"NII-CHAN!"

"NII-CHAN WAKE UP PLEASE!"

"NII-CHANNN!"

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Ukai stumbled into the gym with a frown and worried aura. The boys could definitely tell there was something wrong.

Ukai glared at the blonde haired girl who was currently trying to get Kageyama's number, but to no avail.

Kageyama desperately scooted away from Yachi while making an excuse that he had left his phone at home.

Ukai walked into the middle of the court, teeth clenched as he gestured Yachi over to him. The girl cautiously stood next to him; eyes averted to the floor nervously.

The team looked curiously towards the scene, all of them now gathered around the two.

"Tell them" Ukai forced out, nails digging into the palms of his hands. Yachi fearfully looked up towards her coach "e-eh?! W-what do you mean?"

'𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡?'

Yachi looked innocently towards Ukai, still trying to preserve her lie. Ukai glared at the girl "you may be able to pull the wool over their eyes..." Ukai pointed at the confused team.

"But you can't fool me" he continued, giving one last glare towards the mischievous blonde "ugh fine!" She yelled, almost changing personality completely.

"All I said about Hinata was a lie, I was just so annoyed that all of you seem to fall head over heels for the dumb prick!" Yachi yelled at everyone with closed eyes, much like a spoilt child who had not gotten a toy.

Everyone stood absolutely shocked, it was like she had two different personalities.

'𝑌𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖...𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠?'
'𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑤𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑎...'
'𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒'

Everyone's shock soon shifted into a look of pure anger; absolutely enraged that they had been tricked into hurting their precious tangerine so much.

Tanaka was the first to successfully suppress his rage and speak "Yachi you...lied to us about Hinata?" Tanaka forced out, not completely believing the new side of Yachi he was seeing

"Pft, yeah?" She crossed her arms sassily, refusing to look at the team.

Many of them literally wanted to beat the girl up and retrieve Hinata straight away, but of course that wouldn't be possible. They'd been so heartless towards their beloved No. 10

Suddenly a voice spoke up, ripping through the awfully tense aura that surrounded everyone "Yachi, get out" the voice was low and demanding.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and it was none other than Kiyoko Shimizu. She had known the truth since the first time Yachi lied; however she had similar thoughts to Ukai in letting her confess on her own.

However, now she was absolutely fuming.

The boys had never seen her like this and many were actually quite afraid.

Shivers went down Yachi's spine as he hesitantly backed up from the angered manager "Yachi, I won't ask again. Get out" Kiyoko repeated, arms on her hips and eyes squinted.

With that Yachi hesitantly walked out of the gym without another word to the team. No apology, no reasoning, nothing.

"So what are we going to about Shōy-" Nishinoya was abruptly cut off by the gym door slamming open.

All heads snapped towards the doors and it was none other than Ittetsu Takeda "GUYS GUYS GUYS!" He yelled, not taking note of the awful tension between everyone.

"What is it Takeda?" Ukai asked in an annoyed tone, rubbing his temples harshly. Takeda beamed and walked up to the boys with an excited smile "you've got a training camp at Nekoma! many other teams will be there!"

Everyone's mood slightly lifted at this, their eyes regaining the slightest bit of light with the news.

"When is it Takeda-Sensei?" Asahi questioned brown haired teacher "tomorrow!" He answered simply, spiralling everyone into panic.

"WHAT?!" they all yelled synchronised, stunned at the sudden news. Takeda simply giggled off their concern "don't worry I've already talked to you're parents and everyone's agreed"

"Sooo, get packing! It lasts for two weeks by the way!" That was all he said before leaving the gym with a blinding smile.

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Natsu was worriedly shaking her brothers shoulders, kneeling in his blood and tears pooling down her round plump cheeks.

She cried out his name though sobs, moving his head onto her small lap with a lot of struggle.

His hair was stained in dry blood, his torso also soiled crimson red from his head gash. He had now been unconscious for the whole night and half the morning.

Natsu was so confused, about everything. She didn't understand at all. All she could comprehend was that her brother was still alive, his rising and falling chest signifying that.

She cried and cried. Gently cradling and rocking her brothers head carefully as he stroked a hand through his once bright hair.

Ten minutes had passed and Natsu's sobs had finally died down. Composing herself she decided to take care of her brother best she could.

Quickly assessing the situation she took a pillow from the sofa and rested Hinata's head on it while she used a wet cloth to clean the pool of blood surrounding him.

Once the floor was good as new Natsu had moved her brother all the way to the sofa and managed to manoeuvre his body into a sitting position, propping his back on the couch (since she wasn't strong enough to pick him up)

Gently patting a damp towel on his forehead the concerned sister began to dab the little bits of blood from his face, and placed a glass of water right next to him for when he wakes.

Natsu looked worriedly towards her brother before going to make some toast for them both.

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Hianta's dull brown eyes fluttered open slowly, instantly he made eye contact with Natsu who was probably about 1cm away from him.

"AHHHHHH!" Hinata yelled, backing up from the young girl.

"Nii-chan calm down it's just me" Natsu reassured, feeling a little bad for scaring her brother so much.

Hinata squinted eyes and rubbed the back of his head. Cautiously running his fingers over where it hurt the most, Hinata felt loose flesh; almost making him gag. Pulling his hand away from his head, he looked at his fingers to see they were covered in fresh blood.

That's when Hinata realised there was a literal gash in the back of his head "nii-chan, are you feeling ok?" Natsu asked worriedly, handing her brother the glass of water.

Hinata hesitantly took the glass and drank a tiny sip before putting it back on the floor "Natsu did you do this?" Hinata gestured to the floor.

Natsu stared at her brother in confusion "do what?"

"Did you clean everything up?" Hinata asked, his voice breaking occasionally "oh yeah! Don't worry about that Nii-chan!" Natsu giggled and scurried off to the kitchen.

"Here!" She came back with a cold piece of toast and orange juice, Hinata smiled. It was a warm smile. A real one.

This was the first time Hinata had felt loved. His smile grew wider as he stuffed the toast in his mouth; happy tears rolling down his face as he chugged the drink.

"Nii-chan, why are you crying?" Natsu asked sadly, placing a small hand on Hinata's cheek and wiping a crumb off.

The teen placed his hand over hers, nuzzling his face into her palm "thank you Natsu" he mumbled through gentle sobs.

"thank you..."

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It was now lunch and Hinata had decided to keep Natsu off school for today, since she was already extremely late.

Once again Hinata wasn't hungry, so instead he only made one portion of sushi for her. Yes it took him a long time. However he had a good reason for cooking the girl such a special lunch.

"Hey Natsu can you wear these for me?" Hinata asked the orange haired girl who was currently stuffing her face with Sushi.

Natsu looked up at her brother to see him holding ear buds up to her. She wiped a piece of rice from her mouth and began "why do you want me to wear those nii-chan?" She questioned innocently, tilting her head to the side slightly.

Hinata smiled warmly "just keep eating and make sure you don't come upstairs ok?" With that he gently placed the ear buds in her ears and walked out of the kitchen, shutting the door behind himself.

First Hinata walked to his abandoned mother's room; shuffling through the boxes he found her sewing kit.

Hinata looked at it for a moment before inhaling deeply and going to his bathroom.

Placing the sewing kit in the counter he moved around several items until he found a black thread and needle.

Hinata had always hated the hospital.

He had never been, and wasn't going to break that streak today.

Tying a knot around the needle, Hinata used his spare hand to push the hair out of the way while he rose the needle to where his gash was.

His hands were trembling and his breathing started to quicken. Hinata started to desperately slow his breaths, and eventually his shaking hands steadied and he plunged the needle into the skin of his scalp.

Hinata's agonising wails echoed around the house; however luckily Natsu was still peacefully eating. His screams only grew louder as he started to thread together his skin.

Fresh new blood seeped down his head, staining his hands completely red. His knees felt weak as he fell to the floor.

Sharp ragged breaths replaced his screams as he finished the last stitch and broke the thread.

Hinata heavily breathed out, hands dropped to his sides as he collapsed onto the bathroom floor.

'𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡'

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚... 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮.

𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙞 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮/𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨.