WARNING: so this is kind of a sad chapter with angst and more explanations on Yuji's past.
The next day came by in a flash. Hinata recently got scolded for wanting to open his eyes. Yuji actually agreed with the human tangerine. Hinata actually had lots of potential in him, and Yuji believed in his teammates.
"Kageyama, let's practice." Hinata suggested to his teammate, "I want to practice with my eyes open."
The first year duo, along Yachi, headed to the gym while Yuji walked alongside Tanaka as they made their way outside the school gate. Yuji's eyes widened as soon as he remembered something. "My shirt's in the gym's closet, I'll be back!" Yuji hurriedly ran from his friend.
The closer he got to the gym, the louder the yells got. "Woah woah woah, what's the problem?" Yuji tried separating them as the yelled their arguments. "Is this about the open eyes thing?" Yuji asked. He sighed once the two stayed quiet, which hetook as a 'yes'.
"The preliminaries for the next spring tournament is next month," Kageyama grabbed onto Hinata's shirt. Yachi started panicking while Yuji's faced remained stoic, but he was alert. "What do you think is more effective? A completely useless quick, or a complete one? Huh?!"
Yuji's expression turned into a disappointed one, while Hinata's face held pure rage. "Then how am I going to be strong enough?!"
"YOU'RE SELFISHNESS WILL JUST LEAD TO THE TEAM'S DOWNFALL!" The setter yelled as he threw Hinata down to the floor. Yuji placed a hand on Yachi's shoulder as the poor girl was now panicking. "Yachi-san, call Tanaka." he told the girl, eyes still watching the two as they argued.
"Kageyama," Yuji piped in. "Please consider how Hinata's feeling. How would you feel if someone's stopping you from doing what you think is essential to you, just because they don't have faith in you?"
Kageyama's glare shifted to Yuji. "How would you know what's good for him? All your life you've been given everything you want without struggles. I know more players who are even more worthy in playing in the National team. All you do is slack and fuck around, stop acting like you know anything or even care about us, and actually look at the reality. You're fake to everyone and you're even more selfish than Hinata."