Switching Sides | Haikyuu | kenmaxhinata

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Chapter 7
Just Friends

Kuroo laughs and stands up, "Red, you mean a lot to Kenma, more than you think." He walks away, leaving me speechless.

"What the hell, rooster head?" I mumble under my breath.

"Hey, Kenm- I mean Hinata" A voice said, why is everyone talking to me, I glare in the direction of the voice but my expression lightens when I see Inuoka. "Woah, scary."

I laugh nervously, "sorry, everyone is talking to me, I'm having trouble staying in my thoughts."

"Oh, I can leave-"

"No, you're perfectly fine!" I smile at Inuoka, he slides down the wall nexts to me.

He hands me a paper, "coach wanted me to give you this, it's Kenma's classes."

I take it and look at this classes, "oh, right... Kenma is a 2nd year."

Inuoka gives me a reassuring smile, "you can do it! You were able to learn before you can do it again!" I start feeling better, he pokes my head. "Also coach doesn't want the school to know, so-"

"I gotta act like Kenma?"

"Yep."

"He is my bestfriend, can't be that hard." My expression softens and becomes tired/annoyed, "video games, cats, fucking Lev is fucking stupid."

We hear lev sneeze, "can yall please stop talking about me." He start walking over to us, "I get enough shit from Kenma Kozume, now I have to get shit from Kenma Hinata."

Inuoka laughs, "no way Kenma is taking Hinata's name."

"What's that suppose to mean?" I ask in confusion.

Lev sits down in front of us, Inuoka rolls his eyes, "no offense, Hinata but Kenma totally wears the pants." Lev starts laughing but agrees with Inuoka, I feel my face get hot, "what?!"

Lev says simply, "you're bottom." Inukoa covers his mouth but still laughs anyway. I feel hot, I must be angry- yeah, this is anger, Lev is just pissing me off, like usual!

They continue talking, but everything seems blurry, this is anger not because he is right- because he's not! I feel a hand on my shoulder, I hit it away, "dude, what was that for?" Lev say in defense, I give him a look and stand up grabbing kenma-my bag.

"Good job Lev, you pushed it." Inuoka says hitting him in the back of the head. I start heading over to Kuroo, he notices me, "what's wrong Red?"

"Practice over?"

"Yeah-"

"Cool, I know my way, bye." I turn away from Kuroo and start heading out the gym, already outside the school gates I hear someone call my name.

I turn and see Kuroo walking towards me, he looks concerned, I look down. "Hinata, what's wrong?"

I feel tears forming in my eyes, "nothing." He puts a hand on my shoulder, "why are you crying?"

I move away, "I'm not crying-"

"Yes, you are. Red, what happened?" He grabs my face to look at him, "was Lev being annoying again? What did he say?"

I sigh as tears fall down my face, "he just doing that thing where-" I cut myself with a sharp breath, "where he is just being annoying."

"He was saying yall are dating, huh?" Kuroo asked, I nod slightly, "Hinata, do you like Kenma?"

I never know how to answer this, yes, I like him but as a friend but also at the same time, not just as a friend. The first time we met something just clicked, and we just had this silence connection. We understood each other, even with out talking. Before the switch, me and kenma used to face time but not talk, we just sat there enjoying each other. We could be miles and miles apart, and still have that same unspoken connection.

Why is this question so hard to answer! Like, yes I like him, but at the same time. I love him, because he is my bestfriend but when we end calls with saying, 'I love you', I dont know if I'm saying it...

as a friend or more?

"Hinata?" Kuroo breaks my thoughts, his face looks concerned and confused. "You good, I kinda lost you there." I noticed he let go of me, I look away, "if you keep looking away, I will grab your face again."

I look back at him, I wipe my tears with my shirt, "I dont know, it's hard to tell."

He looks dumbfounded, "you dont know if you like Kenma?"

"I do like him, love him even but as a friend."

"So then why are you so effected by people saying yall are dating?" He says kinda offended, "you didn't seem to care when we would say you and kageyama were dating."

"Because I knew I didnt like Kageyama!" I yell at Kuroo, he looks at me with a face also unreadable, disgust, anger, hurt, sadness, whatever.

"So why isn't this any different!" He yells back, "you knew you didn't like Kageyama and you know you don't like Kenma, but you are so effected by Kenma!"

I stay quiet, he continues, "Hinata,  tell me why?! Because when we say you and Kenma are dating, you are so fucking effected, why? Why are you acting like this, and not just blowing it off like Kageyama?!"

"Hinata just say you are in love with Kenma already!" Kuroo finishes, I wipe my tears again, I stay quiet. "Fine. You know your way, bye Hianta." He sounds so disappointed, he walks back into the schools gates.

"Damnit." I hiss under my breath, I begin down the dark path, I've walked this path so many times with Kenma, so I know the way to his house. "I'm not in love with Kenma..."

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