Disclaimer: I do not own Haikyuu or the story of Canon of Lies (or any of the words used in it), which was written by Bubun Hanten, and illustrated by Kazuki Rai. Canon of Lies part 1 can be found here post/110530449061/canon-of-lies-part-1

Hinata's POV again for this chapter too.

Canon of Lies

Lie 2

Class had ended and it was lunch break, I had just taken out my lunch when a classmate came over and told me someone was here to see me. She pointed to the door and I saw Kageyama. I visibly freaked out, but composed myself enough to meet him outside my classroom doors.

"Wh... What can I do for you my good sir...?" I asked awkwardly as I avoided all eye contact with him. 'I knew he'd come...'

"Why were you so worn out at practice this morning?" He asked having his usual irritated expression on his face, but then his face softened a bit. "...You're probably still hung up about what happened yesterday, huh?"

I began to freak out again breaking into a nervous sweat, still avoiding eye contact. "N-no way! I just wasn't feeling well!" I tried to say, but the look on his face told me he wasn't buying it.

Kageyama suddenly grabbed me by my hood and dragged me down the hall. "C'mere!"

"Gyaa! Don't pull me, leggo! I haven't eaten my lunch yet!" I said, trying to get away from an angry Kageyama.

"Shut up and come along nicely!" He replied without looking back at me. He dragged me off into a doorway that no one used. No one else was around so it was a good place to talk I guess.

"Can you not just brush it off then?" He asked.

"Uh..." I began, but I couldn't think of what to say.

"I'm asking you if it's hard to brush it off, here!" He said a little louder than before.

I looked up a little trying to understand why he was asking me these things. "You've never been i love have you?" I asked.

Kageyama quickly blew up and began yelling at him. "S-so what if I haven't?!"

"It's not that big a deal..." I paused for a second, before I spoke again. "...Hey did you know already? That I had feelings for you..." "Huh?" "You had no trouble believing me. Most guys would freak out more if another guy confessed to them..." I explained.

Kageyama put his hand on his side and looked at me angrily. "Of course I didn't realize. I'd never even considered it."

I glanced at him. "Then... why...?"

"...Well, you didn't look like you were joking, and I guess that kind if thing happens? Not that I really get it though. And hey, i'm the one asking the questions here!" I finally looked up at his face, surprised that he excepted what I had said before.

'Right. This guys an idiot, so he doesn't think about what's 'normal' or 'common sense'. He's a tyrant king who plays by his own set of rules. Even if it's something he doesn't really understand, like two guys being in love with one another... As long as he deems it something important, he'll accept it without question. He'll worry over it.' I thought.

"Hey... Hinata? I can't and don't want to think about anything but volleyball. And... my teammates are important to me. I l-love you all... and... playing with you especially is the most fun for me..." Kageyama said awkwardly with his face set hard in concentration.

'Ugh dammit... that's really nice...' I thought to myself.

"So... I guess the most important person to me is you. Is... is that not enough?" Kageyama asked.

'He really is... so cool...' I thought as I stared at him admiring him. A blush fell over my cheeks as I stared at him, forgetting to answer his question. "Oi."

"Huh? Oh! Yeah! Yeah, I guess that... makes me fell happy?" I said smiling a little. "But... when I said I loved you... I didn't mean it like that." I explained.

Kageyama didn't answer. "Hey, uh... I'm the one getting rejected here... so why do you look like that...?" I asked with soft eyes looking at his face as he bore that painful expression yet again. "Do you maybe feel guilty or something? You of all people? You made the same face when rejecting girls too!"

Kageyama looked at me a little shocked and irritated. "Wh-How would you know that?!"

"The rear courtyard is popular for confessing soooo I overhear it a lot during break or practicing alone. I guess I saw you do it maybe twice?" I explained, and crossed my arms looking away from his face. "You're hurting their feelings, so... it can't be helped. There's no point in worrying over it..."

'Ugh, why do I have to cheer him up...?' I thought.

"You think...?" Kageyama asked eyes half lidded looking down at the floor.

"I do. Unfortunately..." I answered.

"I guess, I don't really understand love..." I turned my head to look at him again. "but... I do understand the fear that comes from being rejected when you're serious about something. I want... to work harder at explaining why I can't return their feelings, or expressing my regret. I do..." My arms fell to my sides as I stared on at Kageyama wide eyed at his words.

I remembered then how Kageyama was rejected by his own team at one point and it all just came to me. "WAAH!" I yelled out unexpectedly. I covered my mouth and looked away from a confused Kageyama. 'I get it now! It all makes sense! So then he... he didn't understand, so he substituted his own experiences! But in doing so... it made him feel even more guilty than he should have felt! Ugh, this idiot! Why are you the one who's getting hurt?!' I thought angrily. 'Oh man, I can't do this! My feelings for Kageyama... are actually an incredibly huge burden...'

"Kageyama!" I yelled out, my face set to be fierce. "I don't really like you that much, all right?"

His face grew dark. "Huh?"

"It's all a big misunderstanding! It's like... you know! Spending all this time with you, I kinda got a crush on you? Yeah!" I smiled and waved my arms around enthusiastically to pull this off. "Plus, tosses! You give me tosses, see? It made me so happy I mistook it for love! So... i'm not really in love with you... you can forget all about yesterday."

We stood in silence for a moment. "I... I see!" Kageyama said, and he even smiled a little. "You always rush into things! Try thinking before you open your mouth!" Kageyama said angrily, while grabbing at my head and squeezing it.

"Owowowowow i'm sorry, sorry!" I yelled out.

"Now I feel stupid for worrying... bye then." He turned to leave while scratching his head.

"Kageyama!" He turned back to look at me, and I smiled with my hands clenched near my chest. "At practice later... send me tons of tosses, 'kay?"

"Of course. I'll throw them at you 'til you're sick of them, to make up for this morning." He said nonchalantly before he began walking away again.

I smiled brightly until he left. As soon as he was gone I stood against the wall looking down at the floor and let the tears fall from my eyes. "...I'm such an idiot." I said to myself.

'There was nothing I could do... this is the best thing for the both of us...' I thought throughout the day as I tried to ignore and forget my feelings for Kageyama, telling myself that I didn't love him over and over again to try and get rid of the fact that I did. 'We'll be fine, i'm sure. It'll be just like in basic training. Repeat the same thing, over and over... until it becomes muscle memory... then I should be fine... I don't love him.' I told myself. 'I love Kageyama. So i'm going to protect him... and his volleyball. And to make that happen... I'm gonna try my very hardest!'

Three weeks later.

'Ugh, my stomach hurts... Why? There's no way i'd get nervous before practice...' I thought to myself as I stood in the club room, about to change into my gym clothes.

The door to the clubroom opened and Kageyama came into the room. With his ever so stoic face he looked at me. "...Yo."

"Hey." I greeted back while smiling a little.

"You're early." He said as he started to take his jacket off to change as well.

"Home room ended early today, so..." I trailed off not intending to really say anything else, as I sat on the floor

"Hmm." Kageyama turned and began walking towards the door to leave the clubroom. "I'm heading out."

"Gah, so fast!" I said turning my head to see him leave as I had just grabbed my jacket.

"You're just slow." Kageyama said as he kept walking, and slammed the clubroom door shut.

I sighed after he left, feeling relieved that he was gone, but less than a second later the jumped when the door opened again and Kageyama came back in the room. "Oi!"

"Wh-what?!" I asked freaking out wondering why he came back.

"If... if your stomach hurts... You should go to the toilet or the nurse's office first... I won't... be pissed if you're late." He said, before turning around and leaving again, closing the door much softer than the last time.

I remained sitting on the floor and clenched my hands into fists. My face flushed a light pink before my eyes caught sight of Kageyama's bag. His school jacket laying over the top of it. I had begun touching the sleeve of his jacket feeling the fabric between my fingers. When I realized what I was doing, I blushed and quickly withdrew my hand.

My feelings began to overwhelm me. I couldn't get rid of my love for Kageyama. I became scared of the fact that he would never love me back. Tears began welling up in my eyes and I hunched over, beginning to cry my eyes out.

The door opened and Tanaka and Sugawara walked in through the door.

"Hiiii!" Suga said as he came in.

"Yo, Hinata!" Tanaka greeted excitedly. As he took his shoes off after entering. "Ooh, what's up? What're you crouched over the..." I lifted my head and they both fell silent.

Tears streaming down my face. "Ah! Will you tell me... how to give up on someone?"