The fire that took away our most precious

White lilies unpleasantly smelled, causing the guy to slightly wrinkle his nose, and blue eyes to water. His hands tremble slightly as he slowly sank to the still-loose ground. She bites her lip until it bleeds, puts two flowers, standing out with a bright fire in the semi-darkness of the night confidently coming into its own, on her. HE looks at him from the tombstone. He looks at me, smiling in his native way. -H-hi... - the voice is hoarse and unpleasantly cuts the throat. The guy quietly sobs, sighs heavily, trying to calm down, with a trod opening his eyes from the photo, - Sorry that... Didn't come then... Shoe...

*A week ago*

-Hey, Kageyama, - such a native and habitually joyful voice of the red-haired gamer Karasuno reaches the ears of the black-haired binder. Tobio stops, turning around. Hinata hurries to him at full speed. -What is it? - as always calm, though a little surprised -You're not doing anything on the weekend, are you? - babbling, beaming with joy. Without waiting for an answer, he continues: -Do you want to go to the shopping center on Saturday or Sunday? Honey eyes with naive childish hope peers into the blue pools, as if looking into the very soul in an attempt to find an answer to his question. Honey-colored eyes, too beautiful to just look away. Kageyama coughs softly into his fist, slightly turning away in an attempt to hide his slightly reddened cheeks, and closes his eyes "You're not thinking about that, you idiot!" - flashes through my head -As if I have nothing to do, except to go shopping with you, - snorts softly and hears how the gamer sighed raggedly, either from anger, or from resentment, - It is necessary to prepare for matches, and not to go to Shopping Malls... - the binder finished in a slightly dissatisfied tone. Returns a look at the recently sanctified boy. Ginger drooped, lowering his head and looking down at the floor. From such a picture, Tobio's heart ached unpleasantly. He didn't want to see his teammate in such a drooping state. -Hey, jerk, - the hand already falls on the red-haired top of the head with a slight pressure, forcing Shoyo to bend down a little, - What time... Ahem, will you be free? - cheeks turn treacherously red again, but Kageyama stubbornly tries to ignore this fact and make the most calm and impartial face. Hinata threw his head in surprise, looking at the brunette. However, after a few seconds, he smiles broadly, closing his eyes, not even noticing how his cheeks are barely noticeably blushing.

*The next day. Saturday*

The warm sun warmed the guys walking slowly along the road. Hinata was happily babbling something, at the same time eating ice cream, while Kageyama was walking slowly next to him, drinking milk as usual. He listened to ginger with half an ear, thinking about something at the same time. -Hey, Bakageyama! - Shoye's voice interrupted his thoughts. -Don't call me that, Bokeh! - the brunette was indignant, immediately losing his thought. -You're not listening to me! - ginger said resentfully. -I was thinking... - the black-haired man mumbled in a tone that vaguely resembled an apology -Okay, we're almost there! - and smiles. Smiling so gently and innocently. My heart skipped a beat, and the blood began to rush back to my cheeks.

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Showcase after showcase. The guys were walking along the shopping center, now chatting about something cheerfully, then quarreling loudly. -Oh, - Shoyo stopped, without pulling Tobio hard by the hem of his T-shirt, - Let's go get something to eat? Now Hinata, being a head and a half shorter than Kageyama, looked damn cute with slightly flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes of a beautiful honey color. -O-okay, - the voice trembled treacherously and the guy blushed again The guys had a little snack, but their idyll was interrupted by a fire safety system starting to howl at the entire shopping center. Shoyo began to look around in fright, watching as people jumped up from the tables and hurried at full speed to the exit. Kageyama hurriedly jumped up from his chair and pulled the endgame player by the collar of his T-shirt. Smoke was slowly crawling along the ceiling, interfering with the view, slowly blurring the space, forcing a veil of tears to cover the eyes, making its way into the nose and throat, forcing coughing. And the temperature kept rising and rising. They ran in the crowd, trying not to fall behind and not to split up. -Hinata! - the binder involuntarily exclaimed when he felt that Shoyo, somehow clinging to the hem of his T-shirt to keep up, stopped weakly pulling him back, letting go. Already almost the entire space was filled with smoke, not allowing you to see anything at all. Two meters away from the brunette, a quiet cough was heard. -Hinata! - Blindly jerking forward, Tobio stumbled upon the finishing player, who was coughing in a fit. - Shoe, hold on, we're almost at the exit! - the guy somehow picks up a friend, throwing his arm over his shoulder, at the same time bending over to the death, - We're getting out now! The do-gamer did not answer anything, quieted down for a while, after which he again burst into a strong coughing fit. They were already descending the stairs from the 2nd to the 1st floor when they heard a crash, and the floor trembled slightly. To the smoke from the fire, the dust raised by the stairs that collapsed right in front of the exit was added, forcing both guys to cough once again. The fire, slowly but surely coming from a small room right next to the Karasuno volleyball players, burned, making it difficult to look for escape routes and ways out of this situation. -Hold on... - the throat cuts unpleasantly from every sound made, - More... A little bit. His legs give way and the brunette takes several sharp steps forward in an attempt not to fall. My eyes are watering more, and salty rivers flow down my cheeks, breathing becomes even more difficult with every second. Holding on to his feet with the last of his strength, the binder hurried back up the stairs. His hands involuntarily tightened on the waist of the player in an attempt not to drop him. -N... Now we are!... - the body staggered to the side and Kageyama took a sharp step forward, trying not to fall. Unexpectedly disoriented in space and entangled in his own legs, Tobio awkwardly fell forward, painfully hitting his knees on the stone steps. He hissed softly, biting his lip until it bled. He tried to get up, but, swaying again, he fell to his knees again, awkwardly falling on his side. I have no strength left. "Hinata!" The brunette hugged the redhead, crushing him under himself, thereby covering him with his body from the slowly but surely approaching fire

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-I couldn't... To save you... Sorry... - hot tears burned my skin, and my throat was unpleasantly squeezed by a lump, - Hinata... Wait... A little bit...

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      "This morning, the body of a 16-year-old young man was found at the local Miyagi cemetery. According to our sources, this guy is a first—year student of Karasuno High School, Kageyama Tobio...       The guy committed suicide right on the grave of his friend who died in a fire that occurred a week ago in the shopping center "*****".       We offer our condolences to relatives, friends and acquaintances" Perhaps no one was ready to read such an article in the newspaper.