p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="4675ed6137bc129341b2026ecd96ce73"Kageyama woke up in a cold sweat. The only thing illuminating the dark, gloomy room was his alarm clock, proudly displaying the time. 1:57AM. Kageyama rolled over to face the wall, attempting to shake off his dream of Hinata, his bright smile and his loving gaze. Heartbreak hit him once again as he cried his eyes out. Attempting but failing. Kageyama's mind kept drawing back to what he read in Hinata's journal. How could he be so blind? How could he not have known? /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="f875c39b9b765ad89fee72b9e7a8963c"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Kageyama. This is what I leave for you. If I may die, I do not die in vein. If you had asked, I would have brought the stars down from their place in space and deliver them to do. I would do so no matter what. But, Kageyama. I die, in hopes that you will discover this notebook. I pray to anyone who is listening that you will read this one day. I have officially gone off my medication. I am sober and inevitably, I will die. /em/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5dac1fce46f405d8049c18d44f65b23e""We know you're hurting. And we understand the pain you're feeling is natural. Because of-" Suga cut off the sentence and after a small hesitation picked up his sentence, "Because of em style="box-sizing: border-box;"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"HIS/span/em death. But Kageyama, its been 3 weeks and we haven't heard from you. We haven't seen you at school or at practice. We are all grieving too, and we want you here. It may seem selfish to you Kageyama but the team really needs you right now. We're falling apart, and you are distancing yourself from us. Kageyama we still want you here. No one blames you for what happened. No one thinks that at all" A chorus of affirmative statements came after that. Kageyama took a deep breath. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="1e523c5e576b12a8a70e5c44f3b3f194""Kageyama, thinking of Hinata isn't a bad thing" Kageyama was cut off. He instantly recognized the voice, "Hinata isn't taboo, and by reminding yourself of him when you play keeps him here, With you and with all of us. We are all mourning and hell, I know numerous people on this team that blames themselves. As much as I hate to say it, we need you here, em style="box-sizing: border-box;"king/em. We all do." Tsukishima spat. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; min-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="a4c1ed3bbfed0cc7e119f8a893c09030"After a moment Kageyama spoke up. "I'll think...about coming back" And that's all the team needed to hear. That's all Kageyama had to say. /p