[name] woke up with a slight headache; which clearly indicates that she hasn't been sleeping well at all for the whole week. She sat up with a slight discomfort, and eventually stood up. She then looked at her phone and she then realised that today was the last day of the camp, and tomorrow was the start of the Spring High-Japan Representative Playoffs.
She stretched her body and let out a rather satisfying growl. Her body was aching more than usual, but she just ignored it as she laid back down in bed and covered herself; going back to sleep as she realised that it was only 0508 in the morning.
She then immediately sat up as she felt something flow beneath her. She muttered a curse underneath her breath as she gathered her ladies items.
"Fuck period. Why can't mother nature just send me a text saying I'm not pregnant."
"Someone wake Kuroo up!"
"Someone wake Bokuto up as well!"
"Kuroo…" Kenma called out, but Kuroo didn't budge at all. Kenma then sighed and left the room, supposedly giving up on just that very first try. But he ended up pushing Yaku into the room again and pointed at Kuroo. Yaku then walked over towards Kuroo's sleeping figure and…
*WHAM*
He kicked him hard on his butt, causing Kuroo to jerk straight up with wide opened eyes.
"Serious shit. Get your ass up before I start kicking you to Mars." Yaku mumbled out as he left the room.
"Demon Yaku is back again…" Kuroo mumbled out as he stood up slowly; his bones popping as he stretched.
"Bokuto-san…" Akaashi called out, and Bokuto was still snoring his life away. Akaashi then sighed and knelt down beside Bokuto, and whispered into his ear.
"Bokuto-san… Sarukui-san said he will take your ace position if you don't wake up now…"
And with just that one sentence, Bokuto shot straight up and yelled out;
"DON'T YOU DARE SARUKUI!"
And a certain Sarukui sneezed in the bathroom.
"Today we'll just be playing 6 sets of practice match, and call it a day. After that, there will be a surprise to reward all of you for your hardwork." Nekomata spoke in the cafeteria just before the volleyball players started their breakfast routine. He looked around and noticed something.
"Where's [name]?"
"She's not feeling too good." Kyoko explained.
"She's having a migraine." Naomi explained further.
"Oh dear. Let her rest for today then."
Oh, how [name] hated her migraines. They always came whenever she did intense workout or whenever she is on her period. She laid in bed, trying her best to not move about too much, but the pain was there. It was just there, laughing at her as she laid in bed. And she was wondering why did her period have to come, of all times.
"Urgh, I hate my life." She mumbled as she hit her forehead to neutralise the pain for a little while.
She then got up and headed towards the toilet as she felt a heavy flow.
"I FUCKING HATE PERIOD!"
"Left, left!"
"Aha! You left yourself wide open, missy!" Bokuto called out as he spiked straight through the gap that Kyoko had when she was blocking.
"Urgh, damn it." Kyoko muttered as she saw the ball touch the floor.
"Not doing too good without your good old captain eh?" Bokuto smirked, and Kyoko felt a blood vessel pop inside of her. Oh the nerves of this annoying owl head.
"Bokuto-san, it's the same as you without Akaashi-san." Aiyu pointed out.
"Yes. That's true, Bokuto-san. So stop teasing the girls when [name]-san isn't around." Akaashi called out.
"Hey, hey, hey! This is the only time that I can tease her." Bokuto whined out as he got back into position.
"Bokuto, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Aria!"
"One lap of diving drills…" Kyoko called out and she started to do the drills with the girls. They had lost to Fukurodani Academy, a score of 25-15…
"I wish [name]-senpai was here." Aria mumbled out as she did her dives.
"One lap of diving drills…" Daichi called out, and soon the boys joined the girls.
"I WANT MY CAPTAIN TO BE HERE." Aiyu cried out all of a sudden, startling everybody in the gymnasium; and also causing a certain captain who was lying in bed to sneeze out loud.
It had been an hour, and [name] felt slightly better than how she felt previously. She sat up and winced slightly as the headache was still there, but this time round it was bearable. She soon stood up and stretched, her bones popping a few air bubbles, and the stretch on her ache made it so satisfying for her.
She then headed to change into her training clothes, and then she gathered her hair and tied it up in a messy bun, allowing a few strands of hair to fall by the side of her face.
"My girls are probably whining right now…" She mumbled as she left the sleeping area and walked towards the gymnasium.
"One lap of diving drills…" she definitely heard Kyoko called out.
"Kageyama, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Aria!"
And damn, [name] saw Kyoko miss the spike that Aria had tossed at her while she was at the side where nobody noticed her presence; doing her stretches. She shook her head and soon jogged up to the court that the her girls were playing at, and called out;
"Don't mind!" causing her girls to look at her.
"Captain!"
"Gah! Three in one is back!" Hinata called out, causing Daichi to hit him hard on the back of his head for his rudeness towards a senior.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Definitely. How many did we lose?"
"Three."
"Alright then, let's win the next three." She called out, and the girls came in for a huddle;
"Make me proud girls. I have faith in you. We may not seem like the best, or play like the best. But as long as the ball hasn't drop, we play on!"
"Nekoma… Fight!"
"Eh, did I hear [name]-senpai's voice?" Lev ask as he bent down slightly to take a rest.
"I don't think so, she should be in bed." Yaku spoke as he did a few squats.
"Nope, she's there alright." Kuroo called out and pointed towards the court where the girls were playing.
"Tsukki, I won't be going easy on you." [name] called out as she stood before Tsukki. He just smirked, as if telling her to bring it on, which she returned the smirk right back at him. [name] then signalled behind her back to her teammates on what she is going to do, and they noticed it.
"Kageyama, nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Aria!" [name] called out. Aria then nodded as she saw where [name] was running, and she did the insane quick toss, allowing her to do a quick spike almost immediately before any of the blockers from Karasuno could react.
"Nice kill!"
"Guys, we're definitely in deep trouble." Daichi mumbled out.
"No matter where Three in one is on the court, she is always able to score." Hinata mumbled out with a pout, and Kageyama hit him on the head.
"Baka, you suck that's why."
"[name], nice serve!" And [name] did her jump serve, and it landed just before the outline as Daichi couldn't receive it in time.
"[name], one more nice serve!"
"Nice receive!"
"Bring it on!" Hinata yelled out, and [name] quickly signalled to Naomi where to stand, and the other blockers to move. Sure enough Hinata spiked a cross, and Naomi saw it coming as she received it perfectly, passing it to Aria.
"Kyoko-senpai!" she called out and tossed the ball to Kyoko; tossing a slightly high and a little further away from the net kind of toss, allowing Kyoko to be able to spike with all her might.
"Nice, one-touch!"
"Bring it on!" Hinata yelled again, and [name] quickly signalled to the girls; and they immediately got into position.
"Nice receive, captain!"
"Aiyu-senpai!" Aria called out and tossed the ball to Aiyu; tossing a slightly low and a little near to the net ball.
"Nice kill!"
"Nice toss, Aria!" Aiyu called out and she ruffled Aria's hair.
"One lap of diving drills…" Daichi called out, and the whole Karasuno team started their penalty.
[name] sat on the floor as she did her stretches to ease out the ache with the help of Aiyu pushing her down. All of a sudden Aiyu giggled and [name] didn't feel the force on her. She then looked up and realised that Aiyu had stood a side and allowed Kuroo to help push her down.
"How's your migraine?"
"A little better."
"You should have rest more."
"Probably."
"What's up with your cold replies?"
"I'm bleeding…"
"Where?!"
"Bed head. I'm on my period." She snapped, and Kuroo flinched.
"Kuroo-senpai, better not irritate her too much." Aiyu giggled.
"I hate periods." Kuroo whined.
"Why not you just make her pregnant, then you'll get nine months free of pms [name]." Kyoko called out, and [name] hurled her towel at Kyoko as her face went beet red.
"Great idea!" Kuroo called out.
*WHAM*
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. YAKU SAVE ME!"
If there was one thing that [name] hated, was definitely her period. Of all days she had to get it today, and tomorrow it was the tournaments. And today? It was barbecue time. She sat on the steps, holding her stomach tightly. Her appetite will always be extremely little whenever she was on her period, and she tends to sleep more than usual.
And then there's cramps.
Those dreadful, tormenting cramps.
Oh how she hated them to hell, and wish she could destroy it.
"Tomorrow is the start of the Spring High-Japan Representative Playoffs. Please get enough rest as soon as you reach home today, and try not to worry about it so much. I'm sure all of you have improved within this one week training, do not let that training go to waste. Now it's the time for you to relax and enjoy; EAT AS MUCH MEAT AS YOU CAN!"
And the crowd went wild.
"AH, DAMN YOU BOKUTO. DON'T STEAL MY MEAT!" Kuroo yelled out as Bokuto snatched up all the meat on the grill and stuffed it into his mouth. Kuroo managed to grabbed hold of Bokuto by his collar and pulled him back, and started to beat him up.
Lesson learnt.
Never ever steal Tetsuro Kuroo's food.
Unless you're [name].
"Kenma, have some meat! You need to eat more!" Yaku yelled as he held a plate out to Kenma. He was seated just at the steps where Tsukki and Yamaguchi were sitting at, along with [name] as well.
"Tsukishima! You too!" Suga called out as he held a plate out as well.
"Er… I can't eat that much…" Tsukki commented.
"No, they must eat meat!" Bokuto cried out as he joined them.
"Anybody seen, ah never mind. I found her." Kuroo called out and he pulled [name] up onto her feet. She pout as she didn't want to move so much, and Kuroo knew about it. He had noticed the change in her actions whenever she was on her period.
He then turned around and bent down slightly, which [name] was confused about it.
"Get on, I'll piggyback you."
"No. It's uncomfortable, don't you remember?" [name] whine and pout. Sure enough Kuroo suddenly remembered that one incident when [name] was on her period.
"Come on, practice is over already. Time to head home." Kuroo called out as he shook [name] lightly on her shoulder. She was leaning against the wall, with her knees pulled towards her chest. One had was pressing her stomach, whereas the other was wrapped around her knees.
Boy she hated cramps.
"You go ahead first…" she mumbled out.
"No way. Come on, get on then." And [name] lifted her head to realise that Kuroo was waiting for her to hop on. He was going to piggyback her. She reluctantly got on as she didn't want to feel indebted to him, yet she wanted to go home so badly; but with this kind of cramps, she will probably start crying right in the middle of the street late at night.
They walked through the streets at night, heading home together; Kuroo with [name] on his back. He hummed a tune to help ease [name]'s pain; hoping it will take her mind off of it.
And then when they reached her house, Kuroo put her down.
Boy, did she regret letting him piggyback her. She had leaked through the front, and apparently it stained Kuroo's white shirt. She immediately started to cry then, which Kuroo didn't understand why until she pointed to his shirt, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"i-It's okay! Don't cry." Kuroo tried to comfort her, but she cried even louder.
"GET YOUR GIRL TO SHUT UP ALREADY!" one of the neighbours yelled out.
That was the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened.
"Right." Kuroo mumbled out, and immediately swept her off her feet and carried her up in a bridal style manner; causing everybody to do cat calls and wolf whistles. And of course, the girls were fangirling and squealing nonstop.
"Put me down…" [name] mumbled. She wasn't in the mood to actually entertain Kuroo's jokes and stuffs, but seeing that he was dead serious on carrying her to somewhere, she just kept quiet as they head through the doors of the cafeteria.
Kuroo soon placed her down on a chair, and soon enough she felt something warm on her tummy. She looked down and realised that Kuroo had placed a hot water bottle onto her tummy, and boy did that help to ease the pain slightly.
"Come on, eat up." [name] then looked at the table and realised that there was a bowl of porridge. She then looked at Kuroo who was seated opposite of her, and he had on a shy look which he then opened his mouth and started to speak;
"I remember that you don't usually eat much when you're on your period… So I asked the staff to help me cook a bowl of porridge for you…"
"Thank you…" [name] mumbled out as she started to eat her porridge. She then stopped halfway and Kuroo wondered why she did it.
"Is something wrong?"
"Yeah."
"What is it?"
"You're not hugging me." [name] mumbled out, and Kuroo stared at her with wide opened eyes. He then smirked and stood up, taking the seat just beside her and wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing the hot water bottle onto her body.
"Better?" Kuroo asked with a smirk.
"Better."
Kuroo sat on [name]'s bed after he had taken a shower at his own house. He was waiting for [name] to finish her hot shower, and soon enough she did. She came out, wearing an oversize shirt which clearly, wasn't hers.
"You look good in that."
"That's because it's made out of boyfriend material."
"Well, damn. I am boyfriend material after all."
"I prefer the material than you though."
"Hey!"
"Just kidding, bed head." And Kuroo pout.
[name] then sat on the floor, and Kuroo immediately got out the hairdryer from her dressing table's drawer and started to blow dry her hair. He carefully combed through her hair as he dried it at the same time. It had become a routine for him ever since he became best friends with [name]. Whenever she was on her period, Kuroo always noticed that she was too tired and in too much pain to actually take care of herself properly.
"I'm nervous though." [name] spoke up all of a sudden.
"About tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"Don't worry, you'll play well. The team will play well."
"Can't help it. But we'll try."
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, [name] started to yawn, and her hair was already dried. Kuroo then kept the hairdryer back into her drawer and soon lifted his queen up in his arms and placed her on the bed. He then got into bed with her and pulled the covers over them. [name] then leaned her head against his chest and Kuroo's arm wrapped around the back of her, pulling her closer.
"Thank you, you're the best…" [name] mumbled slightly and drifted off to sleep.
"Poor girl, exhausted to this point." Kuroo thought to himself as he planted a kiss on her forehead. He then caressed her cheek, and smiled to himself;
"You're the best thing I've ever had in my life. Thank you for being mine…" he mumbled out as he tightened his hold on her and he himself drifted off to sleep.
A/N: This is a slightly short chapter. Usually when I myself have volleyball camps, it always ends before the clock hits 5pm, and my coach tends to treat us to a big meal as a reward to all our hardwork for those days. Kind of sorry if this chapter doesn't really meet your expectations, but please look forward to my updates! I'm sorry if it's going to be slow as I'm trying to juggle between my schoolwork as well as this. Cheers!