Getting to know You (Oikawa Tooru )

31.

"Miyumi!"

My eyes opened groggily as I looked around the room. I rubbed them as I sat up, my comforter falling from my shoulders.

"Can I help you Junko?"

When I opened my eyes my head was spinning. My vision had spots that quickly became black. I squeezed my eyes shut and waited a minute before reopening them again.

Junko was standing there, arms crossed, blonde hair swishing as she angrily tapped her foot on my bedroom floor.

"Why was Oikawa taking care of you? What did you forget to do?"

"Oh god please let me pass out again I whispered." I pulled my blankets back up over my head and snuggled back up against the warm sheets of my safe haven.

"Miyumi, you had a fever yesterday. You had me worried sick when Oikawa called me."

"How did i get up to my room?" I mumbled.

"He let you rest on the couch but when I got here he carried you up here so that you could rest more properly. He said something about not wanting to come into your room without someone else's permission so he wouldn't get into trouble or something like that."

A small graced the corners of my lips and I nodded back at her.

'So he did sometimes are boundaries after all.'

"So what happened?"

"When did Oikawa leave?"

She groaned angrily but answered anyway. "Only about a half hour ago. The only reason he left was because him mom did not sound too happy that he had not returned home yet. So he left and told me he would check in later." I nodded and huddled deeper into my fort of blankets. "So what happened tonight that you needed to be carried all the way home?"

"I really don't want to talk about it." I mumbled as I rolled away from her, keeping my eyes closed so I wouldn't have to look her in the eye.

"Miyumi I know something is make you upset otherwise you would be taking better care of yourself. Because right now you are treating yourself like trash and you only do that when there is no obvious cause event and inside you feel you aren't good enough or you feel guilty. So, which is it?"

I didn't respond.

"Miyumi, please talk to me." Her voice was low, begging, pleading me to talk with her and explain why I was so upset. I knew I couldn't keep anything from her, even if I tried. I let out a sigh as I rolled over and faced her. Slowly I opened my green eyes to meet her blue ones.

"You're going to think it's stupid."

"I promise you I won't. You know that."

I sat up from my warm fortress of solitude, the blankets falling from my shoulders. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. "I'm transferring from Aoba Joshai." Slowly I opened my eyes. "And I'm transferring to Shiritorizawa."

Junko's face then went blank. Her mouth slack as she was at a complete loss for words. For a long few moments the space between us was silent other than our quiet breathing. "When did this happen?" she asked finally, turning to her head to meet my eyes.

"At the volleyball game the other day when I spoke to Sensei. He told me they would give me a scholarship that I would need to attend and I would have an automatic spot on the team as a captain if I played well enough and proved myself necessary.

Junko nodded slowly. "When will you be leaving?"

"Friday will be my last day. All my work is due by the Friday after." Junko nodded, turning her gaze to the window as she became lost in thought.

"Who knows?" she whispered, watching the birds outside flutter and coo to one another as they lived peacefully with one another, caring for their hatchlings.

"Only you."

'Your parents?"

I shook my head. "They've been too busy for me to sit down or call them to explain."

"Oikawa?"

My heart sank. I looked down at my hands which were interlaced and resting on my lap. This was the question I had really been dreading. "No. I haven't had the heart or the stomach to."

"He has the right to know Miyumi, with all he's done and how much the relationship between the two of you has progressed. You need to tell him." She looked at me, her eyes glasses with unshed tears as they were begging and pleading for me to find him and tell him. To warn him that he would not be seeing me everyday at school. That there would be no late nights in the gym, no weird stories, no more connection. To warn him so he had the chance to get angry, to tell his side of the story and hopefully give him time to cope. Give him time to understand so he wouldn't completely walk away.

I let out a small sigh. "I know. I will."

"You better. That man took damn good care of you tonight."

'Thanks for the guilt trip, I really needed that right now." i thought.

"What time is it?" I asked, trying to push my mind away from the coming talk with Oikawa.

"It's one twelve am. And don't worry, I was asleep until I heard you beginning to stir."

"But you yelled at me and woke me up!" I exclaimed.

"Okay so i was up, your fever broke hours ago and I decided I wanted an explanation. Sue me will ya." I smiled, rolling my eyes at my best friend.

"Promise you won't forget me when I leave alright?"

"Bush you aren't going anywhere. I am now going to be just about living at your house because I will need to be seeing my friend and hearing about all of her secret admirers and how her amazing plays are leading her new team to play offs."

I smiled softly at her. "I love you Junko. More than you'll ever know."

She smiled back, her blue eyes finally shedding tears, letting them roll down her porcelain cheeks. "I know. And I love you just as much." She jumped forward and engulfed me in a hug, her tears getting my shoulder wet. Suddenly she pulled away, wiping her eyes.

She pulled out her phone and frantically began texting someone. "Junko?"

"Sorry I told Oikawa that I would update him when you woke up. He was worried sick you know." suddenly, she smirked at me. "He's really smitten with you." she said as she wriggled her eyebrows at me. The happy moment was over. I reached over and smacked her with my pillow.

"Oikawa wouldn't be happy that you were exerting yourself after your condition today!"

"Shut up!"