A/N: I am truly and deeply... and so so sorry that my updated has been delayed by a whole month! My summer has been far more occupied that I had originally thought, and I haven't had any time to sit down and get the chapters written. I can already guarantee that the next update will be only in September. Oh, so busy life.
For those who guessed Ao Haru Ride you are right! Those names were taken from it, because that moment my mind was lacking imagination to even try to create anything more fabulous. I decided on the names that came first to mind and whola! It was these two. (Oh wait, a writer shouldn't be revealing her secrets, my bad!)
Everyone thank you for the reviews, favorites and follows! You guys are amazing! I got favorites coming even though I hadn't updated the chapter in a while!
Kagamiyo Neko: Eh? The chapter is getting shorter? I was pretty sure it was longer than the previous... well don't worry the next chapter will be extra long. You could call it a special chapter, though it's not one XD. Believe me Kiyoko's partner is the most unexpected one. I think people will hate me when I reveal it T_T I'm waiting for it, no worries. Take your time ;)
XxNEGATIVE0xX: Akashi, NO! You musn't jump from Kuroko into Haikyuu fanfic. Go away! DX Now really... haha, I think I really need to continue KnB. I'm hardcore shoujo fan, but recently I've turned into allrounder! XD Thank you!
AiMila: Thank you for the review! Yes, those two are going to be through much, but as long as they together I think they'll be fine. There much be at least one person... one character who has that emperor syndrome. But well, Tsukkis father has his own reasons. That'll be revealed once we'll get into Tsukkis past ;)
Shadow: I originally started this on . On AO3 updates were supposed be once once I got the chapters betaed. Now that I lost my beta, the updates are very random... thus I haven't managed to catch up with the updates yet. T_T I'll try my best! And thank you for the review!
somebody: Thank you for your review. I was already working on the last parts of this chapter, but your update made me decide that I had to finish the chapter in one go! I'm also glad to hear that I'm able to keep them in character. Tsukki and Kagecchi are the hardest ones to write... especially as I need to work on them with altered pasts and matureselves O...O
Hinata and Kageyama are happily married. (EH?) 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 Fourteen: Bentoboxes, Sports Bra and Bitch Slap
Hinata finished wrapping the fourth lunch box and smiled proudly. He then took off the apron and headed down to the dining hall to enjoy the breakfast that Miharu had prepared from him and the rest of the Kageyama residence. As soon as he sat down, he saw Tsukishima walking in being closely followed by Yamaguchi. Finally even Kageyama made his way in, yawning loudly while massaging his eyes. He had stayed up late to watch a volleyball game from TV.
"Ohayo." Hinata greeted everyone as they sat down to their seats, Kageyama opposite to him and Tsukishima next to the raven. Yamaguchi sat on the seat next to Hinata. He received very variant replies as Kageyama only growled between his breath and Tsukishima nodded his head. Yamaguchi was the only to reply with a whole sentence and bright smile. Everyone shifted their attention towards the food.
The whole dining hall was silent. Everyone was concentrating on the breakfast. The silence would have most likely continued till the end, if not Yamaguchi had finally decided to speak. "Isn't today the day when the results are announced?" He asked, receiving everyone's attention.
Hinata looked from the sides as Tsukishima and Kageyama glanced at each other and then at Yamaguchi. Finally the former one spoke. "Now that you said it… It is today." Yamaguchi smiled at the reply and then continued. "How about we all go to see the results together? We did apply to the same school after all."
Yamaguchi didn't need to wait for Tsukishima to speak to know his answer. The only problem was Kageyama. Would he bother to come together with them, or would he be stubborn and go alone? The raven glanced at Yamaguchi, and flinched at the sight of his begging eyes. Coughing Kageyama finally spoke. "Well, I think we can go. Either way someone would have to come to pick you up, so it'll be hella less troubling if we all go to-together, ya."
Hinata raised his eyebrow. First of all, in what kind of accent he just spoke. Secondly, did he just stutter? Third, was that a light shade of crimson, he saw in Kageyama's cheeks? The raven saw his intense stare and immediately gathered his stuff and left the table, leaving Miharu to pick it up. "Thank you for the meal." He told while fixing his tie. After that he took the bento Hinata had prepared for him and headed towards the front door. Miharu wished him to have a save trip and finally Kageyama left for work.
The trio was left staring at the closed front door with stunned looks. Finally Yamaguchi laughed desperately. "Should we finish the breakfast and head out too?" He had part-time shift starting soon and Tsukishima was still searching for job. So far no one of his acquaintances had accepted him, mostly because of the presence of his father. The blonde finally understood what it meant not to have the influence and protection of his family name. But he wasn't going to give up just yet; he wanted to prove to his father that he had the ability to get work even without the influence of his family.
The trio quickly finished their breakfast and left Miharu to clean up after them. Hinata had learned not to bother to take the dishes with him to the kitchen, the woman would only scold him for doing her work which she even got paid for doing. He didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Just as Tsukishima and Yamaguchi were heading out, Hinata stopped them. "Please, take these with you." He called for the two and handed out two bentoboxes wrapped into yellow and green cloths. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi glanced at each other, looking surprised. "We… can we?" Yamaguchi finally stuttered, pointing at himself.
Hinata smiled. "I'm used to make two bento's so making few more won't bother me at all. Actually it's more fun this way." He admitted while laughing widely. After shooting at each other few more glances Yamaguchi and Tsukishima finally reached out to take the boxes. Yamaguchi smiled widely while thanking and Hinata did hear a faint thanks coming from Tsukishima.
The ginger smiled widely. He was so happy. He could finally prepare more food and try different variants. Yamauguchi couldn't help but smile at the sight of sparkling Hinata. It must have meat much for the orange-bush to be able to prepare breakfast for the rest of the residents. He then turned to Tsukishima who was putting his box into his bag.
"Are you ready?" Yamaguchi asked, even though he could clearly see that Tsukishima was more than ready to leave. The couple put on their shoes and headed out towards the car that was waiting for them. Yamaguchi was heading towards his part-time and Tsukishima was going to do some job hunting. Hinata followed close after them and entered the car that was waiting for him. He had promised to visit Saeko's shop before heading to school. It seemed that they had prepared something for him.
"See you later." Hinata heard Yamaguchi shouting while waving his arm. He answered with a small wave and entered the car. From the windscreen he saw as Yamaguchi and Tsukishima entered the car and the driver sat to his seat and started the car.
Finally he heard the engine of his car starting up. He leaned against the window while squeezing the school bag. A light sigh escaped from his lips. The conversation in the morning had returned him back to reality. The reality that he wasn't actually a high school freshman Kageyama Natsu but a graduate Hinata Shoyo. That he should be entering university in the April.
University… huh?
"Sorry for intrusion," Hinata said as he opened the door to Saeko's work place. He was greeted by a noisy laugh coming from the person sitting around the breakfast table. Saeko put down her cup of tea and took a bite from the biscuit Kiyoko had prepared for them. Kiyoko sat opposite to her, enjoying her breakfast.
"You're late! I was getting tired of waiting!" The blonde told munching the biscuit.
Hinata got shivers down his body and quickly apologized. He still wasn't used to Saeko's bossy nature; in terms of personality he preferred the calm Kiyoko. At the thought of the woman his eyes met with her and the duo bowed their heads at each other as a greeting. After this Kiyoko returned her attention back to breakfast.
Saeko, who apparently had finished her meal, stood up and went to get something from the next room. When she came back, the woman started speaking in excited tone. "We called you here today because we have something for you. Something you might like, brat."
Even though she tried to be polite, it was obvious that Saeko couldn't do anything to her rough language.
"TADA!" Saeko announced proudly while swinging a nude colored sports-bra just before Hinata's eyes. The gingers eyes widened, but he did not retreat. After all that mysterious object to all men was something he was currently wearing underneath his uniform.
"What is it for?" He didn't get why go all the trouble to show the bra to him. They could've just brought it to him, it wasn't so hard thing to do.
Saeko and Kiyoko glanced at each other. Hinata was really slow at times, but maybe it was because they hadn't explained the thing to him. A smirk appeared on Saeko's face. "What is this for… This is the key item for you to be able to play volleyball in your current high school."
Hinata blinked his eyes. After a few seconds his expression started to shine. "WHAT DID YOU SAY!? I CAN PLAY VOLLEYBALL?" His eyes were like two pearls bathing in the sun light. He had the face of a child who found his precious toy that had been lost. The boy started to jump around the place.
Kiyoko smiled and stood up from her seat. She walked to Saeko and spoke. "We felt really bad for taking even volleyball from you. You've already lost so much in so little time. So… think of this as a present from us." She blushed hard and hid her face behind Saeko's shoulder.
"The bra is specially made for sports. The inside material is made to look more breast-like… and it's also more boun…" Saeko started to explain, but was cut off by Kiyoko. The black-head looked at her and shook her head. Saeko showed a light smile. Right, it was no use to explain things to Hinata. She glanced at the boy whose brightness wouldn't lose to even little miss sunshine herself.
"BUT!" Saeko suddenly shouted, catching Hinata's attention. "Even though we made this, you still must be very careful when playing with the girls. Try to have as little contact with them as possible. Don't injure yourself! Change your uniform in the toilet. Be sure to be the last one to come and last one to leave." She spoke and kept a small pause to catch her breath.
"And lastly, HOLD YOUR HORSES! No matter how much of a woman we can turn you into with make-up, clothes and fake breast, you're still a man! We can't do anything about that thing inside your pants." Saeko spoke boldly while pointing at Hinata's skirt.
The shop fell silent. Hinata and Kiyoko blushed hard, both for different reasons while Saeko still kept her eyes fixed on Hinata's skirt. Finally she snapped out of it and shook her head. "Okay, we're finished now go. Otherwise you'll be late for school."
Hinata looked flustered and with slightly nervous yet excited steps he skipped out of the shop. Just before closing the door he turned around and with bright smile and red cheeks he took a deep breath in. "Thank you!" He yelled and closed the door behind him.
Kiyoko, who had finally managed to gather herself together, turned to look at Saeko. "Do you think he's going to be alright."
Saeko crossed her arms, watching as the car Hinata walked into drove away. She then closed her eyes. "He better be, that radiating sunshine brat."
As soon as the bell rang Hinata made sure he kept his eyes on Amaya. He stuffed his belongings into his backpack and headed after the blue-haired girl. Emiko questioned where he was going and he replied with a quick "I'm going to toilet," before dashing off the classroom.
He had been watching that Amaya girl for almost a week now. During that time the girl had been absent two times. Every time he had set his eyes on following her, she always disappeared somewhere, or he had been interrupted by Michiyo and the gang. This time he made sure he wouldn't lose her from his sight.
Amaya made her way to the library, which was located on the other end of the building. Hinata wondered why she bothered to go all the way there, because in just few minutes she would have to head back if she wanted to make it in time for next lesson. As the girl entered, Hinata followed her closely and peeked into the library.
Amaya headed for the desk to return few books she had apparently borrowed earlier. Then she headed towards the history section of the library and started searching for a next book to borrow. Hinata entered the library with small and quiet steps. He tried to make a little noise as possible. Almost all of the passing students glanced at him with confused looks, because even though he was quiet with his steps, he was as visible as possible.
Finally Amaya had found a book worth of reading and she sat down to read it for a bit. It wasn't for long she could enjoy it, but she still decided to use all the time she had. She didn't want to spend time in the classroom any more than necessary. That awful place was driving her mind crazy. It would only be a question of time before she would have an attack there.
Hinata used this chance to pick up the nearest book and then sat on the seat opposite to Amaya. He tried to look as if he was reading the book, but the whole time his attention was on Amaya. He wanted to be alert for the next move she was going to make.
Meanwhile Amaya was reading her book. At least she tried her best to concentrate on it. If it wasn't for the stern glare she had been receiving from the person opposite to her for a while now. The girl closed her eyes while sighing.
Amaya took her eyes off the book in front of her and glanced at the person in front of her. It was the transfer student who had joined their class that week. It was unusual time to be transferring just before the end of school year. Well, in any way this stalker girl was unusual with that orange perm of her.
"What do you want from me, stalker-chan?" Amaya's patience had finally reached its top and she opened her mouth. The orange-haired girl jumped in startle at the sudden strike of conversation. Her arms trembling she tried to concentrate on the book.
"Wh- What do you mean? I'm just reading the book…" a pathetic excuse of an excuse. Couldn't she come up with anything more… fascinating? Amaya sighed and closed her book. A smirk appeared on her face. "I wonder since when people have started to read book upside down… or are you some sort of tensai?" The most cliché or cliché there could be.
Hinata was holding his book upside down.
The boy flushed red and put the book down, sighing in defeat. Amaya showed a smug smirk and then spoke, leaning her jaw against her palm. "What do you want from me, stalker-chan?" She repeated her question. Hinata's eyes widened. Lowering his head, he finally spoke.
"I'm not a stalk-"
"You've been following me ever since you transferred to this school. You've been coming after me during every break and watched me from the distance. Sometimes you've even come after me after school. If that's not stalking then I don't know what is." Amaya interrupted Hinata and glared at the boy with mean eyes.
When she put it that way, it really sounded as if Hinata had been stalking her. He needed to do something to clear up the misunderstanding. The boy gulped. "No the thing is… I'm interested in you… I…"
"Lesbian?" Amaya raised her eyebrow.
Other than that, she didn't even flinch.
Hinata panicked. "No no! Not that way… I just… umm…"
Why it was so hard to explain it to her. Maybe because he was up against a girl… and maybe because he had never done such thing before. Nishinoya and Kenma were the ones who approached him first. "I would like to become friends with you!" He finally managed to blurt out.
"Why bother? You're already besties with the Queen trio. It'll ruin your reputation if you start hanging out with an outcast like me." Amaya's words were so right on the spot, it hurt. It was true that he should remain in his current position, now that he has finally been accepted as part of the class. He knew that very well.
But he couldn't leave Amaya alone. That girl was so much like him.
"I might do so… No it definitely will…" Hinata hesitated for a moment, but then fixed his posture. "But I want to do it anyway, I want to become friends with you Aomine-san." Hinata went as far as to bow at the girl. Amaya's eyes widened in shock, but she soon recovered.
"I have to decline your request. I'm not interested in making any friends." The girl said and left. It was already time to head back to classroom and she still needed borrow the book. Hinata panicked at the sight of the leaving girl and hurried after her. He needed to get things working.
He grabbed Amaya's arm and was about to say something. What interrupted him was an unexpected force coming from his left which eventually made contact with his cheek. A slap was heard and Hinata fell on his knees, followed by the sound of falling books.
Hinata covered the red stained cheek as he watched Amaya to pick up the book she had thrown away in order to free her hand. As she had picked it up, she walked before Hinata and glared at him with murderous look. "Don't dare to touch me."
Finally she left, and everyone in the room dared to breath again. They stared at the girl going in full silence, but soon recovered and went do finish whatever business they were doing. Hinata was left on the floor, massaging the itching cheek where he had just been hit. He was sure of one thing.
Man, that hurt!
"Come on Kageyama-chan! Hurry up, we're going to be late!" Emiko hurried Hinata, who was trying his best to change his school uniform to gym clothes. No matter what people would say to him, he was sure to use track-trousers when even training with the girls. He didn't want to put those tights on.
When Hinata finally came out of the restroom, Emiko grabbed him arm and forced him to follow her, without giving him chances to do anything else. It was obvious that the girl was anxious and excited to introduce Hinata to her team.
"Minna, I brought her! Our new teammate!" Emiko announced happily as she forced the gym door open. She obviously interrupted training, as her yell was followed by a complete silence. Only a ball hitting the floor was heard. Everyone soon gathered around the girl.
"So you're finally coming to see our practice, Kageyama-kun." That was a voice Hinata recognized. He turned towards the voice and saw a brown-haired girl coming towards. Her hair was on a doughnut bun and she was wearing a seagreen hairband.
He recognized the voice but… "Who?" Hinata could only ask, as he looked at the person whose face he had never seen. The person stared at him for a while, but then she burst into laughter. She took her crutches and walked towards him.
"Do I really look that different with my hair up?" She had been told it so many times by her teammates, but only now the captain Akiyama Hotaru started to believe that it was actually true. Even though she wasn't allowed to join the practice for another half-a-week, Hotaru couldn't keep herself away from the gym. She wanted to be with the rest of the team.
"So everyone, this is Kageyama Natsu and she'll be joining us today." Beside Hotaru and Emiko the currently team had four more members.
"Good, we're in need of a middle blocker!" A tall girl with blonde curly hair told. She stared at Hinata and examined him from head to toes with earnest look. "She's little short, but well… obviously not the shortest one." The girl glanced at her teammate who had bright red hair and was almost half-head shorter than Hinata.
The red-head pouted hard. "Well, excuse me!" She crossed her arms and turned away from the tall blonde while giving her a cold shoulder. The blonde shrugged turning back to Hotaru.
Hinata panicked. "But… but… I've always played as wing spiker."
"Don't worry we teach you well." One of the girls who had yet to speak, smiled kindly at Hinata. She was just a little taller than Hinata and had raven-hair. In many ways the girl reminded him of Kageyama, her straight hair was tied up on a simple ponytail and even her eyes were bluish.
"WE TEACH YOU WELL!" Finally the last person spoke, or to say, yelled. She was very energetic person, Hinata thought while watching as she moved around excited, not being able to remain in one spot. She was taller than Hinata and the previous person. Her hair reached till her neck and it was cinnamon colored. The golden-brown eyes of hers shined like a dazzling sun.
"Not you, Junko-chan. You're a wing spiker." The raven told.
Hinata watched as in a mere second the dazzling eyes turned into wood colored ones. All the color and enthusiasm left the person and she turned into stone. "EH? NOO!" She complained, only to get the raven admonish her.
Hotaru smiled at her team mates and then turned at Hinata. "You already know Emiko-kun and me, but let me introduce the rest of the team." She told and then pointed at the tallest girl with short, blond perms and whiskies. Her side bangs reached till her shoulders and she had sea-blue eyes hiding behind her thick eye brows. Her skin tone was very light, it could almost be compared to snow, if Hinata had anything to say about it.
"She's Isoya Nobuko, a second year student. Even though she's the tallest of us all, she's our most trustworthy and only libero." Hotaru introduced the girl. Hinata glanced at her, well at her height she could be the ace and get points from others would be easy-peasy. But still she had decided to become a protector of her own side of the court. In a way, Hinata admired this person. This girl whose appearance and name sounded familiar.
He knew he had seen her during the promotion match, but there was something more to her. She looked very much like someone he had also met just recently. "She's also Isoya 'The Queens' little sister." Emiko whispered to Hinata's ear, seeing his confusion. Oh, no wonder she looked familiar. So she was actually a family member with the gigantic monster of the 'En Passant'.
Hotaru continued to the other person. "Then we have Sato Kanon. Kanon-kun is our vice-captain and currently the only middle blocker on the team. We'll be leaving you in her care." The raven-haired Kageyama look-a-like smiled at Hinata. The boy bowed and asked for her to take good care of him.
"Lastly we have the first year combo. Suzuki Kaoru and Minami Junko. They both play the position of a wing spiker, just like Emiko-kun." Hotaru told and the two girls ran to Hinata and hugged him tightly. They then swarmed around the poor boy and started throwing questions at him. They would've continued if not for the loud sound of Hotaru hitting her crutches against the floor.
As the gym fell silent, Hotaru opened her mouth. "I know at least one girl who will be joining us during spring break. Otherwise let's hope that we'll be have new first year coming. Our girls' team has never been as popular as the boys." She laughed little desperate. Finally everyone was dismissed and they returned back to their practice. Hinata wanted to join as soon as possible, but before that he wanted to confirm one thing.
"Etto… Captain?" He was hesitant on what to call the girl. Hotaru reacted at his question and turned her head towards him. "What position do you play?" There was one possible, but he still decided to confirm that he was right.
"Oh dear… did I never mention it? I play as setter."
Bingo! This girl played the same position as the King, Kageyama Tobio. Hinata's expression turned into wide smile and he wasn't able to hide his excitement any longer. This was going to be so fun! He was going to play volleyball!
Kageyama was getting impatient. He had been waiting for Tsukishima and Yamaguchi for a whole minute already and the two of them were nowhere to be seen. How slow those commoners could get? He was already ready to give up and leave on his own when the mentioned duo finally arrived at the entrance.
"What took you so long, you're one minute late." Kageyama murmured without thinking only to regret his words the very second he saw Tsukishima's smirk. "Ooh, how scary. We made the King wait for a whole minute. Now he's so going to finish us." Yamaguchi giggled at his words, but Kageyama's murderous glare made him stop.
"Shall we go?" It was a good way to change the topic.
As the boys walked towards the bulleting board, they saw a tall blonde figure standing before it while trying to find his number. When the figure turned around and saw the trio he started waving his arm. "Tobiocchi, Tsukishima! You're here for the results as well." Isoya laughed happily as he reunited with his team mates.
"Why am I the only one with that weird nickname?" Kageyama sighed.
"Because you're the King, isn't that obvious." Tsukishima sneered, reminding him of the one very thing he didn't like. Kageyama did send a glare at the glasses guy, but decided not to say anything more. All four of them decided to change their attention towards the bulleting board.
"Oh, I see my number! I'm in!" Isoya was the first one to find his number.
"It was obvious from the start that my number would be there." Tsukishima smiled happily as he found his own number. Now the only people left where Kageyama and Yamaguchi.
"I'm in." Was short announcement from Kageyama. Though he kept on a cool face, in reality he wanted to jump around the area and play volleyball. He was so happy he got in that it was almost impossible to keep his mouth from turning into big and wide smile. He finally got to the school where he was.
All three guys turned their eyes at Yamaguchi. The boy got nervous for receiving so many curious glances and he started to panic. He needed to find his number. It'll be so embarrassing if he was the only one who didn't get into the school. He wanted to find his number.
"Th-ere… I'm in!" They finally heard Yamaguchi making a cry of relief. He even got tears running down his cheeks. That's how happy he was. He was so happy to be able to study in the same school as Tsukishima. That had been his dream ever since he had met Tsukishima in Jr. High.
"That means we're all in!" Isoya laughed happily and said that they should go eat something to celebrate their entering. "Oh, by the way. It's next Sunday, right?" He then said and the trio glanced at him with confused looks.
"What is?" Kageyama asked. Why people always had to be so mysterious. Couldn't they just announce the thing without any additional questions?
Isoya smiled.
"The Graduation, of course!"
A/N: Done! Thank you everyone for reading and hopefully you're willing to leave a review so that I could improve this story. Now as I already told previous, the next update will be only in September due to my busy schedule. See you all then.