Only Mine

Chapter 14

Few Days Later: Daichi's POV
Why was everyone still looking at me.. Ever since we lost that game against Nekoma, I feel like everyone won't stop staring and talking about me... No one would tell me what they were talking about either. I'd just feel a set of eyes on me and then whispers. And people kept coming up to me and asking what was wrong with me. There's nothing wrong with me. What'd I do..??

"Daichi?" I startled, looking down at Suga when he walked over.

"Oh... Hi, Suga."

"Hey, come with me." He said with a small smile, taking my hand and leading me outside of the school. I followed him quickly, rather eager to get away from everyone. Once we were out of view of everyone, Suga wrapped his arms around my neck. He gave me a loving kiss which allowed my body to relax.

"Suga... Did I do something wrong?"

"Hm? Of course not. What makes you think that??"

"I don't know.. Everyone just keeps staring and talking about me. I.. I feel like I'm going crazy." I muttered, Suga tilting his head and pulling me closer to him.

"Oh Daichi..." Suga said softly, giving me a few more reassuring kisses. I wrapped my arms around him while feeling a few tears start to slip.

"Suga..." I mumbled, Suga pulling away slightly surprised looking.

"Daichi you're crying. Come on, let's go back to my place."

"But.."

"Forget school. Come on." Suga said, grabbing my hand and pulling me slightly. If I were feeling any better, I would've argued to stay and say I was fine. But I couldn't bring myself to do that. So, I let Suga drag me off to his apartment.

Suga's POV
After I got Daichi back to my place, I grabbed his things along with mine and tossed them off to the side. I then dragged Daichi to my room and told him to change. After he was changed I changed as well and we settled to cuddle together on my bed. Daichi has stayed pretty quiet for the most part, but every now and then, I could see some tears fall down his cheek.

"Daichi, come here." I said, pulling myself away a little bit and sitting up. Daichi raised his head quietly before realizing how I was positioned. He moved over between my legs and let his face fall to my chest. I put my arms around him, kissing the top of his head while running my fingers through his hair. Daichi stayed quiet while clinging to me, so I started gently humming. It wasn't too long until I felt his body relax completely and go still.

The best I could without waking him up, I turned his head to the side a little bit to see his face. I smiled gently when I saw that he had fallen asleep. I turned his face back to my chest to use as a pillow.

Aw... Poor Daichi. No one at school thought anything was wrong with him. Actually, I knew they were worried. It was obvious to everyone that Daichi's health was declining. Obvious to everyone but Daichi. He was getting paranoid about everything and everyone. Someone had tried to give Daichi a drink the other day at practice. It was a sealed bottle, and Daichi took it to be polite. But I noticed he never drank it. He asked me for a drink instead, which I of course provided.

Someone else had tried giving Daichi some food at lunch. And again, Daichi took it to be polite. But he never even touched it. He threw it away at the end of the day, and just shared the meal I had packed instead. I love Daichi, more than anything. And it broke my heart to see him suffering. But it wouldn't be too much longer. He'll give up soon. In fact, I think he already has.

Middle of the Day: Asahi's POV
"Hey, have you seen Daichi?" I asked when Noya bound over to join me for lunch.

"No?? Is he not here?"

"No, I haven't seen him. I saw him this morning. But he wasn't in home room or in any of our classes."

"That's strange. Maybe he got sick and was sent home. I mean, he hasn't exactly seemed like he's been feeling well." Noya said as he sat down with me. That was true. Daichi's been awful lately. Not in a bad way, but like... He's been completely out of it. He was out of since before that game against Nekoma, but it's like he's spiraled by 120% after it.

Maybe Suga would know what's going on. He and Daichi seem to be spending a lot of time together, and Suga... Huh. Suga surely must realize something's terribly wrong. I wonder why he hasn't tried talking to Daichi about it. Or, maybe he has..? But every time I see the two together, it ends up with Suga dragging Daichi off.

I don't know, maybe he was taking Daichi away from all the noise of the hallways to calm Daichi down. But still... Now that I think about it, Suga won't really let any of us try to help Daichi. I've offered to talk to him since I've known him since our first year. And the others on the team and other friends have tried, but Suga keeps telling us all to not bother him. He said it was something personal that Daichi doesn't need to be sharing with everyone.

Maybe that was true. I'm sure that Daichi is going through something extremely difficult.. But he shouldn't just be leaning on Suga. He had a lot of people here who cared about him too. Maybe I should go check on Daichi today after school since practice was surely going to be cancelled. He doesn't need to share what's going on with me if he feels uncomfortable doing so. But he does need to realize he doesn't need only Suga.