"Misaki?" I ask, and she just waves her hand. "Her and Shimizu-chan are working to calm the boys down and keep them contained. God, this floor." She says, rolling over and lifting her shirt to cool her chest. "Oh, well okay. We're going to keep playing now, watch out for the ball." I say, and she just nods, slowly dragging herself out of the way. I grabbed the ball that had rolled away, getting back in position "Hey Kimiko, have you ever thought about getting a boyfriend?" She says, making me stumble as I look over at her surprised. "Aima, is now really a good time to have this conversation?" I ask, and she just looks up at me. "I mean, I know your last-" Aima begins, but I quickly clear my throat and she pauses. "Not now, Aima. Please. I'm… I'm not ready." I say, my voice strained as she bolts to her feet and dashes over to me. "Shit, shit, I'm sorry! When you're ready, okay! I'll be here for you no matter what, you know that." She whispers, wrapping her arms around me and holding me tight. "Why do you ask?" I ask and she pulls away, itching the back of her neck. "Well, Misaki and I have been talking, and your mom brought it up..." She says, dropping her hands to her side.
"We'll have a girl talk tomorrow. You just… you surprised me is all, I wasn't expecting..." I whisper, reaching out and squeezing her hand. "It's okay. It wasn't you, Kimiko. It was never you. He was a complete asshole, and he has no ties to you anymore, right?" Aima says, and I slowly nod my head. "I… I know. Now please Aima, we're playing volleyball. No sudden questions that will throw me off." I say, and she nods before leaning into my shoulder. "But that Lev guy is cute! If you can, can you get me his number?" She says, giving me a big smile as I just laugh at her antics. "How about you worry about icing your hip before you try to get more action?" I ask teasingly, and her eyes widen. "Genius, Kimiko, Genius! I'm going to do that! No bringing boys back to the room, I'll be half naked. Or, I mean, if you're into that- no no no, nevermind. I mean, unless?" She says, flicking her eyes over to Lev and grinning. "Aima, you need the ice to cool off too girl." I laugh, and she just rolls her eyes before dashing off. "Sorry about that, guys, she's something else. I'm ready when you are." I say, bowing my head before getting back into position.
I calculate the trajectory before I toss the ball high in the air, stepping back before I dash forward, bracing myself before I jump as high as I could, adding a little twist to my jump to give me more momentum. I use all the force I could to swing my arm forward like a whip, hitting the ball square on, my hand tingling with the smack of the ball. It smacks perfectly into Kuroo's arms, and this time he receives it properly, sending it flying to Kozu. I get into a proper receiving position, keeping my eyes wide open and prepared for their next move. Kozu sets the ball to Lev as he jumps up, swinging his hand forward like I whip. I keep my eye on the ball, diving forward and receiving it, hissing at the impact. "Hurts!" I gasp, wincing as I still send it off to Tobio, dashing forward and to the right. Hina dashes forward and to the left, both of us jumping as Kuroo dashes up to block me, Lev dashing to block Hina. The ball thumps in their court again as I fall to the ground perfectly, looking at my arms. "Frick! Gosh, ow! That stung!" I say, seeing my arms were red from the impact of the ball. "Are you okay?" Kuroo asks, gently taking my arms and looking them over.
