Brothers and Sisters

Chapter 8

„Tobio, why don't you start?!" Tori said, giving the black haired boy a soft smile.

„Why me?" Kageyamas arms were crossed infront of his breast.

„Why not?"

„I dont want to-"

„I'll start." Oikawa interrupted the discussion. He turned to the other setter and looked directly at him, „Tobio, I appreciate your crazy sets but you should work on you superiority-complex. Also I think it's pretty good to see that you made some friends but try to show some emotions and appreciation towards them."

„Oikawa-san, I appreciate your communications skills with your team. You said, I should work on my superiority, didn't you?! If that's the case, how about you work on you inferiority AND superiority complex?! Also I think highly of your social skills in general even though you show your narcissistic character traits pretty often." Answered the first year setter while returning the sweet smile his upper-classmate gave him.

„Oh is that so? It's the trust issues for me."

„It's the child abuse for me."

„It's the being a controlling DICKtator for me."

„It's the knee for me."

„OOOOOH, it's the-"

„STOP IT. BOTH OF YOU!!" Furious Iwaizumi looked at them „Why cant you be serious for once and try to respect each other? Ugh, why do you guys hate each other so much?!" The last sentence was more a rhetorical then a real question but Kageyama still muttered an answer.

„What was that Kageyama?"

„Ilookeduptohimbutinsteadofteachingmestufflikehedidwithotherfirstyearsheseemedtohateme."

„That was too fast, Bakayama."

„I looked up to him, damn it! But instead of teaching or giving me any advise, like he did with other teammates, he literally pushed me away and seemed to hate with every inch of his body!" Kageyama snapped. His eyes reflected pain and sorrow, „I knew I approached you with a bad timing back then but that doesn't justify the fact that you tried to SLAP me. All I wanted was that you show me at least one move, cause I thought you were THE setter. You were the one I looked up to and admired the MOST! I wanted to become as good as you but all you did was REJECT ME AND SHOW ME EVERYDAY HOW MUCH YOU HATED ME!!!"

Silence.

Kageyama avoided looking them in the eye, he just turned his head slightly away from them and looked at the floor. He didn't saw the looks they gave him but he felt them staring at him.

Hinata broke the silence:

„So basically Daddy-Issues?!"

„Wh-what? What the fuck, Hinata?!" shocked the blue eyed setter looked at his boyfriend. Hinatas voice sounded as serious as his look was.

„No not like that." Hinatas face got slightly red and he waved his hands frantically before becoming serious again. „I mean- You told me how your parents left when you and Miwa were at young age and how your grandfather, the one who took care of you two and you looked up to as a kid, passed away during your first year in middle school. So basically, you lost both father figures at a very young age and I just assumed, due to the things you said some seconds ago, that you saw the father figure you missed your whole life, in Oikawa-san. Maybe you didnt saw him directly as a "father" but that would kinda explain why it hurted you so much when he pushed you away."

„That- That kinda makes sense." Surprised they all turned to Miwa.

„W-what?" confused Tobio looked to his older sister.

„You see. After I stopped playing and our grandfather died, you had nobody left to look up to, in Volleyball, I mean. Then you met Oikawa and Iwaizumi, both talented players, especially Oikawa, nothing against you Iwaizumi-kun. And-"

„Okay, okay! I get it! I have Daddy-Issues! Can we now please stop analysing my past and issues?!" Annoyed Kageyama stand up and walked out of the room.

„Where are you going, Tobio?!" Miwa called out.

„Bathroom."

„Why?"

„Drugs."

„WHAT?!"

„To take a shit, damn it!"

„Language, young man."

"At least say pooping! You're so vulgar Bakayama."

Once again, everyone was caught in there own thoughts.

Iwaizumi looked at Oikawa. The setter was leaning forward, his elbows resting on his thighs while his head rested on his hands. His gaze lowered while his hair covered his eyes. What was he thinking? Everyone always thought that he could read his boyfriend easily due to the fact that they basically spent their whole life together but the truth is... there were times that even Iwaizumi didn't know what exactlly was going on in the mind of his chaotic and overthinking boyfriend. There were always moments when he thought he discovered everything, that he knew every little corner but then he found something new and everything started from the beginning.

Oikawas mind was like a never ending forest to Iwaizumi. He knew the basics, how to survive, how to life in harmony with every creature in it but then there where times he faced a new creature or a complete new territory and he needed to find out what it was about and what effect it had on his adored boyfriend.

After some minutes Kageyama returned, and Iwaizumi was quite sure that he didn't needed to use the bathroom like he said when he left.

The ace noticed the gaze the ginger gave the black haired boy. It was full of concern. As he saw Kageyamas short reaction, which was nothing more then a little nod, Iwaizumi knew that it was something between them, he didn't need to understand. He was actually glad that his former Kouhai finally found someone who understood and trusted him, someone he could relay on. Especially after everything that happend in the past.

„I hated you because..." Oikawa interrupted himself. He took a deep breath and started again, his eyes still facing the ground.

„I hated you because you were this genius setter everyone praised. I guess I got jealous. I mean, you had the TALENT. Every tactic or move you trained, you mastered it in half the time I needed for it. And... and I hated it. The thought about this little boy, two years younger, surpassing me so easily, like it was nothing. I couldn't stand it! I-I saw so much of myself in you, and that bothered me so much. I guess I projected all my hate and doubts on you, and I'm sorry for that. I really am. I-I knew that it was wrong. I knew you weren't the enemy, nor the reason for all my problems. But it kinda felt good to say someone else was the reason for my failure even though I felt so guilty at the same time. I think... I think the fact that you still looked up to me and asked me to teach you, made me wanna push you away even more. I thought if I teach you, you will surpass me even faster and I... I –"

„Im sorry."