Akaashi 5

"Are you getting used to farm life?" Kita-san asked when we're walking home from harvesting rice on his wide rice field and glance at me.

I nod my head with a smile and feel the afternoon breeze that is blowing in my face. Enjoying the scenery of the place where I run away to since I set free Bokuto-san.

It's been half a year since I left the city life without anyone knowing where I am aside from Osamu. I didn't change my contact, I just turned off my phone and just call my family from time to time to give them updates using Kita-san's number. They already knew that I broke up with Bokuto-san and they didn't ask me the reason why.

That night when Osamu picked me up, he brought me here and I have been in Kita-san's care since then. They didn't ask anything what really happened that made me decide to leave, even when I asked them to not tell Atsumu that I'm with Kita-san. Although Osamu is conflicted about it since he can't lie to his twin but still agreed on my plea when I told him that he doesn't have to lie, that he just need to keep silent about it. Besides, they won't look for me anyway.

He won't look for me anyway.

It was hard at first. I always wake up in the middle of the night crying because even in my dreams, I still keep on chasing Bokuto-san. I still keep on vomiting whenever I eat a lot but with the help of Kita-san and Osamu, slowly, I got better. I still feel pain whenever I accidentally see Kita-san watching MSBY's recorded match and Bokuto-san would be seen on the screen with a bright smile on his face. Slapping me with the truth that he doesn't get affected even the slightest when I left.

"How are you lately?" Kita-san asked when we finally got home that made me come back to my senses.

We sat on the porch of their traditional Japanese house and stared at the tangerine sky that reminds me of Hinata. And it somehow made me missed my friends and feel a little guilty because basically, I cut off my communications with them. For sure, Kenma is so pissed off with me now.

I sighed before answering Kita-san's question.

"I'm fine. I rarely wake up in the middle of the night like before. And when I do, I'm not crying anymore. But I must admit, the pain is still there even though I already accepted the truth."

"What truth?"

I met Kita-san's gaze and smile sadly.

"That I'm not his world."

That Bokuto-san belongs to Yukie. I said in mind the last set of words.

Kita-san sighed and tapped my shoulder.

"I don't know what you're going through but I'm here. Osamu and I will always be here for you. You can stay longer or if you want just settle here forever and be my farmer buddy." He jokingly said that made us both laughed.

"Am I getting good at it?" Kita-san avoided my gaze as if telling me that I still suck in farming like the first time when he invited me to come and join him instead of confining myself in my room.

We both chuckled as if he too remembered how I fell on the muddy field when I got off-balanced. Osamu was laughing so hard when I got home that time when he saw my muddy lower half as if I dipped myself in the mud.

"Thank you, Kita-san." I whispered after a long and peaceful silence between us.

"For what?"

"For everything. If not because of you and Samu, I won't be enjoying this peacefulness. I'm still the same Akaashi who couldn't let the man he loves go because of his selfishness." I said sincerely.

Kita-san sighed and stood up on his seat and stretched.

"I didn't do anything. I just gave you a place to live. The rest is because of your hard work so thank yourself too." He said before he left to wash up.

"That's right, you worked hard." Osamu said behind me right after Kita-san left, holding a plate of his special onigiri and placed it beside us before he sat to where Kita-san was sitting earlier.

I smiled. "Thanks to you too, Samu. If not because of you I might be de-"

He stuffed an onigiri in my mouth before I could even finish my sentence and looked at the now starry sky.

"I hate dramatic things. Like Kita-san said, we didn't do anything. I just happened to be there when you're suffering. I'm just the person who pulled you out from the quicksand you were in. Thank yourself for being strong." He said that made me realized that he's more mature in life unlike his twin brother who only acts mature when it's about Hinata and Volleyball.

I just smiled and eat the onigiri he gave to me and changed our topic. We talked about random things until Kita-san asked me to take a bath too before the water in the bath gets cold.

"By the way, it'll be our birthday next weekend. Do you think you can come to Tokyo and celebrate it with us? It's just us with our former team mates. Atsumu's not included since he wants to celebrate with his lover of course. We're going to do it in my store after work." Osamu asked before I went inside the house.

They are both looking at me, patiently waiting for my reply as if they made a bet about it.

I chuckled. "Sure. It's not like I'm running away from him anyway. I just kept my distance so he could be free."

Osamu punch in the air while Kita-san looked at me with a betrayed look on his face.

"What? What did I do?" I asked innocently.

"You just made me lose a lot of money, Akaashi. Now you have to pay it back with your body." He said in a cold voice but I can see the amusement in his eyes.

"K-kita-san...that's... That's kinda lewd." The amusement on his eyes turned into glare when he looked at Samu who immediately kneeled and put his hands up in the air that made me laugh out loud.

I think it's the first time that I tear up laughing with sincere happiness after I broke up with Bokuto-san.

And it felt really good.

To laugh like this withoutfaking it.