𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐊𝐄!! ✧ o. shotaro

nine

let's go to saitama!

in the two weeks the boys had before the next training camp, they spent more time practicing relentlessly.

day after day, the boys prepared for the week-long training camp in saitama, where they would meet the four other volleyball teams again. this time, they wanted to make sure they could beat fukurodani.

even with so much time spent together, shotaro and nanako didn't confess to each other about their feelings, which frustrated the rest of the team. it seemed impossible, forcing two dense over-thinkers to finally admit they had feelings for each other without thinking about unrealistic consequences.

and so, absolutely no progress was made with the relationship. just the same shy interactions they had on a daily basis.

finally, the day to depart to saitama came. as the coaches double-checked the gym and school before departure, nanako counted heads and made sure everyone's belongings were either on them on in the bus.

"okay, the drive to saitama will take a good four minutes or so and..."

nanako tapped on her clipboard with her pen as she scanned the bus. "...where's lev?"

"i'm right h- ow!"

lev walked in the bus, clutching the bump on his forehead with his hand. "perks of being 194 cm, i guess," yaku snickered.

"it's 194.5 cm actually, yaku-san," lev corrected while sitting down. "not like you could ever reach up to that height anyways."

yaku didn't spare the poor middle blocker from his rage, immediately kicking him off of his seat. "how many times do i have to tell him not to mention yaku-san's height?" yamamoto groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"sugiyama, is everyone here?" coach naoi asked as he boarded the bus with coach nekomata.

"yup! i think we're all set," nanako responded.

she sat down on the seat across from kuroo and kai and stuffed her clipboard in her duffle bag. once coach naoi started the engine, she closed her eyes, attempting to fall asleep for the little less than an hour she had.

but her eyes opened as she heard someone yelling in the seat behind her. "help! nanako, please help!"

nanako suddenly remembered which pair of nekoma players were in the seat behind her. the team manager turned to her left and faced the window, trying her hardest to ignore lev's wails, who was practically in her ear.

once nekoma high's bus arrived in saitama, karasuno high's bus parked right next to it. with that, everyone invited to the training camp at shinzen high had arrived safely and in one piece.

nanako hopped off of the bus once all the players exited and grabbed their volleyball bags. with a yawn, she stretched her arms. the nap she took on the bus wasn't good, since a specific lanky player was up in her ear the whole ride, begging for mercy from yaku.

"hey, hey! where's the skytree?" hinata asked kenma once he jumped off karasuno's bus.

"huh?" the nekoma setter responded. "the skytree?"

hinata pointed at a red and white transmission tower. "oh! is that the tokyo tower?"

"huh? that's just a transmission tower."

"what the hell?" kuroo snickered, pointing at hinata. "are there no transmission towers in miyagi? pretty sure i've heard that conversation before."