KageHina Week Day 5

Prompt: Pain or Firsts

Word Count: 943

Note: Shorter than my recent posts because I really suck at angst yet I wanted to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone so this came out. I tried so yay? Sometimes I unconsciously planned to make it happier but that would be cheating! I guess this would kinda act as the bad ending to the Olympic AU I did for Day 2? (I feel like I made them OOC gosh darn it.)

The team had insisted he go visit but Kageyama doesn't really see the point in doing so.

The raven-hair was planning to say that he'd go together with them during the weekend when they had more time but apparently they were way ahead of him and had already gone for a visit earlier in the day. The antics that they had done to get him here made Kageyama want to roll his eyes at their stupidity. His seniors had deemed it mandatory to spirit him away from his home and drag him to the hospital. He honestly doesn't know why they're all over reacting.

It wasn't like Hinata isn't able to play anymore.

Resigning to the inevitable, Kageyama quietly turns the knob to the hospital door and is welcomed with the strong smell of disinfectant. Then he sees Shouyou his back rested on an overly fluffed pillow and he is staring at the table next to him, it and the floor nearby it were littered with 'get well soon' presents from family, teammate, and fans alike.

Kageyama wanted to scoff. There wasn't a need to worry because Hinata would be fine.

The door behind the navy-eyed man shuts and ember ones turn to look at the new visitor. Hinata sends his him a lopsided grin.

"Hey, hey Tobio! Look at all these gifts people brought me. I just woke up and it doubled in size from last time. You should just admit that I'm more popular one between us now."

Kageyama huffs at his longtime boyfriend. Even as a fully-grown man, Hinata still acted like he did in their high school days. If anything changed about him it would have to be his height, if only by a couple of inches. Nevertheless he gives him a peck on forehead as a silent hello and seats himself next to the bed. Silence fills the room but it isn't the type that Kageyama has accustomed himself to whenever he and the man next to him reminisce over the result of a game and it spooks him a bit.

"So when do you'll come back to practice?" Kageyama starts off casually.

Hinata's smile falls "Excuse me?"

"I asked when are you coming back. I understand that these type of this take a while to recover from but if you spend too much time being inactive you'll never be in shape for the Olym—"

"I can't play professionally anymore Tobio."

Kageyama falter's at those words and he sets Hinata with a stern gaze.

"Of course you can Shouyou. The doctor said rehab is going be painful and long but after that it should easy on you."

The orange-head furrows his eyebrows as he sends his lover a wary look, "He also said that unless I want to spend the rest of my life stuck to a wheelchair I'm not allowed to play professionally anymore… you know that right?"

"The doctor doesn't know what he's talking about. You'll be fine as long as you're not reckless."

"And you know better than a doctor? Tobio, I my femur was totally shattered beyond repair. I don't know what part of my leg that is but apparently the only thing that will ever keep me standing up straight is a very thin metal rod that replaced it!"

Kageyama's anger with Hinata's refusal to cooperate with him was reaching levels of rage he thought he would never see himself unleash again.

"Dumbass! Your leg is going to be fine and we'll make it to the top like we promised remember?"

"How would you know how my leg feels? It's my own leg and I can't even feel anything with it anymore let alone do intense activities with it! If I was able to get up, I would smack you so hard."

"Then fucking get up and do it."

"BECAUSE I CAN'T. WHY ARE YOU DENYING THAT I CAN'T PLAY ANYMORE? IS IT BECAUSE YOU'LL BE FORCED TO THROW ME AWAY?" Hinata says with his voiced raised to a scream.

Navy eyes hit ember eyes with a dirty glare. "IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN PLAY THAT'S A FACT. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO JUST GIVE UP LIKE THIS THEN MAYBE IT'D BE BETTER TO JUST GO AWAY WITH YOU! MAYBE YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORTH IT!"

Hinata visibly stiffens and Kageyama immediately regrets letting his temper get the best of him.

"H-hey Shouyou I didn't mean—"

Whoever up there must've had a sadistic streak for them because at the worse possible time a nurse comes in and sends a nasty look at Kageyama before he could continue.

"Sir, you need to go. Even if the rooms are sound proof you're riling up my patient."

Kageyama is forced to go outside and the room changes to occupied. Inside he can hear the nurse coaxing what sounds like a sniffling Hinata. Kageyama himself can feel hot tears tempting to trickle out but he quickly wipes them away.

He doesn't know why he got so upset Hinata thought he was never going to play again. It was obvious that the man he loves was going to be fine. He has to be.