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He won’t admit it. After almost forty minutes of walking around aimlessly, running into a bulldog with a glare more murderous than his own and being chased around by said dog before waltzing right into a wall of all things, Tobio finally decided to admit it. He was lost.
Tobio has been going (not by his own will) to his reliable senpais’ house for almost a week now. He had dreams of practicing volleyball all throughout his spring break but no. He just had to be in college and he just had to save his failing grade in a subject that doesn’t even matter. Should he call and ask for directions again? Oikawa-san would make fun of him but Iwaizumi-san would be sensible and actually help out. But Tobio was immature to begin with so there’s no way he’d call them up to ask for directions again.
He was just about to walk down the road aimlessly when he saw the orange haired boy again, skipping playfully towards his destination, right around the corner. His bright orange hair swayed with every movement as if it had a life of it’s own. He saw the boy daily ever since spring break started because of his honorable attempt to save a failing grade. Tobio made eye contact with him once and he’s pretty sure that kid is scared shitless of him. But seeing as he had no other choice, he decided to ask him for directions, the kid did seem to be from around here.
Tobio started to follow him, thinking of a way to maybe not scare him too much. What if he starts crying? Kids tend to do that around him, high schools included and Tobio cannot deal with that. The kid looked like he was a first year, or maybe a second year high schooler? Okay, he really needs to get it together and just ask the damn thing. How hard can it be to just ask for directions?
Very, he figured out later as he sat on a bench in a park, with a cold wet handkerchief over his eyes, waiting for the kid to come back with water. Tobio’s eyes felt like they were on fire and he was going to absolutely murder that bastard.
“Hey, how’s your eyes?” The orange haired kid asked, plopping down on the bench next to him.
Tobio lifted the cool handkerchief from his eyes to glare at him with his new bloodshot eyes, “Directions I just wanted to ask for fucking directions and you PEPPER SPRAYED ME IN THE EYE”
“Hey in my defense I thought you were a stalker!”
“WHAT THE FUCK THE LAST PERSON I WOULD STALK IS A DUMBASS HIGHSCHOOLER WHO THINKS DYING THEIR HAIR ORANGE IS CUTE and give me that” Tobio snatched the water bottle from him and stared to gulp it down quickly.
“Okay first of all, my hair color is natural and I’m in college thank you very much. And just to be clear, it’s not me who hangs around this place like a creep, wandering the streets like an old pervert”
“DIRECTIONS I JUST WANTED DIRECTIONS”
“Sure you did”
“I did”
“How was I supposed to know?! You were lurking around for the past couple of days and glaring at me!”
“Mind you, that’s the face I was born with”
“But then after I well-“
“After you assaulted my eyes?”
“Yeah and you fell on your ass and started screaming like a baby, I realized my mistake so”
He learned a valuable lesson today. Never trust orange haired goofy looking kids ever again and maybe sacrificing your pride and calling your senpais for directions is always a better choice.
The kid fidgeted in his seat for a while before muttering an almost inaudible ‘I’m sorry’ to him. Tobio would glare at him for longer his eyes didn’t feel like they were barbecued. He decided to sigh and settle back down comfortably (as comfortable as he could, given the situation) only to realize what the idiot just said.
“WAIT YOU’RE IN COLLEGE?!”
“Uh rude. I just said so. I may not look like it but I’m turning 21 soon”
Well he now officially knows not to trust orange haired goofy idiots. Tobio himself turned 20 a couple of months back so that would make this bastard older than him wouldn’t it?
“What’s your name? You wanted directions right? Since I uhh with the eye thing and all, I could help”
“I’D RATHER DIE THAN TAKE YOUR ADVICE”
“HEY YOU’RE THE ONE WHO’S LOST IN THE FIRST PLACE”
He gave up and decided to accept his help. It was embarrassing to be a grown ass man and hold someone’s hand as they lead you to your destination but Tobio really needs to stop being so picky. With his other hand, he held the cool handkerchief to his eyes, the only pleasing matter at this point.
“You didn’t answer my question though”
“Huh?”
“I asked your name”
Tobio cleared his throat before answering, “It’s rude to ask someone’s name without introducing yourself first”
The redhead giggled and answered, “I’m Hinata Shouyou and you are?”
“Kageyama Tobio” He felt his cheeks heat up at the sound of more giggles and wow he really regrets being bad with directions.
“So Kageyama, I haven’t seen you here before, are you new here?”
And that, is how it all began. He didn’t know at that time that this ridiculous person is the one he’d end up caring for most in the world, but that’s life for you. You really don’t know what’s waiting for you around the corner and for Tobio, it was an idiot with pepper spray.