With Wings of Black (Kagehina/Asanoya)

Chapter 13

The three Karasuno crows watched with priceless expressions how Aone slowly raised himself to his full height, ears pressing down onto his head. With his fluffy tail between his legs he didn't look half as intimidating as usual and Asahi's gaze turned pityful.
"Aone-san, aren't you an inu?"

Aone blinked twice, surprised none of them was freaking out as much as he had expected it. Instead, Karasuno's ace had even guessed his race right.
"Which breed?" Hinata exitedly chimed in and Kageyama rolled his eyes, "Obviously Siberian husky you dumbass, that explains his way too buff stature."
Hinata puffed his cheeks pouting but took a step forward towards the rather helpless Date Tech volleyball player and held out his hand. Aone stared confused down at him.
"I-I have no idea if you can use my charm to hide yourself, but I if it works I can bring you back home!" Hinata offered and Kageyama averted his eyes with a grumble.
"...and I'll come with you to make sure this dumbass finds to his own house."
"That means I have to join to make sure you find your house, Kageyama," Asahi sighed defeated.

Aone still looked confused and distrusting but slowly reached out to hold Hinata's hand, feeling a little paper rubbing along their palms. All of a sudden his teeth grew back into normal, his dog ears vanished with his tail, and his wild eyes turned soft.
"Cool! It works on inus too!!" Hinata exclaimed and proceeded to tug Aone out of the dark place, "B-by the way, I'm a winged child and my team found out! That's why we know about everything and didn't freak out!"
Aone nodded slowly, realization spreading over his face. It was weird for the timid middle blocker to hold hands with anybody but now he knew that in public, Hinata needed the charm just as much as he did. A winged child? Aone honestly wondered how his wings looked. Colourful? White? Black? A mix? He had never seen a winged child.

"Inu fits you, Aone-san," Asahi smiled and flinched at the unintended glare the middle blocker sent at him.
"You're kind, caring, calm, respectful towards anyone but don't hesitate to destroy your enemies on the court. You even lock on enemies to make sure to destroy them. It really really fits you."
Aone found himself doing just the tiniest attempt of a smile and Asahi noticed, much to his pleasure.
A few trains later, Hinata delivered Aone towards his house and was surprised by the silver haired sweet woman who opened the door.
"Oh? Guests? Come in, I just finished my strawberry cake."
"Ah, we kindly have to decline, we need to go home in time-"
"I insist."
"But we live in near of Karasuno-" Kageyama tried it after Asahi's attempt had failed.
"That won't be a problem, I can drive. Please come in."
Suddenly, Aone's eyes lowered onto the three crows from Karasuno and his voice struck them like a lightning.
"Please."

Hinata found himself agreeing and just like that, the other two didn't have another choice than to step in. As soon as the door closed behind them, Aone released Hinata's hand and turned back into his feral appearance. His mother turned pale and threw a panicking glance at the guests; her breath hitched and she pressed out a scared "Takanobu?!"
Aone shifted his glance from his mother to Hinata who, as if ordered, put his charm onto the table and sprouted black gigantic wings almost the same second.
"Please don't worry Aone-san!! I'm a winged child and my friends know about us."

Aone's mother calmed just a little but her eyes laid distrustingly on Kageyama and Asahi.
"H-how can I be sure...?"
Asahi gasped and straightened his back the same second those words left her mouth.
"My friend Nishinoya is a winged child, too, and we know about this since weeks. Neither Kageyama nor I would ever spill those secrets to anybody we wouldn't trust or they don't trust."
Kageyama nodded hastily and Aone-san turned towards her son with a scolding expression.
"Takanobu, what happened?! You don't usually run around all natural and exposed like this, do you have any idea what could have happened?!"
Hinata swallowed and his wings dropped sadly. He hated to witness arguments his friends had.
"I found him today, hiding. I first thought he was a monster and came back with Kageyama and Asahi to recheck. He must have accidently lost his charm, that happened often enough to me, too. I offered him to smuggle him home with my charm and my friends tagged along."
Aone nodded to confirm the story and his mother breathed out a deep sigh.
"I can't thank you enough... I suppose I don't have to explain how dangerous it is outside for our kind."
"Yeah," Hinata murmured, shruddering, and his right wing wrapped around Kageyama almost in reflex.
"Winged children used to get hunted because of their feathers, inus because of their fur."

Silence covered the floor and Aone-san gestured for them to go into the dining room.
"Please, take a seat and make yourselves at home," she chirped before disappearing into the kitchen. Aone stared at Asahi for a while until the ace became uncomfortable, then tilted his head.
"...who else?"
Asahi's eyebrows narrowed but Kageyama understood what the middle blocker wanted to know.
"No other inu... We just know three winged children, Bokuto, Nishinoya and Hinata, and two nekos, Kenma and Fukunaga."
Aone's ears dropped sadly. No wonder, dogs lived in a pack and knowing so less of his kind must have been killing the inu since so long. Cats didn't live in groups, Kenma and Fukunaga never had such a problem. And as winged children, Hinata had his father and sister to play and do tricks with while Nishinoya never seemed to care at all.

A large piece of strawberry cake finally lifted the group's sad atmosphere and Asahi turned to thank Aone-san, but nearly jumped over Kageyama as instead of the shy lady he saw a feral looking woman with wild hair and eyes, ears and tail. Hinata laughed loudly and pleased- he had seen her coming and smiled now his brightest smile.
"Someday we'll all gonna live like one huge family, inus, nekos, winged children and humans, without having to hide out true selves!"
Kageyama grinned but slapped the back of his head.
"Dumbass."

As the group was about to leave and settled down in Aone-san's car, the tall middle blocker waved from the door with a tiny smile and Hinata waved back exitedly. The engine turned on and they drove off.
"At home, Takanobu is completely different than when people are around. Like that, he rarely talks, but at home he does the most housework, loves to bake cakes and pies, and actually talks well. Just not with others..."
Hinata shrugged which left the woman surprised.
"So what? I don't care. Aone is really nice, I'm glad he is my friend and that I got to play volleyball against him."

Kageyama admired him from the back seats with a smile. Hinata always made friends with everyone he saw.
Even with a former Tyrant King.