[Iwaizumi winces as he watches Hinata’s panic set in. Normally, he’d shove the kid right off of him for grabbing him like that, but instead he just stands with his arms at his sides and looks away. There’s a stab of pain in his chest - of course this kid would be panicking. Iwaizumi knows all too well what it’s like to have a chance at Nationals ripped away, but to actually earn a spot and then end up transported to a whole other universe? He swallows down a lump in his throat for the poor kid.]

I wish I knew the answer to that, kid. I don’t. [Hell, he’s not even sure whether or not time is passing at home while the two of them are stuck here, nor if people have realized they’re missing or are looking for them. It’s a painful uncertainty to have.

[It does occur to him that it sounds as though Hinata has come in from a different time - he was already at Nationals when he was brought here? Iwaizumi puts a pin in the thought to ask about later - there’d probably be no point right now.]

Look. [He gently takes Hinata’s hands and tries to pry them off his shirt.] There’s nothing that can be done about it right now, okay? So you have to calm down. Having a meltdown isn’t going to help anything.

[Not that he’s one to talk - he’s had about 100 since coming here, but God, he really doesn’t want to see this kid start crying.]