The sun was starting to set when the training ended. The whole volleyball team put away the equipment before heading to the locker room. Kamiya finished her conversation with the coach before joining her comrades.

Some of the team were chatting in a corner of the locker room as the brunette calmly made her way to her locker. As she toweled off, she felt a look on her. Out of the corner of her eye, her gaze caught that of one of her teammates who answered with one of her usual smiles.

At that moment, another of her teammates called out to her. The attention of the group discussing in a corner of the room turned to her.

"Kamiya-senpai, would you like to come with us this weekend? We'd like to have one last fun time before we focus on the tournament."

"I'm sorry, midterms are coming up. Maybe next time."

"It's going to be weird to do without Kamiya and Neko, are we doing this after the tournament then?" Concluded the girl as she turned to the rest of the group.

The group of girls then left the room while continuing to plan their next outing. On her side, Kamiya finally took off her shirt and put it in her gym bag. She toweled herself off a bit more before putting on her uniform, but as she buttoned her shirt, she felt hands sneaking over it, pressing her body against the person behind her.

"Nekozaki..."

A laugh answered her as her friend hugged her a little tighter, buried her head in her neck. By pure reflex, the Ace of the Volleyball team began to caress the hair of the said Nekozaki.

"I missed you..."

"This much, we see each other every day."

"Not just the two of us..."

"Oh..." Kamiya glanced at her before kissing her temple. "I'm sorry I couldn't give you more time, everyone's really busy this time of year."

"I know..."

The long-haired brunette broke away from her, letting Kamiya finish buttoning his shirt. Turning to Nekozaki, she handed him his rosary.

"Can you help me with this?" she smiled slightly when she saw the other girl with pink cheeks.

As Neko helped her put on the necklace, there was a silence in the locker room for a few minutes. Nothing awkward between her, it was rather pleasant.

"Is everything going well on your end?"

"Yes, the same old thing. It's been a little while since anything really bad happened to Izumi, it's cool to see Shikimori more relaxed."

"Good to know."

As Neko finished with the necklace, Kamiya grabbed her bags and one of Neko's hands to head for the exit.

"By the way, do you want to come to my house this weekend to study?" she asked.

"Yeah!" she answered while intertwining their fingers.