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Shouyou watched them while being wrapped in a tight embrace by Aki,It’s not that he was cold or anything just that Having Aki beside him kept him warm while the rest of them debate where he’ll be spending the night.
“ My house is the closest-“ Tooru said without any hesitation.
“ where do you think we live? Tokyo?” Matsukawa said out of disbelief.
“ We can just take Shouyou Home, he has class tomorrow anyway.” Tsukishima makes a valid point.
Shouyou kept his head down,he feels guilty that he made them worry for him over nothing.
“ Shouyou, we’ll talk about this next time. But Tsukishima is right- you do have a class tomorrow so how about we meet after practice is over?” Hajime knows that Hinata Shouyou wouldn’t do something intentionally to make them worry.
He knows he’s capable of taking good care of himself, but for the life of him.. He feels like he wanted to protect and help him as much as he can until Shouyou is all grown up.
This makes him feel so old,Iwaizumi shakes his head; he feels like too young to worry about having a son.
“ Are you still mad?” His amber eyes searching his for an answer, was he still mad? Or was he even mad to begin with?
“ You know that I care a lot about you that’s why I worry, you do know that right? All of us here.. Cares a lot about you, it’s not that we don’t trust you but it’s not always safe Shouyou, you can’t always win them over with kindness.. There are some people who’s inherently evil and won’t care if they hurt you.. So please don’t ever do this again okay?” That made Shouyou cried, growing up in a household where he is the oldest he always has to make decisions on his own he never had anyone who cares for him like they do maybe that’s why when Iwaizumi said it he felt so comforted by it he felt like a child again.
“ Don’t cry..” Tooru is such a softie,he cuddle Hinata closer to him snuggling to him affectionately all the while glaring at Iwaizumi for making Shouyou cry, but he knows that he means no harm just that seeing Shouyou cries breaks his heart.
“ n-not crying..” he sure looks more adorable crying,Makki gave his head a pat trying to lighten the mood.
“ okay,okay let’s all go home for the mean time.. Shouyou need some sleep to grow taller.” Makki with his teasing started the banter about the best ways to help Shouyou to grow taller.
Kei, Aki and Shouyou will be all taking a taxi to get home while the rest of Seijo players will be walking back to their own houses.
“ come see us soon okay?” Mattsun said after opening the door for them, Shouyou nodded mumbling again about apologizing about keeping them up all night.
“ we’ll all have our early breakfast so don’t worry about us old guys.” Makki assured Shouyou, he looks like he’s about to nod off.
When the taxi left,They saw How Shouyou’s eyes followed them until they’ve faded out of sight.
“ You okay Tooru?” He was awfully quiet the entire time they were saying goodbyes.
“ I’m okay..just that I shudder to think if something bad happens to Shouyou and we’re not there on time-“
“ hey don’t say that! I’m pretty sure he knows not to do it again.” If it something that Hajime learned from knowing Tooru Oikawa it’s that he worries a lot.
He slowly entwined His fingers on his,a subtle way of telling him it’s okay.
“ ohh please don’t start making out here-“ Makki usually teases them, and it’s not like it’s a secret that they’re dating anyone would be dumb not to notice.
Tooru for Hajime is his everything.
“ Don’t look then!” Mattsun and Makki knows what’s going to happen next so they walked faster,ignoring them as they locked lips.
“ Geez..They need to stop doing it when they’re with us-“ Makki said jokingly.
“ well I think they’re like that because they trust us. And I guess to give some space too.” Makki looked behind them and can only see the silhouette of Oikawa and Iwaizumi in a tight embrace.
“ mhmm.. So what..? you want a kiss or something?”
“ pfft! Like I’m asking you for a favor or something huh?”
“ shut up and just kiss me damn it.” It wasn’t awkward or anything just that Mattsukawa holding him as he pressed his body against him made him more aware how much bigger he is than him.
He took his time kissing him, when the kiss broke they’re both flustered and out of breath.
“ you did that on purpose didn’t you?” Makki started walking away, Mattsun followed him from behind.
“ what exactly did I do what on purpose?” He laughed out loud, Makki want to smack him but just ended up laughing with him.
Tooru and Hajime finally caught up with them to say goodbye since they’ll be taking the next turn.
“ see you guys later.” Hajime ignores Matssun’s teasing.
“ now, don’t you guys be late,” Makki added in a fake serious tone.
“ shuuuut up!” Tooru said his ears red. He stormed off,Hajime trying to appease him.
The ride back home wasn’t too long not that it matters because Shouyou is now sleeping on Kei’s shoulder.
Slightly drooling, his face now marked with dark shadows under his eyes.
“ You sure you’ll be okay going to school without any sleep?” Aki knows how grumpy Kei can be when’s he’s Sleep deprived.
“ I’ll be fine, I’ll just sleep on lunch time.” What worries Kei is this bundle of fluff sleeping next to him. The last time Hinata Shouyou went to school without much sleep there was so much chaos He’s now thinking twice of letting him go to school.
“ Do you think Shouyou will be able to wake up on time?” Shouyou is a heavy sleeper,he can easily get kidnapped and he wouldn’t even realize it.
“ well.. I’m sure he’ll be up as soon as he knows it’s time to go to school.”
By the time they got home,They saw their Mom waiting for them outside. When she saw them carrying a sleeping Hinata Shouyou she immediately open the door ushering them to come inside.
“ You kids didn’t even left a note! I was soooo worried!” Kei carried Shouyou to his room,he took off his shoes and tried to change his clothes without disturbing him. How is that he can be more skinny?
Looks like he needs to make sure that this puppy gets all the food he needs.
“ Sorry Mom, we’re not sure where Shouyou was so we didn’t want to worry you but I guess we end up worrying you after all..”
“ Of course I’ll worry, two beds empty! So where did you find him?”
“ Ohh..well he was working part time in a convenience store.” Aki wanted to avoid his mother’s gaze.
“ Shouyou?? Working..?” this is more shocking news to her than two of her sons missing in the middle of the night.
“ we haven’t talk to him about it, but I’ll try and do that later.” Kei would try and talk to him about it without alerting everyone.
“ Does he need to buy something…? Aki you said you gave him something extra last time right?” His mom spoils Shouyou whenever he comes to visit,and as much as she can trick Hinata in accepting more allowance by asking him to help around cooking.
“ I..really don’t know.. He hasn’t said anything and if he needs something Kageyama will surely know about it.”
“Mhmm.. I worry about him.. He looks so skinny! My poor baby.” The endearment “ baby” for kei is only acceptable to be use for small animals and Hinata Shouyou.
“ Go on and try to sleep Kei, I’ll wake you up and make you kids breakfast.” It’s not like he’ll be sleeping for long but then again the bed seems to be more appealing now that a snoring fluff of tangerine is sprawled on his bed.