"Nice kill, Hinata!" Coach Ukai called, the first-year having just finished another freak quick with his partner.

Takeda-sensei piped up, "He's doing better than usual today, huh?" and Ukai agreed. "Yeah. In fact, he's been so much faster that Kageyama couldn't set the ball in time during their first spike. I wonder what's gotten into him?"

From near the benches, Kiyoko called the team. "Okay, everyone. Time for a break!"

The gym was filled with soft, comfortable chatter as the members each made their way to the two managers waiting for them, bottles in hand as they began to distribute the drinks. They were all panting and out of breath, but Hinata and Kageyama were both especially sweaty because of the shrimp's increase in speed.

Hinata was smiling goofily from where he stood, still near the net as he was the last one to come over to the benches. He began walking, then slowly broke into a run and ignored Kageyama's "what are you doing, boke" and launched himself into Yachi's arms.

"Yaaachhiii!" He yelled, hugging her and lifting her up, spun round then set her down and gave her a quick peck on the lips. His smile stretched into an even wider, childish sort of smile as he giddily nuzzled her nose with his own afterwards.

Everyone froze, Hitoka's face beginning to tint red.

"H-Hinata... I-I thought that we weren't going to... not yet..."

Then the gym exploded with yells of surprise, each member suddenly bursting with questions they shouted out. Meanwhile, Tsukki just lifted an eyebrow with his bottle in hand, Yamaguchi lifting his own to drink as his lips curled into a smirk.

"Alright, alright, everyone! Calm down!"

The team's voices died down as Coach Ukai arrived on the scene, Takeda-sensei following behind him. "I'm sure Hinata was just playing around-"

"No I was not!" He pouted, interrupting the coach. Ukai lifted an eyebrow.

"You were not?"

"I was not!" Hinata confirmed. "Because after all, we're dating!" He yelled proudly, causing Hitoka to blush beet red.

The gym exploded with another set of yells.

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So... this is just an idea I have. Actually, this was supposed to be one of the Haikyuu! Fanfics I mentioned I would put up, but as you can see it's really not great. I need to rewrite this chapter, and so for now I'll just leave it like this to test it out. If you guys think I should rewrite it or continue it anyway, leave a review! It really helps. As always, thanks for reading!

- animellow