Comatose. (Haikyuu Fanfiction)

Chapter 7

(Kageyama's P.O.V.)

"Shouyou? " Mrs.Hinata asked. Hinata looks at her. "Can you talk with us? " He nods. I feel like we just won a war. I'm so happy. He actually responded to conversation. "Hinata can you wiggle your fingers!?" I ask, excitedly. He looks at me and raises his hand very slowly. He starts to shakily move his fingers up and down. Only his middle and index finger moved, but that was more than enough.

I felt overjoyed watching him concentrate on moving his two fingers. The fact that he is trying is enough. His facial expression changed from smiling to cringing in pain. We all noticed. He dropped his hand quickly. "How are you feeling Hinata?" Coach Ukai asks. Hinata opens his mouth and closes it back. We all stayed quiet, giving him a chance to answer. "....no.....go..od" he mutters. "It hurts?" I ask.

He nods. "What hurts?" Mrs.Hinata asks. He slowly raises his hand and points to his head. "It...h-hu..rts...a...lot.." he says slowly. "H-h-how...long?" He asks. How long what? "How long were you comatosed?" Daichi asks. He nods his head yes. "Five months." he looks taken back at first then nods. "I...don't...want...to..talk..more" Hinata says. "Okay." I say. "Let's go get something to eat." Nishinoya suggests. We tell Hinata bye and then we leave.

Coach Ukai takes us to a barbeque place. Hinata would enjoy this. As we take our seats Tanaka says " To celebrate our shrimp waking up." "Yes!" we all yell. A waitress rushes over. "Please don't yell guys." she says. "Sorry ma'am." Sugawara says.

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I started walking back to the hospital alone. The rest of the team decided they should go home to their families and give Hinata some space. But, I've waited too long for Hinata to be able to respond to just turn away and go home. When I arrived in Hinata's room, there was a sticky note that read:

"Hey Kageyama, I had some errands to run I'll be back no later than 6:30. If you have to go earlier, you can. "

Hinata was curled up, facing opposite of me. I walk over to Hinata and sit on the edge of his bed. He jumped and look at me. He sighed and eased back down. He turns his back to me again. "How did it feel?" I ask. "Huh?" He asks. "Being in a coma, how did it feel?" I ask again. He paused for some time. I felt him stiffen against the bed but, then he says "L-lonely." I look down at my hands. "I...felt....like..I....was....t-trapped." he says quietly. He makes a strange sound. I look over at him and he's trying to say more, but it won't come out. "It's okay we can continue this when you can talk more. He nods.

Doctor Moesashi walks into the room with a nurse right by his side. The nurse rolls in a medical cart. I stand up and walk over to the chairs in the room to give them some space. "Hinata, can you sit up for us. " Hinata stays curled up for a few moments. Then he sits up slowly and he winces in pain. "Thank you." Dr.Moesashi says as he grabs a few things from the cart and puts it onto the top shelf. "Hinata can you lift your shirt for me? " Dr.Moesashi asks. He closes his eyes,with a pained expression on his face, and slowly and shakingly lifts his shirt.

I feel my mouth gape open. You can see his bones, if you wanted to you could count each and every bone. There was a ton of the little bandages, from when you get a vaccine, all over his skinny stomach. Dr.Moesashi takes blood from Hinata and then puts another vaccine bandaid on the place where he drew blood. Aren't you supposed to get vaccines on your arms? I look at Hinata's arm to see them also covered with the tiny vaccine bandages. How didn't I notice them before?

"Alright we're going to start the tests again." Dr.Moesashi says with a sad expression. "Wait!....K-kagey-yama-kun?...Can....y-you....go....get...s-some......f-food....for..me?" he asks, slowly. My mind flashes back to the untouched food and how skinny Hinata is now. "Okay." I say as I walk out. What should I buy? Pork buns. Definitely pork buns. He must be so sick of that hospital food. Wait, how would he be sick of it if he never even touched it. Did he just not want me in the room while he took the tests? I think about turning back to ask why he didn't want me there but then I decide against it.

I go into the shop and buy a bag of pork buns. I slap the money on the counter and leave. Will he even eat this? What's so bad about the tests that he doesn't want me seeing? I walk into another store and buy myself some chocolate milk to soothe my mind. I chug the box down and throw it away in the garbage in front of the hospital. I walk back to Hinata's room and bump into Natsu. "Kageyama!" She yells. "Hi Natsu." I stoop down to her level and I put my hand in her hair and ruffel it. She gives me the same annoyed expression that Hinata give me when I used to hit him. She puts her hands over her head. Then she suddenly looks sad.

"Why are you crying? " she asks me. "Huh? " I'm not crying. I wipe my fingers under my eyes and I really was crying. I quickly wiped my face. "I don't know." I mumble to Natsu. "Hey let's go give these pork buns to Hinata. " I say. She nods excitedly. We walk into his room and he's turned the opposite way again. "Brother!" Natsu yells. "Not...r-right...now...N-Natsu." Hinata says. "But brother, Kageyama brought you pork buns. " Natsu says jumping up and down.

There is an audible sigh as Hinata slowly flips to his other side so he can see us. I hand him the pork buns. "Thank...y-you." he says. There is a moment of silence and I was about to ask Hinata about the tests but then Natsu asks, " Can I have a pork bun please." Hinata hands her the bag "d-don't...eat...a-all....of...them." Natsu muffles a thanks then races out of the room.

" So, why don't you want me here when you do your tests?" I ask. He stays silent. "Why don't you want me here?" I ask again, getting louder. He mumbles something I can't hear. "What?! " I ask. "D-don't...want...y-you...to...h-hear...the..results. " he says quietly. "Are they bad or something?" I ask. He turns back, away from me. "Come on Hinata..... You should be able to tell me. " he stays silent. "Is it just the results? Is it also what they do during the tests? Is there something you aren't telling me, or anyone for that matter?" I yell.

Silence fills the air. Mrs.Hinata walks in and says, "Kageyama? Can we talk outside?" I click my tongue and follow behind Mrs.Hinata. " Why were you yelling?" she asks as she puts a hand on my shoulder. " I just.... I was trying.. I think Hinata is hiding something from us." I say, after some hesitation. " Why would you think that?" she asks in a very sweet way. "Where were you during Hinata's tests?" I ask. " What? He took the tests. He told me it was later on. Why didn't he tell me the results?" She says, more to herself than to me.

"What were the tests for?" I asks. Mrs.Hinata stays silent. "What aren't you two telling me?" I ask. "The one he was probably hiding from us is his over all health. The doctor told me that he really wasn't doing that well." she says, quietly. " He probably can feel that he's not doing well too." I say. She nods. I sigh. "Let me drive you home." Mrs.Hinata offers. I nod, " Please." I just want to go home and think for a bit. I also want to sleep for a full eight hours. After Mrs.Hinata drops me off I walk to the bathroom and hop into the shower. I'm glad Hinata is awake but it feels like he isn't really here. I expected him to just wake up and be the ball of energy that he was. Now I'm stuck wondering if he will ever return back to being his happy, optimistic self. I turn on the shower and as the water hits my face it's like it's saying it's okay, let it out.

I tried holding back my tears but soon enough it came out it broken sobs...