Standing Back Up (Haikyuu Fanfiction)

Chapter 26: Home

Karasuno POV

The bus was silent as they left training camp, tension in the air. No one talked, no one laughed. Only four people on the bus knew what was wrong, the others had tried to find out but it just got worse. SO even the normally loud teammates sat quietly.

"Daichi have you heard from Hinata yet?" Suga asked for the fourth time this morning.

"No," Daichi clenched his fist, shooting a glance towards where the other was sitting.

Suga and Daichi haven't told anyone, they knew Hinata didn't want them to so they didn't. And while they waited to hear from him they were doing their best not to start freaking out on the other two. How could they have done that? Was all either of the two could think, neither slept last night. They had talked. Now they knew why Hinata had left, all his strange behavior leading up to him just disappearing. As they sat in the back, booth seating in quiet rage, they stared daggers at the other two.

A Few Days Later

Oikawa POV

Shouyou was panicky looking through his gym bag as we got ready for practice. He seemed really unnerved, and with a quick look at Iwaizumi, we both headed over to see what was wrong.

"Shou-chan" I smiled a bit at the new nickname I had for him, but tried to remain serious "Is something wrong?" I looked at the mess around his gym bag,

"I can't find my long sleeve shirt, I thought I grabbed one, but I can't find it anywhere!" He then turned his gym bag over and dumbed the entire contents on the floor searching through the pile.

Over the past weeks his bruises have faded, and the marks and cuts have healed. But Shouyou still had a lot of scars that would never go away, though he wasn't worried about the ones given to him those were not in any noticeable places, no he was worried about the cut marks on his arms. THe team would see them eventually in games, but this was a lot sooner than he thought. And with what happened at training camp a few days ago, he was now panicking.

"Shouyou..." He stopped his panic search and looked at Iwaizumi "I know it's sooner than you thought but they were going to see eventually right?" In games."

"Yeah but..but" He ll\ooked down, he didn't want them to know

"Look it's fine, people might not even notice then, and besides no one will ask about them okay?" Iwaizumi said, patting his back slightly.

"Are you sure..."

"I am" Only because you'll stop anyone from saying anything, I thought.

Shouyou reluctantly put the things back in his gym bag and went to change, still unsure but willing to trust what Iwaizumi had said. Maybe it would be best to tell the team about his cut marks so when they saw them they wouldn't cause a scene, no we couldn't. There's a chance that they really wouldn't notice. We would hope they didn't.

Iwaizumi POV

The second we started practicing the team saw the scars. They stood out against it pall skin and it was no surprise he'd seen them. The second he went to go practice his serves with Oikawa they bombarded me with questions, even the coaches. I had told them that if we talked about it now Shouyou would notice, and he didn't really want them knowing. So reluctantly they all agreed and we went to practice, only after I promised to talk with them after though. So while Shouyou went into get changed we all stayed behind to talk

Aoba Johsai POV

"His arms....do they have something to do with why he didn't want to play volleyball anymore?" Matsukawa finally asked quietly

"Yeah, though he doesn't want to talk about it." Iwaizumi answered, shaking his head slightly

"Do you guys know what happened?" Hanamaki asked looking between him and Oikawa

"Yes and he wasn't happy when we found out, it's not like he told us we just kinda found out." Oikawa said, pressing his lips in a hard thin line,thinking about walking in and seeing Shouyou covered in bruises and marks. "When we found out he kicked us out of his house after yelling at us. He was really mad." The others nodded

"Karasuno did something to him." Kindaichi had been quiet and when he said it everyone looked at him wondering how he could think that his former team had done something to him.

"A few people and him had some issues, the rest didn't know." When Iwaizumi confirmed what he said the team was shocked, Hinata had been hurt by his teammates. "And before you ask no you don't need to know who." Iwaizumi finished stopping the question he knew was coming.

The team nodded, and while they had more questions no one asked them. It was enough for now, knowing what they did, they went and got changed. Each making a silent vow to themself to not hurt him ever, and to protect him so he never felt the need to cut himself again. They wanted to protect their little ball of sunshine.

Oikawa POV

"Do you know why everyone keeps hugging me?" Shouyou after school the next day, as they walked to practice "At lunch when I sat down Matsukawa-senpai and Hanamaki-senpia came up and hugged me and wouldn't let go. And this morning Kunimi did the same thing, Kindaichi had to literally pull him off me." As if to prove his point further when he walked in the gym Watari came up and leapt on him, hugging him tightly till he noticed the dirty look I sent him.

"Maybe it's because you're such a huggable Chibi-chan!" I said giving him a tight hug then, Iwaizumi who had been silent till then started to laugh. "Iwa-chan dont laugh!"

"Let go of him and go get changed Trashykawa" Iwaizumi then walked off laughing at me.

"Iwa-chan mean!" This got a laugh from Shouyou.

"Shou-chan dont laugh at me too" I fake pouted

"Sorry Grand King, I'm on Iwaizumi-sempias side!" Shouyou then quickly duked out of the hug and left, laughing as he bound into the locker room

"Shou-chan, why do you call me that horrible nickname but Iwa-chan gets called your senpai?" I followed whining a bit at the mistreatment

Hinata POV

I only vaguely heard Oikawa's displeasure, my phone chimed and I pulled it out to see who texted. It was from Suga, he wanted to know how I was, and if I could meet him and Daichi tomorrow and talk. I was hesitant, I didn't want to talk yet. But I also knew I needed to. I left the message unanswered for now, I needed to think about what to do first. Maybe if I asked them, Oikawa and Iwaizumi would go with me. Was it fair to ask them, they had said I could always ask them for help but I felt bad for relaying so much on them. But I didn't think I could face Suga and Dachi alone.....