Can We Keep It Together {Haikyuu Fanfic}

Chapter 21 ~ Dreams

Yamaguchi POV

I'm woken up by some quiet cries and pants. I'm not sure what's happening exactly. I'm really tired but now awake. I hear a lot of stirring coming from Tsuki which is odd. He never moves in his sleep. I slowly sit up and allow my eyes to slowly adjust to the darkness before looking over to Tsuki. Like I heard. He's stirring a lot and mumbling something but I can't understand it. He's hyperventilating and letting out small cries.

Suddenly he jumps up, screaming slightly while breathing heavily. "Tsuki!" I quickly jump up and walk over to him while he lets his head fall into his hands crying. I sit next to him and wrap my arms around him, bringing him into a tight hug. "Hey, shhh you're ok. It's ok. Everything's fine. You're safe. You're safe." He slowly calms down and brings his arms around my waist pulling me closer, returning my hug. He buries his head into my shoulder and cries softly.

I continue to whisper to him while also taking deep breaths to stay calm. I've never seen Tsuki like this. Broken. Scared. Crying. Shaking. It's unsettling to say the least. I've always seen him as such an amazing guy who's afraid of nothing. Never shows his emotions. Even to me he rarely opens up. Of course, he's only human. Everyone has a fear. Everyone has moments where they can't hold anything back. I wish Tsuki was better at sharing this stuff instead of keeping it all down.

"Tsuki?" I ask quietly, tightening my grip, feeling a little freaked out. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. Are you ok?" I sigh in relief and nod against him. Though he says he's fine, he doesn't let me go. He tightens his grip as well. Both of us are just holding each other tightly, afraid we might disappear.

"What did you dream about?" He sighs and buries his face more into my shoulder.

"It's not really important."

"If it did this to you I think it's important. To at least know why it upset you so much. So if you can. Please tell me. I wanna help you." He squeezes me more and nods.

"It's stupid really. I dreamt that I lost you. Like lost. You were gone. Dead. And I couldn't..." his voice breaks slightly and he cries a little more. I hug him tighter and let out a slightly shaky breath.

"I'm ok Kei. I'm ok. I'm right here." He sighs and nods. I can feel his body relax slightly as we just sit there holding each other tightly.

"What time is it?" I keep my hold on him while grabbing my phone to check the time.

"5:30. We have to get up soon anyway to start making breakfast." He nods and I go back to fully hugging him again.

We stay in each other's embrace for another 10 minutes before I sigh and slowly pull away. "We should get ready to make breakfast." I give him a small smile as his expression has gone back to its normal shape. He nods and we both get up and get ready before heading to the kitchen. We decided to make pancakes since it's pretty easy.

We first make some coffee. Well, Tsuki makes himself coffee and me some tea while I get out all the ingredients. We take a break and drink ourcaffeine. I sigh lightly and relax, slightly leaning against Tsuki, hoping he doesn't push me away. To my luck, he doesn't. We stand against the counter enjoying each other's company for a good 10 minutes before finally deciding to start with the cooking. We slowly follow the recipe, miking everything in, together.

"What's next?" He asks. His mood seems to slowly be changing as we continue to cook.

"Umm the flour." He nods and walks over getting the bag. He opens it and walks back over but trips, falling into me and spilling the flour onto me. "Oh my god." I wipe the flour from my eyes and look up at his expression which seems a little scared. I just smile at him and giggle slightly. " I am so sorry Tada-" before he can finish I grab a handful of four and throw it into his face.

"Payback," I say grinning. He wipes his glasses and surprisingly smirks at me. That's where it all ended. He puts the bag down and we both go back and grab handfuls of flour, throwing them at each other while laughing. Clouds of flour form in the kitchen as we cover each other in the powder. Then he grabs an egg and cracks it on my head. I laugh and grab two but before I get the chance to crack them on him, he picks me up from behind, giving me no chance. "Hey, no fair!" I laugh and smash the egg behind me getting it on myself as well. Worth it. We are both laughing hysterically, Tsuki still holding me. We turn back around and then quickly stop. Tsuki lets me down and we face Daich and Suga who seem a little annoyed. We are both still grinning like crazy while Daichi and Suga just sigh.

"Out of all the groups, I didn't think you guys would be the ones to create the biggest mess." I hear Tsuki chuckle next to me and I sigh.

"Sorry Daichi." I say.

"Yeah sorry."

"Now that you're done flirting, go and clean up. Daichi and I will finish breakfast." I nod, ignoring his comment and we both head back to the room.

After my shower, I come back to see Tsuki sitting on his bed drying his hair. He looks up at me and smiles.

"I didn't think flour would be so hard to get out of hair." He chuckles making me smile more.

"Yeah, it was fun though." I grin at him and instead of rolling his eyes he just smiles back.

"It's been a while since I heard you laugh that much," I say sitting on my bed. "I think the last time was in middle school. You should do it more often." I smile and he nods.

"Maybe I will." He stands up and heads towards the door. "Come on. We should help them clean up and serve the food."I nod and quickly follow him out smiling.

He really is something. Ever since this trip it's like I'm seeing a whole new side of him. Anytime we're alone he'll be sweet and actually show emotion. I like it. A lot. He's finally opening up which is something I've always wanted. I still wonder where this sudden desire to change came from. I should ask him. I'll be really clear that I like him like this. That way he won't change back. I hope at least.

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Sorry that these chapters are kinda short. I'm slowly wrapping up the book but don't want to make them too long and not too short. I'm not sure anymore.

Also as a quick announcement. I'm currently working on another book. It's an Iwaoi fanfic. So keep your eyes open for that.

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