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Hinata had never liked hospitals. The mere smell of antiseptic set him on edge even in the middle of a mall. Under normal circumstances, a healthy Hinata would never be caught in a hospital. Except these weren't normal circumstances. No one was dying, thankfully, but his parents had needed him to take Natsu to her check up while he was in town and of the few things that could triumph over his hate for hospitals, his love for his sister was one of them.
Next to him, Natsu cheerfully swung her legs, knowing she would get one of the sugar free lollipops from Tetsu-sensei.
Hinata was practically shaking in his seat as a nurse came out to call for Hinata Natsu.
Natsu popped up with a big smile, ready to see Tetsu-sensei and get her lollipop.
Hinata followed his skipping sister and trembled like a leaf as they followed the nurse down the hall to an examination room. He did not calm down as they sat there for only a surprising 10 minutes before a nurse came in to do preliminary exams or during the 20 minute wait for the doctor to come afterwards.
Natsu was chattering at her brother, completely oblivious to the older boys discomfort, until finally there was a knock on the door.
Shouyou let out a squawk before the door clicked open revealing a familiar face.
"Rooster Head!?"
Kuroo grinned.
"Yo, Chibi-chan!"
Hinata practically flew out of his seat in excitement.
"What are you doing here?!"
Kuroo let a terrifying grin take over his face, before he replied.
"Obviously, I'm the wonderful doctor of Hinata-chan here!"
He grinned down at the girl who was practically bursting at the seams at the sight of her favorite doctor.
"Tetsu-sensei!"
"Hey there Hinata-chan! How have things been since I saw you last?"
Shouyou was boggled that he hadn't know that Kuroo Tetsurou of all people was his sister's doctor.
"Why are you even in Miyagi?"
Kuroo kept smirking at Hinata enjoying just how thrown the kid was.
"I work here, duh."
"But! But HOW? AND WHY HERE? AND WHEN DID"
"Nii-chan, not so loud!"
Shouyou meeped, his sister pouting at him as he ducked his head. He was an adult, an excitable adult, but an adult and he knew better than to shout in a doctor's office.
Kuroo giggled in satisfaction.
"I see who wears the pants in this relationship. Well, missy, let's go ahead and get you checked over so you can get your lollipop!"
Natsu grinned in return.
As Kuroo began checking Natsu's heartbeat and the sound of her lungs, Shouyou looked on in curiosity.
"So... uh.... Doctor?"
Kuroo's shit eating grin returned as he glanced at Hinata.
"Yup, a doctor. I got a good position here in Miyagi, too. Made some good friends here and got some great patients."
At this he turned to Natsu to give her a more genuine smile.
"Like Hinata-chan here. Very cooperative and always a pleasure! Now say 'ah'."
Natsu complied and as Kuroo went to check her throat for any signs of illness he continued talking to Shouyou.
"As to why a doctor, college leads you down some weird roads. You start out in science and suddenly you're at graduation with a medical degree."
Shouyou didn't really get how you could get that confused about what you were supposed to be studying but Kuroo had always been a confusing human to Shouyou. He'd been pretty baffled by Kuroo in high school and Shouyou hadn't assumed that he would get any less confusing as time went on. He'd been correct in that assumption.
"I hear from Bokuto you're on the Pro-circuit?"
Shouyou popped back up.
"You still talk to Bokuto-san!?"
Kuroo laughed at him.
"I would hope I still talk to my boyfriend, yeah."
At that precise moment made that noise he sometimes makes that is purely from his gut and sounds a bit like he's been punched really hard as stars appeared in his eyes.
"I didn't know you and Bokuto-san were together! How long have you been together, how long have you"
"Nii-chan! You're getting over excited again."
Shouyou snapped a hand over his mouth and counted to 20 in his head. Once he felt calmer, he took a deep breath and continued. Kuroo just giggled into his hand before deciding to give mercy to the poor ginger.
"We got together in college, not much changed besides the whole kissing thing, so I understand why you hadn't heard."
Kuroo's face did not get any less mocking for how sincerely he said it. He snapped his clipboard closed and addressed both siblings.
"Well that looks good. You, Hinata-chan, pass with flying colors! It says here that all your paperwork has been filled out so you should be good to go."
Kuroo graced Natsu with one last genuine smile and a lollipop as he opened the door and gestured to a nurse to show them out.
"We should hang out, Shorty. Just talk to Bokuto about it and we'll get something together."
Shouyou just nodded as he tried to keep track of sister not even noticing that Kuroo had just called him short.
It was as Shouyou followed his bouncing sister out to the parking lot that he caught sight of someone everyone he knew had been looking for for years.
The Grand King, Oikawa Tooru, was standing in the outside with a staff badge clipped to his shirt and a coffee in hand.