"Owww," Hinata whines from the floor, holding his forehead. His head was resting in your lap.
"Aha! He lives!" Noya cheers.
"You okay, bro?" Tanaka asks.
"Ohmigod ohmigod ohmigod are you okay I'm sorry I'm sorrryyyyy!!"
"It's his own stupid fault for zoning out like an idiot." You glare at Tsukishima.
"A-ambulance! C-call and ambulance!!"
"Calm down, Sensei."
"Oh, uh, it's okay. I'm fine. Sorry to make you all worry," Hinata says, sitting up and leaning back into you as you hug him from behind.
"You sure? Maybe you should sit out a rally or two..." You say, rubbing his hair.
"No! I'm fine. I promise! I just.. didn't dodge all the way in time. Besides, I'm used to getting hit in the face!"
"Don't be," Suga says.
"That's not a good thing..." you say.
"Ha ha..."
Suddenly the aura turned fiery as Hinata's eyes narrowed in on Kageyama.
"What'd you think you were doing? Zoning out in the middle of a rally..."
"Um! Uh! I, Ah..."
"I know what you were thinking. You were thinking about how cool the ace is but that all you're good at is being a decoy, which is stupid and boring. You were wishing you were as tall and strong as Azumane-san so you could be an ace too."
"I... I was not!"
Kageyama glares at him.
"Okay.. so, uh... maybe a little..." Hinata mumbles, turning his cheek.
"Once you realized our team had an ace... aside from all that idolization or whatever, you got jealous. Quit letting your brain wander off onto stupid crap during a game."
"So I got a little jealous. So what? You're big and tall and skilled already! You could never understand what it's like for me!!"
You frown, tightening your arms around the small boy.
"You guys!" Daichi scolds.
"Hey! What are you all still doing here? It's time to close up!" Some random staff guy says. "Hurry and clean up—"
"Excuse me! Could we please at least finish this game first?" Takeda interrupts.
"But it's awfully late.."
"I'll take responsibility and supervise everyone!"
"Well..."
"Once we finished, I will do all the final checks and make sure everything is properly locked up."
The man agrees and the game continues. You let go of Hinata and sit back down next to Kiyoko.
"Looks like the high school team just rotated into its best offensive lineup. We'd better be on the lookout for that little guys super fast quick attack."
"Uh, excuse me?" Kageyama says. "This rally," he points at Hinata, "I'm going to set the ball for him. Please try as hard as you can to block."
"Hey, hey! You trying to taunt us now?"
"Yes, sir! It's a blatant taunt! I'm sorry for being disrespectful!" You snicker. Sometimes kageyama was a real idiot.
"What the heck is that rookie thinking? A quick set is effective precisely because you can't predict it," Ukai says to Takeda. "Telling the other guys it's coming means he's gonna run smack into a triple block. And if that happens, short stuff doesn't stand a chance."
"True.. if he runs headlong into a block that may be the case, yes."
"Hinata. They way you are right now... you suck. You're a scrub who's fast and kinda knows how to jump. That's it. The ace is a player who can put the entire team on his back and carry it. That's someone you'll never be."
"Hey, um, don't you think.." Asahi sweat drops.
"Yo, man!"
"Tobio I swear to god if you—" you were cut off by him continuing.
"But! As long as you're with me, you're the greatest!! Yeah, Azumane-san's spikes are super powerful! And yeah, he can go straight through even a triple block! So what about you? All the times I've put the ball up for you have you ever run into a block? Ever?"
The whistle blows, signaling a serve.
Shimada hits the ball, Ennoshita receives, and Hinata looks unsure about where to run. Thanks to kageyama, there was a wall up in front of him.
"DODGE!!" Kageyama yells. "It's not like there's anything else you can do you scrub!!"
Hinata runs to the left, the blockers following him. He gets ready to jump but fakes them out, jumping back and running in the other direction. Kageyama sets the ball, Hinata bringing his hand down and connecting it with the ball. Shimada botches the receive, giving them the point.
"Yeah, you're not ace! But with your speed... your jumps.. and my setting we can take on any blockers out there!! The point the ace scores by busting through a block and the point you score by going around them.. it's still a point! Even if you don't have the fancy ace label you rack up the points in games! And that's why the other team starts marking you! They pay attention to you, follow you.. and that frees up our other hitters! Including the ace!! Right?!" He says, turning to Tanaka on the last part.
"Dwah?! Y-yeah! He's got a good point, bro! There's a huge difference in how well our offense works... depending on whether or not you've got your decoy game up and running."
"Despite all that do you still hate the part you play on this team?! Do you still think it's boring and uncool?!"
Hinata stares at his stinging palm. "I don't.."
"What?"
He clenches his fist. "I don't think that!!"
"Good!!"
"That was a really amazing spike you did," Asahi says.
Hinata beams. "Thank you!!"
"I'm very sorry for interrupting the game again!!" Kageyama bows to Daichi.
"Um! N-no, it's okay," Daichi says.
"We're all finished now, so.."
Kageyama and Hinata both yell, "we're ready to play!!"
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Haikyuu Various! X Male! Reader
Fanfic(L/n) (Y/n). Man, what a legend. You were probably the most popular male at Karasuno High, but you didn't pay much attention to it. You were battling with your love for volleyball. After debating back and forth, you decided to become a manager for t...
