"Someone wake [name] and Kyoko up!"
"Captain! Vice-captain!" Aiyu called out with a slight giggle as she noticed the frown on both her seniors' faces when she called out their names loudly.
"Urgh… 5 more minutes…" the duo muttered out at the same time as they turned in their mattresses. Aiyu sighed with a smile on her head as she walked towards the curtains and pulled them away, allowing the blinding sunlight to shine onto the both of her seniors.
"GAH!"
"You need to stop waking us up like that…" Kyoko whined as she yawned and followed her teammates, heading towards the cafeteria for breakfast.
"Mou, but you guys are totally sleeping like dead logs! Apparently it seems only the sunlight can wake you guys up." Aiyu teased and stuck her tongue out at Kyoko while [name] was just yawning her life away.
All of a sudden [name] felt someone nudging her by the side, and she turned to look that Naomi was nudging her with her elbow and she pointed towards the front. [name]'s gaze was soon fixed ahead of her, on a certain bed head who was currently topless, and had a slight smirk on his face.
"You know, I'm hoping it will be winter, so that you'll freeze that smirk off your face." [name] called out as her teammates and her got closer to where Kuroo was standing.
"But you'll be there to warm me up right before I freeze to death, no?" Kuroo teased out and pulled her by the waist as soon as she was in a reachable distance, causing her to blush slightly as she was in contact with his naked upper body.
"Kyahh! I totally ship them!" Aiyu squealed out as she started to fangirl, and [name] swore that Aiyu had definitely broken a fuse then.
"Stop it, bed head." [name] whisper-yelled as she noticed her teammates were giving her smirks that she knew all too well.
"Why? I've got the world in my arms right before me." Kuroo spoke with a hint of adoration.
"Oh? So you're saying I'm round?" [name] asked, trying to tease him back.
"Well, you are kind of chubby." Kuroo commented, and [name] stared at him in shock.
"Well, I'm sorry?" [name] questioned and pulled out of his arms and stood by her teammates with a slight pout on her face.
"Hey! I'm not complaining, you're perf-."
"Oh, shut up already." [name] snapped with an extremely deep blush on her face. Oh how she hated that Kuroo knew exactly what to say just to make her weak for his words. Urgh. She even wished that she is able to shove a volleyball up his ass just to make prove that she can be dominant as well. But, ouch.
"Ne, Kuroo-senpai, why are you half-naked and standing outside here?" Aiyu asked as she tried to contain her fangirling.
"Are you out here to charm our dearest [name]?"
"Or could it be that you want something else from her?"
"Oh, damn…"
"I didn't know Kuroo-senpai was that innocent."
"You need to remember to use protection though."
"But it doesn't matter, we wouldn't mind having mini you and [name]-senpai running around."
"Girls, stop please." [name] mumbled as she was getting more and more embarrassed about the kind of thoughts that her teammates could actually have, and all Kuroo could do was to have a wide grin on his face as he saw how flustered his [name] was.
One thing that Kuroo loves about [name], was about her chubby cheeks. She definitely had baby fats on her face, and it was irresistible to not pinch or poke them. They were adorable, chubby yet it was an addiction for him to touch them.
Kuroo sat beside [name] during breakfast, and he couldn't help but to stare at [name]'s cheeks as she chewed her food. Sure her body was in the perfect range. She had the perfect figure, everything was in proportion, except for her cheeks; which Kuroo loves the most. It shows that she is imperfect, yet he still sees her as perfection.
He raised his hand as [name] continued to chew her food, and then he lightly poked her cheek, yet she ignored. He then pout slightly as he couldn't get the attention he wanted, and he poked harder, earning a small glare from [name] from the corner of her eyes and she went back to ignoring him. He pout even more, and his teammates snickered at his neediness of wanting to get [name]'s attention so badly.
He then pinched her cheek, and this eventually got [name] to turn and face him entirely. She then gave a questioning look, and all of a sudden Kuroo placed both his hands on her cheeks and rubbed them. She then gave a 'what the fuck are you doing to my face you idiot bed head' look.
"Your cheeks are so irresistible, babe." Kuroo whispered, and [name] immediately blushed heavily.
"Kuroo, you need to stop teasing [name] and let her eat in peace." Yaku called out.
"Pfft." Kuroo pouted as [name] nodded to agree with what Yaku had said.
"Kuroo is being needy…" Kenma commented as he poked his food.
"Very needy." Kai chuckled out.
"Well, who told [name] here to have such adorable cheeks?" Kuroo whined.
"Stop blaming me. You can't control your own hormones." [name] mumbled as she cut into the pancakes, and stuffing one into Kuroo's mouth.
"Now shut up and eat."
And that caused the girls and the boys team to snicker as Kuroo pout and chewed on the food that [name] had stuffed into his mouth.
"Right, right!"
"Nice block, [name]!" Kyoko called out as [name] did a solid block on Taketora's spike, killing it in an instance.
"Tch!" Taketora clicked his tongue and pout. [name] was definitely never ever going to go easy on any of them at all.
Training had returned to its' original routine, where the different schools will play practice matches against each other, and the loser of each round has to do a penalty, which today it was the grassy hill summer run.
And currently, the girls team had won a total of 132 games, and losing only 12 ever since the beginning of the summer training camp.
"10 running laps…" Kuroo called out as he positioned himself at the foot of the grassy hill, which he remembered that that's the place where [name] and him and stepped into a relationship, and he definitely adored that place as it felt like it just happened yesterday.
"Go!" and the Nekoma High Boys team ran up the hill.
"Tanaka, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Aria!" [name] called out, and Aria tossed to her, allowing her to spike through Tsukki's block.
"Nice one, Nishinoya!"
"Connect, connect!"
"Kageyama!" Asahi called out, and Kageyama tossed the ball to Asahi. [name] immediately ran towards Kyoko's side and they both jumped up. Asahi's ball had come into contact with [name]'s block, allowing [name] to do a solid block and killing it.
"Nice one!"
"Yuki, nice serve!"
"Nice receive, Kageyama!" and with that, Kageyama could no longer set.
"Leave it to me!" Nishinoya called out and he jumped from the backline, but immediately his face changed as he landed…
.
.
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"I've jumped too far…" and the ball landed right on the backline.
[name] stared with wide eyes, along with the other girls and even the Karasuno team….
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.
.
"HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH." Everybody burst out laughing as Nishinoya got even more flustered.
"Leave it to me, he said!" Tanaka cried out as he rolled on the floor, clutching his stomach tightly and laughing his ass out. Even Tsukki was laughing out loud.
"D-Don't mind, Nishinoya." Daichi called out between laughter, but he couldn't control at all as he continued to laugh.
"Your supposedly disciple?" [name] called out as she faced Naomi.
"Bokuto-san…"
"Nice, one-touch!"
"Kyoko-senpai!" Aria called out and tossed the ball to [name] who did a quick spike as Kyoko faked out the blockers from the opponents' team.
"Damn it!" Bokuto cried out.
"Aria, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Bokuto-san…"
And [name] immediately ran, not blocking Bokuto but blocking the other wing spiker at the side once she saw the ball had went over Bokuto. She then jumped up just a few seconds after the spiker had jumped and raised his hand; and she managed to kill his spike.
"[name]!" Bokuto cried out, and [name] could only shrug her shoulders as she went back to her position, leaving Bokuto to pout and whine to Akaashi about how mean [name] was being towards him; which Akaashi just shrugged his shoulders and stood back at his position, ignoring Bokuto.
"AKAASHI!"
"Aira, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Bokuto-san…"
And Bokuto jumped, as [name] jumped up as well. Bokuto then looked towards the left and spotted a blind spot, which [name] herself had noticed. Her arms immediately went to the left once Bokuto strike down, and sure enough it was block by her.
But the ball was saved by one of his teammates in the nick of time, and the game was still on. Akaashi then tossed once more to Bokuto, who used all his strength to spike as [name] jumped up. But apparently he spiked the ball into the net instead…
"Gah." Akaashi coughed out.
"It's starting already…" One of their teammates called out.
"So early?"
"It's coming…"
"Ah, here it comes." Akaashi thought to himself as he saw Bokuto was about to speak.
"Akaashi…" And Bokuto immediately pointed at Akaashi and yelled out…
"Don't ever toss to me again!"
"There it is… Bokuto's emo mode…" his team called out with a sigh.
"Very well. In the meantime when I'm not passing to you, please calm down." Akaashi spoke in his usual tone and turned to walk away; leaving a rather disappointed looking Bokuto.
"What's going on?" Aiyu asked.
"Apparently it seems that Bokuto is in his supposedly emo mode." [name] mumbled out with a slight amusement glimmering in her eyes.
"Ah…" her teammates called out as they snicker at how emotional Bokuto can get.
Bokuto was in a daze during the match after Akaashi had agreed to not toss to him until he has calmed down. He was walking around in the match in the court as Akaashi tossed it to the other players, allowing them to get a feel of the ball.
As Kyoko was about to serve, Akaashi beckoned [name] to come closer to him and he whispered something into her ear. After he had whispered finished, [name] thought about it for a little while and nodded reluctantly. Boy, she hated what she was about to do.
"Kyoko, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
[name] then signalled for everybody to stay clear from behind her.
"Bokuto-san!" and immediately Bokuto went into his extreme serious mode, and [name] wanted to block him so badly, but Akaashi had asked her not to… She jumped as Bokuto spiked the ball with all his might, and she didn't bother to close the gap between her arms… Allowing Bokuto to score a point.
Akaashi then nodded at [name] who had on a rather unhappy look, and then he turned to face his teammates and nodded at them.
"Yo! Ace!"
"Nobody can definitely defeat the ace!"
"Cool!"
Bokuto's shoulder then shook as he turned to face his teammates and he started to burst out laughing;
"I'm definitely the best!"
"Seriously…" [name] mumbled as she did a few squats in her position.
"You did that on purpose, right?" Naomi called out, and [name] nodded.
"Akaashi said that, that's the only way to bring Bokuto out of his emo mode. Plain annoying." [name] mumbled with a hint of annoyance in her voice, and her girls couldn't help but to pale at it. An annoyed [name], could mean death sometimes.
"[name], nice serve!" and [name] did a jump serve, and aimed it directly at Akaashi, causing him to be unable to set. The other players then hit the ball up, high enough for their Ace to spike, but then Kyoko managed to slow the momentum of the ball, allowing Aria to be able to set it.
Then, Kyoko and Aiyu started to run forward, while [name] was hidden behind as well. Aria then tossed the ball, and the blockers from the opponent's team were faked out as the ball went to [name] who was at the back, and she did a spike; allowing them to score a point.
"Nice kill!"
"Nice toss, Aria!" and [name] ruffled her setter's hair.
"10 running laps…" Akaashi called out as he pulled Bokuto along with him.
[name] then sat on the floor just beside the benches and leaned against the wall to enjoy the cool sensation. She was exhausted, that's for sure; and her back was killing her. And she was hungry. She sighed and closed her eyes as she tried to get at least a 5 minutes nap, when all of a sudden she felt someone pulling her by the waist.
She opened her eyes and she realised she was leaning onto Kuroo's chest, and Kuroo was stroking her cheek. She puffed her cheeks up and looked at Kuroo, who had his eyes closed and his smile wasn't his usual smirk or grin; it was a soft smile.
"You should smile like this more often."
"Why is that?"
"You look less pervertic."
"HEY!"
And [name] giggled as Kuroo snapped his eyes open and pout. He then dangled a plastic packaging in front of [name]'s eyes, and she grabbed hold of it to take a look at what it was.
"You've been missing out on your medications."
"Ah, so it was with you. I thought I lost it."
"And then you might want to ask Iwaizumi-san to help you get another?"
"Do I sense a hint of jealousy, my love?"
"N-N-No! I'm not jealous!" Kuroo blurted out with a slight red blush on his face.
"Sure…" and [name] caressed his cheek.
Practice had ended with everybody nearly close to exhaustion. Well, maybe except for a few hot heads, for example: a certain owl head, and a shrimp. [name] did her cool down stretches as she doesn't want to wake up to a terrible muscle ache. She had jumped, run and dived more than usual today, and she definitely felt like she was going to be in pain as soon as she wakes up tomorrow morning.
"Babe!" Kuroo called out and [name] stopped in her stretches and turned to look at her boyfriend.
"Let's go out for the night." He called out as he walked towards her.
"Yeah, let's do it… I need a break. A major break." [name] mumbled as she felt the ache in her legs.
"Hey, hey, hey! Can we join?" Bokuto called out as Akaashi followed him closely.
"Sure." Kuroo called out, and turned to look at his teammates. They immediately shook their heads as they wanted to practice some more, and then he turned to look at the girls team who giggled and also shook their heads.
"Alright, let's go wash up and change. Meet up at the entrance in 30 minutes."
[name] sat at the steps of the entrance to the camp grounds, wearing a simple short sleeves black t-shirt with long black skinny jeans and covered shoes. Her hair was let down and some of it fell over the shoulders, but most of it laid on her back and ended just in the middle. She was thankful that she had stopped cutting ever since they had come to the camp, and most of her scars weren't that visible anymore.
She took out her phone and scrolled through her messages. Her adoptive parents hadn't contacted her ever since she moved; and she had been wondering has anything happened to them. Sure they did beat her up due to themselves being angry, but she still loves them; for they gave her a home.
She called her mother's phone, but was greeted with just a beep. She tried dialling her father's phone number, but it said that the number was no longer in use. She then smiled a soft smile…
"Ah… They really did it…"
"The moment you leave this house, you will no longer be our daughter!"
[name] ignored and pulled her suitcase with her out of the entrance door. She needed to get away from the neighbourhood. She needed to get away from Oikawa.
"Look at that girl! Why did we even take her in, in the first place?!"
[name] smiled a sad smile as she walked further away from the main door. Maybe someday, they'll realise that she has been the one who had been doing the house chores, cooking for them, being there for them. Maybe they'll be happier without her.
"A lot on your mind?"
[name] heard a voice and she turned to look at who it was. It was Akaashi and he settled himself just beside her on the steps. He was wearing a simple dark blue t-shirt and long black jeans with covered shoes. His hair was also still in a mess, as always.
"Not really." [name] mumbled out, and silence took over the duo. It wasn't an awkward silence, it was a comfortable one. Akaashi took it as [name] didn't want to share her problems, and he respected it.
"Hey, hey, hey!" and the duo turned to look at the owl, as well as the cat.
Bokuto was wearing a dark blue t-shirt as well, with long black jeans and covered shoes, whereas Kuroo was wearing a simple short sleeve black t-shirt with long black jeans and covered shoes.
They ended up in the shopping district of Tokyo, and [name] swore that she should have stayed at home instead. It was crowded. Bustling with so many people, and she hated crowds.
"Isn't that, [name] from Seijō?"
"Look, she's holding hands with another guy!"
And [name] was about to let go of Kuroo's hand, when he gripped it tighter. She then looked up to him to see that he was giving her a reassuring smile that everything will be alright.
"That bitch gave up on Oikawa just for that guy?"
"Talk about taste."
"But isn't that the captain and setter from Fukurōdani Academy?"
"Kyahh, that's Bokuto-san and Akaashi-san!"
"It really is!"
"And Tetsuro Kuroo!"
And all of a sudden a huge swarm of fangirls surrounded them, and [name] was pushed out of the way, losing her grip on Kuroo's hand. Kuroo then looked around trying to spot his girlfriend, but [name] was outside of the crowd, on the floor as she had fallen.
"Ne, Iwa-chan~ Why is there such a big crowd?" Oikawa asked as Iwaizumi and him, walked down the shopping district together. It was their off day from training, and they decided to take a one day trip to Tokyo.
"How would I know, Assikawa." Iwaizumi muttered out as he looked at the crowd.
"Kyah! Bokuto-san! You're so cool!"
"Kuroo-san! Can I have your autograph?!"
"Mou, Akaashi looks so adorable!"
And then Iwaizumi spotted a girl on the floor just beside the crowd. His eyes widened as he recognised that figure and long hair, and also the sense of dressing. He then immediately turned to face the other direction and tried to grab hold of Oikawa.
"Oi, Trashykawa, we're going- Trashykawa?" and Iwaizumi turned to look and saw that Oikawa was indeed heading towards the girl that was on the floor.
"Are you alright?" [name] had her head down as she rubbed her bottom. She then looked and noticed a hand being held up. She then looked up, and immediately her eyes widened, and so did the person who held his hand out widened his eyes in surprise.
"T-Toruu?"
"[n-name]?"
"Eh? I don't feel anything." [name] thought to herself as she looked into Oikawa's eyes. She didn't feel scared of him, she didn't feel hatred for the person before her. She could only stare in shock to see that he was here in Tokyo, and now here he is, holding his hand out and trying to help her out. She felt neutral.
"It's been a long time ever since you called me that." Oikawa commented.
He found it funny that, he didn't feel like torturing her like he used to before. He didn't want to hurt her, and he found it funny that he suddenly stopped his crazy antics. He found it funny that he wanted to be friends with [name]. Maybe, he had woken up?
For the past few months, he had been thinking hard. He had been remembering how [name] had treated him. How much she had been there for him, how much she had cared and loved him; and then he remembered what he had did to her to repay her kindness.
He definitely woke up.
"Y-Yeah."
"Kyahhh, it's Oikawa-san!" and just when [name] was about to reach out for his hand, she was trampled on. Iwaizumi somehow managed to pull her out quickly before she was trampled to death, and he held her in his arms with a protective grip.
[name] then looked up to who had grabbed her, and she immediately asked;
"What's up with that idiot?" [name] then gestured towards Oikawa who was swarmed by his fangirls.
"No idea. He has been thinking a lot lately." Iwaizumi mumbled out.
"Babe!" and [name] immediately turned towards the direction of that worried voice. Her boyfriend stood there with a worried look and she immediately got out of Iwaizumi's grip and walked towards him. He then pulled her into a tight hug and patted her back.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? I couldn't find you!" he started to blabber out.
"I'm fine. Just… A little surprised to see Toruu and Hajime here." She mumbled into his chest.
"You feeling alright? Want to go?" Kuroo asked as he looked into her face. He was definitely worried about how [name] was feeling around Oikawa, but was surprised to see a soft smile on her face.
"Toruu has changed." She mumbled as she looked at Oikawa who was rejecting the fangirls instead of flirting with them.
"You don't have to be jealous though, bed head. I love you." [name] spoke up as she saw Kuroo's worried face, and his face immediately turned beet red.
"I-I love you too…" he whispered back and tightened his hold on her.
"Ne, so [name]-chan~ How long have you and rooster head have been dating?" Oikawa asked as he took a spoonful of his ice-cream. They were in an ice-cream café due to Oikawa wanting to eat ice-cream, and Iwaizumi had enough of trying to drag his ass back to the hotel.
"Hm… two days?" [name] spoke up as she sip on her cup of iced latte.
"Mou, Iwa-chan~ Eat with me!" Oikawa childishly whined out, and Iwaizumi… Punched him in the shoulder.
"Shut up already, trashykawa. Just eat." He snarled out and Oikawa pout.
"[name]-chan! Iwa-chan is being mean!"
"Just eat already!" both Iwaizumi and [name] yelled out, causing the other trio to snicker slightly.
Kuroo had his arm on top of [name]'s chair, and she passed him her drink to share with him; which he gladly took it and drank it. Bokutoo was busy eating ice-cream messily, whereas Akaashi was taking his own sweet time to savour his ice-cream.
"Bed head?"
"Bed head!"
"BED HEAD!" [name] then grabbed hold of Kuroo by his shoulder, and she finally got his attention.
"Huh, what is it?" Kuroo asked. He had been deep thought ever since that encounter with Oikawa. Bokuto and Akaashi had decided to walk around a little more, but [name] wanted to head back to the camp already as she was feeling slightly tired.
"What's wrong with you? You've been acting strange!" [name] whined and pout.
"Just… Thinking…" he mumbled.
Somehow, it ended up with Kuroo and Oikawa being left at the ice-cream café while the others had claimed that they wanted to go to the washroom. The air around the duo was filled with awkward silence, and Kuroo could only stare at the table, whereas Oikawa fidgeted with his fingers. Until…
"Treat her properly. Please." Oikawa muttered out, and Kuroo's attention soon laid on the dark, chocolate-brown hair man in front of him. Seeing that Oikawa had his attention, Oikawa then continued.
"I know, you're probably going to think that I'm up to something. But I'm really not. I've been thinking a lot… Yeah, I'm mean to her. I'm not good enough, and I've only brought her pain an misery. That's true, and I know it back then. I just couldn't stop."
"How long is he going to rant…?" Kuroo thought to himself as he listened.
"I realised she is the nicest girl that I've ever met. The kindest and most caring one. She always goes all out when she wants to make people happy, and I took it for granted. I took it like as if I could own her anytime and demand anything from her. But I thought about it for quite some time ever since I saw the gifts she had gotten me for my birthdays ever since we met in High School. Call me a bastard for hurting her, but all I want now is the best for her."
Kuroo then realised that [name] was staring at him the entire time with a worried look on her face. He then raised his hand and caressed her cheek with care. Oh, how much he loves those cheeks of hers'.
"Are you happy? With me?" Kuroo asked, and [name] was taken aback from his sudden insecurity. She then smiled a soft smile and tiptoed slightly. She planted a kiss on his nose, and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I'm happy. Truly happy." She whispered, and pulled Kuroo down. She then kissed him on the lips, and was about to break it when Kuroo held her head and deepened the kiss. It was a kiss filled with love, affection and a little bit of lust. They soon broke apart due to the lack of oxygen, and Kuroo hugged her tightly.
"I'm glad you are…"