The Silence Is Loud

Next Day

Ittetsu and Keishin came home later than they expected.

Opening the door as quietly as they can, they came home to the lights on. They share a glance.

Entering the lounge room, Narita and Ennoshita are dozing off on the futons that are usually stored away for when makoto and Yuusuke stay too late.

Nishinoya is on the couch, legs rests pulled up, half of Tobio is on top of him, the backs of his knees resting on the arm rest.

Kinnoshita is at his head, his legs also dangling at the arm rest while Tanaka is barely awake on a separate armchair, staring at the tv, some family animated comedy is playing.

Tired, they walk past them, turning the lights off on their way toward the bathroom.

Everyone slept in the next day, waking late and tired.

Ikkei walks out as Keishin starts frying up some bacon, grabbing himself a cup of orange juice.

Keishin stops and stares at him, "what the fuck are you doing here?"
"Yuusuke wanted me to bring some of his shit over last night."
"Right, so what are you still doing here?"
"These assholes wouldn't let me leave." He accuses.

"How come?" Takeda asks the boys, who all glance at each other. "Don't remember." Is Naritas response.

"They were scared something was watching them and made me stay all night." Ikkei says while rolling his eyes and stealing some breakfast off of his grandson.

"Like what?" He doesn't want to ask, he doesn't want to know the answer, but he knows he should.

"He doesn't believe us but there was a deer last night. It had glowing eyes and stared at us, then it made its way toward the door and stayed there." Kinoshita answers after biting into a piece of toast.

"I don't know what they're on about, there was no deer." Ikkei says, taking some bacon off of Tobio's plate. "Get your own breakfast!" Keishin chastises, "go back home and make your own breakfast."

"You all saw this?" Ittetsu asks, "yeah." Tanaka says. "They were watching a fucking horror movie, they're all just paranoid." Keishin rolls his eyes, of course they would do that, no one ever listens to the rules.

"Uh uh, no I didn't want to. I said that it was a bad idea, but no one listened." Ennoshita says, grabbing some more bacon.

"I'm done here, later assholes." Ikkei takes some more breakfast before leaving. "Good. Bye!" Keishin yells, "Don't come back."

The adults turn their attention to the teenagers. "Horror movies? Really? What the fuck is wrong with all of you?" He hissed.

"But Kageyama-"
"Who cares what he says? Don't listen to him, he's an idiot." Tobio frowns. "He can still hear you." Takeda points out.

Tobio sets the box down on the table, taking out the contents inside, which included a salt lamp, some incense sticks, a few crystals, green sage, some spiritual books and a small plant.

Mene jumped onto the table, rubbing her face against the box. Tobio starts petting her, making her purr.

"Oh, the cat. She was acting weird last night." Kinoshita remembers. "She's weird in general but go on."
"She was asleep on Kageyama's lap and suddenly bolted. Right when he had seen that deer."

Tobio has his whiteboard out, splitting it in half to draw two separate things then held it up. The first one were white circles surrounded by black marker. The second was a deer staring through the curtain.

"I change my mind, I don't want to know about this, go talk to Yuusuke when you see him again." Then leaves, coming back a couple minutes later in day clothes and sits down. "So-" He puts a hand up, "Do not talk to me right now. Fuck teenagers annoy me so much." He sighs out to himself, knowing that everyone can hear him.

Itetsu started gathering up all the dirty dishes and filling the sink with hot soapy water, while the boys started getting ready for the day.

Tobio entered his room, throwing on his practice clothes. He goes to reach on his desk, where he's sure he had left his sleeves. He looks everywhere, turning his bedroom upside down, he still doesn't find them.

He rushes back into the kitchen, Ukai's now sipping on a coffee. He waves his hands around frantically, clearly distressed.

He puts the coffee down calmly and turns to him. "Slowly down and tell me what's wrong." He says gently. Tobio doesn't listen to him. Keishin grabs his hands, "Tell me what's wrong." That's when he notices his bare arms, "You can't find your sleeves?" He nods. "Okay, do you have any regular sleeves?" He shakes his head. "No sleeves at all? Not even your jacket>"
"No." He says in a small voice, eyes shining.

"What if you went to practice without them?" Kageyama goes still and looks at him as if he's stupid. "Okay, fuck it was just a suggestion."

"What's wrong?" Tanaka says, coming into the kitchen to grab a drink. "Nothing mind your-can i have that?"
"Huh?"
"Your jacket, can I have it." He looks between the coach and Kageyama, who's trying to hide his arms behind his back again. He takes it off and hands it over, Tobio puts it on quickly, looking much more comfortable.

"You wanna walk to practice with us?" Narita asks, seemingly popping out of nowhere, making the coach jump, "What is it with you people? Stop doing that." Tobio looks over at his guardian to see what he thinks, "I don't care, go ahead." He answers, shrugging.

He's halfway through the door when coach is yelling 'wait'. Tobio opens the door wider, to see what he wants. Ukai pulls him inside and closes the door, so the others don't hear their conversation.

"I saw you scratching yesterday, you okay?" He nods. "You sure?"
"Mhm."
"You're gonna tell us if you're not, right?" He nods again, "No you wouldn't. I'm going to take it with us, and you tell me when you need it. I don't care if it's the middle of practice, tell me. You'll be fine, sure, everyone's gonna wonder what's up, but that's about it and you know it."

Tobio gives him a hug, coach hugs him back, squeezing tightly. "We'll be there in a bit, alright?" He says before Tobio disappears though the front door.