While Karasuno is currently rejoicing their comeback, Fukurodani on the other hand seemed to have their hands loose on this time as they struggle on keeping up with Karasuno's pace.

Yachi notices that the Fukurodani team members felt uneasy with this new pace. Especially Bokuto who keeps getting surprised by Karasuno and the holes between the loss of his spikes pushes Karasuno to score few points ahead.

She might be just imagining it but there was a smoke rising from Bokuto's hair as he started to pout and grumble at his own performance. And when Karasuno scored another point, Fukurodani called for a time out.

Fukurodani's coach advices to the members that they needed to keep their pace steady and not be discouraged by Karasuno's attacks or else they will overwhelm themselves. Yachi took this time to pass some towels and water bottles to the members as they thanked her for her help.

"…we're having a difficult time but let's stay calm. We can't let Karasuno's attacks faze us." Akaashi reassured the rest of the team as they cool off with their drink.

Everyone chorus an agreement of understanding before shifting their gazes to their captain who only drinks his water bottle with an irritated expression on his face. Akaashi looks to Bokuto and notices his captain's expression.

"Bokuto-san, were you listening?" Akaashi asked.

Bokuto instantly replied with a huff, "Ugh, I was listening too. Come one, let's do this already!" He shoved the water bottle back to Yachi and angrily stomps away from them.

Sensing his emotions, Yachi felt like she had seen this before and guesses that Bokuto was going into one of his 'emo-mode' soon. She looked back to Akaashi, "Um…is Bokuto-san going to be alright?"

Akaashi sighed. "I really hope so."


It was sooner than she anticipated but Bokuto's sour response and his 'Don't toss to me anymore!' phase had startled Karasuno after his constant failures on trying to score a point with his spikes. The Fukurodani members merely rolled their eyes at his antics and cheered him up by telling their ace that they got his back.

Knowing that Fukurodani will ease their way up again to gain their pace, Yachi watches with certain interest in seeing how Karasuno tries to keep up with Fukurodani this time when their ace is not fully participating in engaging the attacks.

It hurts to see her team lose but this would be a good lesson for them to not underestimate their opponents too much when their opponent's ace is not participating. Fukurodani on its own terms is strong already and their reliability on each other truly carries the team back to success.

When Bokuto became restless, Akaashi smoothly tosses the ball towards him. Like a roaring engine, Bokuto instantly went back into shape and ran towards the ball to hit a powerful spike, passing through Tsukishima's and Kageyama's blocking.

The referee signals for the end of the match and Fukurodani wins the game. Akaashi swiftly looked back to his team members and nodded, wordlessly asking them to help Bokuto get back on his feet.

"Whoo Ace!"

"You're so cool!"

"Nothing beats The Ace in the end!"

Fukurodani members were cheering for Bokuto when they suddenly turned their heads and looked at Yachi, signaling her to do the same.

Yachi lightly chuckles and added, "That was amazing, Bokuto-san!"

Bokuto perked up, laughing his heart out as he puffed out his chest when he turned back to his team. "Hahahaha! I'm the best after all! Hey, hey, hey!"

"Hey, hey, hey…." Komi, Sarukui, and Konoha responded half-heartedly.

Akaashi came to Yachi's side as she gave him his water bottle. "He's able to pick himself up so quickly this time."

Akaashi tugged the edge of his lips into a small smile as he looked at her, "Perhaps that's what they call him a simpleton."

Yachi laughs at his reply. "But then again – you all did amazing." Yachi said as she looked back to the team. "Karasuno is going to catch up to you soon."

Akaashi smiled wider at her declaration and added, "I look forward to it."

"Yacchan~ did you see that? Did you see how my spike got through?" Bokuto came down running towards her.

Yachi nodded, "Yes, Bokuto-san. Your spikes are always so impressive. They are so powerful!"

Bokuto went gleeful in response and flex on his arm muscle, "That's because I'm really strong! Ghyahaha! Right, Akaashi? Right, right?"

Cue Bokuto laughing and hitting his hand in a joking manner towards Akaashi's shoulder but the ace sometimes never realized the amount of strength he has in his arms because the vice-captain of Fukurodani was flinching from his strength.

"Of course, Bokuto-san. I saw it too but please…you're hurting my shoulder."

"Really? Whoops – hahahaha!"

"Ouch – ouch, Bokuto-san –"

Yachi laughs at the sight. Seeing Bokuto going back to his happy and giddy self and Akaashi being defenseless over his captain's antics, Yachi warmly looks over the Fukurodani members closely now. Despite being their temporary manager for a few days, Yachi can feel the bonds between herself and the team growing stronger.

'I'm happy that I'm able to help others too. Even if it's just for a little while, I'm happy that I'm able to be a part of the team.' Yachi thought.

While Yachi turns her attention back to Bokuto as he kept talking to her in a lively manner, Akaashi cools down his sweat as he drinks his water bottle while his eyes rests on Yachi's face.

Her brown eyes bright and attentive, her cheeks tinted with a little hint of flush and her lips tugged in a radiant smile – Akaashi's mind wondered on how much the little manager from Karasuno has managed to become such an intimate member of the Fukurodani's team.

Ever so slowly and over time, Akaashi sees the growth Yachi had gone through from the past couple of days and the previous training camp. He admits to himself that he started seeing her in another light recently. There was this charm with Yachi that he couldn't help but feel like he wanted to know her better.

Maybe it's her comforting presence and her petite figure that screams adorable right to everyone's faces but Akaashi slowly felt himself loosen up whenever he's near her. And maybe he's just realizing it now that he truthfully enjoyed her company.

Though his mind wonders most about Yachi in this brief moment, he felt his breath hitched when Yachi's dazzling brown eyes turned back to him in admiration as she spoke towards him.

"…if Bokuto-san spoke so highly of you then I wouldn't be surprised to why you became the vice-captain in your second year, Akaashi-san."

Akaashi blinked his train of thoughts away, he wasn't fully listening in to their conversation but he briefly picked up the topic of how Bokuto was so incredibly thankful for Akaashi and his ability to keep him stable and strong as the root of their strength in the team.

But seeing the way she stares at him like that, Akaashi's inside warms up instantly and the sudden flutters in his chest felt tight – he thinks he knows what this feeling means.

But for now, he smiles back at her warmly. "Thank you, Yachi-san."

Then she responded back with her own twinkling smile and Akaashi felt his insides, his guts, his soul desiring her because Yachi suddenly felt so precious to him.

He recognizes the slow feelings of endearment towards the girl in front of him but…he decided that he'll make the conclusion later.

'Later.' He thinks, 'When I'm more sure of myself.'


Preparing a barbecue for hungry teenage boys and starving coaches and teachers was another challenge Yachi learned. The managers were able to quickly prepare the food, with the meat on to metal steel plates, cutting the vegetables, shaping the onigiri, and preparing the drinks – it was the most hectic lunch preparation she had participated so far in the training camps.

All in all, she was grateful that the managers had been so patient with her since she was a little tired from the previous days (not to mention she had little sleep from last night) and so she was relieved when most of the preparations were done in time for lunch.

As soon as Yachi placed down the stacks of plates on the center table, a crowd of hungry boys started to form around Nekomata-sensei, coaches and the directors. Everyone seemed to be eyeing the meat with a goal in their mind and Nekomata-sensei spares no time in the speech, making it short as possible and letting everyone enjoy their lunch.

Yachi watched in both awe and horror as she sees the piles of meat she prepared with the managers earlier were gobbled down in a fast pace by hungry boys. It seems that barbecue lunch is a fitting lunch for them after all since everyone can eat to their hearts content.

Although Yachi had a late start with her lunch because she had to show some Shinzen members the table where they serve the vegetables and drinks. It was afterwards where she was able to grab a plate for herself and place an onigiri and slices of vegetables. Then when she turned to the grillers for meat, she realized that she had no way of grabbing them freely.

Every griller seemed to be crowded by tall boys and everyone was pretty into their lunch by this time that she finds it difficult to slip in and grab few slices of cooked meat for herself. Yachi bits her bottom lip in worry as she looked to where the managers were eating and found them eating together on the grass on the other side of the yard.

'But they are eating their lunch now…asking them would be bothering them.' Yachi thought to herself and decided that she'll try to bravely scavenge through the jungle of titans and grab some meat. But after five minutes of loitering around, she was unsuccessful in slipping in.

It couldn't be helped that the smell of delicious grilled meat in the air kept making her hungrier and Yachi felt hopeless each minute passes. Maybe she'll just settle with onigiri and vegetables for lunch.

"Oh, can you reach? Would you like me to get you something?"

Yachi was startled by the sudden voice that came from behind her and when she turned around, she saw one of the taller members from the Shinzen team talking to her.

"U-um…" She voiced out uneasily. "I'm…fine."

"It's okay." He spoke, "You want some meat from our grill?"

"Oh…" Yachi nervously nodded before she added, "Is that okay?"

The guy nodded and eventually placed some sizzling cooked meat on Yachi's plate. Without thinking much about it, Yachi thanked him and ate one piece of meat that was unnoticeably steaming with heat and of course – she choked on it.

"Yacchan, the one you ate just now was still hot, are you okay?" Asahi came in concern as he heard her choking and coughing.

Concerned by her condition, the people around her began to crowd her in worry. However, since they were pretty much tall and large volleyball players – compared to small little Yachi, it didn't look like a pretty sight from a distance.

"Want some tea?"

"There's water too."

Yachi felt a hand patting gently on her back, when she looked up to see Asahi's worried face. "Are you okay?"

When Yachi was able to swallow the sizzling meat and breathe properly again, she apologizes to the people around her for causing a ruckus. Not to mention, the way they crowd her like that made her a little nervous because of their towering height over her.

"I'm fine. I'm sorry, senpai." Yachi said.

Asahi smiles warmly and patted her head, "It is okay, Yacchan. Here, have some of these meat. They've been cooled off properly so it's warm enough for you to eat."

"Here is some water for you, manager-chan." Another tall guy from Ubugawa handed her a cup of cool water to which Yachi accepted it with gratitude.

And for a while, Yachi stood next to Asahi as he grilled more meat for Yachi to eat. He was still worried whether she was eating or not since he saw Yachi gobbling down a plate of meat quickly, meaning that she was definitely hungry.

From a certain distance, some people look over to her side and made some complicated expressions. With Yachi's small height surrounded by tall and intimidating looking volleyball players, the whole scene looked very odd. Like a scene from a movie where kidnappers are trying to abduct a child.

"Woah – if this was in the city, people would call cops on them." Someone commented when they passed by the group in question.

But Yachi didn't really mind what she looks like right now with the tall volleyball players around her. In fact, she was just enjoying the meat the Asahi was cooking for her right now.

Yachi smiles in bliss when she chews on the delicious piece of meat Asahi just placed on her plate. 'I'm finally eating delicious meat!' She thought in her mind.

Asahi and the rest of the people around her chuckles fondly at her adorable expressions as the little manager stuffs her chubby cheeks with food like a baby hamster.

"Eat a lot, Yacchan." Asahi says warmly as he cooks the meat on the grill.

Yachi nodded with giddiness in return. "Un! Thank you, Asahi-senpai!"

Even when she is stuffing her mouth with food, the chubby cheeks and the adorable eye-smile made the entire group around her melt in her cuteness.

'Cute~'


Author's Notes:

Hello everyone! Thank you for reading this chapter!

Aaaaah it finally cameee - the summer time~ shalalala~

I know this came quite early but I'm pretty sure if Akaashi has feelings for someone, he can figure it out right away. But imo (my hc to be precise) I see Akaashi as someone who considers the other party first before making any conclusions about his emotions haha I dunno why I see him that way. I know this is fiction but Akaashi is imperfect as a person as well so yeah - I don't want to make him super princely hahaha (but I think I'm failing on this point haha he's just naturally...princely)

Also bbq scene! I feel so bad for yachi in the anime and decided to revamp the scene a little better. Also we have some Asahi-onii-chan in action in taking care of Yachi. hahaha he so cute, i love asahi :3

Oh yeah, might drop a bomb for the next chapters but I'm considering in introducing another volleyball character into this since it's SUMMER TIME SHALALA~ lol and I'm kind of curious to see who you all want to see. Who will Yachi meet in Tokyo besides the Fukurodani Academy group? hmm? so many options and possibilities~

That's all for the updates for now! Once again, thank you for reading my story! I'm happy to jump back here again and continue writing. I'm going to apologize beforehand if I'm going to have a long time updating the next chapter hhh i really want to just write this fic and do nothing else but I have to be a responsible human :/

Well then - see you all in the next chapter! Stay safe and healthy!

p.s; i got vaccinated! i'm so happy!