Love Story - IwaOi

Chapter 7

Three years have passed since Iwaizumi and Oikawa went their separate ways. The war ended a week ago. Oikawa's kingdom was the winner. They had gotten reinforcements from other countries which gave way to a turning point allowing them to take the victory in the war.

Oikawa finally just returned home. He spent all three years in his sister's country. Three years of constant suitors being suggested to Oikawa only to be turned down. None of the suitors made Oikawa feel a fraction of what he felt for Iwaizumi. Three years of Oikawa missing Iwaizumi wishing he could redo their last conversation because no matter how much Oikawa wishes he could deny it. He knew he was still in love with Iwaizumi.

His sister and nephew had traveled back with him and were planning on staying for a week or 2 because it's been a while since they visited. Oikawa climbed out of the carriage. Immediately he was engulfed in a hug from his mother. Oikawa hugged her back. "I missed you," she said as she pulled away.

"We missed you," the king corrected her as he too pulled Oikawa into a hug. Oikawa returned the hug. Behind him his sister and Takeru climbed out of the carriage.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" Takeru said running up to them. Oikawa pulled away from his father just in time. Takeru had jumped onto the king. The king chuckled before placing Takeru on the ground even though his feet weren't far from the ground because of how tall he was. His sister also came over and greeted their parents.

"How about we go eat a meal together I'm sure you're all starving," the queen suggested.

"Actually, I just wanted to go to my room to lie down for a bit. I'm exhausted," Oikawa said.

"Oh okay. Would you like me to walk you there?" the queen said.

"No, I know the way to my room. You all go enjoy your meal," Oikawa said and with that he entered the castle leaving the others outside.

His sister sighed and said, "He's been like that for 3 years now, but every time I try and bring up what's wrong he just pushes me further away." The king and queen could both guess the problem. The thing is that the week before Oikawa left he grew distant from everyone. He was also barely eating, drinking, or sleeping.

"Was he eating well when he stayed with you?" the queen asked.

"No he wasn't. I just assumed it was homesickness, but now I'm not sure," Oikawa's sister answered.

"I guess that day Toru lost a part of himself,"the king said.

"What happened?" Toru's sister asked.

"Why don't we talk about this over a meal. It's kind of a long story," the queen said. They all nodded in agreement before heading into the palace and making their way to the dinning hall.

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Oikawa entered his room. Everything was just like how he left it. Subconsciously, he made his way out onto his balcony. The bright light from the sun causing him to squint his eyes. He looked down into the garden. Oikawa sighed, defeated. Iwaizumi wasn't there instead a new knight stood in his place. Oikawa felt numb as he once again entered his room. Oikawa knew he would never see Iwaizumi again. He climbed into his bed and fell into a dreamless slumber.

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Iwaizumi was given a while to rest since he returned to the palace from the war as one of the few survivors. Tomorrow he started up on his shifts at the palace once again. He heard the news of the prince arriving at the palace soon. Right when he heard he wanted to wait at the palace entrance for Oikawa, but he didn't, Iwaizumi may have thought about Oikawa the entire time on the battlefield however Oikawa said it himself he would not be waiting for Iwaizumi to return.

Iwaizumi had written a letter for his family. He was getting ready to go into town to send it when he saw Oikawa arrive. Iwaizumi watched from afar. He noticed how the boy who was once bright and cheery no longer existed. What happened to him? Iwaizumi thought.