Hiding The Pain

Chapter 17

3rd POV

It had been a few weeks since the team discovered Hinata's secret, as well as a few weeks of them trying to adjust themselves to their newfound knowledge. Hinata had already understood that they'd need an adjustment period and while it was annoying at times, it was also a relief. He didn't have to be as worried about not being able to relocate something himself, about not being able to get his own water, or having too rough of a day to safely practice because they knew. They understood, they cared, they wouldn't allow him to risk his health and or safety so carelessly.

They had spent a portion of practice watching videos on different methods of relocating various joints, after having Hinata make a list of the most commonly dislocated, while Hinata would occasionally chime in on what they shouldn't do with him, what else they should do, and if they should ask him because it varies, and what to do if it won't go back in. The last one was a simple, "Well, I usually just work it back in at that point." which resulted in a mix of shock and horror struck looks on everyone's faces at the mental image of Hinata's example of him waking around on a dislocated hip because he couldn't get it back in fully.

Yamaguchi asked him why he didn't go to the hospital or call 911 for his worse dislocations to which he dryly replied with "Yeah, and all the fees, disbelief, and time wasting that comes with it."

Hinata began a simplified explanation about how when you come in with a 'supposedly' dislocated joint they will always take imaging of it, even if it's literally bending backwards right in front of their eyes or poking out too far from the other joints.While this is sometimes good since on rare occasions it's actually something else, this also means going there when you've dislocated means you are waiting around with pain amassing because they won't relocate it.

They frequently doubt or right out refuse to believe that EDSers have dislocated before due to the disorder making the joints too loose to typically leave any marks from past dislocations, not to mention they rarely ever have heard of EDS and those that have sometimes think of it as a made up illness since they can't see it.

It was honestly one of the worst things about having invisible illnesses. He doesn't get why people can't just seem to accept that his illness is legitimate just because they can't physically see it, they can't see Lyme's Disease either can they? So if they can believe in one illness that can't be physically seen, why can't they believe in others?

Most of them had become somewhat calmer in their helping frenzy, though they were all still very protective of him, much to Hinata's confusion. They made sure someone was with him almost constantly, brought extra Propel (A flavored water with electrolytes and no sugar made by Gatorade) for him incase he started running low or was out, made sure his braces were on correctly, and they only became even more protective as a joint training camp was announced. After all, more people = more threats. That did not please the Hinata Protection Squad (HPS for short), that did not please them at all.

Now Hinata wasn't exactly the brightest person intellectually, and he was certainly very confused about what was going on, but he knew one thing was certain beyond all doubts. This training camp was going to be an eventful one.

(A/N: So I have managed to get sick multiple times the past few weeks, and am still currently sick. I should warn you all that I have a wrecked immune system and with it being winter I'll be sick even more often. I also will take longer to get over illnesses than most people. I know that slow updates can be frustrating but please try to bare with me!)