Sensei's plan
Sitting in her seat during lunch time, Nene's eyes are occupied with a new book in her left hand. 'Introduction to volleyball with methods' is the book's title. Luckily she finishes eating her lunch before taking little notes. She turns to the next page.
'I see…that's how you do it.' She thought. Her right hand held her lucky mechanical pencil as she writes a few notes and ideas in her red notebook. Next to Nene's desk at her left is Mai, she stares at Nene with a smile on her face.
"You're serious with it, Nanami-san." Mai points it out. Nene pauses with her notes and looks at Mai with pink cheeks.
"I-I want to help out more since they worked so hard including the coach." Nene explains, "I feel useless when I know nothing about volleyball since I become their manager."
Mai pause then pats on top of Nene's head. Nene gave a short whine when Mai ruffles her hair.
"Don't worry Nanami-san! They should be thankful for a manager like you." Mai said with a smile. Nene becomes flustered as the bell rings for the end of lunch.
After school, Nene reports to the teacher's lounge to greet Nekomata sensei. She remains silent when Nekomata is occupied with a phone call. With her bag held to her left side, Nene holds on to her red notebook.
"Very well, thank you for calling us. Have a great day." Nekomata said over the phone before hanging up. He took out a small notepad and writes down something in pen. Nene spoke up, "Who was that sensei?"
"A determined teacher from Karasuno. He keeps calling me for a practice match against us." Nekomata answers. Nene blinks a couple of times, "Karasuno? Did you accept it though?" Nekomata gave cat like grin to her, "We are going to go to another school for training."
"Huh? When?" Nene asks, caught off guard with the news.
"Our training camp starts on May 2. The practice match against Karasuno will be on May 6." Nekomata answers. Nene took out her black cell phone from her bag to type down the dates on her calendar. They walk out of the teacher's lounge as Nekomata gave her the needed information.
"I need to talk to my parents first for permission, sensei." Nene explains. Nekomata nods, "Write down their phone number for me if they need contact or information."
"Yes, sir!" Nene smiles.
Nene stands beside Naoi sensei at his left; she faces the Nekoma volleyball team. She could see Kuroo smiling widely from Nekomata's news. Kenma only stares at his coach while the others have mixed reactions. Nene blinks at Yamamoto's reaction by yelling on top of his lungs.
"Yosh! We are against Karasuno!" Yamamoto shouts out. Her ears ring, 'He is loud…' She thought. Yaku slaps the back of Yamamoto's head, "You're too loud, idiot."
Yamamoto was about to shout at Yaku but Nekomata interrupts him.
"Also, we have a present for Hayato-san." Nekomata said. Nene looks at her sensei with confusion as Naoi hold a red shopping bag to her. She took the bag and reached inside it. Her right hand pulled out a zippered red sweater similar to the team's uniform. The boys watch their manager's eyes sparkle with joy as she saw the back of the hoodie, 'Nekoma.'
"Come on wear it Haya-chan." Kuroo encourages her. Nene slips in her new sweater and shows it to the team.
"Perfect fit!" She said with a smile. Nene saw Yamamoto's eyes become watery as he spills out tears; he quickly hides it with his arm.
"Our manager looks so cute!" He sobs out loud. Nene felt a hand on her head, she looks up to see Kuroo smirking at her, "Be careful our cute manager. You'll give Yamamoto a heart attack these days."
Nene punches his left arm in response, "I'm not cute." Kuroo only laughs at her poor attempt of a power punch. Kenma spoke up to tell Kuroo to be ready for practice. She thanks Kenma for intervening only to get pink cheeks in response from him.
[A week later]
Nene stands between Kuroo and Kenma, wearing blue top and black sweatpants with red sneakers. Over her top, she wears her Nekoma's sweater. She holds a large brown traveler's bag for spending a few nights in training camp. On her back is a brown backpack for small items. They stop to look at a bus a few feet away from them. Nene watches Yamamoto being lectured by Yaku for causing a scene earlier. Inouka chats happily with his friends while helping putting the bags inside the bus.
"I'm surprised that your parents let you go with us, Haya-chan." Kuroo comments when seeing her bag. Nene gave a nervous laugh, "Well my father had trouble to be convinced but my mom tells him that I will be fine since both of you are here."
She felt a headache coming from her memory from two nights ago.
"The answer is no!" Her father shouts out, "There are only boys over there!" Nene sits in her chair while her parents sit across the table from her. Her father, Hiro have spiky black hair, standing at six feet and both father and daughter share grey eyes. He wears his grey tee shirt and black jeans for his day off that day.
Beside her father is her petite looking mother, Aiko who have wavy brunette hair and brown eyes. She wore a pastel yellow long sleeve with a long skirt that reached her ankles, designed with many flowers. Aiko is barely 5'5, it's surprising that Nene is shorter than her mother but that is nature. She frowns at her husband's childish behavior, "Sweetie, our daughter wants to go there. It's been a long time since she goes out anywhere."
"My precious daughter will be alone with boys around her age, my love. It spells disaster I tell you!" Hiro tears up when thinking about it. Aiko pinched his right cheek, Nene watches her father whimpers in pain. Aiko gave an unsettling smile at her husband, "Don't worry sweetie, Kuroo-kun and Kozume-kun is in the volleyball team. Right Nana-chan?" She turns to her daughter.
Nene nods slowly, remembering that her mother remembered that bed-headed boy who came to her house with a school project during middle school. Sometimes he invited himself in her house when he was bored or need help with homework. Later on, her parents met Kenma when Kuroo take him to her house for introduction. Her mother adored Kuroo and Kenma while her father had trouble accepting the fact that her daughter have friend who are the opposite sex rather than females like her.
At the end, Hiro begs his wife to let go and let her daughter go with the volleyball team. He stares at his daughter with his right cheek bright red.
"Okay you can go. Remember kick them where they hurt."
Both males sweatdrops from Nene's story. "Your mother is leader of the house." Kuroo comments. Nene nods in agreement while Kenma flips his phone open to check the time.
Yaku calls out to them, "Hey! We are leaving already!" Kuroo and Kenma jog towards the bus with Nene following them from behind.
Nene took her seat in the bus and places her bag on the empty seat with Kuroo and Kenma taking a seat behind her. The other players took other spots of the bus. She wears black headphones to listen to her ipod while reading a short novel. Her ipod plays various rock songs or classical violin. Closing her book, she looks out the window to see a large school building. Nene saw the name of the school, Shirato High school. As the bus drive past the high school, they arrived to a large building a couple blocks away. The bus parks next to building; they walk out of the bus and faced Nekomata.
"Alright students, walk around to stretch your legs. This is our place to sleep. Be at Shirato High in a couple hours." Nekomata announced. The Nekoma students grab their luggage to put inside the building. Nene's eyes widen at the size of the building. Kuroo help Nene with her large bag, "What you put in here Haya-chan?" He asks, surprised at the weight of her luggage.
"I only pack the stuff I needed but my mother adds more things to make sure 'her daughter is comfortable'…" Nene explains. She took a small bedroom that is two doors down from the boy's large room. Kuroo place her bag down in her room and left her to unpack with Kenma following Kuroo.
After a couple of minutes, Nene left her room to be greeted by Kenma who is playing games in his phone.
"Oh something wrong Kenma-san?" She asks. Kenma puts away his phone in his sweatpants pocket, "Want to walk around…?" He asks softly. Nene nods, "Sure, I need to get something to drink anyways."
They walk next to each other to leave the building. Walking around their new surroundings, they found a vending machine. Nene bought a couple of drinks, an orange flavor soda and a bottle of water. She gave the bottle of water to Kenma and he thanks her as he puts it in his volleyball bag. Nene stretches her arms to the sky as they continue walking to an unfamiliar neighborhood.
"This place is peaceful." Nene speaks up, "Are you alright, Kenma-san?"
Kenma looks around to look at the buildings, "I think we are lost…" Nene looks around also and sighs, "I guess we are. Let's take a break here."
She pointed to a blue fence with a small brick building that is have a small sign that said restroom. Kenma sits on the concrete edge then puts down his volleyball bag beside him as Nene spokes up.
"I'll be back soon, Kenma-san."
Kenma nods his head as he watches Nene entering the building. He turns his head then takes out his cell phone to text message Kuroo.
Nene exits the restroom to see Kenma in his cell phone. She walks towards him, "Did I miss anything, Kemna-san?" Kenma looks up then shakes his head.
"I texted Kuroo-san…he will be coming soon." He said. Nene heard a cat meowing nearby. She looks down to see a calico cat walking to her.
"Hello there. Did you keep Kenma-san some company while I was gone?" Nene asks then kneels down to pet the calico's head. The cat meows for yes as it purrs in happiness from Nene's touch. Nene heard a distant cry from far away.
"Do you like it sweetie?" She questions the cat. The cat meows happily again. Kenma smiles a little at the scene in front of him. He turns back to his cell phone to distract himself. She looks at the cat to walk by Kenma's right leg and sit down on the ground.
"What are you doing?" A male voice called out. Kenma jumps a little in surprise as Nene looks person a couple of yards away from Kenma. Kenma turns his head to the person who jogs to him. Nene is distracted from the male's orange hair. She watches the cat walk away from the orange hair boy to run away. Nene stands up straight to watch Kenma looking nervously away from the boy.
"You're from out of town?" The orange hair boy asks. Kenma only said yes and looks at his phone screen. Nene looks at Kenma and the boy interact with each other. She holds in her giggle when the boy kneels down to look up at Kenma, "Is it interesting?"
"Not really. I'm just passing time." Kenma answers. Nene finally spoke up, "Kenma-san, you know it's rude to not to look the person in the eye." Kenma shuffles in his seat.
The orange haired boy turns to Nene and his brown eyes widen, "Ah!" Nene waves at the boy in hello. She could see the boy's cheeks turn pink as he looks down to see Kenma's bag.
"Are you a volleyball player?" He asks out loud. Kenma finally looks up at the boy who points at Kenma's volleyball bag, "Those are volleyball shoes."
Kenma nods. The boy introduces himself, "I'm in a volleyball club, too. I'm Hinata Shoyo." Nene watches Kenma speak up to introduce himself too, "Kozume Kenma."
Hinata turns to Nene who coughs to clear her throat, "Hayato, Nanami. My friends call me Nene. Please to meet you."
"Are you both in high school?" Hinata asks them.
"Yeah." Kenma replies.
"What year? I'm a first-year." Hinata said. Nene spokes up, "We are both second-year." Kemna scoots a little to give Nene space to seat on the concrete. Hinata jumps up, "Crap, you're older than me. Pardon me."
Nene listens half to the boys' conversation as she took out her cell phone.
"What position you played?" Hinata asks. Kenma only replies setter. Hinata smiles at Kenma, "Really? You're a little different from our setter. Our setter is a little more intense." He explains as he acts like a monster and form his hands into claws to show how intense their setter was. Nene and Kenma put away their cell phones to watch Hinata becoming more animated with his explanation. She noted Hinata to be a middle blocker since he told him his position. Nene watches Kenma talk about his postion as Nekoma's setter and how people comment about him.
Kenma looks at Hinata with serious eyes, "Lately, I think we're pretty good." Hinata becomes silent then spoke up, "What's your school?"
"Kenma! Haya-chan!" A male voice called out. Nene and Kenma look to see the source of the voice. Kenma pocket his cell phone in his pants. Nene spokes up, "What took you so long Kuroo-san?"
Kuroo wore a black tee-shirt and red sweatpants. Both of them stand up from their seat to walk to Kuroo. Kenma and Nene waves goodbye to Hinata.
"See you soon, Shoyo." Kenma said. Nene smiles at Hinata, "We will talk again soon, Hinata-san."
They walk away from Hinata as Kuroo spokes up, "Don't go wandering off."
"Well, we never had been here before." Nene replies. Kenma only said sorry as Kuroo bends forward to Nene then flicks her forehead, "We're strangers to this place. You have to be careful."
She yelps in pain then gave a sad sigh, "We're sorry for worrying you…" Nene turns her head to her left to see Kenma, "Hey you think Hinata-san will be playing against us? He is in Kasasuno's volleyball club."
Kenma gave a little smile to her, "I think so."
A/N: Done with this chapter! This is longer than I expected...(Couldn't stop writing, someone help meee!) Thank you all for reading this fanfiction. Please be patient with me and I love you all!
P.S: Have an awesome day and eat your favorite food to relax for the day!
-Fancybunny
