𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝗲

Chapter 31

Date: 5th January
Time: 9:18 AM
Place: Kageyama and Hinata's room

Knock knock knock

Hinata stirred on his bed when he heard a few knocks on the door. He buried his face into the pillow.

Knock knock knock

"WHHAAATTTT IS IT?", Hinata yelled annoyingly. All he wanted to do was sleep, but someone on the door was stupid enough to not let him.

"DAICHI SAID WE'LL STAY HERE FOR TODAY. TAKE IT AS A REST DAY", it was Tanaka's voice. He said it over the closed door and went to the next room to inform the same.

Hinata felt relieved, he could really use a rest day. He extended his hand and tapped on random points, searching for Kageyama but couldn't find him anywhere near. He sprung up straight on his bed and looked around the room, panic took over him when he saw no sign of the boy who was supposed to be cuddled up against him.

He got out of the bed and noticed that there were 4 pillows aligned where Kageyama should have been. "No. Did I overstep my boundaries last night? Agrh!!", nothing was making sense to him.

Hinata got dressed as quickly as possible, collected his jacket, and decided to go search for Kageyama. Just when he reached out to the coffee table, to pick up the room keys, he noticed that the keys were laying on his diary... and it was evidently glowing.

"How- how did it get here? And why is it glowing? Oh god-"

Hinata's mind was too crowded to think how his diary got out of his bag and reached the coffee table. He wasn't sure how he was feeling. Happy? Because it had been almost 4 days since the (first and) last time he saw that glow. Panicked? Because it arrived just the night after he almost had a one-night-stand with his best friend. Sad? Because of the way it always reminded him of reality.

"I have to find Kageyama first...", he took a few steps towards the door but he couldn't bear the fact that a message was waiting there for him in the diary. "It's okay, I'm sure Kageyama is fine. I'll find him in no time... but first..."

He went back to the coffee table and reached out for the diary with trembling hands. He picked it up and heard a soft "ting~" of room keys sliding and falling to the floor, but he couldn't care less. Hinata's anxiety peaked as he opened the diary... "this shouldn't be called a message... it- it's a whole ass letter". Pages upon pages of text in his handwriting. He gave his eyes a hard scrunch and prepared to read through;

Shoyo Hinata,

I wasn't confident enough to say it to you, so I thought I'd write.

We've only talked once, and you've never told me anything more than that you're a middle blocker, but I know that my existence has caused you numerous problems. And I'm sorry for that. I never meant to be your life problem, but now that I am... I can't do anything about it.

I know you loved him; Kenma. He was the first person you ever fell for, wasn't he? If we had a choice, I'd even ask you to leave me and be with whoever makes you happy. But both of us know that isn't how this works... 

Uh, the thing is, I'm very bad with writing... but then again, I'm very bad at speaking too. So I just chose my bad from "bad and worst". I'm sorry if this doesn't make any sense, but trust me, I'm trying hard to make it make sense.

Did you expect your soulmate to be someone from another country? Or someone who lives a million miles away, and you hadn't seen them even once? I hope not.

You see DESTINY. That's one sneaky bitch. Mostly, your soulmate is someone you already know. Or are friends with? Or maybe even best friends. It's rarely a stranger. So that is how it is in our case as well, Sho. You know me. Very well. Also, I'm sorry for peeking into your diary, I'll explain everything later.

I've had a crush on you since a long back. Just never had the guts to tell you... and then I came to know that you already had a boyfriend by the time we got kinda close, so I never even got a single chance to express my feelings to you. I always hoped you'd figure it out and approach me, but you never did. And then, your birthday came, and that breakup happened. A lot of things happened, and I was never sure how you felt about me. But I at least hope I'm more than a friend to you. Which I guess I am... 

Okay sorry, I'm spiraling again.

Well, should I tell you something? I mean yeah, I can. Obviously. Dude, you're cute... I've never seen anyone as cute as you. And your HUGE hazel brown eyes, how so pretty, man? How can people be in the same room with you without wanting to pull your cheeks and ruffle your hair? Also, your hair smells like lavender. And you smell like baby powder... floral-scented baby powder.

I wish I had told you all of this before I got to know that you were my soulmate... I cannot help but feel like you're just being forced into this... and this letter is me trying to sugarcoat the pain you went through. But trust me Sho, I've liked you since the very first day I saw you.

"First sight thing", cliche, I know. But it is what it is. You're the person who made me question my emotions for the very first time... and I couldn't be any more glad to have you as my soulmate. This doesn't change the fact that I'm still scared that you'd never love me as you loved Kenma.

But that's fine, I understand... you can take as much time as you want, I'll be right here. And we can go through everything together.

I'd try my best to make you fall in love with me... there's nothing wrong in clinging to hope right? I have my whole life to succeed in that...

It's weird, coming from someone like me. Someone who only cares about winning and nothing else... but as I said, you make me question my feelings and thinking. Like no one else ever did. And that's what makes you special, I guess.

Oh god, all of this is too cheesy for me. Please, don't hate me for writing so much.

Anyway, I wanna see you Shoyo... not as my friend, but as my soulmate... if you want the same, then please meet me on the rooftop. I'll be waiting.

Somehow yours,
~ Toby

A few tears escaped out and fell on the paper, distorting the ink a little bit. Hinata had the perfect idea of who this was. So he dashed out of the room at full speed, without even bothering to lock the door.

"How did I not notice? How dumb am I? It couldn't be anyone else, right? Everyone on my team already has soulmates... And the way he said "best friends", maaaannn... I don't know how to breathe. He's s setter. A SETTER..!!  A FUCKING SETTER..!! COULD I BE ANY MORE STUPID??!!", He cursed himself again and again.

"I may as well faint on these stairs right now... should I turn back, go to my room, pack my bags and leave? No no no no, I'd have to face him anyway... you got this Hinata, You do..!! ", Hinata held the rooftop's doorknob with a weak grip. "You got this", he assured himself for one last time.

That was the hardest doorknob to turn he had ever faced. He took a long breath and opened the door... there was no one to be seen in the single line of sight. But when he stepped out onto the roof, he saw a guy sitting with his legs folded, near the mesh that surrounded the whole area for safety. He seemed to be enjoying the view of Tokyo city from the rooftop.

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[Word Count - 1350]

A/N - HAPPY FUCKING 2K READS TO US..!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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okay so, for this 2K thingie... I'll make a playlist of my all-time fav songs, and present it to y'all in a day or two..!! AAAAAAAAAA, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT..!! (and I'm thinking of doing a voice reveal kinda thing on 3K??)

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Just if we all could have a cupcakes party :(