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"Is that-is that blood?" Kageyama froze as he heard the voice. Then he realized he couldn't be seen leaking like a faucet. "Kageyama?" his eyes widened as the mans face came into view.
"Shit!" he hissed to himself and tried to duck away. Iwazumi only gave an exasperated huff and grabbed him by his hood.
"What the hell happened to you?" he asked as he pulled the now second year to face him.
Kageyama awkwardly avoided eye contact and mumbled something into his hoodie. "What? Speak up,"
"It's a misunderstanding," he said under his breath. Iwazumi nodded for him to continue. "I was at the park, and then I gotta nosebleed," he gestured at his own face, "then some guy thought I was looking at his girlfriend and being a pervert and punched me,"
Fucking asshole, Iwazumi ignored the thought and fully released Kageyama's hoodie. "Are you going to the hospital? Or do you plan on treating yourself at home?" he asked.
Kageyama finally managed to look the older in the face. It was tight, almost as if he were scolding Oikawa, but not quite as annoyed. "I was going to crash at the Tsukishima's place. My parents just got home and I don't wanna worry them,"
"I can walk you, if you want," he offered. Kageyama noticed that his face was more relaxed now...more fond.
"I'm-it's okay...I just-yeah, I'll be okay," Iwazumi gave a disbelieving look. The setter prickled . "I-I'm a man!" Unfortunately, his voice just had to crack.
Iwazumi gave a soft, but deep chuckle and ruffled the younger's hair. "Hm, it's on my way anyways, what's the harm?" he walked ahead of Kageyama with blind (albeit fake) confidence. He had not one damn clue where Tsukishima's house was.
"What are you doing here anyways?"
"Running some errands for Shittykawa and my Ma," He hummed.
Kageyama skipped a little to catch up. He was so tempted to grab Iwazumi's hand, but being punched once today was enough for him. "What does Oikawa-san want—if you don't mind me asking,"
Iwazumi glanced at him and adjusted the bag on his shoulder. "His heavy ass astronomy books," he softly laughed to himself. "He's such a fuckin' nerd,"
But he looked so content. Kageyama felt like he was sitting next to a fire, and watching a two season show and every episode was an hour long.
Everything felt so right.
***
"What the hell, King?" that fucking name would be the end of him. The blond nodded at Iwazumi.
"I need to crash here for tonight,"
Tsukishima sucked his teeth and opened the door wider. "Why didn't you go to the Shrimps house?" he asked.
Kageyama entered the house and toed off his shoes. "I said I needed somewhere to crash; not to go hiking," he turned back to the door and bowed towards Iwazumi. "Thank you for seeing me here safely Iwazumi-san,"
"You can call me Hajime, you know," he adjusted the bag on his shoulder once again, "and it's no problem; it was on my way, anyways,"
Kageyama had to clench his mouth shut to make sure he wasn't gaping at the former Ace. "Oikawa-san would actually kill me,"
That same warm smile appeared on his face. "Shittykawa doesn't have to know," he wanted to be the only one he smiled at like that.
"T-then you can call me Tobio,"
"Goodnight, Tobio-kun,"
"Goodnight Iw–Hajime-san," he clicked to door shut and blinked at the door a couple times.
He could feel Tsukishima towering over him and–god he was never going to live this down. "Are you gonna make it up the stairs, or are you gonna pass out in the doorway,"
"Fuck you,"
"Who're we fucking?" Yamaguchi chirped as he peaked around the corner. "Hi Kageyama," Kageyama hummed nonchalantly as he put on a pair of slippers.
"Holy shit! Your face!" Yamaguchi gasped when he looked up and shuffled closer to examine the forming bruise. The setter squawked in protest and turned his face away. "Aht! What the hell were you doing?!"
"I got punched in the face for having a nosebleed,"
Yamaguchi's face scrunched up and he paused in his examination. Tsukishima gave a deep sigh as he rubbed at his temple. "Only you, King...only you," They moved to the kitchen as Kageyama recalled the entire story. They interrogated him with Tsukishima trying a little bit harder to hold back on his sarcasm and teasing.
Probably because Yamaguchi would make sure that the both of them would end up with matching black eyes, but still.
Kageyama texted his mother and sister and told them he was sleeping over at a friend's for the night. His mom tried to guilt trip him into changing his mind; saying that she hasn't seen him in so long (and she hadn't. She'd been gone on a two month long business trip). His sister sent two text:
don't die
sent u 20
He sent back a thumbs up emoticon and closed his phone. "What happened to Hinata being a traitor, huh,"
Kageyama took a deep breath. "Fuck you,"