teenager habits | haikyuu

08

tw !

uses of homophobic slurs will be in this chapter !!

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rain was hitting the window, with iwaizumi, rin, and kuroo in the kitchen making food. pots were boiling and the sound of the knife hitting the cutting board filled the place.

rin sighs as he cuts the green onion. he's been thinking about the family dinner that happened a few days ago. about what is aunt said.

"you're basically asking for the company to fail."

his aunt's words were stuck in his mind ever since. rin gripped on the knife, aggressively cutting a tomato. he noticed his vision slowly getting blurry. losing his focus, rin accidentally cut his hand.

"ow!"

dropping the knife, rin sucked on his finger. blood was now everywhere on the kitchen counter. everyone stopped what they were doing to see what had just happen.

iwaizumi quickly rushed over to him. "rin, are you okay?"

"yes." he mumbles. "i'm going to go get a band aid."

as rin walked out the kitchen, he felt all eyes on him. he bit the inside of his lip, making sure he doesn't cry on the spot.

going into his room, rin slammed the door closed and slumped down on the floor.

useless.

pathetic.

faggot.

a disappointment.

the forgotten nanashima.

he's been called all of those from his family and the media. like how his sister was better, or how riku should be taking the company instead of him.

being the youngest son with two older brothers who have met all the standards; and having a sister who shines so brightly, she made her own name.

so to the media, rin was basically useless.

he took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up with his lighter. he was too tired to even stand up. the bleeding on his hand hasn't stopped. so now, his entire left hand was covered with dried blood.

"oi, rin?" and then a knock on the door. "let me in the room."

"go away, oikawa." rin whispers. "i don't want to see your ugly ass face right now."

"rin." he called out again. "let me in the room."

rin clicked his tongue and placed the cigarette in his mouth. he aggressively opened the door, glaring at oikawa.

"what do you want?"

ignoring rin, oikawa walked in the room. he lightly pushed rin's bloody hand off the doorknob and closed it.

"don't fucking ignore me, oikawa."

"i'm not ignoring you." he said softly. "i just want to know if you're o—"

oikawa paused.

he finally took a good look at rin's face. eyes were slightly puffy and hair was so messy, it put shame on his mother's modeling career.

"are you... crying?"

rin quickly wiped the tears away with the sleeve of his crew neck and shook his head. "no, and even if i was, that's none of your business."

oikawa reached out for rin's hand but he slapped it away. "don't fucking touch me!"

rin's voice was uneven. oikawa also noticed his breathing was different. smiling, oikawa slowly walked closer to rin and took the cigarette out of rin's hand, and put it in his mouth.