I'll Be There (Nishinoya x Reader) ON HOLD

First Practice

Y/n POV

The bell rung for the end of school. Y/n dutifully packed up her stuff, placing it in her bag which she slung over her shoulder. She had to go to gym 2 now, as her brother had requested it, and him and his boyfriend were counting on her. 

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She walked across the school, finally reaching her destination. She'd cast all thoughts of how tall and intimidating they must be out of her head, determined not to lose her cool. Y/n pushed open the door, and it made a soft screeching sound against the polished wooden floor. The gym fell silent and everyone turned to stare at her.

She lost her cool.

This was freaky. There was an angry guy who must be at least 6 feet, a huge scary guy with long hair, and a guy with a buzzcut who looked like a juvenile delinquent. She slowly started backing out of the gym. Another tall figure loomed into view, a blondie with glasses. Freaking out she turned to run, before she heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, Y/n! Glad you could make it!" Daichi ran up to her, pulling her into a hug. Kiyoko followed, and as Daichi let go she bent down a little so you were at eye level.

"Hello, my name is Kiyoko, and I am the current manager of the Karasuno Boys Volleyball team. You must be Y/n?" You gave a tiny nod, and she pulled you into a hug.

"I'm so happy to meet you! Daichi and Suga have told me a lot about you, it's nice to finally see you in person." She pulled away, but offered her hand. Y/n gladly took it.

The boys were watching this entire exchange in shock, not understanding until Sugama- Sugawara stepped forward.

"Guys, this is Y/n. She's looking to become a manager of our team-" He was cut off by two balls of energy barrelling past him, ignoring a shout of 'Hey!' from Dadchi.

"Hey! I know you! You're that kohai Y/n that got lost this morning!" Y/n looked up, shocked. Nishinoya was on the volleyball team?

"You're on the volleyball team?" She blurted before she could stop herself. Her hands flew to her mouth, and she immediately bowed to him.

"I'm sorry for speaking out of turn." She straightened back up. 

"Woah woah woah, you didn't speak out of turn!" The other hyper bundle of bright orange stepped forward. "Hi, I'm Hinata! How tall are you?" He smiled. Y/n looked up again.

"Um, I'm almost 5,2. How about you?" She mumbled. 

"I'm 5,4!" He declared proudly, looking put out when the grumpy guy from earlier shouted that he was still 5,3.

"Hello. I'm Kageyama. Pleased to meet you." He walked next to Hinata and bowed. The rest of the team came forward, introducing themselves, as Y/n tried to process all the names. 

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The rest of practice passed in a flash, she watched from the side lines with Kiyoko. 

"So, how was it? Do you think you'll join?" Sugawara came up and ruffled Y/n's hair, making her giggle and swat his hand away. 

"Um, I dunno yet. Mum and Dad say it's okay, as you and Daichi are on the team. I might." She smiled at him, and wrapped her arms around his waist, hugging him.

"You're the best, you know?" Suga laughed at her statement.

"Hey, what about me? Can I join?" Daichi crept up and hugged Y/n and Suga from behind, as the rest of the team made 'awww' noises.

"It's like you're a family or something!" Tanaka shouted at them, while the trio laughed.

"Actually-" Daichi started before both Suga and Y/n covered his mouth, everyone dissolving into giggles from the display.

"GROUP HUG!" A spikey brown-and-blonde came barrelling towards them, knocking the four of them into a pile, as the rest of the team jumped on top.

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Y/n lay in bed when she got home, watching the ceiling and processing everything that had happened today. The schooling part seemed to go faster than she thought possible, and the volleyball practice even faster. A few parts stood out to her, so she grabbed one of the many notebooks from her desk, finding an empty one.

She knew from past experience that diaries weren't a great idea for people with trust issues, but Y/n also knew that it was easier to get things done when you could empty the thoughts in your head onto a page, like writing a story. You were safe as long as you didn't project any emotions into the words, but for now, she just needed to jot two things down. 

Monday Reminders (NOT a diary. Go away nosy. I mean it, stop reading my stuff.):<

Today was the first day of school at Karasuno High in Miyagi prefecture. I'm going to be the new manager of the boys volleyball team, who's names are listed on next page including the manager and advisor. School map and classroom locations under names. A guy from the volleyball team (Nishinoya Yu, Libero, 4) showed me around a little today. So far so good, as my parents requested nobody knows who my brother is, although I believe they might be suspecting Daichi and Koshi. On the notice board for clubs, remember the opening at the dance club, they need a new captain as there are no third years. Dance off will commence in a week and four days. Remember to go see how to sign up. Keep instruments and swimming separate from school, homework for today completed as I got home.

Y/n shut the book closed, satisfied that she would remember everything. She still had 15 minutes before she had to start her activities for the night, so she lay still, blowing her f/c fringe out of her eye and watching it flop back down, over and over. That fringe. She had grown it out for the past two year and dyed it, sending a slightly emo impression to strangers on the street. But she felt safer with it. After the last time that had happened, she hadn't let anyone she didn't trust see her right eye. It was the same as her other one, but if Y/n lifted her fringe or pulled it back, she felt exposed.

So if you've seen the soft e/c of Y/n's right eye in the past two years, she trusts you.

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Hey hey heyy!!!! I hope y'all are doing well? As usual, I'm awkward and don't know what to say here, so Ima just say hi :D