Capturing Hinata's Heart

Chapter 5: Nervous

Kageyama awoke with a knot in his back, probably because of the awkward sleeping position. Sleep is supposed to be rejuvenating, but as far as he could tell, he was in much worse shape than yesterday. He did manage to get some sleep, so that was kind of an achievement.

It was about 5:30, his usual wake up time. One of the reasons he wakes up so early is because of his morning run, but today he didn't feel like running at all. He was an absolute wreck!

He looked borderline insane. His hair was looked as if he had tried to glue in down to his head and it was not complying. The look in his eyes was absolutely murderous, and he could barely stand up. He looked like that homeless man who is clearly on crack.

The worst thing was that he was absolutely terrified of going to school. Ever since he got home, he had been thinking of ways that his talk with Hinata could go wrong.

The nerves were driving him crazy, he just couldn't relax. His mind was processing all the ways that he could fail to get forgiveness from Hinata. He was even going so far as to believe that the Mafia was out to get him if he did the slightest thing wrong. It got to the point where he tried to wear his mom's dress, to go 'incognito' to school.

His mom was genuinely concerned that her son was going insane and it was all that she could do to watch in horror as her son went crazy and ran through the house trying to find Hinata's gift, which was right in his hands.

"Oh God, no. I think Kageyama finally broke," his mom muttered while looking at the image of her son trying to fit his pants over his head like a shirt.

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Despite that horrific start to his day, he still managed to be remotely on time. Not for his morning run, of course, but just in time for school. He even had to skip morning practice! Something that he would have dreaded, had his thoughts not have filled up by 'what ifs' and Hinata's potential cruelty.

He wasn't walking straight and was swaying from side to side, appearing drunk to onlookers. All that he could do was absent-mindedly walk down the halls towards his classroom.

The other kids seemed to avoid him, well, more than usual at least. A few of them were questioning Kageyama's supposed drinking habits. 

During class, Kageyama seemed to be in the second stage of decomposition. It looked as if his eyes were already dead, and that his lifeless body just found its way there. The teacher was genuinely concerned that he would be blamed for Kageyama's death, and seemed to be plotting a good excuse.

Kageyama wasn't paying attention, as usual; all he could think about was Hinata. He just wanted to apologize, to clear his head, and save his relationship with Hinata.

The rest of the morning passed agonizingly slow for Kageyama. What was only a few minutes seemed like a few hours.

As the clock ticked on, Kageyama somehow managed to freak himself out even more, to the point where the teacher sent him to the nurse's office because he was shaking so violently, they thought he was having a seizure.

The nurse's office wasn't nice, but he got time to skip class. That's always good.

Kageyama had a lot of time to reflect on himself and he just kept spiraling down into a dark tunnel of depressing thoughts and that, coupled with the nervousness, almost made him pass out. Thank god he was in the nurses office, in case he did.

After that, Kageyama decided that he can't just sit here and think of dark alternatives that, in the grand scheme of things, probably wouldn't happen.

He then thought of something relaxing that he could do, then it hit him. Volleyball! That was what he needed right now!

So, before the nurse could stop him or hold him down, he shot up and began sprinting towards the gym.

He sprinted like his life depended on it, like he was being chased by his former teammates, like he was chasing Hinata.

Hinata. God, he was sorry. He just wanted to get this apology over with, and honestly, he just wanted to hug the shrimp and apologize profusely.

He was almost at the gym and was jogging the rest of the way there. Just as he turned the corner, he saw something.

Well, more like someone.

With bright orange hair, about to enter the gym.

He froze, and before he could do anything smart or sensible, he screamed.

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Hey Ma dude

Srry I was so late in posting this, just exams and everything u kno

Also writers block and that sucks

But don't worry the next chapters already half written and should be up on Monday

So I hope ur doin well and have a good day man!