The Other Side - IwaOi

Chapter 1 - Realisation

He shut his eyes... And, after a few minutes, everything went silent. As if the world had stopped. He couldn't feel anything either; it was as if he was in a dream, floating away into nothing. But it felt real. Too real.

Oikawa slowly opened his eyes and looked around at his surroundings. He was laying on his bedroom floor with his alien-patterned blanket next to him. 'Oh... It was just a dream.' He thought to himself, rubbing his eyes and trying to get them to adjust to the bright sunlight which was ripping through his thin curtains. Just what time was it anyway? He sat upright and turned his head to the left, to where his bedside unit was, '12:04?! Looks like I'm not going to school today then.' He muttered to himself. 'But... Why didn't dad wake me up like he usually does?'. Oikawa simply shrugged it off, it's not as if he was in the mood to attend school anyway. Not after the recent events that had happened to him, so many things had gone wrong... In fact, nothing seemed to be going right. He had even argued with Iwaizumi which had not happened before, well, not to that extent anyway.

After a little while of trying to wake himself up properly, he stood up and then realised he had no idea what day it was. When he thought about it, he couldn't even remember what happened yesterday or the day before. 'Maybe Iwa-chan hit me a little too hard that time.' He frowned, that was sadly one thing he could remember but no matter how hard Iwaizumi had hit him or how bad they left off, the truth was clear; Oikawa needed Iwaizumi. He just wasn't sure if the feeling was mutual... Not after hearing the black haired boy say those words. Regardless, he decided he was going to try and make up with him.

He shook his head lightly to bring himself back to his current situation. 'Right. I'm already dressed but I really should go have a wash. I feel like I've been sleeping for days.'. He ruffled his hair and headed to the bathroom to clean himself up to at least look a little presentable for going to see Iwaizumi; if he was at home. Once he was in the bathroom, he pressed the tap on... or at least tried to. 'Strange.' He thought to himself as he pressed the tap again but this time he noticed that the button wasn't even going down. Instead of using his fingers to press it, he tried to use his whole hand instead; to add more force to it. But still, it wouldn't move. 'Stupid thing.' He frowned again, he must be dreaming. He grew more confused than frustrated now, not understanding what was going on. 'Maybe the tap is just stiff. Yeah, that explains it.' He nodded at his own explanation and shrugged it off and headed towards the front door.

After noticing the front door was wide open, he looked around quickly. "Dad?" He asked, he could see the car outside that his dad drove so maybe he had been shopping and was bringing the food into the house. "Dad?" He asked again but there was still no reply. Oikawa peeked around the kitchen door, 'Ah, there he is!', he saw his dad standing with his back to him. "I'm going to Iwa-chan's house, okaaay?" He said with his usual cheery voice and grin. But again, no response. 'Ugh, maybe he's listening to his music again... Or checking the food bill.' Oikawa sighed and walked out the house, it was best to not disturb his dad when he was focusing or he'd be given a bunch of chores to do (and he wanted to avoid that at all costs).

After a few steps outside, he started to skip, lightly-humming as he continued onwards towards Iwa-chan's house. 'Oh look, Mr Refreshing is heading my way.' He thought as his eyes focused on Suga who was walking towards him... And then straight past him. No eye contact. No exchange of words. Nothing. Oikawa had been completely blanked. "What..." He said out loud, stopping on the spot, not understanding what had just happened. Usually Suga says a polite hello or smiles softly at him but not today.

Oikawa started to feel as if he was invisible, nobody was paying attention to him regardless of his efforts. Like all other strange events that had happened today, he shrugged it off, maybe Suga was too focused on something to notice him. 'Iwa-chan will definitely acknowledge me!' He thought as he continued onwards, skipping and humming again.