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Summary:

The definition of dumbassery is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

A pre-relationship Kagehina texting fic about their dating lives. And learning. Through repetition.

Notes:

This is a series of text conversations set at the end of 2016 when Hinata is in Brazil playing beach volleyball and Kageyama is playing for the Schweiden Adlers in Japan. They’re from Kageyama’s phone – so Hinata always on the left, Kageyama on the right.

FYI Hinata lives 12 hours behind Kageyama. So you don’t need to look it up like me (which I did more than once...)

This is the second part of a series in which I try to write a short fic for each song on Lorde’s “Virgin” album. Different fandoms, ships, styles. Here I took inspiration from the line “til clearness is all I see” in ”Clearblue”, as well as the quiet, slow, minimalist quality of the song. It reminded me of how realizations are creeping in until you can’t ignore them anymore and I tried to let that happen for Kageyama here.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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October 12

 

boke
20:03
Yama

Howd the date go

I rly wanna know

20:05
I looked him up

Looks haaawt

U pick with ur dick?

(¬‿¬ )

Thirsty-yama

20:09
Has it been that long???

Lol

20:12
Text me when u get back

Like rite away

Ok?

Dont make me wait for ur slutty news

20:16
How can I text back when you won’t shut up for a second

boke
20:16
Yama!!!!

Back already

So early

Wasit bad??

Or did u skip dinner

Go straight for desert

(¬‿¬ )

Huahahhaahhahaha

20:22
You know I’m on a strict meal plan

Why would I get dessert

boke
20:23
Jeez

(⊙_⊙’)

Desert means sex Kageyama

20:24
Whatever

That’s stupid

boke
20:26
So?

???

!!!!

20:27
We didn’t have sex

Not like that’s any of your business

boke
20:28
Rude

And I wasnt asking THAT

Not my fault ur mind went their

20:30
Who started this sex talk

Ha?

Guess you’re the thirsty one

20:31
Has it been that long

boke
20:31
Yes

Woahhhh

Dont change the subject onme Kageyama

<(`^´)>

20:37
Am not

Just gotta wait and your idiot brain takes care of that for me

boke
20:40
Wow

U r in a MOOD

Maybee u shouldve gotten laid

Fix that attitude

20:47
I’m going to bed

boke
20:48
Noooo

Wait

Sry

(シ. .)シ

20:50
Tell me how it went

Pleez?

20:52
Shitty

boke
20:52

( ゚д゚)

Like how shitty?

20:54
Really shitty

boke
20:57
Shitty like the guy that took u to the rmantic comedy?

Or shitty like the guy that made u pay

Then offered u could blow him in the back ally

??

20:59
What the hell kind of question is that

boke
21:00
Just tryin to get anidea

U always say its shitty

Could mean anything

21:02
Gimme the deets!!!

That means “details” in case u didnt kno

21:05
YAMA!!!!!

21:05
Last nerve Hinata

boke
21:06
Ok ok

Ill be good now

21:06
You know how?

boke
21:06
No

Lol

21:09
COME ON

How didit go?

Rly

21:10
Fine

At first

Ran out of things to talk about

Before food got there

boke
21:11
Oof

Rough

21:11
Yep

boke
21:12
Hot butt boring

Such a waste

(´°ω°`)

21:13
Waste of my time

He said

“It would be nice to talk about something other than volleyball for a change”

boke
21:14
WHAT????

WHY??

21:14
Right?

boke
21:14
Blegh

21:15
Waste of time

boke
21:17
Wait

Hes the Hornets Libero?!?!?

And doesnt wanna talk volleyball?!?!?!?

(⊙_⊙’)

Wait

I just noticed

HORNYets

(≧▽≦)

U r a perfect match

Thirsty n horny

Haaahahauhhahuaa

21:20
God you’re dumb

boke
21:20
HEY!!!

。゜(`Д´)゜。

21:21
Do you even know what a hornet is

boke
21:21
OF CORSE

21:21
You got 10 seconds

No looking it up

boke
21:22
WAHHHHHH

Its a flying

21:24
Like a bee!!

21:24
Over a minute

And “like a bee” is the best you can do

Sad

boke
21:25
WHAT IS HAPPNING

Didu freaky friday with Suckishima??

Cuz the Kageyama I remember suuuucked at biology

FAILED ALL THE TIME

“Why do I need to know about nature? Volleyball is an inside sport”

REMEMBER KAGEYAMA????

。゜(`Д´)゜。

21:27
SHUT UP

At least I didn’t think griffins were real

Like some dumbass

boke
21:28
THAT WAS A JOKE

AND U KNOW IT!!!!!!

21:28
Sure

boke
21:29
HEYYYYY!!!!!!

Dont change the topic all the time

。゜(`Д´)゜。

21:30
What wasit again

Wait

21:30
Unbelievable

boke
21:30
SHUTUP!!!!!

( ≧Д≦)

21:33
AH!

Ur date

A Libero whu doesnt wanna talk volleyball

U sure he just didnt wanna talk to u

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

Cause u made fun of him

Probably

21:38
Kageyama?

(*・ω・)ノ

21:42
Hey

Did u fall asleep?

21:50
Heyyyy

21:50
Thought you wanted me to shut up

boke
21:51
I do

About bees

And stuff

And ur mean-ness!!!

That can shut up 2

But I wanna hear about the date more

Dont be stingy

Lol stingy horny

21:53
You’re asking for it

boke
21:53
Noooo

Sirius now!!!

Is he the Libero

Or not?

21:54
Second string Libero

boke
21:54
Wooahhh

The king dates 2nd string

Who knew

21:55
Well he HAS to play volleyball

Can you imagine dating somebody who doesn’t play volleyball??

boke
21:56
No

21:56
Exactly

So I thought

Why not

When he asked

boke
21:57
U must be rly horny if ur going for bench now

(¬‿¬ )

21:58
Well not anymore

boke
21:58
What????

I thought u didnt have sex

Why are u keeping the fun stuff from meeeee??

21:59
What??

boke
22:00
Why r u not horny anymore

22:00
I meant I’m not gonna date second string anymore

Or at all

Dates are annoying

boke
22:01
Yeah somtimes

I dont get it

Who doesnt wanna talk volleyball

22:02
Beats me

boke
22:02
And why didhe ask u out if he doesnt wanna talk about volleyball

Its all u ever talk about

If their was a jar

And u had to put money in it every time u said “volleyball”

U would be poor

Totaly poor

22:03
How is that an insult?

You’re the same

Only you don’t even have enough money for the jar

boke
22:04
Pffff

( ̄へ ̄)

I SO have money

And even if I didnt

I still would talk about volleyball

Ima rebel ha!

22:05
You’re a dumbass

boke
22:05
U r the dumbass

For going on dates with people who dont wanna talk about volleyball

22:06
How is that my fault

boke
22:06
I dunno

But probly is

Somehow

22:08
But u dodged a bullet

A boring bullet

Totally lame bullet

22:09
Yeah

boke
22:09
Wait

What didu talk about

If not about volleyball

????????

????

22:10
Not much

The food

The restaurant

Weather

boke
22:11
EEEEEEEEEEEEEW

Falling asleep just readin bout it

Zzzzzzzzz

22:12
He kept talking about my nice arms or whatever

boke
22:12
U do have rly nice arms

22:12
What??

boke
22:13
Um

U know

Objecteafly

No wait

22:15
Objecteevly

UGHHH

22:16
Are you looking it up right now?

boke
22:18
Shuddup

( ≧Д≦)

...

22:20
I ment they r nice for tossing and things

Thats all

22:20
And things?

boke
22:21
I dont know

Just

I heard their nice

From people

People who r not me

22:23
Okay…

boke
22:24
Next time u should ask me

22:24
???????

boke
22:25
For advice

On ur date

22:26
Oh

boke
22:27
Im totaly better at it than u

( ̄︶ ̄;)

22:30
Sure

When was your last date again?

Never?

boke
22:31
Excuse u

I have SO MANY DATES

!!!!!!!!!

22:32
Yeah?

When?

boke
22:33
Maybe not reecently okay

Notmy fault

Nobody seems cool

22:34
You think everybody’s cool

boke
22:34
Sure

Cool

But not like cool cool

Not cool like that

(´;ω;`)

U know

22:35
You’re stupid

Like stupid stupid

boke
22:36
Wow

Mean

U cant get laid and make me suffer forit

( ≧Д≦)

Not fair

Super not fair

22:38
I’m not mean cause I’m horny

Will you shut up about that

I am mean cause you’re dumb

And I can totally get laid

I choose not to!!!

Also I’m not mean

You’re just super dumb

boke
22:40
U r super mean

。゜(`Д´)゜。

And dumb

DUMBER

22:41
I’m going to bed

boke
22:41
Yeh

Sleep off ur meanness

And ur dumbness

22:42
Stupidity

boke
22:42
Ohhhhh

So hes a biology professor and a dictionary now

Pfffftttt

Good night u stupid DICKtionary

U know what

No

Just night

Thats all u deserve

NIGHT Kageyama

22:44
Night

22:48
Hinata?

boke
22:48
WHAT

22:49
I know what you mean though

boke
22:49
???

22:50
Nobody here seems cool like that

boke
22:51
Yeah

I know

Kinda sucks

22:51
I guess

22:53
Good night Hinata

boke
22:53
Good night Yama

 

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October 23

 

boke
11:02
Heyyyy Yama

Watching ur game against Kanagawa rn

Online!!!!!!

Dont look for me in the crowd if u see this lol

I wish

11:05
Pick me up some of those bird cookies

(っ˘൧͑˘ς)

Just if u pass a shop on ur morning run u know

11:09
Wooooahhh u just fumbled that first serve haha

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

Ah got lucky

But that was close!!!

Dont worry

Nobody can tell

Nobody but me anyway

( ̄︶ ̄;)

Getit together lol

Oh boy u look pissed haha

Ooof nice serve

U used ur angry-yama energy on the second one

Poor number 7 had to receive THAT

(≧▽≦)

He lookd scared

11:17
They r pretty good tho

I like the setter

11:25
Ohhhhh ur gonna dump the ball arent u

U got dump face on

LOL

Didnt mean like that!!!!!

HA!

Knew it!!!!!!

\(★ω★)/

That was cool Yama

Theyr setter looks maaaaaad

Wow the crowd is goin crazy

U guys have a lot of fans their for an away game

11:39
Shit

Theyr attacks are coming much faster now

o(>ω<)o

U rly pissed that setter off haha

11:44
Ahhhh u gotta block that

11:47
BLOCK THAT

11:51
Oh nooooo

( ゚д゚)

11:53
Damn that setter is rly good

Until ur done with him lol

12:19
Oof nice toss Yama

Oh man

My hand was twitchin

I wanted to spike that SO BAD

o(>ω<)o

It looked perfect

All swoooosh

How can Ushibaka look like THAT

When he spikes

THAT TOSS

Like hes bored??!!!

He should be screeming

Lucky bastard getting such a nice toss

( ̄へ ̄)

12:38
Ohhhhh Yamaaaaa u got their setter now

Hes gonna crumble

I bet u can tell

12:40
Yep

Ur smirk is MEAN

And ur up to serve

O(≧▽≦)O

TIMEOUT???

Not gonna save them

U never break serve focus

They should know

12:43

EVIL SERVE

Impossble to get

For them

Not me

I wouldve gotten it

Dive for it and swooosh

I know ur tricks

(¬‿¬ )

U wouldve been mad haha

12:56
Good game Yama

14:02
Somebody in the crowd yelled during my serve!!!!!

And I did NOT fumble it

It scored didn’t it idiot Hinata

14:15
It was a good game

Right

?

14:19
And you would’ve cried after spiking that toss

Embarrassing

14:24
Are you asleep?

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October 27

07:34
Did you watch the Jackals game yesterday?

Or today for you

?

Time zones are stupid

boke
07:36
U GOTTA ASK!!?!?!?!

Bokuto-san killed it!!!!

(/^▽^)/

I thougt the ball was gonna explode

(⊙_⊙’)

That spike in the 2nd set

U kno?

07:38
Yeah

It was something

boke
07:39
Canwe talk later?

(*・ω・)ノ

07:40
Why

boke
07:40
Gotta run Yama

Sry

Gota date

Oikawa set me up

With a 2 hr warning

THAT JERK

( ≧Д≦)

07:41
Why did he do that

boke
07:42
“So u dont cancel Chibichan”

07:42
No I mean

boke
07:43
Can u believe he still calls me that

Rude

( ` ᴖ ´ )

Wait what?

What u mean Yama?

07:45
Forget it

Shittykawa doing typical Shittykawa shit

Right

boke
07:46
I totaly wouldve canceled lol

07:46
Okay...

Good luck

Or something

Whatever

boke
07:47
Oikawa said hes 100% my type

Whatever that meens

Ah shit gonna be late

10:02
How did it go?

boke
10:43
Lame

My type my ass

He was totally boring

( ̄へ ̄)

10:43
What was he like?

boke
10:44
Boring

Lol

I dunno

He was pretty hot at least

Tall

Fringy black hair

Kinda cute

And nice eyes

Like rly blue

10:46
What’s his name?

boke
10:47
Matteo Ricci

10:47
Swimmer?

boke
10:48
Yeah

Hes here for sum competition

I forgot which one

Oops

Haha

10:51
R u looking him up??

Stalker-yama

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

10:52
You do that all the time

Is it stalking then too?

boke
10:53
No

Only the way u do it

10:55
Bet ur sneaking round on his insta rn

(¬‿¬ )

Dont accidently hit follow

Thats embarassing

Ive heard

10:58
And you think he’s hot?

Like that’s your type?

boke
10:58
I mean yeh

If not for that lame personality

He didnt laugh at any of my jokes!!!

<(`^´)>

10:59
You know jokes?

boke
10:59
Pffffft

More than u

Since u dont know any

And u laughed at my jokes befor

11:00
I laughed AT you

You’re a joke

boke
11:00
。゜(`Д´)゜。

Mean

Remember when u snorted milk out ur nose

MY JOKE DID THAT

11:01
You mean THAT WAS YOUR FAULT

boke
11:01
Potayto Potahto

11:02
What??

boke
11:02
God Kageyama

Ur so uncultured

11:02
And you would know?

You put ketchup on rice

boke
11:03
That was ONE TIME

( ` ᴖ ´ )

I was outta food

I bet u eat katchup all the time

From the bottle

LIKE A CHILD

11:04
I DO NOT!!!!!!!

Ketchup has horrible nutritional value

boke
11:04
Ur lame

Wait

Does it rly???

11:06
Noooooooo

11:07
It wasn’t fun

?

The date

boke
11:07
Nope

He was all serious

No jokes and like...

I even tried to teese him a bit

And he didnt even answer

( ̄へ ̄)

Like teese back or something

Anything

11:08
Bet you annoyed him

You’re a menace

Poor guy

boke
11:08
Wow

Maybe I should give him ur number

So he can learn whats annoying

YOU!

Ur annoying

<(`^´)>

11:10
And he didnt think Im annoying

Nothing but compliments for me

U hear that?

Compliments left and right Kageyama!!!

( ̄︶ ̄;)

11:11
What

boke
11:11
HA!

Exactly!!!

Im such a catch

11:12
Good for you

boke
11:12
The compliments were kinda lame

“Nice smile”

“Tan looks hot”

“Luv ur accent”

Typical stuff

11:13
Totally lame

Anybody can say that stuff

boke
11:13
Right????

Well except u maybe

U never say anything nice!!!

So mean

11:14
I do when it’s deserved

boke
11:14
How isit not deserved??

I did work on that tan!!!

Lol

Praise me Kageyama

( ̄︶ ̄;)

Praise my glorius tan

My sexy tan I worked totaly hard for

11:15
What would I know about your tan?

boke
11:16
20161027_179434.jpg

Checkit and weep

Milkbread-yama

11:17
I see tan lines

Didn’t work hard enough I guess

boke
11:17
Pfffft

Everybody loves tan lines

But ok

Ill go to the nood beach next week and send u a update after

U will shed tears over my bronze perfection!!

(¬‿¬ )

11:18
Dumbass

Bring it

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October 29

07:33
20161028_324705.mp4

Your jumps have improved

boke
07:42
RIGHT???

Wait

R U stalking the internet for videos of my games now?

Huuuaahahahaha

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

Somebody misses me

07:43
I DID NOT

Oikawa sent it to me

Not like I asked for it or whatever

boke
07:44
But u watched it

And liked it

Bet u paused and replayed

Zoomed in too

07:44
Shut up

boke
07:45
I rest my case stalker-yama

07:45
Who would stalk you

If anything I noticed a difference only because I haven’t seen you play in ages

Cause I don’t look for your videos ever

See

Also you need to practice harder

Definitely not your best

Yet

boke
07:47
Mean Kageyama

 

boke
11:03
Hey Yama

?

11:03
What is it?

boke
11:04
U rly think my jumps arent…

Maybe not the best but…

Good?

Because I thought…

Nevermind

11:05
Do that jump on a court

Blocks won’t matter

boke
11:05
U rly think so?

11:05
Yes

Good dive at the end too

Can’t believe you got that ball

boke
11:06
(≧▽≦)

I swallowed so much sand Kageyama

11:06
Worth it

Looked almost cool

boke
11:07
DAMN RIGHT

O(≧▽≦)O

11:09
Wait

Almost??

?!?!?!

 

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November 2

07:38
Hey

Can you send me Kenma’s number

boke
08:12
Sure

Kenma_ᓚ₍^- .-^₎ -ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁.vcf

08:12
Thanks

How’s training

boke
08:12
Wait

Why u need Kenmas number

08:14
Just business stuff

boke
08:16
Business stuff

U sound super shady Yama

What business stuff

08:17
Like sponsorships

How they work

Cause he knows that stuff

Cause he sponsors you

boke
08:18
Ahhh so cool!!!!

Somebody approach u?

I hope its a super cool brand

(/^▽^)/

08:20
And that u get lots of free stuff

U can send me ur free stuff then

I needit more than u

Lol

08:21
Sure

boke
08:22
Ahhh I bet they will do big ads with u

Woooahhhh so cool

O(≧▽≦)O

Gotta learn how to not look so evil Yama

Practice in front of the mirror

Or send me photos

Ill rate them for u

1-10 how evil does Yama look today

Hahahaha

08:24
Okay

boke
08:24
?????

08:24
The photos

I can send some

boke
08:25
OH

Ah yes ok

Send shirtless

Lol

KIDDING

08:25
Okay...

How’s training

boke
08:26
AWESOME!!

O(≧▽≦)O

08:26
Cause?

boke
08:27
Some new guys at the beach

Passing through

Travling for sum tournament

I train with them and its been so cool

To play a bunch of new people

Some are like pros!!!!!!

One guy showed me a diffrent stance

\(★ω★)/

For jumping

Yama its soooooooo awesome

U gotta see it

08:29
Yeah

Send me a video

boke
08:30
( ̄︶ ̄;)

I WILL!!!!

Ill make one tomorrow

08:30
Cool

boke
08:31
U wont believe it

It changes everything

EVERYTHING YAMA!!!!!

I swear its like

At least 5

No

More like 7

Yeh like 7cm higher than before

08:33
Explain the stance

When you make the video

Want to know how it works

boke
08:34
WILL DOOOO

Ill teach u something Yama!!!

Hehe

Wait

Dont u have morning training rn?

08:34
Shit

Gotta go

boke
08:35
Lol getit together bakageyama

Run Yama Run

(≧▽≦)

U get it?

08:35
What?

boke
08:35
Its from a movie!!!

08:35
Gotta go

Don’t forget the video

boke
08:36
(*・ω・)ノ

 

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November 6

07:33
How’s it going with the guy from the club

It was a club right?

boke
07:34
Yeah

He asked me for brunch

( ̄へ ̄)

BRUNCH Kageyama

07:34
Brunch is morning stuff?

boke
07:35
Yes

Like its breakfast time

But theres more food I think

07:35
But you train in the mornings

boke
07:36
I know!!!

I told him that

And he asked me to “just skip training that day”

(⊙_⊙’)

07:36
Dump him

boke
07:37
(≧▽≦)

Cant dump somebody I havent dated yet

07:37
Sure you can

Dump him

Or do you care about omelets or whatever they eat over there more than training?

boke
07:38
I mean

Omelets n sex?

07:39
You want to fuck a guy that thinks you should skip training??

boke
07:39
Maybe?

07:41
No

07:41
Dump him

boke
07:42
Kinda too late

I agreed to drinks tmrw nite

(´°ω°`)

07:44
Lame

Hinata

It will be lame

boke
07:45
U dont know that!!!!

Cant u be supportive!!?!???

(´;ω;`)

Maybe it will be fun

07:48
Maybe

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November 7

09:01
How was it

boke
09:48
Lame

( ` ᴖ ´ )

Dont u say it Kageyama

09:49
What?

boke
09:49
“I told u so”

09:49
Okay

Why was it lame?

boke
09:50
He asked about brunch

Again!!!!!!

Pfffffft

I told him that morning training is TOO IMPORTANT

And he said I dont look like I need any mor training

( ̄へ ̄)

EXCUSE ME I AM MORE THAN THIGHS

I have goals

And things

Stupid compliment

09:51
Very

You definitely need more training

boke
09:51
<(`^´)>

Rude!!!!!

But yes

I tried to explain it

What I wanna do u know

Go pro

National team

Olympics

And beat u

(˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

09:53
In your dreams

boke
09:52
Pffft

09:52
You will be first idiot shrimp on the national team

If you train for another

100 years

And never get brunch

With that guy

boke
09:53
( ≧Д≦)

Cant u just be nice

For a change

09:53
Are you really upset about the date?

boke
09:54
No

Not about him

He was laaaame

But…

09:55
What?

Not a loss Hinata

He doesn’t get it

Waste of time

boke
09:56
I know

BUT

(´;ω;`)

09:56
But what?

boke
09:56
Wouldbe nice

Be with sombody that gets it

09:58
YAMA

Stop typing and deleting

So annoying!!!

09:59
Just focus on your game

boke
10:02
Yeh

Ur right

10:04
I GIVE UP

o(>ω<)o

Officially

Dating is stupid

10:05
Yes

boke
10:05
U give up too?

10:05
Gave up a while ago

I mean

On dating people here

boke
10:06
Ok deal

No more dates

I feel better already haha

10:07
Yep

boke
10:07
Freedom!!!

At least until we find people

Who like get it

10:08
Right

boke
10:10
Oh wait

Didu catch the Falcons v Rockets game yesterday?

\(★ω★)/

It was INSANE

10:10
No

boke
10:10
(*・ω・)ノ

10:10
LET ME TYPE!!!!

boke
10:10
Type faster lol

10:11
I watched a recap today

boke
10:11
!!!!!!

Did u see that one spike

Broke the middle blockers finger

10:12
Yes

His form was off

Leads to broken fingers

You should know

boke
10:12
Forget about the broken finger!!!

WHAT ABOUT THAT SPIKE?!?!?!

IT WAS SOOO AWESOME

Just

Gwahhhh I wanna spike like that Kageyama

10:13
That’s not your play style at all

boke
10:13
( ̄へ ̄)

I know ok

But it would be cool u know

To be all fwahhh and then fwuuuushh spike the ball so hard

It shatters the block

Wahhh so cool

10:14
It is pretty cool

boke
10:14
SEE?!?!?!?

10:14
Being too fast for blockers to catch up is also pretty cool

Or jumping higher than the block

Or diving for a blocked ball right after spiking it

boke
10:15
Heh

Yeah

True

-ω(´•ω•`)♡

10:18
Yama?

10:18
?

boke
10:19
Can we talk?

10:19
We are talking dumbass

boke
10:20
No

I mean

Talking talking

Like calling talking

10:20
Oh

Why

boke
10:20
I dunno

Cuz I want to

Kinda

10:21
Right now?

boke
10:21
Yeah right now

If u can

10:23
Um

Do u want to?

10:23
Yes

Voicecall
2 hrs 43 min / 10:23 am

Notes:

Thanks for reading :)

PS: The title is stupid because I accidentally wrote three Kagehina fics with B titles. Now all of them need to have B titles but also it needed to be the song title. Yep...

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