A/N: Finally, I got the chapter of the month out of my head and into written format. I'm so sorry to keep you guys waiting, here's the next chapter!
XxNEGATIVE0xX: Kageyama is oblivious piece of trash. So dear, yet so corrupted in his hatred towards women. Yes, he's as dense as hell. XD
Naruto7771: For the time of being TsukiYama is one of the plot-troubles I'll be concentrating on. I needed the story to carry on while staying interesting - hense advancing this plot punny. Believe me, working on their backstories has emptied my mind completely.
SilverRider09: A TsukiYama Plot-twist. That's what happened.
Kagamiyo Neko: Kageyama can't get Hinata out of his life, even if he wants to... the poor guy XD I feel like you're able to read my mind (or is it so obvious to make Oikawa act like the bad guy OwO). He'll be a headache for sure, but the king of trashes is a precious child!
Dark Chrona: I thank you so much for the review! Nishinoya is one of main guys in this story (at least from the moment he returns), Kenma will also make a reappearance once we get to summer holidays ;). Also Hinata's canon middle school friends will also make an appearance! Yai, so many guys making an appearance!
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 Thirteen: Out Of The Woods: Take Two
Tsukishima woke up few seconds before the alarm went off. With a swift movement he turned the thing off and yawned loudly while sitting up. He stretched his arms and neck to get blood rushing through his veins and picked up his glasses. At the moment he stood up a house worker came running into the room and started making the bed.
The young adult headed to shower room to freshen up. He sleepily greeted the house workers who were running down the hall way, preparing shower and set of clean clothes for their young masters. Just as Tsukishima was about to enter the shower room, he heard a familiar voice speaking.
"Good morning!" His older brother greeted Tsukishima while closing the door to his room. Tsukishima mumbled an answer between his breaths and yawned. Akiteru smiled at his brothers reaction and let out a light laugh. "I'll be waiting you at breakfast." He then told while smacking his arm on Tsukishima's shoulder. After that he walked to the start of staircase and waved happily while hopping down the stairs.
The young blonde stared his brother going and finally let out a loud yawn. He rubbed his eyes and fixed the glasses, only to have them being taken off as soon as he entered the shower. Tsukishima cleaned himself up, trying to remember what kind of dream he had seen. He wasn't so fixed on the details, but it surely had been one of a creepy dream.
The blonde turned off the shower and got the towel to dry himself up. When dry, he put on his glasses and glanced at his figure from the mirror. There was one detail he could clearly remember from the dream. He had saved Yamaguchi from fire and carried the unconscious boy on his back. Tsukishima sighed, shaking away the bad dream and went to put on the clothes the house workers had prepared for him.
He walked down the stairs and entered the kitchen to join his family to breakfast. His parents were already sitting on the other side of the table and Akiteru smiled when seeing his brother walking in; everyone was waiting for him. Tsukishima walked to the empty seat next to his older brother and sat down when one of the employees pulled it out for him.
As everyone was finally present the breakfast could start. A silence filled the dining hall entire time, as none used time for chitchatting. That wasn't the way things were done in Tsukishima family. They always ate breakfast in silence, and talking was done only after that. The moment Tsukishima, as the last person to finish his breakfast, put his utensils on the table, the silence finally broke.
"Good morning." The head of Tsukishima family spoke, greeting his two sons. His wife spoke after this and smiled at her two babies. Only after this were Akiteru and Tsukishima allowed to answer to their parents. This was the policy of Tsukishima family. This was the way their family worked, and Tsukishima did not know of other way. Their father was the man in the house, and his words were absolute.
"There's something your mother and I want to talk about today." The man said and looked at his two sons. His wife glanced at him with worried look, which made Akiteru and Tsukishima shot each other worried looks. The younger one was wondering what was going on, two which Akiteru shrugged; he had absolutely no idea.
"Together with your mother and the parents of Mabuchi family we have decided to have Kei get married to Yoshioka-san." The man finally told the news, moving his attention to Tsukishima. The blonde looked out of it for a moment, but then blinked his eyes few times and his expression widened. It was as if he finally realized what his father had just told them. He turned to his brother who was as stiff as stone and as white as snow. Then he turned back to his father.
Tsukishima coughed to get permission to speak and once he had gotten it, the young adult opened his mouth. "As much as I do respect your decision and the fact that you're setting my future for me, I have to decline this offer. If someone should be her marriage partner, I think brother would be a much better choice." A long silence filled the room after Tsukishima had finished his sentence. Akiteru had finally gotten his colors back, but looked rather flustered about his brothers' words.
Not receiving an answer, Tsukishima was about to leave his seat. His attempt got interrupted, when the head of the family spoke. "When I said that we have decided on it, I didn't mean it as an offer, it was an order. We have discussed this matter together with Mabuchi-family and come to the mutual agreement that you and Yoshioka-san are to marry each other. You two are closer to age, Akiteru should find someone who is closer to his age." The man glanced at his still unmarried 25-year-old son. Akiteru's cheeks turned red from shame and he looked down, being unable to face his father.
Tsukishima shot a stare at his brother, who was facing down while squeezing his arms. His brothers' whole body was trembling; he was angry to the point he was biting his own lip to calm his nerves. Tsukishima was surprised to see his brother acting that way. Akiteru was rarely seen angry or helpless; he was good at hiding his real feelings and always kept that façade laugh on his face.
But this was one of those moments Akiteru's façade was falling down. The man had no more will power to keep up acting all cheerful and merry. His feelings had been hurt; his pride as a man had been totally scattered and even his father was looking down on him. His younger brother was about to take away the woman he loved.
Tsukishima fixed his glasses. "Be it an offer or an order, I'm not going to marry Yoshioka-san. I have a person I'm going out with." He announced. His mother and Akiteru gasped in shock. It was unheard in the Tsukishima family to date someone without the approval of the parents.
The father's eyes narrowed in anger. "Then break up with them! I can't believe my son has fallen as low as dating someone behind my back. Break up with them! There is no person who is more right for you than someone decided by your parents! You'll shame the whole family if you keep this up! Going out with a low life person…"
Tsukishima's rapid rise from the chair made it fall down on the floor. He was about slam his hands on the table, but stopped just few centimeters before after seeing his mother's terrified look. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Don't you dare to talk such way about the person I love! At least they are far better person than you, who's making his son marry a woman he doesn't love and will never love. I'm the one who is ashamed to be part of this family."
"Kei…" Tsukishima heard his mother whisper between her breaths. He shot a faint smile at her and turned around to leave the chaotic breakfast table.
The head of the family stood up from his seat, his face red from anger. "Tsukishima Kei, don't you dare to leave! We're not done talking yet!"
"Oh, do you want to know why I will never come to love her?" A smug smirk appeared of Tsukishima face as he fixed his glasses. "That's because I'm in love with a man. I will never come to love a woman." The youngest son of Tsukishima family announced.
A plate a house worker dropped broke and scattered around the floor.
For a minute the whole dining hall fell silent.
The mother looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Tears were running down her cheeks and she didn't her best to not start hyperventilating. The father was expressionless. Tsukishima wasn't sure how he should describe his expression. He didn't have one; or if he did then it would be pointed out as very dark and furious. Akiteru was the less surprised of the sudden announcement as he did know his brothers secret. He was more shocked about the fact that Tsukishima had the nerve and courage to reveal such thing to their father, who was known to detest gays.
"I'm leaving." Tsukishima finally broke the silence and waved his arm. "Thank you for the food."
"Tsukishima Kei." The young man was once again stopped on his track by his father. The deepening voice was threatening the house workers as their hid behind whatever they were carrying in their arms. Never had they seen their master in such rage.
"Return to your seat immediately! The discussion about your marriage with Yoshioka-san isn't over yet. I do allow you to leave now if you wish to, though." He told and Tsukishima was already turning away. "BUT! If you leave now, you are no longer my son."
If he was to stay, he would be married to woman his brother was in love with. If he left he wouldn't be part of the family. If he was to stay, he would be caged to a woman for the rest of his life. If he left he could be freed from his family and spend the rest of his life with Yamaguchi.
Tsukishima bit his lip and with a sigh turned back to rest of his family. He headed towards the table and lifted up the chair he had knocked down just few minutes earlier. Just as the father was about to sit with a relieved look to have his son back, Tsukishima pushed the chair under the table and walked out of the dining hall.
His father's eyebrows narrowed. "DON'T YOU DARE TO RETURN TO HIS HOUSE! YOU ARE NO LONGER A SON OF MINE!" were the last words Tsukishima heard before closing the door and heading towards work. Since the Promotion match was over, they didn't have to go to school till the graduation day. Also the entrance exams were already over, so Tsukishima spent his time working part-time job in a company of his father's close friend.
Tsukishima's eyebrows narrowed. Things were more serious than he had thought at first. He needed to inform Yamaguchi about his situation and they needed to figure out how to continue from now own. The blonde took his phone and messaged Yamaguchi to meet with him after work.
Tsukishima stood under a clock tower at Akairo plaza and looked around, searching for a familiar face. The young adult was obviously attracting attention and most of the women shot daring glances at the glassed boy. He was not only taller than most average people, he was slim yet muscular in body built and was clothed fashionably. He had light jeans and simple yellow T-shirt on top of what he was wearing dark blazer.
Few girls had stopped to stare at the sight of their life, and just as they had gathered enough courage to approach the hot stranger, he suddenly moved and smiled at them. The girls blushed when they saw the boy coming closer to them, only to realize that he wasn't walking towards them, but towards a tired looking boy just behind them.
When finally reaching Tsukishima, Yamaguchi apologized for being so late. He had rushed straight from part-time job and hadn't managed to change into proper clothing. The boy was wearing a simple volleyball tracksuit he had decided to put on in the morning. If he had known that he would be meeting with Tsukishima after work, he would've surely put on something more fitting. Compared to Tsukishima's flashy clothing he looked like a pauper.
"Should we go, we're drawing attention." Tsukishima commented as he realized that people were staring at them with very intense expressions while whispering. Especially the female audience was very curious about the glassed hottie in a blazer.
Yamaguchi sweat dropped at the comment. "It's more like you're the one who's drawing attention. I'm an extra and eyesore who breaks your perfect image by standing next to you." The boy told while massaging the back of his head. He gulped loudly when Tsukishima's expression got cold all of a sudden.
The blonde closed his eyes and took hold of Yamaguchi's arm. "Don't you dare to say the same words as my father. You're just perfect the way you are. Otherwise I wouldn't have fallen for you." A smug smirk escaped Tsukishima's lips as he saw Yamaguchi turning red like a tomato. He wasn't a person to sweet talk often, but from time to times, he did give some special service to his boyfriend. Yamaguchi's reactions were always daring and Tsukishima treasured seeing them.
Tsukishima caressed Yamaguchi's head and the two of them headed towards the latter's house. Yamaguchi's parents weren't present at the moment so the youngsters had the whole house for themselves. Yamaguchi opened the door with his key and let his boyfriend in. The two of them settled in the living room and the brunette went to kitchen to get something to eat.
"Do you want tea or coffee?" He asked Tsukishima while preparing two cups for him and the blonde. Tsukishima answered that he would take the latter one; somehow he was really into coffee at that moment. Once Yamaguchi was done, he brought two cups of coffee to the living room along with some snacks as an offering to his guest and other part.
Yamaguchi sat down and took a sip of his cup. He then glanced at Tsukishima who was taking a bite from mochi. "So what did you want to talk about? The matter seemed urgent." He then asked. Tsukishima stopped the meal for a moment and put his cup down.
He fixed his glasses and closed his eyes. "You know, today my father told me that they have found a marriage partner for me." He told and Yamaguchi almost chocked in his coffee. He spurted the coffee out and started coughing.
"Wha- WHAT? What did you say?"
Tsukishima's eyes softened for a moment and he looked down at his coffee. He then started explaining the situation to his boyfriend. "In the end father told me to return to finish the discussion about the marriage, or leave the house and abandon the name and protection of Tsukishima family. If I was to leave the house at that moment, I would no longer be his son."
Yamaguchi stared at the blonde with widened eyes. He gulped loudly. Did this mean that Tsukishima… that he?
"I couldn't bear the thought of abandoning you, so I walked out of the house at that very moment." Tsukishima told and finished the rest of his coffee in one go. "The problem is what are we going to do from now on? I cannot return to home, and there's no way we can stay here because of your family's condition."
Yamaguchi had started to work part-time during his Jr. High school days in order to support his family. Tsukishima knew that he couldn't burden the family with additional person to take care of, so it was better for them to leave the residence.
"Tadashi, I know this is sudden… but I want you to come with me. I can't promise you any bright future in the position I currentlyam, but I will do my best to be able to give you anything you want. I love you Tadashi, and I want spend the rest of my life with you."
Tsukishima was serious, Yamaguchi could tell it just by looking into his eyes. That expression and that tone in his voice; it was the same like when Tsukishima had first confessed his feelings to Yamaguchi. They were just like on the day Tsukishima asked Yamaguchi to go out with him.
"I… well… you know…" He couldn't response.
"You don't have to come with me if you don't want. I think I can wait till your feel-"
"I want to come with you!" Yamaguchi finally got the words out, cutting Tsukishima's sentence. The blonde looked surprised when he stared at the brunette blushing hard while shooting short glances at his boyfriend. Yamaguchi felt his face heating up like a hot pot. He had been able to say his honest feelings. He wanted to be with Tsukishima. I didn't matter what the situation was like; be it happy, mad or sad, he wanted face and share them all with Tsukishima.
Tsukishima got up from his seat and walked to Yamaguchi. He knelt before the brunette and hugged him. "I knew it was right for me to fall in love with you. I really do love you, Tadashi." Tsukishima confessed his feelings all of a sudden, and approached Yamaguchi to kiss him.
Yamaguchi was surprised at first, but eventually returned the kiss.
"So why out of all the people in the world, we're seeking help from that self-centered King?" Tsukishima looked annoyed as they were standing before the door step of Kageyama household. Yamaguchi pressed the door bell and smiled at his boyfriend. "Because he's your only friend, and most likely the only person who will understand us and can help us."
"Only friend, my ass. The King will only look down on us like we're some poor peasants. There's no way he'll help us… I don't even want to fall so low to be actually asking help from him…" The blonde groaned, to what Yamaguchi only smiled. He knew they shouldn't continue about that topic anymore; Tsukishima would never admit that he was friends with the raven.
"Yes?" The door was opened and a house worker was standing before the couple. Yamaguchi smiled kindly at the young woman and spoke. "Excuse me, is Kageyama Tobio currently home? We're his friends."
The house worker looked surprised. "Eh, don't you know… Tobio-sama moved away to live with his wife." Yamaguchi and Tsukishima both looked like they've heard the news of the century. The house worker noticed their confusion and continued. "Wait a minute, I'll give you the address." She left and soon returned with a piece of paper in her hands.
"I hope you'll find your way Yamaguchi-sama, Tsukishima-sama." The house worker told and bowed deep when seeing off the couple from the gate. Yamaguchi bowed to her as a thanks and the two of them headed towards the direction the note pointed at.
"Was it just me, or did she know our names even though we didn't introduce ourselves?" Yamaguchi wondered as they turned around a corner so that the Kageyama house disappeared from their distant sight. Tsukishima shrugged. "You must be imagining things."
Yamaguchi thought about it for a moment, but decided to go with his boyfriends words and smiled. "Yeah, you're right. I must be imagining things." He laughed happily. Tsukishima felt relieved to see Yamaguchi laughing so happily, and sneaked near the boy to take hold of his hand.
The couple found Kageyama's house without any problems, and got even into the house even though being confused about an unknown girl (who obviously wasn't a house worker… she didn't share their aura and mood) opening the door for them. Gladly Miharu came and cleared up the situation.
After thinking for minutes where he had seen the girl previously, Tsukishima came to the conclusion she must be the obento-girl Kageyama had been talking about. No – she wasn't just an obento-girl, she was the person who the house worker had claimed as Kageyama's wife. To think that the King of all people would be the first one to marry of them all.
After what it seemed like deadly hours, Kageyama finally came down and sat down to listen what the two of them wanted. Yamaguchi had trouble to speak; mostly because of the presence of the unknown girl, but also because he wasn't good dealing with Kageyama. Tsukishima got annoyed and finally blurted out that they had eloped.
"E- El- You WHAT?" Kageyama's reaction was priceless and Tsukishima wanted to hit the King for being able to make such face. There he was, asking the raven to help him, but he could only answer them with seriously sick expression. Tsukishima regret for even thinking that Kageyama would be any help to them. (And the ginger next to him was no better, to be honest. He wanted to smack both of them.)
"Ye- Yes, we eloped." Yamaguchi shuttered. "And we thought that maybe you could help us… Would it be possible to stay at your place for the time of being?" He asked. Tsukishima's eyes widened in shock. He shot an angry glare at his boyfriend. He hadn't heard anything about this part of the plan. So he had to go as low as to beg Kageyama to allow him to live in his house?
"Only for the time of being." The brunette continued in a hurry. "Once we find a good apartment we will move out as fast as possible." Yamaguchi assured and finally lowered his head and bowed. Kageyama and Hinata stared at the brunette with widened eyes. Hinata turned to Kageyama, who had seemed to frozen up.
"Oh, what a wonderful idea! The more the merrier as they say. I think I would be great to have more people here. This house is so big, it gets lonely sometimes." Miharu came walking down from the kitchen while carrying tea cups and some mochi with her. She put them on the table in the living room and poured the tea into cups. Yamaguchi and Tsukishima bowed lightly at the woman and took the offerings.
Kageyama thought about the woman's words for a moment. Finally he smiled with an approving smile. "Well I guess it wouldn't be bad to have some company. I think I'll go insane here for being always surrounded by women." Tsukishima wanted to burst out laughing. Kageyama and women truly where the worst combination ever. He then glanced at Hinata - but this seemed to be about something else.
"Well I think about it if…" Kageyama mumbled and shot a cocky smirk at Tsukishima. The latter one clicked his tongue. He should've guessed this to happen. Of course Kageyama would use the moment he's most vulnerable to humiliate him. It was easy to strike out a person who was only able to defend himself. No fear of him striking back.
The blonde squeezed his fists and while biting his lower lip he lowered his head. "I hope that you can help us." For the sake of Yamaguchi he had to swallow down his pride. After all it was him who got Yamaguchi involved into this mess. Yamaguchi stared at Tsukishima bowing and followed his example. "I hope that you can help us."
A malicious smirk appear on Kageyama's face as he saw the two bowing at him. He felt like for once he had won against Tsukishima. Oh, how great it felt! "If you put it that way, then there's no way for me to refuse you. You can take the guestroom near the kitchen. You're free to use any of the rooms, but there's one thing to remember. Don't even dare to set your foot on the second floor, not even the staircase." Kageyama told and left his seat. He headed to second floor and told Miharu to call him once dinner was ready.
Tsukishima glared at Kageyama and cursed inside him. That diabolic little King, he really enjoyed playing with others and control over them. He was sure that he would beat the crap out of him once they had managed to settle down with Yamaguchi.
The brunette tasted the tea Miharu had prepared for them and smiled kindly at Tsukishima.
"See, didn't I say that he'll help us for sure."
A/N: I have to admit that aside from the main pairing, TsukiYama's story/trouble is most likely my second favorite. Kiyoko has the glory of snatching the first place and I can't wait to write about her life and love! I still have a long way to go, much we're getting closer with every month, yai!
I'm sorry if Tsukki was out of character. I have trouble with him... T_T He and Kageyama are the hardest one to deal with.
Question to dear readers: Do you know what shoujo manga the names Mabuchi and Yoshioka were taken from?