The King Fell and Needs Help Getting Up

Chapter 11

The next morning started with a surprise. Kei awoke to something, or rather, someone falling to the floor.

"Kageyama? What are you doing?" He asks as he sits up and squints at the lump on the floor.

"I have to pee..." he groans holding his stomach and head.

"Then why didn't you wake me up? I would have helped you there." Kei says and Tobio pouts.

"I didn't want to bother you..."

"You need to learn that you not bothering me about this, bothers me." He says putting his glasses on and gets out of bed. He helps Kageyama up, feeling how his shirt was soaked.

"Why are you wet?" He asks.

"... Back... blood..." he says and Kei lays him down on his stomach and lifts the shirt before turning the light on.

"Holy fuck, this is bad." He says and stands up. He sees his hands have blood on them.

"Alright, I'm going to wash my hands and get the first aid kit. You, on the other hand, need to stay still and awake. Don't you dare close your eyes." He says and Kageyama nods, his eyes falling closed.

"Hey! What did I just say?!" Kei says and taps Tobio's face.

"Mm... sorry it's hard..." he says and Kei sigh, there's now blood on Kageyama's face. He hesitates slightly, staring at the blood on Tobio's cheek.

"I'll be back, just try okay."

"Alright..."

Kei rushes to the bathroom to clean his hands and get a damp cloth to clean Kageyama's face and back. He grabs the first aid kit as Akiteru comes out.

"Kei? What are you doing?"

"The king is bleeding from his back." He says and walks past his brother.

"What?! To-kun is bleeding!?" He yells before going to wake their mother. Kei rolls his eyes and enters his room to see Kageyama drawing on the sheets to keep himself awake.

"Kageyama, I'm going to wipe your back clean, let me know if it hurts," Kei says and sees Kageyama nod, trying to stay awake. Kei carefully wipes his back as Hotaru and Akiteru come into the room worried.

"We should get him to the hospital," Akiteru says.

"If the bleeding doesn't stop, he was fine but he tried to get out of bed on his own and fell, I think he opened the scabs again," Kei says as he continues to wipe the blood away.

"You need a clean cloth, that one is soaked in blood," Hotaru says and hands him a new cloth. Kei was surprised his mother wasn't taking over, typically she would but she's just softly smiling at him while holding the damp cloth. He takes it and nods his head in thanks before he finishes cleaning the blue-eyed boy's back. He gets a new cloth and wipes Kageyama's cheek clean.

"You still with us?" Kei asks and Tobio nods.

"The bleeding has stopped, we'll put some gauze and wrap bandages around it," Hotaru says. Neither of the older Tsukishima's said anything about the grotesque scene that was Tobio's back. It looked like he was put through a shredder, multiple times and then hit with a meat tenderizer. It was like looking at a piece of art that's been destroyed. Hotaru has Kei and Akiteru help Kageyama stand so she could bandage him up.

"You'll have to take it easy Tobio-kun. No moving unnecessarily, no volleyball, no school. At least for a few days." Hotaru says and he nods. Kei and Akiteru help Kageyama to the bathroom, letting him go on his own then helped him to the couch, Kei's sheets had to be washed and it was easier for everyone to keep an eye on the setter in the living room.