Haikyu Oneshots

Inuoka X Fem!reader Part Two!

You lost... out of 5 sets, they only won 2. You watched as some of your teammates cried a little, some were just pissed off. The captain, she looked defeated. You couldn't help but be on the verge of tears, nothing came out but you felt weak. You couldn't help but to feel that some of this was your fault. Your fault for not being there, your fault for injuring yourself. Why did you hurt yourself? Why? You felt like you failed the whole team. Everyone walked out of the gym and into the hallway, ready to walk out to the bus taking you home. The boys weren't playing again till tomorrow so your team was coming to cheer them on. When you got in the hall, the boys were waiting with apologetic smiles on their faces.

"I'm so sorry we couldn't be at nationals this year" the captain told them, her eyes all red and puffy from crying. Kuroo gave her a pat on the shoulder, assuring her that they did all they could. Everyone talked together, you couldn't help but feel like it was all your fault. Was it? You weren't sure, but it sure felt like it was. All your emotions started to hit you at once, you couldn't hold it back so before you broke you tapped your captain on the shoulder.

"Hey, I'm going to go use the bathroom" you mumbled, your voice almost breaking, before walking off and turning the corner.

"Poor girl, she's probably at her breaking point by now" Kuroo said.

"What do you mean, Kuroo-Senpai?" Shibayama asked, everyone had their attentioned turned to Kuroo.

"She probably thinks they lost because of her. Sure she wasn't on the court, but that might just be the reason why she feels that way. I mean think about it, she's been working the hardest ever since the first tournament when you guys lost before facing off against Niyaama. She overworked herself, sometimes passing out in the middle of practice because of how she stayed up till 2 am practicing the night before. I saw her at the gym near here quite often because I would go with Yaku to workout. She was always there, working herself passed her limit. Sometimes during lunch, I'd pass by the school's gym to hear balls bouncing on the inside. There she would be, throwing a ball against the wall and diving for it, usually making them almost impossible to even get to. She had ended up being one of the best blockers that the girls team had, she was the foundation of Nekoma's block. She was sure they'd finally beat Niyaama after years of never beating them, years before the current third years were even in middle school. But she got injured and is probably now putting all the blame on herself because she wasn't there on the court to help. I don't know what motivated her to have that strong hunger of defeating Niyaama and going to nationals, but It was clearly keeping her in check with volleyball and school." Kuroo explained to the others, "Maybe one of us should go follow her..."

"I-I will!" Inuoka said, "I doubt she even went to the bathroom so it'll be ok!" and with that, he zoomed off to go find you.

You were leaning against a wall, trying so hard to hold back your tears. Then, Inuoka came from the corner and started running towards you.

"Y/N" he panted as he got to you. "Y/n... are you ok?"

"Maybe it was the fact that I trained so hard for nothing... Maybe it's the fact that all I wanted was for the captain to get her dream. She worked so hard these past three years that she was in middle school, but never reached what she wanted and never will be able to reach it ever again." Inuoka was silent, noticing the pain in your voice. "But I'll return next year, I'll get to nationals with next year's new additions, and we'll win it all." Tears started flowing down your cheeks, there was no breakage or sobbing present in your voice, you just sounded like you. All of the sudden, you rammed yourself into Inuoka, your head resting on his shoulder.You weren't sobbing into his shoulder though, it seemed more of just a safety thing. He didn't expect the embrace, but he managed not to fall over and held you. He took one hand and started stroking your hair, it was soft and unique..

"You better get to nationals, for me and the girls" was the last thing you said.

"We will... I promise" Inuoka beamed. And there you stayed, in his arms. You were slowly breaking but he was there, catching the broken pieces of you and keeping them together.