DEAF HINATA AU - The Sound of Silence

• its a date! •

Kageyama POV
I get up suddenly with the sound of my phone ringing.

As I pick it up I look at the time.
6:23
I should be up by now.

Hinatas calling me...

Why is Hinata calling me?
He can't even hear me?

"H...hello" I say dumbly, putting on my shirt knowing that it's way past the time I usually wake up at.

From the other side of the line I hear a small, "H..hello"

It wasn't Hinata talking.
It was a little girl.

"Natsu?" I say "What are you-"

I stop mid sentence and remember what happened yesterday.

"Stay there" I say "I'll come get you"

I put on the rest of my clothes and get my stuff, not even having breakfast before beginning to walk out.

I get outside my house when I realise there's no way I could walk all the way there.

I grumble to myself, before finally calling a taxi.

I only had enough money to get to the park near his house, but it was better than walking all the way there.

As soon as I open the door, standing in front of me is Hinata holding Natsus hand and staring at me.

'Kageyama?!' he signs 'What are you doing here?'

"What am I doing here?" I say back "You should be in bed!"

He didn't look as bad as he did last time that I saw him, but he was quite obviously still very sick.

'I'm fine' he mouths, sniffing.

I narrow my eyes at him, before gently grabbing Natsu and holding her hand at my side.

"Go back to sleep" I tell him.

He narrows his eyes at me.
I stare him down back.

He eventually tries to walk to me, but ends up stumbling and hold onto the doorframe for support.

He pouts at me.
"I'll be back" I say to him.

Hinata POV
I wasn't feeling great, but I certainly couldn't go to school in the state I was in.

I meant what I said though, I couldn't just stay home.

While Kageyama and Natsu were gone I made breakfast.

I almost threw it up, it tasted disgusting.
Ever since I got sick I haven't had an appetite.

I decided to reply to the millions of messages I got, not to tell them what's happening but just to shut them up.

I paced around my house and waited for Kageyama.

I waited

...

And waited

...

And waited...

...

I gritted my teeth when I came to the conclusion that he wasn't coming back.

Of course I didn't expect him to.

Going to Natsus school and riding back here takes me a while too, and that on top of going to school thats too much to ask for.

I sigh and boil some water, getting my phone out and messaging a 'thank you' to Kageyama.

Sitting at the table and sipping some tea, an unusual feeling settles around me.

No mum.
No Natsu.
No Kageyama.
Nobody.

Loneliness, perhaps.
It was an odd feeling for me.

By ignoring the fact that I can't hear I can get along with anyone, but of course when I'm not focused or not facing someone it's not loneliness I feel but confusion.

But now I'm way past confusion.
I understood why I was feeling lonely but I just didn't like it.

I felt a lump in my throat.
Was I about to cry?
'No' I thought to myself wiping non existent tears.

It was dumb to cry about something as small as this; after all I've stayed positive in much worse moments.

But I feel small tears go down my face for no reason.

'Stop!' I tell myself, trying to wipe them away, but they just keep coming.

I didn't know why I was crying, but I wanted to stop.

I felt dumb.
I felt weak.

When I looked to my side, someone was coming through the door.

I looked up at them.

'Kageyama?'

Kageyamas POV
Walking to Natsus school and back turned out to be a lot longer than I thought it would.

I was just approaching the house when I caught a glimpse of someone in the window.

Hinata was sitting at the table, sipping his tea and looking away from the door.

I smile and push the door open, waving my arms so that he knows I'm here.

When he turns around however, he has a blank expression on his face, and tears streaming down it.

Quickly, I take off my shoes and run up to him, saying, "Hey, hey, what's wrong?"

He hugs me tightly, and nuzzles his face into my jacket.

He wasn't crying anymore, just shaking a little.

After he pulls away, he smiles softly at me and signs, 'thanks for coming back'

I realised how long I had been gone for.
Maybe he thought I wasn't coming back.
Maybe he thought I was leaving for good.

I smile back at him, mouthing, 'duh'

His small smile quickly fades, as he goes in to hug me again.

This time I hug him back.

We ended up sitting at the dining table in silence, which he broke by signing, 'I need to get out of here'

He pouted and looked away.

He didn't look bad, he was definitely less sick and in a stable condition.

I stood up and he looked at me, slightly embarrassed and flustered I put my hand out.

He looked at it confused, before grabbing it and mouthing smugly, 'what's this?'

I looked at him firmly.

I let go and shakily sign, 'Can I take you out for lunch?'

He looks up at me wide eyed.
I look down blushing.

He signs back, 'so like, a date?'

I step back a little and look away, waving my arm as around and panicking.

"I never said that! Well it's not like it's not... but don't think I'm... It's not a date it's a..."

When I look back over at him, he's smirking smugly.

I pout at him.

He smiles and says, "I...It's a date!"