A/N: Summer has kept me far more busier I thought I would be, which is why I haven't managed to write any stories for the past two months. But in the end I finally managed to pull myself together to get another chapter. I'm sorry for keeping you guys waiting for the update for so long. I do hope that the wait was worth of it though, since it seems I've been out of touch lately. Enjoy the chapter.
Some of you guys mentioned that the last chapter was little hard to follow. Indeed it was quite broken in many ways, but all of it happens in chronological. The midnight when everyone turns into animals - next morning: kagehina - all the way till the evening: tanaka - morning after that: tsukiyama and the day goes on. As for if it was hard to follow due to vague explanation, the pieces will surely find their places. Also, regarding the question of characters dying - aside from those who are already dead I have no plans on killing anyone of the main cast. Regarding the identity of the spirit, I won't say anything yet, though most of you have already discovered who is it.
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-Two: Blue Moon And Evening Burglar
Hinata Shoyo took a deep breath, trying to calm down his nerves. His new student uniform and student card had finally arrived and now he was officially transferring the class as Kageyama Shoyo, the twin brother of Kageyama Natsu. The boy glanced at his uniform once again, making sure that everything was perfect. He heard the teacher speaking on the other side of the door and finally his name was called.
Hinata slid the door open and entered the classroom. This was the very moment he thanked Saeko for all the acting lesson he had received. It was already weird enough that he was transferring in just before the summer vacation, but he was also transferring to his own class. He needed to pretend he didn't know these people or anything about the school. He knew that without Saeko he wouldn't have survived.
"Hello. I'm Kageyama Shoyo. I'm twin brother of Natsu, who had to transfer to other town due to mothers work. It was decided that I would come here to live in my sisters' stead. Much like my sister, I love volleyball. Please take care of me." He introduced himself just like Saeko had instructed him. Hinata used his normal tone what was much manlier compared to when he had spoken as Natsu and he had returned back to using masculine word whenever referring to himself.
Much like in his previous introduction, Hinata didn't want to leave out the fact that he played volleyball. In a way he was excited, because now he was able to fully enjoy volleyball and play on the team that was strongest in the whole Japan. He couldn't wait to finally play volleyball without the worries of being found out.
After his introduction the teacher instructed Hinata to sit down on the empty desk that used to be Natsu's seat. The boy sat down, finding himself seated behind Miyano and next to Amaya. "It's nice to meet you." Hinata smiled at his two seat neighbors. Amaya gave him long doubtful look, whereas Miyano didn't seem to show any interest in him. The lesson started soon and Hinata's attention was drawn towards the front of the class and their teacher.
Hinata stared at the clock with intense expression the last minutes of the lesson. He felt very uncomfortable and troubled as fierce eyes were driving into him the whole lesson as if they were ready to finish him any moment. The moment the bell rang Hinata felt relieved as the intense aura directed towards him stopped. Few of his classmates immediately surrounded Hinata starting to question him about Natsu's sudden transfer and other personal stuff.
The ginger boy was at confusion of what to do with his classmates. It was weird to be the new kid in the class when he particularly knew every one of them. He didn't know for how much longer he could keep up with the act. He needed to think of some kind of excuse and fast.
It was as if someone had heard his thoughts, when the person next to him suddenly stood up and turned towards Hinata. The ginger stared Amaya right into eyes with surprised look. Everyone around them just stood there silent, as if waiting for something to happen. Finally Amaya turned away and headed towards the doors. "Follow me, Stalker-chan."
Hinata's eyes widened at first but slowly a smile found its way on his face. He literally jumped up from his seat and dashed after the bluenette, leaving the others confused in the classroom. Hinata caught up to Amaya and the two headed towards the library. Given the few books she was holding onto, Amaya was planning on return the books she had borrowed.
Amaya shot a tight glance at Hinata. "To think that you would transfer to this school as a boy... And here I thought that you had finally come out of closet." She stated monotonically her expression not changing even an inch.
"Didn't I already tell you that I dressed up as a girl due to the circumstances? This is my real self." Hinata pouted at her comment, looking offended. What exactly what the girl thinking of him, claiming that he had come out of closed? Had she completely lost her mind?
Amaya's eyes locked on Hinata.
Finally, she averted her glance.
"Expect you're two years older." Her voice was dry and the statement was so accurate it sliced Hinata's insides like a knife. The boys' expression fell and he obviously looked offended. The sudden change of her friends' mood caught Amaya off guard.
Moments later she burst into vivid laugh. "I was just kidding, no need to feel so offended." It was the first time Hinata had heard her earnest and pure laugh. His eyes started to shine in excitement. Amaya realized this and immediately stopped laughing, shifting back to her usual poker face.
That one moment of laughter proved Hinata that he had chosen right. The reason why he wanted to remain in school was in order to save Amaya from whatever was bugging her. He didn't take full charge knowing that she could run away, but wanted to save her from the world he too used to live in. Seeing her with such pure expression proved that he had done the right thing.
"Say, Aomine-san." Hinata asked the moment they entered the library. Amaya went straight to the reception in order to return the borrowed book. The girl didn't say anything, but did show with gestures that she was listening to him. "I'm going to meet my friend, would you like to come along?" He was sure that Yamaguchi wouldn't be against for him to come together with Amaya. Especially after hearing the reasons behind it.
Amaya froze. "Eh… I wouldn't that say it's a good idea…"
"Why not? I'm sure that my friend is more than happy to meet you! Today after school, alright?" Hinata begged, excitement taking best of him. Once he got excited he tended to leave his reasoning behind. He even missed to see the troubled expression on Amaya's face.
In Hinata's mind the whole case had already been set. Amaya was coming with him and they were going to have fun. He was so excited for the upcoming events that he wished for the school to end as fast as possible. It would be pain in the ass to crawl through the lessons.
All Amaya could see was disaster.
When they arrived at the apartment building, Yamaguchi was already waiting for them at the front door. He smiled upon seeing Hinata and Amaya coming and waved his hand. The ginger picked up speed for the last spurt and dashed forward, leaving Amaya far behind him. She didn't even try to run after him because the girl knew she wouldn't last long. The last thing she wanted to do was to run out of breath.
"Shoyo-kun it's nice to see you." Yamaguchi smiled widely as he greeted the smaller boy. Hinata hugged his dear friend and laughed loudly. He was also very happy to see his friend. They had been keeping touch every day, but this was the first time he met Yamaguchi since they moved away, if not counting the incident during the full moon.
"Yamaguchi-san it's been a while." The ginger smiled and turned back at Amaya who had just made her way to them. He then continued. "She's Aomine Amaya-san whom I talked about before. She's a student from my class and also knows my secret." The secret that had already been revealed to Kageyama. Amaya bowed at Yamaguchi and Hinata introduced the latter as his good friend.
"It's nice to meet you Aomine-chan. Also, Shoyo-kun, I'd prefer if you called me Tadashi." Hinata addressing him by his surname made their feel like strangers. Yamaguchi didn't like the idea of that.
"I'd rather not." Hinata answered with straight face.
Tsukishima would end him to that place if he was to do it.
Just the thought of it made shivers go down Hinata's spine.
"Eh?" Yamaguchi looked surprised of the sudden refusal.
The ginger didn't answer him, instead he was in deep thought. "Tsukishima would never forgive me." He laughed with an oddly desperate face while obviously avoiding Yamaguchi's eyes. "That's why I'm going to call you Tada-kun." Hinata declared, what made Yamaguchi smile. He was happy, because this was the first time a friend was calling him by a nickname.
"Then shall we go?" Yamaguchi suggested and their entered the building. He guided the duo into elevator and pushed the fifth floor button. Amaya was amazed at the coincidence; she also happened to live in the fifth floor.
The apartment Yamaguchi and Tsukishima lived in was small but cozy. The toilet was situated right next to entrance and the small hall took them into dining room with walk-in-kitchen filling completely the left wall. On the right side there was a shoji door which connected the dining room with the bedroom.
"How about I make you guys some tea? Or would you prefer coffee?" Yamaguchi questioned, making his way to the kitchen while Hinata and Amaya were still taking off their shoes. Even though Hinata had seen the apartment before, he was still amazed how it gave out a warm feeling. Just by furnishing the apartment it became so much more home-like. The ginger liked it.
"Tea is okay with me." Hinata answered, making his way to the dining room. By Yamaguchi's suggestion he then sat down, while the brunette prepared everything he needed to serve his quests. Amaya sat on the seat opposed to Hinata.
"I'll have coffee. Black and without sugar." The girl mumbled out her request, that due to her arrogant voice almost sounded like a demand. There was a long day waiting for her, so it was better to start charge batteries as soon as possible.
Yamaguchi did give her a long stare, but went to fill the coffeemaker without any words.
The moment Yamaguchi had finally finished all the preparations and sat down to enjoy some tea, the front door opened. Even though he had just sat down, Yamaguchi immediately rushed to the front door to greet his boyfriend. "Welcome home, Tsukki! Weren't you supposed to have work after this?" He questioned from the blond, who had returned home far earlier than expected.
"I'm back, Tadashi." Tsukishima answered while taking of his shoes. "My partner unexpectedly caught a cold so the shooting was postponed." He continued and walked to Yamaguchi. He approached the small guy and pecked a kiss on his lips. Yamaguchi and Hinata (who had been stalking them from the kitchen) blushed of the sudden expression of love.
Yamaguchi started roll his fingers around while his glance wandered around the place. "Please Tsukki, we have quests." His maiden-like sentence made Tsukishima to raise his eyebrow. Yamaguchi was sticking to him like a glue, but when it came to kissing or even holding hands he suddenly became very shy. That innocent part of him was what Tsukishima loved in him.
"Oh, you mean the shrimp? It's not like he doesn't know about us. I bet that kid haven't had his first kiss yet." Tsukishima snickered, his superior attitude towards Hinata being obvious. This made Hinata's embarrassment to fade away and he pouted hard. What did that blonde even know about him? He had already kissed twice.
Twice!
Seeing Hinata's reaction to the insult was amusing, so Amaya thought the other man must've done it on purpose.
"I didn't mean Shoyo-kun. There's someone else too." Yamaguchi announced and Tsukishima's eyes sharpened. He immediately become more alert and almost cursed himself for being so relaxed. He should've been aware that one shouldn't let their guard down even at home. What if they've come to take him away?
The moment Tsukishima saw Amaya, he froze. "You?" If nothing else, the uniform gave her away immediately. The blue-haired girl sitting opposite Hinata was a student of Teikoku High – and because her uniform was white she was part of the Advanced Class. It could be read from Tsukishima's face that he was relieved.
It wasn't them.
"Me? Oh, Don't worry about me. After this guy turned from a stalker-lesbian to a sicko-crossdresser and then was part of passionate gay-kiss-scene, I'm sure there's nothing that will surprise me anymore." Her expression was awfully straight as she kept on mocking Hinata. Well, she wasn't exactly the one to speak. Had someone found about her situation, they would never approach her again.
Tsukishima stared at the girl with sharp tongue and suddenly broke into laughter. It was so much unlike him, that Hinata had shivers go down his spine. The whole situation was all too creepy. He also didn't like about the fact that everyone was literally laughing at him.
"A sicko-crossdresser you say. Wouldn't found a more fitting word for the shrimp." Tsukishima stated, chuckling at the comment. Hinata gave him a long and intimidating stare, but it seemed that Tsukishima ignored it completely. A stare from a shrimp wasn't scary at all. With that baby face, he wouldn't scare anyone in the haunted house.
With everything finally shorted out, Amaya introduced herself to Tsukishima and the blonde joined them for a cup of coffee. The more they talked, the more Hinata found Amaya being very similar with Tsukishima – at least in the aspect that they both loved to tease him. He was glad that he had gathered the courage to invite Amaya visit his friends. When she was with them she seemed to liven up a little.
This was when Hinata realized that Tsukishima was giving him a weird look. The boy answered to him with an offensive face that was ready for battle. "Just making sure, you didn't fall in love with The King, right?"
Gosh, why was he going about that again? No he wasn't in love with Kageyama. He wasn't the least bit pleased about the kiss before the priest right after Kaygeyama had called him a dumbass. He hadn't been even little happy about the fact that Kageyama had gone all the trouble to buy him a phone. He surely wasn't the least thankful for the time Kageyama had come to save him from the stalker and forced a kiss on him. His heart hadn't skipped a beat when he had received Kageyama's second button.
Hinata Shoyo wasn't in love with Kageyama Tobio.
Everything seemed to be in check. The security cameras showed no signs of people wandering around the building. The guards had been put to sleep by the rest of the gang who invaded into the yard and were waiting for further instructions. The owner was going to be for another three hours so they had all the time on earth to complete their mission.
Sawamura rechecked the security cameras again before confirming the safety to his mates. "Everything is clear on the inside. Once Sugawara manages to disable the security alarm, I'll give you permission to enter. Wait for my call." The leader announced to the microphone and everyone heard him through the earpiece they had attached to their right ear.
"Try to hurry up! It's getting fucking hot in these costumes. Whose bizarre idea was it to put black full body leotard in the middle of summer? I haven't been this ashamed in my whole life." Tanaka retorted, sounding offended. It didn't help that over those costumes they were wearing bullet proof vest and other equipment they needed in order to barge into the house.
"ARE YOU SAYING MY TASTE IS WEIRD?" He suddenly heard Nishinoya yelling into his right ear. Well, he had expected something like that. Nishinoya was the one in charge of the case, so of course he also decided to handle the clothing and equipment. The more Tanaka stood hiding in the yard, the more he felt his manliness fly away into the vast sky. He just wanted the mission to end.
"No, I actually like this costume. I wonder if it would be easy to play volleyball in this?" Came out Kageyama's comment that sounded all too innocent. Indeed, he was a very simple person.
"Don't call it a 'costume'! Also don't play volleyball in this, the ball will slip from your arms." Nishinoya yelled back, obviously offended by the costume-part on Kageyama's comment.
"Oh, I see. Ah, I want to play volleyball." The raven answered, his mind wandering off to his favorite hobby.
Nishinoya and Tanaka were about to shout back, but the sudden sobs at their ears made them stop. Finally, they heard Sugawara's voice speaking. "I'm so sorry it's taking such a long time. I'm so sorry for not being as good as Ennoshita-kun." They heard the gray-head apologizing to them.
An awkward silence filled the air and Tanaka felt intense stares coming from behind him. He knew without turning back that Nishinoya was particularly glaring at him with flames emitting from all over his body. He had obviously said too much what made Sugawara to lose himself completely. He needed to apologize or Nishinoya would end him. "Sorry, Suga-san I said too much! Just do your work, we'll wait as long as we need. Don't worry about being inferior to Ennoshita-san. That guy's literally genius at hacking."
His attempt to cheer up the gray-head failed totally.
"YES!"
Or maybe not.
They waited for another five minutes. Tanaka was already starting to yawn, when he suddenly heard the news that made all of his tiredness fly away. "The security is disabled, follow my instructions to the room where the safe case stock with the stolen money is being held." Sawamura instructed from the black van that was parked few streets away from the house where Tanaka, Nishinoya and Kageyama were positioned.
"Yes, sir!" Came a determined answer from the trio.
The case they were working on at the time had been requested by Nishinoya's client, Himura Ryohei. Himura had been working on a large scale exhibition together with a business partner with the promise to split the income into half. Yet, once the exhibition was over and they had received the money, the man was already long gone. Along with all the money.
Himura's wish was to find the man and retrieve the money what belonged to him. He was a kind man and wished that none was to be harmed or killed. It was a rare case, because people usually came to them for the very wish to have someone leave this world.
The mission operating team consisted of the leader Sawamura - who looked over the whole situation and gave the instructions, Sugawara - who was left in charge of the hacking due to absence of Ennoshita and Kiyoko - who would be taking care of injured ones if something was to happen. Neither Sawamura nor Sugawara felt comfortable in their current positions as their real jobs were to gather information, but due to the lack of members they had no other choice.
The active team consisted of Tanaka - who was left in charge of the offence if someone was to attack them, Kageyama - whose job was to give support his two partners and retrieve the money and Nishinoya - who took care that everything was alright with the defense. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi were taking a rest, as they had handled the previous case pretty much on their own and Azumane was visiting his house-worker in the hospital.
Kageyama moved around the house according to the instructions of Sawamura and finally found the room where the case was. He opened the door just a little bit to peek inside and once he was sure that everything was clear, he glanced at Nishinoya and Tanaka. The two men nodded and finally the trio entered the room.
"Do you see a big painting of a ship in the sunset in the room. Take it off the wall, the case stock is hidden behind it." Sawamura told, looking at the data he had managed to gather during the investigation. Alongside the placement of the case stock in the house, he also knew the code number that was needed in order to open the case. He glanced at Sugawara, who nodded.
"The code is the following." Kageyama listened closely to the gray-haired man who listed the numbers. Nishinoya and Tanaka kept watch to make sure that there were no people wandering outside the house and that the guards were still out cold. They didn't need people to see them and raise unwanted commotion.
Kageyama turned the lock around for the final time and opened the stock. Much like Sawamura had assumed, Himura's partner had kept the money he had received from the exhibition in a briefcase. "Take the case and put half of the money into the case we brought with us. Himura-san made it quite clear he wanted only his money back - taking the briefcase with all the money would mean he's no better than his partner."
Nishinoya handed out to Kageyama the briefcase he had been holding with him and the two started to split the money into two. Meanwhile Tanaka made the final check on the outside, to make sure that no one of the neighbors had started to move outside. He then returned back to his partners.
What he missed to see, was the black car parked near the garage.
The moment Nishinoya was returning the briefcase to the safe case stock, lights were lit into the room. The owner of the house had returned home. The very man who had stolen Himura's part of the money. "What's the meaning of this, who are you guys?" He questioned from the men in weird black leotards. The moment he saw Nishinoya near the open safe case stock, all the color escaped from his face.
"INTRUDERS, THIEVES, BURGLARS!" He yelled and immediately three men from behind him entered the room, ready to take on the intruders. Things didn't seem very good for the trio.
"Oi, what's this? Wasn't he supposed to be out for another three hours?" Tanaka yelled desperate as he tried to dodge the throws the man charging at him was making. He took few of the hits with a defensive stance, but didn't really bother to take the offence. They client wished for them not to harm anyone.
"I don't know what's going on! I can't believe I missed him arriving home. I was sure to check on the security cameras the whole time!" Sawamura sounded confused for the first time in his life. He didn't get it. What had he missed, how the man had gotten past them?
Kiyoko stared at the camera views in the monitor and then at the data book near Sawamura. "You missed one camera. It says here that there's 21 cameras. We have view of 20 only." She announced, making Sawamura to smack the table in defeat. To think that he had made such a beginners mistake, he was a fool.
"Shit!"
"No use crying over spilled milk. Daichi-san what are your next instructions? How do we get out of this situation?" Tanaka yelled. They needed to think of a plan and fast. Leaving that to Sawamura was the best choice. He was sure to get them all out of there safe.
Sawamura was still at loss, but the looks Sugawara and Kiyoko gave him told that they were counting on him. He took a deep breath to calm down and started to analyze the situation. Nishinoya, Tanaka and Kageyama had their hands full of defending themselves from the guards while listening to Sawamura's new instructions.
Once he was done, Kageyama was the first one to voice out his opinion. "I refuse! I not leaving this house without Noya-san and Tanaka-san! I refuse to flee on my own." His pride didn't allow him to be the only to run away with tail between his legs. He was sticking with his partners if it meant he would be caught.
"Oh, stop acting like a tragic heroine! Do as the leader says!" Tanaka rolled his eyes, finally managing to land a hit on his opponent.
"But!" Kageyama was going to object.
"Go! You're holding onto the most essential thing of our mission. You need to retrieve it back to our leader." This time it was Nishinoya who spoke. He was also fighting his opponent on defense, but also managed to land some effective blows.
Kageyama was still obviously against the plan but with two against one, he had no choice but to follow Sawamura's words. With every blow of his opponent he started slowly retreat towards the window and once he decided he was close enough, Kageyama suddenly pulled something from his vest.
There was an explosion and half of the room was filled with smoke. It took moments for it to fade away and once the smoke was gone, Kageyama was nowhere seen. Nishinoya and Tanaka kept on the spar, waiting for the right moment. "I'm down!" Their finally heard Kageyama's voice speak to the earpiece.
"Go all out!" Came out Sawamura's command.
The duo retreated to each other so that their backs were now facing each other. "Daichi-san gave us about 5 minutes to finish this." Tanaka told, as he was glancing at his opponents. Currently in the room, there were four guards and the owner of the house. They were all tall and well trained and yet the man with shaved head didn't seem all that freaked out.
"Then let's get out in three minutes!" Nishinoya exclaimed, laughing like a small child. He didn't remember when was the last time he had been so excited during a mission. Tanaka couldn't hide his smirk as he took out two pieces of rod what he connected together and they eventually grew into a spear.
The two glanced at each other. "Let's go!" Tanaka yelled, taking the offence for the first time. He fought his bare handed opponent with the spear of his, making sure to hit them with the blunt part. Everything was over within seconds. As Tanaka smacked down the opponents, Nishinoya gave him support and created protective barriers around Tanaka, so that he wouldn't get hurt while fighting so many opponents at once.
Last one of the guards fell down and the owner was left all alone. Tanaka and Nishinoya were staring at him with murderous looks as they walked closer. The man panicked and ran to pull out a gun one of his hiding places. "Don't come any closer!" He yelled, shooting at Tanaka.
The man panicked at the thought of what he had done, but he was even more freaked out about the fact that Tanaka was still standing after taking the bullet. The shaved-head was calmly walking towards him, his expression death serious while having Nishinoya right as his back. The owner slowly fell on the floor, his whole body trembling in fear.
Nishinoya knelt before the guy and smiled threateningly. "Don't worry I'm only here to pass on a message from my client." He then told and suddenly the smile on his face disappeared. "I'm never doing business with you again." With that Nishinoya smiled once again at the trembling man and then stood up.
Around the same time, Kageyama had already managed to find his way to the van. "How did it go?" Sugawara questioned from the man who seemed exhausted and pissed off at the same time. The raven gave him a murderous glare, what made the gray-head apologize immediately.
"Good. I pretty much managed thanks to these." Kageyama finally announced, after having a drink from bottle that Kiyoko had brought to him. The man was showing a rope with hook on the end that Sugawara had prepared for everyone just in case. At this, Sugawara showed a happy smile.
Sawamura was also pleased with how they had managed to complete the mission. "Kageyama is back so the mission is complete. Tanaka, Nishinoya return to the van." Upon hearing the command of their leader the duo smiled happily. They high fived and headed towards their friends.
Mission Accomplished.
Aomine Amaya entered the apartment building and greeted the man at the reception. She made her way to the elevator and pressed the fifth floor button. The girl then closed her eyes, waiting for the doors to close. Much to her displease someone ran from the front door and rushed into the same elevator just barely making it. Amaya recognized the man wearing suit as her neighbor so she couldn't ignore him the moment he greeted her.
After that silence filled the elevator. Amaya stared at the numbers in the screen and counted them, wishing to get home as soon as possible. Spending the whole day with people stressed her to drastic extends and she felt her body would blank out any moment. She would lie if saying she didn't have fun, but having been a shut-in for years her mind and body reached their limits faster than usually.
Once the elevator stopped at the fifth floor, Amaya entered the staircase. She gave a small nod to her neighbor who kindly smiled at her, telling her to come and pay a visit sometime. He added that his wife would love it. The girl then made her way to her door and put the key in and turned the lock. Much to her surprise she realized that the door was unlocked.
Amaya could bet her apartment that she had locked the door when leaving in the morning. She wasn't the type to leave without checking things out. Partly at fault was OCD, what made her recheck things far too many times. So there was no way she would've left the door unlocked.
Amaya opened the door and saw a pair of foreign shoes.
That very second her expression glazed. The bluenette stood in the middle of the corridor completely frozen. Her bag started to slide down her shoulder and it finally dropped on the floor with a loud thud. There was a pair of shoes that didn't belong to her in the entrance. Noises made their way to her ears all the way from kitchen. This all could only mean one thing.
Amaya flinched the moment she realized change in the noises. Steps started to advance towards her and with a loud gulp the girl moved her eyes up. Her whole body was shaking rapidly and all the color had escaped from her face. Amaya's eyes met with another pair. Very playful ones, accompanied with a wicked smile.
"Welcome home, sweetie." Came a greeting that made spines go down Amaya's back.
She felt like throwing up.
Curse the world.
It was a very quiet day in the main Kageyama house. The mother was finishing paper works in her office room while the father was out on a business meeting. The maids and butlers were busy keeping the place clean and running random errands for their mistress, whereas the cooks worked their ass in the kitchen to prepare fabulous dinner for their master and his business partners.
One of the maids halted her work as the sound of phone ringing. The young girl, who had been employed few weeks earlier in order to provide food for her younger siblings, let go of the brush she was holding in her arms and headed towards the phone. She made sure to clean her hands before picking up the phone.
A light knock on the door made the Kageyama mother shift her attention away from the paper work before her. She gave the person permission to enter her room and soon the door was opened. She watched as her newest employee made her way into the room while holding onto a phone. The girl bowed and spoke only after receiving permission from her mistress. "Madam, it's for you. Someone called Hinata wishes to speak with you."
Kageyama mother's eyes sharpened at the mention of the name, and she nodded. "Bring it here. Be sure to close the door behind you." She instructed the young girl, who did as she was told. She bowed, brought the phone, bowed again and then went to the door. She bowed for the last time before exiting the room and closed the door behind her.
The young ones surely were serious about their job, Kageyama mother thought. But this also showed how much the girl was in need for every cent she could get. Finally, she picked up the call. "This is Kageyama speaking."
"Oh, finally! It's been such a long time I couldn't almost recognize your voice. How are you?" Hinata mother questioned from Kageyama. The two of them were friends all the way from their high school days, but due to circumstances they hadn't been in touch for the past years. This was the first time they spoke to each other ever since the wedding.
"I'm fine thank you! Busy with work like usual. How about you? Is your husbands company back on feet again?" Kageyama questioned, pretty much going by the usual routine of small talk. She was wondering why exactly Hinata had called her out of sudden when they hadn't had any contact for so many years. There must be a reason for it. She just needed to wait in order to find out.
"We're doing fine, thank you for asking. Thanks to your help we managed to recover the company and currently we're doing even better than before. It's all thanks to your husband. Please be sure to tell my best regards to him." Hinata told excited, thanking her friend.
Kageyama mother felt kind of troubled by the formal language her best friend used, but decided not to pay too much attention to it. This only showed how they weren't so close to each other anymore, like they once used to be. "I'm glad to hear that. I will surely tell him once he arrives back home." The woman told reassuring her friend.
All of a sudden the chat met a sudden end. Kageyama mother waited for Hinata to answer to her, but instead she just heard random and vague mumbling. It was as if the woman was trying to gather her courage to speak. Having no idea how to continue the conversation, Kageyama could only wait for the other woman to talk. Maybe she would reveal the reason for her sudden call.
"Kageyama-san I am so sorry!" Came a sudden and unexpected apology from the other side of the phone. Hinata's voice was cracking and Kageyama could hear heavy and anxious breaths against the phone. The woman raised her eyebrow. Exactly why was Hinata apologizing to her? Had something worth of it happened?
"We've done a horrible thing against your family and that's why I can't hide the truth from you anymore!" Hinata continued crying, what made Kageyama even more curious. The former one hold a short pause and then announced. "The one Tobio-kun married wasn't Natsu but actually Shoyo."
"What?" Kageyama mother's eyes widened in shock. She should've had figured out that the call concerned Tobio and Shoyo, though. That's pretty much the only thing that connected the two friends at the moment. Hinata mother sobbed loudly and started explaining their situation to her old friend.
Kageyama listened closely as her dear friend talked about Natsu's unexpected death and how they had no choice left but to give out Shoyo as the bride as the contract had already been signed. "And here I was wondering why Natsu-chan didn't look like the girl I saw in the omiai picture. It was also strange that Shoyo-kun wasn't present as his sister's wedding." Kageyama closed her eyes and revealed her doubts.
"I am so sorry for deceiving you this whole time, we have done a horrible thing to your family. I hope that you're able to forgive us one day. We did it in order to save our family." Hinata mother kept crying apologies into the phone. Kageyama mother understood her completely. Carrying through the marriage not only their company was saved, but it also provided Shoyo with safe place to stay at. Had they cancelled it, they would've lost everything and Shoyo would've ended up in the streets without stable work or career. This way they could provide their son a safe and stable place to stay at where he could follow his dreams.
Had she been in the same situation, she would've done exactly the same thing.
All in order to save her most precious son.
Kageyama mother glanced at a picture of a laughing boy with blonde hair and showed a weak smile. "You don't have to apologize to much. I completely understand your situation. Also, it's Tobio whose living with all that, not me. I bet that son of smile is so oblivious he hasn't realized he's been living with a man this whole time." Kageyama showed a mischievous smirk when she imagined her son's expression after finding out the truth.
"That's exactly what I'm the most worried about. We went against the priests' words and brought them together once again. What if the gods get angry at us?" Hinata mother panicked, worry overwhelming her mind and body. She couldn't bear the thought of something awful happening to her son.
"There is no need to worry. It's been years since we were told that. I'm sure those words don't hold any meaning anymore. Also, both Tobio and Shoyo are strong. They'll be able to overcome any obstacle. They were able to do it back then, they're sure to do it once again. After all they are our sons. What's left for us to do is to pray for their safety." Kageyama mother assured to the Hinata mother as her eyes wondered to the picture where she was posing together with her husband and young Tobio.
He was her son.
"I hope so."
A/N: People around the world are playing PokemonGO, whereas my phone won't support the game (cries). Just joking, at least I finally got the down to write a chapter down. And we finally get to see what exactly Kageyama was doing during the times he was out of the house - sometimes even for a long time. This was actually one of their "kindests" missions as they were forbidded to kill anyone. Sometime in the future we will come across different cases they are assigned to do.
No KageHina in this chapter. (Cries).
Just a short explanation about the title. Blue Moon referes to Aomine and Tsukishima - Ao-Blue, Tsuki-Moon. Amaya is pretty much the hidden main character of this chapter and it is also shown how she is similar to Tsukishima and how they get along well from the very start. Evening Burglar refers to Nishinoya - Evening - Yuu. Burglar because they're pretty much trespassing into someones house and taking stuff.
I see you guys in the next chapter - what is the oh-so-cliché summer holiday and beach chapter.