Insomnia (A TsukiKage FF) ✔

10 - A small comfort

Tsukishima just listened to the music and continued to watch the practise match that was on its second set. He took a look at the notes Kageyama made in his notebook and was surprised at all the little yet important things the setter noticed. Again, quietly impressive. He also noticed that the younger had nice handwriting, with good spacing and clarity.

A sudden pressure against his shoulder made him jump a little. He turned to his left and saw Kageyama had fallen asleep, his head leaning against his shoulder. He didn't think the setter would fall asleep so easily so he must have been truly exhausted.

He saw they had about an hour and twenty minutes left of practise and he knew leaning like that would leave Kageyama with a sore neck. So, he grabbed his blazer from his bag and folded it up on the floor. Then, he lifted Kageyama's head and shuffled away, lying it against the blazer which acted as a pillow. He placed the phone in between them and made sure that the younger didn't wake up.

He didn't.

Practise ended and the group all went up to the pair of first years. Tsuki had resumed prep work and Kageyama was still asleep. They saw how peaceful Kageyama looked, and the blazer he was using as a pillow.

"I don't think he's slept in days." Suga stated, surprised at how small and innocent the setter looked when he was asleep.

"Make that a month or so."

"What?" the team asked, shocked at how Kageyama was still able to function on so little sleep.

"Where did you go today?" Daichi questioned. "Yamaguchi told me you skipped school."

"Yep."

"So..." they pushed.

"We walked around."

"And..."

"And?"

"What else? If he hasn't slept then he couldn't walk all day." Asahi stated.

"We brought some dinner. I made him eat something."

"And when was the last-"

"Days." the middle blocker interrupted.

"You know what's going on with him, don't you?" asked Ukai.

"Yep."

"And I'm guessing you're not going to tell us." the coach continued.

"Right again. It's not my place."

"Well, I'm proud of you." Daichi said before telling everyone to tidy up and get changed, and especially to leave Tsukishima and Kageyama alone.

In a few minutes all of the equipment was put away and they said goodnight to Tsuki who nodded as they slid the door shut, telling him lock up when they gave him the keys.

Once it was quiet Tsuki let out a deep breath and began to put all of his things away. Then, he crouched down by the setter and gently shook his shoulder to wake him up. However, this small action made the younger flinch and recoil; Tsuki frowned with concern.

"Hey, you need to wake up. Kageyama!"