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Hinata lay on his futon with his legs curled up on him. He had a blanket on over his small frame and head, and under it the orange haired male was wearing headphones that weren't his, while trying desperately not to cry. About ten minutes ago he ran into the room his team would be sleeping in, only to find that no one was there. There were about fifteen minutes left until Dinner would be ready, so everyone else was probably downstairs already.

Hinata was relieved that no one was there, or else he would have some explaining to do. The distraught teen eyed a pair of white headphones on a still rolled up Futon with a knapsack beside it. So he grabbed them and set them on his head, realizing that they were really comfortable. The orange haired male then rolled out his futon, and plopped onto it, curling in on himself almost immediately. He didn't really want anyone else to see him in that state, other then his acting mother and father, so he grabbed his blanket and put it over himself, somehow making his already small frame even tinier.

Hinata didn't even care that there wasn't any music playing, he just didn't want to listen to anything or anyone at the moment. That only lasted about ten minutes, because then the door to Karasuno's room opened, revealing a curious male. "H-Hinata-Kun? Are you in h-here?" The voice shakily asked, and stepped into the room, closing the door softly behind him. Hinata made no effort to move, but the person on the other side of the blanket had already noticed his shivering form, and slowly reached for it, taking it off the young male.

"H-Hinata-Kun!"

The orange haired male peered his glassy brown orbs up to the soft voice, but he already knew who it was. Their eyes looked, but only for a second, before the distraught boy shut his closed, not wanting to look. Yamaguchi had heard what happened from Daichi and Sugawara, so the freckled boy knew his friend was upset. Nor could the Captain or Vice Captain of Karasuno come to get the first year at the moment, because they were helping Yachi and Kiyoko with the final preparations for dinner. Kenma hasn't spoken to anyone since the ginger limped out of the room in only one shoe: he thought it was his fault and that Hinata didn't want to speak to him right now.

Suddenly, the short first year felt arms wrap around his huddled frame, and he opened them to find Yamaguchi hugging him. He didn't say anything, but didn't exactly need to either, Hinata knew it was an effort to make him feel better, and felt tears pricking his eyes. He hugged back and started to sob, still careful so that the headphones wouldn't hit the green haired first year. Yamaguchi softly rubbed his hand in circles on the others back, Hinata grateful for it. They stayed in that position for a few more minutes, before the ginger pulled away and rubbed his slightly puffy eyes.

"T-Thank you.... Y-Yama-Kun," Hinata said, giving his friend a small but pure smile. Yamaguchi nodded, and the two walked down to where they would be having dinner, with Yamaguchi helping Hinata down the stairs when he went on his cut foot (which still didn't have a shoe on). Everyone was worried for him, as he had been looking foward to this week for a long time. The overall mood was grim, but that only lasted a few seconds.

"Are those my headphones?"

And Hinata broke out into a genuine smile, which caused everyone else to as well (almost).