"So tall.." Maria whispered as the girls' Date Tech team began practicing, "I heard their tallest girl is 6'3..awesome.." Aiko said with a chuckle. The team froze and began to tremble, "S-She's probably middle blocker..or even worse..Wing spiker.." Emiko says shivering. "Are you forgetting that you're 6'2?" Maiko scoffs and lightly karate chops her head.
"There's no reason for us to freak out. You guys are acting as if we're all short-" Maiko pauses and turns to Maria, "N-No offense.." Maria sighs and pouts, "None taken..".
"We have Emiko who is 6'2, Tamiko who is 6'0, and I'm 5'11. So, there's nothing we can't handle." Maiko continues, everyone nods and calms down. "Nice job captain." Aiko smirks and nudges her, "Oh hush. Alright everyone, let's win this!"
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"And...go!"
You jumped up along with Emiko and Suzuki to block. The ball hit your arm and fell back into their court, "Woo! Nice one Hikari!" Emiko cheeryed giving you a high five. "Thanks! Though..that kind of hurt.." You nervously chuckled, "You'll get used to it, let's win another point." She says with a confident look.
So cool....You thought and nodded, "On it!"
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(After the match with Karasuno winning, Third-person POV)
"Nice job guys," Ryuji congratulates running down from the bleachers, he turns to Hikari with a soft smile before hugging her. "Ryu...I stink like crazy right now...not to mention the sweat.." She nervously laugh, he pulls back and shrugs his shoulders. "I don't care. What match do you guys have left?" Maiko hums and looks through the schedule. "I believe we have a small break..then it's against Johzenji." She answers.
Naomi walks over with a small basket, "Here's a gift for giving it your all. You guys did wonderful. Even though I don't know much about volleyball." She giggles and holds out the basket of sweets in tiny bags. "WOAH! Awesome!" Maria exclaims as everyone thanked Naomi and took a bag. "My family runs bakery so I thought sharing our sweets would be nice." She gushed. The team began showering her with compliments and thanks while jealously grew in Hikari. She couldn't help it.
Naomi was much better than her. "I-I'll try these after our games..don't wanna be throwing up on the court." Hikari nervously laughs, "Oh? Okay! I just hope you enjoy them." Naomi says beaming a smile at her.
Hikari smiled back with guilt mixing in with jealousy.
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(Skip to the match against Aoba Johsai bc i'm too lazy to do anything against Johzenji lmao)
Hikari's POV~
My mind wasn't clear.
I've been spacing out on the court, missing the ball, forgetting to block, and now I'm on the bench. The coach told me to cool off and relax while everyone else worked their ass off. I stared at the floor, trying to ignore the sick feeling in my stomach. I didn't eat the sweets Naomi gave us, yet I feel like puking.
The whistle blows causing my attention to shift somewhere else. We lost the first set. "No need to worry guys, we got this. Just keep your head up." Maiko reassures. Maria turns to me with concern, "Hikari...are you alright? Something bothering you?" Her voice was filled with worrisome. I stood up, "I-I'm alright...I can go back on the court! Please..let me play.." I plead and looked at Maiko with determination in my eyes. She stares at me for a few seconds before letting out a sigh. "Okay...what do you think coach?"
Our coach clicks her pen a few times, "If you continue to mess up, you're going back on the bench. Got that?" I nodded and the whistle blew. "Remember, you're not alone." Emiko chuckles and pats my back as we walked onto the court. Taking a few deep breaths, I slowly felt anxiety and pressure leave my body.
I open my eyes, making eye contact with Rin Sugawara, and Mayumi Oikawa. Their stare stole my breath in a way.
Don't let them intimidate you...you got this.
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I haven't been messing up, though my legs feel like they're going to give up on me any second now. Scanning our team, everyone is on edge considering we're at a tie. Rin serves the ball over the net and Maria quickly receives it.
The ball flies back and forth between the teams. Both sides not wanting to give up. My attention shifted to a familiar laugh. I turned to see Ryu laughing with Naomi, he seemed so comfortable with her. Suddenly the sound of a ball hitting the ground echoed. The gym went quiet at the ball on our side. Rin's shoes squeaked as she balanced herself.
Setter dump...
Their team cheered along with other people in the bleachers. We fell to the floor from exhaustion and stared at the ball.
We lost...all because I wasn't focusing..
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Author's note~
Well....here it is 😃 I placed this fan fic aside for many months but yuh. Hoped you enjoyed <3 See you in the next chapter! (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
-Kristina
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Fanfiction! This is an sequel to "Gomen Yamaguchi" Yamaguchi x reader fan fic. It won't include Yams and Y/n as much but it'll be Sunny and Ryuji's love story. Some people asked for it and I shall give what the reader what they want. More details in the first...
