"Yua I need you to talk to Shōyō for me"

"Have you given it already?"

"Yes, they've got it already"

"Fine"

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Hinata walked briskly to where Haruma asked to meet. The night was cold and unpleasant, Hinata hated the feeling but he urged on in hopes of getting his drugs.

Hinata knew that if he was caught there would be many more restrictions then before. However, he was willing to take the risk for his addiction.

Dim artificial lighting barley illuminated the footpath, making Hinata stumble over his own feet quite a few times.

The teen had been walking for around half an hour before he stopped at a intersection of different alleyways.

A heavy and unsettling aura flooded the settings, the sound of drunken men not so far away. Hinata shivered once more before calling out into the area "hey Haruma?! You there?" He whisper shouted, not wanting to draw too much attention to himself.

"Shōyō, come here" a dull voice sounded to his right, it seemed to be in one of the darkest streets. Hinata sucked in a sharp breath before slowly creeping into the alleyway.

"Haruma?" Hinata called out with a shaky voice once he didn't see anyone. Gripping his hoodie tightly Hinata squinted his eyes to get a better look.

Suddenly a tall masked figure came into his peripheral vision. He held a medium sized plastic bag with a cigarette in the other hand.

"What's up Shōyō, haven't seen you for a while. What kept you so long" Haruma asked the shivering teen, stepping out of the shadows so his features were more vivid.

The familiar dyed red hair was still the same along with his piercing green eyes. Haruma raised an eyebrow "and what happened to your hair?" He continued, noticing the change in colour.

"Nothing much... just tried to unalive myself then dyed my hair while having a mental breakdown" Hinata shrugged his shoulders and gestured the bag over to him.

Haruma chuckled at the blunt answer. To be honest he was expecting that answer. Most people he had supplied ended up dead at some point... it was only a matter of time till his clients broke.

Haruma only cared about the money.

"There's a load of cigs, coak and some complimentary additions on the house" Haruma threw the bag to Hinata, which was caught with some difficulty.

Peering into the thin plastic bag, Hinata grinned once more.

He had been waiting for this for a fucking long time.

Hinata retaliated the action by chucking the correct amount of money back to his dealer. After counting it the red headed male smiled and shoved it in his pocket "good doing business with you shō"

"You to haru"  with that they parted ways. Haruma descending deeper into the darkness of the alleyway and Hinata walking towards the street lamps.

Shuffling though his newly attained bag, Hinata pulled out a packet of cigarettes and lit one with his old lighter. He was going to need to buy another one soon as well.

With a sigh the teen took a deep breath of calming nicotine. He had missed this feeling. The feeling of euphoria.

His worries seemed to all melt away as the warm smoke filled his lungs. His movements were sluggish and drowsy. The narcotics relaxing his muscles, therefore making it harder to move.

Hinata was happy now that he had his drugs once more. But the problem was how he was going to sneak past Ukai and hide the bag.

Hinata hummed at the difficult predicament before pulling out his phone. He kept the cigarette in his mouth as the phone rang for several minutes.

Hinata wasn't expecting the person to pick up since it was very early in the morning now. But much to his surprise someone answered.

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Hey Yua, how've you been?

𝙷𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞...

Yeah I'm fine, there's no need to worry. Sorry for leaving you alone in the house.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢!

Thanks Yua... also I'm surprised your up at this time

𝙾𝚑! 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝

Ah that makes sense, mind if i come over for a little?

𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗... 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚄𝚔𝚊𝚒?

He's asleep... anyways thanks I'm on my way

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Yua turned off her phone and took a deep breath. This was her chance to get more information...

Preparing a couple snacks to preoccupy Hinata, The pink haired girl placed a small camera to the side of the living room.

She hated doing this but if was to the benefit of her family. She wouldn't admit it but she had feelings for the teen. However, she knew that he would never like her back and stuck to a platonic relationship with him instead.

She cared deeply for Hinata and taking advantage of him like this made her feel absolutely terrible.

A singular tear slid down her stern features and she awaited Hinata's arrival.

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Not long after, a knock sounded at the door. Yua nervously went to open the door and changed her face into more of a tired but happy look so Hinata would not suspect anything.

There stood teen with a plastic bag in hand and cigarette in the other. To Yua he looked absolutely terrible. Dark eye bags accompanied the red rims of his eyes. Yua sighed and smiled at the teen "come in Hinata"

Hinata faked a warm smile and stumbled into the house. He sat himself down on the old couch where he used to sleep  and continued to smoke.

His dulled eyes widened as he realised something "you don't mind me smoking here do you?" He asked the girl who was pushing over a glass of water.

She himself and shook her head "why would I? It's your house after all"

Hinata chuckled lowly and snuffed out the last embers on his own leg. Yua panicked and rushed to grab a wet cloth "Hinata why would you do that?!" She yelled concerned, dabbing the cloth on his burnt skin.

"I can't feel it anyway" Hinata sighed, lighting yet another cigarette. He exhaled an expertly made smoke ring into the living room; it's structure slowly breaking as it occasionally hit a piece of furniture.

Yua was impressed and smiled at the skill "that's really cool Hinata" she complimented, still dabbing the cloth where the burn was.

Hinata wasn't fazed by the statement and hummed a little in acknowledgment "I guess it's all right"

Hinata trailed off into his own thoughts, when he was suddenly pulled back by the clock striking exactly;

𒊹︎ 3:00𒊹︎

Hinata rose of the couch and grabbed his plastic bag which was directly next to him. Yua stared at the male as he started to walk upstairs in the direction of his bedroom "I need to go get something in my room"

Once he was out of sight, Yua grabbed the hidden camera and quickly shoved it her pocket. She rubbed her temples and flopped down on a nearby chair.

'𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠'

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Hinata closed his old bedroom door with a small 'click' he had missed his old room. Yes, it did bring back some bad memories but it also felt comforting.

The massive mess also seemed to be tidied expertly by Yua. He felt it to be an invasion of privacy but he shook of the feeling and went to go find a hiding spot for his newly bought drugs.

Hinata concluded a space behind his bed be the most secure. Taking out a couple pills and two packs of cigarettes he shoved the remaining contents in the hiding spot and sat down on his bed.

'𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑖 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒?'

Hinata thought to himself while scanning the room with lifeless eyes. Catching sight of his old pocket knife Hinata too, shoved that into his pocket.

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Ukai's alarm went off for 3:30. He had been informed by the hospital to wake up halfway through the night to make sure Hinata was still safe.

The coach tiredly rubbed his eyes and forced himself out of bed. On the bright side, Hinata's room was only a few meters away from his own.

Making his way to the teen's door, Ukai heard complete silence. There was no sound of movement which was both comforting and unnerving at the same time.

Ukai slowly opened the door to be met with a completely empty bed and clothes messily chucked around the whole room.

"Fuck"

𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙪𝙖... 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙙?