With Wings of Black (Kagehina/Asanoya)

Chapter 6

"Azumane?"

Asahi turned towards the black haired setter with a gentle and questioning smile. They had dropped the honorifics yet stayed on last name basis.

"I... I just..." Kageyama quietly stammered with averted eyes and Asahi understood almost the same second he heard his embarassed voice. The setter wanted, no, needed to talk.
"Let's go to the usual place," Asahi suggested and turned to move, Kageyama trailing behind like a lost puppy. Not too long ago, it would have been the other way around. In a way, Kageyama was good for him... boosted his confidence, because Kageyama was still awkward and had literally no social skills but above all... he wasn't judging. Asahi felt like opening up to him was easy... relieving. Kageyama asked questions yet never disencouraged him or scolded him like Nishinoya, Sugawara or anybody else would have done.

Kageyama accepted his fears, just like Asahi accepted Kageyama's.

"What do you want to talk about?"
The 'usual place' was the with grass covered area behind the gym, hidden and that relaxed the two volleyballers.
"I... I h-have dreams," Kageyama muttered and slumped down against the cold wall of the gym, next to Asahi. Said one quirked an eyebrow.
"...dreams?"
"Weird dreams. Dreams about... flying with Hinata. Over a huge forest. And then, all of a sudden... he let's go of my hand... and... and I fall... and... everything t-turns black."
By the time Kageyama had ended, he was shaking. Asahi draped an arm around his shoulders to comfort him and finally became aware that Kageyama didn't flinch away anymore when Asahi touched him. He got used to him.

"You are scared... It's obvious. Scared that Hinata isn't going to need you any longer. Love is a pain in the ass..." Asahi sighed with a halfhearted smile and got one of Kageyama in return. His smiles had become less scary... Asahi realized, whenever Kageyama tried to be nice he would smile all creepy and insane. However, his geniune smiles once he got comfortable around someone, were a gift from heaven.
"True... How are you doing, Azumane?"
"Ah well... I've been suffering from something similar. But I dream about hugs."
"Hugs?" Kageyama's voice was neither disbelieving nor amused. It was neutral, emotionless, exactly what Azumane liked about the black haired setter.
"Yes. You get to touch Hinata's wings so often, right? I want to touch Noya's... like, constantly. But I never did... because he doesn't like it. I dream of getting hugged by him... with those fluffy wings which can block out all the troubles and horrors from the outside world. And then I wake up... feeling cold and empty."

Kageyama nodded slowly and rested his chin on his fist, eying him closely.
"...you're a real softie, Azumane."
"I know," he giggled and Kageyama joined in with a tiny snicker. Hugs and nightmares, what a time to be alive.
"Oh, right... how is it going with Iwaizumi-senpai?"
Kageyama still hadn't stopped to call the ace of Seijou Senpai and if he was honest, Asahi found it cute and admiring to keep up this tradition with someone he once knew in middle school.
"Iwaizumi? He's pretty nice. Totally different than on the court... Always looking out for everybody and caring towards even strangers."
Kageyama nodded and resumed to stare forward into emptyness again.
"He always used to be like that... But the one he cares most about is Oikawa-san. Why else would he return to Aoba Johsai in the middle of the night to check wether Oikawa-san is still training? By the way..  thank you, Azumane."
"Don't bother, Kageyama. Friends do such things for each other. I know it's hard but trust me, I'll always continue to drag you off of the court~"

Once more, chuckles decorated the conversation. Hinata and Nishinoya were for the two of them a sore topic but it paid off well to keep on talking about them. Kageyama would ramble on and on how annoying Hinata was and all Asahi heard was admiration and pure love between the lines of "God he is so stupid I want to strangle him" and "Can you imagine he keeps smacking me with his wings". The same went for Asahi, however, he only had praise left for his own crush. Lines of "He is so cute I want to die" and "He'd fight a bear for me, I'm sure of that" kept flowing out of his mouth and Kageyama would sit there and listen because that was what friends did for each other.

"Oi Kageyama-kun! Are you daydreaming?" Hinata asked next to him, charm left on the bank and Kageyama could see his wings fluttering as he stretched himself to prepare for the club practice.
"Of course not, dumbass," he grumbled in return and Hinata gasped, offended by his tone.
"You are the dumbass, dumbass!! Why do you always have to be such an idiot?! Can you be nice for once?! Oi Kage-"
Kageyama stared at him with a fond smile on his face as the chibi kept ranting, not even noticing the way Kageyama's blue eyes would light up whenever he looked at his middle blocker. How his heart would threaten to jump out of his chest, butterflies doubled over in his stomach and his brain turned into mush.

No... he was sweet, innocent and hottempered Hinata.

Kageyama could stare at him for hours if it wasn't for Sugawara to ellbow him gently with a little smirk, mouth opening only lightly to whisper "If you stare at the sun too long you'll become blind".
Kageyama blushed and turned away while Suga chuckled and patted his back, causing him to shy away. No body contact with Suga, I'm not used to him, his brain screamed and pictures of the only three people who touched him flooded his mind.

Asahi, his mother and... Hinata.