An End To It All

Bloody and Beaten

It had been a week since the match

Kageyama hadn't shown up at school once

It wasn't until the 2nd week after the match that he came back, but he was in horrible condition

His hair was sticking up in various positions, the bags under his eyes indicating a lack of rest, and God knows what happened to his perfect setter hands that were now wrapped from his finger tips to his shoulders in bandages.

Kindaichi and Kunimi were mildly surprised by his appearance, but overall couldn't care and wished he hadn't come back

Tobio sat down at his table, scribbling something in a new, blank notebook

Yuutarou had a bit of curiosity, but in his blind hatred, he scowled at the thought of even thinking about Kageyama

Break came soon and Kageyama rushed to the bathroom

The little thoughts and notes he had written in his notebook were small distractions, but the stuffy air trapped inside the classroom that was surrounded in almost complete silence was suffocating

The bathroom stall was nice though

He was alone, with his music, perfectly content

Until he was drenched in disgusting, murky water

His music had stopped, his bandages were now sliding off, he smelled disgusting and was freezing cold

'Great, now what' was all he could think as he heard snickering and laughter from several boys who had dumped the water on him

He knew they were more than likely from the volleyball team, and he decided to just change into his gym clothes

As break was over, he walked back to class and received several odd stares, but nobody asked him anything

Classes flew by again and suddenly it was lunch

He had nothing to eat, didn't even bother for a milk, and sat on the rooftop doodling the sky, the trees, cherry blossom petals flowing in the wind

The wind was nice, peaceful, serene. It wouldn't hurt him

Kageyama felt hungry, but he refused to eat, knowing he didn't deserve it

He felt that he didn't deserve it

Then, he'd been ambushed yet again.

This time, his sketchbook had been torn to shreds and thrown into the school fountain from the roof

He had been held up and forced to watch in horror, when he felt a kick in the gut and a hard punch across the face

'thats gonna leave some bruises' he thought in his daze

Kageyama was so cluttered in his thoughts that he barely kept his eyes open as they continued to beat him to a pulp

The bell for the next class soon rang and they left Kageyama, bloody and beaten, alone on the roof.

They had done a number on him, but also reopened several sounds he had made the night before

His face had blood dripping down it and he was severaly wounded

Unfortunately, he was determined to make it back to class even if it killed him, so he started on his way

The moment he got back though, the class stared at him in awe and concern

They were even more concerned the moment he passed out and nobody bothered to try and catch him.

The teacher sent Kindaichi and Kunimi to take him to the nurse, so carried Kindaichi him