A/N: hey guys! And holy shit this has to be the longest chapter I have ever written. This is honestly two chapters combined into one. But anyway there are a few things I need to say before we get started. First off, a few chapters ago, I said I was going on a hiatus soon. Well..after this chapter, I will be going on a hiatus for a while. I do have a few reasons why. I would like to step away from this story for a but so I can evaluate on how I will have the next arc go (next arc being the trial of course). I'm also back in school so I would also like to focus on that. Lastly, I would also like to work on other stories for a bit. I'm working on one right now. If any of you guys are Steven Universe fans, I am working on an AU (alternate universe) that will be called "His Stand". I'm not going to say what it's about here, but I will say that it'll take place starting at the end of the SU movie and can have potential spoilers from Steven Universe Future. If you're interested in reading that, it should be out within the next 1-3 weeks. But anyway, now that those announcements are out of the way, lets get to the lovely reviewers!

CarlaBLa22: thank you! I'm really excited for the story's publication! Also I love season 4...there was one episode where Hinata gets hit in the nuts and I felt that...and I'm not even a guy...but I've heard stories of how bad that can get. Yea considering everything was serious, I figured I put something humorous in...plus, funny enough, Hinata is basically a background character in this story so yea. I'm both nervous and excited to write the trial because I've never done something like this before so I'll see where this goes!

nekokenna: you don't need to apologize it's ok. But yea I figured it would fit Asahi's personality that he goes to check on Noya rather than anyone else on the team...especially Tanaka. Oh, you'll find out what Jiro's planning soon enough hehehehehe...but thank you for your continuous support!

Anyway guys, I'm gonna shut up and let you read this monster of a chapter! Enjoy!:)

I own nothing of Haikyuu!

There was one thing all the second years on the volleyball team had in common. They each hung out with their own group. One group was Ennoshitia, Narita, and Kinnoshita while the other was Nishinoya or Tanaka. Or...well it usually was Nishinoya and Tanaka, but right now it was obvious they were avoiding each other. As Narita walked into the school, he can sense the tension coming from the second years as some huddled in groups whispering to each other.

He couldn't help but look around, and wanted to ask a group what was going on, but he felt too shy to. As he kept walking to find Ennoshitia and Kinnoshita, he managed to hear one group speak softly

"I can't believe they aren't talking!"

"Yea...I saw them walk passed each other and you can literally feel the tension between them!"

"I wonder what happened. I don't think I've seen them fight before."

"Whatever happened must've been really bad for them to avoid each other like this."

Narita glanced back at the group for a moment, slightly shocked to hear Nishinoya is in school considering what happened at practice yesterday. Narita kept walking, until he was able to see his friends up ahead. They looked like they were talking about something, but they quickly noticed Narita walking up to him and greeted him.

"Hey, Narita," Ennoshitia smiled.

"Hey man," Kinnoshita added.

"Hey guys," Narita nodded. "How are things?"

Ennoshitia and Kinnoshita glanced at each other, and Narita immediately knew why and sighed.

"This is about Nishinoya and Tanaka, isn't it?"

"Yea…" Ennoshitia trailed off. "I guess people noticed their close friendship and now that they aren't talking to each other…"

"Yea...I just heard people talking about it on the way over here. I wonder if it spread to the first and third years."

"I doubt many people in the first years know much about the second years. The only people who know are the first years on our team...well, hopefully just them."

Narita sighs. "I caught on from one of the groups I was passing by, is them saying Nishinoya actually went to school today. You would think after what happened yesterday, his parents would make him stay home to recover."

Ennoshitia frowned. "Now that you mentioned it...it did seem strange. I saw him briefly this morning, and he still looked exhausted. Considering how protective his parents have been lately, you would think-."

"That's because they didn't know…"

Ennoshitia and Narita suddenly looked over towards Kinnoshita, who was giving off a frown.

"What do you mean?" Ennoshitia asked.

Kinnoshita sighed. "Well...I woke up pretty late so I didn't have time to make breakfast like I usually do. So I'd figured I stop to get a breakfast bar on the way to school and I just happened to stop at the place coach was working in. Anyway, I was looking for something I could eat, when an older man walked in...who apparently was Nishinoya's father…"

*same morning, before school*

Kinnoshita walked in the market right before school. He had forgotten to eat breakfast this morning. He walked into the market and he was immediately met by none other than his coach.

"Oh Kinoshita...good morning. What are you doing here?"
Kinnoshitia chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"I woke up late and forgot to eat breakfast. I just need something to hold me over until lunch."

Ukai frowned at him. He knows Kinnoshitia is usually responsible for taking care of himself. Ukai figured he must've been studying hard or went to bed late.

"Alright...go ahead and get what you need. I don't want you to be late for school."

Kinnoshitia nodded as he disappeared into an isle. As he was looking for something good to eat on the way to school, he heard the sound of the door to the store open. He didn't think much of it as he kept looking. However, he did happen to overhear the conversation between Ukai and another man.

"Good morning sir," the man said.

"Oh, good morning," Ukai replied.

"Do you by any chance have...oh hey, you're Yuu's coach, right?"

That's when Kinnoshita started to listen a little more closely as he looked.

"Yes...and you are?"

"Oh, how rude of me," the man chuckled nervously. "I'm Nishinoya Katashi, Yuu's father."

"Ooh...I'm sorry about that. The only parent I've really met was his mother."

"It's ok, I don't mind."

There was a silence before Ukai spoke up again.

"So...how is your son feeling?"

"Huh? Oh, he's fine. He said he was feeling a little sick yesterday, but he said he was well enough to go to school."

If Kinoshita was right next to Ukai, they would both be able to see each other's shocked reaction.

"What...exactly did he tell you?" Ukai asked after a moment.

"Uh...he told me he threw up during practice because he ate something bad for lunch."

Both Ukai and Kinnoshita fell into stunned silence. So even after Noya's outburst and panic attack, he didn't even mention it to his parents. Now that Kinnoshita thought about it, he remembered Asahi went with him. Wouldn't have Asahi say something? It doesn't sound like him to keep quiet...especially after what he texted to the group of Noya experiencing a flashback while Tanaka yelled at him.

"I...don't think he told you the whole story," Ukai spoke up.

Even in the aisle, Kinnoshita could feel Mr. Nishinoya's tension.

"What are you talking about?"

Ukai sighed. "Your son...kind of blew up on Tanaka yesterday and um...he may have had a panic attack."

At this point, Kinnoshita walked out of the aisle with a breakfast bar in hand just to see Mr. Nishinoya stiffen up. He and Ukai locked eyes with each other for a quick second before they looked back at Yuu's father. Mr. Nishinoya was unaware of Kinnoshita's presence as he leaned forward.

"What are you saying?!"

"We know that he went to visit the guy who attacked him, according to Tanaka. He started hyperventilating during their argument. That seems like a panic attack to me."

"So you're saying that this happened, and he didn't tell us?!"

"It sounds like it to me. It looks like he's still hiding how he feels."

Both Ukai and Kinnoshita could feel the anger radiating from Mr. Nishinoya.

"Why that boy...ugh!" he looked down at his watch and mumbled under his breath. "Damn it! Out of all the days for me to have an important meeting! Out of all the days for Hayami to have important work! He is so in trouble when he gets home!"

Ukai frowned. "I wouldn't go too hard on him. He still seems to be going through a lot. Besides, I'll be giving him a lecture myself anyway."

Mr. Nishinoya sighed heavily as he looked like he was still trying to process the news.

"Well...I gotta get going. Thank you for telling me this," and Mr. Nishinoya rushed out, whatever he was in there for forgotten.

As soon as he stormed out, Kinnoshita and Ukai made eye contact with each other as Kinnoshita slowly walked up to the counter and placed his breakfast bar on the counter.

"You...heard everything, right kid?"

Kinnoshita nodded.

"Man...why does he have to be so stubborn and not tell his own parents?!"

"There...is one thing you need to know."

Ukai stared at the young man. "What is it?"

"Asahi texted us last night saying that Nishinoya had a flashback of that night during that argument and...that's why he was having a panic attack."

Ukai stared in shock, almost speechless of what he was told.

"What?! And he kept that from his parents?! Oh, he's going to get it!"

"Let's not be too hard on him though. Did you want me to tell everyone else?"

Ukai nodded. "Yes. I believe a lecture from the team is in order...and make sure you ask man bun why he didn't say anything to his parents."

Kinnoshita nodded as Ukai finished ringing up his breakfast bar and Kinnoshita paid.

"Alright. Go ahead to school...you don't want to be late."

Kinnoshita nodded. "Yes sir."

Kinnoshita grabbed his breakfast bar and started making his way out of the store. As soon as he left, Ukai thought for a moment, before beginning to search for his phone to give Takeda a call. Meanwhile, as he was eating, Kinnoshita was trying to process all that had happened.

*present*

As Kinnoshita finished explaining what happened, Ennoshitia and Narita stared at him in shock before looking at each other.

"So...he lied to his parents about something that major? How did he think he was going to get away with that?" Ennoshitia asked, having an edge to his voice.

"I don't know. Maybe he didn't expect his father and Ukai to meet up like that," Kinnoshita frowned.

"The thing that confuses me is why Asahi didn't say anything to his parents. We know he wouldn't leave Nishinoya home alone in that state, and rather his parents were home or not, he would tell them what happened," Narita stated. "Something just doesn't add up."

"Wait a minute," Ennoshitia turned to Kinnoshita. "Didn't you say coach wanted you to tell everyone?"

"Yea."

"Then why haven't you told everyone?"

"Well...I couldn't find anyone and I thought I'd be late, so-."

"Y-you didn't think to talk in the group chat that Noya isn't in?"

Kinnoshita stood there for a second before face palming.

"Ah man. Well, in my defense, the conversation happened so fast, I was still processing what just happened, and I was so focused on getting to school on time so...I didn't really think about it."

Ennoshitia sighs. "That's a good point. Besides, I think the people we really need to tell this in person are the third years and Tanaka. Everyone else, we can just tell over text."

"I agree. I'll go ahead and text them," Naritia pulled out his phone and made a group chat including only the others who are about to be involved.

Ennoshitia then looked at Kinnoshita.

"So did coach say anything else to you while you while you were in there?"

Kinnoshita shrugged. "Well, he was shocked to see me since I don't normally stop in the market on the way to school."

Ennoshitia chuckled. "I can only see the look on his face."

Kinnoshita smiled. "Yea...he looked so confused."

The two chuckled before Narita looked back at them.

"Ok, I texted them. I told them to meet outside near the vending machine at lunch."

"Perfect," Ennoshitia said, and then suddenly the bell rings. "We better get to class. I'll see you guys at lunch."

The other two agreed as they went their separate ways to their classes.

When lunch came, the 3 second years walked together towards the vending machine area. They were nervous about this meeting, but knew it was absolutely necessary. On the way over, they looked at each other with worried looks, not knowing how this conversation will go. They walked in silence until they reached their meeting place. Surprisingly enough, everyone was already there. The third years looked at the three second years with curiosity and confusion while Tanaka just looked concerned.

"Oh good you guys are here," Ennoshitia said.

"What's this about?" Daichi asked. "You specifically asked for us."

Tanaka looked around at who was called to this meeting before looking at Daichi.

"I have a feeling of what this is about."

Everyone's attention went to Tanaka.

"I mean...look around. The third years are here and I'm also here," Tanaka looked at the other second years. "This is about Noya, isn't it?"

Everyone looked at one another before Ennoshitia sighed.

"Yes...this is about Noya."

Tanaka flinched before sighing.

"I tried finding and talking to him this morning, but he seemed to be avoiding me and-."

"That's not what this is about," Ennoshitia interrupted.

"Then...what is it about?" Suga asked.

Ennoshitia looked at Kinnoshita.

"Do you want to tell them or…"

Kinnoshita shook his head. "I can tell them,"

He took a deep breath before explaining to them. From when he entered the market, to when he told Ennoshitia and Narita that morning. When Kinnoshita was done, the others stared at Kinnoshita in shock.

"So...let me get this straight. Nishinoya didn't even tell his parents?" Suga asked with clear shock in his voice.

"After everything that happened yesterday, he's still pretending he's fine?!" Tanaka said, having a bit of an edge to his voice.

Daichi turned to Asahi, giving him a slight glare. Even Asahi is afraid of this kind of look, so he flinched.

"Asahi, you were the one who took him home last night, correct?" Daichi's voice was calm...which made it more scary,

"Y-yea...I did," Asahi hesitated.

"Then would you please explain how it's possible that Nishinoya's parents don't even know?!"

"We were wondering that too," Narita said, much calmer and more relaxed than Daichi. "It doesn't seem like you to not say something."

Everyone's attention went to Asahi, and he sighed.

"I was able to get Noya to take a nap. I was waiting for his parents to come home so I can explain what happened...but my mom called me and told me that dad fell and found out he had a fever. I...uh, well kind of panicked and left his house before anything else could happen. It was already bad enough this happened with Noya and then I find out my father is sick. I wasn't thinking straight. It wasn't until I texted you guys what happened outside did I realize I never said anything to his parents...or the fact I left before they got home. I didn't mention it because...I thought he would've said something."

The group took in what Asahi just said before Tanaka walked up to him.

"That makes sense and all, but why didn't you just text him asking him if he talked to his parents?"

"He could've easily lied," Narita said. "Over text, he could've lied and said he did and they were giving him time to think or something. It would be easier that way."

"Either way, it seems like Nishinoya is still keeping this unhealthy way to handle his feelings," Suga said before eyeing Daichi. "And we have to handle this with care and not being hard or angry with him."

Daichi looked taken aback. "Wha...hey, why are you looking at me like that?!"

"Because I know how you get with discipline, Daichi! I know you're upset...and we all are...but if we get angry at him, it can only make things worse. We have to be patient with him."

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Tanaka agreed.

Suga then looked at Tanaka. "And I want you to try to at least talk to him. I know you weren't thinking straight when you were arguing with him yesterday, but please...you have to understand…"

"I know…but that might be difficult when he refuses to be near me. I told you, I tried talking to him this morning before class, but he quickly turned and walked away from me. He's still mad at me."

It felt to...unnatural to say the least that Nishinoya and Tanaka aren't even talking to each other. Sure they would always yell at each other over stupid things, but it was never actually serious.

"He'll come around," Suga smiled, trying to cheer him up, but deep down, he was really worried about the two. "It'll take more than one fight to break you guys apart. He just needs time to think is all!"

Suga took a glance around to see everyone giving weak smiles. Daichi was smiling, but he's been close to Suga long enough to see just how worried he was.

"You're right," Tanaka looked at Suga. "I'm still worried about him though."

"We all are," Kinnoshita said. "That's why we're having this meeting. I'm gonna go ahead and text everyone else and tell them what's going on."

Daich nodded. "Good idea," he looked up at the clock. "We should probably head back to our classrooms. We don't want to be late."

Everyone nodded in agreement as they started to head back to their separate classrooms. All they could really think was why Nishinoya kept his feelings hidden from his parents and what will happen at practice.

The final bell rang, and Nishinoya couldn't be happier. The entire day, he's heard nothing but people whispering about how quiet he's been and how he's been avoiding talking to Tanaka the entire day. The fact that the dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep and paler looking skin also came up in conversation from other students. He had yet another nightmare that night about his attack, but it was not as bad as the flashback he had yesterday. None of his nightmares were as bad as the flashback.

He sighed as he stood up, grabbed his book bag and headed out the door. Next up was volleyball. He hated the fact that he felt excited but also felt dread. He could go to practice to relieve the stress from school today, but at the same time, everyone would be worried about him and he would see Tanaka there too. That was another thing that just infuriated Nishinoya.

The whole day, he felt guilty about avoiding Tanaka. He knew he wanted to just talk to him and try to sort this whole mess out...but as he said to Asahi yesterday, he didn't want to deal with him right now. He didn't blame Tanaka for the flashback, as neither of them knew it would happen, but he still felt mad at him. That's what frustrates Noya...the fact that he had so many mixed emotions about this.

He sighed as he reached the club room, but was surprised to walk in and no one was there. Was there a memo of no practice and he didn't get it?

He pulled out his phone to check, but there was no email or text saying anything about a practice cancellation. Even then, Noya knew Hinata and Kageyama would just come anyway. Even as he got dressed, no one came in the team room. This gave Noya a bad feeling. There would usually be at least one or two people here. Maybe he fell asleep in class and he was being late.

He pulled out his phone again, but it was normally when they started practice. So where was everyone? Well...maybe they decided to start practice later. No...that wasn't it either. People would usually show up early too. Something wasn't right. As soon as Noya finished getting dressed, he quickly made his way to the gym. He needed to know what was going on.

He made it to the gym, about to say he was here, when he noticed everyone on the team was in that gym, staring at him. Noya quickly stopped and noticed the looks of disbelief, concern, and disapproval on everyone's face. Noya was confused but also nervous as to what this was about.

"Um...hey guys!" Noya tried sounding optimistic, but he can tell no one was buying...not even Hinata.

No one moved for a few seconds, and then Daichi started walking up to him, looking both angry and concerned.

"Noya, we need to talk," Daichi's tone was stern but calm.

"What's there to talk about? You all saw how I acted yesterday. Can't we just move on and just worry about Nationals?"

Noya started to walk passed Daichi, but Daichi was quick to grab Noya's arm. Noya unconsciously flinched, and Daichi remembered what happened yesterday between Tanaka and Noya. However, judging by the look on Noya's face, he wasn't reliving that day again.

"Sorry," Daichi said letting go of Noya's arm. "But this is something we need to talk about Noya!"

Noya sighed and decided to play along.

"What's there to talk about? I thought I made it pretty clear yesterday about how I was feeling."

Daichi was trying really hard not to snap at him.

"Obviously we need to talk about it Noya! It seems like you're still hiding your feelings!"

"What are you talking about?!"

Daichi was about to snap, but Ukai was quick to step in.

"Kid, I saw your father this morning. He told me you said he went home and told him you got sick because you ate something bad for lunch."

Noya's eyes widen as he stared at Ukai.

"You...saw my father?!"

At this moment, everyone could hear the fear in Noya's voice.

"Yes and that's what he told me. I even had someone else in the store with me when this happened."

Ukai turned his head towards Kinnoshita and Kinnoshita stepped forward. To say Noya was surprised would be an understatement.

"Kinnoshita?"

"Yea," Kinnoshita said. "Listen, we don't want to see you getting hurt. This whole thing can't be healthy."

Noya knew he was cornered, but he was thinking he could still try and get away with it.

"I really did eat something bad for lunch, and-."

"Noya!" Asahi walked up to the young libero, and that's when Noya flinched again. "Keeping something like that from your parents is completely unacceptable! Yes I left early because my own father was sick, but I figured you would at least tell them what's going on!"

"Tell me, do you know what it's like?" Noya's voice was soft at first, and that's when Asahi realized he just yelled at him. "Do you know what it's like to be in that situation?! To be stabbed?! To be in a life or death situation?! I made sure none of that comes out, but it was basically forced out of me yesterday!"

Noya's attention then went to Tanaka as he stormed up to him.

"You were the one who did this! You were the one who made everyone know! Do you even realize what you've done?! I wanted to make sure everyone was worried about Nationals but nooooo! You just haaaaddd to make a big deal over everything!"

Tanaka took a deep breath, trying not to argue back and make a repeat of yesterday.

"Noya...if you really didn't want anyone to know about seeing Jiro, you shouldn't have said anything to me. You should know that I would've asked you about it after it happened. I know maybe the middle of practice wasn't the best time, but you did get defensive in your response. That just shows that...you need help. We've been worried about you ever since the phone call. No...ever since the whole thing started back in October...but you've been hiding away everything since the phone call."

The room got quiet as Tanaka finished what he was saying. Noya then quickly realized he just had another outburst and took a step back away from Tanaka. Tanaka noticed this and sighed.

"I know you're mad at me and possibly hate me but...I wanted to say I'm sorry. I know it isn't enough after what I put you through yesterday but...I really am. I never meant to hurt you like that. I just want to talk again...if that's possible."

The room grew silent again...this time the silence was a bit longer. People were thinking of intervening, but Daichi and Suga shook their heads indicating that the two of them needed to talk this out. After what seemed like ages, Noya looked back up at Tanaka.

"I...don't hate you, and I don't blame you for what happened either. You had no idea something like that would happen...and neither did I. I did think we needed to talk this out but...I just needed more time. I'm...sorry for avoiding you but...I just couldn't talk to you right then. I'm sorry for bringing up a sensitive argument during our fight. I'm…"

Noya looked around as tears started to form in his eyes. He realized this as he looked down, constantly trying to wipe the tears on his shoulder. He took a breath trying to recompose himself as he looked back at Tanaka.

"I'm sorry for dragging you into my mess."

Tanaka shook his head. "There isn't anything to apologize for. I knew you weren't thinking straight and I was the one who made it worse by-."

"Stop blaming yourself!" Noya snapped before he broke down and collapsed to his knees.

Everyone was startled, but they could hear the soft sobs coming from Noya. Tanaka looked up at everyone before kneeling in front of him, and pulled him into a much needed hug. Noya flinched and became tense at first, but soon he relaxed and returned the hug, sobbing into his shoulder.

Tanaka could feel Noya trembling, but at least he's finally releasing everything he's been hiding from everyone for weeks. Tanaka looked up at the rest of the team with a soft smile, and most of the team joined in on the hug. Tskukishimia stood back, and couldn't help but feel relieved that Noya finally stopped acting like the brave guardian that he tried showing. He could hear Noya whispering how sorry he was for everything, but everyone comforted him.

"You aren't going to join, kid?"

Tsukishimia looked over at Ukai and shrugged.

"Not really that into hugging, but I'm glad to see he finally stopped pretending to be happy go lucky."

"That's one way to say it, I guess."

The hug lasted a little while longer before everyone pulled away and Noya wipes the tears from his eyes. As he did, Takeda walked up and kneeled in front of Noya.

"Are you ready to talk now?"

Noya avoided eye contact with Takeda but nodded.

"Yea...I am…"

Takeda nodded as everyone sat around, ready to listen to Noya's much needed discussion.

Noya made his way home, feeling a little bit better after finally talking things out. He was glad he got to talk with Tanaka again to work things out. He was glad he was able to talk things out with him. They were able to talk about how they both were feeling. They figured they wanted to try and have the conversation sooner rather than later, and with Nationals coming up, they knew they couldn't continue avoiding each other.

However, Noya quickly remembered that Ukai mentioned he talked to his father this morning...which only means his father knows...as well as his mother. He sighed loudly as he mentally prepared himself for another lecture. He just wanted to go to his room and get some well deserved sleep. As he made it to his house, he took a deep breath and then opened the door.

"Mom, Dad, I'm home!"

The only thing that could be heard was the door closing behind him. He took a few steps before he heard the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs. Yup...here it comes.

"YUU!"

That was his mother...and man she sounded pissed. His father wasn't far behind as his mother stormed up to him.

"You have a lot of explaining to do! Your father brought to my attention that your coach told him that you basically had a panic attack at practice yesterday! Why the hell didn't you say anything?! You-!"

"Hayami, I think you should calm down," Mr. Nishinoya laid a hand on his wife's shoulder.

Mrs. Nishinoya quickly turned to her husband.

"Calm down? Calm down?! You were just as freaked out and angry when you told me this morning!"

"I was...but then I had some time to think it over. Yuu's obviously been through a lot, so getting angry at him isn't going to fix anything. If anything, it'll make him feel more anxious."

Mrs. Nishinoya stared at Mr. Nishinoya for a few moments before sighing and turning back to her son.

"Why didn't you say anything to us? Do you not trust us?"

Nishinoya avoided eye contact with her. He knew this was coming, but was afraid to say the truth. So much has happened and he just talked about everything that has happened with the team and now he had to do it again with his parents. But...he knew they had the right to know.

"I...didn't want you guys to worry about me."

"Yuu, we're your parents. We're always worried about you. You shouldn't be afraid to talk to us about any of this. But...we can't help you if you don't talk to us about it."

Nishinoya looked up at his mother and knew she was right. Besides, even if he tried claiming he was ok now, they wouldn't believe them. So Noya sighed as he began to walk passed his parents.

"Hey, where are you going?!" Mrs. Nishinoya shouted after him.

Yuu looked back. "The living room. I figured that's where we could talk."

His parents looked at each other before following their son in the living room. Once everyone was settled, Noya slowly started to explain everything he was feeling for the past few weeks. He even teared up a few times as he was telling his parents everything.

When he was finished, his parents came over and, for the second time today, received a hug. They comforted him and told him that they will always be there for him and will love him no matter what happens. They just wished he would've said something sooner.

Later that night, Noya and his parents decided to have a family movie night to get Noya's mind off of things. Of course, being Noya's movie choice, it was obviously a volleyball movie. However, during the movie, Noya fell asleep against his mother. His parents smiled at their sleeping son, looking peaceful in his sleep for once. It looked like things were looking up for the young libero.

That is...until the day Nishinoya has to show up for trial.

A/N: annnnd done! Gotta admit, I did rush the ending because I just wanted to get this done! Anyway, a few things I like to say. First off, I figured I'd give the other second years the spotlight because I feel they're underrated...especially Kinnoshita. In my opinion, he's the most underrated character on Karasuno's team, so I gave him his own little spotlight. Also, I forgot to mention, in the trial arc, I may or may not switch between first and third person, but I haven't decided yet. What do you guys think? Anyway, I'm probably going to step away from this story for a few months...I'm aiming to be back sometime between April and May, but I'll let you guys know. In the mean time, as I said, if you're an SU fan, I'll be having a new story up soon. I'm just going to take a few days off from writing before I continue writing and fixing up the first chapter. Anyway, I've said what I needed to say sooo yea. Thank you guys so much for your continuous support! And I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Buh bye!