YOU'RE IN MY HEART. 𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘺𝘶𝘶

19 | camaraderie in camp

"So you're telling us that you two are childhood friends?" Daichi said, looking at the two people who were giving them a sheepish smile. "And that [First Name] actually lost her memories but now she got it back?"

"Yup," the two nodded.

"That explains why you two seemed so fond of each other despite only getting to know each other for a while." Sugawara smiled. "Well, the good thing is that [First Name]'s memories are back now, you must've been through a lot."

"That's why you've been getting headaches after headaches this past week." Kiyoko said, "Are you okay now, though?"

The black-haired girl nodded, "Yeah, I'm okay now. I just can't believe that the childhood friend I've been trying to look for was Yuu all this time."

"Yuu? Huh, it sounds fresh hearing someone call Nishinoya by his first name." Daichi comments, not ignoring the way that the libero's face was flushed when she said his name. "And it seems like he likes it."

"Just don't call him that too often, it will get into his head." Tsukishima remarked, making the team laugh.

[First Name] Sakai and Nishinoya Yuu have been reunited.

The two spent the entire night until three in the morning to catch up with whatever it was they needed. The two of them sat down on the bench and caught up on old times. They talked for hours, reminiscing about their childhood memories and what they had been up to over the years. As they talked, Nishinoya realized how much he had missed [First Name]. She had always been his closest friend, and he had never forgotten about her. He felt a warmth in his heart as they talked, and he knew that he never wanted to lose touch with her again.

Nishinoya's gaze fell on the girl's hair. Finally, he can ask something about that. "By the way, when did you get those streaks? You've always wanted one when we were kids."

"Did I?" She asked and Nishinoya nodded. She softly smiled and ran her fingers through her hair, showing off the streaks. "I guess I really didn't change no matter how many memories I lost." She chuckled. "I actually got them when I met Tooru, you know."

"That's nice, I knew you'd look great in it." Nishinoya grinned, "Since when were you close with the grand king, anyway?"

"Hmm? Oikawa Tooru?" She asked, and he nodded. "Ah, actually we met when we were thirteen. We met at the coffee shop near Aoba Jousai, pretty funny if you ask me. He was his casual flirtatious self and when we our eyes met each other he approached me."

"Did you two have a past or something?" He asked, and the girl laughed.

"You got us," she remarks. "Honestly, our friendship did start from flirting but we knew that we were just friends. He's still the same flirty guy as before, but he's a good friend." She explained. "Why are you so curious about my relationship with Oikawa, anyway?"

"Well, you call him by his first name when he's around."

"That's because he made me."

Nishinoya grinned, impressed at how the two can catch up so casually as if they didn't lose years of friendship. Suddenly, he felt a gush of courage in him. He looked at his childhood friend with stars in his eyes, and the girl caught this. "Nishinoya? Is there something wrong?"

"All those years of me not being in your life, and your memories of me gone,— have you ever liked someone?"

"Liked in a way of romantically?" She ponders, trying to remember every guy that she met in the past. "Not really, well, Oikawa was definitely just days of flirting. I never liked him romantically, though."