Summary: Kozue was brought to the conclusion that her seat-mate was the exact opposite of her when she found him screeching in the hallway about volleyball. She also came to the understanding that he wasn't a bad guy when he practically dove onto the floor when she fell down the stairs. It wasn't too embarrassing until she heard a "Nice receive!" from some classmate. [OC/Decided]

A/N: Thanks for the positive reviews guys. And to answer someone's question, her older brother is not Oikawa. Sorry to everyone who wanted to see 'big bro oikawa' in action. He's there because of some other thing which will happen in the story and cause other things and thingys. Anyway, have fun reading this chapter. Yes, I did decide who Socks will end up with but I don't want people to really know until the story gets to that point. This chapter is really just kind of showing her connection with Konoha and yeah. Nothing really happens, is what I think personally but it is necessary to be put there despite how boring it is. Lol.

As a regular user of online forums, email, social media and the whole internet altogether, Kozue was very much aware of the cursed existence of spam accounts. The irritation it would cause her and simply just how troublesome they were to deal with, whether they were spam accounts or spam emails, was a reoccurring issue in her sheltered life.

Some days when she wanted to communicate with her friends online (yes, she had friends online but not in real life) her inbox would be filled with spam emails trying to prompt her into sharing some unrealistic message with the threat of death hanging from it. A real annoyance and nuisance in her quiet life.

But the fact that these emails and accounts were unstoppable and constantly appearing in front of her reminded her of a certain somebody who seemed to never really notice how uncomfortable she was in front of him. Bokuto Koutarou was not a bad person, it was obvious that he was a nice person, but he just seemed to have this oblivious air around him that made him completely unaware of the fact that every time he appeared to talk to her she would have a mini heart attack.

Once again, Bokuto Koutarou was not a bad person but really the opposite. He probably saw her as the quiet, friendless girl in his class who he can't leave alone because he believed that quote, 'everyone deserves to be happy!'. Kozue also missed the timing to tell him that she was completely fine with her situation at school. In fairness, that was also partially her fault.

So, despite the awkwardness, here she was, sitting at her desk and watching over Bokuto's sandwich whilst he ran off to grab a drink. She sighed tiredly in her seat and grabbed her chopsticks. Bokuto had been hanging around her every lunch break for the past two weeks. He always disappeared during the first break, probably to hang out with his other friends.

"Socks! I'm back!" Kozue almost knocked her knee against her desk.

"A-Ah… Welcome back, Bokuto-san."

Bokuto swiftly moved to sit down on his seat, enthusiastically stabbing the straw into the juice box before sticking it into his mouth. He drank the liquid down in light speed before popping the straw out of his mouth and letting out a satisfied breath.

"As usual it tastes great! Hey, do you think I should bring some over to practice today? Ah! Maybe I should get some for Akaashi, he looks like the type to drink juice. Hm, yeah I'll totally do that!" Bokuto exclaims, looking down at the juice box fondly. "Hey, Socks what do you think?"

First, Kozue had no idea who this Akaashi was (a teammate?). Second, did her opinion really matter here? She had a feeling he would probably just do whatever he wanted in the end. She thought of not answering but the unnecessary interest in his eyes made her swallow the rice she was chewing.

"Uh… I think he'll appreciate it?" She wasn't too sure since she didn't even know Akaashi. She was assuming he was a male since Bokuto was in the male volleyball club.

Bokuto nodded firmly with a loud smile, "Cool, I think so too! Thanks, Socks!"

"No problem…"

Bokuto and Kozue then went back to eating their respective lunches. Bokuto chatted whenever food wasn't in his mouth and Kozue replied (stammered mainly) when necessary. However, their small daily ritual was interrupted by a familiar drawl.

"Seriously, Bokuto. You shouldn't keep botherin' Socks so much, y'know." Konoha raised a brow from the doorway. Kozue nods shyly as a greeting as the male stuffed his hands in his pockets and made his way over to them. "How're you doing, anyway?" He asked turning to her.

"A-Ah, I'm alright." She said.

"Huuuh, Konoha, you know Socks?!" Bokuto jumped up from his seat, pointing his chopsticks accusingly at the male and catching Kozue by surprise meanwhile.

"We went to the same middle school, calm down. We're also members of the same party." Konoha glanced at her with a cheeky grin. Kozue gaped at him and he snickered at both her and Bokuto's expressions.

"I gotta thank you about all the progress yesterday. Man, I wouldn't have been able to fight that boss by myself. When'd you get so high levelled anyway, Socks? Using cheats?" Konoha continued and Kozue almost stands with Bokuto alarmed at his accusation.

"O-Of course not! I just did some extra grinding on the weekend…" She explained frantically. Konoha laughed amused at her reaction and Bokuto cocked his head confused. "Wait, what're you guys talking about?" He asked.

Kozue turned to him and she could feel her face flush in embarrassment. She was never one to talk about her hobbies at school, having already been scared too many times by the disgusted reactions she got when she talked about it. "Ah, well…" She trailed off.

"What? Socks, you gotta speak louder!" Bokuto encouraged unhelpfully.

"A game, a game, Bokuto. We're talking about a game we play together online. We've been playing since middle school." Konoha explained, patting the curious male on the shoulder. "We went to the same middle school." He repeated.

"Woah, seriously?!" Kozue flinched at the volume of Bokuto's voice.

"Yeah, man."

Kozue was not used to so much conversation in a day.

"Socks!"

Kozue jolted in surprised and grabbed the straps of her school bag by instinct. She bit her lip nervously and slowly turned around. Other students had turned towards her curiously as her classmate's voice carried through the air. She was faced with the image of Bokuto running down towards her, energetically waving his arm in the air with a loud grin on his face. She could see several others following behind the male and she swallowed the ball of nerves sitting in her throat.

What was she going to do? Bokuto was hard to talk to as it was? What was she going to do if they talked to her? What was she going to do?!

"Socks!" Bokuto came to an abrupt stop right in front of her, causing her to flinch despite her knowing he was headed towards her. "Are you heading home?" He asked her with a large smile dancing on his lips. She nodded weakly, unable to keep up with same enthusiasm.

"Bokuto-san, please don't disturb people." A cool voice piped in catching the girl by surprise. "Calling them that is rude without their permission."

Kozue turned and met the eyes of a rather emotionless teen who stood by Bokuto as the male passionately exclaimed that Kozue's nickname was something that everyone called her, leaving the girl no room for explanation. Somehow she was beginning to get used to it though. Whether it was a good thing or a bad thing was still something she was debating internally.

The boy looked at her and bowed his head, "Akaashi Keiji, a pleasure to meet you."

"A-Ah… Yumeno Kozue, nice to meet you." She returned the notion politely. She noted at how mature he seemed to be for anyone she expected to have relations with Bokuto. Akaashi nodded and turned to Bokuto, "Bokuto-san, if we're late it's your fault."

"Ah! I forgot! Akaashi make sure to toss to me a lot today!" Bokuto then proceeded to dash off towards the gym.

"Yeah, yeah." He turned to Kozue, "Sorry, we'll be excusing ourselves."

"I-It's okay…"

Awkwardly, the girl scratched her head when the two left before turning around and making her way past the school gates.

And that was the first time she met Akaashi Keiji.

a/n: reviews appreciated. :) thanks to those who did review.