You would think that Kageyama and Hinata would notice how happy the atmosphere around them was, but they are of course the most oblivious humans in the world. They continued their bickering and endless noise, causing that stormy cloud of annoyance and pessimism over everyone else, who was spending new time with the ones they liked.
"Hinata! Kageyama! What's the problem over here?" Daichi ran over.
"I told Kageyama to stop having such a big scowling face. It makes him look unattractive! He'll never get girls that way." Hinata pouted.
"Dumbass Hinata! I don't care what I look like to other people!" He glared back.
"So you guys are fighting over... Kageyama's appearance?" Daichi pursued slowly.
"Yes!" They said at the same time.
"Well...Hinata does it really bother you that much? Is that why you asked?"
"No! He looks completely fine all the time..." Hinata muttered.
"So why fight about it?"
"Becuase I got one of those stupid confession letters from one of the girls here and rejected her, he saw, and he's been on my case about it for weeks," Kageyama growled.
"That would explain all of the overly unnecessary fightings they've been having." Daichi thought. "Hinata, if Kageyama even got a letter in the first place I think his appearance is just fine. And Kageyama, it wouldn't hurt to see you smile a little more, but no more of that smile." It had scarred the team for weeks when Kageyama tried to smile the first time.
Daichi walked away, and the two seemed immobilized. His words must not have reached them, because their brains probably couldn't comprehend it. Luckily, they went back to practicing, and Daichi sighed. They had such one-track minds.
"So what are we supposed to do about them?" Suga asked as Daichi walked over.
"Continue with the plan? I mean, we can't use Yachi-we already set her up with Kiyoko."
"How about this! We continue with the letters and hope it will suffice. We just keep sending them, a maybe Kageyama will feel something."
"Alright then. I hope it works." Daichi felt very unsure of what was going to happen now that part of the plan had been stripped out. He felt as if something was going to go wrong. But with Suga by his side, he hoped that everything would be alright. It was Suga after all. Something brilliant would come into his mind or he'd be able to stop them on a whim if it came to that. He was perfect like that. Daichi smiled, then shook his head. "My god, I do have a huge crush on Suga." He sighed, slightly exhausted and got back into the zone of practice.
***
He and Suga went back to his house and wrote about 100 letters. They decided to start at one, then 5, then slightly increase. Hinata would open his locker after every period and see so many letters. Hopefully, the plan would work. Suga inwardly gushed. Not only would he let his small baby crow find love, but it would make him feel like he was loved by others. The thought made him extra happy as he worked beside Daichi, who kept adding to his happiness until he thought he was going to blow up rainbows and candy.
Suga looked over once at Daichi. He gave him a smile. Suga felt as if he would die.
The two got to school very early that morning when they were sure no one was around. Suga lightly placed a letter through one of the locker holes, and it fluttered down to the bottom of the locker.
They came by later and followed Hinata, only to see him overjoyed by the letter. He looked enthralled, but never wanted to find the girl that wrote him the letter.
"See, I told you. He needs the self-confidence, but he's too in love with Kageyama to actually accept one of those." Suga smiled dreamily.
Goddamn Suga's smile. Another arrow was shot through the gazillion others that made Daichi love him so much.
The day rolled by, and by the end, Daichi and Suga had emptied all of the letters into Hinata's locker. They occasionally saw Hinata gush to Kageyama about how sudden this was and such. Kageyama wouldn't really react, and Hinata just kept bouncing.
***
The day ended, and the final practice of the week commenced. Or for most of the team. Daichi and Suga stayed back to see their plan work, and Hinata and Kageyama had to quickly clean up the classroom in their last period. Daichi and Suga followed them as the two walked side-by-side.
Suga resisted the urge to laugh. The fact that they had been following their team the entire week was just the silliest thing to him.
Hinata sparked up a conversation first. "Can you believe all of the letters I got today?" He bounced.
"So what?" Kageyama's voice had more of an edge to it than usual.
"It's just...no one really shows me praise like that. No one really says that they like me like that." He laughed. "I'm just so happy!"
Kageyama snapped.
"What the hell do you mean?!" Hinata stopped, petrified.
"Oh no." Suga turned pale.
"I've literally been here from day one with you, Hinata! I've wanted to show you how much I fucking appreciate you, and how much you mean to me but I can't! I had no idea if you felt the same way, and I spent nights tossing and turning to find the right way to confess, but I couldn't build up the courage! Do you know what you've put me through?!" Hinata trembled in fear. He'd never seen Kageyama this passionately mad about something before.
"We have to do something! I was so wrong! I tore them apart! What am I supposed to do? I have to go resolve this!" Suga squeaked, his mom side taking over.
"No! This isn't your fault!" Daichi comforted him with a hug as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "They'll resolve it, just watch. They always do." Suga tore away from the hug nonchalantly, looked at Daichi and turned away embarrassed. Daichi registered what he had just done, and looked away for a brief second too.
Kageyama continued to spill the emotional baggage he'd been carrying for weeks. Angry tears cascaded in conflict down his face. "Then you suddenly get letters, and you can't stop talking about it! "Guess who sent me this, Kageyama! Guess how many I got after this period!" I'm done! I can't take it anymore! I don't care if you reject me, but I had to say that I like you at least before someone else takes you away from m-"
"I was never going to accept those letters," Hinata said quietly.
Kageyama's eyes widened.
"I saw all of the people that seemed to like me and I couldn't believe it. The small, annoying, stupid boy in our class? Me? How? It made my heart go "gwoosh!" But as much as all the attention was great, I wanted you to see that people liked me. I wanted to have a chance for your feelings too because of all the letters you get."
Suga had some time unconsciously snuggled into Daichi's lap and was leaning comfortably on him. "So he came up with the same plan as us, huh?" Suga muttered. Daichi couldn't believe he had the brain cells to come up with something like that.
"I like you too!" Hinata exclaimed.
Kageyama scooped him up in a hug. "God, you're such a dumbass. Why would you need to be popular for me to like you? Does your brain only think that as the highest standard? What an idiot. And do you actually believe that you're annoying and stupid? God, you're an even bigger dumbass then I thought."
"Bakayama!" Hinata wined as he pounded his fists into Kageyama's shoulder lightly. Kageyama smiled softly. ("OhmygoshDaichiheactuallysmiledI'msoproudofmybabycrow!" Suga squealed.) They let go and Hinata laced his hand in Kageyama's and they walked to the gym.
"We're not doing this when we get in the gym, dumbass!" A distant Kageyama's voice said crossly, not realizing that everyone else was just as in love and was probably doing the same thing or had at least done it before.
Suga laughed and stood up, grabbing the list, and crossing off the last pair. There were some complications, but it had turned out fine.
They had no one else to go. The team was back to its perfect harmony.
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A/N: Thank you guys so much for reading up to this point! I know there's not a lot of you, but I really am thankful for taking a chance. I'm always open for comments and constructive criticism, so if you have anything to say I'd really like to hear it. And I know this chapter is a little late because I've been so wrapped up with school and activities (sorry), (I didn't really specify an upload schedule, but I've been putting out a chapter once a week so...) so I made it a little longer! (Not that you can probably notice, but whatever.) The next chapter will be the last, too. I had lots of fun writing about my favorite volleyball boyfriends, and I hoped you enjoyed reading it. See ya next time for the last chapter! (Oh and I also made an account on AO3 named RoseintheWind. I'm currently writing a Bokuaka story that will be published once I'm finished this one, so look out for that!)