The Fading Sunshine

Chapter 25

***Kageyama's POV

I woke up to a shushed groaning noise. I sat up and my eyes immediately dart to Hinata. He was stirring in his bed but his eyes were not opening. I pressed the nurse's call button and tried to wait patiently for the doctors.

After about a minute they rushed in frantically, but sighed in relief when they saw he was only waking up. "I assume you already know this since you called us in, but your friend will wake up soon." One of the doctors said with a smile.

"Thank God..." I sighed as I looked back over to Hinata. He began to slowly open his eyes and look around. "W-where am I..." Hinata asked groggily.

"Hinata... You're in the hospital... Do you remember what happened to you?" The doctor asked.

"I-I remember fighting with my dad... But how did I end up here??" He asked.

"Well... Daichi and I went to your house to check on you after I came that first time... And well... We saw everything..." I said.

Hinata's eyes widened and started to tear up. "Y-You... Saw everything?..." He asked me as his voice cracked.

"Yes.. We called the police and they had to..." I stopped. I don't know how he would react to the death of his dad... Should I even tell him?

"They had to what, Kageyama?" He asked.

"Well... You're dad threatened to kill you... and they had to shoot him down in order to save your life...." I said.

"M-my dad... He... He...." He struggled to say but broke down in sobs.

"I'm so sorry Hinata..." I said as I wrapped my arms around him and held him tightly. As he begin to calm himself down he quietly asked, "Did he survive?..."

"No... I don't know if that was the answer you were hoping for... But no, he didn't survive..."
I told him.

"Thank God..." He said as he began to cry again. He was shaking, the doctor left and said he would come back when he's calmed down.

"Hinata..." I said as his breathing began to normalize. "If you don't mind me asking, why were you happy about your dad not surviving?" I asked, scared that he was going to confirm that he had really been abused all this time.

"No, I want to tell you... It's just hard..." He said. "Well... Ever since my mom and Natsu's death, my dad started drinking and would lose his temper... a lot... And he would take out his anger on me and sometimes he would just yell or slap me or something something along those lines... But sometimes he would..." He stopped for a minute and took a deep breath. "Sometimes he would beat me..." He said and looked down at the bed.

I lifted up his chin and looked into his eyes. "Hinata, I'm so sorry you had to go through that, but your safe now. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again..." I told him.

**Hinata's POV

When I woke up in the hospital, Kageyama explained everything that happened after I went unconscious. My dad was dead and I guess it made me a little sad because, well, he was my dad. But for the most part I was happy to finally be out of that living hell. My recovery period lasted for about a week and a half. During that time the Karasuno, Seijoh, Nekoma, and Fukurodoni volleyball team came to see me serval times. I had a fast recovery and the doctors are discharging me today.

"So... Will you walk me home after i'm discharged?" I asked Kageyama.

"You're not staying at your house by yourself Hinata." He said.