We Only Had Volleyball?

Chapter 6

Hinata had to fight hard with himself, not to give in when he saw Kageyama sitting in front of him begging, the desperation shining brightly in his eyes. He had to stop himself from wrapping him up in a big hug, and whisper 'It's alright. I forgive you. I'm not going anywhere.' He knew that he couldn't, that it wasn't the right thing to do, regardless of how much it tore him up inside.

He was hurting. He had been for the last two months since Kageyama had stood there, and taken all his frustrations out on Hinata. Those words that were tinged with so much anger, and yet, though they weren't meant for Hinata, but it was at him they had been directed towards, so furiously. It wasn't just the words that hurt, but also his actions. Kageyama hadn't chased after him, hadn't sought him out in the weeks after, or even felt the need to apologise to him. Kageyama had simply slipped away without a word, without even glancing back, leaving Hinata unsure of what their relationship was anymore. In desperation he had decided that for himself, choosing to make a clean break......for the sake of his own heart.

After leaving Kageyama's, he had run down the street till he hit the main road. Stopping, he wiped the tears away from his eyes and glanced back towards Kageyama's house, a part of him hoping that he could see him chasing after him. Disappointedly he shook his mop of orange hair as he noted that Kageyama was nowhere to be seen. He laughed at his own stupidity, at thinking that this time would be any different to last time. No matter how much he had begged him not to leave, there was no way that he would chase after him and yet despite this he checked over his shoulder, just one more time as that tiny glimmer of hope burned within his chest, before turning and running towards the school gym. By the time he hit practice, he hoped that his eyes didn't look so puffy or red, but it would be hard for anyone not to notice that he had been crying, he just hoped that they wouldn't ask why. Whether the decision he had made was the right one or not......only time would tell.