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Hinata didn’t really know why he agreed to go, but perhaps it was because of the puppy eyes that Yachi had been giving him, or perhaps he just kind of really wanted to try on the pretty skirt.
It was a Sunday morning and Hinata was in his bedroom, packing his stuff for college when he heard a loud banging on the door. He didn’t bother to open the door because a figure soon entered the room and Hinata didn’t have to look up to find out who it was, “Yachi, just because my mom gave you our keys doesn’t mean you have to barge into my room all the time,” Hinata picked up a few mangas and placed it into a box.
“It’s an emergency!” Yachi panted and tried to calm down her breathing. “You say that every time you barge into my room!” Hinata finally looked up at her and pouted.
“…okay, yes, I admit that, but I swear this is the most important emergency!”
Hinata raised his left eyebrow, “…what did you do this time?”
“Not me! It’s.. it’s uh, my mom…” Yachi scratched the back of her neck and puffed out a breath, frustration painted all over her face.
Hinata chuckled softly as he got up from the floor and went to sit on his bed, patting the space next to him and signalling the still frustrated Yachi to come sit next to him.
“Did she set you up for another singles event?”
Yachi nodded furiously and sobbed dramatically, “She thinks it’s time for me to, and I quote, ‘finally settle down and have a boyfriend’… but I’m only nineteen for god’s sake! I haven’t even started college, I never had a job, and I hate boys!”
Hinata chuckled and patted her back, ever since he asked Yachi to tutor him during their first year, he had gotten very close with her and even after they graduated from high school, they still remained best friends and they trusted each other with everything, which is why Hinata was the very first person Yachi came out to as bisexual. It had always been quite obvious to Hinata though, Yachi might be shy around boys all the time but Hinata had seen the way she’d blush and stutter when some girls were around, specifically Shimizu and her actions were obviously not cause by pure shyness.
“How did she even find so many singles events?”
“One of her high school friends is working for a singles event company.. I don’t even know this kind of company exists! But ever since my mom went to that high school reunion, she had been meeting up with her almost everyday! So since she’s technically a matchmaker and she obviously needs more ‘customers’ AND she knows my mom, guess who’s unlucky? Me! My mom literally set me up for more than five times! I’m nineteen, not twenty-nine! She should be concern about my studies like every moms do, not my love life!” Yachi laid down on the bed and groaned in frustration.
“So.. you need me to help you lie to your mom that you’re busy, again?” Hinata had been covering up for Yachi every time her mother set her up for a singles event, even though they were not the best duo when it comes to being a genius, Hinata had a really imaginative mind that helped them make up plenty of excuses and Yachi’s mom always fell for it.
“No… my mom’s getting really suspicious and I’m well-known for not being actively social, I can’t keep lying to her that I have somewhere else to go! We were lucky last time when we lied that we were going to a party, she clearly didn’t bought that but luckily she had to go to a meeting,”
Hinata remembered that day clearly, they were pretending to be in a hurry for a non-existent party but Yachi’s mother was standing in front of the door, giving them an intense glare that terrified the hell out of Hinata. If it wasn’t for the phone call that notified her a sudden meeting that she had to go, Yachi would have been drag to the singles event and Hinata would be ban from going to their house for a month.
“Then.. what do you want me to do?” Hinata had a bad feeling as soon as he saw the creepy smile that crept up to the corner of Yachi’s mouth.
“Hinata~ I helped you a lot, right?” the way Yachi dragged his name didn’t make him feel any less anxious.
“…uh, yes? I mean, I helped you a out a lot so, we’re even..”
“I know you would never say no to me...” and that, that was what made Hinata gave in.
Yachi’s infamous puppy eyes.
“…fine, what is it?”
Yachi giggled and hugged Hinata tightly before letting him go, “Hinata~ I need you to take my place and go to the singles event for me!”
Hinata widened his eyes in horror, did he really just hear that? Did Yachi really just say that?
“B-But, this is a heterosexual singles event, if I had to take your place, I have to be…” Yachi nodded with a huge smile and Hinata swore, he really regretted asking Yachi to tutor him in their first year.
“Yachi, are you.. crazy? I’m a boy!” Hinata got up from his bed and puffed out a breath.
“I know! But, wigs exist!” Yachi got up as well and tried to persuade her best friend. However, Hinata went to sit on the floor and continued packing his stuff for college instead, ignoring the whines coming from Yachi.
“Just, hear me out! You put on a wig, a beautiful top and a pretty skirt, then you’d look like a girl! No one would be suspicious, my mom wouldn't have a clue because her friend doesn’t know how I look like, and I don’t have to go to that singles event!”
“Yachi! What makes you think I’d look like a girl?”
“You wouldn’t know if you didn’t try!” Yachi pulled out a skirt out of nowhere and surprisingly, it caught Hinata’s attention.
Hinata had never try cross-dressing, but ever since he was a kid, he had been interested in females’ clothing and he would always wonder how it’d feels like to be wearing in those beautiful clothes. During most part of his childhood, he would be jealous of his sister Natsu when their mother would buy her lots of pretty clothes, but he was too afraid that he would be seen as ‘weird’ so he never had the courage to ask his mother to buy it for him, or even ask Natsu to let him try on her clothes. Though, it never really bothered him and as years passed by, he had slowly forgotten about that especially after he started becoming interested in volleyball, but deep inside, he would still very much love to feel those pretty fabrics against his skin.
“Hinata? Are you okay? It’s fine if you don’t want to! Sorry… I’m just really anxious about this whole thing, but I should’ve put your feelings first, I’m sorry if you’re uncomforta-”
“It’s okay! I’d do it!”
Hinata’s sudden change of attitude completely surprised Yachi, she wasn’t sure why Hinata agreed all of a sudden, but the excitement in his eyes… it was familiar, very familiar. Yachi had seen the way Hinata’s eyes light up a lot of times when they were still in high school, and the only thing that would make him this excited was volleyball. And perhaps a few particular people.
“Hinata… why does he looks so excited?” Yachi thought, tilting her head to the side in confusion. She might not had a clue to the reason behind Hinata’s excitement, but to say she was relieved would be an understatement, it had been a while since she had seen Hinata this excited and she definitely didn’t mind seeing this side of Hinata.
It had been a month since they graduated from Karasuno, although things didn’t exactly end well for the volleyball team, but it wasn’t bad either. They failed to win at the nationals but they still ended up in second place which didn’t really leave any regrets for them. But perhaps it was Hinata’s last match as Karasuno’s player, Hinata seemed really depressed and ever since then, Yachi had not seen him talking about volleyball nor mention anything about his teammates. It was as if he had completely cut ties with volleyball.. with his teammates.. and with Kageyama.
Yachi knew Hinata was still in contact with Kenma, but other than Kenma, Hinata had no relations with any of his former friends, not even the second and third years who graduated a long while ago. Yachi knew there was no bad blood between them, because Hinata loved all of them dearly but perhaps he loved them so much, he chose to ignore the fact that they had all gone their own separate ways and were no longer together. Though there were a couple times when the second and third years would contact Yachi and tried to be updated about Hinata’s life, especially Tanaka and Nishinoya, who were once the closest senpais to Hinata. But Yachi never revealed too much about Hinata’s current life because she knew she was in no place to do that, though she really hoped that Hinata would reconcile with them soon.
Which is also why Yachi really wanted Hinata to take her place at the singles event.
“I-I’m going to try on these first, see if it’d fits…” Hinata said meekly and quickly hurried his way to the bathroom.
A few minutes later, Hinata came out from the bathroom wearing the top and skirt with the long brown wig on top of his head, a tint of blush slowly appearing on his cheeks.
“Hinata!! Oh my god, Hinata! You look so adorable!” Yachi could hardly close her mouth because she was too stunned from Hinata’s appearance, she knew Hinata had a slightly lean body and his height had always been adorable, yet she was still skeptical about the idea in the first place. But seeing how Hinata looked wonderfully beautiful in that outfit, Yachi had no doubt that everyone would totally fall for it.
“I-I do? I don’t l-look weird, right?” Hinata stuttered shyly and scratched the back of his neck. “Of course not! You look so pretty.. prettier than me!” Yachi beamed proudly, looking like the proudest mom.
This, would definitely work.
“We’re here!” Yachi looked at the cafe and took a deep breath before turning around and smiled at Shimizu, “Shimizu-senpai, thank you for driving us here!” Shimizu smiled and nodded, “It’s nothing, but… Hinata, are you okay?”
The two girls turned around and looked at a nervous Hinata who was mumbling something under his breath, “Hinata! Do you need some water? Um, some sweets?!” Yachi fumbled over her words anxiously.
Shimizu shook her head and mentally face-palmed herself, “Hinata, take a deep breath,” she said and handed him a bottle of water. Hinata finally came back to his senses and grabbed the bottle, taking a huge chunk of it and ended up choking on it.
“HINATA!! SHIMIZU-SENPAI, PLEASE PAT HIS BACK!! HINATA, PLEASE DON’T DIE!”
“YACHI-CHAN! HINATA’S NOT GOING TO DIE BUT HE MIGHT IF YOU KEEP SHAKING HIS BODY LIKE THAT!”
“SHIMIZU-SENPAI!! HE’S NOT BREATHING!!!”
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Hinata finally got out from the car after several attempts of escaping, he smiled at Yachi and Shimizu in an awkward manner before they drove off to nearest car park. Although Yachi and Shimizu were coming back because they were going to the cafe to ‘support’ Hinata in disguise, but Hinata still felt a heavy lump in his throat and anxiety kept rising as he took each step to the cafe. To make matters worse, he was ten minutes late thanks to his nervous breakdown and he really, really regretted agreeing to help Yachi.
He took a deep breath before entering the cafe and a waitress immediately approached him, “Welcome to Singles Cafe! Do you have any reservations?” Hinata smiled awkwardly and thought, “…who would ever name their cafe ‘Singles Cafe’?”
“Uh, yeah, I uh, a reservation for Hin- I mean, Yachi Hitoka!” Hinata tried to make his voice as soft as possible and luckily, the waitress didn’t seem to suspect anything as she smiled in the sweetest way possible, “Ah! You’re also here for the singles event! Hm, a cute girl like you is still single? Ah.. the world works in a crazy way.. Please come with me!” the waitress whispered as if Hinata was invisible before she led the way with Hinata following her like a lost puppy.
“…a-a cute girl? Do I really look cute in this outfit? D-Do I really look like a girl?” Hinata thought and a blush slowly appeared on his cheeks, not realizing a few pair of eyes that were following him intensely.
“Excuse me, sorry for the interruption! But Miss Hitoka is finally here!” the waitress stopped in front of a booth where several people were sitting across from each other.
Hinata finally came back to his senses when he heard the word ‘finally’, he blushed embarrassingly and thought, “Great.. I’m late and I made so many people wait for me… there’s like, fifteen people here!”
“Hitoka?”
Someone from the booth called out and Hinata shot his head up, widening his eyes in shock at the familiar voice.
“…So, you’re Yachi Hitoka?”
Hinata widened his eyes for the umpteenth time and he could hardly feel his body, everyone’s attention was on him and there were a few people who he clearly recognized, perhaps a little too much.
“Yachi-chan! We were waiting for you! Come on, take a seat!” another familiar voice spoke up but it just made Hinata’s anxiety far more worse.
The waitress sensed Hinata’s uncomfortableness so she slowly pulled Hinata to the booth and squeezed his hand, “Hitoka-san, please take a deep breath! I’m sure they’re all nice and friendly, but if you need anything, just press the buzzer and I’d be here within seconds!” the waitress gave him one last smile before disappearing from the booth, and Hinata was left with fifteen pairs of eyes on him.
“So, Oikawa-san told us that you used to be a manager for Karasuno’s volleyball team! That’s so cool!” a girl next to Hinata said cheerfully and it calmed down Hinata’s nerves, he slowly regained his composure and nodded, “Y-Yeah, I guess it is cool…” though he still tried to look at anywhere but the five boys in front of him, damn it, why are they here?
“Uh, are you going to introduce yourself or not?” a girl with long blonde hair asked with an irritated tone, Hinata’s arrival clearly interrupted whatever conversation she was having with Oikawa, and she was obviously unhappy.
“O-Oh! Right, sorry! I’m Hin-” Hinata swore he just saw those five boys smirked. “-Yachi Hitoka, I’m Yachi Hitoka! I’m nineteen years old, a-and I’m attending college soon,” Hinata immediately lowered his head shyly after he finished his introduction, but no matter how much he tried to make his presence as invisible as possible, those stares would still be on him.
“Yachi-chan, it’s been such a long while since I’ve seen you! Let me guess.. it’s been a year, hasn’t it?” Oikawa asked ‘innocently’ but Hinata could obviously sense a hint of bitterness in his tone.
Oikawa Tooru, the Great King who graduated from Aoba Johsai two years ago.
Despite coming from different teams and the fact that Karasuno defeated Seijoh two years ago, Oikawa and Hinata had actually form a friendship that Hinata would not really consider ‘close’ because he was still nervous around the Great King, but there were still a couple of times when they would go hang out (it was mostly oikawa’s idea) and have meals together (usually oikawa’s treat) even though Oikawa was already in college.
But ever since Karasuno lost at the Spring Tournament’s final (which also happened during Hinata’s third year), Hinata had stop accepting Oikawa’s offer to hang out and no matter how hard Oikawa tried to see him or contact him, Hinata always had an excuse to avoid him. Oikawa was upset but college was already giving him a headache, so he stopped making the effort to meet up with Hinata and had never seen him since then.
Hinata gulped guiltily and chuckled nervously, “Y-Yeah, haha, i-it’s been a year huh….”
It would be a lie if Hinata say he didn’t miss the former setter, he still felt guilty to this day that he avoided him, he knew Oikawa was just trying to be nice and to be a good friend, but he still avoided him and he could never forgive himself for that. To be precise, Hinata could never forgive himself for avoiding and ignoring everyone, he felt awful, but he was truly confuse and he really didn’t know how to face them.
“Uh, anyway, I think we should all introduce ourselves to Hitoka-san!” the girl next to Hinata could sense a weird tension between them, she gulped awkwardly before she continued, “Hi, Hitoka-san! I’m Chiba Kumiko, I’m twenty years old and I’m from Furukawa College!” Hinata nodded at her with a huge smile, she had a really good, positive vibe and Hinata really liked her.
“…I’m Shinohara Eri, I’m twenty-one years old and I’m also from Furukawa College, nice to meet you.” the girl with black hair and a high pony tail said meekly which was soon followed with a small smile. Hinata returned the smile and he had a good vibe from her as well, but the girl next to Shinohara was the one who spoke to Hinata with an irritated tone, and Hinata really didn’t need an introduction from her.
“I’m Hoshino Aiko, nineteen years old and I’m going to the same college as Oikawa-kun~” she winked at Oikawa who was sitting across from her and Oikawa returned a wink as well.
Oikawa had always been flirty, Hinata knew that, but he still felt a weird pang in his heart and he really didn’t know how he felt about the flirty interaction between Oikawa and Hoshino.
“Hello, Hitoka-san! I’m Akimoto Kinji, I’m twenty-two years old and I’m graduating soon! Also, I’m his twin brother!” the boy with a bald head introduced cheerfully and pointed at the boy next to him.
“Hi Hitoka-san! I’m Akimoto Takumi, I’m also twenty-two years old and I’m his twin brother, as well!” Hinata giggled at his funny tone, they somehow reminded him of Tanaka and Nishinoya.
Hinata was taken aback at his own mention of the two familiar names, his eyes were filled with sadness but it was soon replace with anxious when the next person spoke up, “Kageyama Tobio, nineteen years old… going to college soon.”
If Hinata was granted a wish by a genie right now, he would definitely wish for his existence to be wiped out by Thanos, please.