How to Find Love in a Library {Haikyuu - Ushiten} (COMPLETED)

Chapter 14

I am so sorry this took so long! I was unsure of how to write the chapter and I didn't want to half ass it. But now I got a plan for my chapters until the end! Thank you for being so patient :)

Love you all!

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They stood looking at each other for what seemed to be hours.

"Can I come in?" Tendou repeated, shifting his weight nervously from foot to foot, awaiting his answer. He didn't expect to be greeted warmly after ignoring them for so long, but this still hurt.

Semi glared at him, his arms crossed over his chest. Wordlessly, he stepped aside – a sign to let him in. Tendou walked past him slowly, averting his eyes to the floor in front of him. He jumped in surprise at the slam of the door behind him.

He made his way to the couch and plopped down. He looked up into the eyes of his friends who both sat on the couch opposite him. They looked at him expectantly, the hurt evident in their eyes.

Tendou opened his mouth to speak but soon closed it – unable to find the right words. He thought for a moment. Opening his mouth, he tried again.

"I know I haven't been the greatest friend to you guys these past few weeks."

You really haven't.

"And I want to – need to – apologize for that." He took a deep breath. "I – I'm sorry for the way I treated you, for ignoring you. I'm sorry that I made you both so worried about me." Feeling his throat starting to close up he stopped.

He took a shaky breath to stabilize himself. "I'm sorry that it took this long for me to come to you."

Why didn't you?

"I'm sorry for shutting you out." The tears ran freely now.

I'm hurt.

"I'm so sorry that I let you down."

I'm sorry.

Sobs racked his body as he curled in on himself. Moments passed before he felt arms wrapped around his body.

We forgive you.

They stayed that way for a while. It was only when Tendou's tears subsided did the arms around him disappear.

Tendou wiped his face free of tears and looked over at his friends. They smiled at him wetly.

"I missed you guys so much."

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Tendou spent the whole afternoon at Semi and Shirabu's dorm. They used that time to catch up on everything they had missed.

Semi, about his family and that one of his cousins had proposed to their significant other. Shirabu, that his family was getting a new family pet and that his teachers were being unfair. They laughed together – something Tendou hadn't done in a while.

Soon, it was Tendou's turn to recount what had happened that brought them to this situation. He told them all that happened, to the last detail. After he had finished telling the story for the second time since it happened, he felt immensely better.

His friends looked at him in sympathy. He immediately wanted to shut that down. He didn't want to be seen as weak. He saw this as a momentary lapse in judgement. No need to still be upset about it. He was over it.

He was fine.

"Did you talk to him?"

Tendou looked at them, unimpressed. "No, because I don't need to. I know everything I need to know. Really, it's fine. I'm better than ever, actually."