His Warrior Queen: A Haikyuu!! Novel (Tsukishima x OC)

Chapter 2: Enter Sandman

Yamaguchi smiled at Nakano.  "I still can't believe it...I'm friends with the Queen of the Court!  You are so amazing Ogawa-san!"

The pair were seated in Class 1-4 along with Tsukishima, who rolled his eyes at his best friend's enthusiasm for the strawberry-blond girl.  "It's been almost a week and you're still saying that.  Enough already, Yamaguchi."  Tsukishima turned to Tadashi with a smirk, "Or are you maybe hoping to ask Nakano out on a date...are you trying to butter her up?"

Tadashi turned a deep shade of red, and Nakano blushed lightly.  "Cut it out, Tsukishima," she said.  The blonde clicked his tongue in response.  "But, really Yamaguchi, he's right.  I'm not the Queen of the Court right now, not by a long shot." Nakano's eyes gleamed a sharp bright blue and her smile faded for just a moment.  Before either boy could say anything, she continued. "And for crying out loud, please call me Nakano!  We're teammates now, there's no reason for you to be so formal."

The blush that had started to fade on Yamaguchi's face brightened again, and he looked down at his hands.  "Well...I...uh...I don't want to seem rude..."

This time Nakano rolled her eyes.  "It's not rude to use my first name if I've asked you to...which I have, about a dozen times."  She laughed, and Yamaguchi chuckled too.  "What if I called you by a nickname?"

"Like what?" the freckled boy asked.

"Well..." Nakano gazed off into space.  "I usually call you Yamaguchi...I could call you Gucchi..." Tadashi gave her a strange look. She chuckled. "No.  How about Yama?"  No response.  "Mmmm...Yam-yam?"

"Definitely not." said Tsukishima, as Yamaguchi rolled his eyes.

Nakano laughed out loud.  "How about just Yams, then?" 

Yamaguchi chuckled.  "That settles it," Nakano said with a broad smile.  "From now on, I'm gonna call you Yams, and you can call me Naka-chan."

Tadashi choked on his own spit, and turned bright red for the third time that morning. "N-n-n-naka-chan!?!" Yamaguchi spluttered, beginning to cough. Tsukishima's eyes widened and he frowned at the girl.  Why does she want him to be so familiar with her, he thought.  I thought she and Kageyama were a thing?  She'd better not be messing around with Tadashi's feelings.  He stared at Nakano, feeling irritated.

Nakano got up and patted Yamaguchi on the back, laughing aloud.  "I'm sorry Yams, I couldn't resist.  But please do call me Nakano, okay?  We're friends now, and I'd really like it if you'd call me by my first name."  She blushed a tiny bit.  "I confess I've never really liked my last name much, and hearing people say Ogawa-san or Ogawa-kun always makes me think of my mom or my sister.  So it really will make me very happy to have friends and teammates who call me Nakano again." 

Yamaguchi looked at Nakano and smiled.  She looks so sincere, he thought.  I think it really will make her happy.  I guess her old team must have called her Nakano too. Hey...I did what I set out to do...I've made friends with her for real.  "Okay, Nakano.  Thanks!"

As the blue-eyed girl made her way back to her seat, Tsukishima just watched her, confused.  He saw the look in her eyes as she'd spoken to Tadashi, and it wasn't a calculating one.  What is she doing?  She just patted Yamaguchi on the back, and he didn't become a blushing mess, he thought.  It's like she knew just what to do to get him to relax and make him feel comfortable.  Maybe she does like him.  But what about Kageyama?  I don't understand what she's up to.

Tsukishima clicked his tongue again.  "Ugh...the way you two are carrying on...why don't you just kiss and get it over with." He smirked at Nakano this time.  "You do seem to have a thing for volleyball boys, don't you?"