A Haikyuu Story // Y/N's POV // (read disclaimer)

Chapter 4

The next day, Karasuno's coach offered me a chance to practice with the team. There was no school today since it was a weekend, and I had to go to practice anyways being the team manager, so I decided to accept his offer. I didn't have a jersey, so I just wore a white shirt with volleyball shorts, tied my hair in a ponytail, and put on my glasses. Wearing volleyball shorts again felt a little uncomfortable-- too short for comfort. I also didn't really have anything I needed to bring, so I just brought my water bottle and my phone. When I walked into the gym, I was a little uncomfortable, not just because of the shorts, but also because I realized I could have at least worn something relatively close to Karasuno's jersey colors.

"Hey, Pudding."

Kenma waved at me as he walked in my direction. When he noticed I was dressed in volleyball shorts and had my hair tied up, he blushed and looked at the floor. He wasn't used to it since he really only saw me in pajamas, school uniform, or in casual wear with my hair down.

"You look n-nice."

"Thanks."

He attempted to look at me again as I gave him a smile. This just caused him to blush a little more and turn around covering his face.

"Hey, Y/N! You can play for our team."

Tanaka was waving his hand in the air as he called out to me.

"You could play as the outside hitter"

I nudged Kenma on the shoulder, adjusted my glasses, and walked over to my position on the left-back side of the court. I got in my ready position as Nekoma's team was getting ready to serve first. The ball was served towards me and I bumped the ball to Kageyama, who set it to Hinata. Hinata gave a quick spike to Kenma, who had to dive to receive the ball. Despite the dive, the ball was still high enough for it to get set to Kuroo, who gave the ball a hard spike. I saw the ball coming towards me. It was coming hard and fast. Too fast for me to step back. Suddenly, I found myself staring at the ceiling of the gym. A huge wave of pain came over me and I felt my nose start to bleed. It took me a second to realize the ball had hit me. I could barely see that the guys were hovering over me, worried looks on their faces.

"Ooh, that looks bad."

"We should get her to the nurse's office."

I saw Kenma rush over to me as he pushed some of the other guys away. He helped me up and put my arm around his shoulder since I was barely able to stand. Kuroo and Tsukki were standing in front of us. Tsukki gave Kenma an extra pair of his glasses since mine broke and we had the same prescription. Kuroo attempted to apologize and offered to help, but Kenma glared at him and pushed him aside. He walked me to the nurse's office and tilted my head upwards, using his hand to gently push up my chin. He told me to keep my head up so that I wouldn't get blood everywhere. When we got to the nurse's office, Kenma stayed with me as the nurse stopped the bleeding and checked to make sure there wasn't any other damage.

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A few nights had passed and Kenma kept checking in on me and staying over at my dorm to make sure I was ok. My nose was mostly healed already, and luckily nothing had broken from the impact. It was just bruised and a little red. Kenma reached out to touch the slightly bruised area.

"Does it still hurt? I can see if I have anything to help with the pain."

I chuckled and gave him a smile.

"Thanks, Kenma. I'm fine. Really."

It was nice to have someone like him around. I appreciated his company. He still looked at me with a worried look and placed his hand on my head. I reached up and placed my hand on his. He blushed and smiled at me as we sat in the comforting silence.