The Sun with A False Eternity

Welcome to Nekoma!

  "It's too early," Yamaguchi yawned the next morning, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Kageyama didn't respond, too busy trying to shake himself awake. He looked at his phone to see that they still had about five minutes till everyone was set to arrive. Most members had already arrived, they were just waiting on Kinoshita and Tanaka.

"Hurry up," Kageyama heard Coach Ukai mutter under his breath. He looked over to see the coach leaning against the hood of the bus that he like he said he would, had managed to grab the team to transport them to the other prefecture.

"We're going to Nekoma!" Hinata's voice called from behind Kageyama, who turned around to see the first year and Nishinoya staring at each other in nothing but pure excitement.

"It's gonna be AWESOME!" The libero agreed with a small bounce.

"Don't waste all your energy before we even get there," Daichi called. He was leaning against the side of the bus, staring at the two younger students with amusement.

"Anyone still have their bags?" Someone called from the back of the bus. Sugawara popped his head out from where had been stacking their stuff.

"Oh here," Ennoshita pulled his bag off his shoulder and handed it to the third year.

The atmosphere was light anticipation, and even closed-off people like Tsukishima seemed a little less harsh. The air had a slight chill and Kageyama shivered, rubbing his arms in an attempt to warm up. The sun had just begun to rise, casting small shadows on the ground around the team.

"Sorry I'm late!" Kinoshita walked around the corner towards the bus, yawning. "I forgot to pack some stuff last night and so I was kinda caught up in getting everything this morning. And then I ran into baldy over here," he gestured to Tanaka, who was walking drowsily behind him.

"As long as you made it on time it's all good," Coach Ukai said with a smile. Kageyama sensed that he was still a little annoyed but he didn't bring it up. Kinoshita and Tanaka loaded their bags into the back with the help of Sugawara and Asahi, and then they were off.

The car wide was long and certainly not uneventful. Kageyama quickly grew irritated with most of his teammates' actions and was almost regretting the decision to come.

"Are we there yet?" Hinata asked, pushing past Kageyama to look out the window. The sun was almost fully up now, signifying that noon was approaching fast.

"You've asked that seven times in the last hour," Coach Ukai called back from the front.

"You were counting?" Kageyama heard Takeda respond, barely holding back a laugh. The coach simply grunted in response.

"That doesn't answer my question," Hinata groaned, leaning back in his seat. He began swinging his legs back and forth in impaitence.

"I'm sure we'll be there soon enough," Sugawara spoke, and Kageyama craned his neck to see him sitting with Daichi and Ennoshita in the back of the bus. "Nekoma is about five hours away and we've been nearly driving for that amount of time. I bet we'll be there in the next fifteen minutes."

"I can't wait!" Nishinoya called from in-between the two groups where he was sitting with Tanaka and Asahi.

"Me neither!" Hinata chimed in, also twisting around in his seat.

"You've already said that," Kageyama sighed, going back to staring out the window. "You don't have to keep repeating it." Leaves had been scattered across the ground, littering the side of the road.

"You're no fun Kageyama," Hinata grumbled but the setter simply ignored him.

Is he ever NOT annoying?