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"..........."

Shoyo is lost...He doesn't know which part on the beach he is right now. He looked around to see any familiar people or signs. But to no avail.

He strayed too far!!!

Shoyo looked like a lost little kid right now, in the middle of the beach with no people around.

"....Ah..." Shoyo realized that this situation is quite grave. And he might not be able to see his team anymore!!

"...Sou-chan.." Shoyo called out. He looked around to see if a familiar friend would come running towards him if he just called out to him.

"...Kuroo-senpai..."

"........."

"Kai-san..."

"......."

"Yamamoto-senpai...!"

"........."

"...Y, Yakuchii....!!"

"........"

Shoyo teared up. "..Lev..."

"Shibayama...."

"Teshiro..."

"Fuku-chan...."

Shoyo bent down and hugged his knees. "...Kenma......"

Shoyo has never been lost before, because there would always be someone who was with him. And if he were lost like now, someone would come running towards him...

But who would thought that right now?? Everyone thinks he was just going crab hunting....And they might realize something was wrong too late already...

Shoyo doesn't like being alone...He hates it in the bottom of his heart. It reminds him of the time he couldn't go out and play...He was always alone....All alone in a Hospital room since the day he was born...

"Mommy...Why can't I go out like the other kids?" Shoyo asked with teary eyes.

"...Shoyo...I'm sorry...Once you become better you will soon! I promise...! I promise!" His mom hugged him tightly but gently.

"And you will be able to play with your hearts content!"

"...Okay!"

Shoyo has completely forgotten about this phobia because he was always surrounded by people. Now it all came back to him. Tears dropped when he realized he was all alone again.

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"Oh heyy! Its Karasuno, Fukurodani and Inarizaki!!" Kuroo greeted.

"Hello!" Daichi did a fist bump to Kuroo.

"Hey hey heyyy! Kurobrooo!!!!"

"Bokubroooo!!!" The two bros did a secret hand shake that doesnt look like a secret hand shake at all.

"Wheres Hinata??" Sugawara asks as he looks around.

"Oh, he and the rest are crab hunting" Yaku replied.

"Shoyo-kun ain't here?? Darn...Bad timing. I knew we shoulda came here earlier!" Atsumu frowned.

Osamu deadpanned. "Ya were the one who made us late."

"I WAS TRYNA LOOK MY BEST OKAY??"

"Psh. Whateves. Ye look ugly either way."

"WHAT DID YA SAYYYY?!"

Kita sighed. Today is Summer, and he doesn't want to deal with the twins bickering right now. Today was supposed to be his day off.

".........." Kenma was visibly frowning. Kai was concerned so he asked what was wrong.

"...Oh...I just didn't feel good." Kenma lowered his eyes to look at Shoyo's picture.

"Look we found them! So this is where the gathering is!" Komori grinned happily whilst waving at them.

"........" Sakusa glared at them...

Hoshiumi clicked his tongue when he didn't see a familiar orangette. "Tch!! Wheres Hinata?! And its not like I want to see him or anything!!!"

"You're acting like a Tsundere" Hirugami said with a princely smile.

"SHUT UP! I DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR ANNOYING FACE!"

Hirugami just shrugs helplessly. "Okay"

"He went crab hunting" Akaashi replied when no one did.

"..Tch....So he ain't here huh...." Hoshiumi was disappointed.

"I thought you didn't wanna see him?" Hirugami tilted his head.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HIM!!"

"Okay, no need to shout.."

"Helloooo everyoneeee~ didn't exoect to see the others here~~~" Tendou lazily smiled while doing the peace sign.

Ushijima greeted them. "Hello."

"..Even Shiratorizawa is here.....I thought you guys were too busy to get a break?" Kuroo questioned.

"We're humans too ya know!~ we also want to have some funn~" Tendou said in a sing song tone.

"Hey!! We should build a big sand castle!!" Goshiki suggested with excitement.

"It sounds fun" Reon smiled and agreed. Soekawa also agreed.

"I will place our things down." Semi said.

Ushijima went with him. "I will help"

"Ah, also me!" Shirabu didn't want to be alone with strangers. Even though they aren't. He just doesn't want to socialize.

"I wonder when they'll come back" Kai hummed.

"Soon probably. It takes a while to search for crabs." Yaku said.

"........" Kenma once again frowned. And Kai can't ignore it anymore.

"Kenma, please tell me whats wrong..?"

"......." Kenma stared at a random direction. "...I have a bad feeling."

"...A bad feeling?"

"Yeah, I don't know why...."

"...Huh....So its not just me."

Kenma looked at Kai with surprise. "What?"

"I also have this bad feeling....It started when Hinata-kun left.."

Inuoka, Lev and Yamamoto came back from their swimming. They took a bottle of water and gulped down.

"Hahahaha I didn't know Lev was a slow swimmer!" Yamamoto grinned.

"It was a long time since I last swam!"

"Excuses!!"

".........." Inuoka was silent.

"Inuoka? Why're you silent bro?? You've been silent earlier! It's concerning me!" Yamamoto leaned his body weight over to Inuoka.

"....I, I don't know....Anyways wheres Shoyo???" Inuoka quickly tries to find his childhood friend.

"Oh Hinata? They said he was going crab hunting." Suna who was under a shade beside them said.

"What the?! Since when did you get here?!" Lev screamed.

"I was here from the start. Also, the rest has also arrived." Suna pointed to the other teams with his thumbs.

Inuoka dropped his wwater "C-Crab hunting??? Alone?!"

"...Yeah?" Suna looked at him strangely.

"Inuoka? Whats wrong?" Lev asked.

"......." Inuoka breathed heavily. His fingers trembled and his face went pale.

"...I-Inuoka...?" Lev once again called out.

"SHOYO!!!" Inuoka quickly ran away.

"Huh?? Hey Inuoka wait up!!" Lev ran after him.

Inuoka's sudden roar startled the others. All of them saw the panicked Inuoka running to a random direction. He kept shouting Shoyo's name.

"...Huh?? Did something happen this time?" Kuroo asked with slight concern..

Kenma also started running as well. Followed by Kai.

"Eh?! Why is Kenma?!" Yaku looked at them with confusion.

"Whats happening??" Asahi asked.

"We also don't know...." Aran replied. "But I think it isn't good."

Yamamoto went to their side, and Kuroo quickly asked what was happening and why Inuoka was running.

"Well....When he heard Inarizaki's fox eyed guy say that Hinata went crab hunting, alone, Inuoka started panicking...."

When Sakusa heard what he said. He quickly ran to find the orangette.

"Eh?! Kiyoomi?!" Komori ran after his cousin.

Sakusa might not be close to Shoyo now....But he met him a long time ago when they were kids, and they used to hang out a lot...So he knew some things about Shoyo no one else would. Except Inuoka...

He knew about Shoyo being Hospitalized and how he has a phobia called autophobia. A fear of being alone.

At least Sakusa knew this much. He just hopes nothing happens to Shoyo.

"Hm?~ who's Hinata??~" Tendou questions.

"He is one of Nekoma's member." Ushijima replied.

"Oya? Do you know him Ushiwaka???"

"Yes. He is someone to be protected."

"..Ara?" Tendou stared at Ushijima strangely. 'Now I'm curious!~'

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Shoyo sniffled as he hugged his knees tighter while his little shoulders were trembling. He looked so tiny right now. Any other day it would look cute, but today he just looks pitiful.

"....U-Uwooohh...." Shoyo hicupped.

Shoyo continued to cry, not hearing the footsteps coming towards him.

He only realized when he saw a large shadow casted down towards him. Shoyo looked up and saw a big guy with white hair and a scary looking face.

Shoyo stared blankly at him, his tears continued to fall down.

The man kneeled down to appear less scarier, but he still looks big. The man held out a candy towards Shoyo. "Are you okay?"

A pleasant and smooth voice was heard. And this made Shoyo calm down a little. He wasn't alone anymore.....

"...Uuu...." Shoyo sniffled as he wiped his tears and snot away. He carefully takes the candy and ate it.

"Are you lost?" The man asked gently as he could.

Shoyo nodded silently.

"Do you want me to help find your parents?" It seems this big guy misunderstood Shoyo as a child.

But Shoyo didn't care, he just wanted to find his friends quickly. So he nodded vigorously.

The man held out his hand, and Shoyo took it with a bit of vigilance. But he had no other choice. He has to follow this man.

Aone noticed Shoyo's scraped knee. He searched around his pocket if he has some emergency band aids, and lucky for him he does, because he has a teammate who was a setter. And he would carry band aids around just in case.

He first wiped off the sand on Shoyo's knee with the ocean water, he apologized when he heard Shoyo's quiet sob. And after that he gently placed the band aid on both his knees.

"Oii Aone! What're you doing over ther— huh? A....Kid?" A person came over to them. It was a guy with brown hair.

"A kid?? Where???" Then another person came, his hair was indescribable.

Shoyo looked up at the tall guys with his still teary eyes.

"Is this kid lost?" The brown haired guy kneeled down.

The white haired man who's name is Aone, nodded his head.

"I'm surprised he didn't get scared of you! Anyways, whats your name kid?"

"....Shoyo Hinata" Shoyo replied with a sniffle.

"Hi Hinata, I'm Kenji Futakuchi, the big guy beside you is Takanobu Aone. This guy beside me is Koganegawa!"

"Hello Hinata! We're gonna help you find your parents! Leave it to us!!" Koganegawa was so energetic.

This energy reminds Shoyo of Yamamoto. So he quickly got drawn to Koganegawa.

"Kogane" Shoyo called out.

"Uwah!! He's super duper cute!!"

"We need to find his parents." Aone said with a bit of sterness.

"Yep! Lets go and hurry, they must be pretty worried about you!" Futakuchi ruffled Shoyo's head.

And Futakuchi reminded Shoyo of Kuroo. Shoyo has finally calmed down, and he stopped tearing up. But his eyes were red and so does his nose.

"Don't be sad" Aone gently says.

Aone reminds him of Kai. Shoyo obediently nodded to him.

"But damn, you spoke. To a stranger. But its a kid so its understandable." Futakuchi said while walking.

Aone didn't reply. He was busy entertaining Shoyo.

"Can you remember signs or something that is close to your place?" Futakuchi asked Shoyo.

"...There was an ice cream truck not too far from it." Shoyo replied weakly.

Futakuchi cant help but stare at Shoyo's trembling eyelashes. "...Is that so..." it was so long he unconsciously reached out his hand, but he quickly stops. 'OI KENJI WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TRYING TO DO TO A KID?!'
He scolded himself.

Shoyo's hair was fluttering with the wind, his eyes were shiny because of the tears that was left. And his face looked like a melancholic angel.

"........" Futakuchi quickly hits himself. 'ARE YOU MAD KENJI?! YOUR STARTING TO GO AFTER CHILDREN NOW?!?!'

Aone looked at Futakuchi with vigilance. He hid Shoyo with his huge body. Futakuchi started sweating and started making excuses.

"No! Its not what you think! I'm not that kind of guy!!"

"......" Aone glared.

Futakuchi cried out. IT REALLY ISN'T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!!

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To Be Continued!!!!~~

Hahahahaha, the misunderstanding HAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAIDJSIDJ—

And yes, I updated four chaps ;>

Anyways, have a great day/evening everyoneeeee!!!! ♡♡♡

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