Daisy chains. || A Kagehina fanfic

Petal

College had started off weird. It felt like he wasn't supposed to be there. Kageyama and Hinata would stay out late into the evening making daisy chains for no apparent reason. Perhaps it was boredom. The both of them were always together. They were partners after all.

"Hello, hello earth to Kageyama." Shoyo rocked his shoulders.

"Oh God had I really done it again?" He though to himself.

"Come on Kageyama you have to stop falling asleep in class. You're gonna fail everything!"

"It's not like you're any better boke." He said packing up his bags almost forgetting the sudden change in his best friend.

Hinata gave him this look of disappointment combined with amusement. Recently he had started getting good grades and studying a lot more. Like he was on a winning streak of some sort. But for Kageyama he barely ever passed.

"Do you even care?" The ginger looked at him with dull eyes and a slight smirk. That disappointed look again. He rolled his eyes.
"Come on were going out." Hinata dragged Kageyama by the wrist.
"Do I really have to you always drag me along just let me go home you idiot."

Its not like he had a choice. Recently Hinata had be dragging Kageyama everywhere with him. You see he had become that friend that had to walk on the grass or the road. The friend that gets left behind when they go to tie up their shoe lace. The friend you forget to invite to a party.

Well, that was true for most of the 'friends' he had made in college. But not Hinata. They had always stuck together. No matter how antisocial and secluded Kageyama had become Hinata was always by his side.

"So where are we going?" Kageyama asked.
"The beach." Hinata answered still dragging Kageyama.
"Hey Hinata, you can stop dragging me now."
"Oh yeah sorry."

"Great the beach."

Is the thought that crossed Kageyama's mind. Hinata had recently become obsessed with beach volleyball. He wanted to join a pro team after college and used beach volleyball to practice. But Kageyama had no interest in beach volleyball.

The new friends they had made were a bunch of loud extroverts completely contrasting from Kageyama's personality. He tried to avoid the beach at all costs but, with Hinata dragging him around it was pretty much impossible.

"Hey Shoyo over here!"

"Oh hi Luna we're just coming."

Luna. She was a tourist from America who had decided to study in Japan. Long blonde hair and these big grey eyes. She was pretty. But the boys didn't really seem to pay much attention to her. She also had this adorable welcoming smile that gave off a feeling of comfort.

Luna pulled them both into a tight hug which made Kageyama visibly uncomfortable.
"Oh hey Sho, I missed you." A girl said rising from where she was sitting.
Hinata nervously fiddled with his fingers like he was trying to suppress some deep rooted emotions.

That moment. Thats where it started. The feelings of pins stabbing at Kageyama's ribs and the nausea. He felt it then for a split second.

Kageyama had wondered if Hinata had started to fall in love over the past few months. But when he asked him about it he would always deny it. The person he suspected his best friend of falling in love with was a girl named Kaede. Kageyama always wondered what Hinata saw in her. But he had never been in love so he assumed that was why.

"This is Sho oh and Kags." She flicked her hair not even looking at Kageyama as she introduced them. She was that cliche blue eyed blonde hair girl you would see in the movies. All the boys chased her despite the fact she was clearly after someone.

There was one other guy in the group his name was Levi. Kageyama was pretty sure he only hung out with them because he liked Kaede. Not that it bothered him all that much. Levi was a genuinely decent guy when he wasn't around his soccer team. It was like he became a completely different person.

"Did you bring it?" Asked Kaede
"Oh yeah! Guys I bought my stereo this time." Luna waved her stereo enthusiastically in the air.
"Careful Luna you'll break it."

"Hey, Hey, Hey!"

They all knew exactly who it was. Bokuto made his dramatic entrance as always Akaashi, Kenma and Kuroo all followed behind. Kageyama felt relieved to have them there. Hinata wouldn't be completely focused on Kaede like he usually was. Especially if he was actually playing a decent volleyball game.

"Wait why do I even care? Am i...no it's not like that." Kageyama felt a brief sense of panic almost thinking out loud.

Kageyama genuinely had no interest in playing beach volleyball. It was harder for him to play with the sand weighing him down so he just watched. But sometimes as he watched Hinata play his heart would start to race. It was like he was hit with a sudden inspiration of some sort.

"Hey." Kenma sat beside him playing Animal Crossing. He was forever re arranging his island.
"Hey." Kageyama said back.
"Shoyo, he has a way with people doesn't he." Kenma could always have a full conversation whilst completely engrossed in a game. It was a talent really.
"Yeah. He's always been like that." He even let himself smile a bit as he spoke.

"So, Kageyama do you like him?" Kenma looked away from his hame for a moment.

His heart skipped a beat.

Do I like him? Do I? No. I don't know. He thought to himself.

"No I don't think so. I don't even know what love feels like. I've never been in love. I mean, I don't think I have."

"Oh, okay then." Kenma went back to playing his game. He spoke with a tone as if he knew what Kageyama was feeling before he even felt it himself.

Kageyama usually covered his face with his hood. But this time he didn't. Watching Hinata be so happy made him forget about everything for a second. He watched them for a while trying to stop himself from falling asleep until two silhouettes ran by him.

"Hey Kaede, I made you daisy chain."

Those words. The stabbing pain in his ribs were in his chest as well. He felt like he might suffocate for a second. Kageyama sat up and downed his lemonade before clutching his throat. He had started coughing uncontrollably.

Without saying anything he ran back to his dorm barefoot. The path was still hot from the sun that had just gone down. His feet began to blister but all he could focus on was his breath. Something was choking him from the inside making him want to throw up. He ran inside and slumped over the toilet.

A petal.
All that for a single petal.

He must have inhaled it at some point. But when? He thought to himself. Maybe when Kaede and Hinata were talking? Then he remembered.

"Hey Kaede, I made you a daisy chain."

Those words. All summer making Daisy chains had been Hinata and Kageyama's thing. It was a strange child like hobby they had started out of boredom one evening.

Daisy chains were special to them so why would he make them for some random girl.

"He should be saying my name not hers!" He found himself shouting curling up on the bathroom floor before crying into his knees. He's never made daisy chains for anyone else so why her? What was so special about her?

Oh right. He loves her.

Thats when he realised.

"So Kageyama, do you like him?" It's what Kenma had asked.

Yes, I love him.

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