A few days had passed and it was now Saturday morning. Hinata knew that meant he had to go to over to Tsukishima's place to..talk. He was extremely stressed and worried about how things would go; he'd never told anyone about what happened to him outside of volleyball and school. He decided it would be best to text Tsukki before going over.
Saturday
9:30am
Hinata- What time do you want me to come over? I can always come later in the day or even tomorrow, or you can forget about talking to me heheh😅
Tsukishima- No. You're not getting out of this and I'm not waiting that long, come over now.
Hinata- Okay fine! I'll be there in a bit
He half-hoped he could get out of it but to no avail, he was now walking in silence to Tsukki's house.
After a long and slow walk, Hinata reached the boys house and stood at the door for a few moments. 'Should I knock or maybe text him that I'm here' he thought for a moment reaching the decision to just knock.
Tsukishima
I lay on my bed staring at my phone when I hear a knock. 'That should be shrimpy' he thought. Luckily, my parents are out for the day and my brother is playing volleyball with some old highschool friends so I've got the house to myself. I can..hopefully..make Hinata open up about what's going on with him but I'm not sure it'll be very easy with my personality and way of dealing with people.
I get up and make my way to the door. I open it rather slowly and see neon orange hair in front of me. It was quite obnoxious if I'm being honest. "Come in." He states bluntly while stepping back, opening up the door for the smaller boy. Hinata walked in a little hesitantly "Good morning Tsukishima" he said with a big grin that seemed somewhat forced. Ignoring the greeting, Tsukishima started walking to his room "Follow me and don't touch anything."
Hinata followed behind Tsukishima as he lead the way to his room. Once there, Tsukki walked in and gestured to his room "Sit anywhere you'd like." Hinata chose a chair the corner of the room, not wanting to invade the taller boys personal space. He sat down, his entire body tense with anxiety. "So...what exactly did you want to talk about" he said with a slight nervous chuckle. Tsukishima glared for a moment while sitting on his bed, slightly bothered by the fact the smaller boy was trying to act like he didn't know why he was there in the first place. He softened his look a bit before speaking, remembering what he saw in the clubroom just a few days ago "I don't want to jump to conclusions but those cuts on your stomach seemed..intentional."
Hinata tensed up again ever so slightly. He thought maybe, just maybe he could trust Tsukishima with what he was about to tell him. Tsukishima wasn't always the nicest person but when it came to serious situations he could be quite calming to talk to, in a way. "They were" he mumbled "intentional." Quick to respond, Tsukishima questioned in a soft tone "Why? I'm guessing you did it to yourself" Hinata looked up "Y-yeah, I just" he teared up a little "I have family problems" At that, Tsukishima thought for a moment 'I guess it's true, the ones that smile the brightest are hiding the most pain' seemed like a cliche' but almost always turned out true.
"You clearly hide a lot about yourself and your life, mind explaining it all?" Tsukki said in a snappy tone. He sounded demanding but something about the way he said it seemed like he was eager, eager and worried to hear about the tangerines personal life.
Hinata decided it would be best to tell him everything. At the moment, he had no one to talk to about his problems other than Tsukishima, who'd caught a glimpse of his self-harm. This made him bottle up his emotions more than he realized as he started from the beginning "About six years ago, when my little sister was first born, my father become an alcoholic. He was only verbally abusive at first but later on when I reached middle school he started to hit me." His lip trembled as he spoke "It wasn't so bad at first, just a punch or two every night he was drunk..which was pretty much every night. That's when I discovered volleyball. I decided that if I made the excuse of trying to get better at a sport then I wouldn't need to be home as often. I spent hours, days, weeks even months on end just practicing volleyball. I came to love it and wanted to do more than just serve against a wall. So once I reached high school I decided I would join a team. It was great at first, I made friends and started to play real volleyball with a real team, but that little bit of happiness I had soon started to fade when my father became more violent. He was angry that I was never home to be his personal punching bag so when I was home, he'd do as much damage as he could." He paused realizing his face was dripping in tears. He pulled his knees to his chest and started to cry as silently as he could, not wanting to be a burden to Tsukishima.
Tsukishima stayed quiet for a just a couple minutes as Hinata cried, processing what he had just been told. 'So his father abuses him and his escape is through volleyball' he thought, trying to be sure he understood everything so far.
He stared at Hinata and realized just how damaged the boy was. In the (almost) year that he had known him, he'd never seen Hinata cry like this, like he was in pain. He'd only ever seen him cry when they had won important vollleyball games. And those were tears of joy.
Once the smaller boys tears slowed, Tsukishima questioned "During practice a few days ago...it was barely noticeable but you seemed to be limping. Was that because of your father?" Hinata looked up, answering fairly quickly "Yeah, I asked him not to hurt me so much it would effect how I play but he..he didn't care." Tsukishima gave a slight nod while standing up. He began to question Hinata.
"You live with your father, correct?"
"Yes."
"And you said he abuses you pretty much everyday?"
"Yes."
"Does he hurt your mother or sister?"
"No. Just me."
Tsukishima thought for a minute 'Hinata is the only one in his house being hurt and it happens everyday, to the point where he's too injured to walk properly. That only leaves me with one option...'
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Authors note ~ Hey, this is my first fic so...I hope it's not too bad😅 I'd appreciate any comments or feedback, criticism as well
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