-Haikyuu! but I don't tell you the love interest.
-After a power surge caused all electricity to go out, criminals from prisons all over the country escaped. The world as you knew it was obliterated. All chance of civilized living was gone. The word...
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chapter forty two: melenargia epideme
"So what now?" you ask Oikawa as he closes the diner door behind you, locking it with a small locker like the ones you had back in high school.
"Hell am I supposed to know," he shrugs as he turns around to face you. "Stay away from trouble, that's all, I guess."
"Well at least it's kinda warm out today," you smile as the two of you step toward the sidewalk. "We can stay outside without freezing to death."
"I think that woulda already happened to you yesterday, crazy ass sleeping in the cold," he shakes his head.
"Don't act like you wouldn't have done that either if you were in the same situation," you shake your head as you walk side by side down the street.
"Well, yeah, I probably would have, but you're the one who actually did it," he laughs, causing you to nudge him in the side and playfully roll your eyes at his comment.
The two of you continue talking as you casually stroll around with no destination. But when you happen to stumble upon the nearby park, you both decide to cut through. Then, when you get near the middle, you find a blue metal bench and sit down for a break.
"Well this is nice," Oikawa sighs as he gets comfortable in his seat.
"Have you ever been to this park before?" you ask him.
"Can't say that I have," he shrugs.
"Really?" you hum as you look over at him curiously. "Are you from around here or..."
"I am," he nods. "Only a few streets over, actually. But going to a park was always the furthest thing from my mind back then. I can't even remember the last time I walked into one."
"Then you've lived here all your life?"
"For the most part, yeah. And you?" he asks back.
"I bounced around a little bit, but I've been here for quite a few years. I went to med school here," you explain.
"Huh, that's odd," he then thinks aloud quite a bit vaguely.
"What is?"
"I just thought... Do you think we would have ever met? You know, if something like this didn't happen?" he asks in a tone showing you his sincere thought behind the question.
"I don't know. Maybe if you were a patient of mine," you shrug.
"I don't think we would've," he shakes his head earnestly. "I'd probably have been too self-centered to even notice you, to be honest. I was so wrapped up living in my own fucking world."
"If you're as bad as you say, then why didn't you leave when you had the chance? Why'd you stick around here?" you question.
"Do you want the honest truth, or what I tell everybody else?" he says with a slight grin.
"The truth."
"I was arrested and put in jail for embezzlement. My fucking protégé turned me in," he scoffs, as though the wound is still fresh.
"Seriously?" you ask as you look up at him. That might've been the last thing you were expecting him to say. "You're one of those?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" he asks, narrowing his eyebrows at you.
"Nothing, nothing," you smile. "I'm just kinda surprised. Didn't think you had the balls for something like that."
"Oh fuck off," he scoffs. "What about you then? Why didn't you leave? A doctor like you should have enough money and connections."
"Not a doctor with fifty million yen loans to pay off. Besides, I wanted to stay... back then," you admit to him.
"Back then?" he repeats. "Do you no longer want to be here?"
"What do you think?" you shake your head. "This place isn't exactly a vacation on the islands. I wish I could just get on the next plane and leave."
"Too bad there aren't any around here," he nods in agreement. "I'd take the seat right next to you."
"Well according to Bo, he went to one of the airports and he said it was abandoned. Nothing around the whole place," you sigh.
"That's kinda strange, don't you think?" you then hum aloud.
"What is?"
"Don't you think there'd be people camped out around the area? Or gangs waiting around?" he suggests.
"Maybe he was with one of the groups of gangs," you shrug. "I'm not sure, I didn't really ask him."
"Maybe we should find out for ourselves then," Oikawa smiles over at you.
You sit up in your seat to get a better look at him, wondering if he's actually being serious or not. "Really?"
"Yeah, why not?" he shrugs. "You got other plans this week?"
"Not really," you chuckle as you lean back against the bench again. "And going somewhere would be a good distraction from thinking about those jerks at camp." You then smile as you lean your head against his shoulder.
The next thing you know, you open your eyes to a setting sky in front of you. As you sit up, you look over at Oikawa beside you and see he's fast asleep. The two of you must've passed out together.
Just as you're beginning to get your bearings, you hear something move a little ways in front of you. When you look toward where the sound came from, you see a stranger sitting on a chair with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He must be asleep, too. Maybe you and Oikawa can use this opportunity to leave without him noticing.
"Oikawa!" you whisper as you grab his arm and shake him gently at first, only to become more frantic and desperate the longer it takes.
"Hm, what is it, baby?" he murmurs, not recognizing his surroundings.
"Don't give me that shit," you grumble. "Stop dreaming and get the fuck up. We've got to go now!"
Almost instantly, Oikawa opens his eyes and sits up straight. He looks around until he sees the strange man sitting way too close for comfort in a completely empty park.
"Come on, we gotta go!" you whisper anxiously at him.
"Shit," he responds softly.
"Oikawa!" you call a bit louder as you stand up and pull on his hand. "He could wake up and try to kill us! We need to get the fuck out of here!"
