Just a quick note, I've changed the age and year of Yui to be 16 and a second year instead of 15 and a first year. I thought that taking care of a child and such would be quite a lot for a 15 year old. Yui's classmates are now Ennoshita and Narita.
'Fuck my life.'
Just as Yui arrived at school and was about to go to the office, she was spotted by the hyper boy himself and was dragged by her wrist to the gym. "Hinata, please! I can walk by myself!"
"I know that you're gonna run away as soon as I let go, so there's no point in trying to convince me!" As much as she didn't want to admit it, even though he was quite the numbskull when it came to studying, Hinata was keen when it came to reading people.
Arriving at the gym, he slammed the door open with a bright smile, attracting the attention of all the members inside. "Yosh! Let's get started, shall we?" Hinata yelled, and Kageyama bonked him on the head.
"Idiot! We already started a long time ago!"
While the duo had their usual argument, the others stared at Yui, making her very uncomfortable with all of the eyes and the awkwardness.
"Let's get started, shall we? We have no time to be playing around."
Though they were a bit shocked by her stern voice, they obliged. Yui didn't speak a word throughout practice, except for the occasional tips and scolding.
"Do you think Yui's okay?" Hinata whispered to Sugawara, and he just sighed.
"She's built her barriers again." he mumbled, and Hinata stared at him, confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Just get back to practice, it's nothing." Once practice was over, she left, holding her laptop in her arms.
When she went to class, she acted as if nothing happened to her classmates, and Ennoshita and Narita were confused.
During breaks in between classes, she would stare at a red flip phone, scrolling through something.
"What's that?"
She flinched and looked up to see the two boys at her desk. "I-It's nothing." she stuttered, quickly flipping the phone shut. "It's just some old photos." she mumbled.
"Well, if anything's wrong, tell us, alright?" Ennoshita said, and she nodded, giving him a faint smile.
"Of course."
"Everyone, back to your seats!" the teacher yelled out, and they gave her a smile back before going to their spots.
The bell rang, signifying the end of school. Yui was hurrying along, shoving everything she needed into her bag. "Ennoshita-san! Could you please tell Daichi-senpai that I'll be away for today's afternoon practice? I have something important to do, but I'll be able to come back in about an hour." she asked, and he nodded.
"Of course!"
Thanking him, Yui ran back to her house, where she texted Kise to stay at her house instead of meeting her at Karasuno, and the same went for Azusa, as she told her that she would meet her at the hospital.
Unlocking the door, she dropped her backpack on the floor and snagged her phone, wallet, and laptop bag, which shocked Kise. "Pass me Kakeru. I need to get to the hospital, ASAP." she said, holding her hands out, and he passed the toddler to her.
"The hospital? Do you want me to drive you?" he asked, and her eyes narrowed.
"Are you even legal?" she asked back, and he scoffed.
"Of course. I'm 19 now, of course I'm legal to drive." he answered, and Yui sighed.
"Just don't kill us."
"I won't."
Kise grabbed his car keys and the two exited out of the house and entered his car, which was a black Honda Civic. Because there was no seat for Kakeru, Yui just had to trust in Kise's driving skills, and buckle Kakeru with her.
They were quickly on their way, and in just a few moments, they arrived at the hospital. Thanking Kise, they parked in the parking lot and entered the hospital.
"Excuse me, would you please tell me where Suwa Hiroto and Takamiya Naho are?" she asked, and the receptionist looked up from her monitor.
"Of course. They're in room 204, upstairs."
"Thank you."
With Kakeru in one hand, she tugged Kise along with the other as they traversed through the hospital, arriving at the designated room. Knocking on the door, she slid it open to reveal everyone in the gang.
"Yui! You're here!" Takako exclaimed, and she nodded.
"I'll wait outside, alright?" Kise whispered, and he let her go ahead.
"I just came from school." she said, and took a look at the currently sleeping Suwa. "Damn. He looks really banged up." she mumbled, and they nodded.
"We were lucky that it wasn't any worse. Right, Hagita?" Azusa said, and the man known as Hagita Saku nodded. He was wearing a long white coat, and his tag clipped on had shown that he specialized with kids.
"Un. He seems to be pulling through quite well, so in a month or so, he should almost be fully healed if he takes rehab as well." he explained, and Yui sighed.
Walking over to Naho, she tapped on her shoulder, as it seemed like she was in a daze. "Naho? If you can, because of your wrist, you can hold Kakeru." she suggested, and Naho merely nodded.
Carefully placing the toddler on her lap, she walked over to where the others were and started to talk a bit. They caught up with each other, and of course, asked a few questions.
"Hey, did the guy who brought you here your boyfriend? Azusa asked slyly, and Yui swiftly flicked her on the forehead.
"As if. We're just friends, and he helped babysit Kakeru while I was at school today." she explained, checking her phone for the time. "I've gotta go. Got volleyball practice." she said.
"You play again?" Takako asked, but Yui shook her head.
"I'm their scouting agent. Remember, I can't play."
"Right..."
Saying her goodbyes, she exited the room, where she met up with Kise. "So, to Karasuno?" he asked, and she nodded.
Getting out of the hospital, they drove back to Karasuno, where Yui thanked Kise before going to the gym.
"How's everything going?"
Everyone looked over to see her at the door, and she saw a few other people that she didn't recognize.
"Shimada-san? Ukai-san? What are you guys doing here?" she asked, and they grinned.
"Having a small practice with our neighbourhood team. Care to join, Yui?" Shimada asked, she shook her head.
"No can do. I... I can't play." she mumbled, and he walked over hitting her on the back.
"What do you mean? Surely you can do some, just for a short time? Please? You can switch with Uchizawa." he pleaded, and she sighed.
"Alright alright. Just for a bit, alright?" Setting her things where the benches were, she grabbed some gym clothes and changed in the storage before slipping on a pinnie and her knee and arm braces.
"What's your position?" she asked Ushizawa.
"Wing spiker."
"Alright."
It was now Kageyama, Hinata, Daichi, Tanaka, Tsukishima, and Ennoshita versus Asahi, Shimada, Mori, Yui, Takinoue, Nishinoya, and Sugawara.
Walking to her position, the game resumed. They had kept up a good rally, and Sugawara now had no one free to set to. "Suga-senpai!"
He looked over to see that Yui was clear, so he tossed it to her, resulting in a perfect quick. "Nice one, Yui!" he said, putting his hand out.
"T-Thanks. That was a great toss." she mumbled, embarrassed as she completed his high five.
With that, their team perked up and started to work even harder with their jobs. Asahi was already back into shape, so Yui didn't have to do much.
Except when it came to Hinata and Kageyama's quicks.
They were too fast, and no one was able to read them in time. Yui had mainly been in the front line, so when she was finally in back, she sighed.
'It's time to see if I still have my skills in the bag.'
Everything went in slow motion.
Hinata moving behind Kageyama.
Him setting just as Hinata jumped.
And it was aimed right at the corner.
'...Now!'
With a few quick strides, Yui set herself up and braced for the impact.
'Shit, that hurt.'
The ball flew high into the air, and she yelled. "Sorry, it's short!" she said, running to the net.
"Got it!" Mori received it, sending it closer to the net, but not where Yui was.
"God fucking damn it." she mumbled, and pushing off with her right leg, she moved herself in a horizontal fashion, hitting the ball with her hand.
Everyone was caught off guard with the fact that she had managed to receive the duo's set, while Yui was concerned about the fact that she had miscalculated her jump.
She fell to the ground, landing on her shoulder and back. "Ow..." Slowly sitting up, she massaged her muscles, sighing.
"I think this is my limit. Ushizawa-san, you can come back in now." she called out, standing up to walk to her belongings.
"Wow! Yui-senpai, how did you go that?" Hinata asked, and she just smiled.
"You're too readable." she simply responded, and they stared at her blankly.
"...Too readable? But no one was able to read it!" Ukai exclaimed, and she turned to him.
"The way they play is very readable, Ukai-san. The fact that Hinata trust Kageyama so much and can just jump wherever can easily be read if you observe carefully." she explained before turning back to the duo.
"You'd better work hard, alright?" Walking away, they stared at her with respect before nodding.
"She's back to normal, huh? Quite the mood swings she has."
"What are you talking about to yourself, Suga-san?" Nishinoya asked, and he just gave him his infamous smile.
"It's nothing." His smile turned into a devilish smirk as he turned away.
"Nothing at all."
Yui felt a shiver go up her spine. 'Why do I have the feeling that someone's talking about me?' she thought before promptly sneezing. 'Yup. I was right.' Sighing, she resumed her scouting agent duties. It was interesting to see Nishinoya truly in action, and Asahi regaining his confidence to show his full potential.
It also gave her the chance to add onto her notes.
She could see how good Asahi was, even though he hadn't practiced in a month. His side easily won the first set over with his power.
'That reminds me... I think this is the first time I've seen Sugawara in full action. He has lots of potential, and I'm guessing he only started to set in his second year. Having your position taken right after you've truly earned it must be a painful feeling.'
In the end, Asahi and Sugawara's team had won the first set. Drenched in sweat, the team had a quick break, as they were stretched for time, and quickly started the second set.
Hinata seemed to be in a daze as he was in the back line, and Yui sighed. 'Off he goes again to dreamland. He's gonna get hit in the face if he doesn't do anything.' she thought, resting her chin on her hand.
"Hinata!"
She quickly looked up to see that the sunshiny boy was knocked over by Asahi's killer spike. "Speak of the devil..." she mumbled, and set her laptop down, walking over.
"Hinata, are you okay?" she asked, and he nodded.
"H-Hai!" he yelled, his eyes wide. Standing up, Yui felt a disturbing presence, behind her, and not wanting to look back, quickly used the nearby Sugawara to hide.
"An ace is so cool, but my best weapon of being a decoy sounds so lame." Kageyama started, and Yui peeked out to see that the presence had disappeared.
"If I had the power and height like Azumane-san, then I could become an ace." he finished, and Hinata clenched his fists.
"What are you talking about! I'm not thinking that!" he yelled.
"Just admit it. You're jealous of Azumane-san." The orange-haired boy didn't talk back, as he had nothing to say. Kageyama was indeed correct. "This isn't the time to be jealous during a match, especially if you're against said ace himself." he scolded.
"You wouldn't understand." Hinata grumbled. "Someone as tall as you wouldn't understand whatsoever!" he yelled, biting his lip as Kageyama just frowned.
"Hora, just stop arguing already. During all this, Takeda-sensei just extended our time, so be grateful." Yui interjected, and the two boys looked away in shame. "Hinata, stay calm. Being envious is normal, so don't worry." she said, before looking at Kageyama.
"Blueberry, calm the fuck down. Think of away to help Mr. Sunshine, here, alright? Something that can show him that being a decoy isn't all that bad."
The two paused for a moment before yelling in shock.
"B-Blueberry?!"
"Mr. Sunshine?!" they yelled, and the others burst out laughing.
"Shush, just get back to your game." she said while waving them off, and went back to her seat. Overall, it was a pretty close game, but the Neighborhood Association won by a good 7 points.
As the others did their cool down stretches, Yui approached, making sure that they did them properly and didn't harm themselves.
"Hinata, don't overdo it. You'll pull a muscle."
"Hai!"
"The same to all of you! I bet that not just me, but the rest of you don't want each other to get hurt. Whether you like it or not, just do it alright? And yes, I'm talking to you, Tsukishima, don't get salty on me."
Said boy scowled at everyone as they chuckled at her antics, and she continued her rounds.
Seeing as Sugawara was... let's say struggling a bit on his flexibility as he tried to touch his chest to the ground while doing splits, Yui walked over and sat down behind him, leaning back to back as she pushed him forward.
"Hmm, you're a nice backrest, Sugawara-san." she lightly commented as he winced slightly, and she lighted the load, just so that he wouldn't over stretch.
"You're welcome?" he said through clamped teeth, and she stopped.
"Okay okay." Standing up, she packed her things as everyone did the same and pulled on their jackets and shoes.
"Don't forget, our golden week training starts soon!" Daichi reminded, and everyone answered with a loud, "Osu!" With that, they all left the gym.
Golden Week training finally came around, and they all worked hard. The team, with the help of their new coach, Ukai-san, mainly practiced receives. As for Yui, she worked on obtaining information about Nekoma for their upcoming match.
"So, are you familiar with Nekoma?" Daichi asked, and she nodded.
"Used to be friends with one of their members, but sorta lost touch after a while. We still chat every so often, but not much anymore. I have a few old videos that he used to send to me, so I'm looking them over and seeing any possibilities that the could have taken." she explained, and he nodded.
"Right! About the training camp, Yui-chan, are you going to be staying at the facility that we're using?" Sugawara asked, walking to sand beside Daichi as he had a towel around his neck.
"Most likely. My house is pretty far away from the school to begin with, so it'll be easier."
"Alright. Us third years will make sure that the rowdy ones won't bother you." he said with a smile, and she smiled back, bowing in her seat.
"I'd appreciate that."
"Tanaka, Nishinoya! Calm down, or else you'll spill all your food!"
Once again, it was up to Yui to be the mother as she made sure that there wasn't any mishaps during their meals.
They had practiced in the gym before heading to the facilities to settle down and have dinner before heading to bed for the next day. Both girls, Kiyoko and Yui, as well as Takeda-sensei and Ukai-san made curry and salad, a simple meal, for the team, and they all seemed to enjoy it.
After they finished, the two girls were also on clean up duty, but Yui let Kiyoko go early, and she finished up just as Yamaguchi entered the kitchen. "Yui-san, the bath is free for you to use." he said, and she smiled to him.
"Alright. Thank you for telling me, Yamaguchi."
Wiping her hands on a towel, she let the dishes dry and left the kitchen, going to the large closet that had all of their stuff. Grabbing the things she needed, she headed to the bath and soaked up the warm water.
'Let's see... Tomorrow we're mainly doing legs, just running and such, and we also have our normal practice. Yamaguchi, Tsukishima, and Hinata need to work on their receives a lot more, Kageyama might want to do serves, Nishinoya would probably go straight for receives as well... Maybe he'd want to try libero setting? Nah, probably not, but maybe in the future. As for the third years... Daichi and Asahi are wing spikers, if I can remember, so they would probably work on spikes, maybe blocks. Speaking of which, Tsukishima would have to work on those as well, he is our tallest player. As for Sugawara, even though he isn't a main anymore, he could work on working with others. Just to get used to everyone's needs if the time arises for him to be set out.'
"Yui-san, it's almost lights out." she could hear a voice call from the door, and she yelled back.
"Alright! I'm just finishing up!"
Stepping out of the bath, she walked over to her towel, dried herself off, and changed into her pajamas before pulling a light sweater on top.
Brushing her teeth as well, she put a bit of moisturizer on her face before collecting her things and exiting the bath. Putting her stuff back, she walked to the sleeping area with her laptop and opened the door to hear a girly screech.
"What the heck?" she said, and looking around, she could see Hinata clinging onto Tanaka, who was also cowering in fear. "What's going on now?" she asked slyly, setting her laptop on a nearby bed.
"Sp-Spider!" Hinata whimpered, and Yui sighed.
"Where?" she asked, and both boys pointed to the nearby corner. Walking over, she saw that it was very much harmless, so she let it crawl on her finger.
"Look, there's nothing to worry about. It's just a small one. Why don't you take a closer look?" she jokingly said, walking back to them, and they screamed, retreating. "Kidding, kidding! You guys are such scaredy cats."
Going to the nearby window, she cracked it open and let the spider crawl out before closing it back.
"See? All done. You two should head to bed now, it's basically light out now." she said, seeing as everyone was trickling in and getting into their beds.
"Hai..." they mumbled, and crawled in. Yui picked up her laptop, and went to her designated place, which was in the corner close to the door. Luckily, it was next to Yamaguchi and Tsukishima, the two quiet ones, so she had nothing to worry about.
Takeda turned off the lights in their room after everyone had settled in at 9 pm and retreated to his own room, and it took awhile for the club to fall asleep. Yui was left awake to dwell in the silent, but slightly suffocating darkness.
After a while, she checked her phone to see that about one hour had passed, so she got out of bed, picked up her laptop and phone, as well as her headphones in the bag room, before walking out to the cafeteria.
It was quite chilly inside, but it was good enough for her, as she dragged a blanket with her.
Settling down, she played some music as she worked on some school work and watched a few videos from Nekoma.
*buzz buzz*
Looking down at her phone, she saw a text from someone she hadn't seen in a long time.
Here. Have this video from our latest practice match. I know we haven't talked much, but I want to get back in touch with you. See if you can recognize me!
- krtleader
"Who is this?" she muttered to herself, before remembering the name and who it was. "Oh. It's you." Downloading the file, she watched it, looking at the names on the jerseys to see if she could spot the familiar character.
"There you are. Man, you seem like a ladykiller now. Lemme guess, no one likes you? Maybe you're gay? Who knows."
Continuing, she used the new information from the video to confirm her suspicions or add some more. Getting a bit thirsty, she walked out to where the vending machine was, and grabbed something to drink.
She continued to work through the night until it was midnight, and her eyelids started to droop. 'No... Not yet...' she thought, trying to stay awake, but in the end, she rested her head on the table and fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, Sugawara woke up, and went to the kitchen to get some water. He almost fell over when he saw the ghost like figure sitting at the table, before realizing that it was just Yui.
After grabbing his water, he went over to her, and lightly shook her. "Hey, Yui-san? You should get to bed." he softly said, but there was no answer. Sighing, he put her laptop to sleep, paused her music, and removed her headphones before picking her up.
Moving her to her bed, he tucked her in before grabbing her items and placing them next to her. Then he as well went back to sleep.
Their practice match was coming up, and he didn't want to slack off.
omg sorry for not updating guys I was super busy with school and still am TvT
too many projects and crap and idk why the teachers like to give us so much stuff
lol luckily break is coming up soon so I can have more time procrastinating and writing more chapters
now if you'll excuse me i gotta do some projects now T^T
