This is so far the weirdest stunt he has pulled. Ever. Nothing in his dreams could’ve prepared him for whatever he was doing now. Okay, he knew what was doing, and that’s what disturbed him the most. Because he was crying.
Genuine, big, fat tears were spilling from his eyes, and instead of the usual cheery smile that he wore whenever he cried out of happiness was nowhere to be seen. No, he was crying because he was sad. Hurt. And he had no clue what he was supposed to do with him.
They never taught him this. Whenever he cried, no one would do anything, but laugh at him. He knew, that only made things worse, but what should he do to make it better? Should he leave him alone? Should he try hugging him? What was he to do?!
“…H..hinata-kun…?” He ought to stop panicking, and actually think of something to say, anything at all. It was so surreal to see someone so full of energy and happiness- albeit fake happiness- suddenly break down crying. “What’s..wrong..?”
Hinata wasn’t really expecting this. At all. He wasn’t expecting to just suddenly burst out in tears like this. But it just happens. Sometimes you just gotta cry, even if you don’t really have much to cry about, that’s how he felt. He probably did have a reason to cry, but just couldn’t come up with said reason.
As soon as he heard the other speak, his tear-filled eyes widened and he immediately shoved his face into his hands to avoid looking at him and embarrassment. Shit. How long had he been there? How much had he seen? Would he make fun of him? So many questions swam in Hinata’s mind, but he couldn’t get any of them out.
Instead, after a few seconds of awkward face shoving and trying to stop the tears and shuddering, he lifted his head barely up from his hands. Not enough for Namito to see his entire face, but just the top of his eyes. Maybe he hadn’t seen much. Maybe he could play this off like he wasn’t crying and he was doing something else instead. Probably not, but it’s worth a try.
“A-Ah? Oh. Nothing’s wrong! I just…feel really tired! I pulled an all-nighter last night!” Cue a fake yawn and stretching. Hopefully he’d buy it.
