Author's Note: Idk why I decided to write this? I had some hanahaki headcanons a few weeks back then this morning I figured I could make a whole fic out of this. This is my first and most likely last time writing a hanahaki au.

Inuoka's POV:

"Have a great first day of school, Sou." My mom says before wrapping me in a hug.

"Thanks mom! I'll tell you all about it when I get home." I say after escaping her hug and I make my way to the train station so I can go to Nekoma.

I get off when the train reaches the station closest to school and from there it's another 10 minutes of walking. When I reach the school grounds, I pause. I'm finally beginning my high school experience. I enter the building and make my way to the first class.

Since it's the first day, our teachers mainly have us do some activities to get to know each other.

Before I know it, the first day of school is over and it's time for clubs. I go to my locker to get my things when I notice a shorter boy with dark hair standing on his toes and struggling to reach his locker.

"Excuse me. Do you need any help?" I offer as I kneel down to unlock mine.

"I got it. It's just a struggle being 5'4". Besides, I can't keep asking for help until I have a growth spurt and become tall enough to see the numbers." He says. "I just need to hurry because I'm planning on joining a club."

"What club?" I ask while I get my stuff from my earlier classes and put it in my bag.

"Volleyball."

"No way! I'm planning on joining too! Do you have any experience?"

"Yeah, I was a libero in middle school. What about you?"

"Middle blocker. I'm Inuoka Sou, by the way. Figured we should probably know each other's names if we're gonna be on the same team."

"I'm Shibayama Yuuki. Nice to meet you, Inuoka-kun."

"Nice to meet you, Shibayama-kun. Hey I have an idea. Wanna see if we can trade lockers?" I offer.

"Are you sure it wouldn't be too much trouble?" Shibayama asks.

"Not at all."

He pauses for a moment, weighing his options, then checking the time. "If you're sure, then okay."

"C'mon. Let's go find a teacher so we don't miss too much of practice."

"Okay." We grab out bags and make our way to the faculty office.

We wait by the door and I wave to my homeroom teacher when I spot her. "Hello Inuoka-kun. What brings you here?"

"Hello, Takahashi-sensei. My friend, Shibayama-kun has a small problem. He has a top row locker and has had some trouble reaching his locker." Shibayama nods. "I'm fairly tall and I have a bottom row locker, so we were wondering if we could trade lockers."

"Sure thing. Come with me and we'll get you two set up."

After a few minutes, we leave the faculty office and run to our lockers. Once we are able to get our stuff sorted out, we run to the gym.

"Sorry we're late." We apologize. "Is it too late to join the club?"

"It's not to late." A guy just a bit taller than me, with messy black hair says. "We were just about to do introductions. I'm Kuroo Tetsurou, a third year, middle blocker, and team captain."

We spend practice introducing ourselves and also do some drills.

"Great job today." Coach Nekomata says at the end of practice. "We have many familiar faces and a few new people too. Welcome back to our returning players and I'd like to give a warm welcome to our new players. Here's to another wonderful school year. Get home safe, everyone."

When practice ends, everyone gathers their belongings and we start to leave the school grounds.

"Inuoka-kun! Wait up a minute?" I hear Shibayama ask and I pause, waiting for him. "It was really nice to meet you today and thanks for helping me with the locker problem." He bows.

"It was no problem. I'm looking forward to being on the same team as you for the next three years."

"Likewise. Do you want to exchange phone numbers so we can keep in touch?" I nod. We type our numbers into each other's phones and say goodbye before going in different directions.

"I'm home." I say, removing my shoes.

"Sou, how was school?" My dad asks.

"It was amazing! I made a new friend! His name is Shibayama and he has the locker above mine, well now below mine. We traded lockers because he couldn't reach his. And he plays volleyball too! And my teammates seem really cool!"

"That's great, kiddo."

I tell my parents more about my day while we have dinner then eventually, I go to bed, thinking about my amazing teammates and the next three years.

Author's Note: It's around the part where they got to practice on their first day of school that I realized my heart is gonna break when I keep writing this. I know this first chapter is really fluffy and I enjoyed writing it but it's gonna get a lot angstier in the next chapter. I will also make it up to you guys with a much flufflier Shibayama/Inuoka fic in the near future. Have a nice day! Chapter 2 should be up soon.