See you on Mars

3

Oikawa woke up and fidgeted with his blanket attempting to be quiet, but not succeeding and awakening Iwaizumi.
    "Good morning sleeping beauty" Iwaizumi teased.
     "Are you going  to say that every morning?" Oikawa whined. The ace just smirked to himself and stared at his setter. Oikawa looked around the room and saw everyone was still asleep.  Mattsun and Hanamaki started to wake up due to the noise.
    "Damn Oikawa, you're loud in the morning," Hanamaki said, rubbing his eyes.
    "How do you make that much noise ruffling sheets?" Mattsun asked, genuinely curious. Oikawa giggled and shrugged his shoulders.
    "Anyways, we have a day off from classes today." Hanamaki said
     "So Hanamaki, Mattsun, did you guys play any sports?" Oikawa asked
     "Yeah, I used to play volleyball" Mattsun replied
      "Same"
      "What positions did you guys play?" Iwaizumi asked
      "I'm a middle blocker" Matsukawa stated
       "And I'm a winged spiker, how about you guys? Did you play?" Hanamaki asked
       "Yeah, I used to be the setter, and the team captain" Oikawa bragged
       "And I was my team's ace," Iwaizumi said but was cut off by knocking on the door.
       "Mr. Tooru Oikawa?" A nurse said entering the room with an empty wheelchair. "I'm very sorry we took so long to get back to you, we're just so busy. Anyways starting today we'll be taking your vitals at this time daily." Oikawa nodded his head and sat down in the wheelchair. The nurse wheeled him out of the room and shut the door.
       Iwaizumi watched the door close and looked back at Mattsun and Hanamaki.
     "So Iwaizumi" Mattsun started, "What are your honest thoughts on Oikawa?"
     "What do you mean honest thoughts? Do you guys not like him?"
     "No, no that's not it at all, you just act different towards him"
     "Act differently? What do you mean?"
    "Don't act all oblivious, you seem to have a soft spot for him. You may act all tough and scary but we can tell you really do care for him. You took weeks to warm up to us but you warmed up to him so fast. If I didn't know better I'd say you guys already knew each other." Mattsun said
    "Yeah what gives" Hanamaki agreed
    "I don't know, I guess he's just easy to talk to"
    "He's so hard to read, caught me completely by surprise. Never expected him to be into all that nerdy stuff" Hanamaki said
   "That's what makes him so mysterious. I just want to know more about him but at the same time I like the mystery."
    "That doesn't even make sense, you're contradicting yourself "
    "I know, for some reason I feel some strange sense to want to protect him"
    "A sense to protect him?" Hanamaki questioned
    "Yeah, but I also want to protect myself, every instinct tells me to save myself but I still want to put him first."
    "What do you mean?" Mattsun asked. Hanamaki and Mattsun were confused and Iwaizumi was no better.
   "I don't know what I mean, I was hoping that you would understand"
    "Sorry dude but I'm clueless" Hanamaki said
    "Same here" Mattsun agreed
     "It's so confusing what I'm thinking, and it's even harder to put into words" Iwaizumi sighed
    "Take your time-" Hanamaki started but was cut off by the door opening. Oikawa was wheeled in next to his bed and he got off the wheelchair and laid down in his bed. Oikawa sat up and looked around the room to find Watari, Yahaba, Kunimi still asleep. As his eyes found his way onto Iwaizumi, Oikawa's face lit up.

   "Iwa Chan!" Oikawa squealed in excitement.
   "What do you want" Iwaizumi harshly said
    "Have you ever played that one team called Shiratoraizawa?"
     "Yeah, they're really good. We could never win against them"
     "Same, plus their ace Ushiwaka wanted me to go to their school and always pestered me about it. Every time I saw him he was all like 'You should've come to Shiratorizawa' It was so annoying." Oikawa whined
    "You're an awful person Trashykawa"
     "I don't like these names"
     "Shittykawa then!"
     "Now you're just being vulgar"
     "Both of you knock it off" Matsukawa said
      "Iwa Chan started it" Oikawa whined and pouted
      "Stop whining, it's so annoying" Iwaizumi snorted
      "You'd just love that wouldn't you" Oikawa huffed
       "I think we all would" Iwa snarled
       "You two bicker like an old married couple," Hanamaki said. Oikawa giggled while Iwaizumi had a vein popping out of his forehead. Iwaizumi loved their little bickers even if he would never admit it.
      "SHU-" Iwaizumi started yelling but was cut off by a coughing fit which led to his hand being dyed a dark crimson red.
    "Are you OK?" Oikawa asked worriedly. Iwaizumi caught his breath and gave Oikawa a thumbs up. There was a knock at the door as a nurse opened the door.
       "Hello boys, these are our new patients." A nurse said wheeling in two boys. The first one with dyed blond hair sat on the bed next to Oikawa's and the second one with dyed gray hair got the bed near the wall. There were four beds on either side of the room which were currently all occupied.
     "Alright boys, there are a few rules that you need to follow. First of all, no leaving your bed without permission and try to keep your movements to a minimal, second don't talk to anybody. Talking is absolutely forbidden, last time a patient tried to talk he died, so keep that in mind."  The nurse left the room and closed the door as the two boys got on their beds.
     "That was a harsh way of putting it," Oikawa said, earning a nod from the others.
      "Don't freak out, we talk, I mean we're not supposed to, but we do, also about the guy who died from talking, he died from yelling too much because he got a blood clot in his throat. So you should be fine talking as long as you don't yell." Yahaba said
       "When did you wake up?" Mattsun asked
        "I don't know like a few seconds ago. Anyways, what's your names?"
      "I'm Miya Atsumu" Said the one with dyed blonde hair
      "And I'm Miya Osumu" Said the one with dyed gray hair.
      "Oh, are you guys brothers?" Oikawa asked
       "Twins actually" Atsumu said
       "That's so cool!" Oikawa smiled with stars in his eyes "I'm Oikawa"
       "I'm Iwaizumi"
       "The names Hanamaki"
       "My name is Matsukawa but you can call me Mattsun"
        "I'm Yahaba and the guy with the buzz cut is Watari and the one with the middle part is Kunimi "
        "Nice to meet you guys, you can call us by our first names since we have the same last name." Osamu said.
       "So what do y'all do all day?"Atsumu asked
       "Eh we read talk, there's not really much to do so it's kinda boring, but it's not too bad" Oikawa replied
       "Mm, so how long are we gonna be stuck here for? Is there any sort of ballpark?"
      "Probably the rest of your life" Iwaizumi said
      "That's kinda harsh, at least pretend that you have a chance to make it out. If you don't have hope you know what they say, fake it 'till you make it"
     "That's too much work, plus it doesn't change the reality, the reality still is that we're gonna die here"
     "No way! You might be happy dying here but I'm not! I still want to go see mars!"
      "No way?"
    "Yeah! I want to make it out of here and I will. It's that simple, you could try being a bit more optimistic"
   "Ok here I'll try to sound like you, 'My name's Oikawa and I'm gonna go to outer space! I won't die because I am delusional"
    "Meh, sounds about right, but try it this time with your own dream" Oikawa said
    "You're too naive"
   "He's right ya know" Atsumu started, "You could be a little less blunt about it though" Iwaizumi shrugged his shoulders in response and turned to look out the window.
    "I'm so bored" Oikawa whined
    "Oh I'm sorry for boring you princess, do you want to take a stroll around your palace?" Iwaizumi said sarcastically
   "Ohhhh am I princess now?"
  "That was said sarcastically and you know it"
    "Was it?"
    "Yes! Yes it was!"
    "You're right, I'm more of a queen anyways"
   "Yeah sure"
    "Well this queen is going to read a magazine"
    "Have fun with that"
    "I will '' Oikawa huffed pulling out a magazine and began reading it. They sat in silence for hours everyone reading or staring at a wall as they waited for time to pass.The days went by slowly in the sanitarium and boredom spread like wildfire.