Chapter 2- Confrontations

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A/N: Whenever I hear the chorus of this song above I can't stop but think of a certain Tik Tok complication of Kageyama and it just makes my heart explode. Please tell me someone knows which one I'm talking about!

Took this screenshot a while ago but agahzsghzs he's literally so adorable when he eats πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜’

Okie that's all, enjoy the new chapter!

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3 weeks.

That's how long I haven't spoken a single word to any of my friends as I was too scared to face the guilt of letting them down.

Of course for the first week we were all sad about our loss against Niiyama, no one really speaking a single word to each other as we were all sulking.

Even the boys team kept their quietness as well after their loss. Especially Oikawa who didn't have his happy energy seeping through him but one of sadness and guilt instead.

The qualifiers were in less than 2 weeks and we've barely had any practice.

Coach had given us a week off to rest after the Interhigh's but after that we've had a total of 3 practices which were probably the most quiet practices we've ever had. Coach would be the only one to speak when directing us to different drills and such.

As for Iwaizumi and I, us keeping our relationship a secret had been pretty easy these past 3 weeks with barely any sort of communication between anyone.

As for the day I went back home to my mom she instantly brought me in a warm hug balling her eyes out as she talked about how worried she was that I didn't answer my phone.

I could only hug her back anger coursing through my body, the words of my dad and her repeating in my head.

I barely even talked to my own mother after my discovery of dad and her but she never questioned it as she thought I was quiet because I was sulking over my loss.

But I wanted to know where he was.

I just wanted to talk to him and tell me directly to my face that he was not my dad. That was honestly the closure I needed, nothing else.

So when having the time I would stay up all night searching online for any clues of where my father could be. But no avail.

Now I was sitting outside with Iwaizumi at our hidden spot which was at the back of the school underneath a tree. Usually there would only be a few students strolling around the area during lunch but not many.

Oikawa would join us once in a while but today he said he was going to spend time with his fan girls which was only code for practicing his serves in the gym which both Iwaizumi and I knew but didn't push him on it.

We both knew how the captain felt about his loss yet again against Ushijima and gave him time to take in everything.

"It's so hard to find information on a man who went from being one of the most popular icons to nothing in the matter of a year," I sigh as I picked at my lunch sadly.

With the amount of stress I was under with everything I had begun to lose my apetite not finding any use in eating.

Iwaizumi snatched the chopsticks from my hand picking up some food before lifting it up in front of my mouth giving me a stern look.

"Eat,"

The boy knew of my lack of eating and would always force me to eat whenever he was around.

"Wow are you feeding me Hajime? You're too sweet!" I pinch his cheeks playfully to which he only squints his eyes at me.

I oblige to his words as I open my mouth eating the food placed on the chopsticks munching on the rice giving the boy a close eyed smile.

"Have you talked to your mom at all yet?" He asks passing me the chopsticks to which I take it from his grasp putting some more food in my mouth.

"Not at all. I've barely spoken a word to her," I mumble.

"Well I feel like the only way to make some sort of progress in your search to find your dad is to talk to her,"

As much as I didn't want to admit it Iwaizumi was right. I had to talk to her about everything sooner or later.

Iwaizumi still didn't know my true intentions of why I wanted to find my dad but I decided not to tell him yet. I didn't want him to stress out even more for me.

"Yeah you're right. How about you? When are your parents coming back?" I glance up from my food and watch as the aces eyes widened slightly as he looked at his own food.

"They should be coming back next week. Their trip got extended another week. Something to do with a sudden incident, I'm not sure."

I could always hear the sadness in Iwaizumi's voice and his change in emotion when he spoke of his family and it really broke my heart.

I mean I could understand his sister, but his parents?

They shouldn't just leave their child alone.

"Do you want me to come over after school? We can do our school work then watch a movie?" I ask him putting my hand on top of his.

Iwaizumi glances at our hands for a few seconds his eyes widening till he flips his over intertwining mine with his a small smile now on his lips.

"That would be nice," He squeezes my hand to which I smile back even wider. "But don't you have a meeting for volleyball after school?" He looks up at me tilting his head slightly.

"Yeah, but I don't think anyone's going to show up like last time," I put my chopsticks down putting my chin on my hand letting out a huff.

"You all just have to stop being stubborn and talk,"

"Hey I'm not stubborn!" I whine pouting at the ace to which he only gives me a look.

His once annoyed look suddenly turns into a gentle one the longer he stares at me.

But before I could question it he spoke up.

"Y-you know with you looking very adorable right now it's hard not to kiss you," Iwaizumi mumbles quietly his face slowly flustering at his words.

My eyes perk up as it is something I think I would never hear coming out of my boyfriends mouth.

I move my food aside catching his attention confused as to why I did so till I lean in towards him pecking his lips a smug smile on my face.

"There ya go," I pat his cheeks playfully giggling softly at his reaction as he looks at me bewrittled.

As I was about to move my food back towards me I suddenly feel an arm wrap around my waist causing me to let out a yelp as Iwaizumi crashes his soft lips onto mine.

I kiss him back sweetly as the boy usual wasn't one for affection in public but didn't seem care in this moment.

I move my arms from my side to wrap them around his neck as I closed the rest of the distance between us to which he tightened his even more.

As sweet as the moment was it was ruined as we both suddenly heard a cough and moved back quickly to see Matsukawa and Hanamaki looking at the both of us.

Oh shit.

"Ma-mattsun Hanamaki wh-what are you both doing here?" I stammer as I could feel my face heat up in embarrassment.

"We were looking for Iwaizumi since we had a question about the training camp in Tokyo next week, but you two seem to be...busy," Hanamaki glances back and forth between the two of us the awkward tension now filling the air.

Isn't this great.

No one spoke a single word as both Iwaizumi and I tried figure out a way to respond to the two third years in front of us.

"Huh didn't know you two finally had the guts to admit your feelings towards one another. It was like watching an endless cycle with you two. Now I owe Hanamaki money," Matsukawa finally speaks up rubbing his temples.

"Mattsunn," I whine as I couldn't help but let out a small laugh as the boy had eased the weird tension. "Wait you betted on us?!" His words finally process in my mind.

"Yeah of course we did," Hanamaki smiles proudly as he takes Matsukawa's money. "Even Miyazaki added to the bet."

"Really," I heard Iwaizumi mutter as he squinted his eyes at his two friends.

So that's what Akari was muttering about in the elevator the night I went out with Hajime...

"I thought you two were just really dense and oblivious of each others feelings towards one another so betted that you two wouldn't get together till after the qualifiers and Makki said it would happen before," Matsukawa says ever so nonchalantly.

"Oi did you just call us dense?!" Iwaizumi speaks up glaring at Matsukawa.

"Well at least you're not as bad as Naka,"

"Hey Matssun! When will the bullying stop!" I pout at him kicking his shin.

The boy let's out a small groan in pain sticking his tongue out at me.

"Children,"

"Oi!" Both Matsukawa and I shout looking at a clearly annoyed Hanamaki.

"So how long has this been going on," Hanamaki continues pointing at us.

"Uhh 3 weeks..." I say just above a whisper.

"Damn 3 weeks. Makes sense though because you guys seem to have gotten close," He eyes how close we were to each other which only causes the both of us to move further from one another.

"Wait till Oikawa hears about this," Matsukawa lets out a snorts.

"Wait no please don't tell anyone! We just want to keep it a secret for now, please guys," I look desperately at the both of them.

I personally at this point didn't care about revealing our relationship to anyone as neither Ito nor Kimura have seemed to do anything bad.

But I cared about Hajime and him wanting to keep it from Oikawa which I still never fully understood.

It's not like the boy would really get heartbroken... right?

Hanamaki looks at Matsukawa who looks at him as they both do some sort of weird communication with each other.

"Okay,"

"Oh thank you so muβ€”"

"But you have to do our math work for a whole month," Matsukawa continues a smug smile on his lips.

"Hehh?! A whole month!" I exclaim looking at the both of them who were dead serious.

I then looked at Iwaizumi who was grumbling words under his breath as if he was really thinking through the situation.

"Forget it thβ€”"

"Okay we'll do it,"

My eyes widen as I snap my head to the boy beside me who looked at his two teammates.

"Alright then you're good. Have fun continuing what we were doing," Hanamaki says giving us a small wink as him and Matssun begin to walk away waving us a goodbye.

I didn't even pay attention to the two third years as I could only look at Iwaizumi in disbelief.

"Look I love how much you care for Oikawa and all and I do as well, but 1 month of math homework! I can barely do my own!" I exclaim.

The ace looks at me for a few seconds before letting out a small sigh.

"Yeah I'm sorry for cutting you off. It's just that Shittykawa is still not fully over the loss at Interhigh's and I just don't want this to mess up his game and such," Iwaizumi mumbles glancing down at the ground.

Even if the black haired boy in front of me always called his best friend all these names and would tease him constantly, he still cared for him more than he says.

It is still above me of how much Iwaizumi and I's relationship would really affect the setter as Oikawa always had many fangirls and came off as a flirty guy. But at the end of the day I still respected Hajime's words and couldn't help but let out a small laugh at how much he truly cared for Oikawa.

Iwaizumi perks up at my laugh his eyebrows furrowing in confusion. "Oi what's so funny?" He pokes my forehead to which I laugh even more.

"You're such a good friend Hajime," I smile at him to which his face flusters up at my words.

Before he could question me further the bell rings signaling the end of lunch and we both get up leaving our separate ways to class.

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It was now after school and here I was staring at my locker as I contemplated on whether I should go check out the girls volleyball meeting or not.

I mean no one has come to the ones before so I doubt they'll come now.

But at the same time we do have qualifiers in two weeks.

Suddenly my phone rings breaking me out of my thoughts and I glance down to see a text from Iwaizumi.

From: Hajime πŸ’›

Hey are you still coming over today? Should I wait for you at the school entrance?

My finger hovers over the keyboard as I think through on what to write. My mind goes back and forth before typing up a reply, sending it before I could change my mind.

Hey! You can go without me, I'll meet you at your house, I need to do something first :)

I watch as Iwaizumi likes the message to which I stuff my phone back in my pocket turning in my heels as I walk towards the familiar gym doors.

I couldn't help but let all my anxiety build up as I was thinking if anyone would show up or not.

I mean we've all barely said a word in almost a month and I felt as if it was all my fault.

As I neared the gym doors I suddenly heard footsteps behind me and turned around to see Hina looking directly at me.

I could see the hint of sadness in her blue eyes as she locked gazes with my light brown ones.

Suddenly the captains eyes widen as she glances past my shoulder to which I turn around to see Akari who eyed Hina then me.

All three of us stood outside the gym doors an awkward tension roaming in the air as none of us spoke a word.

You all have to make up sooner or later. Stop being stubborn, the voice of Hajime rings in my ears as I glanced down at the floor.

"Iβ€”" I look up from the ground to see both Hina and Akari looking at me.

"I-I'm sorry,"

I really didn't want to break down in front of them but I couldn't help but let small tears escape my eyes.

As if on cue both girls ran up to me engulfing me in a warm embrace causing my body to stiffen.

"Don't be sorry Ren. It wasn't your fault," Hina mumbles as her face was nuzzled on my shoulder. "This a team sport, so we win as a team and lose as one," The girl lifts her head up as I could see tears cascading down her cheek.

"Hina's right," Akari speaks up to which we both glance at her. "We're all in this together."

I could only smile at the two as we enjoyed the embrace and watched as our tears began slow down.

There was a sudden noise of footsteps sounding in the hallway to which all three of us glance in the direction to see Sakura looking at us with a warm smile Ito right behind her.

"Yayy you all made up!" She beams running up to us as she basically jumped into the group hug.

We all laughed at the cheery second year as the once tense air turned into a warm and happy one.

As if on cue some of the other girls walked down the hallway smiling as they joined the big group hug that we created.

"Alright girls lets go in and see why coach wants!" Hina speaks up as we break away from the each others embrace to which we playfully salute to her command.

As she opens the door we all spot coach Tanaka looking down at her clipboard but with the sound of the door opening she glances up her stoic expression turning into a small smile.

"We're all here coach!" Akari exclaims as all the girls walk into the gym together. "So who are we going to crush next?"

Coach looks at all of us for a few second taking in all of us together again before speaking up.

"Nohebi,"

Small whispers and gasps are heard in the gym at coaches words.

I couldn't help but let my eyes widen as I thought back to the tournament and Nohebi's aces words.

Akari on the other hand was grumbling words under her breath a scowl clearly visible on her face.

"But first we are going to need some practice," Coach continues catching all our attention. "So I asked the boys coach and some other schools to which we will be joining them on the week long training camp in Tokyo next week."

"So the other teams that will be there are both boys and girls team of Seijoh of course, Karasuno, Fukurōdani , Nohebi, and Nekoma."

Ne-Nekoma?

As coach continued to explain further into the training camp I couldn't help but feel a pit in my stomach at the thought of seeing my old teammates again.

I mean they only hated me because Kimura made them, it's not like they would still do so, right?

"Hey Ren," A voice quietly whispers beside me and I turn to see Hina giving me a small smile.

"It'll be alright okay?" She pats my shoulder to try and calm me down.

But it didn't really work as the thought of seeing my old team again made me sick to my stomach.

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter!!! Had to put a time skip in there because then this book would just be going too slow πŸ˜‚

Next chapter will be a somewhat filler but I rlly hope you all read it because I had lots of fun writing the chapter.

The chapter should be coming out in 4 days so stay tuned :)

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