A/N: I have always wanted to make a Haikyuu fanfic for a while now and I have a few plot ideas written in my laptop. I decided to publish this one first because my precious Kageyama needs some love. This is written in first person point of view and the OC's character is not the same old Mary Sue and things will become clear once the story progresses so do not judge right away. One of the many things I adore in Haikyuu is the great portrayal of character development and I strive to do the same with my OC.
Disclaimer: I do not own Haikyuu or any of its characters, Haruichi Furudate does. I only own the plot and the OC. Some quotes that will be featured in this story belong to poets such as Nikita Gill, Atticus and many more as well as some of my own writings.
Other than that, enjoy reading the Prologue! Please be kind with your reviews, I would be happy to read them!
Prologue
When she jumped
It looks as though she's flying
She's like a sparrow
So beautiful and fleeting
And then one day
When her feet touched the ground
She never jumped again and try
The King asked,
"What good are your wings if you don't have the valour to fly?"
This is boring.
I hate it.
I wish I could just go home already.
A sigh escaped my lips as I will myself to do another serve. Service ace. Everyone stare in awe, I swear I even saw someone with their mouth hanging agape. What's so great with that serve anyways? It was just another normal serve. I don't get it. The game ended even before I get to turn my gear in full mode. It was an easy game. It wasn't exciting. I don't feel out of breath. I don't feel my heart racing. It was so normal that it was so boring.
Everyone cheered as we gathered around the Coach while she gave her message about our play. It was the same old praise I always get.
This is boring.
After the Coach was done talking to us, and since it was the last game of the day, I decided to take a walk around the gymnasium. Maybe find something that would interest me.
What I found, however, was the boys' Volleyball Team. I look around, looking for Kageyama among the tall players but I didn't see him. I saw Kindaichi, who gave me a nod and pointed towards a direction they came from. There, I found Kageyama and an unfamiliar orange haired kid. Did Kageyama get into a fight with someone younger than him? Did he bully the kid? That was a bit low of him to do such thing. But then again, I could just very be assuming things altogether.
Thoughts like that run in my head. Until I heard the kid say something. He said that the next time they see each other again, he swore he would beat Kageyama.
That seems interesting.
I was briefly pulled out of my reverie when I heard my name being called.
"Rin-senpai!" I heard someone shout behind me.
I turned around to see three girls, running towards me, waving their hands. The most evident features were their wide smiles.
I blinked, knowing fully well what they were going to say.
"Rin-senpai, you were so good during the game. I mean, not good, but even better!" One of them said, exclaiming the word better with numerous hand movements.
"I told you Rin-senpai is the best player in the girls' Volleyball Team!"
"You aren't called the Ace for nothing! You're the best!"
That's right. I'm the best.
That's why everyone else relies on me to win. And it becomes a pain now. When you're too good at something, no one else bothers to compete against you. When you're too good at something, no one else bothers to ask if you are fine. When you're too good at something…
It has become gradually boring.
I gave the underclassman a nod before I went on to walk back to the bus. The dull ache I felt weren't enough. It wasn't the same muscle aches I used to get after a good long match.
Since when did it start like this? Since when did Volleyball become so boring?
Oh, that's right.
Since he graduated.
I missed him. I missed the matches against him. I wish I could play with him again.
Where did he go to highschool again?
He refused the recommendation to attend Shiratorizawa Academy. Such a powerhouse school that made headlines and articles, that school is pretty strong. But I think he went to Aoba Johsai, is it?
I looked up the sky, the canvas had become dull, smudge with orange hue and purple value. Soon, night will fall. A sigh escaped my lips again. I wonder when he would visit.
Oikawa-senpai.
The next day after that, we won another match and then another until we were qualified to play at the finals.
But that day, I decided on something.
"Can you repeat that again, Rin?" The Coach asked, suddenly the whole gym was quiet and everyone stopped what they were doing. I stood in front of the Coach, after telling her my decision.
"I said I'm going to quit."
Playing Volleyball has become boring now. There's no merit for me to continue. I don't care about Niiyama's recommendation, even Oikawa-senpai didn't go to Shiratorizawa and Niiyama is supposed to be Shiratorizawa's counterpart in the girls' volleyball team. I don't really care anymore. Glory? Title? So what if people looked up to me because I'm a little bit better than everyone else?
"But Rin, the final match is next week. Without you, the Team will surely suffer a great loss. What's wrong? Is it your injury?"
It was not.
My knee injury wasn't that bad. At least, not as bad as Oikawa-senpai's. But I didn't tell her that. I didn't tell her that the reason why I'm quitting was because I find it really boring to play with everyone else. So boring like a world that was dyed in so many colours had gone down to black and white, a monochromatic view. But I did not voice that out.
Instead, I nodded my head and walked out of the gym. I heard some of the girls called me, but I didn't turn around or stopped walking.
They should really stop relying on one person. Volleyball is a team sport.
The week after that, the girls' Volleyball Team lost. Rumours started to flow that the reason why they lost was because their ace was injured. But that wasn't the reason. The reason why they lost was because they relied on one person to do everything.
The days had gone by and every day that passed I wished for summer to begin and soon, I'd be graduating. I plan to go to Aoba Johsai for highschool. Then I would play with Oikawa senpai again. It doesn't matter to me if I couldn't be in the girls' Volleyball Team. Nothing feels better than playing with him, after all.
Oikawa senpai.
But then one day, everything took a drastic turn. My plan to go to Aoba Johsai was gone like a puff of smoke because of one simple request. When I looked back into it, I think it was that one simple thing that change the whole course of this game. Then I found myself entering Karasuno Highschool with the King, Kagayema Tobio. My name is Yoriko Rin, and the story of how my life got tangled with Kageyama Tobio's life has now officially begun.
He, who was called King.
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A/N: I know I already put an a/n at the beginning, but I just wanted to say, thanks for reading!
