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”No.”
“What!? Hear me out-“
“I’m not doing it. There’s no way.”
“Please!”
“This sounds like it’d take a long time to do, and I have things to do for college.”
“Just do it in your free time or something! Please! He-“ Hinata’s voice cracked, “he hurt me, Akaashi. I don’t know I just- I just want to get back at him.”
Akaashi bit his lip at this; the guilt came in like a broken dam. On the other line, Hinata sounded on the verge of tears. Hinata had been dating a guy, a guy Akaashi can’t remember the name of to this day. The two went to different schools at the time, and Hinata’s now ex had just transferred to Akaashi’s school after the two had a very messy breakup. Hinata had found out his ex had been cheating for four months (they had been dating for seven!). That had been a week before this call; that call was something Akaashi couldn’t comprehend then and can’t comprehend now.
“So... you think me leading him on will make this better?”
Hinata went silent and then sniffled before continuing, “no, but... it will make me feel better? Kageyama offered to beat him up for me, but I don’t think beating him up is the answer. This isn’t illegal, and it feels even.”
Akaashi hummed in agreement, ‘when will he realize Kageyama is into him?’
“I see; I guess I get it.”
“Will you do it!?” Akaashi winced at how loud his younger friend was, “I’ll pay you! I know that this will take time out of your day and stuff, so I’d pay you. Just... I guess just talk to him and stuff and then break the news? That sounds evil; does this make me evil?”
“No,” Akaashi had responded, “you’re not evil. You’re just heartbroken.”
Hinata sighed in relief, “good. I was kind of worried I came off like that.”
Akaashi hummed in response and mulled over all that Hinata had just told him.
”Hinata.”
”Yes?”
Akaashi takes in a deep breath before exhaling, ”I’ll do it. But... I have a question.”
Hinata made a weird noise before talking, “really!? Thanks! Wow, I can’t thank you enough. Go ahead! Ask me anything!”
Akaashi looked down, “why me?”
“Easy, you’re my smartest friend and one of my prettiest.”
“I’m not,” Akaashi mumbled in embarrassment, “plus, I’m not good at relationship things. I don’t know how to flirt. I have no clue how I’m going to pull this off, but I’ll try.”
“You may not be good at relationship stuff, but those two qualities I just listed will help you out,” Hinata replied, much more calmly than before.
Akaashi just hummed in response.
•••
Akaashi doesn’t remember what happened word for word or anything of that matter. Still, the one thing he does remember, and will never forget, is the look on Hinata’s ex’s face (it’s been two years since that, but Akaashi swears he doesn’t remember his name) when Akaashi told him he didn’t love him and that their whole relationship was a lie. Akaashi remembers him gaping like a fish and having the audacity to say, “how could you do this to me!?” Akaashi remembers the adrenaline he felt when he told the guy all the reasons he deserved what he got. He remembers even throwing in things he had noticed once the two had started their one-sided relationship. But most of all, Akaashi remembers the way his face looked once he realized that Akaashi had just delivered him his slice of karma that had been sitting in a fridge for too long.
Akaashi remembers thinking, ‘am I evil for enjoying this? Am I a bad person for doing this? Is Hinata a bad person for telling me to do this?’
Those thoughts crossed his mind when he left Hinata’s ex sitting on a park bench near Hinata’s school. The one thing that interrupted them was his own voice ringing through his ears.
“No, you’re not evil. You’re just heartbroken.”
Akaashi sighed and looked up at the sky. He was feeling peaceful. He was feeling peaceful, knowing that he helped someone feel better.
But most of all, he was at peace knowing that someone who hurt another person emotionally was now just as hurt.