Opposites sides of the court

Chapter Nine

(Here's a time skip to when Karasuno list their chance at nationals when the third years were in their first year and lost)

The team and I may have worked hard but we didn't make it to nationals. I remember the day very vividly.

    After the ref had declared that Karasuno had lost I started to shake. I was devastated because I had worked so hard and the team still lost. I tried to keep a strong face in front of Suga, Asahi, and Daichi. "Hikaru", Suga sounded worried.

"Y-yes Suga is th-there something wr-wrong?", I ask Suga not looking into his eyes and trying not to cry.

"Hikaru are you okay?", Suga said trying to look me in the eye.

"I am fine", I say looking down still shaking, and feeling the tears well up in my eyes.

"Hikaru", Suga says trying to reach out.

I jump away from his touch and turned away feeling tears slowly stream down my face. All the third and second years had
already left and Suga, Daich, Asahi, and I were waiting for our parents to come pick us up.
I stood with my back to all of the violently wiping the tears away trying to calm down. My mom pulled up to the front and I ran into the car mumbling, "Goodbye guys".

"Hey sweetie how was the game?", my mom asked looking at me with a kind smile.

I immediately looked out the window and said, "we l-lost".

"Hikaru I'm so sorry and your worked so hard", my mom says.

"I-I k-know", I say my voice full of voice cracks.

"There's always second and third year", my mom says trying to make me feel better. I give no response and we spend the rest of the car ride in silence. I walk into the house and see my dad already glaring at me. "Sweetie what did you want for di-", she doesn't finish because I drop my bag on the floor let out a sob and run to my room. I lock the door, and hide under my blanket.

"Hikaru", I hear Tsubaki says, "come out and talk".

"There's n-nothing t-to talk a-about I'm fi-fine", I stutter out.

I hear an aggressive knock on my door that quickly turns to banging. "Hikaru! Open the fucking door!", my dad yells.

I start to tremble in fear and hear my mom try to calm down my father. I continue to shake and sob even harder until I hear a calm knock on the door. "LEAVE ME ALONE!", I yell.

"Hikaru", I hear in a familiar voice, "please let me come inside".

I get out of the blankets and walk up to the door and unlock it. I open the door and Wakatoshi picks me up and holds me in his arms, closes and locks the door, and brings me to the bed.

"D-don't l-l-look a-at m-me I-I'm p-pathetic", I stutter out at he holds me in his lap.

"You are not pathetic", he says sternly and holds me tighter. I shove my face into his neck and continue to sob. Wakatoshi plays with my hair with one hand and runs circles on my back with the other. "Your sister was right to call me", Wakatoshi says in a worried tone.

"Tsu-Tsu-Tsubaki c-called y-you", I starting to calm down.

"Yeah she said I would be the only one you would let it", Wakatoshi says holding me tighter.

"Sh-she I-is r-right", I say just to even out my breathing.

Wakatoshi puts his hands through my hair and starts massaging my scalp. I put my face back in his neck and start to blush from realizing how vulnerable I look. "I know it hurts Hikaru but you will be okay. I'm here for you right now and I will stay as long as you need me too".