Lev huffed tiredly before he sat on the ground and stretched his legs. "Finally, not a penalty at last!"

The game finishes with Nekoma's win against Shinzen. As Yachi continues to support the team with their drinks and towels, she also helps to mop the floor since there were some areas that needed to be clean.

"Yachi is so diligent, I'm surprised she does these things without us telling her." Yaku noted as he finishes his water while watching Yachi mop a spot on the court.

Lev smiled happily as his eyes placed on the blonde haired starry girl. "Having Yachi-chan in our team is like a vitamin boost. It's so exciting to see her. She's so small and tiny, she looks like she can be knocked away by a wind so easily with that height. Yaku-san too, I guess."

The rest of the Nekoma members watched as Lev received a hit from Yaku's feet as the tall half-Russian boy cried out in pain from the punishment kicks.

"That's what he gets for mentioning Yaku's height." Kai commented.

Yachi came back with the mop in her hand and looked concernedly over Lev who was being scolded for the millionth times by Yaku today. "Is Lev-kun usually like this?"

"This is actually pretty common in our practices nowadays but Lev is getting better since Yaku is such a reliable person to teach him some discipline." Kai replied with a friendly smile.

"Is that so." Yachi hums as she watches Lev whined longer with a pouting expression before Yaku nagged him about how he needed to respect his senpai.

Before Yachi was about to ask more about Lev's common scolding, Shibayama called Yachi to the side to look for some sport tapes. Yachi instantly turns to him and helped the first year boy to look for it inside the first aid kit bag.

Kai watches Yachi from his spot, seeing how she was sincerely helping the team members fully. He actually didn't expect Yachi to be such a reliable manager, able to adapt to the team quickly by midday and supported the team in various aspects.

So far she had showcased how much she was reliable as a manager when she introduces the data she collected on their individual as well as team's play with scores and analysis she gathered from the games she watched.

She was also seen to be consulting with the coach in order to understand about the volley terms that she doesn't really understand, showing how much she was willing to learn about volleyball despite her lack of knowledge.

Honestly it was really admirable that Kai thought it was such a waste that she wasn't Nekoma's actual manager. "It would be nice to have someone like her in our team." Kai mused.

Kuroo steps in, standing next to Kai as he joins to watch Yachi as well. "It certainly can boost our morale."

"That's one of the examples but I meant - we might need to consider having our own manager to support our team from now on." Kai replied.

Kuroo quirked his eyebrow, "You mean an actual official manager for the team? Did you even remember what happened the last time we had a manager to support our team properly?"

Kai shivered, "Yeah – it wasn't a good outcome but," Kai stares at Yachi with a thoughtful look, "Having Yachi-san in our team made me realize how much convenient it would be for us to have extra hands to support our team."

"A proper manager, that is. It'll take a while to find someone as good as Karasuno's or Fukurodani's managers, they're literally the ones we actually need to properly support our team." Kuroo voiced, drinking his water from his bottle.

"I know. This time we'll have to do proper recruitment." Kai piped.

"Ha! Yeah – sure, I get it. Don't rub that to my face again." Kuroo replied with a painful tone of laughter, feeling slightly bitter from the sentiment the vice-captain said.

Yachi was currently helping Shibiyama wrapping his fingers with sports tape. She sat closely next to him as she helps instructing him how to properly tape his fingers without feeling uncomfortable.

Kuroo's eyes settled on Yachi's dainty fingers which were hovering over Shibiyama's fingers – pointing to how he should wrap the tape properly. Kuroo's eyes glued with such focus when he sees Yachi holding Shibiyama's hand and guided him how to roll the tape. The said first year boy was flushing his cheeks as he shyly watches Yachi with nervousness, nodding along her words and stealing glances to her face every few seconds.

"You're going to burn them with that glare, Kuroo. Stop it." Kai voiced when he sees Kuroo's eyes glued on the two first years with such intensity.

"I'm not doing it." Kuroo replied – his eyes kept glaring at Shibiyama's blushing face who was looking at Yachi with rosy eyes.

Kai shifted his eyes to point the strong of his hand, holding the water bottle to tight in his grip. "You're literally gripping your bottle like you're choking it."

"I just have a strong grip."

"Kuroo."

"….fine."

Yachi was so out of energy that she didn't realize how hungry she was when the food was placed in front of her and she took a bite of the warm rice from her bowl and dig in to her lunch with heartfelt glee. The cafeteria wasn't as crowded as she thought it would be as some members of the training camps were still at the gym and the rest were somewhere else taking their breaks.

So Yachi was able to get the first warm and delicious batch of food from Kiyoko and Kaori for today. Kiyoko generously gave a large amount of karaage to Yachi's plate which Yachi was very happy about. The crispy chicken was delicious and the miso soup warms her stomach perfectly. Yachi felt like she was in bliss, eating Kiyoko's cooking for lunch was like a blessing.

"Hoho – someone seems very hungry."

Yachi looked up from her food tray and saw the familiar grey-haired setter of Karasuno came and sat in front of her with his own tray placed on the table.

"Sugawara-senpai, hello!" Yachi greeted him.

Followed by Sugawara, the rest of the third year members of Karasuno also came and sat next to him, additionally with Daichi sitting next to Yachi's right side.

"Do you mind if we sit with you, Yachi-san?" Daichi asked.

Yachi smiles brightly, "I don't mind at all. I hope that I don't ruin your appetite though."

Asahi and Sugawara laughs at her comment. "Of course not, Yachi-chan. Come on, let's eat." Sugawara spoke up as he urged the first year manager to continue eating.

"Yachi-saaaaaaaaan." A voice came in hurried tone to Yachi's left, seeing a blur of orange hair hurrying to place his food tray on Yachi's left empty seat. "It's been such a long time we see each other!" Hinata said.

"You literally just saw her a few minutes ago at the gym." Kageyama added, sitting on Hinata's opposite side.

"Ugh – that's not what I meant, Bakayama." Hinata scowled.

Kageyama scoffed in return. Sugawara patted Kageyama's shoulder to calm him down, "Maa~ let's just eat in peace, guys."

"Itadakimasu." "Itadakimasu!" Both Hinata and Kageyama chanted together and continued to eat lunch with everyone else.

Yachi was drinking her soup when Hinata began to ask Yachi about her time with Nekoma.

"Any difficulties you faced when you were with Nekoma, Yachi-san?" Hinata asked.

Yachi chuckled at Hinata who was munching through his food as he asked the question. "So far it's a lot different to work with another team since I don't know them well but everyone is nice and I learn a lot."

"That's a relief. See, I told you that Yachi-chan is capable." Sugawara motioned towards the two first-year-boys who were worried soundly for her for the entire day.

"While it's admirable to see you working hard, please don't forget to take care of yourself too." Daichi added with a warm smile.

"Yes, senpai. I'll make sure to remember it." Yachi nodded obediently.

However, Hinata frowned and kept inching for another answer, "You sure there isn't anyone troubling you, Yachi-san?"

Yachi was a little flustered when Hinata leaned in close to her for a lower-toned question. It wasn't like there was any secrets to share either so she was unsure what Hinata meant.

"Um…I'm pretty sure that everyone is nice to me so far. So you don't have to worry, Hinata."

"Yeah but what about that sneaky - I mean – the captain? He looked real interested in you ever since I got here." Hinata asked in a hushed tone.

Yachi could only gave him a sheepish smile. "Kuroo-san is nice to me. I don't feel bothered by him throughout the entire practice. I'm sure you'll find him a reliable person too once you get to know him."

"Really? Then…if you say so." Hinata leaned back and smiled, "I'm glad you're having fun at Nekoma. If there's anything you can't tell to me then you can lean on to Kenma or Inuoka. They're my cool friends!"

Yachi smiled back brightly, "They're both really nice people. I'm glad I met your friends, Hinata."

Hinata hummed as he nodded before he faltered a little bit, "But…it'll be better if you stay at our manager for the entire week. It's so sad that you have to rotate to so many teams."

"Even though we have so many advisors, teachers and coaches as supervisors of the training camp - we are actually short on helping hands." Daichi agreed. "This was something the other captains mentioned as well. It has been like this for several years now."

"So if there are more managers around then it'll be easier without the rotation schedule? I guess that makes sense." Asahi commented.

"Well I'm just super glad we have two managers in our team. We've been having so much luck ever since Yachi joined our team." Sugawara added with a bright expression.

Yachi blinks her eyes in surprise by the statement, "E-eh? I'm not a lucky charm…"

Daichi added, "Don't sell yourself short, Yachi-san. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to come here without the donation poster you made all over our school's neighborhood."

"You also helped a bunch to Shimizu. We're all ever so grateful for your presence in the team, Yachi-chan." Sugawara pointed, "You even helped the troublemaker boys to pass their exams – you're basically our lucky charm by now."

Asahi chuckled before he also added, "I agree that having Yachi-san in our team is quite a wonderful development. I wouldn't imagine that our volleyball team can receive sufficient funds as well. The posters helped tremendously." Asahi commented as well.

"Is t-that so…" Yachi's eyes widened at the third years' words before she wonders over the world 'lucky charm' inside her head. It was embarrassing that all of her hard work were being acknowledged by other people, Yachi rarely gets that kind of attention despite her always doing her best in something. "I only thought of helping you all to reach your wishes so…" She trailed off.

Hinata beamed at Yachi, "But we already know that you helped us a lot. I think you deserve the title of Karasuno's lucky charm!"

Warmth filled Yachi's cheeks and chest. She felt incredibly touched, hearing such compliments from friends and all the senpai she looked up to.

She wouldn't imagine being in this position back when she was a regular school girl with no extracurricular clubs or any major goals in life but – 'Lucky charm of Karasuno', despite its embarrassing title, it was such an accomplishment for her.

"Lucky charm…" Yachi smiles to herself, cheeks flushed with pink tinted color and her lips pulled into a sweet smile. "It's a nice name."

The rest of the boys who witnessed Yachi's sweet smile instantly melted at the sight. Like a cute baby duckling who looked very proud of her own achievements, the third years' glowed with pride as Hinata beamed brighter at Yachi's reaction towards the newest title she receives.

Kageyama watches her expression with focus. Seeing the way her cheeks colored and her eyes gleamed with happiness as she words out 'lucky charm' from her pink lips. The edge of his lips unconsciously mirrored her smile as his own lips tugged into a small smile.

He agrees wholeheartedly to call Yachi as his their lucky charm.