Stargazing With You (YamaHina)

2 : Hinata

⚠TW⚠ 

Hinata Shoyo was good at reading others. He was a happy boy with big dreams. He was someone that stuck in people's minds. He was outgoing and bright and many girls had tried to ask him out. But he only had eyes for a certain green-haired boy. He had wanted so badly to pull Yamaguchi back from wherever he had gone. He didn't want to lose the soft smiled boy. 

So when he found Yamaguchi on the school rooftop sitting on the edge, his heart stopped. he could feel his heart drop to his stomach and he suddenly felt very very sick. His eyes started burning and time stopped. 

He was going to jump. Yamaguchi was going to jump. 

"YAMA!" He screamed in terror rushing forward and grabbing Yamaguchi around his waist. Yamaguchi was shaking as one of his hands came to rest onto Hinata's.

"Yama..." He muttered. He was still terrified and felt his heart quivering. 

"H-Hinata?" The way Yamaguchi's voice shook with tears and cracked on syllables broke Hinata. He tugged on Yamaguchi and felt the green-haired boy scramble away from the edge and fall down onto the ground. Hinata was breathing hard as he sat down beside Yamaguchi who was silent. 

"Why'd...you pull me back?" Yamaguchi's voice was barely above a whisper. Hinata turned to Yamaguchi and frowned.

"Because I...I care about you!" Hinata exclaimed a hint of anger in his voice. Yamaguchi looked at him in surprise. 

"H-huh?" Hinata nodded and then sat with his feet tucked underneath him and facing Yamaguchi.

"Why would you do that Yama?" Hinata asked quietly. Yamaguchi looked down at his lap and started picking with his fingers. Hinata recognized this habit. Yamaguchi had a habit of picking at his cuticles when he got nervous. Hinata stilled Yamaguchi's hands with one of his own.

"Don't be nervous I won't judge," Hinata said trying to be as calm as possible. Even though he seemed collected inside he was pieces scattered to the wind. His mind whirling with questions and no answers. It felt like he was spinning around and around. Just trying to find the answers. It had been a minute or two of silence before Yamaguchi's soft voice filled Hinata's ears and snapped the orange-haired boy back to attention. 

"Home...isn't the greatest. After my parents died, I went to live with my aunt and uncle. They don't care about me a-and...they hurt me," Hinata couldn't believe the words that were coming from Yamaguchi's mouth. Or maybe it was that he didn't want to. He didn't want to believe that he had been oblivious enough to not know the pain that Yamaguchi was in. 

"And my uncle...I was 6 Hinata. I was just 6..." Yamaguchi choked out dropping his head into his hands. Hinata's hand was left hovering over where Yamaguchi's hands had just been. Hinata was left confused. What did he mean...and that was when it dawned on Hinata. He had an idea of what might have happened. 

"Yama...d-did he..." Hinata trailed off in horror when Yamaguchi nodded. His eye teared up and he gasped in shock. His hand fell back into his lap as he tried to absorb the news. He didn't want to ask anymore. Hinata didn't want to hear anymore but he knew he had too. In case the police asked for proof or details. 

"H-has he stopped?" A shake of the head. Hinata's throat clogged up and tears trailed down Hinata's cheeks. Yamaguchi had been in so much pain and Hinata had ignored it. Hadn't thought to reach out to the boy. He felt self-loathing and shame creep into his heart. Hinata shook his head and wiped his face quickly. This wasn't about him. This was about Yamaguchi.

"I know you think that I think you're disgusting. For what it's worth Yama...I don't, I don't think that you're disgusting..." Yamaguchi looked up his eyes red and puffy from crying and his hair was a mess. Hinata tried to smile, but he knew that it was a shaky smile. It was all he could muster. 

"I can't say I know how you feel, but I'll always be right here for you" Hinata reached out and took Yamaguchi's hand, gently squeezing. Yamaguchi bit his lip looking away. Hinata reached out for Yamaguchi's other hand and tugged making the green-haired boy's eyes dart to Hinata's face.

"I know you're scared...it's terrifying just hearing all this...but there is something you can do, you can leave Yama," Hinata said. His smile wasn't as shaky anymore. Yamaguchi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His hands tightened around Hinata's. The tangerine could tell Yamaguchi was trying to pull up as much courage as he could. 

"Will you come with me?" He asked opening his eyes a little. Hinata immediately nodded. He'd go to the edge of the world and then some for Yamaguchi, whose smile widened slightly at Hinata's agreement. 

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I rewrote some of this chapter and am probably going to edit some other parts I don't like! Sorry for the sudden disappearance!

-wisteria