Authors Note – Sadly I don't own Hinata and Kageyama… if I did I'd never share!
I had originally planned on having Daiichi take care of Sumita, but you all seem interested in seeing Kageyama have a hand in things so I tried to oblige. I hope you all like it.
Everyone was silent in the locker room as they changed for evening practice. Hinata was in the far corner of the room changing quickly and quietly, practically hiding behind Kageyama. It was unusual for Hinata not to be bouncing around the room full of energy. Everyone was on edge. It was obvious something had happened. Hinata looked almost wiped of spirit, something not a single one of them had ever seen. Hinata wasn't meant to be quiet or still. It was something they had all come to terms with being around Hinata for so long. He was supposed to be an annoying bundle of energy.
Unable to stand it anymore Tanaka decided he needed to put some much needed energy back into his kohai. "Oi oi oi, Hinata, what say we have ourselves a little competition today hm?"
Hinata perked up at this. "What kind of competition?" he asked peeking out from behind Kageyama. Tanaka smirked evilly.
"What kind?! Why a spiking contest of course. Whoever gets the most spikes past Tsukishima wins! Loser buys popsicles for the rest of the team"
"Hey, don't put me in the middle of this." Tsukishima replied in a board tone. Both Yamaguchi and Suga chuckled.
Hinata smiled. "You're on!" He declared fire in his eyes. Everyone seemed to take a breath then, even Daiichi. Leave it to Tanaka to break the ice. Hinata turned his eyes to Kageyama and pouted. "Send me more tosses than Tanaka-senpai okay?"
"Tsk, as if…" Kageyama replied. Everyone stared astonished that he would turn Hinata down so brazenly after Tanaka had come up with a way to liven Hinata up a bit. "I'll toss to whoever had the best chance of getting it through, dumbass. If you want more tosses then improve your technique."
"Stingy…" Hinata mumbled pulling on his jacket and heading towards the door much more excited than before. "Ous… let's do this." Nishinoya joined him in enthusiasm.
"You've soooo got this Hinata." Nishinoya shouted. "Let's go warm up." He said pulling Hinata out the door excitedly, Tanaka following after.
Once the three of them were out the door and on the way towards the gym Suga was the one to ask. "So how bad was it?"
Kageyama sighed. He had known the rest of the team would pick up on it right away. "Really bad." Kageyama said, balling his fists in remembrance of Sumita's order to Hinata.
"What…" Suga began but Kageyama shook his head no. There was no way he would embarrass Hinata anymore than he already had been.
"You don't have to give us specifics," Daiichi said, understanding exactly where Kageyama was coming from, "but at least give us some idea of what happened."
Kageyama bit his tongue in anger trying to calm himself down glancing at the rest of the team still in the club room. He struggled with how to put the words so it wouldn't reveal anything specific. "Something… sexual in nature." He finally bit out, knowing Hinata wouldn't have even wanted him to say that much. The rest of the team stared at him dumbfounded. Even Tsukishima was shocked.
"Are… are you serious?" Daiichi asked even though he knew Kageyama had to be dead serious. "They didn't r…"
"No!" Kageyama's reply came fast knowing that would be the first question that would be asked. "If they had touched him physically they'd be dead." Kageyama stated, no room for argument. He would have marched right into the teacher's office and strangled Sumita to death, regardless of who witnessed it. The rest of the team looked on in horror, waiting for Kageyama to say something. "It's not as bad as your thinking, but I swear if I get my hands on that guy Sumita he's going to wish he was never born."
"You're talking about Sumita Kyouta, right?" Yamaguchi asked. All eyes turned to him.
"Yeah, that's him." Kageyama replied. "You know him?"
"Not because I want to." Yamaguchi said. "He was the alpha that gave me the worst trouble back in Jr High." Yamaguchi glanced at Tsukishima frowning, they still hadn't talked about any of this, then turned his gaze back towards Kageyama.
Kageyama had been about to say something but he saw Daiichi's face grow cold as his alpha surfaced. Not only had this alpha tormented Hinata but Yamaguchi as well? Daiichi would not tolerate his omega team members to be treated in such a way. Everyone in the room gulped when they felt the presence of Daiichi's alpha surge through the room. "I'll take care of it." Was all that Daiichi said and no one dared to say a thing. "Now get to practice." He ordered everyone his alpha seething as they all left the club room to go to the gym.
The next morning after practice Hinata found himself standing outside his classroom with Kageyama. He really didn't want to go in, but Kageyama was with him at least for a little longer. They made their way over to Hinata's desk and sat down waiting for the others to pile in. Kageyama was looking forward to catching a glimpse of this guy Sumita. The captain may have said he'd take care of it but that wouldn't stop Kageyama from making sure he backed off Hinata. When the door opened to another classmate neither of them had expected Daiichi to walk in as well.
"Captain… what are you…" Hinata stammered but was interrupted.
"Just making sure Kageyama doesn't do anything stupid." Daiichi replied to Hinata taking a seat next to him. There was a sinister smirk on their captain's face and they knew he wasn't just there to keep Kageyama in line. As students came in they were wary of Daiichi being in their class room wondering what a third year would be doing here. Sumita was the last to arrive. When the entire class had filed in Daiichi stood up and moved to the front of the class checking the clock on the wall. There was still a good 10 minutes before the teacher would come in.
In his strongest alpha voice he bellowed at the class. "EVERYONE IN YOUR SEATS." He commanded. Even the alphas were forced to comply no matter how hard they resisted. "Sumita, stand and be quiet." Daiichi ordered. When Sumita did stand all eye turned in surprise to the strongest alpha in their class remaining silent, curious to see what was going to happen. "You've been giving the omegas on my team a rough go, so I think its fair game that you get to experience the same thing. For the next two weeks you are forbidden from using your alpha." Daiichi ordered backing his words with the steel of his alpha. Kageyama and Hinata looked on in surprise. They hadn't expected this at all. But Kageyama couldn't say he was disappointed, but there was more. "If you don't like this order, feel free to take it to the principle. But don't forget to mention every minor detail of the orders you gave out yesterday and in Jr High that earned you this special attention from me."
Kageyama balled his fists and stood moving towards Daiichi, he was grateful to Daiichi but he wouldn't be satisfied with just this. Hinata was HIS mate and he should be the one taking care of Hinata. He looked to Daiichi to see if there was any objection to issuing an order of his own. Daiichi only smiled, as if to say, bout damn time. Kageyama turned around and stared at Sumita. For the first time since Jr High he let his alpha loose. His alpha presence was as strong as Daiichi's but much more fierce. After all, Sumita had pulled the sleeping king from a very long slumber. Kageyama bellowed out his order as strong as he could. Everyone in the room shivered at the ferocity they felt.
"Furthermore Sumita," Kageyama spat the horrible name, "during this time you will comply with any order that an omega or beta gives to you without seeking retribution against them." Sumita frowned at this, his hands balling up in rage. Kageyama stood firm, looking to Daiichi to make sure he hadn't overdone it. Daiichi nodded in approval of this order. They were in agreement that Sumita deserved a taste of his own medicine. Daiichi then looked back to Sumita.
"You do anything more to any of the members on my team and it will be much worse." Daiichi warned. "Now sit in class like a good little alpha." Daiichi said as he made his way to the door. Sumita sat as ordered, he made a move to yell something at the captain but one glance from him silenced any protest. As Daiichi reached the door he turned around. "Oh, and by the way Hinata," Daiichi's voice changed, becoming lighter, "Takeda-sensei told me just before I walked in here that you'll be changing classes today. Gather your things and go see him right away alright?"
Hinata nodded and gathered his things quickly heading for the door, Kageyama following right behind him. Once they were out of the class they all took a deep breath and headed over to the teachers office.
"Well done Kageyama." Daiichi said, giving the alpha a pat on the back. "That was a very fitting order. It's good to finally here that alpha of yours come out." Kageyama remained silent. At the end of the hallway Daiichi split off heading for the third years area with a reminder that evening practice was going to be brutal so be prepared.
As Kageyama and Hinata headed towards the teachers office he couldn't stay silent any longer. "Did you tell Daiichi what the order was?" Hinata asked as he stared at the floor.
"No, but it seems Sumita did something of the same nature to Yamaguchi as well back in Jr High." Kageyama replied. Hinata sighed a bit in relief that Kageyama hadn't told the team any specifics. Kageyama seemed to hear that thought and answered it. "I knew you didn't want them to know. If you want to know exactly what I said you can see what happened the next time we connect." Kageyama said.
Hinata nodded and continued to head towards the teacher's office. "So… that was your alpha…" Hinata said glancing sideways at Kageyama. Kageyama blushed.
"Yeah."
"I can see why they called you King." Hinata said with a smile. "But you're still not quite as scary as the captain." Hinata said.
Kageyama stopped and looked at Hinata in surprise. He had expected Hinata to be scared of his alpha, given what had happened the day before but here the dumbass was talking so casually about it, like it was nothing. "Why aren't you afraid?" Kageyama asked in all seriousness, trying to gage Hinata's feelings through their bond.
Hinata paused looking back at Kageyama as if he were a moron. "Why would I be afraid?" Hinata asked. He wasn't trying to prove a point, he just didn't understand why he would be afraid of his own mate's alpha. This feeling of not understanding was the crucial point, making Kageyama feel like he really was the dumbest person on the planet. Omega or not, Hinata was his equal, his partner, and his mate. But most of all, Hinata trusted in Kageyama 100%, never doubting his safety and never doubting Kageyama as a friend, teammate, or setter.
Kageyama finally relaxed, and though he didn't answer Hinata's question, the omega was content to let it slide. The feelings of relief coming over their bond from Kageyama were enough to tell Hinata that he had said or done something just right. He smiled as they finished the walk to the teacher's office. Once there they excused themselves into the room and went to Takeda-sensei.
"Ah… Hinata, Kageyama… I'm glad Daiichi found you." The teacher said as they approached. He smiled wide at them both. "In light of what happened yesterday, the rest of the teachers have agreed that it would be good to have Hinata in a classroom where he would be much more at ease. Since you're 'extremely good friends' we thought it would be best to place Hinata in Kageyama's class." Hinata's mouth dropped open.
"Really?" He said in bouncing excitement.
"Yep, really." Takeda-sensei said, his smile widening even further. It hadn't been tough to convince the rest of the staff that it was for the best. After all, Kageyama's scent was all over Hinata. Though some of the teachers suspected something was up with how strong Kageyama's scent happened to be, Takeda-sensei was able to pass it off as major overprotectiveness. Kageyama wasn't known for having any friends really, and though the two of them did fight a lot and yell at each other a lot, it was clear that the two of them were somehow really close. It was a bonus that this would help take care of their trigger a little bit better. And on that thought, "but don't forget, you're still in charge of cleaning the third floor bathroom. So make sure you glance in there every day to be sure it's clean."
Overjoyed both of the boys bowed in thankfulness, "Ous!" the shouted together. After that Hinata practically bounced out of the room, physically dragging Kageyama behind him towards his new classroom. Takeda-sensei smiled. One less thing for everyone to be concerned about.
Well everyone but Sumita that was. Gossip of that morning's incident in Hinata's classroom had spread around the whole student body by noon, and many people made sure Sumita had plenty of orders to follow.
Hinata did well in his new classroom over the next few days. He was able to act like himself, there was no fear of the alphas in the room with Kageyama in the seat next to him. Hinata was pretty sure that he annoyed Kageyama quite a bit though. Hinata was social after all and loved talking to anyone and everyone. He made friends fast in the new class and everyone was shocked to find out Kageyama actually did have a friend, commenting on how quiet and anti-social the alpha usually was. Hinata told everyone Kageyama was just shy, to which Kageyama had blushed and told the dumbass to sit down and shut up. As annoyed as Kageyama was at the loud mouth, it was 100 times better than being forced to feel Hinata's suffering from a distance.
At first a few of the students had asked about their scents but no one questioned the mixture of their scent once news about Sumita seemed to circle around the school. Instead they teased Kageyama about being overprotective of his 'one and only friend'. Everyone quickly grew used to the two of them, always fighting, always annoying each other. But despite that, at every break and during lunch everyday Hinata would drag Kageyama from the classroom by his hand with a volleyball in his other. Though he had an annoyed look on his face, Kageyama would always follow without a fight.
When the weekend came around Kageyama and Hinata met with Dr. Ryugazaki. He talked a lot with them about their last meeting utterly fascinated that Hinata and Kageyama's minds would connect every time after they were finished. They were the first couple he had come across that the connection was still happening. He was also fascinated that the boys could practically hear each other's thoughts so constantly at their own will. With most of the other couples it was sporadic at best. When they told him about that moment of clarity they had after their last bout he was completely speechless.
After Dr. Ryugazaki gained his compose back they moved on to talking about what had happened during the week. The first couple of days had been rough but Hinata seemed to be in awe of Kageyama as an alpha, painting an overly dramatic and romanticized picture of everything that had happened that second day. Hinata did most of the talking, Kageyama chiming in only when Hinata would go a little overboard. Dr. Ryugazaki made notes on everything. Both boys were relieved they hadn't been triggered for the rest of the week. They both said it made things easier.
"It seems you two are adjusting quite well." The doc said looking up from his notepad. "I've also gotten a lot of new data about fate mates thanks to you two." He said with a smile. "I think we can call it a day." He said packing up his notebook. "Do you two have any questions for me?" Kageyama and Hinata both shook their heads no and the doc headed out for the evening.
It finally felt like everything was back on track. Practice was back to normal, studying was back to normal. Well as normal as it could get for the four idiots on the team. They all spent hours poring over their studies, hoping beyond hope that they would pass all their tests. Yachi-san was probably the biggest help to Kageyama and Hinata. Though completely surprised at the news of the two being mates, she accepted it whole heartedly just like the other team members had done. She was happy for Hinata especially as she already considered him a good friend. And with crunch time approaching they all turned their attention to studying.
With nothing to interfere between them and trigger a bout of hear or rut Kageyama and Hinata were relieved. They alternated spending the night at each other's houses but usually spent the entire weekend at Hinata's. Though Hinata's was further from the school and getting to and from weekend practice was a pain, they didn't mind it too much. They spent quite a bit of their time babysitting Hinata's little sister Natsu. Natsu loved having Tobio-niichan over on the weekends. Though he was scary at first, Natsu quickly learned that Kageyama would give in much faster than Sho-niichan when it came to sharing food, and he was quieter than Sho-niichan.
Kageyama mostly felt awkward around the little girl, not exactly sure how to treat her. He'd never been good at dealing with little kids, they were usually terrified of him. But within a couple weeks Natsu was climbing into his lap holding a book up at him begging for a story. Kageyama would eventually cave and read her the story if she promised to leave him alone after that. Hinata would watch with amusement at the situation trying as hard as he could not to laugh. As always Kageyama would call Hinata a dumbass and proceed to read the book.
When test time came around they were confident they could manage to pass the tests. They had never studied so hard before, so they had to pass… right?