haikyuu sickfics

1: [Ushiten] stomach bug

3rd pov:

sick: Tendou - Caretaker: Ushijima

When Tendou woke up he immediately felt his head pounding, he knew that it was going to be a long day. Even if he had a horrible headache and felt his stomach doing flips he still had to go to school. He dragged himself out of his bed, even if Tendou acted happy and carefree in school and on the court but off the court he was different. He lived with his father, his mother had left them years ago and his father took up the responsibility of being a single parent. But he was always at work and when he was at home he only had the energy to sleep because he wanted Tendou to have a great life. Tendou's father had already left for the day so Tendou got up and made a piece of toast after getting ready for the day. He grabbed the piece of toast and his backpack before heading out of the house, he made his way to school.

He had morning practice so it was still early and the streets were pretty empty. As he approached the gates of the large school of shiratorizawa he let out a soft sigh, he would have to put on the act again and it would be even harder today due to how shitty he was feeling.

Tendou heard steady footsteps approaching, he looked back and saw his friend and teammate, "hey hey, semisemi~!" Tendou said, grinning ear to ear. He tried to be his enthusiastic self but wasn't quite there, he didn't think anyone would notice if he was a little quieter today. "Mornin' Tendou" Semi stated as he walked up to him. "Come on, slowpoke, we will be late if you keep going at that pace." Semi teased, continuing to walk into the school. Tendou quickly caught up and walked with him, "don't leave without me, semisemi!"

As Tendou and Semi walked into the gym and changed their shoes they saw Goshiki, Ushijima, Shirabu, Taichi, and Yamagata already practicing. The two teens walked into the clubroom to change into their uniforms, as Tendou was changing he felt the pounding in his head. He finished getting changed and sat down on one of the benches to try and calm the pain that was steadily getting worse. "You good?" Semi questioned as he realized the other on the bench. He couldnt put his finger on it but it was almost like he was in pain. "Of course, why wouldn't i be?!" Tendou said as he quickly got up. He put his signature grin on as he looked over to the other teen.

As practice started, the rest of the team came in and began practicing with them. Tendou was still trying his best to put his high energy act up but it was tiring. His blocks were suffering and he wasn't at his best, no one really noticed except for Ushijima. But, the spiker wouldn't say a thing, not yet at least.

In the middle of practice, Goshiki went and spiked a ball and Tendou tried to block it but it went south quickly. His legs wouldn't move and he felt his lungs gasp for air. As he heard the ball hit the floor on his side of the court he began coughing harshly. He bent down resting his hands on his knees continuing to cough. He could feel his teammates eyes on him as he did so but he couldn't be too concerned with it. Semi immediately went and grabbed water for the teen who was having a hard time breathing but when he got back Tendou was acting normal. He was almost acting too normal, he had just been coughing his lungs out and now he was smiling. Ushijima was standing near Tendou with a hand resting on his back, "are you sure you alright, Tendou?" he asked, his eyebrows furrowed in concern. "Yeah, are you okay?" Goshiki chirped in. Semi made his way over to the group, "you okay Tendou? You've been acting weird all morning" Semi said, trying to pry for answers out of the middle blocker. "Guys, I'm fine, I swear" Tendou laughed. His throat felt like a fire was burning in it and it couldn't be put out. Laughing only made that pain so much apparent to him. His head felt like someone had taken a metal bat to it, his stomach was doing flips over and over but he wouldn't let anyone see so he kept his grin.

    "But enough worrying about me, let's get back to practice!" Tendou smiled. The team agreed and they continued practice but they each kept an eye on Tendou. Tendou's jumps were a little shorter, his blocking was a little off, his energy wasn't really there, and he was quieter. Once practice ended he went to the clubroom and changed quickly before going to the bathroom and rinsing his face off. He felt like he was burning up and it was getting harder to breath by the minute.

    He pushed through it and tried to ignore the pain and the nauseous feeling that was threatening to come up. He walked to his first class, he had his first with Ushijima, "hey Wakatoshi-kun!" he said with his signature smile, or at least it looked like his signature smile, it was deceiving. "Hello, Tendou." Ushijima stated before taking a seat in the back of the class. Tendou sat down in his seat which was in the front of the class, Ushijima could tell something was off. Behind his normally stoic face he was worried about his friend. Ushijima wasn't the best when it came to emotions, nor was he amazing at reading subtle body language, but he knew Tendou well enough to know something was not right.

    The middle of class Tendou asked to go to the bathroom, Tendou could feel the nauseous continue to threaten to come up but this time it actually might. He got up rather quickly and rushed to the bathroom, once he got there he ran into a stall and locked the door behind him. He kneeled down and threw up, he felt relieved but that was short lived since he was hit with another wave of nausea, he threw up a couple more times until he got it under control and got up rinsing his mouth out. He returned back to class, the whole ordeal only lasted about five minutes but it felt like hours of torture. What no one knew except for his father, Tendou was terrified of throwing up. He didn't know where the fear stemmed from but it was always there. When Tendou got back to class Ushijima looked over to the teen who looked sort of sickly now. His usual pale face only looked more ghostly while his cheeks looked flushed.

    Once class was over Ushijima walked over to Tendou, "are you okay?" he asked in his normal monotone voice, but this time there was a hint of worry. "Yeah! Stop worrying about me Ushi-kun" Tendou said as he got up, he grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom with Ushijima. They went through two more classes together, each class felt like hell for Tendou. He got up from his seat when the bell rung, signaling for lunch. He grabbed his backpack and looked back at Ushijima, "i'll meet you in the cafeteria, okay?" Tendou said before exiting the room. He walked, no more like ran to the bathrooms and as soon as he got there he knelt down and began to throw up in the stall. He didn't get the chance to lock the door so when a certain first year walked in, he saw Tendou kneeling over the toilet and throwing up. "Tendou?" Goshiki asked, the poor first year looked like he was going to hurl himself.  "i'll go get Ushijima!" he said, running out of the bathroom before Tendou could protest.

Goshiki ran into the cafeteria in a panic, he ran up to the lunch table where the volleyball team sat. "what's wrong, Goshiki? You look like you've seen a ghost." Shirabu teased, wanting to poke fun at the young male. "It - it's Tendou-san," Goshiki said out of breath. That peaked everyone's attention but especially Ushijima. "What is wrong with Tendou?" Semi asked before anyone else had a chance. "He's in the Bathroom, he's sick, and looks hurt. i've never seen him like this!" Goshiki said as he looked at the upperclassmen. With that Ushijima got up immediately, he got up and began to run to the bathroom that Goshiki was talking about. The other third years and second years got up and walked to the bathroom but they knew Tendou would prefer Ushijima to help over any of the other teammates.

When Ushijima walked into the bathroom he heard soft crying from the stall, he walked into the stall to see a frail and sickly Tendou curled up in the corner. He immediately knelt down to Tendou's level, "we should get you cleaned up, okay?" he said softly, he broke his stoic look and looked rather concerned. His emotions finally showing on his face. He helped Tendou up after flushing the toilet and led him to the sink. He cleaned him up before walking towards the door. Tendou's eyes were puffy and red as he was still crying a little, as Ushijima walked towards the door Tendou grabbed his shirt. With that Ushijima turned around and stood there for a second before pulling Tendou towards him, Tendou didn't have enough energy to protest, he just rested his forehead on Ushijima's shoulder. They stood there, Ushijima holding him and Tendou slowly calming down. As the rest of the team came in, they walked into and stared for a second watching both of the teens facades falling. Ushijima was showing his emotions on his face, he was concerned for the boy in his arms and Tendou was not his usual smiley self. "I will be taking Tendou home and taking care of him, tell the coach that neither of us will be at practice." Ushijima stated as he let go of Tendou and grabbed both his and Tendou's bags to leave.

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