When the Sun Stops Shining

Chapter Thirty-Four: Porcelain Heart

***Song above is Opeth's 'Porcelain Heart', the title of this chapter, the song which inspired this chapter and the song Kageyama is listening to in his room. Listen to it while you read this chapter; it'll set the mood.***

"A notebook?" Yamamoto's eyebrows furrowed together. "Usually it's Ennoshita asking for notebooks. Is it for him?" It was dinnertime at last. Kageyama had gone straight to the back of the kitchens, determined to get his hands on a notebook.

"No, it's for me." Kageyama smirked. "What, is the idea of me wanting to write weird to you?"

"N—No. Of course not," Yamamoto said. "I'll put in a call to my guy. The delivery comes tomorrow, so I should be able to get it to you by lunch. By the way, you know the Gun Gun yoghurt?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"It's being discontinued."

Kageyama's smirk switched into a glare. Yamamoto had known Kageyama for a long time, but that didn't mean that he wasn't any less intimidated by the sniper.

"When?"

"At the end of this month. It's the twenty-fifth today, so there's seven days until the first of June."

"June the first." The date held a special place in Kageyama's heart. 1st June. His mother's birthday. Every year, he'd request a bouquet of flowers and an Okinawa postcard. Then, he'd refuse to speak to anyone for the entire day. He'd go sit outside by the sheds and lie on the grass all day, with his eyes closed and the same tatty letter resting on his chest. The sun would always be out on that day. Always.

"I want you to order every last tub of Gun Gun yoghurt they've got."

"What if it's hundreds—"

"Every. Last. Tub. I can afford it, can't I?"

"Well, yeah. But it's a big delivery, Kageyama. If I'm bringing in that much contraband, the C.Os are going to start asking questions. They might make me change the courier. Then what will I do?"

"The C.Os won't ask questions unless I tell them to. I grew up on that yoghurt. I want that yoghurt. You'll get me that yoghurt, Taketora."

"I think I preferred you when you were sending Kindaichi and Kunimi to me," Yamamoto joked. "Oh well. Fine. It'll be done. Now, can I interest you in dinner today—"

"No, I'll be fine. Have a good day." Kageyama walked out, grabbed a plastic cup of water and went over to his table. There were two empty seats where Kindaichi and Kunimi usually would've been sitting. And of course, the one empty seat next to Suga. Karasuno's size was beginning to dwindle. However, Tanaka came over and slipped into Kindaichi's former seat. He had bandages all over his fingers, since he'd made quite a few mistakes when trying to chop up some onions.

"Tsukishima, you're the one who looks like a jack-o'-lantern now," Kuroo joked. Kageyama was surprised to see that the table had changed a little. Usually, Kuroo sat next to Kenma and Tsukishima sat next to Yamaguchi. But Kuroo had swapped places with Yamaguchi. Kenma and Yamaguchi were having a quiet conversation of their own, which the both of them seemed to be quite invested in.

"Of course. Did you see how much food I got from that fight?" Tsukishima was chewing happily on a chocolate bar. "Hey, Kageyama. Your problem's solved. Both Kunimi and Kindaichi are in max now. Although, you know they've hired some new C.Os?"

Kageyama's interest was piqued. "New C.Os?"

"Yeah. I'm talking brand new, badge-toting C.Os."