"He— He— Coma?" You struggle to form your words.

"He landed on the baseball field and thankfully only hurt his arm... and head"

"I need to see him" You take the white hospital blanket off as you try to stand up.

"What? No!" Kiyoko tries to hold you back. "You need to recover from your concussion!"

"I need to see him Kiyoko." Your voice strains. You pull yourself away from her grasp and you try to stand up as your head begins pounding. You fall back onto the bed.

"Ow..."

"(Name), you should really rest." Suga tries to help you lie down as you continue to be stubborn.

"But— Tsukishima and.."

"(Name)," Yamaguchi comes next to you. His voice seems raspy and there are dark circles under his eyes. The pinch server looks miserable.

"Yamaguchi...."

"I know you're worried about Tsukki. So am I, but... we need to be strong and you need to rest."

Your struggle stops as you finally rest your body onto the pillows. "How long is it going to take him to... wake up?"

"The doctor doesn't know...."

You look away from the eyes locked on you. Concerned and wondering the thoughts going through your head.

"I want to be alone." You mumble, loud enough for everyone to hear.

"But you just woke up—" Hinata started.

"We need to respect her wishes, dumbass" Kageyama says, hitting the back of the ginger's head.

"Right," Suga claps his hands together. "Everyone make your way out."

The silver haired third year hushes everyone out as they wave you a goodbye. Your sister takes your hand. "(Name),"

"Kiyoko can I have time alone?" Your voice cracks

She lets go of your hand and nods. "Ill be back later" She excuses herself as you look out the window.

Tsukishima?... Coma??

Because of Your

Feelings of anger begins to overtake your fear.

What. The. Fuck.

—

You're finally discharged after a few hours, but you don't leave the hospital. The one thing stuck in your mind is the well-being of Tsukishima.

Is he awake?

Your heart rate increases as you begin running

Please say hes awake.

You slide open the door, making a loud slamming noise.

An older Tsukishima lifts his head in surprise.

"Akiteru!"

"(Name)," the college student smiles weakly.

Your eyes lock onto the hospital bed. The sound of a normal heartbeat beeps on the monitor. The blonde middle blocker looks peaceful, but bruised. His right arm is wrapped with white tape as he lies in a hospital gown.

"The doctor says that there hasn't been any changes" Akiteru says with a hoarse voice, his expression changing to hurt.

You look at Akiteru and to his brother. "This is all my fault..."

"(Name), don't say that!"

"This..." You feel tears forming in your eyes as you stare at the beaten up first-year. "This wouldn't have happened if I was able to actually stop the fight"

Akiteru pulls you into a hug as you begin to sob. "(Name), Misawa hurt my brother and you. If anything, that dick is to blame for everything"

You continue to cry as Akiteru comforts you. Too many emotions and thoughts fill your body. "Do you know why the fight started?"

"I don't know but—"

"I know what happened".

"K-Kiyoko?"

"I... was with Tsukishima when it started."

"Tell me, Kiyoko, please"

"We should sit down for this."

.

.

.

.

"That... BASTARD!" You stand up, stomping your foot down.

"That isn't how I'd think she'd react" Akiteru is taken back.

"(Name)—"

"Where is that son of a bitch—"

"(Name), I think you should go outside to calm down"

"Calm down? CALM DOWN?" Your voice raises. "You think I'm going to be calm after everything he did?"

"I know but—"

"(Name)!" A familiar second year stand in the doorway wearing a red and black jacket.

"Kenma!" You turn to the boy with the highlighted tips. "Where. Is. Misawa"

"Hes not here... I came alone." Kenma tilts his head. "Is everything okay?"

" I-It's fine." Your breath hitches. "I'm fine."

"You seem angry.... want to talk about it?"

"It's fine!" You force a smile on your face. "I'll just stay here with Tsukishima..."

"Akiteru and I will go get drinks." Your sister stands up, grabbing the older Tsukishima's arm.

"Wait wha—" Kiyoko hits his shoulder. "Oh right, yes. We will get drinks."

Kenma nods, getting the memo. "Uh... me too"

"(Name)-chan, watch my idiot brother okay? Make sure he doesn't go anywhere" Akiteru jokes, trying to lighten the mood.

"Right." You hum as everyone leaves. You pull up a chair next to the sleeping beanstalk, as the silence fills the room. What is there to say to a comatose body? Wake up?

"So...." You try to fill the void of silence and you awkwardly sit there. "Are you going to wake up anytime soon?"

No movement, obviously. You look on the side of him to see a small red plushie. The Red Dinosaur

"Akiteru brought this for you, huh?" You take the stuffed dinosaur in your hand and play with it. "Cute."

Your eyes trace down to his hand, connected to the IV drip. (A/N: i really dont know how to describe hospitals bare with me)

Your eyes begin to water as you really take hold of the middle blocker's condition. No matter what people say, you feel like it's truly, all your fault.

"I'm so sorry" You squeeze the dinosaur in your hand, holding it close to your chest. You sniffle and place it back next to him. You hover your hand over his, hesitating what you want to do. As your hand rests on Tsukishima's you feel the coldness of his hand.

"I... I'm here, Tsukishima" you squeeze his hand softly. "So.. wake up, please?"

No response or movement. Just the sound of the monitor beeping.

"If you don't wake up, you won't hear the end from me" You try to use this tactic as if it will actually work. "I'll just talk and talk and talk"

.

And that's what you do. For weeks you talk non-stop to him. You tell him stories of things that happened during practice; from Hinata and Kageyama's pointless arguments to Tanaka and Nishinoya's attempts to get with your sister.

"It still isn't the same without you though" you smile taking his hand. Its been much more natural for you to do so. "We're all ready for you to wake up now"

"(Name), ready to go?" Kiyoko stands in the doorway. You squeeze his hand a final time and turn to your sister humming.

Standing up, collecting your things, you turn to leave. Something stops you in your tracks. A small tug. The smallest tug, but its there. You turn around with widened eyes to see a small fabric of your uniform between the fingers of Tsukishima Kei.

"Oh my god" you whisper.

"What?" Your sister looks over your shoulder and gasps. "I'll get the doctor!"

Akiteru walks in casually, with food from the hospital café. "(Name), what is it? You look like you just saw a ghost.."

"Hes awake." tears fall down your face as the realization hits you like a tidal wave. "Tsukishima's awake"

To Be Continued....

I finally finished the chapter! I apologized if this seemed kind of rushed... very rushed.... I have an idea for how I want to end this and I lowkey need to speed things up a bit haha....

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH ! I hope yall out there are having a great month so far :)

other than that... I'm working on a new x reader right now that will probably come up as soon as I finish this fic.... which will happen soon in the near future.... maybe

anyways thanks for reading :))

- shortcake