Checkmate

fuck online classes

feeling like shit today. probably look like shit too. fuck.

Iwaizumi's POV

The next morning was uneventful. Hinata woke up on time and I showed him around. Oikawa came along with me and it went surprisingly well. Hinata knew the basics like a little medical knowledge, how to clean properly, and how to cook a meal.

Overall, I was impressed. Of course, I wasn't going to go poke my nose in other people's business, that would be terribly rude. But I was curious about how he learned his skills.

Where did Kageyama pick up this tangerine from? From the look on Oikawa's face, he was curious as well but didn't seem to be too invested yet. 

"Right Hinata, so after you do that, make sure to-"

"Iwa-chan!" Oikawa whined.

"Ahem, make sure to-"

"Iwa-chan!!!"

"Make sure to d-"

"IWA-CHAN!"

"What do you want Oikawa?" I asked. "I'm in the middle of trying to teach Hinata."

"But Iwa-chan, it's like he's your attendant instead of mine! You're hogging him all to yourself!" Oikawa whined.

"Oikawa, I have only put up with you this long because you're my childhood friend. But I swear, if you keep going at it, I'll make sure that you never ever eat milk bread again."

"Wha- Iwa-chan! You can't do that to me! Anything but the milk bread!" Oikawa begged.

"Then you better shut your mouth. This is for your own good too," I said. " You're the one who wanted him to be your attendant, not me. And to be the King's personal attendant, he has to go through basic training."

"But-"

"No buts. Or the milk bread gets it."

Oikawa sulked.

"Sorry for the little interruption, Hinata, let's continue," I said.

"Oh u-uh okay!" Hinata said and trailed behind me.

Oikawa was still slumped over in a self-pitying stance. I sighed. I really couldn't deal with him right now. But I had to persevere. After all, I had dealt with him for the past 19 years and probably will continue for the rest of my life. 

I sighed. I wished I never met Oikawa. But then again, as annoying as Oikawa was, he was Oikawa and no one in the world could change that. God, I was becoming sappy.

"I-Iwaizumi? Are you thinking about something? S-Should I go?" Hinata asked nervously.

"No, it's fine. Let's go continue going over the basics. Oikawa over there is probably still sulking in the corner," I said.

And so the day continued.

Oikawa's POV

Contrary to Iwaizumi's belief, I was not in fact sulking in a corner. Nope. Not at all. I wasn't jealous of Hinata giving him all his attention. Besides, I had more important stuff to do anyways.

What did I have to do again? Oh! I have a meeting with Shiratorizawa! But when was that again? I should probably ask Iwa-chan. But I was still mad at him. I had many other things to do than the Shiratorizawa meeting. Like... uh... many other things!

I definitely wasn't pouting. Hinata was going to be my attendant anyways, right? 

But what if he likes Iwa-chan more than me? I mean, I did kidnap him but that's all! I didn't do anything else! Besides threatening his attendants and him, drugging him, using him as leverage, and lying to him about why Kageyama didn't accept. But the last one, I was technically telling the truth! Well, what he knows wouldn't hurt him, right?

It probably would but- god, I need to stop contradicting myself! I banged mt head against the wall. Gosh, this was so complicated. Ignoring the looks of confusion of the servents passing by, I walked back to my office. I had at least something there to do, right?

Oikawa did not in fact have anything to do in his office either. But because of his already hurt pride, he just paced back and forth in his office the whole day.

Kageyama's POV

Truthfully, I didn't know how to feel about this assassination. Sure, I wanted to get Hinata back but the cost of war on my kingdom especially since Shiratorizawa was so eager to side with Aoba Johsai was definitely not good either.

But even if I had Nekoma backing  me up, that outcome would still be a rock and a hard place. Because, even if we were allies now, we still had differences in the past. And, the only reason we were allies in the first place was because of Hinata.

So there was a 50/50 chance that 1, they would agree and help for Hinata's sake, or 2, they would stay neutral because I left Hinata off on his own. Which was not true, I left them with Sugawara and Daichi, but in the end, they weren't enough.

I had no other choice but to take the 50/50. How else was I going to get Hinata back? Besides, it was last resort anyway. 

If I manage to assassinate Oikawa successfully, I would get Hinata back, problem solved. Even if they were to declare war, Oikawa didn't have a heir and the citizens would be in panic, doubting their nation. And if I got Hinata back, Nekoma would 100% help me.

But if it didn't go successfully, I could lose his whole kingdom along with Hinata and possibly my own life too. Not the most ideal outcome. 

But then again, life wasn't really fair, was it? We all had to carry it's burden, like Atlas with the sky. And I wasn't going to give up on life just yet. I had a few weeks to plan the assassination and I'd like for it to be as successful as possible.

So if it meant taking one's life to save my own, I would do it. Humans were all greedy in the end. Even a saint would sacrifice anything to protect their loved ones. So in the end, I wasn't really that selfish, was I?

Daichi's POV

After being lead to the commander's office and waiting outside awkwardly until they noticed me and showed me my room, I was exhausted. Not physically but mentally. A lot happened and I wanted to have some peace for once.

Although Oikawa claimed that Kageyama didn't accept the deal, I'm sure Oikawa asked for that. And even I myself wouldn't blame Kageyama for that.

I just hope Kageyama would rescue us soon. I have a bad feeling about this place.

I feel like my mood swings a lot. One moment I'm flirting with my best friend and the next I want to kill myself. But hey, I updated this in not 1 week, but 6 days! That's a record for me!