Atsumu drastically changed in a week. He wasn't as outgoing anymore. He barely spoke to anyone but his fan base wasn't dying soon and that was turning out to be frustrating for him. Seeing Osamu get closer to her was making his ego shatter to bits.
"Atsumu san..." she woke him up at the library. "You should go to practice"
"Huh?" He looked like someone high on cocaine.
"Are you alright?" She brushed his hair out of his face and he closed his eyes feeling her skin against him "Please don't go" he whispered.
"What?"
"Nothing"
"The qualifiers are next week"
"Okay" he walked away like a zombie.
Suzuki watched Atsumu leave the library and sighed tossing his lighter leaning against the wall in the corner. "What kind of school doesn't realise that their fire system isn't working? Baby, did you have to leave Itachiyama?"
Atsumu wasn't comfortable all practice. His intense tosses couldn't be spiked by his teammates.
"Slow down, Pikachu!" Kita said.
"Gomen" he apologised before fixing his head.
Later in the evening he saw a familiar figure walk out of the campus and his eyes widened in shock.
"What are you doing here?" He asked and Suzuki stopped. "You're not home yet?"
"What are you doing here?" He repeated.
"Let ask you something first" Suzuki looked displeased "Why does she like a cocky bastard like you?"
"Who doesn't?" He tilted his head
"What do you have that I don't?"
"A few extra, thick inches..." he smirked "but first, her heart"
"You're a dick"
"I only have a good one." He chuckled "But seriously. Don't try to scare my girl anymore she'll come swinging."
"Your girl?" He was losing it "I love her"
"That's not love. You don't hurt the ones you love. I learnt that the hard way and I still regret it" Atsumu smiled.
"She belongs to me. I don't care what you call her. So stay away-"
"You see, this is why she's with me. Not because I'm equipped better but because I don't use a knife to get what I want from her" he said. His cheeks were burning from smiling.
He took a step forward and dropped his smile "But the next time she sees a knife in your hand you won't have hands to hold one again"
"And who do you think she listens to? She needs it" Suzuki said "She needs to listen to someone to be well behaved"
"Sucks to be in your circus then."
Atsumu didn't understand what was happening until he saw a fire truck speed inside the gates. He looked at his smug face and ran towards the library with full throttle.
His irises shone, reflecting the flames that was burning the library. "H..." his intestines were kneading.
"HARUKA!!!" He ran towards the doors.
"STOP!" Aiko and Rika held him from running. "Where are you going?"
"Who's inside??" He asked her looking at the firemen trying to bring down the fire.
"We don't know still"
He swiftly called her cellphone but it didn't connect. He called her mother but she said Haruka wasn't home yet. He broke free from their grasp and ran into the burning doors "HARUKA!"
"Haru..." Haruka heard a voice on her way home and couldn't walk any further "S-Suzuki san?"
"I'm done giving you options. So let me put this straight" he said.
"What do thing you're-"
He gripped her hand "If you're gonna keep fighting me, your boyfriend is going to die" he said and her eyes went wide "Boyfriend?"
"Yeah, you know... the blondie... too bad, the last thing he told me was how much he loved you" he flipped his knife in his other hand.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" She tried to pull away but he yanked her hand "Shut up, bitch!"
"Where is he?!"
"Lower your voice!" He commanded and she shut up.
"Please" she pleaded in tears. "What did you do?"
"He's burning in your favourite place" he flatly said and she almost screamed in horror
"Now, come with me, my love" he pulled her but she didn't budge
'He gets triggered because he thinks he can. Cz you put up the with it. Show him how strong my girl is?'
"I'm not going" she finally said even though her legs were jelly.
"Do I have to teach you how to behave ag-" she punched him in the jaw and took his knife before running back to school.
Suzuki couldn't keep up with her she ran straight into the gates. Osamu was on his knees.
"HARUKA?? HE WENT SEARCHING FOR YOU!"
"What happened?"
"The sprinklers aren't working!" He said and she grabbed her backpack to take her toughbook out.
"What are you doing?" Kita and the others surrounded her
"As long as it's connected with a wire I can do something" she ran her fingers so fast she swore they'd be sore.
"Okay. The system is restarting. The sprinklers have to be enabled manually. Osamu san, can you do it?"
"I'll go with him" Suna said.
"Okay. Kita Senpai... you've to press these keys when the update completes. I need your jackets." She said.
"Why?"
"Because it's coated nylon" she grabbed their jackets and before they realised why she ran inside.
"Atsumu san!!!" She couldn't breathe. Her eyes were burning because of the smoke. She saw his red jacket on the floor further away and jumped over the fallen shelves.
"Atsumu san!!!" She tried to get him to wake up. It was getting hotter inside. The shelves were collapsing. "I have to get you out. Open your eyes"
"Ha... Haruka.." he whispered "Am I... dying?"
"No! Let's go!"
"You're here..." he coughed in pain "I... searched for you... but I couldn't-"
"I'm here! I'll get you out, okay?" She pulled his heavy frame up and put his giant arm around her neck. "Get your... legs to push" she coughed. His body temperature wasn't normal. He was cooking in the heat. "This is a dream..." she heard him whisper.
"No, I'm here" tears flowed down her face.
"I couldn't... tell you how much I..."
"Shh... lets get out of here first. These fumes are dangerous"
"I can't... breathe" he suddenly gasped for air.
"We're almost out." She dragged his heavy body along carefully dodging all the falling things.
"The ceiling!" She shrieked when she heard it crunch.
"Get out of here..." he pulled away from her.
"DON'T PLAY AROUND!" She nabbed him again before continuing towards the exit but it was blocked and the fire was intense "Oh, no..."
Atsumu fell on his knees "I... can't... breathe"
She kneeled beside him to cup his face "Look at me" she said "We'll be okay"
"I'm sorry" he said "So sorry for... everything. I mean i-"
"It's okay... it's okay... don't say it anymore."
"I... love you" his eyes were shutting. "Come here, princess" he put his almost dead arm around her and pulled her into his jacket "S-Stay here, okay?" He coughed "Hold onto me"
"Atsu san..." she cried "Please keep breathing" her eyes were constantly searching for the windows or any other opening to see if there was even the slightest bit of air passage so she could get him some air.
"I love you... the most" his voice croaked.
"I love you too. So you have to keep your eyes open"
"O-Okay" he said, she could tell her was trying his best. His chest was heaving trying to get whatever oxygen he could and she gripped him tight while he shielded her from everything around them "I won't... fail my promise" he tried to calm her down.
"What are you talking about? Stop talking!" she held his face "I'm right here, we'll get out just fi-"
"I'll protect you, princess" his eyes were blurring.
"Don't... please don't close your eyes! Look at me"
"I could... look at you... forever" he laid his head on her shoulder letting out trembling breaths and she desperately tried to shake him awake.