"Hey was that guy smoking Hinata?"

"I thought it looked like him..."

"But Hinata wouldn't do that... would he?"

"If it was he looked awful, I hope he's ok"

"Should we look for him tomorrow? He might still be around Tokyo"

"Yeah, good idea"

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Hinata was tired.

No no, scrap that, he was exhausted. Not only had he encountered some of the volleyball teams, he didn't have the one thing that was keeping him alive...

Natsu.

Hinata didn't have the urge to fight anymore. He simply wanted to go to sleep and never wake up.

The orange haired teen was currently on the train back to his little home. His baggy clothes engulfed his slender and bony figure, sunken eyes and matted hair shielded by a black hoodie.

Hinata looked like a literal skeleton; and ribs poking out and bones awfully brittle and fragile.

It was already night time when Hinata boarded the train, almost completely empty except the odd tourist that was heading to the airport.

The orangette was standing next to the door; watching the blurry surrounding pass by with dead eyes. Supermarkets and sky rise buildings were everywhere; different coloured splotches of light smudged as they zoomed past.

Hinata was zoned out when an English tourist approached him. She was carrying two suitcases and had long died pale pink hair. Her eyes were a bright green, illuminated by a rather extravagant eyeliner look.

"Um hello, I was wondering how long it will be to get to Karasuno high school?"

Her voice was meek and low only just getting Hinata's attention with the mention of Karasuno. Hianta's eyes widened and he rose his head from its hanging position.

Dull brown made contact with vibrant green as he scoffed at the mention of the school "only ten minutes now, that's where I'm getting off" he replied in a bored tone, not wanting to speak to the girl any longer.

'𝑤𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡! 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐻𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑦, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑'

"That's cool! Please can I come with you? I have no idea where I'm going" she chuckled cutely and sat next to the annoyed Hinata. He rolled his eyes and lowered his head once again; giving a small hum of conformation.

Hinata didn't feel like leading the girl to his school, however his mother had always told him to help a woman when needed. So that was just what he going to do; even if he dreaded it.

"I'm Yua Ito, nice to meet you" she turned her head to look at the tired boy. He simply mumbled a vague response

"Hinata Shōyō"

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The rest of the ride was filled with a one way conversation between Yua and Hinata. She was a very cheery girl and didn't really mind the boy's silence.

Surprisingly Hinata enjoyed the girls monologue; in fact he was actually quite intrigued by her life in England and why she came to Japan.

He was also impressed with how good her Japanese was for English being her first language.

Eventually the train came to a stop and Hinata wordlessly grabbed one of her suitcases and began to lead her to Karasuno.

She was surprised at the action at first but smiled at the hidden gesture.

Their walk was full of silence. Yua took this time to observe Hianta's body movements. He slightly stumbled on his footsteps every once in a while and had a badly hunched back.

She felt sorry for the boy and wanted to help him however she could. She knew something was troubling him and was determined to find out.

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Yua was transferring to Karasuno on behalf of her parents. They wanted her to get more experienced in Japanese culture as their family had relations from Japan.

Therefore sending her to a Japanese school.

Hinata waited outside when she dropped of her suitcases in the office. She had been told to leave them there and find a nearby hotel to stay.

Supplied by her parents stacks of money of course.

However she now had a different plan; she wanted to stay with Hinata.

Yua quickly came back out and waved at Hinata, long hair seemed to glow in the artificial lighting of the street lamps.

"So where are you staying?" Hinata asked politely, warming up to the girl and little. She smiled as Hinata became more vocal "I was hoping to stay with you"

Hinata froze at this.

His house was definitely not the most sanitary place. It smelt awfully of cigarettes and other unidentifiable chemicals. Don't forget the heavy metallic smell of dried blood.

Hinata struggled for a reply. He didn't want to abandon Yua, but he also didn't want her to see his living circumstances.

She grew a little worried at his silence; pouting cutely she bounced in front of Hinata while they were walking. Stopping him in his tracks.

"Shōyō?" She tilted her head and gently moved Hianta's hood away from his face. Revealing his dulled orange hair and sunken eyes.

Hinata quickly turned away and pulled his hood back up.

He was ashamed of his looks.

"Fine. Don't blame me though" he replied stubbornly; speed walking up the hill straight to his little home.

'𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚? 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛?'

She followed behind the male, getting slightly fatigued by the strenuous climb up the hill "you live all the way up here?" She asked exhausted, panting lightly.

Hinata hummed a small 'yes' and continued on.

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Hinata fumbled for his keys for a little while, his fogged eyesight making it harder to connect the key and hole.

Yua noticed his struggle and offered a hand "hey Shōyō, can I help?" She asked kindly, outstretching her hand towards Hianta's keys.

He eyed her suspiciously before placing the metal in her delicate palm.

She opened the door almost immediately; getting hit was the putrid smell of mixed drugs and blood. She scrunched her nose in retaliation and internally gagged at the smell.

Hinata sighed. He expected this reaction "I said not to blame me didn't I?"

She quickly wiped away any facial expressions of displeasure and flailed her hands around in the air "no, no! It's totally fine"

Hinata rubbed his temples and gestured the girl to enter. She bowed politely before closing the door behind her.

Her eyes instantly scanned the surroundings. His living room was actually surprisingly tidy, a small box TV stood to the corner followed by two medium sized couches.

The kitchen was small but clean (courtesy of Natsu being a mini mum)

She realised the smell to be coming from upstairs and decided to look into that later. Seating herself down she smiled at Hinata "you have a lovely house Shōyō, may I ask where you're parents are"

Hinata subconsciously gritted his teeth at the mention of his parents and angrily filled a cup of water for Yua.

"Here" he replied. Completely ignoring the subject of his parental figures. She hesitantly took the glass and concluded that it was a touchy subject.

"I live alone. You can stay in my parents room" he said as Yua was chugging the water thirstily. She whiped the excess liquid from her lips and grinned "thanks Shōyō! Do you think you could show me where?"

Hinata grumbled and gestured her to follow him up the stairs. She did as asked and strutted behind the tired male.

Hinata opened the oak door; revealing his parents room. It was obviously abandoned now and was tidy due to no one going in or out of it.

There was a double bed and a small wooden desk, and a couple of chest of drawers. Followed by a small bathroom which was specially attached to the room.

She was surprised at the big room and luxurious furniture. It was certainly unexpected from the small outside look "wow! This is amazing thank you" she smiled kindly at Hinata and threw herself if the double bed childishly.

"That's fine" he replied bluntly before leaving the room.

Not even a second later Hinata entered once again, forgetting some important infirmation "don't go in Natsu's room"

'𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑢? 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠... ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒'
'𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑'

"Ok sure... but may I ask who she is?" She was cautious on her questions now, after his first reaction she didn't want to pry to much into his personal affairs.

"My sister, she lives with her grandmother now" with that Hinata left Yua to her own needs. He closed the door with a sigh, heading back downstairs to have a smoke.

He had been restraining himself for a while; not wanting to smoke in front of the pink haired girl of course.

His body was craving the release. He needed the relaxation and calming affects.

It was now early in the morning. Hinata was extremely tired and the sun had just started to rise, signalling a new day as birds started to wake. Echoing the surroundings with a beautiful chorus of melodic chirps and tweets.

Hinata lit his cigarette and sat down on the small bench next to his green painted door. He inhaled deeply and made a circle of smoke into the crisp morning air.

'𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜'

𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙊𝘾:

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𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮: 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨
𝙎𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡
𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨: 𝙨𝙝𝙚/𝙝𝙚𝙧 (𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣)
𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨: 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙧, 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙢 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜
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