A/N: It's good to be back again. Anyway finally I can start the second arc, going by the name Kageyama Natsu. I have to warn everyone that this arc will be full of cross-dressing. I think we see Hinata wearing skirt more often than we see him wearing normal clothes. After all he is pretending to be his younger sister... and Kageyama completely buys this.
Also, even though Hinata is now officially known as Kageyama Shoyo/Natsu, I continue writing about him as Hinata for it's more clear to readers. Suddenly changing to Shoyo or having two Kageyama would definitely be confusing.
Also as Kageyama still believes Hinata is a girl, when writing from his point of view, I call Hinata "her" because that poor-raven boy badly mistakes his gender.
Okay, now for the summary.
Hinata and Kageyama are happily married. But trouble comes, as Hinata has to hide his gender from his husband. So Hinata becomes Kageyama Natsu. Also, his new high school life is full of action. He befriends with Aomine Amaya, who reminds Hinata of his pastself. Also you can add in a troublesome stalker and receiving a present from Kageyama... But wait... What happens when Kageyama finds out the truth? The truth of Hinata being a man.
Cry Of A Fallen Crow
Cry Five: Carrying Over Threshold
Hinata sighed loudly as scenery before him slowly changed. He couldn't believe it had actually happened. He was ashamed, so embarrassed. He wanted to crawl into a hole and never return.
Who thought that he would actually pass out due to undernutrition? Not only he hadn't managed to eat anything for two days since Natsu's death, he also skipped breakfast thanks to two enthusiastic women kidnapping him. That all made the worst nightmare happen. He had passed out in front of all the guests.
The orange-haired boy sighed for yet another time. He wished that he could return back in time and get some food. He had embarrassed not only himself but his family and his husband as well. It someone ever had created time machine this would be the very time Hinata would use it.
The man clothed in black Kimono glanced at his (supposed to be) wife and grinned. He knew very well what the girl (as he believe Hinata to be) was thinking about. He took hold of Hinata's hand, which made the orange-head turn to Kageyama.
"Don't mind about it so much." the raven-head smiled kindly. For a moment Hinata felt like he was being encouraged by his husband. But my, how wrong he had been. His face fell and eyes glazed when he heard Kageyama continuing. "Anyone who is as bump as you would have faced the same fate."
Hinata immediately pulled his hand away from Kageyama and glared at the man with offended look. Finally he shifted his eyes towards the window and the scenery outside, only to hear Kageyama mumbling. "To think that you're dump enough not to eat anything for two days... That's just... fucking insane."
Hinata wanted to yell back at the insults, but he didn't know what he was supposed to say. What were you supposed to say about a man you just met; a man who seemed to be perfect in any aspect you stared at him; a man with no flaws...
He had realized it at the after party. Kageyama had the perfect manners and knew how to talk with elderly and people of his own age. He really was one of a kind; the kind one could describe as perfect man. But even so, this perfect man had missed out something.
The orange-bush smirked widely. "You're the insane one. To think that you haven't realized it yet, that I'm actually..." Hinata's words were cut short when he suddenly remembered what Saeko had told him. By any means Kageyama should not find out that Hinata was actually a man.
"What about you?" Kageyama's voice was threatening. Hinata gulped loudly and shook the words with a desperate laugh. "No it's nothing... really." as an answer Kageyama clicked his tongue and turned away from Hinata.
The orange-head pursued his lips in anger. If things were already going this way, then how in the world was he supposed to live together with the raven-head? To add to that trouble, he also had to hide his gender from the person who lived in the same house... Was he able to do it?
"Tobio-sama, Natsu-sama. We have arrived." the driver informed as the car stopped. He walked to the other side of the car and opened the doors for Kageyama and Hinata. The raven-head stepped outside without even glancing at his driver. Hinata took his time to struggle with the dress and when he was finally out he smiled kindly at the driver.
"Tsk. They went too far for a mere wedding gift..." Hinata heard Kageyama cursing and changed his glance towards the direction the raven-head was staring at. Before him appeared an enormous two-storey house - more than a house it was like a villa. It was at least five times the size of Hinata's house.
The house was mixture of traditional Japanese house and stylish modern western type house. The house was made of dark wood like traditional houses and had large glass windows. The second floor was clearly smaller than the first floor.
"This is our... house?!" Hinata yelled in disbelieve. Was he really going to live in that house... it was so huge! Kageyama glanced at him with annoyed look and sighed. He wondered what kind of idiot he had just married. The boy stepped forward towards the front door. He wanted to change his outfit into more casual one. The Kimono was getting pressing and sweaty.
He only managed to take only few steps when something suddenly caught his dress. He turned around and saw his wife staring at him with upset and bothered look. He glared at Hinata, waiting for him to speak. The orange-head lowered his head and bit his lip. "You have to carry me over the threshold..."
In this matter Hinata wasn't going to lose. Saeko had reminded him about the matter for the whole party and she would definitely beat him up if he wasn't going to fulfill it. As a matter of fact, Hinata also wanted blessing for his relationship with the yet-unknown-husband. He didn't need spirits entering the house through the soles of his feet.
"Why should I bother?" Kageyama asked, not getting why they should follow such old and useless tradition. It's not like spirits were going to enter their house if he could voice his opinion. He wouldn't allow them to enter his house.
As Hinata was still grabbing Kageyama not letting the groom to move, Kageyama sighed and gave up - but only this one time. He walked to Hinata, whose eyes widened of the sudden approach. Hinata panicked as he saw Kageyama wrapping his arms around him and then lifting him up in bridal-style.
"What are you getting so panicked about? You're the one who asked for this!" Kageyama shot a murderous glare at the orange-bush. He added that to make things easier Hinata should wrap his arms around Kageyama's neck. With blush tomato-red (so red that even his make-up faded under the color) Hinata was carried over the threshold as he clang to Kageyama so that he wouldn't fall.
"You can let go..." Hinata heard Kageyama's voice beneath the loud heart beats and dared to open his eyes. They had finally entered the house. Kageyama let down Hinata and the orange-head made few steps ahead, dumbstruck of what he saw.
It was obvious from the outside that the house was big, but the inside made it feel even more bigger. From the entry he saw living room opening on his right side. It had two couches and kotatsu in the middle. There was also low table facing the windows with flowers and plants on both sides. Finally he saw big HD-TV hanging on the wall.
To his left there was huge open space with round closet furniture in the middle. Towards the front wall there was closet for clothes, toilet and an empty room furnished with bed, table and closet. Hinata assumed that it was most likely the guestroom.
Going further up from guestroom was kitchen accompanied with a simple table with lockers at the bottom. From the kitchen, there was a small corridor which lead to the dining hall. Next to the dining hall there was another room with the same furniture as the previous one.
On the right side of the house, where the living room was, the high ceiling was suddenly lower. Along with the lowering ceiling Hinata spotted one lonely door. Kageyama entered the room and checked it.
It was different from the previous guestrooms. It was bigger and had door into another room, which looked much like a study room. Just like the previous rooms this room also had closet, table and double bed. But in addition there was a mirror wall with small table like overhang. Also the room had toilet.
Kageyama looked at the room with approving expression. After that he turned to Hinata. "This will be your room." Hinata's eyes widened when he heard the words. What was the man talking about? If he was going to sleep there then what about Kageyama?
"What do you mean?" the orange-bush managed to mutter.
Kageyama turned away from Hinata and walked towards the door. "It's simple. Even though we're married, it's only formal issue agreed by our parents. I have no intentions living with you as husband and wife... nor sleep with you." the raven-head told and closed the door behind him.
Hinata stared at the closed door with widened eyes. He only managed to blink few times when the door suddenly slid open. "One more thing." Kageyama's voice pierced through the silence. "You can do anything you want in the first floor, but never dare to set your foot to second floor. Not even the stairs, got that?"
Hinata nodded with blank look. With that Kageyama slid the door closed, not even saying anything. When he was alone in the room Hinata fell on the floor. So this was it. He was married to man and was going to live together with him. This was what he had promised to do for Natsu.
But what he was supposed to do from now on, he had no idea. How was he supposed to hide his gender from the 'perfect-guy' looking person, who seemed to be able to deceive people very well. Hinata was at loss. He hadn't managed to plan things this far.
With a deep sigh, Hinata stood up and walked to the toilet. He took hold of the knob and pulled it towards him. The door didn't move. Hinata tried repeating it, with no luck this time either. He even tried pushing it few times, but still no luck. What was he supposed to do... the door didn't even bug.
For a split-second Hinata remembered how Kageyama had opened the doors by sliding them to side. And so, instead of pulling or pushing it, Hinata slid the door to left. Much to his surprise the door actually opened and he managed to enter the toilet.
The toilet had also shower in it. Which meant that he didn't need to leave the room in order to take a shower. It was good. This way he could perfectly hide his gender from his husband. Hinata washed his face, only to realize that he completely ruined his make-up.
He now had panda eyes and no matter how he tried to fix it by rubbing his eyes, he only made things worse. Finally, after getting no results, Hinata gave up. He walked to his bed and lied down. He knew that he had take off the dress but he was too tired to move his body.
The day had been so stressful. Too many things had happened for him to assimilate them. At the age of eighteen he was married, and more over to man. This all happened because he had lost his younger sister. Hinata closed his eyes while thinking of Natsu and he slowly swept into a deep dream.
Kageyama woke up just few seconds before his alarm went off. He stretched his arms and went to the toilet to wash himself (just like Hinata's room, his room had toilet in it). Walking down the stairs, the raven-head yawned loudly. He glanced at his wife's room, hoping that she wasn't awake yet. Right now he wasn't in the mood to see her face.
"Ohayo, Tobio-sama." Kageyama was surprised to hear familiar voice. He turned towards the voice and saw light brown-haired woman bustling in the kitchen while preparing something which seemed to be an omelet for breakfast.
The woman, Nakamura Miharu, had been Kageyama family's housekeeper ever since Kageyama was a teen (as if he still wasn't one). Her middle back length hair was tied up on two ponytails with yellow ribbons. She was wearing light purple-colored butterfly yukata with blueish patterns and getas - the way she had always dressed up. Over her nose, she had yellow rimmed glasses.
"Ohayo, Miharu-san." Kageyama spoke in first name basics, as Miharu had wished to be called so. The raven-head had always treated the older woman like a sister, but now he started to wonder about her age. Years passed by and while Kageyama aged and got taller, it seemed as if time had stopped for Miharu. She looked just like when Kageyama's father had introduced her to the young heir.
Miharu smiled at the young master. He was so old already. Her young master was now a married man, she was so happy for him. "You can go to the dining hall, I'll bring the breakfast to you." she told. Without words Kageyama nodded and headed towards the dining hall.
For a moment Miharu's eyebrows narrowed as if she tried to remember something. When she finally did, she yelled after the raven-head. "Tobio-sama, wait. We have gue-"
But it was too late. Kageyama's body had frozen and he was staring at the two women who were stuffing food in his dining hall. When Saeko finally noticed the presence of the owner of the house, she looked up from the food and greeted Kageyama. "Yo! Your housekeeper let us in. Man this house is HUGE! And can you believe it, you have inside pool and volleyball court here!" the woman laughed, stuffing the food as if she hadn't eaten in years.
Kiyoko stopped immediately eating and stood up. She lowered her body to bow at the man standing before him. "Good morning, Kageyama-san." the woman said with her gentle voice. Only after getting answer from Kageyama she finally sat down.
Kageyama kept staring at the older sister of his friend. "What are you doing here?" By now a fiery aura had filled his whole body and his expression was so intimidating that it seemed as if he was ready to kill someone. Kiyoko was quiet, but Saeko didn't even seem to mind it at all. Either she wasn't scared of him, or she just couldn't read the atmosphere.
Miharu walked to the dining hall and placed the omelet to Kageyama's seat. She then disappeared back to the kitchen, completely ignoring her master. She, as a matter of fact, had already gotten used to see her young master acting this way. It was just best to ignore him.
As Kageyama still hadn't gotten his answer, he repeated the question. "What are you going here?"
Finally, Saeko turned her attention towards him. She stuffed the last piece of the omelet into her mouth and swallowed it. After drinking down a full glass of water she laughed. Saeko flashed a wide smile at Kageyama. "Don't worry my dear, we have absolutely no business with you. We came to snatch your cute wife away from you."
Kageyama closed his eyes. "Please do. That would save me from the trouble of forcing myself to avoid her. My absolutely-not-cute wife is sleeping in the room next to the stairs." the raven-head sat down to eat his breakfast.
Saeko let out a light laugh. She then grinned at Kageyama. "Have I already told you that you're not cute at all?" with a glance at Kiyoko the pair then stood up and headed towards Hinata's room.
Not looking at the two women, Kageyama took a bite from his breakfast. "You say it to me all the time." he then answered to Saeko, which made the woman turn to him and grin widely.
As Kageyama continued his breakfast, he heard as the door was first slid open and at the very same second closed. Not long after the noise was repeated, followed by angry and desperate yells. It was as if Saeko was dragging his wife against her will; and if it was the older Tanaka we're talking about, then Kageyama could believe it to be true. That woman was frightening.
As the front door slammed closed, Miharu walked to the dining hall. She took away the tableware. Before going, the woman flashed a kind smile at Kageyama. "Your wife is a very beautiful, I'm so happy for you."
Kageyama closed his eyes, not answering. He only heard as Miharu continued. "Even her wedding dress was so beautiful." At this the raven-head opened one of his eyes. If he remembered right, Miharu was absent from the wedding because her sister was giving birth to her firstborn. So how did she know what his wife's wedding dress looked like?
Well, only if she had fallen asleep it on her and was still wearing it.
But that was stupid. Only a dumbass - a complete idiot - would do it. Kageyama was about to shook the idea off, but then he remembered. Just how stupid could he be? Of course it was possible. For her, it was possible.
Because she was the dumbest idiot he had ever met.
Emphasizing the word ever.
"I have absolutely no idea, just how stupid one person can be!? Not only you fell asleep in your wedding dress but you didn't wash away the make-up! Do you want to ruin your skin or what?" Hinata listened Saeko scolding him as they entered into what seemed to be like a studio or maybe someones office.
"Like I said!" Hinata tried to protect himself. "I tried to wash off the make-up with water, but it didn't work! And the dress... It was so fucking hard to get off that I couldn't care less anymore. I was tired and wanted to get some sleep!"
Saeko flashed a murderous glare at Hinata to make the younger boy shut up. It actually worked, as Hinata didn't dare to continue anymore. Finally she let out a deep sigh. "Okay, Kiyoko-san, let's get the dress off him. After that please do something about the make up."
With the two of them helping, it didn't take long for Hinata to be off the dress. Then Saeko told him to sat down and she herself did the same thing. She took a little bottle and cotton pad and opened the bottle. "For taking off make-up, you need to use make-up remover. Most make-ups are water proof so washing them off using water doesn't work, Sherlock."
When Saeko seemed to be done, she closed the bottle. After that she glanced at Kiyoko. The two often nodded and Saeko stood up from the seat offering the seat to Kiyoko. When the dark-haired woman sat down she opened a locker and took what it seemed to be make-ups. At first she used some creams on Hinata, and the boy gulped loudly. Somehow he didn't like the direction things were going. Saeko had just taken off his make-up, but now Kiyoko was adding new one.
When Kiyoko took something resembling a pen in her hands and told Hinata to close his eyes, the boy understood it. It wasn't just his imagination, she was putting make-up on him. Saeko was walking around the room, as if searching for something. "Just a little longer, Saeko-san." the dark-haired woman said.
"No need to hurry. After all he hasn't arrived yet." the woman said. She then noticed that Hinata was about to say something and immediately shut him up with a murderous glare. The orange-bush didn't dare to speak anything. At least till the moment Kiyoko was holding a mascara in her hands.
"No! No! Not that! It's hurts! My eyes are watering!" the boy struggled as Kiyoko tried put on the mascara.
"Shut up, you little! You were so calm during the wedding, so how come you're this lively now?" Saeko had use all of her powers to keep Hinata still. Even though she was small woman, her power didn't lose that of a man.
"I don't know! I don't even remember you putting anything on me! Now get that thing off my eyes!" Hinata yelled, begged and pleaded. He didn't like it. He didn't like when something was put into his eye.
"Oh, I forgot. You went into trance... of course you wouldn't remember..." Saeko sighed, but at the very moment Kiyoko was done. She smiled kindly at Hinata and caressed his cheek. "This is enough for now. Let's do more once you get used to it."
"There's no way I get used to it." Hinata sulked. He didn't even get what she meant by it. Why was he supposed to get used to it? He understood that he had to live as a girl from now, but was it necessary to use make-up? No way in millions years he was going to get used to it.
"I leave the hair to you, Saeko-san." Kiyoko said and was answered by a wide smile from the older woman. Saeko then walked behind Hinata and started taking off the Tsunokakushi and the Bunkin Takashimada beneath it.
For Hinata it was easier to let the woman do his hair (which still had hairpieces attached). After all she wasn't poking anything towards his eyes. As a matter of fact Saeko was done before Hinata could even gulp properly. Well, what could one say from a barber-in-training.
Just as Saeko was adding the finishing touch, the door suddenly opened and a tall man walked in. For a moment Hinata thought that it was Kageyama, as the resemblance was so great. Soon he was to realize that it was someone else; the center parting and glasses gave him away.
"Shimada-kun, just in time!" Saeko greeted the dark-haired man who was holding a camera and it's footing in his hand. The man greeted the woman back and then bowed at Kiyoko, who answered with same gesture. After that he turned to look at Hinata.
"So this is her, my client this time..." he wondered, having rather weird tone when he spoke the word 'her'. Hinata felt goosebumps all over his body as the man stared at him with evil grin in his face.
Saeko nodded and then went to get some papers. She handed them over to Shimada Makoto. "This is the personal data. All that's left to do is the photo, right?" Shimada took the papers and nodded. "Then let's started." he smiled.
After that everything happened so quickly. The camera was prepared along with seat for Hinata. When the boy sat down Shimada took few shots of him. When the man found picture he liked, he nodded and told that he was ready. Hinata sat in the seat, all confused of what had just happened.
Saeko glanced at Shimada as the man packing up his stuff. There was a question in her mind. She needed to know the answer, so that she knew how much time she had. "So, when do you think you're ready?" Shimada stopped what he was doing and thought about it for a while. Finally he managed to answer. "I'll say it'll take maximum one week, is that alright?"
Saeko agreed with him. When Shimada was ready the man then said goodbye to everyone, and after adding that he would inform her when he was done, he then left. Saeko couldn't hide her grin as he walked around the studio. She glanced at Kiyoko. "We have one week."
"One week for what?" Hinata suddenly asked, not understanding what was going on. For two days he had not gotten what was happening around him. Those two were supposed to be only his bridesmaid, so why they were still bothering him?
Saeko smirked evilly, which made Hinata to get goosebumps.
"One week to create the perfect Kageyama Natsu."
A/N: I hope that no one was too OOC. Hinata was so obedient because he's confused and very afraid of Saeko XD. Kageyama is just daring, haha. The house keeper, Nakamura Miharu is an OC which will appear every now and then.
For those who are interested in the floor plan of Kageyama house hold, visit my FB page Sakuchii Lumichan. In addition to first floor you can also get glimpse of the second floor, which at the moment is forbidden from Hinata.
I have a question. Can you guess from the hints what is Shimada-san's profession?
See you all in next chapter! ~ deshii