Boring
Chapter 1

Kobayashi Koharu is a boring person... at least she thinks so. She can never say "no" when someone asks her for a favor. Just like last week, when she was left alone in the room just because the person she was assigned to do cleaning with asked if she can do it by herself.

"Please, Kobayashi-san! I have a date with my boyfriend today and I already said yes. I totally forgot that I was on duty today!" Her classmate asked her, eyes brimming with hope that Koharu would listen to her plea.

"Okay." She answered, face showing almost no expression except for a small smile.

"Oh my gosh thank you so much! I'll make it up to you the next time we're in duty!" Said her classmate as she gathered her things and rushed happily out of the room towards a guy from a different class who, Koharu assumes, is her classmate's boyfriend. It's okay, Koharu said to herself. At least the next time she'll be on duty, she'll have some help. Her classmate promised after all.

The next time she was on duty, she was alone again.

She is boring, especially when going to karaoke with her classmates from middle school. She's invited, the whole class is, but she doesn't really talk that much because she just doesn't know what to say. Socializing is hard for her. When she was asked to sing, she kindly refused because she's too scared and shy to mess up. When someone told her a joke, she didn't get it immediately, making the whole situation awkward. A classmate asked her a question and her answer was a simple "yes" or "no" that would sometimes end the conversation. She wanted to keep the conversation going, but the topics she tried to open were awful so she just decides to stay quiet. Even when the whole class was talking, she tried to join, but it was sometimes tuned out because someone else said something more interesting.

It's not their fault, and it's not hers either, that she knew. She tried to reach out to them, and they did too (they did try to talk to her after all) but it just didn't work. Maybe it was just bad timing, or that she's bad reading the atmosphere that she really couldn't connect to people. Maybe her interests were just different from theirs, maybe she was just awkward, or maybe it's just not meant to be.

She thinks she's boring, that if she was in a video game, she would be NPC1 or NPC2, not the main protagonist. If she was a protagonist of a story though, she would be considered Mary Sue. The classic school outcast with no friends but only misunderstood.

But just because Koharu is boring, doesn't mean she can't have friends. She has two friends, but one had to transfer far away when they were young, the other one stayed with her even now. Miyamura Natsuko is that friend. Her childhood friend that always supported her, no matter how boring and plain she was. Natsuko was the only one who understood her, and she was the only one who stuck with her throughout the years. Koharu was grateful of her friend's existence, and it's only in Natsuko's presence that she can be comfortable. It's only in Natsuko's presence where she can be honest with her feelings, in times of loud excitement and gentle silence. She was grateful that she always has Natsuko to lean on.

But it seems it won't be the same this time on her first year of high school in Karasuno High.

"Seems like we won't be in the same class this year, Koharu. Will you be okay?" Natsuko spoke while walking with Koharu on the way to their school. It was the first day of their high school life, and both of them found out the day before that their classes are different. "Well, I guess we can meet up during breaks."

Hearing no response from her friend, Natsuko glanced towards her friend only to see her taking a picture of the Sakura trees with her phone. To others it might seem rude that when you're talking, you see the other person taking pictures instead, but to Koharu and Natsuko, this is a normal occurrence. Sometimes, Koharu sees things in a different way unlike others, and Natsuko thinks it's one of the reasons why she's not boring. But that doesn't mean she's not annoyed by it sometimes. Sighing, she walked closer to her and poked her gently. "You're taking random pictures again. Are you even listening to me?"

A nod. "I'm nervous." A pause. "But I want to make new friends."

"You're going to be fine, just give it your best shot and be honest with your feelings!" Natsuko smiled and resumed to walk with her.

"But what if they think that I'm boring?"

"You're not boring, Koharu." Her childhood friend rolled her eyes. Her thinking that she is boring is something they usually talk about, whenever they have the chance. "You have your own personality and that itself is not boring. You're just too conscious whenever you talk to other people and it shows on your face. People get uncomfortable when they see that the person they're talking to is uncomfortable too."

"...Okay, I'll try my best." Replied Koharu in a quiet voice. This made her friend smile at her because even though Koharu sounded so unsure, Natsuko knew that her socially conscious friend will indeed try her very best.

"You know... They say even the most boring things become very interesting in the eyes of the right person. Maybe you just haven't found those people yet, Koharu."

"What people?"

"The people who will see you like you're the most interesting person on earth, or the people who will make you comfortable enough to be honest with what you want to say."

Whatever Koharu was about to say was drowned by the sound of the bell ringing from their school.

Days passed by quickly for Koharu. She tried to make friends with her class and somehow, and she was able to make small talk with her classmates. She couldn't say that she was friends with them yet, because they were only casual with each other, but nevertheless, her friend Natsuko was happy for her. Lunch times with Natsuko was always the most fun time of the day and going home together, she was quite content but still felt that something was missing. Maybe, just like Natsuko said to her, she just hadn't met the right person yet. Some part of her wanted it to happen, another part, a part she so badly want to ignore, doesn't believe that there's a person out there who will make her come out of her shell. It's a part that keeps growing and growing as the days pass by. It grows because deep inside Koharu believes that she is a boring person, and she believes that nothing can change that.

That is until on the fourth week of school, where she had to go home alone because Natsuko finally joined a club;

Until she decided to stop by to a convenient store nearby;

Until she found the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen in her life.

To be continued...

Author's Note:

Okay, this is the first Haikyu! Fic that I attempted on doing in this site and I can say that I am very nervous about it. I won't be strictly following the canon because I don't think I can follow it well enough. I'll add slight changes to it too, so it might be considered as slightly AU. I apologize in advance if my writing skills are not good enough, it's been years since I last attempted something like this so I had no practice. I am also tempted not to say who the main pairing is until later on, but meh, who knows I might just change my mind.

Can you guess who the person with the beautiful eyes is though? I never put any clue, but I'm curious about who you think. Thanks for reading!