iwaoi | sad

chapter 7

The next morning, both boys felt drained. Iwa was reflecting on that weird letter he had received... a prank, maybe?
After reflecting on it, he came to the conclusion that asking everyone about it was the best solution. Hajime didn't know who to go to, so why not talk about it publicly?

On the other side,
Oikawa hadn't slept all night. He was convincing himself Iwaizumi had just set the letter away. But subconsciously, he knew he was waiting for a text. He was secretly waiting for his smartphone to light up. And that, the journal knew. The journal was silently watching Oikawa, that was curled up in a ball. It was now 4 am and the boy couldn't close an
eye.

Ding.
The long awaited sound. Not only the phone, but Toru's eyes also lit up.

"Oh. the aoba johsai groupchat." Toru thought. The diary was smiling at him. It was sitting politely, under the phone. It could read, and write the brunette boy's emotions.

"What is it ?" Oikawa thought out loud.
His heart dropped reading the bold name under the notification.

Iwaizumi had texted the group.
Toru stopped breathing. His heart was pounding like crazy.
What he was hoping not to show up... did.
"yo guys... i received a weird letter LOLOL which one of you fckers pulling a prank on me ?"
No, no, no. He can't. Can he ? Did he ? Why? no. Why? Why?
Even the journal stopped thinking. Was Oikawa going to be okay ?

Three people were typing. Toru finally brang himself to open the messaging application. His finger got close, closer, and dangerously close to the screen. It touched the cold, glass screen. The green application got larger and larger, unveiling its binary secrets.
The texts appeared before Toru's eyes, as his heart dropped once again. Was it shattered? Even the man himself couldn't solve that mystery.

The boys in the groupchat were interested in the letter. They wanted iwaizumi to read it to them. No. No. No.

There he goes.
"Hi.
I hope this doesn't seem... weird or anything. But I just wanted to tell you... that you shine like a star
My deepest wish is for you to hold me tight, and never let go...
But you're just so far away...
And I just can't bring myself to tell you.
But here i go.
I love you
The first time i met you, I saw your face and you blew my mind... and your voice was soft like a mermaid's.
I promised myself to never let you know, but here i am...
You're just so pretty, like a cloud.
Light, floating, soft... but so far above...-"

Line by line, the texts revealed the letter's words.
Oikawa snaps back to reality. His heart was shattered, this time. The pillow he was hugging became so small, like it was shrinking. He felt like he was hugging the void. Sinking into the ground. He had no idea what to do.
As more notifications appeared, Toru sank deeper into his carpet.

"what the hell LMAO"
"my left ball could write something better"
"HAHAHAHA"
Oikawa was... petrified, tetanised.

On the other side of the screen,
Iwaizumi had gotten the feedback he was hoping for. He just kept on texting the letter, word by word.

" I know you don't like reading this. This isn't poetic nor enjoyable... I just like you.
I want you to hug me tight, love me rough, let me fly"

Oikawa's tears started rolling down his cheeks while he grabbed his phone, with his shaky hands. He couldn't control his body anymore.
The heartbroken, brunette boy started typing as his phone got stained with tears.

"I'm feeling electric tonight,
Oh, what a heavenly sight...
Love me, I'm on fire, I feel it everywhere..."

As he presses "send", his eyes get as heavy as the weight of the text he had just sent out to the whole team.

Iwaizumi's text reveal the exact same lines, a few seconds later.
Toru finally realizes what he's done.
It was all over.
Oikawa threw his phone on his bed and sprinted to the bathroom
Water flowed out of his eyes, making a noise when the little droplets touched the sink's cold, grey texture. He crouched on the ground, then layed onto his small yellow bathroom carpet. Be had sobbed, and sobbed, and sobbed, uncontrollably. The floor was soaking wet.
His head was so loud and heavy... and not even because everyone knew that love letter was his. But because his beloved Hajime had betrayed him. He felt betrayed, and destroyed, to say the least.

"Is this what falling in love feels like?"