A/N: Wow, I finally managed to get something in time. Hello guys, how have you been. I'm here to completely destroy everything this story was ever building up. I'm revealing the true colors of my muse. I'm also excited, because this is the first time any of my stories has reached 100 000 words. I'm so happy! Now, without futher ados, enjoy the chapter.
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Kageyama found out the secret of his wife. But Hinata isn't the only one keeping secrets. The reveal of his gender brings Hinata into Kageyama's life and Hinata's world is turned upside down. The reality he once knew will never be the same. During summer Hinata reunites with his old friend and meets with someone he'll eventually declare as his rival. Beach-volley, festivals and duoble date. Sudden knews break him apart. Hinata's reality is falling apart whereas Kageyama won't look his way.
Cry Of A Fallen Crow
Cry Twenty-One: Cursed Children
"This can't be. There's never been anyone beside us, who understood us while in these forms. Ennoshita, Kinoshita and Narita told all they hear are our animal voices." Sawamura exclaimed and the brown falcon cried loudly. Hinata flinched at the voice. It was hard on his ears to hear both the human and animals voices, his head started to hurt.
"This is so cool! Maybe Shoyo is a pet psychic." Nishinoya sounded excited.
Kageyama clicked his tongue. "Yeah right. And where on earth have you learned such word?"
The chaos returned back to normal as Tsukishima came up with a statement that made Kageyama to bark back at him, literally. Hinata sighed loudly. "Please can you guys stop, my head hurts."
A golden silence, and Hinata rested his nerves.
"In a way I wouldn't be surprised that Shoyo some kind of powers relating to us." Sugawara suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.
"What do you mean?" Azumane questioned.
The white owl kept silent for a while, but finally spoke. "You guys remember how I mentioned introducing my girlfriend to you. She was Hinata Natsu, the younger sister of Hinata Shoyo, and her curse is exactly the same as ours." Sugawara explained. "Every full and new moon she transformed into albino hedgehog. The two are siblings, so it wouldn't be weird for Shoyo to have powers related to us."
Hinata saw as the falcon moved its head while staring straight into him. It felt creepy and he backed away from it, only to step on something fluffy. He looked down and saw a creamy colored bunny staring at him with squinted eyes. The correct race was Holland Lop, but Hinata wouldn't know that.
"That hurt, shrimp." Tsukishima's voice spoke and it finally hit Hinata why he hadn't heard his animal voice before. Compared to the loud voices of other animals, bunnies barely made any noise. Even now he didn't hear the bunny crying, he just saw how its mouth moved rapidly as if it was eating something.
The falcon suddenly took off and hovered around the lounge, only to land on Hinata's shoulder unexpectedly. The ginger closed his eyes waiting for the pain to enter his body as the falcons' claws were to slash his skin. Much to his surprise that didn't happen. Of course he felt the claws driving into him, but Sawamura restrained himself for using too much power.
"You're the first person to understand us, so I'm not going to let you go. From this day on you've part of the Fallen Crows. Also you'll continue living in the Kageyama household." Kageyama obviously wanted to protest, but one sharp glance from the falcon made the dog whine. Sawamura was the leader and it was hard to go up against him. "Welcome to the group."
Before Hinata could answer to him, the wolf and dog suddenly turned shift. "Daichi-san, someone's coming." The wolf howled. Without any further words, everyone quickly hid behind the bar counter. The falcon flew away from Hinata's shoulder and instead the white owl landed on his other shoulder.
"I'll give you a hand." Hinata could literally see Sugawara smiling at him, even though the owls' expression didn't change. So wait, he was left to handle the situation? Hinata's eyes widened at the suddenly realization. There's no way he could do it!
But it was too late to run away. The door opened and a tall man wearing a suit entered the lounge. He looked around the place and looked surprised to see only Hinata present. "I see that you're here alone, lad." The man then spoke, looking troubled.
"Gosh damn! That's Himura-san! I forgot to cancel the meeting with him." Hinata heard Nishinoya cursing.
Sawamura was the already to scold him. "Shut up, otherwise he'll discover us."
"Tell that the others are away on a business, and you were left in charge." Sugawara hooted in quiet voice, that could be compared to whispering. Hinata nodded, and told exactly what the older man had instructed him to say.
The man furrowed his eyebrows looking suspicious. "I have never met you before, lad."
"Kageyama Na-Shoyo." Hinata managed to correct himself before it was too late. Apparently he had gotten so used to his new surname, he didn't even notice the mistake. "I started working here only recently." He continued following Sugawara's instructions. He sighed of relief, if it was with Sugawara's help he would surely manage. He could do it.
"Please take a seat. I'll bring the documents Nishinoya-san has prepared. We can discuss about the matter over a cup of coffee." Hinata suggested and following to Sugawara's lead went to get some papers he had never even read. He also went to prepare some coffee. Finally Hinata sat down and with serious expression they started to discuss about the matter.
Hinata talked about a matter he had never heard of and even some words were completely unknown to him, but he didn't have the time to question what was happening. He just needed to finish the situation. The ginger wasn't sure if the man found the hooting owl on his shoulder weird or disgusting, but at least he never mentioned anything about it.
After a cup of coffee, the client finally relaxed a little bit. He was staring at death serious Hinata with curious smirk on his face. "I've heard that all workers here have supernatural powers. Tell me lad, what's your powers." Hinata stopped writing for a moment, but continued soon after. He didn't even bother to take his eyes off the paper.
"Apparently I have the power to communicate with animals." Hinata stated death serious.
For Kageyama, it felt weird to be the first one to came to the dining hall and start his breakfast. He wondered what was taking the dumbass ginger so long, but found out that the reason soon enough. His eyes widened in shock, when Hinata suddenly arrived at the dining hall, clothed in the female uniform of Teikoku Academy. He was also wearing hair extensions and had put on some make-up.
Kageyama almost chocked in his food and coughed hard to clear his throat.
Hinata leered at Kageyama as he sat down to enjoy his breakfast. "What? It's not like this is the first time you see me in female clothing." The ginger humphed. He stuffed the food into his mouth. And he was right, because for the past three months Kageyama hadn't seen Hinata to wear anything expect for the female clothing.
The raven looked away. "No, I was just surprised that you still continue with this act." He stated. Kageyama was still furious to see Hinata wearing female clothing, because he looked like a perfect woman in those, but it was easier now that he knew, that behind the feminine appearance, was a male body. The boy wasn't as despicable as he used to be.
"I can't enter any university at the moment, so I planned on finishing this school year as a high school student." Because of the mess with the arranged marriage and wedding, Hinata had completely missed the entrance exams to universities. Now he was stuck being a first year student, unable to do anything to continue his career.
Kageyama looked thoughtful. "Well, then you could change your student information to be officially a boy." He suddenly suggested. Hinata looked up from his food and stared at the raven with widened eyes. "I already know your true identity, to there is no reason to hide your gender from my anymore. It was decided that you'll continue living here, and if you plan on continuing the school, why not stop with the act? It's easier for you to go on as a boy."
Wow. For once Kageyama was suggesting something very reasonable instead of yelling out his lungs. Was this really the same person he had met three months earlier at the altar? Was this really the same person who had called him a dumbass before forcing a kiss on him?
But the idea was great. It was easier to attend to the school while he could act out as his real self. He didn't need to fill his head with the female thinking and confuse himself how to act out properly. He still needed to save a certain indigo-head. It actually wouldn't be such a bad idea.
"I'll be in contact with Saeko-san."
The ceremony was over. Kiyoko, who was clothed into miko uniform headed towards her room with the intention of changing her clothes. With the end of the ceremony she no longer needed to wear the costume and she was exhausted from performing the rituals. It was getting hot.
Kiyoko made it to her room and with the help of Kanno started to take off the uniform. First she untied her hair and went to get her glasses and put them on. After that she untied the hakama and finally haori. Kiyoko was still half naked, putting on her top when the door sudden opened and someone walked in.
Sawamura stared at the woman with frozen expression.
"Excuse me," he finally murmured and turned around.
Kiyoko's eyes had widened, but finally she returned back to reality and continued dressing up. She would lie if saying that she wasn't flustered, but they had been going out for years already, so these kind of situations had occurred before.
"That scar of yours, I reminds me of the time I couldn't protect you." Sawamura suddenly spoke, making Kiyoko to turn his way. The man was still facing the other way, so she couldn't see his expression, but she could tell that he was doing his best just to keep his composure. It was clear that even to this day Sawamura regretted that he hadn't had enough power to protect her.
On Kiyoko's body she had a long scar crossing from her right shoulder all the way to her left lower back. She was only a teen when she had received it, and even now it reminded her of the incident every single day. On that day she had completely thrown away her own life and rushed to save Sawamura.
One wouldn't call that day ordinary. They were in the middle of a rainy season and it was pouring heavy that day. Due to the heavy rain, one could barely see few steps ahead.
That day also happened to be the very one, when Kiyoko had been assignment to exorcism duty. A demon had been discovered to be roaming around the shrine, and she as one of the most powerful shrine priestess's and daughter of the shrine head, was ordered to get rid of it in order to protect the citizens. The demon was a powerful one and it couldn't be let roam around the city freely.
They had soon detected the demon and went to pursue it. It led them all the way back to the shrine, desperately trying to run away from its pursuers. The demon was almost driven into corner when a drunken man suddenly found his way to the shrine. It didn't let the moment to let slip through its fingers, and the demon took over the body of the man. The exorcism of the demon had become hundred times difficult as it needed to be driven out of the human body first.
It also didn't help the situation much, that the man was carrying a knife with him. They situation was dire as they had a demon in a human body waving a knife before their eyes. Close combat had become almost impossible, and Kiyoko had her hands full just to avoid the attacks. It was a hard job to do, but still not impossible, she just needed find the right moment to counterattack.
A familiar voice stopped her movement completely.
After that a figure walked to the end of the shrine stairs. Sawamura had arrived at the shrine, just like they had promised, but he had made it an hour earlier than the promised time. His expression froze as soon as he understood the situation.
The worst part was, that the knife holding demon was standing between Kiyoko and Sawamura. If he was to attack the boy, Kiyoko didn't know if she would make it fast enough to save him. In the panic she shouted at Sawamura to escape as fast as possible. It was a big mistake. The demon noticed the newcomer and turned around. It headed towards Sawamura.
Everything after that was only a mess in Kiyoko's mind.
Upon seeing the demon heading towards Sawamura, her body moved forward before she could even short out her mind. Kiyoko dashed forward and at the moment the demon was about to slash the teenager, Kiyoko jumped to cover and protect Sawamura.
The knife slashed though her back and unbearable pain filled her whole body. She fell on the ground, with her back bleeding, staining her white haori. The demon laughed mischievously as he saw the most powerful one of his pursuers fallen on the ground. There was no one who could stop him now.
From the corner of her eyes Kiyoko could see Sawamura's distressed face as his mouth moved. She couldn't hear him though, and her consciousness was slowly fading away. Sawamura embraced Kiyoko while crying and the girl had just enough strength to whisper few words before her mind went blank.
According to Sawamura, they had called Kiyoko's father to exorcize the demon. An ambulance was called immediately and she was taken to the hospital and immediate surgery was performed. The would wasn't deep enough to threaten her life, but the incident had left her a huge scar crossing from the right shoulder to left lower back as a reminder of the incident.
To Sawamura, the incident was something he could never forget. He was at fault there and because of him, not only Kiyoko's body was now scarred, she also became unable to fight or perform exorcism anymore. Because he had been there, in the wrong place at the wrong time, she had lost everything. If he wouldn't arrived at the promised time, she would've completed the exorcism before his arrival and the whole incident would've been avoided.
It didn't matter how many times Kiyoko tried to convince Sawamura that he wasn't at fault, he didn't change his mind. He had sworn to himself that the next time he would protect Kiyoko, and he would take that promise to grave. Even after almost ten years, his mind hadn't changed. "I will surely protect you this time." The man assured to Kiyoko.
Kiyoko smiled lightly at the comment – he was as protective as always – and that's what she loved so much about him. She slowly approached Sawamura, who was still facing the other way, and pecked his cheek.
Sawamura's eyes widened of the sudden surprise attack. It was unexpected trait for his girlfriend. Finally Sawamura smiled and pulled Kiyoko into a kiss.
While Kiyoko was happy about the current situation, she feared for the future. Sawamura was by her side at the moment, and due to the incident, but she had a feeling that something would steal him away from her. Something that would change their relationship forever was to happen – she knew it.
Now it was like a calm before a storm.
A lad opened the door to his room and threw his bag next to the bed. He fell on his bed with a loud thud and covered his face with his arm. A deep sigh escaped from his lips as his mind wandered to remember what had happened the previous day.
It had been a hard day and Nishinoya was still recovering from the shock of finding about Hinata, and about his weird powers of being able to communicate with their cursed forms. There was also the mysterious fact that Natsu also had exactly the same curse, and it made him even more curious. It was clear that Hinata wasn't cursed, as he had remained human when the midnight hit, yet he had the ability to communicate with them. What exactly was his role?
"Ah! This isn't getting me anywhere." Frustration took over Nishinoya, and he ruffed his hair. It was no use puzzling his head over the case, when he wasn't the brightest thinker in the group. Maybe he should let people like Tsukishima, Sawamura and Ennoshita do the thinking. Though, the last guy was still on a mission in America. Even Sugawara had shown signs of using his brains better than Nishinoya. The only problem was, that he was usually too unconfident in himself and was afraid to voice out his opinion.
Nishinoya sat up on his bed. He needed to think of something else. At the moment, he needed to think of something to pull his attention away from the case. With thoughtful eyes he scanned his eyes scanned the room, trying to find his mobile phone. Once he had found it, the boy stood up and went to take it. He dialed a number of his dear friend.
Kenma could surely distract his mind for a while.
Also, he still needed to tell the news to his pudding-head friend.
"This is Kenma speaking." He finally heard his friend's voice speaking, as Kenma picked up the call. He sounded somewhat exhausted, maybe he was coming straight from the practice. Since when Kenma had practiced so hard he would actually get exhausted?
"Yo, pudding-head! How are you? It's been a while." And it wasn't a lie. They had only called each other twice, since Kenma had moved to Tokyo. Nishinoya wasn't really person who liked phone calls, like preferred face-to-face meetings. Kenma on the other hadn't wouldn't bother to call him all the time, too much trouble. Nishinoya felt tears filling his eyes as he heard the others voice, it felt so refreshing.
"I'm fine. Just finished practice." Kenma replied, including every single information needed in that short sentence. So, Nishinoya had been right. His voice sounded exhausted due to practice. His interested had been peeked, what kind of University Nekoma was.
"That's awesome! I'm so glad you've managed to become part of the team!" Nishinoya's excitement took over him and he started to yell. Kenma answered to him with a simple thank, that was so like him. The duo continued a small talk for a while, till Nishinoya decided it was a good time to get into the topic. "You know, the reason why I called you, is because I have good news."
He kept a short pause.
"Shoyo has returned! Can you believe! I found Shoyo!"
Kenma stood frozen as Nishinoya continued to tell everything about Hinata. He told how he had found about Natsu and Hinata through Kageyama and not long after that he met Hinata in person. Nishinoya continued his story, telling it the same way he had heard it from Hinata.
"Oi Kenma, let's go!" Kuroo called for the pudding-head, who had suddenly frozen in the middle of the street. They were heading to grab something to eat, when the latter one had received a call all of a sudden. Ever since then, he hadn't moved from the spot. As Kenma didn't react to his call, Kuroo returned back to his side. "Oi, Kenma, what…" He stopped.
"What's wrong, Kozume?" Yaku, who was also accompanying them, yelled worriedly when he saw Kenma's expression. The pudding-head had turned to them and tears rolled down his cheeks. The two older boys completely surrounded him, as he slowly cried his eyes out.
Once he had managed to calm down a little, Kenma took hold of Kuroo's sleeve and glanced at him. His cheeks were burning crimson red and tears were accompanying his cheeks like waterfalls. "Shoyo, he's back."
A dark figure was roaming around the shrine. Her breathing was heavy and she looked anxious. Upon hearing noise near the door, her eyes rapidly made their way there. A knock was heard and she answered with hasty voice.
The door was slid open and a man made his way in and bowed deep. He immediately fell on his right knee. "The assassination of Sugawara Koishi has failed." He informed, giving out the bad news.
"What? How can that be?" The woman's voice cracked from excitement. The plan was supposed to be perfect, so what could've gone wrong.
The man continue, still leaning on his one knee. "A young girl named Hinata Natsu, apparently Sugawara Koishi's girlfriend, jumped to cover for him."
"Tsk." The woman clicked her tongue. She wandered around the room for a while to think of a new plan. If they were to attack Sugawara for a second time and fail again, it would make things look suspicious. He looked to be the weakest one given his practical zero self-confidence, but luck seemed to be on his side. They should probably start from their second weakest link. "Get rid of Azumane Asahi."
The man raised his head. "Yes, mam." He then bowed deep and exited the room.
The woman was left alone in the room and she made her way to the window. "Don't worry Sakura, I will surely bring you back."
"I'm home," Azumane shouted as he closed their front door having entered the house. The day had been hard and he felt like falling asleep in the hallway with his clothes on. He hated full and new moons. They completely messed up with his rhythm, and because of them he had to stay awake for two days straight. Working in such condition was deathful.
He barely managed to take of his shoe when three small figures suddenly dashed from the living room and knocked him over. "Suiren, Oniyuri, Suzuran." Azumane greeted his three daughters, who were triplets. The sisters were no older than three years old and spend most of their time at home, being taker care by a nanny. (1).
Suiren was eldest of the trio and the one who resembled her father the most. She had thick and long brown hair and dark brown eyes matching her hair and eyebrows. Currently her hair was being styled up on a loose bun. Being the eldest, she also played the role of leader of the trio.
Oniyuri had matching eyes with Suiren, but her hair was the most outstanding feature in her appearance. Her hair was likewise very thick, but instead of being straight, it was permy and so garish. The orange color of her hair looked like a blooming flower.
Out of the three sisters Suzuran was the one who looked most like their late mother. Her eyes were light gray in color and she had straight brown hair reaching till her middle back. She was also more shy and quiet than her two older sisters.
"Papa!" Suiren sobbed, and Azumane finally noticed that the triplets were crying. They all embraced him strongly, while burying their faces to his shirt.
"Hanako-san!" Suzuran blurted out the name of their caretaker. The three year old then burst into tears.
Oniyuri seemed to manage calm down enough to speak, and she looked up. "Hanako-san. Fell down. Thud." She explained in broken sentences, which was the best she could do at that moment.
Azumane's eyes widened, and he stood up, making sure his daughters were alright and stood on their own feet. He then rushed forward, searching for the woman, and found her collapsed on the floor in the living room.
"Hanako-san!"
Tanaka parked his car near his sister's shop and got off the car. Saeko had apparently arranged a drinking party out of the blue, and decided to invite her brother as well. Tanaka wasn't in the mood.´, after having stayed up the whole previous night and day, but like always Saeko was good at blackmailing people. In the end he had no other choice but to go.
With a sigh on his face he opened the door. He wasn't really in the mood to listen to her drunken stories. His head and eyes hurt and he just wanted to fall on his bed and drift into his own dream world full of Kiyoko.
A light cry welcomed him into the shop as Saeko was excited to see her brother. She was sitting near a round table that was filled with empty beer cans. Along with her, she had Shimada sitting on the chair next to her. Two of the chairs were unoccupied.
Upon seeing Tanaka, Shimada stood up and bowed, to what Tanaka answered with a bow.
"Come Ryuu! Have a drink with us!" Saeko stammered and hiccupped. After that she started to laugh cheerfully. It was obvious that she had started drinking fairly early that night. She was already at the state her words didn't make any sense.
Shimada took the beer can from her hands. "Come on, Saeko. You should know that he's still a minor." He scolded the woman. Well, at least someone in the room could still think straight. Tanaka wondered if Shimada had actually drank something. He was often accompanying Saeko, but the man wondered if he had ever seen Shimada drinking anything.
Saeko turned to him with displeased expression and pursed her lips. "Bummer!" She mumbled, after what her expression suddenly turned playful. "In exchange, you have to kiss me."
Tanaka rolled his eyes. Man his sister could act annoying once she was in the mood – especially when drunk. Was there a man who could stand even this side her?
Shimada looked taken aback for a while, but finally stood up and reached towards Saeko. After the kiss he smiled kindly. "Try to seduce me again, and it'll won't end with just a kiss." Saeko took her sweet time to grasp the situation. It was clearly seen in her face, and it slowly turned from white to crimson.
"You meanie!" She planned on hitting Shimada, but he avoided her charge with a smooth movement.
Tanaka laughed out loud when he saw his sister interacting with Shimada. He had always thought that Saeko was impossible to handle, but apparently there was a man who could stand each side of her and even managed to wrap her around his finger. If it was with Shimada, then maybe Saeko would find her happiness.
"Oi, let me join the conversation!"
Tsukishima and Yamaguchi were starting their breakfast in their shared apartment. In total the apartment held in a hallway that lead to the living room. The living room was connected to the kitchen via small sliding door. There was also bedroom and bathroom. Compared to this parent's house the apartment was practically a warehouse, his previous room had been bigger than the whole apartment. But Tsukishima liked it.
It was easy and fast to clean up and Yamaguchi was always by his side. The apartment held in it everything they needed.
Yamaguchi finished frying the bacons and put them on the plate, next to the roasted bread. On top of the bread he had prepared fried eggs. He then placed the plates on the table, and sat down opposing to Tsukishima who was reading the newspapers.
"So, we're both working after school?" Yamaguchi wondered around, looking questionable. Tsukishima had gotten many job offers ever since he was assigned to the agency as their fulltime model. The media and studios were crazy about him and Yamaguchi had heard that Tsukishima had received a side-role in a TV drama. His boyfriend didn't tell much about his work, so the manager kept Yamaguchi well informed.
Tsukishima nodded.
They continued the breakfast in silence. Yamaguchi kept glancing at Tsukishima in anxious manner, while the latter had his eyes glued to the newspapers. Finally he folded the newspapers after having finished reading it.
"What is it?" Tsukishima questioned, shifting his attention to the bread and bacon before him.
Yamaguchi got startled of the sudden questions and almost dropped the bread he was eating. Laughing desperately he then murmured. "No… I just thought if it would be okay to invite Shoyo-kun here?" His eyes moved anxiously, unable to look Tsukishima in the eyes. He didn't know where to land his eyes.
Tsukishima's eyes narrowed and Yamaguchi felt sweat running down his forehead. After all the glasses-head had clearly stated how much he despised the Kageyama household. And Hinata was now part of that as well. Finally Tsukishima gave his answer. "I don't mind. As long as the King doesn't tag along."
He didn't want that man to set his foot into his apartment. It was his Kingdom and he didn't want it to be invaded by some unknown, ignorant ruler.
"To think that I would be mixed up in this case again." Detective Takeda Ittetsu sighed loudly while falling down to the chair in his office. He was exhausted. The case from eight years ago had been brought back to light again. Back in the days he had been starting his career as detective of the Abnormal Crimes Department, and the case had been his first one. The culprit was never found and the case was put away as an unsolved one.
Even to the date Takeda thought of the case as his hardest one ever. After all it was the only case he never managed to solve. One couldn't call it lack of experience of the newbie. Detective Takeda believed that if he was to face the case again, he wouldn't be able to solve it.
That's why he felt uncomfortable.
A young spirit before him looked troubled. "I'm so sorry, Takeda-san. It took me all the years to remember." They spoke in apologizing tone. They young spirit crossed their fingers and played with their thumbs. They had come to seek help from Detective Takeda after remembering that the man had been in charge back then. The man hadn't still given his answer and they were running out of time.
Takeda stared at the youngster before him. Almost nine years had passed since he had last seen them and they had changed so much. He couldn't also blame them for forgetting about the incident, it was clearly stated out that the concerned side were to lose their memories.
He felt scared for the unsolved case to open up again, but he wouldn't be lying to say that he felt excited. Maybe finally the Empty Vessel-incident would finally reach it end. Would he be able to solve this case?
The spirit raised their head. "Detective Takeda, please save my brother."
He stood before the gravestone of his family. The man sprinkled some water on the stone and lighted up few candles. Sugawara Koshi had come to his family's gravestone to pray. "Father… You know, I just recently lost my dearest person… I truly loved her and she accepted me as who I am… And I lost her… And you know what's the most ironic… Her brother has found his way to invade into my life…" Sugawara cried.
His heart ached every single time he thought of Natsu.
"And do you know what's the craziest thing about this… I want to protect him." Sugawara sobbed. "I want to protect him, I want to protect Shoyo. He's Natsu's brother, the brother she loved so much. I must protect him… even if I don't have the power…"
Sugawara took a deep breath to calm down his nerves. He wiped away the tears, only to have them fill his eyes once again. He couldn't stand it. He couldn't stand being so weak.
"Father, what do I do? I don't know how to continue living anymore."
Their back hurt like hell.
Their fingers hit the joypad rapidly.
They sat on the floor in the living room while playing videogames. Their whole body was aching and they had barely enough strength to hold the joypad. Frustration filled their whole being and they just wanted to throw up. But they couldn't stop. Playing games was their way to escape from reality and if they were to stop, they would lose everything. They would be again reminded of how cruel the real world was.
They needed to fall deeper into the virtual reality.
They needed to escape the reality.
Their body was filled with bruises and hickies. It was all that woman's fault. Because of her they had to bear all the pain again. She would just come whenever she wanted and leave after finishing her whatever she came to do there. She didn't realize how much she was messing up with their life. Because of her, they would have to skip school for another week.
In a way, it was worth of it. If continuing doing this, would mean that Rikuto was save, they would bear the pain every single day. But living at home was impossible. They couldn't stand being in the same room with that woman the whole day. It was also impossible to hide from their father what was really going. The truth would be revealed to him eventually and that would put Rikuto into danger.
That's why it was better for them to live separately.
Tears started rolling down their cheeks and fell on the joypad. Apparently this time playing games wasn't enough to distract them. Reality hit them far too hard. Ah, it must've been all his fault.
A sudden pain entered their body like an arrow and they closed their eyes. The pain distracted them and they completely forgot to pay attention to the screen.
The character got killed.
Something inside them died as well.
They had lost the game, and they also lost the money.
"Fuck this!" They felt rage filling the whole body and started a sudden tantrum. A table was turned upside down while the joypad found its new place inside the TV screen. The same continued for 10 minutes before they had managed to calm down. In total of three cups were scattered around the kitchen floor.
A deep sigh as they lost all of their powers and fell on the knees. Tears filled their eyes while they started to laugh hysterically. They needed to call father to buy them a new TV and joypad.
A/N: I'm curious to know how this chapter is received. Is is good or bad? Also correction to my notice in the previous chapter. Kozume Kenma is the only guy in the whole Haikyuu universe who will be called by his first name. I have no particular reason why, but I started that way, and that way it'll end. This chapter was quite broken, but I wanted to explore more the world around Hinata. Saeko is obviously a heavy drinker, sorry for that. Kiyoko and Sawamura have a history together and Tsukishima is now a King of his small Kingdom. (Haha).
1. Suiren, Oniyuri and Suzuran aren't really the most common names to give ones children. In truth, they're all flowers - lillies to be more precise. Azumane's late wife was named "Yuri" that literally means Spider Lily He decided to name all of his three daughters after lillies as a memory of his late wife. Suiren is also Water Lily, Oniyuri means Tiger Lily and Suzuran is Lily Of The Valley. The meaning of the names in same order: purity of heart, whealth and sweetness.
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