From Across the Court - Atsuhina Fanfic

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Hinata POV
"Damn it!" I mumbled through my teeth as I threw my bag on my floor.

I took my jacket off and threw it on the couch, laying on top of it as I put my arm over my eyes.

I really was an idiot today.
I knew deep down that talking was what's best for us but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

"Maybe I should go talk to him" I said to myself.

His building was right next to mine.
It's not far to walk.
But the distance isn't my biggest concern.

Yeah.
I should go talk to him.

But what would I say?
What would I do?
I guess a simple apology would be enough.

I had a shower and changed my clothes and paced around my apartment deciding whether I should go see him.

I want to.
But I'm not sure if he wants to see me.
Of course he doesn't, but it's like he said.
It won't go away unless we talk about it.

I grab a jumper without even looking at what it is and sigh as I open the front door.

I bump into someone as soon as I step foot outside of it.

I step back to see who it was.
My eyes widen when I realise it's... Atsumu?!

"S-Sorry about that" he says

"It's fine" I say

"Sorry for just coming over like this"

"It's ok. I was just about to come to yours actually"

"You don't know my apartment number"

"Well you don't know mine either- wait, how'd you-"

"The front desk. This isn't exactly the most secure place in the world"

"R-Right"

I walk beside him down to a nearby park.

"Sorry about today" I said finally "You were right. I've just been trying to avoid it for so long it was kinda stupid of me"

"I should've given you more space" he said "We can talk about it whenever your ready"

I see him trying hard not to giggle.

"What's so funny?" I say with a smile.

"You're still wearing that jumper? It's still too big for you too, I thought you would've grown into it"

I feel myself getting flustered as I see what I was wearing.

A crimson red windbreaker with the symbol and name 'Inarizaki High School' written on the front.

"I-I didn't even know I had this on!" I said, attempting to take it off. "Sorry I forgot to give this back to you-"

He comes up behind me and fits the jacket back onto me.

"Keep it" he says "It's probably too small for me now"

"Just how much have you grown?" I asked giggling a little, looking at him happily as he came back beside me.

He takes a minute to think about it, "186- no, 187 I think. If that's what you meant" he teases and I think he winked at me.

I looked away and mumbled "Of course it was"
I could almost feel his smug smile.

"Never get enough of those smug remarks huh?" I say, trying to seem calmer than I really was.

"Can't get enough of me can you?"

I know he was joking but it was the truest thing I've heard all day.

"Atsumu" I said "Do you hate me for what happened in high school?"

I said it so calmly that the awkwardness of the words sort of slipped through the conversation.

"Hate you?" he repeated "Who ever said I hated you?"

"I just kind of assumed that you did" I shrugged "I wasn't exactly the greatest to you back then"

"I thought you would've hated me. After all I did..."

He trailed off but I knew what he was going to say.

"I could never hate you" I said "Believe it or not you helped me a lot"

"Helped you?" he scoffed "If making out without consent is your idea of helping then..."

I stopped walking.

"If I'd wanted you to stop I would've said something"

"Like you did at nationals?"

"That was different"

"How so?"

"That was my fault. I could've been more clear-"

"So you're blaming yourself for this?"

"You are too aren't you?"

We stayed silent for awhile and soon the awkwardness that we'd tried desperately to keep at bay has once again rose to surface.

I heard him mumble something under his breath, "This sucks"

"Sucks, huh?" I say "What sucks?-"

"GET OUTTA THE WAY!" A loud voice in the distance made me jump.

When I turned around an out of control kid with a fast paced bike was coming toward us.

"Move, Hinata!" Atsumu said softly, taking me by the arm and pulling me out of the path.

I felt the breeze of the bike brushing past me as I just barely avoided being hit.

Atsumu wasn't realised how he had pulled me, because when I was finally aware of my surroundings my head was leaning against his chest.

I didn't want to pull away; it felt nice.
His chest was warm and I could feel his heartbeat.

I slowly tried to step back however to avoid anymore uneasiness between us.

He just pulled me closer.

"You wanna know what sucks?" he said

I nodded, dumbly.

He pushed away slightly and soon I was looking into his eyes.

he said, "That I couldn't do this sooner"

As soon as his lips touched mine it was like I'd finally been fed after years and years of starvation.

It was like a food I'd been craving my whole life and I finally got a bite of it.

I didn't want to stop.
I didn't want to be starved anymore.

Atsumu was like the nourishment to my deficiencies.
I needed more of him.

I'm not scared of affection anymore.
I actually wanted more of it.

When we pulled away he placed his forehead on mine and said, "Did you miss that?"

"More than anything." I say back.

I missed this.
I missed him.
More than anything.

TO BE CONTINUED...