Daisy chains. || A Kagehina fanfic

Fireworks

"Morning."
Kageyama woke up to Hinata placing a wet flannel on his head.
"You have a fever so rest up." He handed him some medication and a glass of water. The pills were really hard to swallow, harder than usual. Even taking a sip of water seemed to drain his energy.

He had slept for long enough right? Why was he still so tired?

The day had been pretty boring. He mainly spent it curled up in a blanket with Hinata checking up on him every now and again. His fever caused him to shiver a lot. He felt so cold and ill. But he hadn't had any coughing episodes that day.

Hinata had been studying a lot that day until he got completely stumped on a question. It was easy to tell when he stuck because his eyes would start to un focus and he would tap his pen on the page.

"You stuck?"

No reply.

Despite the fact Hinata had been caring for him the whole day he felt weirdly distant. It might have just been his fever playing mind tricks on him. Or the Hanahaki reminding him of his one sided love. Or maybe Hinata was just ignoring him.

There was a sudden nock at the door making Hinata jump. He cursed under his breath as the nib of his pencil snapped in half. When he answered the door it was Kuroo standing proudly with a bright smile.

"Hey."
"Oh hey Kuroo what's up?"

Kageyama sat up leaning over the edge of the sofa so that Kuroo could see him.

"We're having a barbecue tonight and we wondered if you two wanted to come?"
He sighed and looked back at Kageyama's tired sunken eyes.
"I would but Kag's is kind of sick today so i'm gonna stay with him."
"Are you sure? it's only outside."
He nodded but Kageyama interrupted him.

"You can go it's fine."
He smiled and he meant it. As much as he wanted to spend time with Hinata he also wanted him to have fun. Seeing him happy was all he needed.

"I'm not leaving you alone."

"It's only outside i'll be fine."

Kuroo scratched the back of his neck.
"Well it is only outside so feel free to join us whenever."

Kageyama was focused on one specific thing that was said during the conversation.

"𝐷𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝐾𝑎𝑔𝑠?"

He thought to himself.

"Hey Hinata, did you give me a nickname?"

He averted his gaze quickly to face Kageyama. At first he looked slightly confused but then he started to laugh. It sounded as if he was embarrassed.

"Yeah I called you Kags didn't I? Sorry."

"No, no it's fine keep calling me that. Sho."
He smirked knowing exactly what he was doing.

"Did you just call me Sho?"
He laughed again scribbling out the incorrect answers on his paper.
"Keep calling me that."

The day faded to evening and it was almost time for the barbecue. Hinata had decided he would go but only for an hour. He didn't want his friend to be left alone for too long whilst he was ill.

He brushed his hair and threw one a tie dye jumper along with some black ripped jeans. Of course he had to incorporate those red converse shoes even if they didn't really go with the outfit. To be fair they were his only pair of decent fitting shoes.

Hinata left the dorm promising to be back within an hour. He even set an alarm so he wouldn't forget. Kageyama felt kind of bad for making him go through all that trouble. But he kept reminding himself once Hinata made a promise he would keep it. There wasn't a time he could remember where his best friend broke a promise on purpose.

After a few minutes he decided to move towards the window and watch the others have fun. He watched Kuroo and Hinata mess around with a volleyball for a moment. Then his gaze was shifted to Bokuto who's shirt caught on fire and Akaashi was desperately throwing buckets of water over him.

"What a dumbass they shouldn't let him near the barbecue." Kageyama muttered to himself.

His fever was still causing him to shiver slightly so he wrapped the blanket tighter around his shoulders. After a while of just staring at the sky a girl caught his attention. Of course it was Kaede.

He watched as the girl wrapped his arms around Hinata's waist from behind. Kageyama half expected Hinata to push her away. But he didn't. He just stood there almost as if he had given up with the girl.

Of course this disease wasn't going to let him have a moment of rest. Every time he found himself welling up with jealousy his chest would begin to tingle. Then his throat would start to scratch and his stomach would churn. It wasn't long before he was crouched on the bathroom floor again spuing up countless petals.

But this time was different. This time it wouldn't stop. The only thoughts that lingered within his mind were how he felt abandoned by Hinata. Or how much agony he was in. At one point he was convinced he was just puking up blood.

He shoved his fingers down his throat and ripped out a fully bloomed sunflower that had been stuck in his throat. It was completely soaked in blood. Kageyama collapsed on the bathroom floor wailing in pain as he tried to catch his breath. The flower laid peacefully next to him in a puddle of blood.

"It's not fair!"

He cried out before cleaning the bathroom again. This time he was really done. He wasn't going to allow this disease to have it's way with him. But he was afraid there wasn't much time left.

About twenty minutes later Hinata came back in placing his keys on the kitchen counter. Kageyama was curled up in ball on the sofa.

"Can you stand?"
Hinata reached out his hand for Kageyama. He was slightly confused but allowed himself to be guided towards the balcony. The whole time he kept himself wrapped up in a blanket.

They stared at the night sky for a while before there was a loud bang.

𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠.

Immediately he smiled. The bright neon colours illuminated the sky. He quickly glanced at Hinata seeing the reflection of the colours in his light brown eyes. Before he could get too hypnotised by him he gazed back up at the sky. The cold air settled on his face as he watched the colourful explosions rise then fall.

There was a faint cheering from below as Bokuto and Kuroo danced around a fire.

Everything was so calm.

He didn't care if those were his final moments on earth. If they were he would be happy. For a moment he found himself wondering if there really was an afterlife. The thought had never crossed his mind until now.

The last few colours that illuminated the sky faded away leaving them in darkness.

𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍