Boys, Bruises, and Babystting (kagehina)

Tangles, Tiaras, and Toenails

(AN: i will be referring to hinata as 'shouyo' in the third person because both natsu and shouyou are 'hinata')

Natsu tiptoed into the hallway just outside of her brother's room. She had been turned loose after her bath and was curious to see how their guest was getting along.

The girl observed Kageyama sitting on the futon, tugging the towel over his head and a vivid blush splashed across his face. She shifted the nail polish and hair baubles from one hand to another. Curiously, she tiptoed up to him and waved one of her hands in front of his faraway gaze. The fourteen-year-old snapped back from his delusion. Startled, he nearly let out an uncool growl at the young girl.

She grinned wildly from ear to ear. "Kageyama-nii-chan!" She warbled. After thoroughly frightening the highschooler, she had his undivided attention. "Let's play dress up!"

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The door swung open and an oblivious Shouyo entered his bedroom to find his boyfriend not maintaining his fingernails with a file as he usually does, but with his younger sibling applying coats of clear topcoat to his orange and royal blue to his digits.

His fringe was gathered in a feathery tuft on top of his head with a sparkly star hair tie. He was blowing on his left hand while his right was in the custody of aspiring cosmetologist Natsu.

Shouyo noticed she wasn't as rigid around him as he had been before. Normally children and animals didn't like Kageyama, and he expected Natsu to be the same. Surprisingly, Kageyama intently listened and earnestly responded to all of Natsu's babbling nonsense. He seemed genuinely interested in what the elementary-schooler was discussing.

For a while, Shouyou leaned against the doorframe, unnoticed, watching his significant other interact with his sister. Not that he would say it out loud, but he found the way Kageyama interacted with Natsu very cute.

When Natsu caught a glimpse of her brother observing the spectacle, the ginger-haired child beamed and cooed her brother's title. "Kageyama-nii-chan is beautifuler now!" The child chirped.

Natsu's older brother hummed in approval. When looking at a blushing Kageyama, hiding his mouth with a motley hand, he grinned in a fashion similar to his sister.

The girl yawned and rubbed her eye with her fist still curled around a bottle of nail polish. "Nii-chan, I want to sleep in here." Her voice was laden with fatigue.

"Natsu, there isn't enough room for your futon with all three of us in here." There was a slight warning tone mixed with the tone of voice used only when explaining to a child.

"But Nii-chan, Natsu wants to sleep in here!" The manner in which she spoke was slow and intoxicated with drowsiness.

"Okay..." Her older brother sighed and reluctantly responded. "You can sleep in my bed with me." The boy stepped over the guest futon and patted an area of his bed.

"No~!" Natsu cried groggily, "I want to sleep with Kageyama-nii-chan!" Protesting by tugging on Kageyama's tee shirt and pulling herself to his chest. This caused the dark-haired boy to raise his arms above his head in shock.

"Natsu, don't harass Kageyama." Shouyo scolded in his best mother voice.

"Kageyama-nii-chan!" She wailed with sloppy annunciation. Her face was buried into Kageyama's ribs. Kageyama let out a sharp howl of pain before toppling over onto his back. Natsu began snoring softly and was already into a deep sleep.

Shouyo sighed and looked over at his boyfriend, frozen with shock. "Sorry 'bout this."

Kageyama hesitated, "..Yeah... It's.. fine."

☆to be continued☆