Top Hinata

Supplementary Classes

written by tid8bit on ao3

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They take off their shoes at Oikawa's home, Hinata dropping his shark –thank goodness– in the hall. Oikawa points to his room and they follow behind him, Akaashi glancing around curiously, it was a special occasion to visit somewhere other than Hinata's home, when they wanted to meet for their English classes it was usually there. A cozy home this is, decorated with personality and care even if Oikawa spends most of the time overseas. They enter Oikawa's room and it's just as stylish except for the bunch of Argentinian souvenirs, like Hinata's it has a lot of volleyball related items, specially trophies and medals, of course he'd show these off with pride. Despite the modern decor he keeps a typical kotatsu in the middle, or did he bring it here for the occasion? It stands out with the rest of furniture, specially the plush-looking puff seat nearby. There are books scattered around it and an old cd player, so that must be his chill spot.

Surprisingly they find a notebook, pens, an English book and a dictionary on top of the kotatsu. Akaashi and Hinata look at Oikawa without saying a word and he shrugs his shoulders. "What? I did plan on sticking to our plans at first, still do since our little kouhai insisted," he smirks at their incredulity.

"Who are you and what have you done with my Tooru, imposter!" Hinata tackles him playfully and tickles his sides.

Oikawa bursts into laughter and ruffles his orange locks, "Oh, you want horny Tooru back? Sorry, the aliens abducted him."

"Don't give him ideas so soon Hinata, let's help you study a bit first." Akaashi sits at the kotatsu and pats the spot by his side. It's difficult to get out of the responsible role.

"Ready for the lesson, senpai!" Hinata doesn't mind, he'll need to keep practicing if he doesn't want to get rusty and forget what he's learned so far. If he continues to attend Kenma's live streams he wants to get better, and he's thankful Oikawa and Akaashi are willing to stick around and help. Thinking about it, lately they've been the ones suggesting to meet more often instead of the other way around, but their studying time has been less and less efficient, getting easily distracted with other type of activities. "It must be my imagination, but they're more...affectionate too? Like...a boyfriend," Hinata nibbles on his pen, "I wonder if they go out with other guys, it's not like our relationship is exclusive."

Oikawa starts writing sentences on the notebook to practice pronunciation with, while Akaashi and Hinata hold a conversation in English, related to sports and games, the common topic during the live stream. A few mishaps here and there, not too bad.

"Hmm, I think these may be useful given the context of appealing to your viewers? Try repeating them Shouyou," Oikawa slides the notebook towards the middle of the kotatsu.

Hinata nods, clearing his throat, and begins reading each sentence in English one by one.

"I am very grateful to be here."

"I appreciate your concern, but that is a private topic."

"Thank you for spending your time with me."

"I hope we have more fun together in the future."

"Please bear with me next time as well."

"I love you."

For a minute Hinata doesn't give it much thought, but in what situation would he use the last one during a stream? Maybe if someone donates money to the streamer, does Kenma accept those? It sounds a bit exaggerated to say it even for that reason.