dyspistía (DISCONTINUED)

Part 19

No-One's POV

"I don't understand why you're in the team. You're useless. You can't even serve properly. How are you supposed to compete in tournaments if you play weakly? Just warm the bench like you're destined to do. You're such a loser, Yamaguchi-Kun."

You're such a loser

You're such a loser

You're such a-

"NO!" Yamaguchi shouts while panting and sweating heavily as he stares at the blanket on him.

"Ah... It was just a bad dream..." Yamaguchi thinks in relief. He stares at his alarm clock. It's 3:28 in the morning. He slowly looks at the window outside. All that can be seen is the shadow of nearby trees and the moonlight.

"He wouldn't actually say that... Right?"

Yamaguchi's POV

I didn't sleep properly... I haven't had a bad dream in... ages.

I stare in front of me at the quiet neighbourhood. Tsukki isn't walking with me right now because he said he had an optometrist appointment. This means he's going to be in school later in the day.

Who will I hang out with then..?

"Good morning, Yamaguchi-Kun" I look over to my right. "A-Ah! G-Good morning Hinata..." He turns to face me. His eyebrow raises as he looks confounded. "Is something wrong?"

My eyes widen as I can feel the heat rising to my cheeks. "N-Nothing's wrong!" Hinata rolls his eyes before looking forward, "clearly." I look at Hinata's side profile.

Heh, I can still remember panicking when Hinata sat next to me. 'HIS SIDE PROFILE IS SO NICE AS WELL.' God, I really am a nervous idiot. I mean... Hinata still looks really cute, just like when I first saw him.

"Eh?" I stop walking. Cute? Did I call Hinata cute? "Yamaguchi? Why'd you stop?" Hinata isn't cute. I mean, he's good looking, but cute isn't the way to describe him. No way. Maybe for his mum or some girls at school but not me. Hinata's a guy. I'm a guy.

...A very bisexual guy. But Hinata's straight! ...I think?

"Yamaguchi?" I face Hinata, who's now right in front of me. "EEP!" "Yamaguchi, are you okay? You aren't sick, are you?" I stare into Hinata's eyes. "I-I'm fin-"

A warm surface touches my forehead. "You don't have a fever..." H-He's TOUCHING ME! I can feel my face turn red, and my vision is slightly blurry.

"I-I'm fine! I just didn't get much sleep last night! Let's go now! We don't want to be late now, do we?" I start walking quickly. What's wrong with me? He was only worried and trying to help. Now he's going to think I'm weird.

I feel something grab onto my hand. "Yamaguchi." I freeze and turn my head back slowly. "Are you sure you're alright?"

I gulp.

{TIME SKIP}

"So you had a nightmare last night?" I nod in shame. How embarrassing... I rest my head on my crossed arms on top of the table. It wasn't the main reason I was acting so weird earlier, but... I'm not lying? What happened last night really did mess with me this morning.

"There really isn't anything to be ashamed of" My eyes look up to Hinata writing something in his book.

"I get bad dreams sometimes, too" I get up from my position and straighten up. I didn't expect that response. "Y-You do?" He continues scribbling down notes. "I do". We sit in a comfortable silence as I continue observing him write sentences after sentences.