"Woah! She seriously did that?!" Eguchi stared at [y/n] when she told them what happened with Makino.

"Talk about low blow." Asai muttered.

"I can't believe there were actually some people who would do something like that these days." Kawaguchi shook her head.

"Yeah. But what I'm more curious is..." Eguchi smirked. "You said you first met her at the amusement park with Akaashi-senpai. So? What are you doing there with Akaashi-senpai?"

Asai giggled. "Do you even need to ask? Of course it was a date!" the third year teased, nudging [y/n].

"Hm? Yeah. I think it is. He said he don't want to go there alone so I accompanied him. Since it was just the two of us, I guess of was a date?" [y/n] said, not even flustered from her teammates teasing.

"You're no fun." Asai frowned. "I was waiting for a blush but your straightforward answer kinda ruined it!"

"Chiemi-chan was a lot more fun to tease than [y/n]-chan." Eguchi grinned and elbowed Kawaguchi. "Right, Chiemi-chan?"

Face reddening, Kawaguchi looked at Eguchi. "Please stop that!"

"Huh? What?" [y/n] curiously looked over the two.

"What's with the reaction? Don't tell me you didn't know that Kawaguchi has a crush with Mori Mikio." Asai chuckled.

"Senpai!" Kawaguchi frowned at the older girl.

"Mori-kun? You mean the boys team libero?" [y/n] cocked her head.

"Yeah! Yeah! I caught her staring at him once! She does looooookk in love~" Eguchi continued her teasing to Kawaguchi's frustration.

"Hey! You two! That's enough teasing! Coach Ando and Coach Yamiji said they'll treat is for lunch. So come on! We'll join the boys team." the captain said.

"Oh?! The boys team? Mr. Libero will be there then." Eguchi whispered and giggled along with Asai.

"Ugh! Please..." Kawaguchi groaned.

Chuckling, [y/n] pat Kawaguchi on the back.


"Keeeiijiii-tannnnn!" [y/n] shouted as she run over to Akaashi who were waiting with his teammates and Kuroo in front of a restaurant. As she get to him, she cling on his arm like usual.

"Oho? I didn't know you two were this close." Kuroo who would be joining them, said with his signature grin.

"Hmm? Why? Is there anything wrong with this?" [y/n] looked up to Kuroo questioningly.

Kuroo shook his head. "Nothing is wrong. But I bet Bokuto would cry if he found out someone already stole his beloved sister."

Akaashi gave him a warning look. "Don't tell him unnecessary things.

"Don't worry about it." Kuroo chuckled. "Shall we go inside?"

The teams ate their fill, reloading themselves for their next match. Both team won the first round. Although some mishaps happened on the girls side, they managed to survive it and gets a permission to move on the second round, their last match for that day.

"[y/n]-san... Please stop sneaking carrots to my plate. Eat them." Akaashi said as he looked down at the piled up sliced carrots on the side of his plate.

"I don't want them! They're not tasty!" [y/n] whined.

Their teammates ignored them. Everyone were busy stuffing their faces full of food to pay them attention.

"Have you even tried eating one before?" Akaashi sighed picking up one of the carrots with his chopsticks.

"No. But nii-chan said it taste terrible." [y/n] said, pulling his plate away from Akaashi in fear that he might return those carrots to her plate.

"Open your mouth. Here." Akaashi moved his chopstick closer to her.

"No!" she refused.

"Just try one. Open up." he tried again, pushing the chopsticks more closer.

"Uhmpp!" [y/n] shook her head stubbornly, shutting her mouth tight. There was no way that carrot would go inside her mouth. She was sure it would taste terrible.

"[y/n]. Don't test my patience." Akaashi said but [y/n] still refused.

Kuroo who were sitting beside [y/n] and were watching them in amusement reached to [y/n]'s arm and pinched her.

"Oww!"

Taking it as an opportunity, Akaashi shoved the carrot to [y/n]'s open mouth and reached to cover her mouth, making sure she won't spit it out.

"Uhmp!"

"Eat it." Akaashi ordered, not taking his hand away.

Teary eyed, [y/n] did what Akaashi said, swallowing the cursed carrots. After making sure it was gone, Akaashi grinned in satisfaction.

"See? You could actually eat it."

[y/n] hurriedly reached over the glass of water and drank it, washing the taste of the carrot away.

"You two are mean." [y/n] sniffed and rubbed her tears.

Kuroo laughed. "You need to eat vegetables if you want to get taller."

"I'm fine with my height!" she argued.

"Here's some more carrots."

"I don't want that!"


After lunch, both team headed back to the gymnasium for their respective matches.

The girls next match was with the Nohebi Girls Team while the boys were with Tamanaha Boys Team.

"Don't let your guard down. This team has solid receives. Try for a wipe as much as you can, Bokuto." the coach instructed.

"Okay." [y/n] saluted.

"Alright. Go, Fukurodani!"


If [y/n] would be honest, she would say the previous match was a lot harder than the current one.

Nohebi Girls Team do have solid receives as the coach has said. But they were weak in offence. There were teams who specialized defense like Nekoma but Nekoma were able to attack and block. Nohebi Girls Team however could only receive. They can't block properly.

"Three blockers!" Asai said as [y/n] jumped. She spiked the ball and make a point with a wipe.

The whistle blows. The first set ended with Fukurodani winning that set.

"This seems easy." Eguchi stated as she took her water bottle.

"Don't let your guard down." the captain said.

"I won't."

"The boys were on the lead too." Kawaguchi said, looking at the other court. "Oh! They won the first set!"

[y/n] looked at the boys and smiled as she met Akaashi's eyes. Akaashi looked over the girls score and smiled a little seeing the result.

"I hope we manage a back to back win for Fukurodani at this tournament."


The second set started. Fukurodani keep seeing through Nohebi's game increasing the difference on scores.

[y/n] was on her top form, scoring point after point.

"[y/n]-san!" Kawaguchi set the ball up for [y/n]. Prepared to send the ball rocketing up again, she raised her arm to spike the ball. But...

"Akaashi!"

"Akaashi-san!"

"Senpai!"

Shouts of distress from the boys team broken her concentration. She ended up missing the ball.

"Bokuto! What the hell are you doing?!" the coach angrily shouts but [y/n] couldn't seems to hear him. Her eyes were on the other court, on Akaashi lying on the ground.

"Oh hell... Time out!" the coach called for a time out.

"Keiji-tan!" [y/n] were about to run to the other court but her teammates grabbed her.

"Were on the match!" Captain Hirano said, pulling her back.

Teary eyed, [y/n] turned to her. "But Keiji-tan is..."

"He just sprained his ankle when he tried to save the ball! Its normal!" Hirano keep pulling her as she keep struggling.

"No!" [y/n] tried to pull away more.

"[y/n]! Were on a important match!" Hirano shouted.

"Keiji-tan is more important to me than anything else!" [y/n] shouted back.

"[y/n]-san." a voice called.

"Keiji-tan!" [y/n] pulled from her teammates and run to Akaashi who was being supported by his teammates. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. But listen to me."

[y/n] nodded.

"I'm fine so don't worry about me and win your own match." Akaashi said firmly.

"Keiji-tan..."

"Do it for me, okay?" Akaashi said and reached to wipe her tears.

Seeing how serious Akaashi was, [y/n] nodded. "Okay."


"This sucks. It hurts." Akaashi muttered as he sat on the clinic with ice on his ankle.

"It's swollen." Suzumeda said.

"Yeah. It hurts a lot."

"You gets carried away at times." Kuroo chuckled.

Just then, the door opens and came rushing in was Makino. "Keiji-kun! Are you alright?"

"Makino-san?" Akaashi looked at the newcomer surprised.

"Our match just finished so I came rushing here to see if you're okay."

"Oh. I see. Thank you for worrying. But I'm fine." Akaashi said.

"Is there anything I could do for you? Do you want me to bandage it? Or anything?"

"That was unnecessary." Kuroo suddenly said. The three turned to him in surprise. "I'm sure that [y/n]-chan and her team were done with their match by now. And I'm sure [y/n]-chan would prefer to do the bandaging herself."

Makino faltered a bit. "Err... But does she even know-"

"Even if she didn't know, she would still liked to do it. I'm sure she'll throw a tantrum if she found out you did it before her. And..." Kuroo grinned. "If she find you here, she'll make you pay for what you did this morning."

Makino's eyes widened as she sweat nervously.

"Huh? What was that?" Akaashi asked clueless at what happened that morning.

"Why don't you ask Makino-chan?" Kuroo chuckled.

Makino stepped back a bit as Akaashi turned to look at her with a questioning look.

"Oh... Ah... Its nothing... Uhm... I have to go back to my team now." Makino said and run out of the room in a hurry.

"What's going on?" Akaashi asked, turning to Kuroo.

"They just kinda fought this morning." Kuroo shrugged.

Akaashi looked at Kuroo suspiciously. He knows he was hiding something. But he decide to let it go for now.

"Ow... It hurts."

"Keiji-tan! Dont die!" The door was thrown open and this time, the one coming in was a teary eyed [y/n].

Akaashi sighed. "I'm not going to die." he said and patted her head as she sits beside him. "Did your team win?"

"Yeah. Your team was on the lead now as well. When I run away, it was 23- 19."

Akaashi smiled. "Good. Anyway. Don't do what you did in the middle of the match ever again. Leaving the court in the middle of the game is wrong."

"But you're injured." [y/n] argued.

"Its normal to get injured in the middle of a game. It's not even bad as it looks."

"But still-"

"Its an important match."

"Keiji-tan is a lot more important." [y/n] sulked, looking away.

Akaashi sighed. It looks like he needed to be more careful not to get injured from now on. "Troublesome."

TO BE CONTINUED