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Hinata Shouyou beamed as he opened the door to the male dressing room, quickly unplugging his earphones once he saw his fellow castmembers. Oikawa Tooru was already dressed and wigged, despite the early start, indicating he must be on for breakfast at one of the neighbouring resorts. As soon as Hinata greeted the room, Oikawa stopped adjusting his wig and looked at Hinata through the mirror.
"Chibi-chan! Good morning~" Oikawa yelled, turning around to hug the smaller male. "I didn't know you were on today! What time is your lunch?"
Hinata couldn't help but laugh at Oikawa's fake goatee. Despite working with Oikawa for almost a year, Hinata never got used to the sight. Although Oikawa suited the turquoise vest, white shirt and dark cream pants, the goatee always looked unnatural and out of place. Hinata thought back to when he first saw Oikawa out of character and how he tried to hide his red face as Oikawa's friends teased him for how awful the goatee made him look.
Just as Hinata was about to answer Oikawa's question about lunch, another voice from across the room butted in.
"Shittykawa stop shouting! It's too early for your shit," Iwaizumi Hajime yelled as he tried to tie the red sash on the waist of his teal blue pants. "But Iwa-chan," Oikawa whined, abandoning Hinata and making his way over to Iwaizumi. "You're shouting too," he laughed, taking the red piece of fabric and quickly tying it for him.
"Thanks," Iwazumi muttered, a light blush spreading over his face and Hinata shook his head at his friends' odd behaviour.
Hinata made his way over to his locker and grabbed the costume he needed for the day. Looking at the fiery wig, that almost matched his own hair, and the green attire, he sighed as he wondered how he got so lucky. Never in a million years did he think he would land his dream role of Peter Pan at Disneyland and make such amazing friends. He silently thanked Yachi for convincing him to go to auditions with her when they were being held in their home town.
As Hinata sat down and began his morning routine, Oikawa and Iwaizumi got up to leave, double-checking themselves in the mirror one last time.
"Well chibi-chan, we can't leave our ladies in waiting. See you later~" Oikawa said, grabbing Iwaizumi's hand and pulling him out of the room insisting he looked fine. As Hinata waved goodbye he couldn't help but overhear the two bickering about Miya Atsumu and where he was.
"Today is going to be a good day," Hinata confidently said to himself as more of his coworkers began entering the room.
*
Hinata bounced as he made his way through the park, stopping and quickly talking to guests whenever one called out to him. Hinata's energetic mood almost felt infectious as every person he met left smiling and happier than they were before. At one point Hinata bent down to talk to a young kid who insisted on being taught how to fly.
"Kiddo don't you know? All you need is a little faith, trust, and pixie dust!" Hinata laughed, quoting the famous line hoping to make the little kid smile. However, instead, he was met with sad-looking eyes. "B-but I'm too small! I'll never be able to play volleyball," the child whined and Hinata felt a pain in his heart as he thought back to his high school experiences.
"Hey buddy, look at me," Hinata said, grabbing the child's attention. "I may be small, but I can fly and you can too! You just have to believe in yourself." Hinata's words seemed to fill the child up with motivation as a confident look overtook his face. "I-I can fly." the young kid said, testing out the words. "I can fly. I can fly!" he yelled, suddenly jumping over to his parents and exclaiming the new words.
Hinata smiled and felt his heart fill up with joy. This was definitely his favourite part of the job, seeing kids smile and knowing it was him who caused it.
As Hinata was about to get up the child ran back and engulfed him in a hug. "Thank you, Peter! You're my favourite!" he yelled, exposing a wide-mouth smile.
"Don't ever give up on your dreams," Hinata said, hugging back.
*
"Tch," Kuroo Tetsurou muttered, grabbing a plate and making his way over to his usual table.
"Damn that shitty Daishou. I hope he gets caught making out with some girl behind Splash Mountain and gets fired so I never have to see his shitty face again," Kuroo yelled, slamming the plate down on the table.
"That's not a very Disney attitude of you Kuroo," Kozume Kenma mumbled, focussing on the game in front of him. Kenma was used to his friend's angry outbursts but often wondered how Kuroo managed to keep it together out in the park.
"What did he do now? I swear if I see him I'll- I'll-" Bokuto Koutarou began but was quickly cut off.
"You'll do what Bokuto-san? Smile and say hello in a passive-aggressive tone like you usually do?" Akaashi Keiji said, a slightly teasing tone residing in his words. Kenma let out a quiet laugh remembering the incident that took place last week where the two met in character inside the park.
"Akaashi! That was one time and I didn't have a choice!" Bokuto yelled, jumping up and almost knocking over the table where the four of them were seated.
"Bokuto-san, please calm down," Akaashi said, thankful that none of the food had spilt as they were still in costume.
Kenma's attention was drawn away from the commotion as he saw multiple texts from Hinata light up his screen. His eyes flickered over the incoherent messages as he furrowed his eyebrows trying to think about who Hinata was talking about.
"Um does anyone know if anyone new started today?" Kenma asked, interrupting the conversation that was taking place in front of him.
*
Hinata walked out from backstage after sending a string of keyboard smashes and questions about who the new black-haired member was to Kenma. A faint blush was painted over his face as he thought back to when he first saw the mysterious figure while he was walking around.
Peter Pan's Flight was situated opposite It's a Small World and Hinata made it a habit to stop by and chat with the cast members that were on staff that day. Expecting to see Kindaichi Yuutarou and Kunimi Akira, he was surprised to see another male figure with black hair peeking out from under the straw hat. Kindaichi, having spotted the other's bright green outfit, waved and yelled at him to come over.
Just as Kindaichi was about to say hi and greet Hinata, the other name-less figure turned around and made direct eye contact with the small orange-haired man.
Hinata froze, taken aback by the stranger's good looks. Heat travelled to Hinata's neck as he felt his face burn up. Realising he had ignored Kindaichi's greeting in favour of staring at the stranger, Hinata jumped up in the air and took off in the direction he came from, yelling about how he needed the bathroom.
Now, here he was hiding behind a large pillar across from the ride's entrance trying to not make himself noticeable as he spied on the trio. Hinata watched as Kunimi greeted guests and Kindaichi showed the new guy which buttons operated the ride. Hinata squinted his eyes as he tried to read the name printed on the plastic name tag but scrunched up his face when he failed to do so. He silently cursed his teen self for all the late nights he spent watching volleyball matches in the dark.
Knowing it wasn't uncharacteristic of Peter Pan to mess around and play games, Hinata remained in his hiding position weighing out the pros and cons of walking up and introducing himself.
Pros - he would get to meet the undeniably attractive stranger.
Cons- he was dressed as Peter Pan and would have to do the whole thing while in character.
Deciding it was now or never, Hinata hopped out of his hiding place and skipped over to the ride's entrance where Kunimi was standing. Unknownst to Hinata, Kunimi had noticed the whole ordeal, starting with Hinata's strange behaviour and had even seen Hinata crouch down behind the pillar and begin to count something on his fingers.
"Well, Peter, what brings you here?" Kunimi asked, a smug expression taking over his face. The mention of the name caused the other two members to turn around and Kindaichi began to wave.
"I wanted to see my two favourite boat operators of course! And to introduce myself to," Hinata paused to read the name tag, "Kageyama! Nice to meet you! I'm Peter, Peter Pan. The best and most handsome person in the park! Also incredibly humble!" Hinata beamed out, grabbing Kageyama Tobio's arm and shaking it comically.
Hinata waited for Kageyama to crack a smile or even laugh but instead he was met with silence and a blank neutral expression from the other male. The theme song of the ride blared through the speakers and the longer Hinata stood there in silence still shaking Kageyama's hand, the more he began to regret every life choice he ever made.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see Kindaichi and Kunimi holding back their laughter and Hinata began to wonder if he had his pants on backwards. All of Hinata's worst-case scenarios raced through his head as he wondered why Kageyama hadn't responded to anything he had said. He wished the floor would open up and drop him into the middle of the ride and hopefully sail away from this awkward encounter and never come near Kageyama again. But as he was about to let go and leave, the other man spoke up.
"What is a Peter Pan?"