Chapter 2
As Kageyama lay in bed that night, the thought of what had just happened to him prevented him from sleeping. Unlike before, where his feelings were plaguing his mind, this time Kage wanted to indulge. The feel of Hinata against his chest, the subtle smell of his hair, everything just made Kage feel amazing. While basking in this, however, a thought occurred to him. "What are Hinata and I going to do if others find out…?" He tried to wrestle with this question before his inevitable sleep.
Most of the next day was spent with Hinata trying to stare at Kage without attracting attention, and Kage pretending to not notice while hiding his blushing face. It was even worse before practice, when Kage would zone out from looking at Hinata while warming up. Kage's actions did not go unnoticed from his teammates.
"What is up with you, King? You are normally breathing down us peasants' throats to warm up correctly, and here you are barely paying attention." Tsukishima teased.
"That is enough, Tsuki. Kage, do you have something on your mind?" Sugawara asked.
Suga was one of the third year volleyball players, and Vice-Captain of the team. He was fondly thought of as the "mother" of the team with Daichi, the Captain, being the "father". Suga was a very compassionate person who went out of his way to help the rest of his team in times of need.
"No, I- uh…. I have a really bad cold…" Kageyama stammered.
It was very clear that the only person who bought this excuse was Hinata, whose face immediately went to a mix of panic and sympathy. Suga was attempting to say something when Daichi walked in heralding the start of practice. During this, Kage could see Suga chatting in hushed whispers with Daichi, which made him very uneasy. After what felt like the longest practice he'd ever had, he grabbed Hinata and rushed out before Suga and Daichi could pull him aside and interrogate him about what was making him zone out.
"Kageyama, are you really sick? Because you don't really look it, but if you are, I know this really good chi-" Hinata uttered before being cut short by Kage.
"No, dumbass, I just said that so that way I wouldn't have to admit I was zoning out while watching you stretch." Kage replied in a slightly angrier tone then he meant to.
"That is kinda perverted; were you really watching me stretch?" He said as his face became an adorable shade of deep red.
"I couldn't help it! You were stretching in front of me, and uh- I'm sorry." Kage answered while feeling a bit bad about it.
"It's ok, I mean, we are boyfriends now… You could watch if you wanted…" Hinata mumbled.
"Th-thanks," is all Kage managed to get out before his face started to turn the same shade of red as his boyfriend's.
The slightly awkward conversation fell into a comfortable silence as he and Hinata walked to their respective homes. They happened to live near each other and frequently walked with each other to their houses. As Kage drank in the stillness of the night air and the feeling of walking with his boyfriend, he decided that he really wanted to set up a real first date with Hinata. Kage knew that he wanted to do something fun, but also have it be out of town so that the chances of them running into the people they saw everyday would be minimized. As the ideas for potential date locations turned in his head, one stuck out to him: the beach. It was perfect, he thought. He would get to see Hinata in swimwear, it's cheap, Hinata would probably chomp at the bit to go, and best of all, no one would look for Kage at the beach. As the thought of how he would ask Hinata came to him, he decided to treat it like he would treat talking to anyone else and just be direct.
"Hinata. You, me, beach, Saturday, 10 a.m."
Without missing a beat, Hinata gave a very excited, "Really!?"
At this point, Hinata was very excited and they were reaching the end of their walk home. As they were saying their final goodbyes for the night, Hinata threw his arms around Kage and gave him a small kiss on the cheek before turning away. Kage was beginning to feel his legs get weak as all the blood in his body rushed to his face.
"Du-dumbass, don't do that!" Kageyama stammered in a panic as Hinata almost skipped to his front door.
They waved at each other before Hinata went inside, and Kage sat on his porch. He wanted to recover from Hinata's surprise kiss before going inside and talking with his parents about the "team trip" he would be having on Saturday. He also decided that some sleeping pills might be a good investment, seeing as how he figured this would be another long night of staying awake and feeling giddy about Hinata.
When Saturday finally arrived, Hinata met Kage in town for some breakfast and to catch a taxi over to the beach. Kage's parents gave him a little money to go on the "team trip," just in case he needed it. As they walked out of the cafe feeling probably more full than they needed to, to go to the beach, they walked by a group of three elderly men watching something on a storefront T.V. and talking quite loudly. Kage would have just walked on had he not heard the T.V. mention the yearly gay pride parade being held in Tokyo, and stopped. It was a news report, and the people watching it did not seem very pleased.
"Idiots, all they want to do is run around in rainbow clothes and shove their unnatural ways down us respectable mens throats," one elderly person said to the rest.
"Buncha damn kids, wasting their lives. When they get to be our age they're going to regret getting involved with this crap instead of getting good jobs," another chimed in.
"See, this is the reason that Japan is falling behind in the world economy; our future entrepreneurs are delinquents!" the last one yelled.
As Kage heard all of this, he felt a complicated mix of emotions. He quickly decided, however, to not let these homophobic people ruin his and Hinata's day. He grabbed Hinata and rushed away to hail a taxi. While in the taxi, he could tell that Hinata was also having trouble dealing with what he had just heard from the elderly people. All Kage could think to do was to put his arm around Hinata and pull him in close. The taxi driver gave them a weird look, but he could tell that Hinata felt at least a little better.
When the taxi driver dropped them off by the beach, their first priority was to change into their swimming trunks. There were shower stalls with a booth for "rental lockers" right on the sand, so Kage rented two lockers and they both hopped in the showers to change. When Kage walked out of his shower stall, he could see that Hinata was already putting his clothes into his locker and immediately started to blush. Even from this angle he could see Hinata's incredibly lean and muscular body, and had to bite on his lower lip to keep his head in check. When Hinata looked over at Kage, he immediately looked away and started to turn that familiar red color.
In the time between renting a beach towel and setting it up, Kage became completely transfixed on Hinata. The way the sun went through his hair, the sweat that had started to develop, giving Hinata's skin a very faint glisten, it was already too much for Kage to handle all at once. Kage could tell that Hinata was trying his very hardest not to steal glances at him and that he was probably in a very similar situation. Kage attempted to cut through the impossibly thick sexual tension by suggesting that they go swimming.
"Alright Kage, last one there buys the other a meat bun!" Hinata shouted before taking off in a mad dash for the ocean. Kage kept pace but let Hinata win because he figured that he didn't really have the money for a meat bun in the first place. As Hinata jumped at the waves trying to take them head on, Kage couldn't help but smile at Hinata's expression of pure childlike happiness. This was until Hinata decided to surprise him by dunking him under when he wasn't paying attention, and then it was on! They both started to really wrestle with each other as the waves battered across them making it all harder. It wasn't until a rather large wave finally pushed them back onto the shore that they saw the position they were in. Hinata had one knee on Kage's waist while the other was in between his legs, and he was holding both of his wrists down. They both looked at this for a moment before Hinata burst out laughing and rolled off while Kage was desperately trying to hold in his own giggles.
As they lay on their beach towel, exhausted, Hinata looked over at Kage.
"Thank you for taking me here Kage, I have really enjo-" Hinata managed to cut himself off mid-sentence when he noticed a game of volleyball being played at the other end of the beach. Immediately, all his exhaustion left him as he excitedly pointed it out.
"Kage! Lets go play some beach volleyball!"
Kage looked to see the volleyball game and was instantly ready to go and destroy some random beach goers with his and Hinata's amazing combo. As they approached the game, they noticed that several players on one side seemed to know what they were doing a lot more than the rest of the players. Kage and Hinata decided to play on the opposing side of the random skilled players just for the challenge. As they got into position to play and said their hellos to the rest of the assembled team, Kage noticed one of the skilled players snickering at them. This drove Kage to want to win at any cost, and he gave a look to Hinata, who seemed to get his meaning and gave an affirmative nod. The game was intense, and after a few points it boiled down to the few skilled players versus Kage and Hinata; the others either left after deciding that this game wasn't supposed to be taken this seriously or consigning themselves to see it through to the end. Both teams were running on fumes as each tried to outplay the other for the last couple points of the set. As both teams were tied at 24, it came down to the last play. It was the opposing team's serve. The ball went over, the receiver hit it to Kage, and all the while Hinata was running at max speed to one side of the net. The second he stopped, the other team jumped to try and block his spike attempt, and it was at this second that Hinata burst into a full-on sprint for the opposite end of the net. Kage got the ball and tossed it straight to Hinata. Hinata leapt into the air and made a slam at the ball the moment he reached the apex of his jump. The ball screamed down, impacting the sand on the other side of the net as the faces of the opposing team looked on in both amazement and horror. Kageyama, Hinata, and the rest of the team started to cheer wildly before Kage and Hinata began to feel incredibly invigorated after the narrow victory. As they tried to catch their breath, Kage looked up from being curled over panting, he saw Hinata with his hands on his head breathing hard, and couldn't look away. The way Hinata's skin glistened brightly from the massive amount of sweat on his perfect figure .
In that second only one thing was on his mind, and that was Hinata. Looking at him made him feel an overwhelming sense of primal lust; he needed him, and he needed him bad. He grabbed a hold of Hinata's wrist and without resistance from Hinata, took him to a rocky outcropping. Once there Kage immediately pushed himself and Hinata against the rocks while pulling himself close to his object of desire. Kage looked into Hinata's eyes and saw an intoxicating mix of arousal, shyness, and trust. Kage was about to say something when Hinata forced his lips against Kage's. As Hinata did this Kage noticed that Hinata became very relaxed and wrapped his arms behind his head and pulled him closer. As Kage pulled away, Hinata gave an expression of pure bliss, and this sent Kage off the deep end. All thoughts of making sure no one saw them vanished the instant Kage saw Hinata's face, and from that point his world consisted of just him and Hinata. He pulled Hinata into another deep, passionate, kiss when he felt Hinata's tongue teasing entry. He complied as Hinata pulled back to gasp for air. Kage took this opportunity to kiss his neck, and the smell of musk, sweat, and adrenaline made is brain go blank. The longer Kage was exposed the more primal he felt. Hinata's moans were whipping Kage into a frenzy. Hinata cupped Kage's cheek and guided him back to his lips. At this point Kage pulled Hinata off the rock wall so he could slid his hands down his spine until he was grabbing Hinata incredibly toned ass. Hinata wrapped one of his legs behind Kage as he pushed him back against the rocks. He really considered have sex with Hinata right there, but he felt Hinata push him back a bit. As Hinata unwrapped himself from Kage, he looked at his hands to see them covered in something he didn't recognize at first. It took him a second to realize that he had blood on his hands, and he looked up at Hinata to see him grimacing at the pain which had just set in for him. Kage realized the rocks had dug into Hinata's back to the point of bleeding, and seeing Hinata in pain sent waves of pure abject terror through his body.
"Hinata I'm- I'm so sorry!" Kage said in a panic.
"It- it isn't your fault…" Hinata stammered while trying to give a reassuring smile.
Quickly, they ran over to the rental locker booth to use the first aid kit to try and clean up some of Hinata's wounds. Some of them were pretty bad and Kage was amazed that Hinata didn't feel them earlier. It took a while to get Hinata all patched up, and afterwards they got dressed, Hinata requiring some help with this. On the taxi ride back, Hiana laid on Kage's shoulder to avoid sitting back in the seat.
"Thank you for today Kage… It was the best date I have ever been on…" Hinata said as he started to nod off.
Kage couldn't help but smile and try to not fall asleep himself. The taxi dropped them off near the point where they would seperate, had they been walking home together. As they said their final goodbyes for the night, he watched as Hinata walked into his parents' house. He knew that he would need to explain why he was so late to his parents, but in this moment he didn't care. All he knew was that he just had the best day of his life with what was shaping up to be the love of his life.