May Bells (Oikawa x reader) {Final Haikyuu Quest!AU}

Iwa-chan

Tooru started telling you a while ago that there was no need to rush and that you can take your time to eat during dinner, much to your reluctance. You still don't like just letting him sit there in the middle of winter waiting for you to let him in, but he insists it's fine so here you are, taking your time eating as usual. Your grandma retired to her room earlier than usual after only eating a little bit, you've noticed that she's been feeling a little under the weather recently, you hope- no, you're sure it's nothing though. You sigh out through your nose and continue eating your slightly cold dinner- you've got no one to blame but yourself for it being cold now, you should've not been spacing out so much.

When dinner is finally over you excuse yourself and make your way to your room with an excited grin on your face. You double check that no one is nearby out of habit and walk into your room. The excited grin immediately falling from your face when your eye land on a frustrated and teary eyed Tooru sniffling on your bed.

Tooru never comes into your room without your permission and though you always insist that he's welcome to come into your room at his own leisure, he always insists that it's not polite- something about it not being gentlemen like- so you know that if he's in the state he is right now and he's in your room then it must be for a good reason.

He looks up at you, tears threatening to spill over his frustrated eyes at any moment. "(y-y/n)," you run over to console Tooru immediately once the words leave his lips.

You gently place your small hand on his shoulder. "What happened, Tooru? Are you alright?" You ask, you forehead creased in concern and your eyes worried, willing to hear every sorrow he has tucked away.

"I-I hate him. I hate him so much, h-he's always s-so mean to me, I-I hate my father." Tooru clenches the fabric of his pants tightly, his lips drawing into what would be a sneer if Tooru wasn't so busy trying to keep his lips from quivering as he hiccups out his frustrations. Your eyes widen when you hear him; sure Tooru often complains to you about how strict his father is and how he doesn't like that his father is so cold hearted when it comes to ruling the kingdom, but what why exactly did the king to to make Tooru so upset? Before you can even voice the question in your mind Tooru answers it for you. "H-he found the flower crown you made me..." Your eyes widen.

"The flower crown that I made for you two years ago?" You ask, Tooru nods his head in confirmation. Oh, you remember that flower crown, how could you possibly not- you still have yours. You remember Tooru was so happy when you gave it back to him and told him that thanks to the spell he could wear it any time.

"H-he said that it was filthy, a-and that demons should never toy with something as retched a-as flowers." A couple tears spill over Tooru's eyes and he quickly wipes them away with his sleeve. "T-then he-" a hiccup interrupts his sentence, "I-I dunno how- but he undid the spell a-and he burned the flower crown i-into ashes with his hands." Whimpers Tooru, not even caring anymore that his tears are freely flowing and streaking down his cheeks. You're speechless, you've got no idea how to even begin consoling him- he's your best friend yet you can't even muster out any words that'll help sooth the pain.

So, you the only thing you can do; you hug him. His slightly taller figure hunches over easily and he buries his face into the crook of your neck, careful of his horns as usual, making sure he doesn't accidentally knock them into you in the process. His horns have gotten a little bigger since you first met, they're now slightly more visibly peaking out from Tooru's side swept curls. The combination of the way you're softly running your fingers through his chocolate brown hair without a second thought and how familiar scent is seems to be doing a good job of comforting him his sniffling slows down in response to the gestures. Even after he's fully stopped crying both of you still hold the position. Tooru speaks up again, after a few moments of silence. "Sometimes I don't wanna be king." Tooru's confession is a tad muffled sounding. "I don't wanna be hated by everyone because of who my dad is... I don't want everyone to hate me just because I exist... just wanna run away sometimes."