Summary :
Kageyama Tobio became withdrawn after his one and only partner saved him from losing his life in an accident. With the Volleyball National competition coming in three months, the Karasuno High School Volleyball team needs their setter to be back on his two feet and accept reality.
What if he doesn't?
A mysterious girl with an uncanny resemblance to his former partner, Hinata Shouyo shows up into his world. As friendship began to grow from their first encounter, he found there's more to the sport he loves. Can this girl, whose name remains unknown till the end, help him to find his ground as a setter before the nationals?

Pairing: Kageyama x OC
Genre : Tragedy/Friendship

Chapter Three

Takeda was waiting outside the room as several nurses pass by. The evening in a hospital is definitely silent, he thought. Unconsciously, he was tapping one of his fingers on his folded arms as he watched the door – waiting for it to be open. His black orbs bore holes into the white floor beneath him.

"Takeda-sensei how's he?" someone pants lightly as he approached the young teacher. Takeda stood up immediately when he saw the blonde haired coach stopped near his side. He shook his head slightly, "On the way to the hospital, he had another panic attack in the ambulance. They had to sedate him…" he sighed as he sat down on the bench.

Coach Ukai saw the grimness on the smaller man expression, "Hinata's death affected him a lot more than we think it did." He mumbles. Just like the teacher and his precious players, he is worried about the setter mentality conditions. Kageyama has been push to the point that he lost it.

The door to the room finally opened.

A doctor and two nurses exit the room. Takeda and Coach Ukai quickly went to the doctor, "How is he, Doctor?" the middle age doctor shifts his gaze to the teacher then to the coach, "He's stabilize for now. We gave him a stronger dose of sedative to calm him down and let us hope he will sleep through the night." Both of them felt relieved.

"May I know what actually happened? I was informed that he had his attack in the school gym." The doctor lowered his clipboard as he waits for one of them to answer. Takeda frowned, "We were having our practice, and it was in the middle of the match, Kageyama became disoriented. Before we know it, he began to chant something underneath his panic." He explained.

The doctor hummed, "What exactly did he said?" The two exchanged looks, "I didn't kill Hinata – That's what he said." Coach Ukai answered. The doctor forehead creased, "I presume this Hinata was someone important to him."

Takeda nodded, "Very important to him and everyone in the team. A month ago, Hinata saved him from being run over by a car but he passed away not long after the ambulance arrived to the scene. Kageyama became withdrawn after the incident and today was …"

The older man pushed his glasses up as he lets out a sigh, "This explains everything. Kageyama is in a state of depression. Certain patients like him, has similar cases. Where else it is called trauma. I believe pressures and stress can bring upon this panic attack to him. Panic attack often comes around when there is a trigger to it. For it to happen during a match must only means something close to an action or a certain behavior from the others have triggered all these." The other two were silent. Then, several young teens were approaching them.

"Sensei, how's Kageyama?" Daichi pant slightly, followed by Tanaka and Sugawara behind him, worried written all over their faces.

The doctor cleared his throat, "Please do inform his parents about their son's condition. I advice he takes a break from school and sports so he can recuperate better than being under pressures. I will discharge him soon if his conditions improve. Now, if you excuse me." The doctor gave a slight bow. The latter returns his bow, "Thank you so much, doctor." Takeda replied. He sighed heavily as he sat down.

He massaged his face then he looked at the closed door, "At this rate, Kageyama might not come back to the team anymore…"

The only light that brightens the completely dark room was the wall lamp above him, which has been dim to its minimum shine. On the bed, lays the raven-haired setter, still deep asleep with the sedative they put in him earlier. Breathing evenly with his eyelids fluttered but it remained closed.

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"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Your tosses are reckless. What's the point if we can't spike them?!"

"Do you know why they call him 'King'?" Tsukishima pointed at him while talking to the orange head spiker at the opposite side of the net. Hinata frowned at the taller man as he continues to instigate the setter behind him. Kageyama remained silent.

"He's an oppressive dictator. A self-centered king. That's what he is."

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[IN KAGEYAMA POV]
He picked up the ball on the floor as he stares at it, "It happened when I was still in middle school…my love towards volleyball was more than anything I ever cherished but it didn't show the same towards everyone else…"

His arms up in the air, prepared to send in another toss, "After that one match we had…the opponents points were ahead of us. I was frustrated. I toss and toss as much as I can as I kept tossing but in the end…" he tossed the ball to his right side.

"No one was there to take my toss…" he watched the ball rolled away on the floor. "No matter how hard I trained and struggled…there will be no one left to take my toss…"

"No one…"

"It's truly frightening."

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His eyelids stopped fluttering. He fell into a dreamless sleep. No one noticed the silhouette near the door before the door shut close quietly. The sound of the footsteps slowly disappears down the hall.

The next day, the coach blew his whistle abruptly, stopping the ongoing match on the court after Takeda gave him that look, "Kageyama will be dismissed from the team." He announced.

"Eh?" Everyone turns all their focus onto the smaller teacher in front of them. Takeda looked so serious that they think he was pulling their legs. Everyone exchanged curious looks except for the three third year's players. Their hung their heads low as their adviser explained the situation while the coach lets out a small sigh.

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A loud slap echoes throughout the silent hall outside the room where the Karasuno team setter was in. The mark on his cheeks burns as the woman in front of him. Takeda and his students gapped like a fish as they blinked at what just happened the moment the setter parents strode down the hall and the woman just slapped the blonde haired coach right in the cheeks.

Takeda quickly intervenes before the coach could say more, "Mrs. Kageyama, please calm down."

She pointed right into the teacher's face, "This is all you and your stupid club fault! If you hadn't forced him to attend the practice, he wouldn't be like this!" her voice was at the top of her lungs as her husband tries to calm her down.

A nurse rushed to the commotion but the woman will not stop, "I will never let Tobio attend the club anymore! No get out of my sight!" she shrieked as she gave them another piercing death glare. The nurses urged them to stop fighting and follow them to the doctor's office instead.

The three students who were standing at the side felt pang of guilt as Daichi and Asahi exchanged worried glance as they looked at Sugawara who stares at the ground. They knew Kageyama came to the practice because of what grey head said yesterday but they also knew it was not his fault to blame. After all, the mother of the team was only worried for Kageyama's being.

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He cleared his throat, "So yes, we will be going with Sugawara as our main setter from now on, including for the national tournaments. We will have to practice much harder now that we are two men down. Are you in or are you out?!" Coach Ukai added.

"We're in, Sir!" they replied. Understood the situation they are in and they have no time to waste at this rate. All strategies have been change and now they need to adapt to it as soon as possible. As everyone went back to their former position on the court, Sugawara stares at the setter spot where Kageyama used to stand. Sugawara bit his lower lip as his shoulder fell slightly. Then the older captain gave a firm hold on the third year setter, he smiled, "It's not your fault."

"I know but…" the guilt stays so deep. From the court, Tsukishima watched the third years exchanging worried looks. He furrowed before focusing on the on going match.

In the hospital, the nurses closed the curtain, blocking the sunshine out of the room after the doctor left for other patients check up. His eyes slowly open as he stares at the window, which the curtain were drawn. His black orbs no longer show the will to be stronger. It no longer shows the shine in them. It was empty. He stares at the closed window before closing his eyes as he drift off to a dreamless slumber once again.

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When he woke up, his black orbs fell onto a bouquet of sunflowers on the nightstand. He could feel the cool breeze from the once closed window. He could have sworn the windows were close with its curtain drawn. He noticed the white blanket covered up to his chest. He lets his vision cleared from the all traces of sleep.

"Good morning, Kageyama-kun." A voice broke his trance. Slowly, he brought himself up. The girl he met at the open field stood nearby the bed as she smiled warmly to him. She puts down the vase onto the nightstand as she helped him up while stuffing the soft pillow behind his back.

"You're here…" as he watched her putting the sunflowers into the vase. She gave him another warm smile, "Yep. I heard you were in the hospital so that's why I came but you were asleep, so I waited." She pours some water into the sunflower vase, and then she put it back onto the nightstand.

He stares at the sunflowers then to her. He still cannot get that feeling off. She is still giving that vibe again. Now that she is so near to him, her brown eyes really do resemble Hinata. Her fingers gently tucked the long orange strands behind her ears as she sat down.

Who is she…?

"Kageyama-kun, do you want to go for a stroll? Some fresh air would do well for you." He could not help but to nod. When they arrived at the hospital garden, there were not many patients or nurses around. They sat under a blooming cherry blossom tree. He stares at those pink petals as the breeze brushed against them gently. The girls orange hair, the pink cherry blossom, the vast blue sky, and the green grass beneath him, everything looked black and white to him now.

Where did all the colors in my world gone to…?

The girl next to him hummed, "It's such a beautiful day, isn't it, Kageyama-kun." She leaned against the tree. She smiled to him, "It's a good thing I brought you out for a little while. The breeze felt so good." He blinks then he shifts his gaze to the sky, "I couldn't see those colors anymore…," he mumbles.

Quickly she turns around, "Eh? Is your eyesight alright? We need to get you to the doctor." She almost gets up when he grabs her wrist. His black orbs looked at her. She furrowed slightly, noticing those shine has disappeared, "Your eyes…what happened to them…?" he let go of her wrist.

"I don't know…everything I saw it looked black and white…including you…" something about his tone has changed, even his behavior. She sat down, "Nee…Kageyama-kun…what happened…"

He closes his eyes, trying to recall what happened, "The last thing I remembered was, I went to the volleyball team practice…we were having a match…then I saw one of the spiker jumped…everything went blank from there. I didn't even remember how did I got here." He stares at his hands. It was trembling. Then someone held his hand, it was warm and soft. He looked up. Empty black eyes met gently brown eyes.

A smile brighter than the sun.

"It's alright. Everything will be alright." His orbs widen. Her gentle voice rang in his ears. It was soothing. Her smile calms his heart.

"Who are you…? You never told me your name…"

Her smile fell, and then her eyes looked away for a few second. Then she smiled, "It's a secret. Let's go back, shall we? The nurses would be looking for you if you stayed out here too long." She gets up. Then she held out her hands, "Let's go." He blinks then he took her hands as she helped him up. The walk back to the room was silent. She didn't spoke a word. He didn't realize he was watching her from the corner of his eyes until they reached his room.

"Nee…Kageyama-kun, when you feel better, let us meet again at the place, and time we first met," She pulls the blanket up. Covering his lower body and made sure the curtain drawn slightly. Receiving no reply from him, she smiled, "I'll wait for you. Bye bye!" she left.

All of a sudden, the room felt empty. His blank orbs looked at the sunflowers that girl brought, "Her smile is brighter than the sun…huh…"

Three days later, Kageyama finally discharged from the hospital. The doctor prescribes some medicines for him, especially to calm him down if he gets another panic attack. His parents brought him home. Entire journey home, he stares at the sky as his mother kept talking about something, which eventually became white noise to him.

My world really did turn colorless…

When they reached home, Kageyama were left alone in his room. He stood at the door as his eyes travels around the room. Closing the door behind him, he walked towards the cabinets opposite his bed. He looked at each picture frame, properly arranged. Then, to a certain picture where the whole team is in it. He remained expressionless.

He puts down the picture frame, and then he shifts his gaze to the volleyball on the floor next to his bed. He picked it up as he stares at it.

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"Nee…Kageyama-kun, when you feel better, let us meet again at the place, and time we first met,"

"I'll wait for you. Bye bye!"

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He looked at the clock on the wall. Then, he puts down the ball back on the floor. He exits the bedroom. His parents hesitated to let him out on his own but he left without saying more. He still remembers exact time and place he met her for the first time. He was curious. He wants to know why she wants to meet him again. He wants to know who she is. Where did she came from or even, how did she knows him.

He finally reached the open field. There was barely anyone there except for the junior high school students he once saw back then. He watched the setter toss a ball to the spiker. His black orbs follow the ball that flew up into the air.

"Can I ever toss a ball again?" he mumbles.

Someone stood behind him, "Definitely you can!" it was that girl's voice again. He turns around. There she was, the nameless girl with the uncanny resemblance to his former partner. She was wearing a sleeveless top, covered with a white jacket and a short black pants with her long locks tied into a ponytail. She smiled wide, "I'm glad to see you're here!" something stirs in his heart each time he sees that smile.

What is it this feelings?

She pulls his hands and drags him to where the students are. He blinks, "What are we doing?" he shifts his gaze from the girl's hands on his wrists to her face. She turns to him, "We'll play a game, and I need your help to be the setter for my team." She shoved the volleyball to him. He looked at the ball in his hands then to her, "But…"

"No buts. Now hurry before the night falls." She pushed him to the middle at the opposite side of the junior high school team. It was a three on three matches. Kageyama sighed inwardly then the game began. The rear guard of the team received the ball. It went high up in the air.

"Kageyama-kun, I'll show you a colorful world and you'll see why I loved the sky!" she said as the ball began to fall towards the raven-haired setter. Hesitated. He could feel his hands trembling. He couldn't hear himself breathing as he watched the ball slowly falling.

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"No one was there to take my toss…" he watched the ball rolled away on the floor. "No matter how hard I trained and struggled…there will be no one left to take my toss…"

"No one…"

"It's truly frightening."

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His arms still not up. Everyone watched the setter stood still. He was scared. He was terrified of what might happen if no one receives his toss. He shut close his eyes as he bit his lower lip.

'I can't do this anymore…'

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"I'll take any toss from you. I trust you with everything I have; no matter how much I dislike you. Trusting you is the only way we can win!"

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"Kageyama-kun! I'm here!" a voice broke his fears. It was the same line, Hinata once said. They were in the same situation.

Quickly, he raised his arms into the air and tossed the ball to the nameless girl behind him. His empty black orbs widen at the sight of her. Everything went slow; she was already up in the air. Slowly, his world of black and white fades. The beautiful colors of what he once had when his former partner was still alive returns. Behind the back of the girl, he could have sworn he saw white wings as she soar into the air. With everything she has, she spiked the ball.

Everyone else watched the ball drilled onto the ground outside the borderline of the 'court' while Kageyama focus were fixed onto her as she stepped onto the ground once again. His lips slightly parted as she turns around.

"I told you I would show you those beautiful colors again, Kageyama-kun." He never thought it would be possible for someone else to show him those colors other than Hinata.

"Kageyama-kun, the world is filled with beautiful colors, even in life. There would be sometimes where we can't see them when we're in a slump but I will be sure to be there for you to make it much more beautiful world."

She raised her right arm into the orange setting sky, "If I could fly, I would help you to fly too because in the vast sky, you could see every colors on earth." She smiled at him. The setting sky, gave the nameless girl a beautiful background that matches her beautiful locks and eyes.

"No matter what, I'll always be your partner."

For the first time, his expression broke. It didn't matter if he was losing it or not but he just saw Hinata instead of the girl standing in front of him with the same smile. His blank orbs widen.

"You're...Hinata..."

She smiled but within seconds, everything went dark.

A/N - And so, their friendship finally begun. How will things goes for kageyama and the nameless girl? Who is she really are?

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