A New Start

Y'all already know I don't own Haikyu, but here's another reminder.

"Nice serve, Oikawa!" Hinata cheered from the side of the court.

It had been two weeks since she had first met Oikawa and had started being the manager for Aoba Johsai's Boys' volleyball team.

She remembered when she was first introduced to the team and chuckles at how nervous she was.

Flashback (2 weeks earlier)

Hinata had decided to hide behind Oikawa while the coach had called the team together after practice that day.

"Ah, that was a good practice, team."

"But we have some news," he said gesturing to Oikawa.

"We have a new manager..." he paused.

The team groaned and rolled their eyes at their idiotic captain. They recalled the last time the team Oikawa had introduced a manager and shuddered at the memory.

"And she is totally cute, loves volleyball, and she isn't one of my fangirls this time!" he finished excitedly.

Most of the team was proud that they finally didn't have some ditzy, lovestruck, fangirl as their manager, but some of the team was a bit hesitant and couldn't believe the Oikawa had found a girl to be their manager that wasn't in love with him.

"So where is this mystery girl then, Captain?" Takahiro asked.

"Right here," Oikawa said as he pulled the panicked Hinata out from behind him.

Some of the team was shocked by how cute the short orange-haired girl looked.

"This is Hinata Shouko, our new manager," he said.

"So, Hinata, tell us about yourself," the coach said.

"Ah, as you know I'm Hinata, I switched here from Karasuno, and I love volleyball, and I am extremely excited about being your new manager!" she said enthusiastically.

"Wait, if you're from Karasuno, how do we know that you're not spying on us for them, you could be a spy!"

Oikawa was about to yell at the middle blocker for being rude to Hinata when she responded,

"How do I know you're not a turnip when your head looks just like one? Don't just go assuming things about me!"

Kindaichi was taken aback by the girl's words and muttered to himself after being unable to think of a comeback. Most of the team snickered and poked at Kindaichi about his head turnip-shaped head.

"Don't be rude Turnip-kun," Oikawa said as he smiled at the short ginger, to which she smiled back.

End of Flashback

Needless to say, Hinata quickly adjusted to being the team's manager, she got along well with the rest of the team easily, although Kindaichi was a bit sore, they quickly became friends after Hinata apologized to him at practice the next day. Oikawa and Iwaizumi spoke to her often (Oikawa did most of the talking though), and they often hung out after practice while waiting for Hinata's mom to pick her up.

Hinata got used to going to school at Seijoh almost instantaneously. She quickly became friends with girls in her classes.

Many guys had tried flirting with the short ginger, but Hinata, being the completely dense person she was, never understood that people were flirting with her, so they usually gave up. Oikawa often flirted with her (pretty much every chance he got). His failed attempts to woo the girl was an inside joke among the team.

Time skip: a few weeks later

Oikawa waited for Hinata outside of her classroom patiently, some of the guys who had passed by him and nodded understandingly, knowing what it was like to have to wait for their girlfriends. Five minutes had passed, and when he saw Hinata standing outside of her classroom talking animatedly with some of her friends, he walked up behind her and waited for her to notice, her friends noticed him and gave him a knowing look, but Hinata was too busy talking to notice.

Finally, he spoke up,

"Hinata are you ready to go to practice?" he asked in a sing-song voice. He saw her jump out of shock before she turned around to face him.

"Ah, yes, let's go," she answered. She waved goodbye to her friends and began walking to the gym with Oikawa.

"So...what were you guys talking about back there?" Oikawa asked

"We were talking about me joining the girls' volleyball team," Hinata answered distractedly.

"What?! Are you going to join?" he asked warily, praying for her to deny.

"No! Of course not, if I joined, I couldn't be your manager," she said cheerfully. After hearing her response, Oikawa relaxed, and let out a sigh.

"That's great news! I m-mean for the team, we would miss our favorite shrimp."

"Don't call me that, 'Trashykawa,' or I'll tell the team you hurt my feelings again,"

Oikawa shuddered, remembering what had happened the last time he had "hurt" the ginger-haired girl's feelings, the team had attacked him with volleyballs for "hurting" their adorable manager.

"No! I'm sorry, Shou-chan! Don't tell them!" he begged with his signature puppy-dog eyes.

"Ah, I was kidding! Don't worry!" she said apologetically while bowing.

"It's okay Hinata!" he answered reassuringly, feeling guilty for making the shorter girl panic.

"So anyway, how's your ankle?" she asked.

"Oh, it's getting better, the doctor said I'm almost fully recovered!"

"That's great!" she said happily.

After finally getting to the gym, they went inside and the team greeted her happily, even Kyoutani gave her a small smile.

"Good Afternoon! Let's practice well today!" she said cheerfully.

"Okay!" the team responded enthusiastically, automatically pumped up by her encouraging words.

"Alright everybody, get back to practice, I have some news to tell you guys after practice." Coach Nobuteru said.

After practice finished, Hinata left the gym to get the team some water. Oikawa had offered to help her, but she waved him off and insisted she didn't need any help.

"I can do it myself, Oikawa-senpai, anyway, I want your ankle to heal, so you can play well!" she said as she got up to leave.

While she was heading back with the water bottles, Oikawa popped up out of nowhere and offered to help her, she insisted that she was fine and could handle carrying the water bottles on her own, but after listening to Oikawa's begging for a few minutes, she finally caved and allowed the third-year to help her. When they finally got back to the gym, the team thanked her for the water and walked back to Coach Nobuteru to hear the "news" he had.

"Good job today team. You all did well today. Like I had mentioned earlier, I have some important news," he paused,

"Next week, we will be having a practice match with Karasuno."

It's chapter 4! Please review! I love hearing feedback!