Yamaguchi's jacket was stuffy while inside his house, but the weather report said it was overcast and chilly, there might even be some rain. He was quick to gather his wallet and head towards the front door, it's not like he was avoiding his parents but he didn't think he could handle any more concerned questions about how he's feeling or their lectures on internet articles they've read about the Aquatic lineage. He can't keep watching their somber silence as they wonder what could have gone wrong when Yamaguchi was born, not today.

He'd been to school a few days in the several weeks after the lineage cards were assigned. His absences were less to do with his health and more to do with avoiding questions on his animal lineage. On the days he'd gone, Yamaguchi skillfully avoided most conversation and questions about it.

Despite his fear of the other's reaction, Yamaguchi worried about his grades and what the school administration would say. Luckily his mother had answered all the calls from the school and gave his health as an excuse.

The thought hit him that the school probably already knew it was required to send a photocopy of every student's card after they received them. He felt his heart drop and his anxiety spike higher than it already was.

He quietly closed his front door and headed away from his house as quickly as he could. He had no destination in mind, just somewhere no one knew about him and his lineage.

Nothing seemed real after the change, he was waiting for everything to be revealed as some sort of sick joke. If anything, he believed that the lineage officials had to be joking when they assigned him as an Aquatic. His hand gripping the pastel orange wallet in his pocket, just knowing the lineage card was with him made him feel uneasy.

He'd been walking for 20 minutes or so before he noticed that he'd made his way to a small artificial riverbank. The water was calm, the only moment caused by the light breeze.

As Yamaguchi watched the water, his hands felt dry. His tongue moves across his chapped lips as he moved closer to the water. He wants to enter, he wants to feel himself get consumed by the body of water.

The aquatic knows he doesn't belong here, the way his parents and medical professionals look at him causes him to tremble. Everyone had been affected by the atmospheres change, so why did they look at him like he was some kind of freak of nature.

If his own mother could look at him like that, then what would his classmates say, what would Tsukki say?

"What are you doing?" a voice behind Yamaguchi calls out, causing him to jolt.
Standing behind him by several feet was just the person he wanted to avoid most, Tsukki.

"I was taking a walk." he answers, dark eyes darted to the floor as if he's too ashamed to make eye contact with Tsukki.
"W-what are you doing?" he stutters.

The blonde hesitates to answer, the other's obvious discomfort and shame too easy to see and too hard to ignore.
"Your mother messaged me, she asked for me to find out where you went." he moves closer. "It's not a good idea to scare your mother right now." his voice low.

Yamaguchi chuckles and apologizes, his own voice weak and his eyes continue to avoid Tsukki. A tinge of irritation couldn't help but hit Tsukki as he watched his closest friend obviously put distance between them with his avoiding attitude.

"You should be glad that all school clubs have been canceled until this whole lineage thing becomes a bit more normal or you'd be off the team. You're lucky the couch is more understanding than he needs to be, because you haven't said a word about missing so much." the blondes voice and words were harsh, much harsher than Yamaguchi wanted to deal with at the moment but he couldn't speak up against his friend.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been feeling well. I read the letter the school sent out about the clubs or I would have called the coach. He has more important players to worry about, he doesn't need to deal with me at a time like this." the brunette mumbled, barely loud enough for the other to hear.
"If that's how you really feel wouldn't it would make more sense to call the coach instead of just becoming M.I.A?" Tsukki retorted.

Yamaguchi felt his hand's grip into a tight fist, he didn't want to hear this right now. He didn't want anyone to ask questions or talk about the lineages. "I said I was sorry, okay!" he shouted, his head still directed towards the ground.
"I'm sorry, I've missed so much. I'll call the coach tonight and make sure to clear everything up." his voice quickly lowered as he realized that he'd shouted.

Shouting like that wasn't like Yamaguchi, Tsukki was surprised at the power in his voice. Both knew that getting into a fight right that moment would only cause trouble and a scene. The blonde flipped his phone open to a group message sent to him from Kuroo and Bokuto.

"Seems most of the other schools here and in Tokyo have all stopped club programming until things get back to even a shred of what we think is normal." he held his phone out to let Yamaguchi see.

The Aquatic looked over the messages sent about the schools, he wasn't surprised. There had been nonstop reports and videos on how certain species were interacting and tensions between lineages.

It was honestly exhausting to both Yamaguchi and Tsukki, both thinking similar things on the reports.

"Instead of calling coach later, why not meet up with him right now?" Tsukki took a few steps back and stuck his hands in his pants pockets.

"Coach called a meeting for all the players to discuss what's going on with the clubs and when we can start practicing again, I was pretty lucky that your mother messaged me to come find you because I was about to head over to your house anyways." he shrugged.

Yamaguchi wanted to make up some excuse for not going, he was practically begging for any reason not to go but knew nothing good could come from denying Tsukki at that moment. He knew that his friend was already suspicious and didn't want to give him any reason to start digging.

"Sounds like fun…" his voice was obvious and weak, his smile fake.

Without a response, Tsukki began to walk towards the meeting place. He knew Yamaguchi will follow him, despite knowing how he really felt about meeting up with the coach.

The brunette moves fast to catch up with the other, is breathing horse from running uphill.

"I'm sure coach is going to take turns addressing each of our lineages and all that. Despite not being a part of the school's administration, he was likely informed and told to take precautions. It would be stupid of the school not to do that, especially with athletic programs." Tsukki broke the silence after a few minutes of walking.

"I'm sure he's not surprised with everyone's lineage, I mean, even I wasn't surprised. I almost burst into laughter when Hinata proudly announced his lineage was Spider Monkey and that Kageyama's was Crow." he mocked.

"I'm even less surprised that my lineage is snake, no wonder I've always been interested in them. Hope you're not a mouse lineage because that'd make this friendship pretty hard." he may have been joking, but his voice was serious.

Tsukki slowed to a stop and was left behind by Yamaguchi, who hadn't been paying much mind to their walking speeds.

The blonde was pretty smart compared to most of his other teammates and even they knew that Yamaguchi was avoiding exposure on his lineage. Brown eyes were practically staring holes in the back of Yamaguchi's head and he'd noticed.

Both had come to a stop and could practically hear the aquatic's heartbeat. He knew what was going to be asked, sweat forming on his brow and hands clenched tightly.

"Why haven't you told me your lineage, Yamaguchi?" the question was dry and straight to the point.

There was nothing Yamaguchi could do to avoid this, he knew it'd come sooner or later. His body begging to lie or make something up, but he was frozen in place. If he told them, there would be no going back to normal.

He couldn't muster the strength to respond, his body shaking and his eyes welling with tears. He'd spent weeks avoiding the rest of the world in fear of how they'd react, so how could he face Tsukki with an answer now?

"I'm sorry…" his voice broke as his head hung down.

How could he possibly say it to the person he feared to lose most?