dyspistía (DISCONTINUED)

Part 32

Hinata's POV

What do you do when you see someone falling in love...

Right in front of you..?

When you're around them for a lot of your time...

Do you try to nudge them together?

Do you help?

Or do you just...

Watch in the shadows?

My friend,

Shimizu Kiyoko,

Has fallen in love.

{TIME SKIP}

"Kiyoko~! Do you need me to help you~?" "No, thank you, Tanaka." "Kiyoko~! Do you want some assistance~?" "No thanks, Tanaka." "Kiyoko~! How about now~?" "No, Tanaka." "Those bottles look heavy. Let me help~!" "No."

I stare at Tanaka-San pestering Kiyoko. "Good work, you guys!" It's not like she seems that bothered by him, but... it's not particularly the fact that she's happy with him either.

I sigh; Kiyoko is just too nice. If I were her, I would've most likely scolded him by now. I look down at the water in my hand. When I first came to Japan, I didn't show many emotions like before in Australia. Now, it only seems to be anger or irritation that I'm showing. I must be so troublesome to the others.

I look back up at the two. "Kiyoko~ Are you sure you don't need help~?" "No." I sigh as I pull my hair back. Tanaka-San is really...

"Bothersome." "Huh-" I turn to my right, "Daichi-San?" He looks at me with a kind smile, "are you not going to be having any more water?" I look down at the nearly full bottle. "Ah- no... I'm not that thirsty..." He grins, "you act tired a lot of the time, but you have a lot of energy, don't you?" I nod hesitantly, "you worked really hard, yet you're not drinking much. I wonder where all your stamina comes from."

I look forward again until I feel a hand approaching my head, "ah-" I turn to Daichi-San, "ah, sorry, Hinata. I didn't realise you didn't like that. I'll have to restrain myself from now on, huh?" he smiles. I stare at his hands as they lower away.

"Daichi-San, what were you saying earlier?" I stare forward at Tanaka-San pestering Kiyoko again. "Hm?" My eyes follow the two, "you said the word bothersome, didn't you?" I listen, "ah- Right. Tanaka has always been very... bothersome to Kiyoko."

My eyes widen as I hear him talk. Do they have some form of rivalry I couldn't catch on to? Tanaka-San and Daichi-San not being friendly toward each other... That doesn't seem right. "A-Ah! Not in a way where I despise him! It must've come out wrong..." I sigh in relief as my eyes go back to their normal shape. Thankfully I was right.

"It's just... Every single day, inside and outside of practice, Tanaka has this overwhelming feeling of having to check up on Kiyoko." I turn to Daichi-San as he looks forward. "It's not a bad thing, not at all. At first, it wasn't that bad. In fact, it was sort of sweet in a way. But after a while, as mean as it sounds, it got a bit annoying."

I hum as I lean my head on my hand. "Is that so?" I watch as he nods in response. "I feel bad saying all these things since I know he's doing all this with no intended harm and just because he likes Kiyoko." Finally, I sigh, "the idiot is too much of a simp. It's like the only person he cares about is Kiyoko, and as nice as it may seem, the moron seems to lack the knowledge and understanding that he is his own person, and so is Kiyoko."

I watch as Daichi-San turns to me, slightly dumbfounded, before he smiles again. Then, finally, he chuckles, "Yeah, it does."

I turn back to Kiyoko and Tanaka-San once again as I lean back on the wall. I close my eyes and rest my hands behind my head, "Hinata, you..-" "Hey, watcha talking about~?" I open an eye and turn to my right to see Suga-San next to Daichi-San.