Sweet Tooth [Ushijima x Reader]

33

All of them grew frustrated. I navigated through the heavy crowd and a bunch of reporters surrounding them. The Republic of Zelda, last Olympic highest gold medals. The Volleyball team 9 times world champion. Higher than Brazil.

They were notorious for past aggressive behaviour inside and outside the court: allegations, all gone under the drain. The highest number of sponsors came from Zeldians. You can do the rest of the guessing.

The crowd of reporters slowly saw Ushijima and others and rushed in towards us.

"Y/n, get in the bus with everyone else." He repeated urgently. Panicked and shocked, I nodded and rushed inside the bus.

The boys with Mr Utsui stood outside the bus, now answering and getting attention from the reporters while some guards surrounding them. The situation turned quickly chaotic.

The Zeldian team approached the boys. I could hear them. The guards pushed the reporters away from both sides.

I was observing from the bus window.

"Well, well. Look at our luck. We meet the mighty Ushijima. Hinata Hoshiumi...wow," One of the tall boys spoke. He seemed the captain.

I could see Hinata and others smile formally. But not Ushijima.

"Cmon Ushijima smile for the cameras." Another spoke. The Zeldians team laughed.

"So what are you looking forward to this Olympic, Mr Ren?" One of the reporters ask.

"Japan is a beautiful country. All I can say I am looking forward to enjoying the time here as much I can. The awesome food, scenery...and the women, of course ..." He spoke confidently.

Ushijima was irked little, but his face was unnoticeable when it came to emotional expressions. However, Kuroo rolled his eyes, and the others felt uncomfortable.

The Zeldian don't care about hiding anything of their notorious behaviour or past. Every member seemed arrogant.

"What about winning the Olympics?" Another asked.

"I wasn't stating the obvious. Of course, winning is part of our nature." The other vice-captain spoke; his jersey said "Sylas".

The other reporter put forward his mic and asked Ushijima, "How are you planning to welcome your friends from Zeldia, Ushijima Wakatoshi?"

Ushijima's eyes narrowed little. Out of my surprise, he softly smirked sinfully.

" I am happy to welcome Zeldia to tour and enjoy Japanese scenery and food. I am not sure about the women as it's up to the women here to decide. And about winning? I am sure nature is known to evolve over the years. Similar to national teams. Some evolve to win, and some evolve backwards....to lose." Ushijima spoke.

I gasped. When did he become so savage? I could hear Kyla doing the "oooh snap".

The Ren person laughed evilly, clutching onto Ushijima's shoulder with a fake smile. It made my blood boil for some reason.

"Aaah....I am gonna love it here. I am looking forward to playing against you all in the finals." Sylas narrowed his eyes. Hinata grunted, but Kuroo pulled his shoulders back.

"They have to reach finals first, Sylas", Ren spoke with a smirk.

"We Will," Hoshiumi spoke. The team looked at Hinata and Hoshiumi and chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Iwazuimi murmured. The reporters were confused. People realised there's a cold war between these teams.

One of the middle blockers, I am assuming, laughed even more. To tease, he tossed the ball in the air super high.

It didn't stop my boys....

Hoshiumi jumped super high. I couldn't believe my eyes. Unbelievable.

Hoshi's hand reached the ball as he set. Then Hinata came along and jumped even higher and caught the ball. HINATA's JUMP was SUPER HIGH!!!

The Zeldian team was shocked, and so was I. No way that jump was real.

I saw Ushijima softly smirking. The smirk felt nostalgic and had hints of pride inside. Kuroo and Iwazuimi sinfully smiling. They knew it.

Ushijima folded his arms, now confidently staring at the Zeldian team.

Hinata tossed the ball at Ushijima, and the sheer force didn't falter Ushijima. he caught the ball with one hand. His hands were big enough, but the stability and control were amazing.

If I were Zeldia, I'd reconsider my words.

"Be careful. You might drop your ball..." Kuroo handed the ball to the team after Ushijima handed it to him.

The Japanese team had their own way of teasing Zeldia. However, it was subtle.

"If we do, it will be on the side of your court..." Ren spoke as a joke, but I realised he was irritated and hid behind that joke.

"Or outside the line..." Hoshiumi revealed.

The Zeldian team nodded and uncomfortably smiled, and left for their team bus with nothing left to said.

After few mins, the others entered the bus. Ushijima sat in front. I kept looking at him. He was worried and irritated. So was the others. The temperature on the bus was cold.

Ironically, my blood was boiling. I was not too fond of the Zeldian team's guts.

Mr Utsui got up and stood in the middle of the seats.

"That was something, huh?" He spoke.

We all looked up.

"I think it's a good thing we met them here first before the court."  Mr Utsui spoke.

"How's that a good thing. I was very close punching one of their players." Iwazuimi spoke.

"You know their strategies Iwa.. they are emotionally manipulative. Their strength is emotional endurance on the court, not physical. Unlike us." Utsui spoke.

"It's better to be manipulated off-court than on the court. Reminds me when Nekoma faced the Nohebi.". Kuroo agreed. 

"Daisho and his team would punch Zeldia too. It seems impossible to beat them. They refuse to participate in general world championships then suddenly take all golds in Olympics. Are we even prepared? We don't know their strategies." Hoshiumi spoke furiously.

"To even qualify for semi-finals, we need to defeat Zeldian in a first group match. Japan only faced Zeldia once last 10 years," Hinata spoke nervously.

Everyone looked at Ushijima. Ushijima was lost in his thoughts. His fingers fiddling with themselves. Eyes fixated on the ground—furrowed eyebrows. The slouch signifying the weight on Ushijima's shoulders to lead Japan to victory.

"And there's only one player in our team that has faced them before a few years ago."

Hi, guys sorry if the chapter is boring. But I feel there's needs to be more substance to develop Y/n and Ushijima's relationship. it's a journey and they are adults. It's more than just cheesy fanfic I feel. it's about partnership and support and maturity in relationships and friendships. Y/n has a huge responsibility on her shoulder. It's about balancing her love, her dreams and her duty altogether. Didn't wanna use any real country since the country Zeldia will be the antagonist in the story. Lastly, thank you so much for supporting the story so far. Cannot wait to write the future chapters. Let me know in the comments.