"He won't recognize me." Hanako waved her hand as she walked beside Oikawa. Her childhood friend had grown so tall that he stood out from the crowd wherever he went. Oikawa still very much looked the same, all smiley and happy go lucky. They had stopped a few times on the way to the gym as students (mostly female) approached him. It kinda felt like everyone in the school knew the volleyball captain.

"Wanna bet?" Oikawa smirked "I'm gonna go with Matcha Pocky that Iwa-chan recognizes you."

"Haagen daz, chocolate flavor." She returned confidently.

"Deal~ You're gonna be so broke, Hana-chan~"

Hanako snorted in amusement. She bumped into an old classmate in the bathroom earlier and the girl couldn't tell that it was her. Her appearance had changed so much in the past six years, there was no way that Oikawa could win the bet.

The gym building was used for new club members recruitment on the first day of school. Even though Aoba Josai had secured a good number of competent volleyball players from Kitagawa Daiichi middle school, they still set up a booth to search for potential candidates.

The place was crowded, boy's volleyball club was located right beside the front entrance, easily catching the attention of the passersby.

"Oi Slothykawa, You're late!" Iwazumi welcomed the new captain with a punch on his back. The others greeted him with a "yosh".

"Hi...is this the volleyball club?" She got a little nervous when all eyes landed on her. Iwaizumi lowered the application form in his hand as he turned to face Hanako. Like his captain, Iwaizumi had grown so much. The last time they met she was slightly taller than him, and now she had to look up to meet his eyes. Those fierce dark orbs were still the same, intense and unapproachable for people who did not know him.

His eyes laid on her for a moment...

"The girls club is on the other side of the gym, beside the band, you'll spot them right away." Iwaizumi offered helpfully, his voice showing no sign of recognition.

The Iwa-chan-nooooo expression on Oikawa's face was priceless. Hanako covered her mouth while a giggle escaped, eyes curled into two new moons as she smiled.

"Hanako?" Iwaizumi blinked.

Both of them turned to their childhood friend as he spoke.

"Took you long enough, Iwa-chan!" Oikawa slapped the back of his friend and gave Hanako a smug smile. She made a face but it was replaced by a grin right away. The girl was too happy to care that she just lost a bet.

"You didn't tell us you're back!" Iwaizumi still couldn't believe his eyes.

"How do you know it's me? No one recognizes me!"

"No one? What am I, a parrot?" Oikawa held his head with one hand and sighed dramatically.

"You saw my name on the class list, that doesn't count~" She laughed.

Iwaizumi did not notice that it was Hanako at the beginning, the girl looked so different. The pixie hair she used to have was now a long brown silk that reached down to her lower back. Chubby cheeks were gone too. Hanako looked almost like another person, but realization hit him when she smiled. Those new moons in her eyes were just too particular to miss, especially for someone who had done a lot of stupid things to make her laugh when they were younger.

Not that he was gonna admit it.

"Of course I recognize you, I mean...I've known you since we were at the age when Oikawa refused to go to the bathroom alone after watching horror movies"

"That sounds pretty recent to me." Matsukawa poked his head out from the booth to join the conversation.

"Oi, I stopped doing that looong ago!" Oikawa defended himself.

"Looong ago, like in middle school?" Matsukawa deadpanned.

"It's probably last year." Hanamaki offered.

"Hey!"

Hanako grinned, the club members seemed to get along pretty well. They hadn't stayed in contact for a very long time. She was a little surprised that the dual still sticked together, attending the same school and volleyball team. Many people she knew rarely hang out with their elementary school friends anymore, whether they lived in the same city or not.

"Alright now, you didn't bring lunch box today, did you?" Oikawa pushed the vice captain out of the booth and took away the application form in his hand. "Show Hana-chan around, she doesn't even know where the cafeteria is."

"It's fine if you guys are busy, I can ask aroun.."

Oikawa dismissed her concern and shoved them both to the exit. Before they left, the captain held Iwaizumi back by the shoulder, whispering on a volume that only his friend could hear.

"She just broke up with her boyfriend, here is your chance."

The taller teen gave him a wink and went back to the booth to join the others. Leaving a tomato red Iwaizumi and a very confused Hanako.