Time felt like it had stopped. Just seconds ago, the other had been focused on him and talked some to him. But now he was gone, his heart no longer beating. Since he hadn't enough blood to bump around, it gave up the fight. Like a dying plant that refuse to take in water or sunshine.

Since his heartbeat stopped, the machine sent a warning to the doctors and nurses, and they came running into the room. The doctor from before gently escorted him out of the room, while the other prepared to insert the new blood in an operation room. While the doctor sat Asahi down on a couch in the corridor, Masako came, obvious to the sudden change of atmosphere and that Asahi wasn't in the patient room. The doctor quickly filled her in and then as quickly left.

Seconds became minutes and finally hours. After two hours, the rest of the Karasuno team came, having got a message from Asahi that things didn't look good. When they arrived, they saw Asahi sitting on a bench, along with another woman. Just when Daichi was going to call out to him, the doctor from earlier came out. Asahi stood up and seemed to ask him something, but since they were so far away they couldn't hear anything.

Asahi's face was serious when they talked, and the woman's became more and more scared and panicked. Even Asahi's face became more panicked as they talked. The doctor was calm the entire time, but he looked exhausted and somewhat sad. Finally the doctor ended their conversation and walked away, leaving the two persons in shock and what looked like grief. As the group walked up to them, Asahi sat down again, his elbows resting against his knees and his face hidden away in his palms. He was shaking, and so was the woman. Tears was streaming down her cheeks, and one hand was covering her mouth, all while her body shook terribly. No one said anything.

A pang of relation came upon the group. And everything stopped…

The woman's sobs became louder and louder, and although Asahi was mostly quiet, a few sobs of his own came now and then. The rest of the team was silent. No one dared to say anything, too scared to make the situation worse than it already was. After all, Nishinoya had-

"He was so close, and yet…" Asahi suddenly said quietly. Everyone snapped up at him.

"A… Asahi?" Suga tried calling out. Asahi snapped up at the voice, realizing the group was there. His eyes were red from crying in silence, and his face was slightly pale from the constant worrying.

"Ah… you guys" He wiped away the tears from his eyes and cheeks. "Sorry for looking like a mess…"

"Ah, don't worry about it!" Suga quickly said, still sounding like the worrying 'mother' he was. "So, uhm… How did it…" He tried asking how things went, but the words got stuck in his throat.

"Oh, that's right. You haven't been here since yesterday… So I guess you didn't heard what the doctor just said" He said, smiling a bit sadly. Suga felt a lump in his chest, not daring to say anything more.

"Well… during my stay in his room, his heart suddenly stopped beating. He was rushed into surgery to more forcefully emptying his body of blood, and they then filled with the new one. But he wouldn't wake up… so…" He gave an exhausted sad laugh, slight scratching his chin.

"Thankfully, he will have it much better now" Masako said and also smiled, although hers seemed more warm. The hall went silent again. Hinata had tears forming in his eyes, while Kageyama held his hand, trying to comfort him. Yamaguchi seemed calm, simply looking away, but he too was close to tearing up.

"Well, I guess I'll go and see him now. Do you guys want to tag along?" Asahi asked. Daichi looked slightly shocked.

"What?"

"?" Asahi looked at him. "What's wrong? You don't want to?" He asked, looking confused.

"Ah, no but…"

"He'll be sad if you don't, you know that right?" Asahi said, laughing. Now Daichi was REALLY confused.

"What?"

"Just what is up with you? You seriously didn't hear a word? Nishinoya woke up just a few minutes ago, recovering at the moment".

Everything stopped again. Everyone was thinking the same thing. Nishinoya was alive? How, because didn't Asahi just said….

"Hey, are you coming along? Otherwise I'll just leave" Asahi said. Everyone looked at each other, before they started walking after Asahi.

Nishinoya was laying on a hospital bed in a new room, still having some tubes connected to his arms. One new thing was the gas mask that covered his mouth and nose, giving him extra oxygen. He also had a huge set of bandage around his left and right arm, covering his entire elbow, as well as half of his biceps and forearm. It looked like he had some kind of compress under it, just under the bend of the arm. He looked really tired, which wasn't surprising since he just returned from surgery. As Asahi walked over to the bed, Nishinoya slowly opened his eyes and turned his head slightly.

"A…sa…hi?" He managed to say, so soft and quiet that it was almost impossible to hear it. Asahi just smiled at him.

"Hi, Nishinoya. I'm glad to see that the surgery went well" He said. Nishinoya just smiled as an answer. Masako also walked up to the bed.

"The doctor said that you will be staying here for a longer period than they had originally thought. Maybe a month at most, but depending on your development, they may change the time for your stay. So hopefully, you'll be able of finishing the recovering at home on your own, which I think would be the best for you". Her son nodded softly, his eyes looking hopefully for the first time in a long while.

"Hi, Noya" Hinata suddenly said. Nishinoya turned his head towards the group, looking surprised.

"I texted them when you were taken into surgery, they came not too long ago" Asahi explained. Again, Nishinoya just nodded and smiled towards the group.

"We heard you had a real role-coaster, but thankfully you survived. How are you feeling?" Daichi immediately regretted the question, as he noticed that Nishinoya was far too weak to even speak. But even so, he managed to rise his arm slightly, his hand flat and shaked it a bit.

"I take it as a 'so-so', I guess" Daichi said, chuckling a bit. Nishinoya just smiled and laid his arm back down on the bed.

"Well" Hinata then said. "Noya is probably tired after all of this, so why don't we all go home and come back tomorrow? He's probably better by then" He said and smiled to the boy on the bed. Nishinoya felt that the team was blessed the moment this guy joined. It was sometimes like having Suga x2. The other's smiled as well.

"You're right, Hinata. It have been a long day after all. We'll just come back tomorrow then, Noya!" Tanaka said. The other also said their goodbye's and then left. Asahi stayed in the room, maybe a couple of hours before he also left.