Chapter 24: Consulting

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"Arghhhh!" Oikawa suddenly screamed and he messed with his hair, seemingly frustrated. His teammates gave him weird looks as they sweat-dropped and anticipated if Oikawa was gonna start something. Well, except for his fellow third years. They just think that he's being dramatic as always.

"What's wrong with him?" Matsukawa asked particularly no one as he sat beside Hanamaki. The light-haired guy shrugged and pursed his lips. "Well there's one thing we know—it's that he doesn't care about his hair getting messy right now."

Then as they continuously stared at Oikawa who kept messing with his hair and maybe even pulling it—indicating that he's perhaps angry at himself—Iwaizumi walked towards him and gave the Captain a loud smack on the back of his head.

"Stop scaring the juniors, Shittykawa!" He reprimanded as Oikawa tearily faced him. The poor guy looked like a kid who's afraid of his parents scolding him because he broke something.

"I-Iwa-chan," he started, "What should I do? I-I nearly did it, but I still did something!"

Iwaizumi furrowed his brows in confusion at Oikawa, who is acting overly dramatic. Even if he didn't know what caused him to be like this, the Vice Captain still thinks that the Great King is exaggerating. He rolled his eyeballs at his friend who had a pitiful look.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean?"

"Y-Y/N-chan...I think she hates me now..."

"Huh? What did you do?"

Oikawa remembered clearly how you ran away from him immediately, after he retracted his forehead from yours. He was so shocked and scared that he couldn't call you out and apologize. You still replied to his messages, but he couldn't say sorry there because he didn't want it to come out as insincere. That's why he came to your class before coming to practice, but you were gone.

When he finally saw you, your eyes met and you turned around immediately and ran away again. Oikawa felt so heartbroken that he just stood there and watched you. He didn't know that you avoided him because you were too embarrassed to face him.

Everything felt strange to you that a lot more questions popped inside your head. You didn't know what to talk about and what answers you were looking for.

Thankfully, Kentaro was not there at the moment, or Oikawa might get punched without even receiving a chance to explain himself. He also promised that he would not hurt you, so there's a high probability that he might just let himself get beaten up. His friends might think otherwise because Oikawa treasures his face very much, but he will do it for you.

He was the one who promised to himself in the first place. It's just that, his feelings are on the verge of spilling out. Oikawa knew that he couldn't contain his feelings forever and he doesn't know what will happen if he finally lets it go. You, disappearing out of his life is what he feared the most.

"I...I almost kissed her." He whispered while lowering his head, causing his hair to cast a shadow on his face as he balled his hands into fists.

"What's the problem? Isn't she your girlfriend already? Don't girls like kisses?" Iwaizumi asked cluelessly. He doesn't know a thing about girls or romantic relationships.

"No! That's not it, Iwa-chan! This is why you're still single." Oikawa remarked that made Iwaizumi grab onto his shirt and angrily cuss the former out. "What was that? Huh? Crappykawa? You're looking for death?"

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"It's Hikari! It's Hikari! She's the impostor!" Mayu yelled as she voted immediately for Hikari who appeared shocked for being accused.

"How can you say so?! What's your evidence?!" Hikari defended and Akane came to her rescue and said, "I was alone with Hikari a few times but she didn't kill me."

"Yeah! That's right! Nobody saw me, but I scanned in med bay!"

"Maybe it's Mayu since she's accusing without proof," Akane suggested and Hikari nodded in agreement. Riko, who was one of the impostors that already got ejected, smirked; while Ritsu who got killed too and was still paying attention to the game, rolled her eyes in frustration.

"Let's vote Mayu out, Akane-chan. We'll lose the game if she kills one of us."

"Yeah, I agree."

"No! No! We scanned together in med bay Akane-chan!" Mayu's hand were all over the place as she tried to prove her innocence. But Akane said she didn't remember it and still voted for Mayu.

When she did so, Hikari started laughing evilly since they won already. Mayu, Momo and Ritsu groaned in frustration because of Akane, who was now regretting her decision.

"Wooh! I'm glad I didn't kill you, Akane-chan! You saved me!" Hikari laughed hysterically as she high-fived with Riko and boasted about how they're good impostors.

"Akane's stupidity is what made you won the game." Chiyo said and she shook her head, Akane whined and apologized as she exclaimed that she only remembers now that Mayu did scan herself.

While the girls were bickering at each other because of the game, you who got killed off early on, didn't notice that the game was already over as you spaced out. The only one who noticed how quiet you were (you didn't even defended Akane like you always do) was Chiyo. She immediately got worried that something might be wrong.

"Y/N-chan? Are you okay?" She asked and your head whipped to her. Your gaze looking at her innocently with a hint of confusion.

"Is there something wrong with my baby?" Momo seemed to have heard Chiyo's concerned tone and she ditched the girls to turn her attention to you. It seems like Momo's motherly instinct is always running high when it comes to you.

As a result, you got all of the girl's attention too, "I'm fine, I'm really fine." Then a genuine smile spread across your face, however, they didn't seem convinced.

"You can tell us about what's bothering you, Y/N-chan!" Akane cheerfully exclaimed.

"Yeah, we'll make sure to keep Akane and Hikari's mouth shut if it's a secret," Ritsu added that made the said two, complain. At first, you thanked them for being concerned and then started contemplating wether you'd ask or not. But in the end, you chose to do it since maybe they have a clue as to what you should do.

"Uhm, okay," you started, "Well recently, there's times where my heart just starts aching. It's bearable, but I'm worried and I don't know what I should do."

Silence settled at first after you finished talking, then Akane gasped worriedly as she and Hikari covered their mouths, "Maybe you have an illness, Y/N-chan! Are you going to die?!" Akane panicked.

"No! Don't leave us, Y/N-chan!" Hikari's eyes started getting wet and you sweat-dropped as your eyes widened at their guesses. Thankfully, before their deductions could get any worse, Momo gave them both a flick on the forehead that made them roll on the rooftop's floor.

"Don't scare her, you idiots," she warned.

"Can you give us more details, Y/N-chan? Like do you know when it aches?" Chiyo, who didn't bother glancing at Akane and Hikari, proceeded to ask. Since she sounded serious, the anxiety from the two girls earlier eased a little bit.

You looked down on your lap as you tried to find clues about the sudden pain that you randomly feel, "I think I'm happy when it happens the most and sometimes, sad."

"Happiness and sadness huh?" Momo crossed her arms as she tried to think about it while Ritsu asked, "How about right now? Are you happy?"

"Of course! We all got together again after a long time!"

"Does your heart aches then?"

"Oh...no. It doesn't." Your bright smile quickly faded as you fidgeted with your fingers. "But I do feel happy, I promise."

Ritsu gave Chiyo a nod, and Mayu and Momo seemed to have caught on too. The same thing was running in their minds right now and they feel like surgeons; currently doing a crucial and delicate surgery.

"We know, Y/N-chan. Don't worry," Ritsu said.

"Yeah, so let's proceed." A faint smile graced Chiyo's lips as the four matured girls focused on you; then she asked, "Who is the person with you most of the time, when you feel the pain?"

You widened your eyes as you found their question a bit odd, but you didn't think too much of it and proceeded to recall your memories. Clearly you were unaware that what you're going to discover at the end of this, was something that will change everything for you. The only problem is, if you're going to accept it or not...

"It's Tooru-kun..."

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