all i do is win, win, win no matter what

[thekinged]

 

and every time i step up in the building everybody hands go up - and they stay there

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[thekinged]

[ It's only when Hinata's run off and kicked into the air that Kageyama lets his expression reflect how he's feeling: an unbridled kind of joy at the fact that his best friend is here. He doesn't know how long he'll be here, but he doesn't care. It's a break in the monotony of being alone for the summer, since he also doesn't know how long his mother is going to be gone, and Hinata always ensures that nothing will be boring. It's just a matter of him, you know, existing. Sure, they're bound to get in trouble or hurt themselves, especially when it comes to competing, but it's...

It's whatever.

So he smiles wide, albeit close-lipped, and springs off after him and into the air in an easy, practiced movement. He could get a quaffle from the shed, but he doesn't really care about that right now. He just cares about the rush of air as he follows after Shouyou, the idiot, jetting into the air to catch him. The orange blur might be the seeker of their team, but that doesn't mean that Kageyama won't be able to catch him before too long.

(Truth be told, he'll always be able to catch him, but he won't admit to that any time soon.)

Leaning back on his broomstick once he catches up and resettles his expression into aloofness, he raises his arms and balances, stretching his shoulders - but then rolls his eyes at his claim that he won. ]

I can show you the whole property and we can make a route for a race.

[kablam]

Deal!!! [ hinata is obviously thrilled at this suggestion. it means they don't get to start practicing right away, sure, but flying around doesn't sound bad at all either. with the wind in his hair and the ground hundreds of feet away, hinata feels sort of at home at the moment, and tobio on a broom beside him is definitely helping with that. he was embarrassed to admit it earlier, but, god--hinata missed him. a lot. it was really weird to look to his right and not have his overly tall ""friend"" around to share looks with or steal food from.

again, though, it would practically take a cruciatus curse to get him to honestly admit to that, so he'll just stick with the sports.

hinata slows down in his goofing off to let kageyama lead the way, then, making a wide gesture with his arms. if it was up to him, he'd just fly until they both collapsed, but this is a good idea. ] You've got a really big house, Kageyama. And there's nobody around ever? No wonder you're so grumpy all the time!

[ so blunt... ]

[thekinged]

[ For as much as he loves to race Hinata, and to compete, and to just dick off with him whenever they have the free time, until they're both close to collapsing... well, Kageyama figures that this is good, too. It lets them get settled back into their paces, though it never feels like they've been apart long when they see each other again. It's just like nothing has ever changed each time. But when they're apart? It's awful. Separation anxiety is not something he ever expected to feel, but he's pretty sure that's what this is.

Looking down and not seeing Hinata there? Is kind of difficult to deal with on a daily basis, and tells him just how much time they spend together at school.

But he pushes that thought aside, because, one, he'll never admit to it; two, Hinata is there now. So he just shakes his head at the enthusiasm, his default reaction now instead of confusion or immediate disdain, and leads the way through the skies over the house and everything that has the Kageyama name on it.

Although, Tobio does almost fall off his broom with how blunt that comment was, Jesus. He treads sort of reluctantly through that topic. ] Only child, and mom's a cursebreaker, so. She's gone a lot throughout the year, gets called away for important tombs and sites, even for holidays.

[ No comment about dad, or about how he stays at Hogwarts for Christmas and doesn't do anything except practice. ]

[kablam]

Uohh, cool, a cursebreaker... you should try to be as awesome as your mom sometime! [ hinata grins in kageyama's direction, flying beside him easily--admittedly, he brings his broom back down to dodge the swipe at his head that will come a second later, but. hinata can't help but think that that's...kind of sad. suddenly, kageyama's nickname of 'the king' seems all the more fitting, because he basically lives in a big tower all alone.

huh.

that makes hinata feel sort of bad. he ends up dodging back close to him after he's avoided the initial death-head-squeeze and leans forward on his broom, looking out at the landscape for a moment but focusing mostly on his dumb teammmate. ] Do you know when she's coming back? Cause...if it's not for a while, you should come and visit me and my family! I mean, I have a little sister and she gets into everything, so it's probably waaaaaaaay different than what you're used to, and we definitely can't fly or anything 'cause all my neighbors are muggles, but... [ he trails off, a little lamely, shrugging off his embarrassment. ] If you wanna, you can, I guess.

[thekinged]

[ As predicted, Kageyama makes a grab for Hinata, growling at him as he dodges away. But instead of trying to chase after him, he finds his balance again so that he doesn't actually fall off his broom. This high up, he'd probably get hurt - not as badly as he would during a match, but enough that it'd be bad. Although, that'd be a lot better than admitting that, yeah, he's lonely in that big tower that he calls home. It doesn't even look like most wizarding homes do, cluttered and full of life because of enchantments.

So he doesn't dwell on it, whenever he can manage it.

Eying Hinata as he comes close again, he leans his weight forward onto his hands, holding tight to the handle of his broomstick. That's... a really good question to be entirely honest. ] No. I dunno, her schedules are weird and depend on the curses.

[ But when he trails off, Kageyama goes to continue, not sure if he's reassuring or agreeing or what. Or even who it's for, him or Hinata. Whatever, he kind of gets this stupid, warm, fuzzy feeling in his stomach with the offer. ] But, I mean, I guess I could. I've never been to a muggle neighborhood, it must be boring, having the flight restrictions.

[kablam]

UGH, you have no idea! [ hinata exclaims, throwing his arms in the air and then slumping forward into his broom. he's thankful for the distraction because it felt like things got heavy for a second there. hinata's attention span is short and he'll take the chance to complain about things for a little bit, but even he can't stop the weird, squirmy warm feeling in his chest that makes him want to do a loop on his broom. this has been happening more and more lately around kageyama, and it's not only confusing, but it's kind of scary, too. hinata doesn't understand it and it mostly makes him wants to run his hands through his hair and yell and maybe kiss him afterwards.

eeyuck.

shaking his head furiously, he goes back to complaining before that thought gets anywhere more embarrassing than it already is. ] I mean it's like--flying just makes me feel so fuwahh, you know?! And I can't even do it! It's like I'm a bird and somebody broke me!! How lame is that!!!

But--[ he snaps his fingers, because he wants to hurry and save this so that kageyama doesn't just not come over because he really, really, really wants kageyama to come over. ] But! We can still practice passes, and my sister plays this really awesome, fun muggle sport that I used to play when I was younger that we can play, too, I bet you'd be really good at it! And my mom can make pork curry! She makes the best pork curry ever, the kind with the egg on top and everything!

[thekinged]

[ There, that's kind of a return to normal. Tobio is a little relieved for it, because, really. Being antagonistic with Hinata is the norm, not... this. Or, at least, it's supposed to be the norm. Yet it's been happening more and more in recent months, ever since they first met and started spending so much time together. Best friends? Absolutely, despite how common it is to see them yelling at one another. But there's something more, and he fights to pretend that there isn't, because it just complicates things and winds up being more terrifying than he cares to admit to.

So he keeps his eyes focused on the horizon for as long as he can. It doesn't last very long, like Hinata draws his eye frequently, and Kageyama rolls his head a bit as he looks over at him.

When did he get so good at translating Hinata's sound effects? ] Yeah, fuwahh. [ He says it agreeably, if more subdued than Hinata's exclamation.

But then he blinks, once, twice, slowly. He's never heard him talk about his mom making curry before, but he doesn't want to ask if that's true, and instead he just shifts his weight on his broom, a reserved kind of excitement. He does want to go to the Hinata household, but... thinking about it, about meeting his family and his little sister, about spending time alone with Hinata in his own house after they've stayed here for a bit... ]

We could find a quidditch match, or a muggle one. It might give us some ideas for when we go back to school, and we could... take your sister, maybe. If she wanted to go.

[kablam]

Uohh!! That's a great idea!!! [ hinata's eyes get big and bright as he considers it, grabbing onto his broom tight with both hands like he needs somewhere to funnel his excitement (he does) and rattling on it a little bit. a pro quidditch match...!!! ] I've never been to a pro match before! Neither has Natsu! Do you think it's okay if she's not a witch yet? I know she's gonna be one!!

[ hinata doesn't actually know that, but his belief in his baby sister is so strong that if he could will it to happen, he most certainly would. he's off to the races now, excitedly gesturing at everything and moving around so much his broom starts to bounce. ] Yeah...yeah, that'd be so awesome! And we could go to a volleyball match because they're sooo fun and they like, fly without brooms, it's crazy!! The players jump in the air all whoosh and stuff!! We should definitely do it!!!!

[ well he's still wiggling around, he pauses, though. ] Oh, but, not until Monday. Cause that's how long I said I was staying here! I'll send my owl over to let her know you're coming tonight, though!!

[ not only did he invite himself over but he definitely did it for three whole days. he just...wanted to be thorough. that's all. really. ]

[thekinged]

[ Kageyama actually preens a little, privately, somewhat pleased with himself for the suggestion. He's also sort of pleased with the response Hinata gives him, thinking about how he can get tickets to a match, find a way to make sure that Hinata's little sister can come without problems. As an only child, he doesn't know what that's like, but he does know what it feels like to be left out of things. Yeah, he's going to want to just spend time with her brother, but... well, he's not going to leave Natsu out, either. Not with how Hinata talks about her all the time. ] I've been to a couple. It's not really that weird to bring pre-Hogwarts kids to them, you just kind of have to keep a close eye on them. And we'd have to register our tickets as minors, so that there's someone that's chaperone to us, if your parents didn't go.

[ His mother's taken him a couple times, but more often than not he's had a designated adult to keep an eye on him at the matches.

But he's not going to think about that. Instead, he's going to nod along with the talk of a volleyball match, interested in the muggle sport but a little distracted from it by Hinata's admission. Again, he winds up staring at him, but he's not... ]

Sure, that's fine. [ He's not annoyed. If it were that first year of knowing one another? Absolutely. But this is good, even if it makes a knot form in his stomach. ]