Tobio sat back on the couch, chin resting on his knee, facing away from Takinoue. He's staring at the wall again, Yuusuke can't see it, but he knows he is.
"Can I have this drawing?" He asks.
"You don't think I'm crazy." Kageyama mumbles. "Pardon?" He moves a little closer to him. "You don't think I'm crazy." He repeats, voice still quiet. "Of course not."
"But why not?"
"Would you rather me call you a liar?" Tobio shook his head.
""You just believe me without a second though, I don't get why." Takinoue shrugs. "I've had a lot of experience in the paranormal, I don't have a reason to not believe you." He answers. Kageyama turns around, scared and timid as ever.
Takinoue moves closer, unsure of how to approach and comfort him. Take a deep quiet breath, and sits next to him, putting an arm around his shoulders. Tobio leans into him, desperately wanting comfort.
"You got any more of these drawing?" Takinoue asks. He can feel the discomfort leaking off of him, Kageyama nods anyway. "Home. At my old home." He mumbles. "Is it okay if we go there?" Tobio's already uncomfortable as it is, and he doesn't want to be the person to make him worse.
Kageyama nods again. "It's okay if you don't want to, I get it." Kageyama shrugs and gets him, cocking his head toward the door. "Uh, yeah okay then." He says a little awkwardly, following after the teenager.
As usual, the car ride with Tobio is silent, it usually is, aside from him quietly pointing out directions and the radio on low.
"I'm sorry if I came off a little strong by the way." He apologizes. "Hm?"
"Earlier, around when you were discharged from the hospital, I came off a little strong, that wasn't my intention. I'm sorry."
"Hhm." Tobio says again, in a different tone, making it sound like he understands what Yuusuke is talking about.
"I don't always realise I'm coming off stronger than I intend to." He goes on, even though it looks like Tobio doesn't care. It's always been a little hard to tell though, the kids good at masking his emotions, Takinoue knows he's had years of practice in doing so.
"I know, it's okay." He finally says after another rambled apology. "Here." He says suddenly, the familiar building coming into view.
They get out, Tobio's stomach is in knots, the once comforting building now looming over him, bringing anxiety and pain with it.
He opens the front door and lets him in. Like last time, it's dark. It's very dark and brings of sense of uninviting energy with it.
Takinoue shivers, looking around at the deserted house, then at the crestfallen teenager who once considered this place his him, full of happiness and light, nothing like this, not since his grandfather died anyway.
Shaking his head, Kageyama leads him into a room, it's even more unwelcoming than the rest of the house, strangely colder than the rest of the house.
Tobio starts ripping the papers off of the walls, both newspapers and drawings he's done over the years, Yuusuke does the same things, getting an eerie feeling, wanting to get out of here as fast as he can.
"Is there anything you want before we go?" he asks, just in case. Kageyama opens his wardrobe, half expecting something to jump out and drag him back into his own personal hell. Thankfully, nothing of the sort happens.
He searches through the mess, pulling out what looks to be a bunch of photos stacked neatly in a zip-lock bag.
He exits the room, entering another one, Takinoue follows him. Kageyama opens another wardrobe, grabbing out some of the clothes that looks worn and a size or two too big for him. He nods.
Takinoue lets out a relieved sigh once he was back in the car, ready to drive back home. In the passenger seat, he notices Tobio frown. "Oh, sorry I didn't mean it like that. It's just your house was kinda-"
"Unwelcoming, anxiety inducing, eerie, strange, dark and spooky?"
"Yeah." Kageyama's mood has deflated once again. He sists there silently, staring out of the window until they made it back to Takinoue's house.
Tobio lies back on the couch, on his side facing the backrests, wanting some 'alone' time.
"You okay?" Shimada asks from behind him, making him jump slightly. He gives him a thumbs up.
Yuusuke entered the lounge again, on the other side of Kageyama. Makoto gestures to the child on their couch. Takinoue shakes his head. "Later." He mouths.
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The Silence Is Loud
Fanfiction*This work is also being rewritten and edited by me, EeryCurlew53, on ao3* Tobio Kageyama mysteriously disappeared. he's found months later in the forest. He hasn't said much since then. Not to his teammates. Not to his friends. And not to any of th...
