Kuroo laid in his bed as he thought about [name]. He had noticed her scars the moment she sat next to him during class, and she noticed how her eyes were filled with just, dullness. He had also noticed how much she trembled whenever Oikawa was mentioned.

"I can't leave her alone just like that." Kuroo mumbled to himself as he turned and tried to fall asleep. He then immediately shot up from his bed with wide opened eyes.

"What the heck is wrong with me?!"

[name] stood in her bathroom, looking at herself, and then down into the basin where it was stained red. She had woken up from a nightmare that had caused her to feel extremely depressed. Her antidepressant medications were finished, and she realised that she didn't see her psychiatrist then for another prescription.

Afraid. Useless. Worthless. Pathetic. Waste of space. Nobody will love you. Weak. All these words flashed through her mind once again, and she picked up the blades with shaky hands and slashed down once more.

"I don't have a reason to love anymore."

"Did I miss her?" Kuroo mumbled to himself as he waited outside of the gate of [name]'s house. He had been debating to whether he should confront her about her scars now, or to wait until one day she breaks down.

"Damn it, what's wrong with me!" he whispered yelled to himself.

[name] was done slipping on her shoes. She looked down to her arms that were covered by her blazer and smiled a small smile. "At least it's covered." She mumbled to herself and left her house.

"You're finally out! I thought I missed you!" [name] flinched a little as she was just about to lock the gate. She turned and came face to face with Kuroo, who had on a smirk. She made a face at him and turned back to lock the gate before walking off down the road.

"Let's walk to school together!" Kuroo called out as he chased after [name].

There was an awkward silence among the duo as they walked to school together. Or rather, [name] was ignoring Kuroo the entire time.

"Hey. Why do you cut yourself?" Kuroo asked all of a sudden, causing [name] to stop in her tracks.

"I don't cut myself." She smiled at him, and was just about to walk off when Kuroo grabbed hold on her arm tightly, causing her to wince in pain which Kuroo noticed. He then pulled her towards him and pushed up the sleeve of her blazer. His eyes staring at the fresh cuts from last night.

"Why?" he asked.

"It's nothing." [name] spoke and got her arm out of his grasp and was about to walk away when Kuroo stopped her by caging her. He had her against the wall of someone's house, and each of his hands were by her head.

"Tell me." He demanded, but immediately regretted it when he saw the look in [name]'s eyes. Fear. She was trembling too. [name] was afraid. A vision of Oikawa slamming his hand down flashed before her, and she quickly used her hands to cover her face, yelling, "Don't hit me!" and she started to tremble even more.

"[name]? I'm not hitting you. [name]!" Kuroo shook her by the shoulders, and she immediately stopped trembling and looked at him, with fear still in her eyes.

"I-I-I'm sorry!" she apologised and pushed Kuroo away, quickly walking down towards the school for they were going to be late.

"Crap, I screwed up." Kuroo mumbled as he ran after [name].

"[name]?" the teacher called out. It was literature, and the teacher had wanted her to answer some of the questions that he had just asked.

"[name]?" he called again. [name] was just busy staring down at her literature book, not paying attention to anything and especially her surroundings. Kuroo then nudged her with a pen and she flinched. He then pointed to the front, and she noticed the teacher was staring at her the entire time.

"I-I-I'm sorry…" she apologised and stood up. The teacher had on a soft smile, and his eyes were shone with concern.

"[name], do you want to go to the infirmary? You don't look too well."

Sure enough she looked extremely pale, and the morning incident had shaken her up quite a bit. She nodded slightly, and then the teacher called out once again.

"Kuroo Tetsuro, be a gentleman and accompany her to the infirmary will you?" [name] immediately tensed when the teacher mentioned his name.

"I-I-It's okay! I can go by myself!" she stuttered out.

"Like hell you can. You don't even know where it is." Kuroo mumbled as he pulled [name] by the hand and out of the class.

"That's weird, the nurse isn't in." Kuroo muttered as he took a look around the infirmary. He sighed and then pulled [name] into the infirmary and made her sit down on the chair. He then headed towards the first aid kit and got out bandages.

"Remove your blazer." He instructed [name], and she did with trembling fingers. He sighed at the amount of cuts she had on her arms, and then he sat down in front of her. He grabbed hold of one of her arms gently, and started to bandage the arm.

[name] could only stare at what Kuroo was doing, wincing once in a while.

"I'm sorry." Kuroo apologised, and [name] looked up to him with a confused look.

"For what?" she asked.

"For… Making you run away in fear." He mumbled.

"I-It's okay. It's just… bad memories…" she whispered softly, but Kuroo heard it.

"I'm sorry if I triggered any. I'm just… worried." And [name] stared at him with wide eyes. Kuroo then grabbed hold of her other arm and started to bandage it.

"Maybe, when I'm a little better, then I'll tell you?" [name] spoke, and Kuroo looked at her. He smiled softly as he saw a small smile on her face. He just nodded and continued to bandage her arm.

"[name]-senpai!" and [name] looked up from her desk and spotted Aiyu.

"Good afternoon, Aiyu. What can I do for you?" [name] asked with a smile on her face.

"I-I heard from my sister about… What happened…" she mumbled, and [name] widened her eyes in surprise, but softened and stood up. She then patted Aiyu on her head, ruffling her hair a little and spoke.

"I'll be fine. No worries." And she walked down towards the door of the classroom, when all of a sudden Aiyu shouted.

"[name]-senpai! We're having a practice match against the boys today! Please come!"

[name] then titled her head to the back with a soft smile on her face, and she spoke, "Maybe." And she waved the application form in front of Aiyu before turning to leave the classroom for lunch.

"What's nice here?" [name] asked as Kuroo brought her around the canteen along with Kenma and Yaku.

"Grilled Salted Mackerel Pike!" Kuroo announced, whereas Yaku and Kenma rolled their eyes at him.

"You're just stating your favourite food, Kuroo." Yaku commented.

"The curry rice is nice here, [name]." Kenma spoke and then his attention went back to his beloved video game.

"I guess; I'll have that then." And she walked towards the stall that was selling curry rice.

"Isn't she Oikawa's girlfriend?"

"She must have really suffered a major heartbreak!"

"Did you guys know she has depression?"

"Ew, so she self-harms?"

"Attention seeker."

Whispers filled the canteen as [name] was waiting for her turn in line. She then gave up and walked away from the stall, walking straight past Kuroo, Yaku and Kenma who were waiting for her with their food.

Yaku immediately grabbed hold of [name]'s hand and pulled her back. She sent a glare at him as he pointed with his finger, towards Kuroo.

"Oi. Enough of the trash talk." Kuroo spat out, and the whole canteen went quiet.

"I've lost my appetite. You guys go ahead." [name] mumbled and quickly got out of Yaku's hold and walked off quickly.

"Damn it, stop worrying me already." Kuroo muttered under his breath, which Yaku and Kenma both heard, and they stared at each other, smirking in fact.

[name] laid in her bed. She had skipped the rest of school for the day as she really felt very shitty. She looked at the time and realised that school is about to end in 10 minutes, and the girls' practice will be starting at 1730, which was in 40 minutes' time. She then stared at the application paper on the table, intensely.

"I hope to see you in the volleyball team!"

"Take care. And don't give up on your favourite sport for shittykawa."

"If you still love volleyball, that should be the only reason why you'll join us."

"Urgh, I hate you all." [name] muttered under her breath as she got out of bed and brought out her volleyball shoes and gears.

"Kenma, nice serve!"

And the ball got over the net. The libero of the girls' team, Naomi, managed to receive it nicely, passing it to the setter, Aria, allowing her to set to the wing spiker, Yuki. Yuki raised her hand up, about to spike when all of a sudden Kuroo jumped up just in time, blocking her spike.

"Don't mind, Yuki!" Kyoko called out, trying to encourage Yuki. Even though she herself was discourage as it was only the first set, and it was a score of 15-09, with the boys' team leading.

"Kenma, nice serve!"

The ball spun and got over the net, and Kyoko tried her best to receive it, and she managed to hit it. But it went out of the gym.

"Kenma, nice serve!"

[name] heard the shouts as she stepped closer to the gym. All of a sudden a ball flew out of the gym, and [name] caught it. She had on a surprised look as she walked towards the gym. She stood at the door of the gym, and threw the ball in, shooting a comment as well.

"And who's receiving is that bad to the point it flew out of the gym?" she asked.

"[name]/[name]-senpai!" the girls called out.

"Yo." [name] greeted and held out her application form. Kyoko gladly took the application form from her hand and cheered;

"We got ourselves a middle blocker!"

[name] then walked towards the coach and manager, greeting them as well.

"I'm sorry for my tardiness. I'm [name]." [name] introduced herself, and the boys' coach chuckled.

"Ah, [name]. I've seen your matches before. Don't disappoint me." He commented, and all [name] could do was to smile.

"Alright, [name]. Go and do your warm up, we'll put you into the game as soon as you're done." The girls' coach spoke and [name] hurried to do her warm up, not realising that Kuroo was watching her the entire time.

"KUROO!" and then the ball slammed into Kuroo's face.

"YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME." [name] yelled as soon as she was put on court for the second set. The reason to why she yelled, was because she was in the frontline. No, not because of that. But because the boys' team current frontline consisted of Kuroo. Of all people, she had to go against Kuroo first.

Kuroo smirked and spoke, "Surprise me, [name]."

[name] gritted her teeth and then smirked, "Oh, I will. Bed head."

And the game was on.

"Lev, nice serve!" and Lev served. The ball flew… and hit the net, and dropped into their own court. [name] stared with a confused look on her face as she saw Yaku kicking Lev and Kuroo's face turned red from embarrassment.

All of a sudden Kuroo turned and yelled at Lev, "Lev! After this practice match, I'm going to whip you into shape!" and the boys team snickered as Lev gasped. "DON'T YOU GASP ME RIGHT NOW LEV."

"Oi, oi. Let's get back to the game, bed head." [name] called out, and giggled when Kuroo turned to face her with the embarrassed look still on. What she didn't know was, Kuroo was blushing as well.

"Yuki, nice serve!" and Yuki served the ball and it got over the net.

"Nice receive!"

"Kenma!" Kuroo yelled, and [name] prepared to mark him. Kenma then set the ball to Kuroo who jumped up and swung his hand back. But [name] actually knew what he wanted to do. She jumped up and raised her hand, like a blocker would. But Kuroo did a feint instead. He smirked as his body descended down to the ground, but soon his smirk was gone when he saw [name] was smirking.

That's when he realised the ball was hit up, and he noticed that [name] had stuck her foot out to hit it up.

"Nice one, [name]!"

"Aria cover!"

[name] then got into her spiking position and called out to Aria. Aria nodded and set towards [name]. She jumped up and was about to spike when Kuroo jumped up with a smirk on his face, indicating that he's definitely going to block her spike.

[name]'s eyes shifted to the side, and Kuroo saw it. His arms immediately went to the sides, but then [name] spiked a straight instead of a cross. The ball ended up hitting the floor of the opponents' court.

Everybody stood, staring at what had just happened. Kuroo had on a very shock look as he stared at where the ball had hit on the floor. Silenced filled the gym for a good one minute, until…

"THAT WAS A KILLER, [NAME]!"

"THAT WAS AWESOME!"

"HAH, TAKE THAT BOYS!"

The girls cheered, and Kuroo turned to stare at [name]. [name] stared back with a confused look and she tilted her head. All of a sudden Kuroo's face turned red and he quickly looked away. [name] shrugged her shoulders as she got back into her position.

"Yuki, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Cover, cover!"

And Kenma set to the boys' team's ace, Yamamoto Taketora. [name] quickly ran beside Kyoko and jumped up with her. Taketora did a full swing, shouting out as well, and slammed the ball hard, doing a cross. [name] quickly moved her arm to the side and managed to let her fingers touch it, slowing the momentum of the ball.

"Tch!" Taketora click his tongue as he stared at [name], where she just returned his stare with a smirk.

"Nice one-touch!"

"Cover, cover!"

[name] then got into her position and called out, "Aria!". Kuroo, Taketora and Kenma quickly got into position to block [name]'s spike, but it never came. The ball still ended up in the boys' side of the court, and they turned to look that Aria had tossed the ball to Aiyu who was free from blocks.

"Boys, you're getting played out by the girls this time round." The boys' coach called out, and the boys couldn't help but have an embarrassed look on their faces.

"Yuki, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

And [name] marked Kenma, watching his movements. She then noticed that both Kuroo and Taketora were running, but she also noticed that Lev was running as well even though he was in the backline. With a smirk, she waited for Kenma to toss the ball, and she chose not to block. She immediately went a little further away from the net and position herself.

Kuroo didn't spike, nor did Taketora. It was Lev, and Lev's spike landed just nicely at where [name] had positioned herself. Lev gasped at what had happened as he quickly went back into his position.

"Sorry, it's a bit short! Cover me, Aria!" [name] called out, and Aria did as [name] got into position. Aria then tossed the ball towards [name] and she jumped up. Kuroo, Kenma and Taketora, the trio jumped up as well, and they were sure enough that they will be able to block [name]'s spike. She smirked and slammed the ball.

It hit the fingertips of Kuroo's hand, and it flew out of the court. As they landed, the boys stared at where the ball had landed, and the coach called for a timeout.

"Did she… Just did a clean wipe?" Kai asked.

"Yeah… She just did… On Kuroo too…" Yaku spoke as he still stared at where the ball had landed.

"NICE WIPE, [NAME]!"

"THAT WAS SO AWESOME!"

"PLEASE TEACH ME!"

And [name] was surrounded by the volleyball girls as they had their break. The girls' coach soon came over and started to praise the team, whereas on the boys' side…

"Really, you guys are letting that middle blocker toy with you." Their coach chuckled. He then stopped laughing and looked at Kuroo, "Do the Personal Time Difference Attack." Which Kuroo then smirked and did a thumbs up to Kenma.

Not knowing that [name] sensed something was going on, and she spoke up, loud enough for her teammates and coach to hear, but soft enough for the other side to not hear.

"I've got a feeling." She mumbled.

"What is it?" Kyoko asked.

"That they're going to try something." [name] mumbled again.

"Any suggestions?" the coach asked.

"Not much, just look out for my signal." [name] mumbled again.

"Kyoko, nice serve!"

The score was 23-21, with the girls leading.

"Nice receive!"

"Are they not going to try anything?" [name] thought to herself as her eyes remained on Kenma. She then noticed Kuroo was about to do a quick, but she felt something was off. She quickly signalled Naomi to stay behind her, and sure enough when [name] jumped, Kuroo didn't jump to spike, even though Kenma had tossed a ball. That's when she realised Kenma tossed a high one, and that had caused [name] to fake out.

Kuroo then finally jumped and spiked a straight, and he smirked. But soon enough he stopped smirking when he saw that [name] was smirking as well.

"Nice one, Naomi!" Aria called out.

"Connect, connect!"

Naomi did as what [name] had signalled, and sure enough she received Kuroo's spike.

"Aria, cover!"

"Alright!"

And both [name] and Yuki ran up, getting into a spiking position. Kuroo was marking [name], whereas Taketora marked Yuki. Aria jumped up and was about to do a toss when, all of a sudden she did a dump instead, causing Kai to slide hard on the floor.

The boys stared at what had just happened, and they honestly couldn't believe their eyes at what had just happened.

"Nice dump, Aria!" [name] called out and gave a thumbs up. Aria smiled shyly as the girls crowded around her and gave her nudges.

"Set point!" the manager called out.

"Come on girls, one more point and this set is ours!" Kyoko called out.

"Kyoko, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Kenma cover!"

And Kenma jumped, about to do a toss but he decided to do a dump instead, which [name] realised it just in time and stuck her foot out before the ball hit the ground. The ball flew up then.

"Nice one, [name]!"

"Aria, cover!"

Yuki, Kyoko and [name] ran up to take a spiking position, and Aria tossed the ball. But she didn't toss to any of the trio, she tossed it to the back, to Aiyu who jumped up and slammed the ball down. It got past Kenma's blocking, and it hit the ground just before Yaku could save it.

"Nice one Aiyu!" the team called out and ruffled the girl's hair.

[name] and the girls were resting as they watched the boys cleaning up the gym. They had lost to them in the final set, and so now they had to clean up the gym.

"Nene, [name], what's your type of guy?" Yuki asked as she bit into an apple.

[name] shrugged her shoulders, her heart was in pieces to the point that she can't even think about her ideal type. She was tired of loving, tired of giving it a try. Too scared to even think about it.

"Is it Kuroo-senpai?" Aiyu asked. [name] then stared at her with confused eyes and shook her head.

"Well, he seems interested in you though." Kyoko commented as she took a sip from her water bottle.

"Oi, [name]! Let's walk home together!" Kuroo called out as he was mopping the floor. [name] just gave a thumbs up and looked back to the girls, who were giving her a weird look.

"What? He just lives next door." [name] spoke and shrugged her shoulders.

"He totally likes you." Aria said as she tied her hair up.

"Even if he does, I'm not capable anymore." [name] answered and shrugged her shoulders again.

"What do you mean?" Naomi asked as she tied her shoelaces.

"I don't have a reason to love." [name] said and stood up.

"I'm done. Let's go [name]!" Kuroo called out as he grabbed his bag and walked past them.

"I'm heading home first, see you girls!" [name] waved and grabbed her bag.

"See you!" the girls called out, and Aiyu was being cheeky and she added on.

"Enjoy yourselves~" which then the girls giggled as [name] gave a weird look while Kuroo had on an extremely red face.

"Yeah, enjoy yourself, Kuroo~" the boys called out, and Kuroo's face became even more red. [name] then rolled her eyes and grabbed hold of Kuro by the collar of his jacket and dragged him out of the gym, heading home.

The walk home was awkward as silence was the only thing between Kuroo and [name]. Kuroo sighed and decided to break the ice between them then. He had one thing on his mind the entire time, and he wanted [name] to promise him.

"Hey, [name]." he called out.

"Hm?" [name] responded.

"Can you promise me something?" he asked.

"What is it?"

Kuroo then grabbed hold of [name] by her arms and made her look at him. Kuroo had on a serious look in his eyes, and he wasn't smirking. Which kind of intimidate [name] slightly, but she knew that Kuroo isn't going to hit her or whatsoever.

"Promise me, you won't cut." He finally managed to get it out of his mind.

"Promise me whenever you feel depressed, you'll call me. You won't cut. I want to be there for you." And Kuroo stopped.

"Crap, what if she thinks it's a confession?!" he thought to himself.

"Alright." [name] replied. Kuroo blinked and stared at her with a confuse look on his face.

"I said alright, I promise! Now give me your phone already, you bed head!" [name] snapped as she had been holding her hand out for the past one minute. Kuroo then quickly got out his phone and handed it over to [name], where she keyed in her number and handed it back to Kuroo.

She then proceeded to walk back home, and Kuroo soon ran up to catch up with her.

"Thank god it's the weekends tomorrow. I'm so tired."

[name] laid in her bed, and yawned. Her body was just about to give in to exhaustion anytime soon. She then stretched over and grabbed her phone off the table, and looked at the messages she had yet to read.

"I heard from Aiyu that you joined the volleyball team, and even trashed the boys!" – Ai

"Hey, I heard from Ai that you joined the volleyball team. Hope to see you soon! Hehe." – Haru

"Oi, [name]. I heard from Ai that you joined the volleyball team. Good job!" – Iwaizumi

"Hey, remember our promise alright? ^^ Call me whenever you need someone to talk to. Anyway tomorrow is the weekends, and practices are cancelled. Do you want to you know, hang out?" – Kuro

"This guy, did he get my number just to ask me out?" [name] mumbled as she replied to all the messages.

"Seriously, what is wrong with me?! I even got trashed by her today…" Kuroo muttered to himself as he flung himself onto his bed. His phone then vibrated and he took a look at it. He immediately sat up and smiled as he read the message.

"Sure. But I'll probably be waking up close to the afternoon, I'm deadbeat. Let's get ice-cream! I'm craving for some, heh. " – [name]

Kuroo then quickly typed a reply and set his phone aside. That's when he stared into space with wide eyes as he realised how he had reacted when he received a reply from [name].

"Crap…"

[name] was just about to set her phone down when it rang all of a sudden. She then took a look at it, and muttered to herself.

"Was this bed head waiting for my reply or what?" and she read the message.

"Alright, sure! Since we both live just next to each other, just text me when you wake up then! Then I'll pick you up. Have a goodnight's rest!" – Kuroo

And then [name] placed her phone onto her bedside table, and allowed the exhaustion to take over her body, allowing her to fall into a deep sleep.