" 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚢 " ; 𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚔𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚖𝚊

2

once waking up, the male forgot that he was supposed to be up early. silly tadashi. the greenette then proceeded to stretch out his limbs as he scurried up to get ready. grabbing some clothing, he snagged a glance at the clock.

7:20ᴀᴍ.

shit. he's late. 

getting around as quickly as possible, he didn't want to miss morning practice, coach ukai would be on him quicker than he can serve. letting a small sigh leave his thin lips, he grabbed his things and made a run for the door. slipping on his shoes while he let out a small exhale. running out of the home, he headed for the school. he'd be deadmeat if he wasn't there for at least a bit to get some sort of practice. grumbling, he felt his stomach hurt.

and he forgot breakfast, great.  this morning was already hell, he doesn't need any more of it.

once he reached the gym, the palms of his hands rested on his knees whilst heavy breaths started to leave him. walking into the room, he looked around, seeing everyone was cleaning up. an angry ukai showed up, arms over his chest while brown orbs locked onto dark green ones. biting at his lip, the first year bowed.

“  I'm sorry! I over slept and forgot to set my alarm, it won't happen again sir! ”

“ fine. I suppose you get a pass this time.  eight laps around the gym. ”

and with a nod, the boy was off. jogging around as guilt and hurt filled him. he was never late to practice. this was so new to him, especially not walking with kei this morning. it grew so much into routine that they both waited. tadashi thought that the male waited longer than he usually would than gave up. letting himself fall into his thoughts as he ran, he slammed into the tall blond. 

“ idiot.  ” was all that left the glasses wearing boy. pushing them up to the bridge of his nose, he sighed lightly.

running his forehead from where he bumped into the other. he felt, hurt? normally tadashi would brush off the others insults, but why did this one hurt? sighing some, he then got up. finishing his laps so he could help finish cleaning up.

***

“ tsukki! what's your deal today? you're more of an asshole than usual. ”  the male spoke as he walked by the practical giant. shaking his head, kei held his bag with his left hand on his shoulder. 

“  I'm just aggrieved. hinata got on my nerves a lot this morning.  ” he simply states while he adjusted his glasses against the bridge of his nose. 

ah, now that makes sense. kei didn't necessarily have a liking nor could he stand the small ginger. shouyou got on his every never pretty easily. it was a practical nightmare to see the glasses wearing male so, angry. almost as it is to see him sad.

“  understandable. maybe we could get some mochi on our way home? ” tadashi suggested. what? he liked getting mochi with kei.

“  can't today. not after practice that is, my brother needs me home for something important. ” kei responded as he headed into the last class of the day. tadashi following behind like a lost puppy.

only giving a nod to the others words, he let out a small sigh while he got his notebook and pencil out, along with anything else he needed. class was, boring. it was only english. playing with his pencil as he tapped it against the desktop, he was honestly zoned out. his gaze flickering around when he heard some charter. was the class about to end already? how long was he spaced out for? sighing some, tadashi started to pack up for the day. letting out a heavy exhale while he did so.

humming a bit, he could only exhale a little. watching as his friend was sitting at his own desk, headphones over his ears. tadashi wondered what the other was listening to. or may have it been just silence? who knows, only kei does. puffing his cheeks a bit, the male then gazed out the window. so he'd be walking home by himself today. that's great. he could've just walked with the other, but he knew how much of a rush he'd be in. well, at least he has practice.

at least he thought. 

every member from the team got an email stating that practice is cancelled since ukai isn't feeling all that well. must be some sort of bug. takeda probably could teach them, but it's not easy when the male is a complete softie.

once the bell rang, he got up and started walking. wishing he had headphones like kei. keeping his head bowed, the teen started walking. he wasn't feeling mochi today, everything was just, dropping his mood and he absolutely hated it. eyes flickering at the ground, he kicked a rock.

***

getting about, half way towards his destination, he heard a voice yell for him. keeping his head down, he felt a pebble being hit against the back of his head. perking up, he looked at the culprit. eyes widening, it was that dumb trio from junior high. swallowing, the pinch server spoke up.

“  what do you want? ”

“  hm? oh! to finally beat your weak ass up! I see that dumb blond isn't here to save you this time. that is, if you're still friends
” one taunted. a laugh erupting from his throat before the ‘ leader ’ popped his knuckles.

“  tsukki is still my friend! he's.. he's never left my side! ” tadashi whined out. 

one started laughing, “ oh my god, you're still so pathetic! ”  he laughed, shaking his head as one approached the greenette.

“ a crybaby like usual. ”  and with that, he gained a punch to the cheek. 

falling down in rather an instant, the greenette felt his body start to shake up. his heart was racing.

he needs kei.

tears rolled down his now filthy cheeks as he gained a bunch of kicks to his stomach. eyes widening as he curled up. his body shaking violently.

spitting out some blood, that was enough to satisfy the group of boys. one even kicked dirt into the freckled boys eyes. whimpers left him while he lied there. his eyes falling shut for a moment as the sun begun setting into a beautiful yellow - orange tint. getting on his feet, the male started to limp towards his home. thankful that his parents are usually more so asleep by this time.

sniffling as he took his shoes off and placed them down, he limped towards his room to place down his items. well, backpack and jacket. shifting all his weight towards the bathroom, he begun to clean himself up. spitting up blood and dirt as he then started his shower. washing his messy and gross hair as well as his body. speaking of, he had a bruise in the middle of his stomach and one above his ribcage.

“ fucking hell.. ”  he mumbled.

now this was a nightmare.

getting into bed, he was careful and remembered to set an alarm, having the volume up this time. as he started at his ceiling, he couldn't sleep. not after what had happened, it's too much. looks like he'll be up for a while.