Destiny (Oikage)

~Chapter 1~

~Kageyama's pov~

It was our last middle school game, my last chance to prove myself worthy to be able to go to those powerhouse high schools. I had to do good today, no matter what, I needed to be on top of my game. The consequences of not doing good today were far too great. My parents were here today, so I absolutely needed to do good. Or else......

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I woke up in a cold sweat and checked my clock, 3:43. 'Ugh another nightmare' I sighed, but I instantly regretted it. My whole body ached in protest as I tried to sit up, I fell back onto my bed, causing some tears to fall down my cheeks. The beating tonight was worse than usual. He was extra drunk tonight and my mom was higher on her LSD than normal. 

I'm truly happy that I am an only child, that way I wouldn't have to worry about my younger siblings going through the same thing I'm going through right now. I don't think I could handle watching that happen to them, so for that, I'm grateful. I heard a door slam and a car start right outside, with all the strength I could muster and peer out of my window. I saw my parents get into the car and drive off. 

Once they were out of sight, I forced myself to get out of bed and limped over to my bathroom to get ready for morning practice. I took my clothes off besides my boxers to look at the damage from last night. I looked at the major injuries that were splattered across my chest and arms, all of the belt marks were visible to the point where I couldn't hide them with just makeup. I walked over to grab my first aid kit and got everything ready for my shower and so I can get ready for morning practice, I also grabbed my body shirt (like a wetsuit but just a long-sleeved version of it) so I didn't have to spend time with the makeup today. 

Before hopping in the shower, I took one last look at my face. I had huge bags underneath my eyes, I was paler than normal, and honestly just looked like a living corpse. I took a shaky deep breath and turned the water on, basically running on autopilot, I hopped into the shower and gently washed my cuts to clean them. I have been used to the feeling of all the cuts for a while now, but no matter how many times I clean them, it still feels like my skin is burning up while cleaning them. I hissed in pain as I cleaned a deep one, causing it to reopen and bleed once again. 

I saved my hair for last after I was done cleaning my cuts, as I was scrubbing my hair I felt another cut reopen on my back. I sighed to myself as I felt the blood trickle down my back, I rinsed my hair and turned the water off. I wrapped a towel around my waist and stepped out. 

I went to grab my phone to check the time, 4:43. I still had plenty of time to treat my wounds, get ready for practice, and grab the work that I'll be missing for the tournament today. Just thinking about the tournament almost sent me into a panic attack, but I shook it off and focused on wrapping the gauze around the wounds I could reach easily. I put my body shirt on and my tracksuit over it since we weren't going to school today. 

I put my contacts in (I love Kags in glasses so we're making that canon in this book ;p) and put my glasses in their case and put them in my volleyball bag. I heard a ping come from my phone and checked my notifications and saw two text messages. 

Jackass (aka Kag's dad)

You better play good today kid, or else daddy is going to punish and have some fun ;)I don't care if it's your "sweet 16th" birthday or not :D

Me

Yes, sir, I will do my best and make our family proud

Birth giver

I'm so sorry for the things we've done to you, I'm never in the right headspace anymore and I apologize for that, I'm trying to figure out a way out of this situation, you're father must've been slipping it all into my drinks lately. I'll buy you some time today and distract him, but please play well today, I think I could maybe get us out of this, but we'll see. I do love you, I really hope you know that. <3