HINATA, A FEW WEEKS LATER

We have out game with Sugawara school coming up. I am so excited. Practice has just ended. I am on my way to Kageyama work office. I just need to discuss a few things. Namely regarding the changes Kindaichi is trying to make. He makes me feel uncomfortable for some weird reason.

"Coach," I say opening the door. I see Kageyama pushing Kindaichi away from him. What the hell? Where they kissing? "Sorry." I turn and head out the door as I hear Kageyama calling after me.

"Let him go," waved Kindaichi. "I am sure he has seen two men in a relationship before or maybe not."

"We are not in a relationship!" yelled Kageyama. "You made your choice 3 years ago. Hinata!"

"Why are you chasing him?" asked Kindaichi. I had stopped walking hearing everything that was being said. I turn around and walk up to Kindaichi slapping the fire out of his mouth. Kageyama grabs me. "What the fuck?" He charged at me and I was more than ready even with being held back.

"You touch him and I will kick your ass," threatened Kageyama. I see Kindaichi start to laugh. He touches his cheek and lip.

"Are you serious right now?" he asked. "Your fucking little red over there? Oh this is rich. I shouldn't be surprised since you like fucking your team mates." I feel my face get red and I want to hit him again.

"You are out of line," growled Kageyama.

"I'm out of line?" questioned Kindaichi. "Your little boyfriend just assaulted me and you are sleeping with a team mate. I highly doubt I am out of line."

"We did nothing wrong," said Kageyama. "He is treated just like everyone else on the team." Kageyama has never treated me different. Kindaichi is a fucking lair. "I am not going to stand here and argue with you." He drags me to his office closing the door and locking it. "Shoyo, I can explain…" I can feel the tears running down my face.

"I feel like an idiot," I choke out. "He is your ex." I don't know why this hurts so much but it does. "You actually dated that turnip head!"

"Yeah," said Kageyama. "We played on the same team during college. I mean things happened."

"Like with me right?" I say bitterly.

"No," he replied walking closer to me. I backed up from him. "It was like nothing like what we have. Things were different. In a way I think I was settling. I am gay. I am not ashamed of that but people are intimidated by me which makes it even harder for me to connect to people. I liked him, he liked me, end of story."

"So what happened?" I sniffled crossing my arms. Kageyama sighs.

"I wanted to get the title for our school, for our team," he explains. "The guys on the team started to hate me. I guess I was being too hard on them. They started calling my King saying I treated everyone else as if they were beneath me. The nick name was started by Kindaichi. He went along with the team teasing me and shutting me out." Kageyama stops talking and I can tell this hard for him. "It didn't feel like a team anymore so I quit. I also ended what I thought was a relationship."

I can feel myself shaking as I start crying. I knew there had to be others before me but Kindaichi. It explains a lot. Why he pushed me away, why he stopped playing, why he stopped smiling. Kageyama makes his way over to me but this time I don't have energy to move.

"He didn't know I was in a relationship," explained Kageyama. "He tried to kiss me but I am not interested in him. You must know that."

"It's the fact you didn't me," I reply. "I need to be alone."

"Where are you going?" he asked. I walked out of the office not saying a single word to him. I pulled my phone out sending Suga a text. He is currently in practice. I see Kindaichi in the parking lot. He makes his way over to me.

"Stay away from me," I tell him unlocking my bike.

"Look, I wanted to say I was sorry is all," he explained. "I didn't know you guys were dating." I narrow my eyes at him. "You two are good at hiding it." Was that suppose to make me feel better?

"How could you and your team mates treat him that way?" I asked angrily. "You know how much he loves this game. For you to have been his boyfriend and do that to him.." I take a deep breath. "You hurt him, a lot."

"I know," he said. "He was being a bitch. He was also becoming a better player than me. I guess I was jealous back then but I didn't want to admit it." I shake my head.

"You were partners, together. His success was your success. Your team mates too. You guys ruined everything." Kindaichi looks down at his feet before looking back at me.

"Doesn't matter," he shrugged. "Kageyama and I would have broken up anyway. I do regret fucking everything up for our team though."

"You should tell him that," I reply getting on my bike.

"I will if you forgive him," replied Kindaichi. "I don't know why you are mad at him because I did come on to him but forgive him for whatever it is. I can tell he loves you. I have never seen him stand up for anyone the way he did you back there." He laughs. "I seriously feared for my life. Keep that between us." He winks and walks off. I frown thinking about everything that just happened.

I get on my bike and head towards Sugawara. It's a little far but I could us the distraction. I get outside of his apartment just as he is walking up.

"Hey," he greets. "You look awful is everything okay?"

"I am kind of in shock right now," I replied trying to not cry. I don't have a reason to cry, not really. I lock up my bike and follow Sugawara upstairs. He puts on tea before sitting on the sofa and rubbing my back.

"I found out that Kageyama use to date one of his teammates," I explain.

"I mean you knew he had an ex out there somewhere," said Sugawara.

"There is more," I continued. "Like apparently Kindaichi started teasing Kageyama and the team followed. They turned their backs on him, his own team mates." I feel myself becoming emotional as if this happened to me. "His boyfriend hurt him, his team hurt him."

"Wait, isn't Kindaichi the guy subbing for Daichi? Is he the ex?"

"Yes," I replied. "He tried to come on to Kageyama and I just lost it. He never told me that guy was his ex. He was right in front of my face this whole time!"

"Oh," said Sugawara. "Okay that was not smart on his part. Why didn't he tell you?"

"I don't know!" I exclaimed. "I slapped Kindaichi though." Sugawara laughed. "It's not funny!" I start laughing a little.

"I can't picture you hitting anyone,"

"I was really mad though,"

"You need to talk to Kageyama."

"I wasn't ready to talk to him yet. I am sure he is on his way home now."

"What are you going to say to him?"

"I don't know" I replied shrugging. I really didn't know. I learned a lot from Kindaichi in that 5 minutes we talked. I wonder if he did go and apologize to Kageyama. He seemed genuine at the end of our conversation. Suga loaded my bike and took me home. I was so nervous. I locked up my bike and headed up to the condo. I unlock the door quickly sliding off my shoes. I look up and see Tobio is in the living room. He looks worried. He stands up but doesn't walk towards me. He is just looking at me.