As Kageyama was sleeping, he heard something unfamiliar and tried to ignore it. It kept getting louder until he opened his eyes a bit to see two dark figures standing over him. Kage didn't care, as he wanted to go back to sleep before the two dark figures let out a deafening "Wake up!". Kage jumped, which made Hinata, who was still sleeping on him, jolt. The two dark figures turned out to be his parents with stern looks on their faces.

"Who is this, and why is the T.V on?" Kage's dad asked a bit angrily.

"And why is he sleeping on you, on the couch?" His mom added.

Kage's parents, while both being heavy sleepers, were also early birds, and woke up to find their son lying on the couch with some stranger curled up in his arms.

"I- Uh…" Was all Kage could get out before Hinata chimed in with,

"I'm Hinata, I had to stay over here for the night."

"Right, and because you are both fully dressed, I can only assume you didn't have sex on my new couch." Kage dad replied inquisitively.

Kage's face went instantly to a deep shade of red as a wave of embarrassment washed over him. He wasn't sure if it was from his dad's brashness, them being caught in this position, or that this was the way that he introduced his boyfriend to his parents. He heard Hinata reply to his dad with a giggle, and an assurance that they did not have sex on the couch.

"Well that's good, I guess we better set room at the table for one more. How long are you staying, Hinata?" Kage's mom asked with the voice of someone who was still not fully awake. Hinata only shrugged, which was met with raised eyebrows from Kage's parents before they decided that this could be settled after breakfast.

As Kage's parents walked off to do their normal early morning routine, Kage felt very relieved that most of the awkwardness of introducing them to his boyfriend was now out of the way. Hinata didn't seem upset about the rude awakening, which Kage was grateful for. Kage decided to take a shower while breakfast was cooking, while thinking of a way to explain to his parents what happened last night. After his shower he went downstairs to see his dad talking to Hinata at the table. Hinata looked a bit tired; it was clear that he had answered a lot of questions already on the little sleep he had.

"I like your boyfriend Kage, he likes Godzilla." Kage's dad said with a smile.

"He seems nice, but since when have you been gay? I never thought you to be the type." Kage's mom asked while finishing up breakfast.

All Kage could do was shrug and take a seat by his boyfriend. In truth, he had no idea. He never liked anyone this way before Hinata. As breakfast was being put on the table, Kage's mom asked, "So Hinata, why did you need to stay over here last night?"

Hinata turned away, unsure as to what he should say. Kage was furiously trying to think of something to say to cover for Hinata, but his thoughts were interrupted by Hinata's confession.

"I was… Kicked out for dating Kageyama."

"That's awful! Well, you are welcome to stay here for now." Kage's mom replied with empathy.

As breakfast was served, Kage's parents barraged Hinata with questions. Kage could tell it was bothering Hinata by the way he was answering, as well as his generally tense posture. Kage ate as fast as he could so he could drag Hinata to "volleyball practice," which was really just an excuse to get Hinata away from his parents. As they shuffled quickly out of the door, they could hear Kage's mom shouting for them to have fun.

"Sorry about them, they can be like that sometimes." Kage said apologetically.

"It's ok, I was more concerned by the fact that I couldn't eat between answering their questions." Hinata chuckled.

As they walked casually down the street, Kage couldn't help but notice how nice it was today. Sparse clouds, deep blue sky, sunlight going through Hinata's disheveled orange hair. It reminded him of their trip to the beach. Thinking about the beach caused several fond memories to spring forth; but then a familiar voice called out to them. Not even in Kage's head could he enjoy Hinata uninterrupted.

"Hey! Come 'ere a second."

As they both turned around they found out that it was the old man who Kage vented to. Hinata didn't seem to recognize him, but Kage started to walk up to the old man's porch, with Hinata quickly following behind. As they approached the porch, Hinata whispered, "Wasn't that one of the homophobic old guys?"

"Yea, but he isn't as bad as you think."

With this, Hinata seemed to relax a bit. As they walked up the porch that man grew a wide smile on his face and started to chuckle.

"So this is him? Handsome little guy. What is your name?"

Hinata nervously replied "Hinata, Hinata Shouyou."

The face of the old man grew dark. "Hinata… Oh, I hope you haven't told your mom about your boyfriend yet."

Hinata looked down with a sullen face and said nothing.

"Oh boy, your mother is not the kindest towards gay people."

"Do you know why she is like that?" Kage asked.

"Well it is a long story, but yes, I do know why." The old man said while getting comfortable for what was going to be a heavy monologue.

"It started when she was young. She and my daughter were friends, so I would see her often. I was good friends with her parents, who came over to our house often. She had a great childhood with two loving parents until she was about eight years old. Then her dad decided to divorce her mom to go live with his secret boyfriend. Now back in those days, couples didn't get divorced, period. Add the fact that he was gay and the whole town was out for his blood. Word spread like wildfire around this town and the neighboring one. A man divorcing his wife to be with another man? That was unheard of. The little girl was devastated by the loss of her father, and the only way she could cope was to join the rest of the town in anger. Her father and his boyfriend ended up moving somewhere, and he never spoke to his daughter again. She still harbours those feelings of hatred, which is why I can imagine when you told her that you were gay, she freaked out."

Kage and Hinata were both listening intently to the old man's story. Hinata's face grew more and more sullen as he discovered the reasoning behind his mother's seemingly random hatred. Kage put his arm around his boyfriend and pulled him close.

"Now while you two are adorable, I must be gettin' back inside. I have other things that need 'tending."

"Thank you very much!" Hinata and Kage nearly shouted in unison, which caused the old man to turn and chuckle.

"You two were made for each other."

As the two of them walked off the porch, Kage thought about how the day was still young, and they could go somewhere fun to get Hinata's mind off of his mother. He didn't have any money on hand, but he knew one place that was free, and nearby: the park. He was pretty sure some quality alone time would get Hinata's mind off of things. So he set out to make his boyfriend's face as bright as it deserved to be.

This story is going on hiatus for at least 8.5 weeks as I go to military basic training, afterwards I will finish the story and perhaps write a sequel.