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They were walking from practice when Hinata's phone chimed with a text, his face immediately lighting up.

Kageyama kept his tone casual when he asked, "Is that Kenma again?" He kept his eyes on the path ahead, purposely not looking at Hinata.

"Yeah!" Hinata chirped excitedly, typing away at his phone.

A few moments passed before Kageyama spoke up again. "What do you guys even have to talk about?"

When Hinata didn't answer right away, Kageyama turned to look at him, only to be met with big, bright eyes, and a smile that was even bigger and even brighter. Kageyama raised his eyebrows, letting out an annoyed, "What?" followed by a huff. He didn't have time to play guessing games.

"You're jealous," Hinata finally replied.

"I'm not jealous, dumbass," but the words lacked conviction.

"You are! And it's cute. You should get jealous more often."

Kageyama rolled his eyes and opted to ignore him. Hinata's attention was back on his phone, so Kageyama figured the conversation had been dropped, but soon after he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, and Hinata was grinning up at him.

"There, now you don't have to be jealous!" 

Kageyama gave the other boy a confused look before pulling out his phone to read the message.

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
now kageyama doesn't have to feel left out!!

Kageyama stuffed his phone back into his pocket, letting out a sigh. "You didn't have to do that."

"I know," Hinata smiled in a way that made Kageyama's heart flutter. "I wanted to."

Kageyama had almost forgotten about the group message until he got a text later that night from an unknown number.

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Unknown Number
why was kageyama feeling left out?

He saved the number in his phone without replying, but before he could put his phone down again, another message popped up on his screen.

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
because we're always texting

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
he was jealous

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
isn't that adorable???

Kageyama sighed to himself, shaking his head. He wasn't jealous, and he wasn't about to let Hinata convince Kenma that he was.

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
I wasn't jealous dumbass

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
were too!!!! and it was totally cute

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
i doubt he's jealous shouyou

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
noooo!!! don't take his side!!!!

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
Thank you Kenma, at least someone has my back

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
i feel betrayed

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
i hate you both

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
you're gonna team up and forget about me

Kageyama couldn't help the grin that filled his face. Maybe he did feel a lot better now that he was included, but that didn't mean he was jealous to begin with.

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
no one could forget about you shouyou

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
AWWWW KENMA

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
i knew you loved me

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
take notes, kageyama

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
kenma knows the way to a man's heart

Kageyama rolled his eyes.

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
Guess it's a good thing I'm not after your heart

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
why must you hurt me like that??

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
you guys make it really hard to pay attention to my game

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
then stop plaaaaaaying!!

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
pay attention to uuuuuussssss!!

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
ugh

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
give me ten minutes

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
WILL YOU GIVE US YOUR FULL ATTENTION IN TEN MINUTES?????????

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
if you stop spam texting me yes

For the next ten minutes, Kageyama didn't receive a text from either of them, and even though he knew why, it was a little bit upsetting. Part of him thought this would be the end of the conversation, and for some reason, he didn't like that thought. He wanted to keep this up, whatever this was. When fifteen minutes passed and he still hadn't received a message, he decided he might as well just go to bed, but his phone buzzed the exact moment he set it down on his desk. He felt his mood brighten, and he hated that the cause was nothing more than a stupid text message. 

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
okay i'm done

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
you have my full attention now 

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
YAAAAAAAAAY

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO 

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
You're the one that created this group chat, you figure it out

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
i can't do EVERYTHING

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
i didn't realize can't was a word in your vocabulary

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
let me correct myself: i totally COULD figure something out, but i don't want to

They never did find something to do, but it didn't matter, because they managed to keep the conversation going regardless. It wasn't until his sixth yawn that Kageyama finally glanced at the time, his eyes growing wide when he noticed it was 3:00 in the morning. He'd spent the last five hours texting Hinata and Kenma, despite the fact that Kageyama rarely ever texted anyone. Unless he was making plans with someone, he'd never really seen the purpose, but now he understood a little better how people could spend so much time on their phone. 

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
We should probably go to bed

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
WHAT??? NO!!!!!!! I'M NOT TIRED

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
We have practice in the morning! 

Kageyama definitely didn't want the conversation to end, but he also knew that he wasn't going to make it much longer, and the idea of them continuing the chat without him didn't sit well in his stomach. Maybe this way, they'd all go to bed. 

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
kageyama is right

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
:(((((((((

To: Kageyama, Hinata
From: Kenma
we can talk tomorrow

Kageyama didn't want to get his hopes up, but he couldn't help smiling. 

To: Hinata, Kenma
From: Kageyama
Go to sleep dumbass

To: Kageyama, Kenma
From: Hinata
fine :((((((

It took them over five minutes to say goodbye, but Kageyama wasn't complaining. When the last goodnight message was sent, he rolled onto his side and closed his eyes. He fell asleep happy.