“Hello everyone. I’m Aki Nozume, please call me Aki. Pleasure to meet you all” The greenette introduced, bowing his head low in a introducionary way. “Alright, you can go take your seat next Takahiro. Takahiro, please raise your hand”. With that, a blonde male raised his hands. WIth a soft smile, Aki walks towards that male in a happy manor. “Hi” he whispered. The male merely nodded his head in the slightest way, signaling that he was listening but clearly didn’t like the conversation. “Alright, with that done, we can move along” the teacher announced as she continued with the lesson. Aki played with his pencil. Though he was listening, he was slowly losing his attention that was originally on the teacher. Aki released a soft sigh. ‘How much longer does this class have?’ he thought to himself. “If you don’t pay attention, you won’t know what’s going to be on the test” his neighbour, Takahiro, said clearly. Aki looked over at him. “I’m listening. Just… lost in thought? Heh” the greenette male continued. Technically, he wasn’t lying. He was listening, but his attention was elsewhere. His mind was too busy thinking about after school, the ball and the court. It made his heart race. He wanted to be on the court, or the field. He loved sports so he needed to play something. “And remember, this is going to be on the test next month. Remember to do your homework”. With that,the bell rang and students poured out of their classroom.
Aki walked out of the classroom reasonably late. The only one left in the room was Takahiro. “Are you coming to lunch?” The male asked. The blonde looked up, eyeing the male dead in his eyes, before sighing. “Yeah, I just need to finish this,” he said. Aki smiled. “See you later. I’m heading to the court. Trying out for volleyball. Byyee” he said playfully, waving his hands back. Takahiro watched as the male he sat next to walked out of view. Once completely gone, the blonde smiled lightly. “What an idiot” he muttered out, now returning to what he was doing. Aki walked along the path, passing Tachi who decided to come along. “I meet this new person today. He seemed nice. Reminds me of you, really” Aki talked. Tachi nodded his head along, eating his lunch that he brought from the cafeteria. “You know, I forgot to ask him what sport he was going to play. Dammit” the shorter male huffed out , looking up at the taller male. “Maybe… basketball? No, ugh, I don’t know” the green haired male huffed out, giving up hope as he walked into the gym. “I’m going to head to the other gym for basketball, kay? Meet me later” Tachi said, walking away. “Byyee!” Aki yelled out, waving his hands in the air. He walked into the gym in the middle of practise. “Uhm… hello?”
All eyes turned to him. A short, black rooted, blonde haired male eyed him from head to toes. Aki was a 5’6 male, long, green hair with green eyes. He wore the nekoma uniform, which did not suit his hair. Aki’s long hair tied into a ponytail that reached down to his shoulders. “You’re a first year, correct?” A tall, black haired male said, standing next to the blondish male. “Yeah, I wanted to see if I could play volleyball with you guys” he said, a smile on his face. The blonde walked forwards, holding out his hand. “Kenma Kozume, just call me Kenma” he introduced. Aki shook his hand happily. “Aki Nozume. Nice to meet you” he said. Kenma nodded his head, looking back at the captain of the team. “Are you experienced?” The tall, ravenette said. With a light laugh, he looked at him. “I’ll be honest with you. I’ve never played volleyball in my life. And I know ‘it’s not just a game’, I’ve heard it all before. I just… I want to play”. With that, the captain and the male now known as Kenma walked back to the team as they discussed. Aki stood there, not knowing to say before they looked back at him. “Have you played any other sports?” Kenma asked, his voice seizing to change volume and pitch. “I played hookie, netball and basketball,” He said. “Basketball? Why not join the basketball team?” The captain asked. Aki smiles softly. “Well, I was debating about that while I was walking with my best friend, Tachi! But… Last year, I got a scholarship to play basketball and I turned it down. I didn’t want to leave for America to play for a team if my best friend wasn’t going to go. Now… I think he hates me because of it. And I don’t want to have to receive another scholarship and have to turn that down too. It’ll definitely break our friendship if I do that again. So I chose to play volleyball” Aki came clean.
The team was left in shock. A scholarship in a sport he played for one semester? It only took one semester for an uneducated person to receive a scholarship in a sport he only played for fun and he turned it down? “Let me get this straight. You didn’t want to leave your best friend so you turned down the greatest opportunity you could ever receive in the 3rd most watched sport in the world and now you want to play volleyball?” the team captain asked, looking down at the shorter male. Aki looked up, a soft smile on his face. “Yeah…” he admitted. He remembered the day too clearly.
“You know, Aki. I’ve never seen anyone play like you” a man in a suit said, straightening his tie in the process. Aki smiles happily, feeling proud of himself. “Thank you sir!” He said, clear excitement found in his voice. “Well, we’d like to make an offer with you, if you wouldn’t mind” the man continued. Aki smiled, looking up at them. “We’d like to fly you down to America with a scholarship waiting for you in the Los Angeles Lakers team. What do you say?” The man in the suit said. Aki put his finger on his chin before looking at Tachi. “Is it possible for them to come?” He asked. The man in the suit shook his head before the greenette sighed out. “I’m sorry then, I’ll have to decline your offer” he said, bowing his head in the slightest way. The man in the suit merely sighed, handing him his card. “If you changed your mind, give me a call. I’ll have you in America faster than you can say NBA”. With that, Aki walked over to Tachi, a soft smile on his face
“Hmm, you are a strange one but we’ll take you for a bit. See how you manage. You and the other first year can come after school for a 2v2, me and my setter vs you and your teammate” The captain said. ‘There’s another first year? Wonder who it is’ “Oh, my name’s Kuroo by the way. See you after school, Nozume” he said before leaving. Kenma walked up to Kuroo, bowing before leaving with him.
End of: Chapter 1 - Baskets to nets
Word count - 1199
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Haikyuu || Male OC Insert
FanficAki is a male who seeks to play as many games as he could. With his best friend at his side, Aki thinks he's unstoppable. Taking place in Nekoma high, he applies for volleyball. Though he had never played an official game of volleyball, his friend...
