As soon as the last bell had rung you stood up from your seat, turned around to Kenma who gave you a questioning glance in return, and then proceeded to slump your entire body onto his desk.
"Kenma" you whined
"…" nothing
"Keeeeeeeenmaaaaaa" you repeated a bit louder.
"What is it (y/n)-san?" the setter mumbled, seeming pretty disinterested with your dramatic antics and whatever you had to say.
"Can you carry me to practice? I think the last lesson drained me of all of my energy!"
"no" he said simply
"rude" you said with a straight face
silence…
"Oi, you two, it's time for practice" You heard a call from the doorway.
Turning your face to look at Kuroo you decided to try your luck again
"Kuroo, since you basically left me to be possibly mauled by Yaku earlier, I think you should carry me to practice"
"How about you use those two perfectly working legs to haul your ass to practice yourself?" He questioned with a grin
"But I'm super tiiiiiiiired, and I need all the energy I have left to help you guys out" you defended
"The answer is still no Kitten"
"not even if I give you the rest of my snacks?" hoping that you would soon have him carrying you to practice, you simply waited for him to give in, if you played your cards right you knew he would sooner or later. It was just a matter of time, and technique.
"Trying to bribe me again I see" he chuckled
"Uhmmm….yeah?" there was really no point in lying to him after all.
"It's tempting but no" he drawled with a sly expression
you were tempted to just deal with it and go to practice by yourself until you came up with a brilliant plan. In your own opinion that is
"I'll make you lunch for 2 days" you offered
"Make it 4 and we have a deal" the captain countered
you were about to refuse but then decided that you would actually rather make this dork lords' lunch than walk to practice at the moment, you could regret your decisions later, for now you would just enjoy the pros of the agreement.
"You drive a hard bargain captain but I agree to your terms" you replied.
Kenma had already packed his stuff and was ready to head to practice, really not caring about you and Kuroos' conversation, yet he still waited for the two of you to get your acts together.
"You wouldn't want me any other way" he simply said before walking over and pulling you to your feet.
As soon as you were standing steadily, he turned around and crouched down so that you could jump onto his back, which you of course did.
"As weird as this is going to sound I think I could get used to people lugging me around" you said with a yawn.
"I almost forgot how lazy you could be" Kuroo mused, with earned him a small slap to the shoulder.
"I'm not lazy, I'm simply preserving my energy for stuff that I actually find important"
"such as?"
"Volleyball, what else you big dork?" you snickered
- small time skip -
you jumped off of Kuroos back before he could enter the gym and signaled for the two boys to enter without you.
Leaving you behind with a shrug of their shoulders, you took a deep breath and exhaled softly.
Okay, this was your time to shine, your ticket to Broadway finally you were going to get back into the role as the manager of the team, and what better way to greet your fellow teammates than with a dazzling entrance?
Waiting for a few seconds, you cleared your throat and prepared yourself, already feeling your brain buzz with more energy and excitement than you had had all day.
Sliding the door to the side with all your might you entered the gym with a grin brighter than the sun itself.
"CHILDREN I'M HOME~!" You called.
Silence…
wow, what a fucking amazing reaction to your return, they could at least pretend to be excited for your return or somethi-
"Ooofff" Aaand there goes the air you were trying to breathe.
You guessed that you technically deserved that one though.
Your face was getting smooshed into someone's chest while the air had long since been squeezed out of your lungs, and you already had a general idea of who the perpetrator was
"I take it that you actually missed my company eh?…Inuoka?" You wheezed out, looking up at the first year.
"Of course (y/n)-san!" He smiled down at you.
Damn that smile of his was definitely still brighter than your future. Kidding kidding
"Oi Inuoka, we just got our manager back, so maybe you should refrain from killing them, yeah?" you heard Kuroo call to the energetic middle blocker.
He nodded frantically and released you from his grip after a couple of seconds, walking with you towards the coaches.
"It's good to have you back (y/l/n)" Nekomata chuckled.
"Ah~ It's good to be back old man" you replied with a satisfied grin.
"Still have the manners of a little brat I see?"
"You know it coach!" you cheered, taking a mock bow towards the old geezer.
This earned you another chuckle and a gentle ruffling of your hair.
Suddenly you were gripped in a headlock from behind and mercilessly dragged into someone's chest, while having your hair almost ripped out from the aggressive noogie you were receiving.
"Aw shit, stop it damn it! It fucking hurts!" you whined.
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT SWEARING?" you heard the commanding voice of Yaku from somewhere in the gym.
"Well if this bara shit stick would just release me, I could try to watch my potty mouth in front of the kids!" you yelled back.
"You should really learn to respect your elders (y/l/n)" chastised the deep voice of the bastard that was still man-handling you, aka Naoi, the other coach of the team.
"Couldn't you just say you missed me like all the other guys instead of trying to send me back to the hospital you old fart?!" you asked with a smug grin, even in the uncomfortable position you were in, you couldn't help but be a little shit towards him.
"I'M NOT THAT OLD!" he roared, you really knew just what to say to get him all riled up.
He released you from his hold and bonked you on the head gently.
"Ouch, I missed you too you egg!" you said rubbing your neck a bit from the tight grip he had had on you.
Looking around for the people you hadn't greeted yet you spotted Nekomas Vice-captain and headed in a straight line towards him.
"Yo Senpai, aren't you going to say how much you missed me or something?" you asked Kai
you heard a sly "How come you don't call me senpai, kitten?" from Kuroo, but decided to just wave him off and ignore his stupidity for a while.
"We missed you (Y/l/n)" Came the reply from the gentle upperclassman while his hand rested on your shoulder
you turned to Kuroo and exclaimed with a ridiculously wide smirk
"See? This is why I don't call you senpai, Kuroo! Senpais are cool and gentle, just like our dearest vice-captain here!" to enhance your point you swung your arm, to the best of your abilities at least around Kai's shoulder.
Kai just shook his head, and proceeded to remove your arm, so that he could get ready for practice.
"What about Yaku then? He's your senpai too!" drawled the amused Bedhead.
"No Yaku is cat mom" you said with a blank face.
This sent several team members into fits of snorts and chuckles.
Seconds later you heard a yelp of pain, and found Lev lying on the floor with his butt in the air, you quickly put two and two together when you saw an equally embarrassed and aggravated Yaku standing a few feet away from him.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! There's no need to be so embarrassed by your motherly tendencies, Yaku!" you exclaimed, crossing your arms and shaking your head in a scolding manner.
He sent you a cold glare that had you shut up in an instant.
Okay, okay, note to self, try not to annoy Yaku any further today, got it? Good!
Quickly turning your head to find some kind of distraction you spotted a blonde Mohawk in no time flat.
"Yo, Yamamoto!" you casually raised your hand for a fist bump which was returned with excitement
"Finally you're back, it took you long enough"
"Tch, it's not like I asked to be away from you guys for so long, you know?" you replied and gave the intimidating wing spiker a hug.
"Yeah, yeah, I know"
"I need to say hi to the rest of the guys, before practice starts, so we can discuss the fact that you should really allow me to be your wingman, at some other point" you offhandedly commented with a smug expression, before leaving him to his own business while you tried to seek out the rest of the team
"OI, I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" he bellowed at you.
"Sure, sure, whatever you say you big nerd!" you snickered to yourself, gee these guys sure are fun to annoy, eh?
You walked over Lev's body that was still lying on the ground twitching every now and then. Wow Yaku must've really kicked him hard this time you thought to yourself, not stopping to pick the titan child up, he would eventually do that by himself after all, no need to strain yourself on your first day back.
You were heading for the ever so silent Fukunaga, he wasn't much of a talker, but he sure knew some amazing jokes once you got to know him, not that you would admit it but this guy might just be funnier than you. Not that big of an achievement to be honest
"I missed you Fuku, you're the only one out of these dorks who can compete with my comical genius!"
He simply sweat dropped and nodded in response, there was really no use in telling you how bad your humor was in his opinion, though you could come up with the occasional jokes that were so bad that they were actually pretty good.
You were more of a sassy-accidentally-funny person truth be told.
Turning around almost done with greeting the team you faced the poor first year that you had left for last, he was just too adorable for his own good, and you always have had a habit of saving the best for last.
Standing with a height of 5'3 you simply couldn't help yourself from gushing about the adorableness of the short first year.
"SHIIIIIIIBAAA~!" you flung yourself at the unsuspected boy and rubbed your cheeks against his own.
"I missed the sweetest little cat baby of them all~!" you hummed
"U-uhmm, (y/n)-senpai? Could you stop doing that? It's kind of embarrassing!" Shibayama said in a small voice
"anything for the cutest kohai of them all~!" you said beaming down at him with your eyes closed.
You opened your eyes and HOLY SHIT, his face was really burning up at this point; you guess he still isn't accustomed to your teasing ways yet!
"Calm down Shiba, we wouldn't want you the pop a blood vessel or something, now would we?" you mused, poking his beyond red cheeks.
"(Y/L/N)" you heard Nekomata yell at you
well your fun had to end at some point and you guessed it was about time to get serious.
"COMING!" you called back, and left your blushing kohai with a small wave.
"You should really give the boy a break" Naoi commented when you had reached the coaches.
"Pffft, you're just jealous because you're neither cute nor adorable~" you said cheekily.
Before he could retort, Nekomata signaled the both of you to calm down and listen to what he had to say.
"It's good to have you back (y/l/n) and as much as Naoi deserves your teasing here and there, we need to start off practice so I'll need you to be serious" he said calmly
a lightbulb went off in your brain.
"sooo…" you extended the word for a while
"you need me to do the usual?" you asked with a wicked grin
"exactly" the old geezer chuckled
you nodded at him and inhaled as much oxygen as you could before releasing it in a roar of a yell
"OI, YOU LOVEABLE LITTLE SHITS, COACH SAYS IT'S TIME FOR PRACTICE SO LINE YOUR ASSES UP AND LISTEN TO THE OLD MAN!"
ah~ you simply loved starting off practice like that
you were going to continue your inner monolog until you felt a sharp pain in your head, that made you crouch down in pain.
"Ouch, what the he-"
and another one
you looked up at the face of the team mom, and with just a look at his glare you came to the realization that he wanted you to stop swearing in front of the kohai's
"oh shi-"
yet another hit
"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-dge, that hurts like a mother trucker Yaku" you grumbled
"Watch your language (y/n)" the libero said with an obviously fake cheery smile.
You heard Kuroo snickering and sent him an unamused glare, which only made him smirk even wider.
"Ahem" Nekomata cleared his throat and made every team member huddle together so that he could say whatever it was he wanted to say you can't read minds you know?
"Just because we have our manager back doesn't mean you can slack off, you've come far these last couple of weeks but I know you have more potential and can get stronger than this…" Nekomata continued his motivational speech which you slowly tuned out, since it was basically the same old thing he always said.
With a grin you looked around at the faces of your precious teammates.
You were finally back where you wanted to be.
Together with your loud, crazy, yet loving family of cats.