THE INVITATION

Chapter 22

The boys eventually made it to the airport, this is the moment that Iwa had been dreading for the last few weeks. He felt sick, it was heartbreaking seeing his boyfriend crumble in front of him.

Kawa held onto Iwa like a child holds on to their mother when they're scared of getting lost, becoming separated. "Kawa" the boy spoke softly, "we're going to be okay, I'll see you soon and we only have 4 months to wait to see each other again". "I know Iwa chan but I'm going to miss you" he replied sniffling quietly".

The couple heard a message over the airport intercom, 'could  passenger Oikawa Tooru please make his way to the business class departure lounge to board immediately. Thank you."

He couldn't hold his tears in any longer, it was impossible. "Hajime, I love you" he sobbed. "Tooru, I love you too so please never forget that. The boys kissed and Kawa reluctantly pryed himself away from his lover and walked towards the departure lounge to board his plane back to Argentina. To Oikawa, the place would never be thought of as home again, Iwa was his home.

"Tooru" the spikey haired boy shouted causing Oikawa to turn sharply in his direction. "Facetime me when you get home. I don't care what time it is". Kawa couldn't help but smile warmly at the boy that held his heart. "Ok Iwa chan, I will " and with that he turned away and walked towards the plane that was waiting to take him far away from his lover.

Kawa tossed and turned all the way home, he didn't get a minutes sleep so he was exhausted when he eventually got back to his apartment. He had always felt comfortable there but when he walked in all he felt was crushing silence and the realisation that he felt incomplete without Iwa. He reached for his phone and rang the boy.

The phone only rang twice when it was answered by the handsome boy who was Kawa's lover, friend and soulmate. "Was the flight okay" he asked looking at his beautiful boyfriend, "No it was horrible" Kawa pouted. "Did you get any sleep?" the boy questioned. "No" the brunette replied softly, "I miss you so much already Hajime. It's going to be the longest few months of my life".

" I know baby but we'll be fine. You sound exhausted Tooru, I think you need to sleep. I love you and I'll speak to you later". "Good night, Iwa chan' the boy replied. They both reluctantly put their phones down and Kawa lay on his bed, within seconds he was softly snoring, engulfed in the crisp white Egyptian cotton sheets.

Iwa tried everything to switch off and sleep but he couldn't so he decided to go for a run. As he ran passed various places he had actual visions of the times that he and Kawa had been there both in the past and from the most recent visit. He got the biggest boost of nostalgia when he ran past Aoba Johsai. It was like he could see the younger Hajime and Tooru running towards the gym, standing at the front gates and also just casually wandering around. He also imagined Makki and Mattsun following closely behind teasing the two boys. He smiled widely.

"Hey Iwaizumi san" he turned around and saw Yahaba smiling at him. "Hi Yahaba. What are you doing here?" "I'm a sports instructor now and I'm helping the coach to come up with some new training regimes for the team". "That's great", Iwa replied, "Do you see any of the other guys?"

"Well I saw Makki and Matsun at the wedding, I keep in touch with Watari usually via facetime as he lives in Tokyo with his wife and son and me and Kyotani went on a double date with Kunimi and Kindaichi yesterday. How are you and Oikawa doing"

Yahaba thought that Iwa looked sad. "He went back to Argentina yesterday, so it's hard not seeing him all of the time but we're coping. We should all meet up and go out for dinner one night, it'll be great catching up with everyone". "That would be amazing, I'll talk to them all and then I'll ring you so that we can set up a time and date" Yahaba said enthusiastically. "Ok then, I'll see you soon" the dark haired boy replied. Sleep was now calling him so he went home and crawled into bed.

A few days later he was awoken in the earlier hours of the morning by the telephone ringing loudly, "who is it" he replied grumpily. "Iwa chan, Iwa chan". Iwa sat upright in bed he was scared, something didn't sound right, something wasn't right.

"Tooru, are you okay" The line went really quiet then the boy answered, his voice shaking. "Hajime, I need to tell you something and I don't know how you will react to it".