Karasuno's 12

The Negotiation

Suga skipped down the hall to the elevator, having left the hotel room after dropping the three younger men off so that they could get ready for the final bit of the heist.

He pressed the button down and rocked back and forth on his heels as he waited, humming softly to himself with a small grin on his face.

He missed this.

The thrill of the chase, of the heist. All the planning and precision it took to make sure that things went smoothly. The luxurious outcome if they survived. He had missed it a lot. Part of him wondered why he didn't do more from stopping Daichi from falling into such an obvious trap. But, then again, that devilish part of Suga knew that he had deserved it.

The elevator dinged and opened up. Suga smiled politely at the couple who walked out, stepping aside with a small bow before he got in after them and pressed the button to the gaming floor.

Once the doors closed he pulled out his phone after clicking on Kiyoko's contact and put it to his ear. She picked up with her usual quiet, "Moshi Moshi?" making Suga sigh happily.

"Did you deliver the package?" Suga asked.

"Yes," She nodded, "You're clear to make the call."

"Excellent!" Suga chirped, "Thank you Kiyoko! We'd be lost without you."

She didn't respond to that, instead she simply wished him and the group good luck before hanging up.

Suga kept the phone out, scrolling through his contacts. His mind wandered a bit as he scrolled past Hinata and Daichi's contact, wondering if the latter had apologized to Hinata when they met. Then he started to wonder if they were okay and things were going smoothly. He pushed those thoughts behind though and clicked on a blank contact saved as just a number in his phone as the elevator got closer and closer to the game floor.

Suga shivered and shook his head at the weird chill that went down his spine as he thought of Daichi and Hinata as he raised the phone to his ear.

He really hoped things were going well on their end.

***

"Three...two...one..."

Daichi pushed the button, leaning back a little with a scrunched face while Hinata closed his eyes and immediately covered his ears with his hands.

Nothing happened.

Daichi clicked the remote's button a few more times, looking down at it in disbelief. Hinata, realizing that nothing had happened, slowly turned to Daichi and opened his eyes, but kept his hands over his ears, just in case.

After three more clicks and nothing happening, Daichi started to shake the remote and it's quiet rattles echoed across the empty vault hallway. He then looked to Hinata who just shrugged, just as confused as Daichi who was now hitting the side of the remote.

"It's not.." Daichi muttered, turning it over and clicking it several times again.

Hinata stepped closer to get a better look, "Maybe you have to aim it at the explosives?"

Daichi pointed it up towards the explosives and shook his head, "That's what I was doing...But it's not-" he smacked it a few more times, "-it's not working!"

Meanwhile on the other side, Kageyama was clinging onto the door, his eyes squeezed shut and his breath held, waiting for the door to explode and with it, his entire body.

But nothing happened.

Sweaty and relieved, Kageyama slowly started to open his eyes and look around. He confirmed that nothing had happened, yet, and that something must be going wrong with the explosives or the remote.