𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐊𝐄!! ✧ o. shotaro

two

tryouts and a new face.

nanako walked as quickly as she could through the halls, occasionally mumbling an "excuse me" or "pardon me!" to people she bumped shoulders with. running wasn't permitted in the halls--she found that out the hard way fifteen minutes ago.

she gulped, clutching tightly on the straps of her red backpack. nanako had promised inuoka that she would be in the gym to cheer him on during tryouts. unfortunately, she wasn't great at keeping track of time and got lost after visiting club after club.

all students at nekoma high were required to join a club as a form of "social activity", whether that was a sports club, the theatre club, or a student-led club. she was playing around with pottery in the pottery club before realizing that tryouts for the volleyball club started an hour ago.

nanako shook the dry feeling off of her hands. she didn't get enough time to put on hand lotion like the pottery club's leader advised her to, leaving her hands too dry for their own good.

"shit, i shoud have left it at five club visits!" nanako muttered under her breath, weaving through the crowded hallways.

before she knew it, she bumped into the back of a person. nanako quickly squeezed her eyes shut as she stumbled backwards, clutching her nose which rammed straight into the person's back.

"i'm so sorry for bumping into you!" nanako blurted, immediately bowing before the person could face her.

"ah, it's okay! you don't have to apologize!" a kind voice answered.

nanako looked up slightly before standing straight up. in front of her stood a boy with dark, round eyes that held an adorable shine in them. his dark brown hair was loosely distributed around his head, covering his forehead partially.

she noticed that some of his brown locks stuck to his forehead, which was glistened with sweat. a nekoma high boys' volleyball club uniform was neatly worn on his figure, showing off his lean yet muscular forearms and calves.

the boy gently smiles, causing his eyes to curl upwards as if they were smiling. "you must be in a hurry, so you can go first!"

nanako quickly bowed her head in respect, "ah, thank you!"

she slipped past the boy with a light pint tint on her cheeks. nanako found his eyes rather charming--they had a comforting and welcoming feeling to them. not to mention that he seemed pretty athletic.

nanako stopped walking. athletic...right, he's wearing the volleyball club's uniform!

she swiftly turned around. "um, sorry to disturb you, but i noticed you're wearing the boys' volleyball club uniform...i actually need to go to the volleyball gym right now. could you lead me there?"

once again, a smile appeared on both the boy's lips and eyes. "of course! let me just finish this really quickly."

the boy screwed on the caps of multiple water bottles before placing them in an icebox, which he lifted up with a light grunt. "okay, we can go now!"

"do you want me to help you with that?" nanako offered, eyeing the icebox.

"that would be great, thank you!"