original story I submitted to them has been accepted for publication for February 2020! You can imagine how excited and happy I was when I got that email. If you want more info on that, let me know and I can tell you the name of the magazine, name or the story, and let you know when it's published. Anyway, let's go ahead and get to the reviewers!

CarlaBLa22: honestly, it felt unnatural writing it...but that's why I did write it. it just shows that Noya was ready to explode and just took it out on one of the people he trusted the most. Also I forgot to ask in my last AN "or were none of them wrong?" Honestly I was writing the bottom AN right before I had to go to class so yea. Also, I honestly keep some of my emotions to myself too so I'm just gonna admit to that. If I didn't have friends to talk to, I would honestly be keeping all my problems to myself. I'm still debating on a Nagai story sooo yea lol...anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Kitty: yea I feel like a breaking point was inevitable to happen considering his situation...and it is to show that no matter how much you try holding your emotions in, they'll all come out eventually...even in a huge outburst like Noya's. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Anyway guys, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

I own nothing of Haikyuu!

Tanaka stared in shock at what Noya just said about that night as it flashed through his mind for a quick second. Even though it's been a while since the incident happened, he remembers it as if it happened yesterday. After a moment of processing what Noya just said, Tanaka glared back at the small libero.

"Are you actually serious?! You really think I played hero that night?! The only reason why I fought him was because I knew the both of us couldn't make it out of there without him chasing us! And I'm case you haven't noticed, you were still injured! I was saving your ass so you can go call the cops! I was only planning on holding him off until I somehow managed to knock him or the cops showed up!"

"And how well did that brilliant plan work out for you?! You weren't the one who knocked him out now was it?! That was all Ennoshita!"

Ennoshita flinched again. He really hated that he was being dragged into this.

Tanaka growled as he stomped up to Noya and grabbed him by the shirt.

"Did you really think that I wanted to be stuck in a corner like that?! The reason why I even fought him was because I wanted you to get to safety! It was all for you! You would've ripped your stitches out if you fought him! There was more of a chance for you to get killed if-!"

Suddenly, Tanaka noticed Noya's breathing was starting to quicken. All the anger that Tanaka was feeling immediately vanished and was replaced with concern.

"Uh...Noya?"

Tanaka instantly froze when he saw the horrified look on Noya's face. He slowly let go of Noya's shirt and Tanaka quickly realized that Noya was now hyperventilating. In his panic, he quickly clasped his hands on Noya's shoulders and started shaking him.

"Noya?! Noya!"

Noya continued hyperventilating and this sent Tanaka into full panic mode.

"Noya, please! Snap out of it! Can you hear me?! Come on!"

There was no improvement in Noya's state. Tanaka snapped his head towards the others as if silently pleading them to help him out. Almost immediately, the third years (including Kiyoko), Ukai, and Takeda started rushing their way towards the two second years.

"Get...OFF ME!"

Tanaka quickly snapped his head just in time to find himself stumbling backwards and failing to catch his balance. He fell on the ground with a loud thud, but he wasn't worried that he fell. His attention went back towards his best friend, who was frantically looking around the gym. After a few moments, Noya looked back towards Tanaka and walked over towards him, basically towering over him. Tanaka's eyes widen at the death glare Noya was giving off. As in, if looks could kill, Tanaka would be dead. It was worse than the time he got into that huge argument with Asahi.

"WHO THE HELL GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TOUCH ME?! DO YOU REALLY THINK I ASKED YOU TO SAVE ME?! I COULD'VE HANDLED THE GUY ON MY OWN! HOW ARROGANT ARE YOU TO BELIEVE I COULDN'T HANDLE MYSELF TANAKA, HUH?!"

Everything that Tanaka wanted to say to him at that moment instantly faded. He has never gotten into an actual argument with the libero and they never once screamed angrily at each other. He never thought it would see the day...and it terrified him.

Tanaka watched as Noya's glare turned into horror. He looked up again and frantically saw that everyone was watching. Tanaka didn't have to turn around to see how everyone was looking at Noya. Confused...shocked...worried.

"I...I…UGH!"

Before anyone could say anything, Noya turned and sprinted out of the gym.

"Noya, wait!" Daichi exclaims.

"Noya!" Suga called afterwards.

They've fallen on deaf ears as Noya ran out. Almost instantly afterwards, Asahi ran towards the door to see where Noya was running off to. He watched as Noya ran about halfway towards the club room before tripping over his own feet. He watched as the libero tried pushing himself up before starting to vomit in the grass. Asahi's heart shattered seeing him like this.

"I'm going after Noya! Someone give me a water!"

No one argued. Kinnoshita grabbed a water bottle that was right next to him and threw it at Asahi.

"Thanks, Kinnoshita!" Asahi said as he caught it. "I'll be back!"

And then Asahi ran out of the gym. Meanwhile, Suga was already right next to Tanaka, offering a hand. Tanaka took it as Suga pulled him to his feet.

"Are you ok?"

"Yea...I'm fine. Just a little shaken is all."

"Good," Daichi said as he walked up to him. "Because you have some explaining to do!"

Tanaka flinched and Suga gave a slight glare to the captain.

"Hey! You don't have to be harsh on him! That isn't going to fix anything!"

Daichi realized his little outburst and sighed, calming himself down.

"Sorry...but I just wasn't expecting something like that to happen. It seems like you know something that the rest of us don't."

"I would like to know what that was about too," Ukai walked up to Tanaka, his arms crossed. "I may have been your coach for only a few months, but I never would've thought, out of everyone here, you two would have a serious fight like that."

"He's right," Suga said. "Up until now, you two never fought as far as I know."

At this point, the rest of the team came up, curious and concerned on why the fight happened to begin with. Tanaka looked between the team and sighed, knowing he wouldn't get out of it.

"Ok fine…I guess I do owe you guys an explanation."

Tanaka looked up to see he had the whole team's attention. He took a deep breath as he started explaining.

"Two nights ago, Noya and I were texting each other as we usually the topic of the trial came up in conversation and he told me that...he was going to visit the guy who attacked him."

The gym got quiet instantly for a moment. It made Tanaka feel very uncomfortable. Then, everyone in the room exploded with questions and concerns. There were so many voices talking at once, that Tanaka couldn't make out who's voice belong to who.

"What?!"

"Is he crazy?!"

"Why didn't you stop him?!"

"Do you know how it went?!"

"What happened?!"

"Did he have a mental breakdown?!"

"Did you have a mental breakdown?!"

Tanaka was becoming overwhelmed with questions and he silently pleaded them to stop. Suga seemed to notice how stressed and overwhelmed Tanaka was becoming, so he stepped in between Tanaka and the rest of the team.

"Hey, cut it out! He isn't going to answer any questions if you're all yelling questions at him!"

Everyone immediately got silent, and Tanaka let out a breath of relief. Suga then turned to Tanaka and sighed.

"Now...tell us, calmly, what happened."

Tanaka sighed as he began to explain what happened. He started from the text conversation he had with Noya the night before yesterday, and ended with what just happened several minutes earlier. When he was done, he got stunned reactions.

"I just...wasn't expecting him to snap like that...and I didn't make it any easier on him for exploding on him. I wasn't even aware I went off on him until I saw him having that panic attack."

"I mean, to be fair, he did get on a touchy subject himself."

Everyone turned in shock to see Tsukishimia giving a slight scowl.

"What do you mean by that, Tsuki?" Yamaguchi asked.

"If you remembered the argument, Nishinoya talked about that night when he and Tanaka got attacked," his eyes settled back on Tanaka. "It seems that Tanaka is still shaken up about what happened at that house. Not only that, but Nishinoya kind of dragged Ennoshitia into their argument as well."

Ennoshitia once again flinched, but said nothing.

"So are you saying it was Nishinoya's fault?!" Hinata was immediately up in his face...well, he would be if he were any taller. "That's not cool Tsukishimia!"

Tsukishimia sighed before looking towards the ginger.

"I'm saying they're both responsible in their own ways. Tsukishimia argued looking back towards Tanaka. "Nishinoya started yelling at Tanaka and mentioned an apparently sensitive topic to him, but then Tanaka exploded on Nishinoya instead of trying to continue the situation."

Everyone stared in silence, and before Tsukishimia could say another word, Hinata cuts in.

"How could you say that, Tsukishimia?! Obviously they suddenly just got mad at each other and weren't thinking clearly! You're blaming them for something like that?!"

Tsukishimia stared at Hinata for a few moments.

"The fact that you read my mind is creepy."

"Wait...what?"

Tsukishimia sighed. "I understand that anger can make you say and do things you'll regret, and considering the fact that these two were bottling up their real feelings, it only makes sense...even though Nishinoya held all of his negative emotions."

"What do you mean by that?" Hinata pressed further.

"It means Nishinoya was acting like everything was ok," Daichi jumped in. "He was hiding behind a mask this whole time while Tanaka at least showed he was nervous or something was bugging him...even if it wasn't completely."

Daichi looked back at Tanaka, and Tanaka sighed.

"I...didn't know what came over me. Tsukishimia's right. I shouldn't have snapped at Noya like that...especially since he was letting all his anger out on me...and then had a panic attack."

"It wasn't your fault," Daichi sighed. "Everyone just needs to calm down before we have a serious discussion about this."

"I agree," Suga nodded.

"So wait a minute!" everyone looked at Hinata. "You're saying Noya has been hiding his feelings this whole time?! Why didn't I know about this?!"

"Because you're a dumbass," Kageyama says.

"What?!"

"It was pretty obvious," Tsukishimia added. "But then again, you have a brain the size of a pea."

"I do not! Cut it out you guys!"

Tanaka couldn't help but smile and weakly laugh at the first years' conversation. Of course Kageyama and Tsukishima would make comments about Hinata's obliviousness.

"I'm surprised the king was able to catch on," Tsukishimia smirked at Kageyama's flustered yet angry looking face.

"What?!"

"You're just as stupid and airheaded as Hinata."

"I am not!"

Kageyama glared while Tsukishimia smirked. Just as Daichi was about to tell them to knock it off, he noticed Asahi walking in with Noya. Daichi looked at the others and they seemed to notice. Everyone looked towards the two as they walked in.

Noya looked mentally and emotionally exhausted, not to mention pale. Looks of concern flashed on the team's faces. Noya hesitantly looked up at the team, and he and Tanaka made eye contact. Immediately, tension could be felt throughout the entire gym.

Noya could feel Tanaka's sadness, fear, and guilt. Tanaka could feel Noya's fear, anger, and shame. After a few moments of staring at each other, Noya wordlessly walked to get his bag. As people were about to say something, they caught Asahi's stern look that says "don't say anything right now, I'll explain everything later". The others seemed to understand and watched as Noya grabbed his bag and started heading for the door. Asahi walked up to the others and told them that Noya wasn't feeling well and that he was going to take him home.

Everyone understood as they watched Noya and Asahi leave the gym. Noya looked back towards the team before walking out. Tanaka's gaze shifted back towards the ground as guilt took over him and he clenched his fists. Noya didn't look angry at him, but he didn't look too pleased to see him either.

Noya walked out with Asahi, and sighed as he walked beside him. He saw the look on Tanaka's face and instantly felt bad for snapping at him and also pushing him...but part of Noya was still mad at him about pushing him to bring up the topic he didn't want to talk about at practice. He just...didn't want to talk to Tanaka right now.

"Let's go," was all Noya said as he started walking.

Asahi frowned but nodded as he followed Noya. Man...did he have a lot to explain. Asahi only hoped Noya will be ok...and that he won't be mad for explaining everything that happened.

Tanaka continued staring at the ground as he felt a hand on his back. He looked up to see Suga giving a reassuring smile.

"Hey...he'll be ok. It isn't your fault, ok?"

Tanaka looked up and gave a nod.

"Ok…"

Suga nodded and walked away. Tanaka looked towards the door Asahi and Noya just walked out of and sighed.

"Noya...I'm sorry," he thought as he walked off, hoping to focus on practice.

A/N: annnnd that's it for that chapter! Ok I must admit, I kind of rushed the ending, but that's because I realized I took too much time off than I usually do between chapters and I felt like I had to give you guys something. I know you guys are patient, and I appreciate that, but I also feel like I'm disappointing you guys if I don't give a chapter in a timely manner. It's just who I am *shrugs* and if I stay away too long, I start getting unmotivated and also catch writer's block (just like back in late December). But anyway, I hope this gives you on some info on what's going on between Noya and Tanaka. Also, I hooe the light humor I put in wasn't too out of place. One other thing before I go...the next chapter might take a little longer because I'll be wrapping everything up in this arc and the next chapter so it might take me longer to write, plus life stuff happening. Hopefully that's ok with you guys. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please leave any comments and/or constructive criticism you may or may not have" And I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Buh bye!:)