When the Sun Stops Shining

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Story of Iwaizumi

Warning: Some sex, but there's also a lot of fluff and stuff. you know. all cutesy. Proceed at your own discretion.

Oikawa took his lips off Iwaizumi's shaking body, ruffling his Iwa-chan's dark tuft of hair down below for old times' sake. Iwaizumi let out a low grumble, but he didn't try to stop Oikawa. The man had a mind of his own most days. Iwaizumi sat up, rolled his condom off and tossed it expertly to the nearby bin. It went in. Once that was done, he let his head drop right back onto the pillow. His body was heavy with fatigue, but he was also buzzing with that sweet emotion. It was the same emotion that drew him closer to his idiotic boyfriend, that emotion he craved so much.

"Did I just suck the life out of you, Iwa-chan?" Oikawa slipped into the covers, putting a hand on Iwaizumi's cheek so that they were facing one another. "You seem more tired than usual."

"No. You sucked the fucking spirit out of me. I'm going to hell now," Iwaizumi joked. "But, Oikawa... before we take this thing any further, I should probably tell you something."

"Please don't say you're getting hard again," Oikawa said, shuffling away from Iwaizumi's body. "You're a monster."

"No, no." Iwaizumi shuffled closer to him so that he could wrap a lazy arm around the brunette's waist. "What I want to tell you... it's pretty big."

"I was about to make a joke here, but I see you're serious." Oikawa snuggled into Iwaizumi's touch, smiling up at his ever-loving boyfriend. "Go ahead."

"Well... a couple of years ago, I used to live down in Fukuoka, Kyushu. I was working with my father. He's a fisherman. I met an American woman while living down there, and one thing led to another."

"I don't care if you slept with a woman, Iwa-chan."

"No, it's not that. We... we didn't use protection. And she got pregnant. So... nine months later, I'm holding a baby in my hands with no fucking idea on what I'm going to do. I still remember what happened. She gave me the baby, rushed out of the house and said she'd be back in half an hour. She never came back."

"Fuck..."

"So, my father had to focus on supporting both me and my baby. I wasn't going to give him up for adoption. I called him Shigeru, which means 'to blossom, to cultivate'. I just knew the name would suit him," Iwaizumi said. "But, after a while, my father admitted that he was really struggling with it all. I tried to help out as well as I could, but it wasn't working anymore. So, I sold off a whole load of clothes and scraped together enough money for two plane tickets. I made my way down to Tokyo and for a while, we had to go to a homeless shelter. We had no money. Nowhere to go. I had to steal formula milk and nappies just to make sure that Shigeru had something. But one day, I got caught trying to steal some bread from the store. We were taken down to the police station; they took Shigeru away from me. I was questioned. They threatened to put me behind bars and put Shigeru into foster care. But then, a police officer called Matsukawa shows up and convinces the rest of them that I wasn't some sort of criminal. They let me go." Iwaizumi paused, checking Oikawa's face to see how he was reacting. Oikawa was intently listening. He didn't seem surprised or disgusted, like Iwaizumi had feared. Thank God. He just seemed... intrigued.

"It was back to the homeless shelter for the both of us. But one day, Matsukawa shows up there and sees us. They had a section where the public could come in and give in donations. So, he was holding a box full of soup and bread and all sorts. After he handed that in, he called me over and asked about how Shigeru is doing. Then, he asked me to come with him. He got us food. In return, I told him my story. So... he asked me if I wanted to stay at his place until I got on my feet. I said yes. Shigeru let out one of those little baby squeals, but I assume that he was happy too." Iwaizumi paused, taking a little breather. He was nervous, really nervous. Oikawa was the first person Iwaizumi had ever dated since being walked out on by the American woman he'd met. He didn't want to scare Oikawa away.