Keishin and Ittetsu enter the house some time later, finding their son sprawled asleep on the couch, clutching a red and black flannel that's slightly tattered.
On the ground next to him, there's a plastic bag of similar clothes. "Hey it's my favourite losers." Takinoue greets, opening a can of coke.
"What's up with the clothes?" Ukai is the one to ask. "What's with the board?" Takeda asks slowly, looking diagonal from them.
Ukai turns to where he's looking at, there's a cork-board hung on the wall. Tacked into it are drawings, pictures and newspaper clippings from Kageyama's bedroom.
They turns to look at him with questioning looks. "Where in the hell, did you get those from?" Ukai asks in his 'I'm about to yell at you' voice.
"Wait-wait-wait hear me out first." Keishin frowns and crosses his arms. "I put meditation music on this morning. He blacked out, and drew the one in the middle. I asked if he had anymore. He was like fuck yeah at my old house let's go-he didn't actually say it like that-"
"Oh no way." Shimada interrupts sarcastically.
Takinoue clears his throat loudly, "Anyway, there was a shit ton of em on the walls, he let me take em off. I asked if he wanted anything else, he took those clothes." He explains.
Keishin just sighs and shakes his head. "What? I gave him options, it's not like I forced him."
They head out back, not wanting to accidentally wake Tobio up with their antics.
Unfortunately, that did not matter, as Kageyama woke up over half an hour later, due to Shimada shrieking about a spider crawling up his bare arm.
He sat and stretched, getting up and friendly walking over to where the noise is. Come if outside gets finds Shimada shaking his arm wildly while the other three laugh at him.
He walks behind Ukai and taps him on the shoulder. He jumps and turns around. "Why do you have the need to do that?"
"You have a good nap?" Takeda asks in a friendlier tone. He nods and sits down next Makoto, taking Yuusuke half finished Cole off of him.
Takinoue turns to him, confused and hurt. "How dare you?" He says quietly, fake sulking.
Tobio makes himself comfortable, leaning against him and pulling out his phone. He didn't necessarily want to indulge in conversation, rather just sit with company as he goes on his phone.
They seem to realise this, and talk amongst themselves, occasionally asking him a question, where he'll either shake his or nod.
Right up until an alarm goes off, Tobio jumps and throws his phone on the ground.
Ukai sighs again. "They're so stupid. They're all so stupid. I don't want to go." He complains. "They're not that bad." Takes reasons. "Yes they are. I don't want to put up with their bullshit today." He turns to Tobio, "you comin'?" He nods and gets up.
Theres a bag on the couch, Ittetsu hands it over, "Practice clothes." Grateful, he takes and heads into the bathroom.
The first thing he notes is the giant mirror, scrunching up his face, Kageyama turns around so he doesn't have to look at it.
He puts his clothes on as fast as possible and leaves and puts his shoes on.
"Kageyama!" Nishinoy yells as soon as he enters the gym, jumping up on his back. "Where ere you this morning?" He says in an accusatory tone.
He realises that he had forgotten his only way of communicating properly.
"Slept in." Takeda answers for him. "Slept in?" Ennoshita questions. He nods once and sits down, stretching.
"You're looking very enthusiastic coach, what's got you so happy?" Kinnoshita asks, sitting down opposite him.
"Nothing, can't I just be happy to be here?" Kageyama looks up at him with a scrunched face. "Shush." Kageyama sucks in a breath and rolls his eyes, continuing to stretch.
Tobio is sweaty and hot, during practice where it started to itch again. He tried to ignore it, thinking that he can push through. But as the ball would land on his forearms, irritating his scars, it persisted.
He gave into his desires and itched, hoping it's not noticeable and besides, break is soon, he can wait until then.
It was unbearable, but he waited until break, where he dashed towards the bathroom, hiding in a stall, ready to take his sleeve off where no one can see his scars. He sits there, for a few minutes, scratching profusely until it died down.
There's no one in the bathroom with him, he outs his arms under the water, cooling them down. The door opens, someone walks in. It's Tanaka. Heart beating fast, Tobio hides his arms behind his back.
Tanaka leans against the sink, sweat dripping off of his face. "It's a Saturday." he states. Kageyama turns to him. "Was just wondering if you were doing anything tonight." He says a little nervously. He shakes his head, 'Would you want to?" Kageyama turns to look at him, a little confused.
"Would you like to come over tonight, is what I'm trying to ask you. Or we can come over to yours if you want?" He adds hastily, now standing in front of him. Tobio still has his hands behind his back, holding them tightly.
Tanaka's eyes go wide, he stops breathing for a few seconds. Tobio doesn't realize it, but he can perfectly see the scarring on his arms. Tanaka doesn't say anything, it's not his place to, and Tobio has them hidden for a reason, it's clear that he's not ready for people to see them. "Alight cool." He says in an enthusiastic tone, then leaves.
Kageyama lets out a sigh and walks back in the stall, so he can put his sleeves back on in peace without having a mini heart attack.
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The Silence Is Loud
Fanfic*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...
