"How do you feel?" Ukai asked Hinata as they walked out of the hospital. The teen shrugged and looked down at his wrists and hands.

Ukai had practically forced the boy to go to the hospital for stitches; even if Hinata insisted he could do so himself.

Obviously Ukai ended up winning and he was put under operation for his arms and palm to be sewn and bandaged afterwards.

"I can't even remember how many times you've been to the hospital now" Ukai deadpanned, gently placing his arm around Hinata's shoulder.

Hinata hummed as a recent memory flashed in his mind;

𒊹︎ 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𒊹︎

The nurse sighed and walked over to Hinata on the hospital bed.

"How many times have you been here now?" She asked both worried and annoyed.

Hinata chuckled dryly and sent the lady a sympathetic smile "sorry, guess I'm a regular"

"I better not see you here again kid... you've got your whole life ahead of you" she restored, filling his IV with anaesthesia.

Hinata sighed and closed his eyes as the drugs kicked in "I'm sorry"

𒊹︎𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𒊹︎

"Yeah... I think the nurses are sick of me" Hinata laughed awkwardly., scratching the nape of his neck.

"Well you've got more medication for your BPD now... since it got worse" Ukai started, lighting his cigarette as the two sat down on a bench outside the hospital.

Hinata looked at Ukai, willing him to continue "and I need you ask you, what triggered it?" The blonde haired male asked wearily, already readying himself for another outburst.

However, Hinata was quite the opposite this time.

His face was completely straight. Lips straight and dull eyes staring into nothing.

"Hinata?"

The boy waved his hand in the air as a sort of dismissal "yeah yeah, you don't need to worry about it" Hinata reassured, envying Ukai for the cigarette he had right now.

"Come on kid, I have to know" he pleaded, but to no avail.

The coach sighed in defeat before he got a sudden idea "I'll let you have a cig if you tell me" Ukai convinced, positive his plan would work.

And sure enough, this was more than enough motivation for Hinata to talk.

He simply couldn't say no to a cigarette.

"My mum" Hinata stated blandly, not really wanting to give any more information "what about her?" Ukai spat, he hated that woman with a burning passion.

"She said... s-she" Hinata chocked on his own words, feeling tears prick his eyes as he talked. Ukai placed a hand on his back, comforting the boy and urging him to continue.

He took a deep breath and started again "she said she's coming to visit soon... I don't know when"

Ukai froze at his statement. His anger only grew bigger at the information provided by Hinata.

She did not deserve to see Shōyō.

"So where's my cigarette"

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"Sorry everyone but Hinata will not be participating in practice... for a while" Ukai announced amidst the echoing sounds of balls dropping to the floor.

"Awww why?" Nishinoya deflated, wanting to see his boyfriend. It did indeed make him happy to think of Hinata as that.

"I'm not saying. Daichi set up some receiving drills" everyone groaned and let out a collective "HAI!" of agreement.

Of course they all were going to find him after school though.

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Hinata sat outside of Karasuno, his body was relaxed in the warm sun as he listened to some of his favourite music.

His hair shon in the light, long beautiful eyelashes casting a downward shadow on his harsh cheek bones. He was enjoying the solitary time until someone decided to ruin it by tapping his shoulder.

Hinata ignored the person in hopes of them getting the hint and leaving. His eyes firmly stayed closed as he listened to the music.

The tapping became more persistant the longer Hinata ignored it and he eventually gave in. He sighed dramatically and ripped out his headphones, snapping his eyes open as he did so.

"H-hey shō" a girl with pale pink hair and shining emerald eyes voiced, sitting nervously next to Hinata on the bench.

"Yua... what do you want" Hinata scoffed, obviously not wanting to see the girl. She twiddled her fingers nervously. To be honest, this was the reaction she was expecting.

"I-I hope you know I'm sorry Sho, and I didn't wan-" Hinata raised a hand to silence the girl "just stop. Don't finish that sentence" Hinata hissed, voice dripping with venom.

Yua's eyebrows furrowed uncomfortably as she shuffled with her purse as a form of relieving anxiety "I know you might never forgive me, but I really need you to listen to me for a minute" she begged, only wanting the best for Hinata.

Hinata hummed, looking towards some of his friends that were sat together in the distance of the school campus "why would I ever trust you again"

"And what makes you think you have the right to go up to me and act all friendly" Hinata continued, teeth gritted as he found it hard controlling his rage.

Yua was practically being eaten alive by guilt.

"I know Shō, but this is really important" Yua reasoned, her eyes stinging from holding back tears. Hinata turned bitterly to the girl "don't fucking call me Shō"

"I'm sorry" she apologised, looking at her feet in despair.

"What's so important then; it better be worth my time" Hinata spoke after a couple of minutes of tense silence.

The girl brightened up a little, turning back to Hinata "you're mother" she started, making sure to go slow since she knew it was a touchy subject for him.

Hinata's fists clenched impulsively at the name as he subtly shook in rage while waiting for Yua to continue.

"she's planning something bad. Please don't trust her, whatever you do don't trust her" Yua became deadly serious, face completely straight as she stared intensely at Hinata; showing it was very important.

The No.10 sighed at the girl's statement and looked at her through squinted eyes "I would never trust you. And I never will" Hinata hissed, rising of the bench and walking away from a defeated Yua.

This was a mistake on Hianta's part. And he was going to pay for it in the near future.

Her lips began to quiver as she watched Hinata's figure disappear from her eyesight. A heavy compression pushed at her chest as She sniffled and rubbed her nose a little.

She failed him. Again.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙔𝙪𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙖'𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧?