CROWS - KAGEHINA MUSIC AU

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KAGEYAMA

I like him.

I like...The short guy, with the fluffy orange hair, the one who sat in front of the clubroom door one day and changed my life forever.

But I don't like him in that friendly way, where you're just nice to them and think they're nice, where you don't want to hold them or kiss them or be with them.

I like him.

I...want to...hold him, kiss him...

Be with him.

Wow.

Why the hell...

Did it take me so long to realize?

HINATA

The guitar should be done by now. Why isn't it done getting fixed yet?

It's been a week. Kageyama said it should take no more than that.

It's not like I don't trust Ukai. But...I'm nervous. I just hope there's nothing wrong with it that can't be restored.

I'm the first one in the clubroom today. Tanaka came and left. He unlocked the door for me, then said he needed to grab something he had left in his classroom.

Now I'm sitting in a chair in the corner, holding the same school-owned guitar I use every day and waiting for someone else to come in. I should start practicing but I can't stop thinking to myself.

"Why isn't it done..." I mutter, staring at my feet.

"Relax." 

I look up and turn my head in the direction of the door, where the voice is coming from.

Kageyama stands at the entrance, his own guitar in a bag slung across his back.

He crosses his arms, then slowly walks to my corner and sits down next to me.

"It'll be done soon. I'll probably get a call from Ukai-san soon."

I nod. "I know. Sorry. I'm just anxious," I say quietly.

"I get it," He speaks to me in a soft tone as he unzips his case and takes out his guitar.

I'm not sure why, but lately, Kageyama's been acting...weird.

Kinder? Gentler?

I hate it.

And I have a feeling it's because of what I told him about my dad.

That's the whole reason why I came here--So people, because they don't know what happened, wouldn't treat me any different. And Kageyama of all people, grumpy, angry Kageyama, the one person I truly feel myself around in this school, treating me...different?

It sucks. 

I remove the thought from my head. I'm sure it's just my imagination. Besides, we need to focus here. Starting today, we only have six weeks until we have to perform. But it's just like Tanaka said--Although it may seem like a lot of time right now, it really isn't. 

"So, what are we working on today?" I try to change the subject.

"Hinata, have you worked your singing lately?"

"Huh?"

I look up from my feet to Kageyama. He's adjusted his chair so that it's facing me rather than being beside me.

"Have you--"

"--I know what you said. I..."

I stare back at the ground again.