Tsukihina: Omegaverse

Chapter 4: Friends?

Third person POV:

Hinata woke up to the sight of Tsukishima's sleeping face in front of him. He quickly moved away, his heart beating fast. "Gah, why did I ask him to stay? He's gonna blackmail me with it." Hinata thought, his face tinted pink. He stared at the sleeping boy and couldn't help but notice how cute he looked. When he kept his mouth shut, he could be some really great boyfriend material. I mean, he was tall and handsome and... wait, what what he thinking? 

He turned away, trying to calm himself down. Then he looked up at the clock. It was already 2.30 pm! "Oh my gosh, we're late for training! Hey, Tsukishima! Wake up!" He whisper-shouted, nudging at Tsukki's shoulders. Tsukishima slowly got up in a daze, "What is it?"  "Hurry! We're late for training!" Hinata quickly got out of bed, then stumbled as the blood rush hit him. Tsukishima sighed and grabbed onto his shoulders to stable him. "You really shouldn't be going for training, who knows when you'll go back into heat?" 

"It's fine, I've got pills. Now let's go." Hinata half-heartedly replied, and pulled a grumbling Tsukishima towards the stadium. But when he reached the stadium's doors, he stopped. 

Hinata's POV:

"Wait, Kageyama's going to be there, right?" I thought, as nausea filled me. Tsukishima looked down at me in confusion as I tensed up. Right, I didn't think about what would happen to our friendship when we broke up.  What would happen to volleyball. What would he think of me? Would he think that I'm shameless? Do I have a right to even enjoy myself? I should be feeling guilty. I shouldn't be happy. I had no right to. 

"Hey, stop overthinking things. I don't care what happened between you and the King, but let's just head in and deal with it. Sooner or later you'll have to talk to him, might as well just do it now." Tsukishima said, and rubbed my head again before walking in. 

I blushed at the warmth lingering on my head. Since when was Tsukishima so nice? And- and why was I blushing? He already said he didn't care about me, but yet why did his touch feel so special? It calmed me down to know that he was there. I took a deep breath, trying to steel my nerves, then quickly walked into the room. 

Tsukishima's POV:

I watched as Hinata stared at the stadium doors, his eyes wide open, and his grip on me tightened, though he didn't seem to realise it. I didn't like it. I didn't like that he was so unhappy. It was unnatural. It seemed so different. As much as I hated to admit, I wanted him to go back to that annoyingly loud tangerine. 

Kei, what's wrong with you? It seemed that shrimpy was getting to my head. 

I put my hand on shrimpy's head and rubbed his soft orange hair. When I felt him calm down, I felt my face heat up. I quickly walked in so that he couldn't see my face. "Damn it, Kei. Stop it." I mumbled. 

Third person's POV:

As soon as Hinata and Tsukishima walked into the room, all eyes turned onto them. 

"Hinata!!! Tsukki!!! Where did ya'll go?" Noya asked, running towards them. Suga walked over and rubbed both Hinata's and Tsukishima's (with a little difficulty) head. "You guys worried us, you know. What happened? Especially you, Hinata, you're usually never late for training." 

Hinata fumbled. He didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that he was recovering from a heartbreak, could he. Or say that he was in heat and got raped. His eyes flickered to Kageyama, who was practicing sets against a wall, totally ignoring him. He looked back down at his feet. "Oh, uh -" "We had to meet a teacher." Tsukishima said. Hinata's head shot up in surprise, but Tsukishima wasn't looking at him.  

"Ah okay, next time inform us ahead of time, yeah?" Suga grinned. "Whatever." Tsukishima mumbled. 

"Now, chop chop! Back to training!" 

... 

Hinata sighed as he sat on a bench alone. His performance was worse than usual today. His bottom ached whenever he jumped, and Kageyama was tossing to him much less today. Hinata covered his face in his hands. Kageyama hadn't said a word to him. It was as if giving him the silent treatment. He hadn't even yelled at him like he usually would have done. That would have been better. 

Why is it that everyone that he loved had to be heartbroken by him? Whoever he went close to, tried to open up to, they all eventually ran away. (A/N: Hmmmmm I wonder who else?)

"Hey, shrimp. What's wrong?" Hinata shook his head, his head still in his hands. Tears were starting to pour out, and he didn't want anyone, what more the Salt King Tsukishima, to see it. "You're such a handful, you know?" He felt a rustle as Tsukishima sat next to him. "I'm fine." He mumbled. 

Tsukishima's POV:

I felt like I had to protect him. I had to say something. But what? I sat there awkwardly, thinking of something that could reassure him.

"It's not your fault, you know."  I blurted out. What was that, Kei? Seriously? 'It's not your fault'? What am I thinking? 

"Do you really think so?" Hinata asked, as he removed his hands and looked up at me with a tear-stained face. But he looked hopeful. So I just continued. "Well, you're an Omega. It's not your fault you went into heat." I said as nonchalantly as possible. "But, but I -" "Look, it's that dumbass King's fault for not understanding. There's nothing you could've possibly done in that situation. Okay? So stop dwelling over such a stupid thing." I quickly interrupted as I started sensing distress signals from the little Omega.  

Then I heard him sniffle. Did I make him cry? I whipped my head to him and saw that tears were running down his already puffy cheeks. "H-hey, don't cry. I'm sorry, okay? Forget I said anything." I panicked. 

"N-no I'm just really glad to hear you say that." Hinata said, wiping his tears away with his jacket sleeve. "You know, you're actually a really nice person, Tsukishima." My heart skipped a beat. Me? Nice? Are you serious? But yet, when he said that, my heart felt warm. "Psh. I'm not a nice person. " I wanted to add "I just find it annoying to see you cry", but I couldn't. It felt a little too mean, especially since he was going through quite a lot. 

"H-hey, why don't I treat you to lunch? You know, as a thank you for helping me and all that. I-I'll buy you strawberry shortcake." Hinata said. I flinched. How did he know that I liked strawberry shortcake? "Fine." I said. I mean, who would say no to free strawberry shortcake? Hinata grinned and looked up, "Does that mean we're friends now?" I scoffed, then saw him looking at me with puppy-eyes. Those big, round eyes, begging me to say yes. "Anything you want." I mumbled, looking away as I felt myself blush. "It's a deal, Tsukki!" "Hey, I didn't say that you could call me that!" I said. "Aww, can't I?" Again, those puppy-eyes. "Geez, fine. Happy now?" 

Seriously Kei, I think you need to get a hold of yourself.