1 ONE-SHOT

"Hey, Iwa-Chan" Oikawa greeted as he entered my room. He smiled at me then he walked into the room.

"What the hell shittykawa? Why are you here? " I asked as I threw the ball beside my bed, but he caught it. He chuckled as he sat beside me on the bed.

"So? Why did you not come to school today?" He asked as he played with the ball while sitting on my bed. I frowned at him as I showed him the dextrose on my left hand.

"Do you really think that I will be able to go to school with this?" I asked him and he laughed, but it's not the same laugh that I used to hear, the laugh that I have loved the most.

<gwofw>"Did something happened?" I asked him as I played with his hair, his smiling face frowned until he finally cried, he hugged me on my waist and I circled my hands on his back. He's sniffling as I kept on circling my arms on his back.

"Shh, it's alright, you can tell me everything," I said. He continued sniffling on my chest, oh, it'll probably take for a while this time I thought as I kept on circling my hand on his back.

After 5 minutes or so, he finally stopped crying. But his eyes are red and swollen from crying earlier, I went to the table to get a towel so he can wipe his face with it.

"So, do you want to tell me what happened to you?" I asked as I sat down on the bed again and I offered the towel to him. He took it, then he wiped his face with it, then he took a deep breath before he answered.

"We lost today. To Shiratorizawa as usual," he said as he clenched his fist really hard that it looks like it can get bruised anytime. I held his hand so it softened a little bit. Then I hugged him.

"Hey, I know that look, don't blame yourself. You are a good captain and you're the strongest setter that I know so cheer up" I told him. He hugged me tightly as I said that and after a few minutes we have let go of each other then he chuckled.

"Iwa-chan, so you can say cliché things too, huh?" he said while chuckling. I got annoyed at him so I punched him in the face. He groaned and he has tears in his eyes as he held his "Lovely face" as he would call it.

"Hey, you jerk, that hurts you know! And don't hit my face because my fangirls would be sad!" He said and I laughed at it. He looked at me confused while holding his face.

"Now that's the Oikawa I know and love," I said as I smile. He looks shocked too for a while, but he smiled at me.

"I knew it. I chose the right person; you really know me huh? Iwa-chan" he said as he laughed. I grinned at him and I lightly punched him in the arms.

"Of course, I'm the only one who can understand you after all," I told him and he pulled me into a kiss. Then he held my hand as he pressed his forehead into mine, then he closed his eyes.

"Get well soon, Iwa-Chan. Then join me again on the court," he said. I flinched at what he said, but I smiled instead.

"Y-yeah, watch me get well and I'll beat your ass on the court again!" I said we both laughed together and we talked some more until a nurse came in and she said that it's time for me to drink my medicine.

"Well, Iwa-Chan, I have to go now too. I have to go to school early tomorrow," he said as he walked towards the door. I smiled as I waved goodbye to him and he disappeared from my sight. The nurse now left too.

Going back to play on the court huh… I smiled bitterly at the thought and I looked out the window as I saw Oikawa walking.

"Sorry, Oikawa, it seems that I can't tell you anything yet, I can't bear it yet" I talked to myself whiled clenching my heart as I frowned.

Why me, why does it have to be me? I thought, but I quickly shook my head. And I smiled sadly.

No, I should be glad that it's me, instead of someone I care about I thought as I sighed relief. I looked at the calendar and I looked at the marked date. It's our anniversary then.

I suddenly felt a raging pain in both of my legs, I tried reaching for the nurse caller while enduring the pain. I finally reached it and I pressed the button.

"Yes? This is the nursing station, what is it sir?" The nurse asked. The pain is growing over time. I gritted my teeth but then the pain became a bit endurable.

"My legs are aching badly; this is in room 408," I said. The line went dead and after waiting for a few seconds, the nurse came with the doctor. This time I am running with cold sweat. They gave me pain killers to help ease the pain until it subsided after a while.

"Haah, this sucks really," I said as I smiled bitterly. All in all, I'm just glad that Oikawa wasn't already here when it happened, I don't want to show him this weak side of me, I thought as I grabbed my phone just to see a message from him.

You have a text message from Shittykawa…

Iwa-chan, you don't have to worry about me, I reached home safely!

Focus on getting well and get well soon!

I love you!

Then he sent me a picture of himself. I traced his face as I can feel my strength coming back after seeing it.

That's right, Oikawa is my rest and comfort…

That's why he's very important to me…

"You idiot, I don't even think that I will last for a month you know. But of course, I can't say that to you now, can I?" I said as I laughed to myself. Tears slowly welling up in my eyes, I wiped them, but they just kept on going and going.

"Tch, so annoying," I said. I kissed his photo one last time before lying in bed once again to sleep.

******

"Oi Oikawa, so how is Iwaizumi?" Makki asked while changing his clothes, I took my phone to check if there's any message from him.

"So far, he's doing good, he's taking his medicine on time and I think he's recovering too," I said. Huh? No messages from him I thought. I turned the phone off and I changed into my practice clothes.

"Come on, hurry up and let's get to practice," I said and I went out of the changing room first. Soon, Makki, Mattsun, and the others followed and we started practicing.

After an hour, practice ended, we cleaned the gym, then we changed our clothes and then I went ahead first and I ran to the hospital. That's right, I'm on my way to visit Iwa-Chan. I ran inside and I went to room 408. And when I went in, there I saw him smiling at me while waiting for me in his bed.

"Well, you got late going here for the first time, huh?" He said as he smirked at me, I went near him and I sat beside his bed. Looking at him now, did he get skinnier? You can literally see bones from his cheek and all of the sorts.

"Iwa, are you not eating properly? Why are you so skinny?" I asked him as I grabbed his arm gently since it looks so fragile that it could break anytime. He grinned like usual.

"Nah, I'm eating fine, this is nothing," he said. Why won't you tell me? I'm your boyfriend, aren't I? I asked my thoughts, but I just smiled at him, I don't want Iwa-chan to worry about me after all.

We talked for a while and when I looked at the clock, it was 7:30 now, I stood up from the seat then I kissed Iwa.

"Well then, I have to go now, since it's late and you have to rest," I told him. He smiled, then he nodded and I left the hospital room.

****

It's been a week since my last visit, I wasn't able to visit since something happened. But now, I can go visit him again. Iwa-Chan.

I went inside the hospital room and there he was, unlike before, he looks so much worse. He doesn't have any hair now and he is really skinny, it's like he's all skin and bones.

"Yo, Iwa-Chan" I greeted as I smile, he gave me his usual grin and I went to his side and there, I sat on the seat near him.

"Yo, Trashykawa," he said as he laughed out loud. He has an oxygen mask on. I hugged him gently and he hugged back of course.

"Oikawa, do you want to have a sleepover here tonight?" he asked, I looked shocked because this is the first time that I saw him looking all weak and lonely. I laid beside him in his bed and then he snuggled up to me and there we cuddled.

"Of course, I was waiting for you to ask me," I said as I chuckled. I stroked his back and then we fell asleep.

While sleeping, someone nudged me on the back so hard that I woke up, when I looked at the bed beside me, Iwa-Chan wasn't there anymore, instead, he was at the door opening it. He looks normal, like his old self. He turned towards me then he grinned.

"Hey, Shittykawa, I'm going now you hear? Do your best out there, if you follow me here early, I'll beat you up," he said and he turned towards the door. I tried speaking to him, but my voice won't come out, all that is coming out of me is my tears.

"I love you, shittykawa, I'm sorry and this is goodbye. For now." He said then he completely left the room and a light devoured him.

Then I woke up from that nightmare only to hear a continuous beeping sound, I went towards the nurse caller. I didn't cry nor did I felt anything, just numbness taking over my body.

"This is from room 408, the patient is dead…" I said. They confirmed that they'll be coming here soon and then the line went dead. After a while, the nurses and the doctors came into the room and they took Iwa's body from there then his body was brought into the morgue. I sat in the waiting area while waiting for Hajime's family to arrive.

Soon enough, his mother arrived than his father, they both went to me right away.

"T-too, where is he? My son's body" aunty asked while sobbing. I pointed towards the morgue and they immediately went there. They cried a lot, but for me, I didn't even feel anything, I'm so numb.

I went home that night then I went to my room. I was thinking about a lot of things, about our childhood, about my regrets. Everything. Then a voice echoed through my room.

"Trashykawa, the best setter for me, I love you and I am very proud to have you as my boyfriend" that's what the voice said. That's when the tears started falling from my eyes.

"Iwa, Iwa, My Iwa" All I could say that time is Hajime's name. I held my heart as the pain of losing him, the one that I have to love the most.

I cried the whole night, from the pain of losing my Hajime, my best friend, my first supporter, and my first and last lover.

Don't worry about me Hajime and live well there now…

10 years later

I walked down the street towards our house. I saw two kids running with a volleyball ball in their hands. Well, they passed me and I heard them talking.

"I wanna be a setter when I grew up!" one of them said, he has brown hair. The other looked as if he was thinking, then he grinned and he held the hand of the other kid.

"Then I'll be an ace, and together we'll be unstoppable!" the other one said then they ran towards the park. I smiled at what I heard because I remembered Hajime and me when we were kids.

Hey, Hajime, can you hear me? I'm well now, even though I am still missing you. I hope that this time, we won't be separated right?

Fin…