Best I Ever Had [IwaOi Angst]

Chapter 8

He grabs his phone again.

Hey.

Did I do something?

Are you actually mad at me?

He inhales sharply, rubbing at his eyes.

Did something happen?

You can tell me.

I'm your best friend you can tell me anything.

You should know that by now

He lets go of his phone again, letting it drop onto his bed and wipes at his face. He wonders why he's so emotional right now. It was just a week. Just seven little days.

But it was so abnormal. Oikawa loved to text, to talk, to call. Why wasn't he saying anything. But he couldn't find him and force an answer out of him. He was helpless. At least, until Oikawa came home for break but that wasmore than a month from now. Surely, he would contact him before then?

His phone vibrates and Iwaizumi jumps, scrambling for it.

But it's only a text from Daichi.

Are you ok?

Iwaizumi is this close to ignoring it before realizing how hypocritical it would be in this situation so he quickly fires off an honest response for the first time in a while.

I don't know.

Days turn into weeks that turn into a month and Iwaizumi never hears from Oikawa.

Nothing.

Not a single word.

Nothing at all.

And Iwaizumi likes to think he knows Oikawa better than anyone. And he knows that when Oikawa hates someone, really hates someone he has an amazing ability to shut them out of his life completely. To ignore them out of existence itself. He'd seen it happen numerous times. He just never imagined he'd be the victim of it.

He refuses to believe it actually.

Because there had to be a reason. Some misunderstanding. Something.

Oikawa wouldn't just cut him off like this. They were best friends. Their friendship was stronger than anything. Anything in this whole god damn world.

Why won't he just text me

And one day, nearing the end of his finals, a call from his mother makes everything painfully real.

"When are you coming home for break, Hajime?" She asks simply.

"Next week." He replies with a shrug, "After my last final." Which he should be studying for.

"Oh, I'm so excited to see you! It's so unfortunate about Tooru though." She adds with a sad wistful sigh.

Iwaizumi tenses at the name, suddenly gripping his phone tighter, "What do you mean?" He's desperate for any news, anything about his boyfriend lost over seas.

"That he's not coming home for break. I know his mother was devastated but at the same time getting an internship already is a great opportunity for him." His mother explains, a hint of disappointment in her own voice.

Iwaizumi swallows and can't bring himself to respond. Something breaks inside of him.

"You knew about it already, right?" His mother continues, a bit concerned at her son's silence. Because how could her son not know?