A/N: This is my first Haikyuu fanfic. Eventual KeiXOC. It's actually dedicated to a friend. She had recently developed odd fascination to the sarcastic blond volleyball athlete.
Okay, so let's get going~
Disclaimer: I don't own Haikyuu.
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Tsukishima Kei sighed at the sight of his teammates. He was dragged in the gym not in his own accord. He could only imagine how in the early morning his teammates this hyper and energetic.
It was a pleasant morning to start another day. The members of the volleyball team of Karasuno high were all present in the gymnasium six o'clock in the morning, practicing to prepare in the upcoming preliminaries of the inter-high tournament.
Inside the gym, beside the net, the dorky black-haired setter was shouting "IDIOT, IDIOT!" at the short orange-haired middle blocker who was busy admiring at the flexible and wild libero who was also practicing his new move "Rolling thunder again-prototype" he would use in the preliminaries while the team captain was reprimanding the said black haired setter on how his vocabulary was being limited. On the other side, the cool and calm third year setter was trying to sooth the mood in the gym by his oh-so sunshine smile as another volleyball team member with green hair was giggling at the corner with no apparent reason.
From the right side of the gym, the bald wing spiker was sneaking a compliment from time to time to the beautiful manager standing near to the bench assessing the team, while the new first year blond manager was hysterically prostrating in front of the shocked coach, saying random apologies how idiot she was, being late in the practice for five minutes, while on the other hand the dogeza-specialist volleyball team adviser kept on insisting that it's okay and besides, the act of prostration was solely his role and so there's no need for her to apologize. And at the corner, the ace of the team was breathing rather heavily as he imagined the fear of the upcoming preliminaries.
Tsukishima Kei just sighed again at his team's morally shocking antics. Normally, if he was in his sarcastic and cocky mood, he would join them and throw random sarcastic insult to the King of Court or by telling his green haired friend to shut up or even mock the orange-hair middle blocker by being so tiny that he didn't recognize him. But now, he was not in the mood, he hadn't enough sleep the previous night. He shook his head, he just couldn't imagine himself being as hyper as them.
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Footsteps resounded along the halls of the school buildings of Karasuno High. The morning greetings were exchanged. Several murmurs and chitchat among the students were always spoken as per usual.
In the midst of the crowdy entrance of the school building, a girl with a black hair that passed just beyond her shoulder blades was in sight changing into her indoor shoes until a cheery voice called out to her.
"Karen, good morning!" a girl with a sunshine aura smiled at her friend.
"Good morning to you too Miki," replied by the said girl to her cheery companion as the two best friends began their morning chit chat along the way to their respected classroom.
So first, let's introduce our presumed heroine. Her name is Hisagi Karen, a freshman from class 1-4. She's rather plain but I can assure you that she's smart and has somehow redeeming assets. She's not that sociable but she had some friends but she didn't prefer to hang out with them all the time. But she's definitely not an introvert or a loner. She just loves serenity. She had known to have this cool and composed personality, in fact she befriended almost her classmates. So in other words she's just an average high school girl. Just want to sugar-coat her description to make her more presentable than needed to be.
But then again, her teachers liked her attitude, she always made an impression of an obedient and polite student, she could blend in the entire class perfectly, participating in school activities and she was always been chosen by her teachers if they want something to be done. So in short, she was an epitome of a perfect classmate and a student in the eyes of her teachers and her classmates.
Her friend Miki was from class 1-3, so she already bid goodbye to her friend as she entered also to her own classroom 1-4. Opening the door, there she cringed as she saw across the room from the rear seat at the class was the sarcastic blond in the name of Tsukishima Kei. Not to mention, she also sat beside the said jerk. So if you are wondering why she had these unpleasant feeling at the sight of the tall blond, well let's go back from the happenings after school yesterday.
As Hisagi Karen walked to her home, she passed on a park. She suddenly had this urge to stroll around in it, she remembered this park was the place her mother would always take her when she was little. At the thought of the refreshing and gentle smile that tugged on her mother's face as she watched her daughter played and ran across the park made her happy. Karen smiled.
Those memories were always the reason why she had always went to this park before settling home.
Then a white fluffy dog barked in front of her cutting off her thoughts.
She crouched down extending her palm to the dog. "Puppy-chan, come here" she sweetly addressed the dog.
Instead of complying and act as a cute and submissive puppy should be, the said puppy harshly bit her finger causing the poor girl to shriek loudly.
To her hysterics, as she stood up she tripped herself and stumbled, face flat on the ground.
"Ouch.." she mumbled "that sadistic of a dog…" cursing the dog at her poorly bitten fingers
Hisagi Karen was the type of girl who always kept her cool in front people, she have been preserving that composed and cool-type image. But now, "I hope no one saw me in that embarrassing display" she repeated like a mantra. She inwardly prayed to God hoping that no one was around at the park. But to her horror, a shadow loomed over in front of her as she tried to raise herself a little.
"Oh my god, someone saw me, I hope it's a complete stranger!" embarrassed, she chose to just remained facing down while still lying on the ground. But hey, why was this person didn't even say anything, everybody were aware that it's a common courtesy if people who saw someone tripped would offer help or even just ask if she was okay or whatsoever. But the shadow in front of her just remained no sign of moving or talking either. So with that she raised herself completely standing and faced the said person standing in front of her.
Oh my god! The ever so composed girl was ridiculously embarrassed at her state. How could she let this shameful thing happen to her in front her seatmate at school.
"Nice fall" Tsukishima Kei said sarcastically and chuckled raising the tip of his fingers to his lips.
Tsukishima Kei was known to their class as sarcastic, bad-mouthed, cocky jerk and some of his classmate just couldn't stand his attitude, though he was silent most of the time, but once he open his mouth, random insults and provocative words would always come out to it. So in that, from time to time when they have activities in school done by pairs, the teachers would always choose to pair her to Tsukishima Kei. Because apparently the teachers thought that she was patient and obedient enough that she could handle any of her classmate even this sarcastic and cocky jerk.
Hisagi Karen's face was flushed in embarrassment, normally she wouldn't mind the insults he was spouting at her when they were in school. She didn't want to be affected by some petty remarks of his. But now all she could think was how good it would feel when she castrated this blond jerk in front of her.
It took her a lot of mental restraints not to do what she was thinking. Instead she managed to curve her lips into a forced smile.
"Oh, it's you Tsukishima-kun, what are you doing in this park?" she said as if she didn't just embarrass herself in front of him.
"Hmm.." there was a pause "I didn't know that you wanted to dive that badly, you know there's a nearby swimming pool in this area, I can show you the direction if you want. There, you could practice your acrobatic diving skills" he continued.
That's it, she had enough, she couldn't believe his sardonic attitude. She wanted to strangle this tall jerk. Screw image-preservation crap!
"IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY, WOULD YOU JUST PLEASE SHUT UP!" she bursted, her face was very red from mixed anger and embarrassment.
Tsukishima Kei was taken aback momentarily, this was the very first time he saw his seatmate explode. The girl who had always been his partner in class activities, the girl who was considered as sunshine by their class, who was always gentle and patient, the girl who maintained her calm demeanor even he had thrown many petty insults at her before. Now maybe he had gone too far, she was already embarrassed at her tripping and he just added a fuel to the fire. But at the sight of the composed girl being rejected by the dog and even bit her fingers and causing her to trip herself face flat on the ground was so amusing. He couldn't resist mocking her. Like how he couldn't resist mocking a certain black haired setter and the chibi orange haired middle blocker in their team. But hell no, Tsukishima Kei wouldn't be guilty at his sarcastic remarks, not in a million light years.
A minute had passed after her sudden outburst, both of them didn't talk or move.
They both eyed each other as the sudden gush of wind passed between them causing their hair to sway to the side of their face.
But then to her surprise, Tsukishima Kei move himself, lowering and lowering his face slowly to hers until he's only a few inches from her. She couldn't breathe at his sudden movements. "Oh kami-sama, what's happening!" she inwardly thought. He slowly extended his hand to cup her face. And he leisurely brought his lips to whisper at her ears "You have leaves sticking at your hair, Miss Stripes.." he muttered huskily, his hot breathe tickling her ears.
With that being said, the blond sarcastic jerk left with a satisfied smirk tugging at his handsome face.
After her momentary shock, it hit her "Miss Stripes? what does he mean by that?" oh, for goodness sake "Did he mean my…my.." she couldn't even say the word "panties". She could just die from embarrassment. Not just she was caught bitten by a dog and tripping her face to the ground but also her panties was on sight as she stumbled down poorly, OF ALL PEOPLE IT JUST HAPPENED IN FRONT OF THAT JERK TSUKISHIMA KEI.
To her side, the fluffy dog who bit her was staring at her wagging his tail. She glared at the said dog. "You stupid dog, it's all your fault!"
And so she blamed the (innocent) dog bitterly.
The night after, she didn't have enough sleep thinking of many ways how to move on from her embarrassing display at the park. Poor girl.
The next day,
Tsukishima Kei watched as the girl made her entrance at their classroom. Some of her classmates greeted her while she just returned their greetings rather awkwardly. As she walked towards her seat he could tell that she was avoiding his gaze at all cost as she sat in the seat beside him.
Hisagi Karen felt like she was jumping in the middle of hungry sharks, she could feel his intense and mocking gaze towards her, she never felt this uncomfortable in the class before. How she wish to God that the prick beside her seat wouldn't open his mouth for an insult. But maybe Tsukishima Kei couldn't hold his stupid mouth for a minute, as soon as she was seated, she was greeted by "Good morning, Miss Stripes."
She forced a smile, looking at her left side. Tsukishima Kei was smirking at her. If only murder is not a deadly sin and a crime. Maybe strangling him to death was a nice thought.
-to be continued
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A/N: If you notice errors, feel free to inform me. ^_^
