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It was a rather sunny day, but Kidou couldn't tell for sure because of an early hour. He lazily stretched and turned around so the sun breaking through the curtains did not blind him. He groans when he realizes the early signs of his migraine. He noticed the first symptoms such as hypersensitivity to light and spots in front of the eyes last night but he kinda wished it would go away if he went to sleep.
Kidou found ironic his illness, he known as the absolute commander of the pitch and a genius playmaker was suffering because of migrenes - extreme headaches combined with other unpleasant symptoms. His brain is his advantage but it still fails him.
He covers his face with a blanket and squeezes his eyes so hard that he can see the colors. This is not his day.
Gouenij walks to school as always, this is the only place he tries not to be late. The only odd thing is the fact that he checks his phone every 3 minutes. Kidou didn't respond to any of his texts, neither to the one wishing him good night nor to any of the morning ones. It's not like Kidou to leave him without the word, but he decided to ask him at school.
The Raimon team already started their classes. In the whole chaos due to the early hour and the beginning of lessons, no one noticed the strategist's absence. Endou and Gouenji were sitting in math class, sure that Kidou was in one of the classrooms at the end of the corridor, carefully writing down all the teacher's words.
The truth was very different. Kidou was now sitting on his bed which required a lot of strength from him. Hakamada stood above him with a glass of water and a box full of small, white pills that the doctor had prescribed for him. The boy takes a little box and he pours a few pills into his hand, the butler doesn't comment on their quantity, he knows it will be better this way, after all, Kidou knows what he's doing. He swallows them and it looks as if it costs him a lot of energy, his eyes barely open and he slouches like never before.
"Should I bring something to eat?" Hakamada asks and helps Kidou lay down again.
"No, thank you."
The bell in Raimon Jr. High School rings loudly and previously empty halls are now quickly full of students. Everyone goes out to the courtyard to enjoy the good weather, on the way Endou and Gouenji catch Kazemaru, Otanashi, Aki, Natsumi, and Ichinose along with Domon and Someoka.
Eventually, they manage to push through the crowd and reach the clubhouse, the goalkeeper opens loudly the door and laughs.
"Oh, it's so nice today." he stretches out and sits on one of the chairs next to the table."Wait, where is Kidou?"
"I'm not surprised he's not here, you all act like animals." Murmurs annoyed Natsumi, she's not happy with the way all students act during the break.
"I don't know. Onii-chan usually texts me when he will be absent."
"I called him twice and texted him but he didn't respond to any of them." says Gouenji.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." adds Someoka. "Maybe he overslept or decided to skip the first lesson."
"That's not like him."
"We shouldn't panic." Ichinose reassures. "Maybe Skomeoka-kun is right, Kidou might have just overslept. It happens to all of us."
"Yeah, especially to you" This time it's Aki. "But I think we should do as you say. If he doesn't show up we can start worrying."
As soon as the bell rings, they go to their classes, Gouenji more thoughtful than usual. Missed calls, and texts without a response something was off and he started to get worried about his boyfriend.
Kidou kneels by the toilet as he vomits. Not much, because he hadn't been able to eat anything for over a dozen hours. The headache still haunts him, and even Kidou could tell that it's only getting worse. It's one of those days when the strategist could just go to the nearest bridge and end it all here and now, the fall itself would be less painful. But then he remembers that Endou will probably fail math without his help, and Gouenji will continue to kick everyone with his fire tornado instead of communicating with them. And of course, he promised Haruna that he would take her to Italy one day, he had to keep this promise.
So he gets up on shaky legs and rinses his mouth in the sink, and then, leaning on every possible object on the way, he returns to the bedroom.
Kidou carefully lays down and this time he can't hold back his tears, if he were to describe the pain that accompanies him now, he would say that a gigantic stone fell on his head, then a piano, and finally a little elf with a nasty smile was knocking on his head with a hammer.
He holds his head between his arms shielding from the outside world. Shaky breaths escape from his lips as he cries himself to sleep.
After the second lesson, the students leave the classes a bit calmer, which pleases Natsumi. They meet outside as previously agreed.
"Kidou is still not here, right?" Endou asks when he sees Natsumi and Ichinose who have classes with strategists.
"Yeah."
"Maybe we should try calling him again?" proposed Aki.
Gouenji nods in agreement and avoids any eye contact, he's sure they will be able to see fear in his eyes. He pulls out his phone from his pocket in his uniform. He clicks the keyboard a few times and puts the phone to his ear. All of them stand in silence as they wait for Kidou to pick up the phone and say that he's fine and just overslept a bit.
"Voicemail goes off." The blond admits and puts the phone back in his trousers.
"We can officially start worrying."
"Otanashi, are you sure he didn't mention anything? Maybe a doctor's appointment or something like that? "
"No, I don't think so. He should be in school."
Everybody is now deep in their thoughts, they hope nothing bad happened to their friend.
"There is only one thing we can do now" Kazemaru breaks the silence. "We should go look for him."
"Yeah, no we can't do that now." Someoka says.
"Then we will after school." Declares Endou "Mission: Rescue Kidou!"
After that they don't meet till lunch break, now the whole team is in the clubhouse as always ready to share their lunch with the rest. When Gouenji and Natsumi enter a lively discussion is taking place.
"Maybe someone kidnapped him!?"
"Or he has committed a crime and is in jail!"
"No, he would never! More likely he got hurt saving a kid."
"I'm pretty sure he's okay, maybe he didn't do homework and decided to stay at home."
The flaming striker looks at Raimon and without any words, they agree: in front of them stands a bunch of idiots with a big imagination.
"Gouenji! It's so good that you are here, we're planning on how to get Kidou back from the kidnappers!"
"You idiots!" says Natsumi. "No one kidnapped anyone. If you shut up Gouenji-kun will tell you what he figured out."
Slowly everybody he took your place and then waited in silence for the forward's words.
"So I was thinking and I came up with a solution. We should call someone from the Teikioku team, maybe they know something."
"Oh no! What if Kidou went back to Teikioku!?"
Kabeyma screams in fear leading to the big and loud mess.
"STOP!" Endou can be loud if he wants to and it's very useful at times. "If Kidou went back to Teikioku I'm sure he would tell us and if not at least Raimon would know. Am I right?"
"Yes, captain." Kageyama apologizes.
"Okay! So now we have a plan, but do we have a number for any of them?"
"I do." Goenji takes out his phone and shakes it a little to gather everyone's attention."I got Genda's number, if he picks up I'm gonna put him on speaker so be quiet. "
"So no one is gonna question the fact that he has Genda's number?" Someoka asks but is soon hushed down by Kazemaru.
everyone waits in suspense and counts down the next signals. One, two, three...
"Hello? Is it you Gouenji?"
"Gouenji!? Why the fuck are you talking with Gouenji?" They hear another voice coming from the phone.
"Shut up, Sakuma! Hello?"
"Yes, Genda. It's me."
"Did anything happen?" Now they can hear Teikioku goalkeeper better.
"Well, we don't know yet. It's about Kidou.
"Okay, wait. What "We"? And what happened to Kidou? Is he hurt?"
"What!? Kidou is hurt!?" For the second time they hear a voice that doesn't belong to Genda. "Gimmie that phone, you idiot!"
"Stop it, Sakuma." The whole Raimon team tries not to laugh, but the screams get progressively worse.
"You act like his parents." Endou doesn't hold the laughter.
"We are, don't be fooled, Kidou is so irresponsible sometimes that I can't believe he's still here with us. But anyway, what's going on?"
"I and the rest are worried about him, he didn't show up to school which is already very unusual for him and he didn't respond to any of our texts or calls. Maybe you two know something?"
"Well, I'm not sure. I talked with him yesterday and he seemed fine."
there was silence on the line and then Sakuma spoke on the phone.
"I also talked with him last night, and he mentioned that he had a headache..."
"He had!?"
The sound was muffled and no one understood anything, but the last Sakumas words didn't sound good.
"Hey!" Endou stops their arguing. "Do you know what's with him?"
"So you don't know?" Genda is back on the line.
"About what?" Till now Harun was silent only wanting to find out what was going on with her brother.
"He has migraines."
There is silence, no one probably expected such an answer. It is so simple and at the same time so surreal that for a moment all you can hear is Genda's breathing through the phone.
"He has migrenes..?" Endou is the first one to speak.
"Yeah, he had them often back in Teikioku, but I think it's his first one since he transferred to Raimon. Probably because he doesn't have to study that much."
"But he'll be okay?" Otanashi is worried.
"Yes, he will take a bunch of pills and in 3 days he will come as if nothing had happened."
"That's all? I mean can we help him somehow?" asks Kazemaru. "My mom used to have migraines, I would usually bring her some green tea 'cause it made her feel better."
"Well, you have to make sure he doesn't overdose on his medications, at times like these he swallows them like candy. Besides, Kidou practically doesn't eat during migraines and only drinks water."
"Can we visit him?"
"Yeah, but only one or two people." Genda advises. "More can overwhelm him and cause more pain."
"Okay! Thank you, Genda and Sakuma!" Endou says energetic, happy that his friend will be alright.
"No problem, we gotta go, the training starts soon. See ya!"
The call ends and the clubhouse gets lively again.
"Ha! I told you!"
"Thank god! He really could've been kidnapped."
"Poor Kidou, he must be in pain."
"He scared us."
"Okay, everybody! Kidou will be okay, so now we can go train and show Kidou when he gets back the progress we made!" Endou smiles widely.
Players slowly leave and inside stay only Gouenji and Natsumi.
"You had a great idea with that call." She crosses her arms. "You want to go to him?"
"Yes."
Raimon offers a smile but when in return she doesn't get the same she can't help but notice that something is wrong.
"What's going on?"
"He didn't tell me..." Gouenji looks down. "He didn't tell me that he has migraines, and I don't know why."
"It's Kidou, you know. He likes to be a little bit mysterious."
"I know, but still."
"Okay, don't slouch. Just go to him and you'll feel better."
The blond nods and leaves with a tiny smile on his face. Natsumi is right, he just needs to see Kidou and he'll feel better.
He tries not to run, but the thought of the boy he loves so much being in pain he can't resist.
When he is already in front of his house or rather a villa, he knocks on the door. Normally he would ring the bell, but a loud sound would only cause Kidou more discomfort. Hakamada opens the door.
"I'm afraid that Master Kidou is unavailable today."
"I know, he has a migraine that's why I came." Gouneji looks at Hakamada hoping that he will understand that he has to see Kidou. "Please."
"Of course." He lets the blond in. "If you could make him eat something, that would be great. I'm worried he isn't eating enough."
Gouneji nods and walks away. He climbs the stairs and he can swear that his heart has never beat so fast. He is afraid of the condition in which he will find the strategist. And afraid of the reason why he didn't tell him.
He stands in front of the door for a moment, wondering whether he should knock or just enter. He decides it will be better to knock. When he hears a quiet murmur from inside, he opens the door so that it doesn't creak.
When he enters he sees a shocked expression on Kidou's face, who is sitting tangled in blankets. His face is so pale just like a wall, he looks very ill.
"Hey, Kidou." He whispers, he walks closer to the bed and carefully sits on it.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Kidous voice is hoarse.
"Are you not happy to see me?"
"No, it's not that" Kidou winces and the striker helps him lay down.
"I was just joking." Gouenji calms down the other boy. "How do you feel?"
"Bad, but like really bad."
Kidou lay with his eyes closed and Gouenji takes this opportunity to admire his face. He likes Kidou's nose, his eyes shape and lips which he wanted to kiss so badly, but it wasn't time for that.
"Why didn't you tell me..?"
"Come and lay with me."
Kidou takes the hand of the blond and pulls him down. Gouenji complies with his lover's request and lies down on the bed next to him. He puts his hand on the strategist's chest and starts stroking his cheek with his fingertips.
"Kidou."
"I don't know, Gouenji."
"You should've told me. I was worried, everybody was."
"I'm sorry."
Kidou snugs in, placing his head in the crook of the forward's neck. Gouenji leaves a kiss on his forehead and hugs him tighter, but careful enough not to hurt him.
"Do you want to sleep?"
Kidou only murmurs in response and Gouenji takes it as yes. When his boyfriend slowly drifts away into sleep he takes a quick look around, the curtains are tightly closed, the other boy's phone is on his desk and clothes are on the floor ( Which is very unusual for Kidou who is a perfectionist). Soon he also falls asleep.
Movements wake up Gouenji, he has trouble opening his eyes but then he remembers that he's not at home and forces himself to stay awake. The first thing he notices when his eyes got used to the darkness in the room is missing Kidou in bed. He looks around and sees how the strategist leans on the back of the couch.
"Kidou?" Gouenji never stood up this fast in his life, he quickly finds himself at Kidou's side and puts his arm around his own neck.
"I didn't want to wake you up." Kidou barely raises voice.
"You idiot, you should've."
They slowly get back to bed, Kidou is now sitting and Goenij stands in front of him.
"These pills?"
"Yes."
Kidou takes a box of medicine, his hands shaky from pain. He tries to open it but fails. Without a word, the blond takes Kidou's hand in his and helps him. A few small pills fall on his palm, Gouenji quickly counts them and takes away two of them.
"I don't want you to overdose." He explains himself.
After Kidou swallowed all the medicine he lays down again, his boyfriend kisses his cheek and waits with him till the pills start working.
Gouenji visits him for a few more days till Kidou feels good and is back in school. No one mentions his absence, but he can see that they ask him about his well-being more often and in the clubhouse is always a box of painkillers.