Monday: Hinata wasn't there.

Tuesday: Hinata had appeared for a short moment before Kageyama arrived and had left almost immediately.

Wednesday: Hinata had called Nishinoya that he wouldn't be able to come.

Thursday: Everyone in the team aside from Kageyama who didn't own a cell phone, received a text from Hinata once again mentioning that he wouldn't be at training.

Friday…

A week had passed with Hinata missing from every single volleyball practice. Everyone was beginning to get anxious and no one could concentrate. It wasn't as though he had completely disappeared or anything, in fact most of the team saw him around the school. Some said that he looked quite happy and seemed absolutely fine but for the most part, he appeared to be very distressed as though something had been bothering him constantly.

On Thursday, when Tanaka saw Hinata eating lunch by himself on a bench in a secluded area behind the school, he noticed straight away that things weren't right. And Tanaka himself already knew that he wasn't the kind of person that picked up on these kinds of things easily.

Tanaka described Hinata looking as though he hadn't eaten or slept in days. He had huge bags under his eyes which were also red and swollen plus it looked like he had lost some weight. According to Tanaka, Hinata had appeared even smaller than before, if that was even possible.

The whole team surrounded the bald-headed second year, trying to get as close as possible so as not to miss any possibly important details. Even Tsukishima had joined the circle, displaying his slight concern for the 'annoying shrimp'. Only Kageyama sat far away, almost on the other end of the gym. But even though he was so distant from Tanaka, he could still clearly hear what he was saying as his bald headed senpai's voice was naturally loud, not to mention everyone else was completely silent.

Tanaka continued talking.

"I tried calling out to him," Tanaka said. "But no matter how much I yelled, Hinata hadn't reacted at all." Tanaka clenched his fist. "So I thought maybe he couldn't hear me so I ran up to him." Tanaka's voice grew louder. "Maybe it was because he was looking down. Maybe it was because I was too far away. But I don't know how I hadn't noticed." Tanaka was close to shouting now. "When I got closer I realised that he was crying. HE WAS FUCKING CRYING!" Tanaka started trembling and his voice started choking up. He was beginning to lose control over the words that were spilling out of his mouth. "And the worst thing was, as soon as he saw me, he looked as though seeing me scared him shitless and he ran off!"

Tanaka banged his fist on the wall, the sound echoing of the walls of the gym.

After hearing what Tanaka had to say, no one made any comments of amazement, concern or anything. Tsukishima hadn't even made a snarky comment. Everyone had gone into a state of silent shock, this was Hinata they were talking about after all.

Hinata crying? That ball of energy with his smile that could probably blind you was…crying? It made no sense. The only time Kageyama had ever seen Hinata cry was when he had thrashed the smaller boy's team in his first ever tournament. But that was a special situation. That was that and this was this. Hinata crying was about as rare as the sun freezing over.

And that was pretty rare.

This time it was Kageyama who was confused. Hinata, the one who loved volleyball as much as him, maybe even more, hadn't shown up to volleyball training. And for an entire week even. Then there was the fact that he had been crying.

Judging from what Tanaka had said, it seemed as though Hinata had cried quite a lot over the past week. The image of tears streaming down the face of the typically bright-faced boy made the whole world feel duller.

Kageyama's felt immense frustration. More accurately, Kageyama was panicking. What was the idiot doing? Why wasn't he coming to the trainings? Why was he crying? Why hadn't he come to him for help?

Was it because of the fight that they had? Was it because Hinata had gotten angry all at once? Was it his fault that Hinata was like this?

"Captain!" Kageyama yelled across the gym, breaking the eerie silence.

Startled, Daichi replied with a simple "W-what is it?"

"May I please be excused from the rest of todays practice?"

For the second time that day, everyone was struck by shock. Although Kageyama was indeed completing his training the least efficiently out of the entire rest of the team, they still didn't think it would be so bad that he would want to stop training.

"N-not you too Kageyama!" Tanaka shouted in disbelief.

Picking up on the situation, Kageyama immediately reassured his senpais that he would definitely be coming back on Monday. He promised that he wouldn't end up like Hinata. After a lengthy speech from Kageyama persuading his teammates that he wouldn't ditch practice, Kageyama finally left the gym.

"Hmm…" Kageyama murmured as he roamed around the bike racks.

He spotted it almost immediately: Hinata's bike. It had his name etched in a scratchy mess on the old but sturdy framework and there were little doodles all over it too, probably from when he was younger Kageyama presumed.

That meant that at the very least, Hinata was still at school.

Kageyama took off in a sprint hoping that he would catch Hinata before he left.

He ran for Hinata's classroom, 1-C, knocking a few students over and grumbling a few apologies on the way. As he approached the room he yelled "Hinata! Get your ass out here!"

Because it was afterschool and most people were either currently partaking in their club activities or had already gone home, there weren't many people in the hallway.

But the few students that were walking around, stared at Kageyama as though he had gone completely and utterly insane while the person in question paid no heed and continued on his way.

Kageyama slid the door open so violently, he swore he felt it come off its wheels a bit. The classroom was empty aside from a few of Hinata's classmates that Kageyama knew he hung out with.

Kageyama stared blankly into the room. If Hinata wasn't in his classroom then where else could he be?

"Hey you guys!" He tried to say in his most polite voice. Unfortunately it sounded more like he was ready to blow a fuse at any second and so the other students were too scared to reply.

"Do you know where Hinata is?" Kageyama asked, trying to calm himself down.

"U-um…" one of the boys stammered. "He just l-left the classroom b-but we don't know where he w-went."

Kageyama slammed his fist against the wall, causing the poor boys to yelp in fright.

"Dammit!" he grumbled before exiting the classroom, shutting the door behind him.

Kageyama leaned against the wall right outside and sighed. Where could Hinata be? Where did Hinata like to go? For once in his entire life, he wished he knew more about another person.

Inside the classroom, Hinata's classmates began talking again.

"God, that scared me!" Classmate A said.

"I know right! What's his problem?" Classmate B said.

Well sorry for being scary Kageyama thought to himself. He wasn't eavesdropping, he just happened to be outside and they happened to be talking loudly. That was all it was he reassured himself.

"Hey Hinata! All clear! You can come out from the broom cupboard now!" Classmate C said.

Kageyama flinched.

"It's amazing that you can even fit in there," Classmate B laughed. The other classmates started laughing.

"Shut up!" An all too familiar shouted from inside the classroom.

It was Hinata's voice, loud and clear.

"Wow… I can totally get why you would want to stay away from Kageyama," classmate D said. "He scares the shit out of people I swear." Another chorus of laughter seeps through the thin walls.

Hinata was trying to stay away from him? Kageyama thought. He was being avoided?

"But is it ok to keep skipping volleyball practice like this?" Classmate A asked in a more serious tone.

"Eh?" Hinata answered.

"Yeah, isn't there a tournament coming up soon?" Classmate D added.

"Ehehehe…" Hinata laughed nervously. "Well I really just can't see Kageyama right now I suppose."

What was Hinata going on about? Did he really hate playing with him that much? Was his presence that discomforting?

"I suppose…" Hinata continued. "That I just can't play volleyball with Kageyama anymore."

And that dealt the final blow.

Kageyama clenched his teeth and he ran off again with nobody even realising that he was there.

Monday came round again and as usual, the volleyball team was having their morning training in the gym.

Almost everyone had arrived already but once again, not many people could concentrate because Hinata STILL hadn't shown up.

Suddenly the door to the gym clattered open.

"Yo!"

There, standing bright faced with his usual energy back,

Was Hinata.

Everyone crowded around him, showering him with questions about his health and comments about the fact that they were glad to have him back.

Hinata still had small eye bags, but the swelling and redness had gone down and he seemed to be looking healthier.

The entire team was glad to see him back (even Tsukishima was a little happy), all except Kageyama.

Due to the sudden occurrence of their bubbly kouhai's return, everyone seemed to have forgotten that that day,

Kageyama had called in sick.

Author's Note: God I love Tanaka XD
He always struck me as the senpai who acted like a delinquent but is actually extremely caring TTvTT
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See you guys next chapter~~~