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chapter 6

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kindaichi-pov

kageyama isn't at volleyball practice today. we're all kinda relieved that we can spare the drama. i'm still kind of worried from yesterday.  i mean, him crying maybe didn't mean anything, but i don't know. maybe he actually is depressed, and this whole time it wasn't an act. coach looks worried

"did any of you guys see kageyama today?" he asks.

all of us shake our heads no. it's weird of him to miss practice, and usually when he's sick, he'll just come to school late to play volleyball with us.

"..guys?" kunimi says with a scared tone. "i...i'm kind of worried for him."

i look at him and nod.
me too.

practice ends, and i pull out my phone to text in the group chat (kageyama haters).

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Kageyama Haters

kindaichi-hey, do you guys wanna look for kageyama today? maybe we can go to his house and ask his parents if they saw him.

kunimi-ok

hashikami-sounds good

oikawa-wait what happened

kindaichi- kageyama wasn't at practice and it's kinda concerning us lollll

oikawa-SHIT SHIT SHIT

hashikami-bruh calm down we'll find him.

oikawa-NO THATS NOT IT

oikawa-LOOK AT WHOS IN THIS GROUPCHAT

kunimi-wdym

kunimi-SHIT NO

kindaichi-KAGEYAMA IS IN HERE BRUH SINCE WHEN

hashikami-DID HE SEE ALL OF THESE TEXTS SHJRKAKDJJSKKD

kunimi- NO WONDER HE WAS ALWAYS SO UPSET OMG NOOO I FEEL SO BADDD

oikawa-here let's just find him, and when we do we will apologize :(

kindaichi-mhm
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shit, i feel awful. kageyama was in the group chat this whole time?! i swear to god when we find him, i'm gonna apologize 100 times.

time skip
(brought to u by the meat dance)

me, kunimi, and oikawa are riding our hikes towards kageyama's house. we first want make sure he wasn't just extremely sick, and had to miss practice. when we arrive, we all stand infront of the door. oikawa rings the doorbell.
a middle-aged man opens the door.

"uh, can i help you boys?" he says, looking tired.

the door is not that open, but i manage to get a peak of the house. it's a complete mess. furniture knocked over, small pieces of smashed beer bottles on the floor, and a few blood stains. is kageyama being abused?

"hello, mr. kageyama!" oikawa says, smiling. "have you seen tobio? is he home."

his dad looks a little frustrated. "no, i woke up and he wasn't here....that damn bastard.." the last part was mumbled, but i still heard it.

"uhh.. okay then. thank you sir." we walk towards our bikes.

"did you guys see the inside of his house?" i say.

"i saw a little of it. it's a mess." kunimi states.

we hop onto our bikes and ride towards the forest. if he ran away, this is probably the area he went to. we spot a cliff and see a sweatshirt. it's kageyama's.

"what are you guys looking at? let's keep going." oikawa says.

"this sweatshirt..." i stare at it in shock. "it's kageyama's."

"it's near the cliff..." kunimi says.

"shit, lets ride to the bottom and see if we find him." oikawa says, with a little panic in his voice.

as were finding a trail to get to the bottom of the cliff, oikawa asks us a question.

"was kageyama actually using me?"

i look up in shock.
"well..uh..i-"

"...no.." kunimi whispers. "..NO!"

i look at him, and see tears streaming down his face. i guess he's just upset that we basically drove kageyama into committing suicide. he was never using any of us, he just really needed a friend.

when we get to the bottom of the cliff, we see nothing.

i look at kunimi and oikawa. "oh, i guess he isn't here-"

"there's someone in that bush." kunimi says, trembling.

when i look, i see a hand sticking out of the bush.

"AHH, IM NOT TOUCHING IT!" oikawa screamed

"calm the fuck down, we don't even know if this is kageyama." kunimi says, annoyed.

"I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHO IT IS," oikawa shrieked. "THATS STILL A DEAD BODY!"

kunimi grabs the hand to carry it out of the bush

"it's cold." he says, a little nervous

i feel my body shiver. so it is a dead body.

when he pulls the body out, we all freeze, wide eyed.

it's kageyama.

we all just stare for a bit in shock. the silence is broken by oikawa's screams.

"HOLY SHIT, CALL 911!"

kunimi whips out his phone and dials the emergency number. i look at him and oikawa. tears are streaming down their faces. when i look back at kageyama, i notice.

his body. it's covered with cuts and bruises.

30 minutes later of shrieking and screaming, the paramedics get here. i stare in shock as they carry kageyama on the medical bed.

how did i not notice before..? he was never lying. he was never being rude on purpose. he was never putting on an act.

i'm such a fool.