Karasuno had been invited to another summer practice. This time it was located in the Saitama division and lasts about a month, for maximum training. Other teams, including Fukurodani and Nekoma had been invited, like the other time they did something like this. Little did all three teams know that soon, one of the most unexpected things was about to happen.
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"Hey Hey Hey, Tsukki! Where have you been? We've been waiting for you." Bokuto yelled through the doors of court five. Brushing back his spiked owl hair, and wiping the sweat off his forehead after receiving one of the spikes Kuroo had sent his way.
"I never even talked to you for the whole time we have been here." The tall, blonde blocker said back, continuing to walk past the court and to avoid looking at the human owl.
"Technically, we have only been here for two days, so it hasn't been a whole long time. You've been avoiding us." Kuroo smirks, sneaking up behind Bokuto and leaning up against his shoulder. Bokuto looked in shock at Kuroo but quickly recovered and turned back to Tsukishima and smiled his dumb smile.
"Are you pestering him again Bokuto? You know that he could just leave if you keep annoying him. And you Kuroo. The least you could is be nice to him. He is younger than you." Akaashi had somehow walked up to them without knowing and had started to lecture the two.
Tsukishima had had enough. He came here to get better at volleyball, not to flirt with the other teams members. He had practiced all day and was just ready to sleep. He had started to head over to the dorms, when the two in the gym called out when he had walked a good ten yards away.
"See you tomorrow Tsukki!"
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"Suki Kirai?!" Tsukishima was half awake when the song had started playing into his ears. He reached around his blankets and located the stray device that was playing the music. When he sat up, something had pinched his ear. He flinched and raised his hands up his head, only to realize that he had left his headphones on from last night.
He turned off the song, that his brother had put on his phone to piss him off. For some reason he couldn't sleep and started to listen to music.
'I must have forgot to turn off the music and fell asleep.' He thought.
It was still dark outside and he looked back at the bright screen of his phone. He squinted at the device and looked at the time. He located his glasses and put them on.
It was 4:27 am.
Tsukishima frowned at his phone and got up. "Might as well start getting ready" he whispered before quietly putting on his clothes and exiting the room. He was a very observant person and noticed which floorboards creaked when everyone had first entered. Shutting the door behind him, he put on his headphones and started to walk leisurely past the other team's rooms. He listened to his music intensely and eventually found himself outside in front of court five. He hardly noticed at first, but he was actually walking inside the large gym.
"How did I get here of all places?" He spoke out loud.
The sun was starting to rise now, sending beams of light into the giant room from the windows ever so high up from the ground. It cast a glow on the polished wood of the court floor that seemed to make it glow. This looked so beautiful until he remembered what had actually happened the day before.
Those two idiots were here. Trying to get him to block for them. They irritated him every time they talked after what had happened last training camp. Kuroo and Bokuto had tricked him into practicing with them. Akaashi had been with them and calmed the two down afterward when Tsukishima had realized that they messed with him, and he stormed off.
He was still staring at the rays of sunlight when he decided to just sit down. He looked at the small creaveases at the waxed over wood and traced them one by one with his finger. Tsukishima had gotten distracted by his music and the tracing of the lines, and he never saw Kuroo and Bokuto sneak up behind him.
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"Hey! Hey! Hey! Tsukki! What are you doing here this early in the morning?!" Bokuto ran up to Tsukishima and bear hugs him around the neck.
"Where you lonely without your Senpais around? I knew that our little baby crow couldn't be without his parents." Kuroo had crouched next to the struggling Tsukishima and started prying Bokuto of him.
Getting up and catching his breath, Tsukishima staggered away and turned around to face the two nuisances. "I was not here because I missed you. I was here because I was walking. I somehow ended up here."
The two stopped. They looked at each other. Then back at Tsukishima.
"What?" Tsukishima demanded at the pair.
"The same thing happened with us." Kuroo said almost at a whisper.
The trio looked at each other in silence for what seemed like forever.
"I woke up at some time around four I think. I can't remember, but I couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up and dressed. I walked around because I had nothing better to do. After a few minutes of kinda just wandering around I ran into Akaashi. I asked him what he was doing up and he said he couldn't sleep. He kinda seemed out of it. Then I found Kuroo a few minutes later near the doors to this gym. We both saw you here and walked in. I don't know where Akaashi went though. He kinda just disappeared half way through the walk here." Bokuto said before looking around.
"I woke up at 4:30 something. Everything else is pretty similar to Bokutos story except for seeing Akaashi. We both saw you in here and came to say hi." Kuroo concluded the story, then looked over at the two other volleyball players. "What happened to Akaashi?"
"What do you mean, what happened to Akaashi? I'm right here."
The three slowly turned around saw that the one named Akaashi was indeed standing there. He didn't look happy. The large rays of sunlight behind him looked as if the world was going to burn down.
"A-Akaashi!? We didn't see you a-and…" Bokuto trailed off as his face became more and more pale. The poor guy looked as if he was going to pass out at any second from the shear force of the others expression.
"Why are you up this early? You should be sleeping. You are so annoying. I'm ignoring you until you learn proper habits." Akaashi had turned around after stating the last part and faced away from Bokuto.
The color returned to to his face instantaneously and soon he was over trying to get Akaashi to pay attention to him.
Tsukishima had already snuck his way over to the gym doors when Kuroo realized and grabbed him. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going back to the dorm before I get lectured by Bokuto's mom, mom." He smirked and poked the third year in the chest. Kuroo looked at him surprised but recovered quickly.
The sun had now filled in all the little dark cracks in the building. It would be soon before the morning bell would ring and they would have to eat and warm up for the next day of training. It was as if the rays of light had washed away all the anger and confusion because they all stopped.
Suddenly the sound of a bell rang. It was time to start the day and get down to breakfast. They turned and looked at each other before slowly moving in the direction of the exit. Then the four had started to head toward the dining hall.
"I wish that the four of us could do something together while we are here a this month long training camp. Just the four of us, going through a challenge together." The other three listened as Kuroo said this and sighed as he then opened the doors to the mess hall, where people had started to gather.
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