28. Grown Cat vs. Baby Crow

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"HAH!!" Yamamoto yells as he spikes the ball. It bounces off Tanaka's arms in a flubbed receive. "YESSS!"

"WHOO! Way to go Yama!" You cheer, Tanaka sending you an offended glare.

"I really hope we don't let them hit the 20-point mark first..." Suga voices his worries out loud, leaning back against your side. Yes, you still held the third and first year in your arms. They enjoyed it very much.

The score was currently 18 to 15 for Nekoma.

"That's right. Standard games are 25 points, best two out of three. If they score another 7 points... we lose." Takeda says.

"Inuoka, your serve!" Kai says, giving Inuoka the ball.

"'Kay!"

Kuroo rotated in the front, making eye contact with Hinata. He stares down at him, unimpressed.

Hinata furrowed his eyebrows in thought, staring back at Kuroo.

"Inuoka has a good seven inches on you, and you still manage to give him a run for his money. Not bad, shorty." The sly captain says.

"Grr! The person who calls somebody shorty is the real shorty!!"

"That's not how it works little love..." You mutter.

Kuroo ignores Hinata and scans the rest of the team, smirking as he makes eye contact with Kageyama.

Kageyama snatches the back of Hinata's jersey, pulling him back.

"We're doing our usual quick set next," he says.

"Huh?! You mean the one that's all zip zoom? Not the one that's pwiffle?"

"Right."

"Aww, but I was just getting used to the pwiffle one!"

"No. While their number one is in the front row that's a bad idea."

"Why?"

"Because!"

"Bwuh?!"

"It's gut instinct. Anyways! You don't match up with that guy too often. I'm betting he isn't used to how fast you move yet. We're going to ditch him and score before he gets acclimated like their number seven did."

Inuoka serves the ball, sending it right towards Nishinoya. The libero passes it to Kageyama, Hinata already sprinting up to the net.

Even though it looked like he was aiming straight at Kuroo, he jumps sideways at the last second, swinging his arm down and slamming it to the floor right beside Inuoka.

"Yessss!! This feeling is the best!!" Hinata sparkles, holding up his stinging palm to you. You grin and give him a thumbs up, wondering how on earth he didn't notice the fact that you were smothering two of his team mates in a hug.

"That was a good choice," Ukai says.

"Hm?" Takeda looks at him.

"I agree with him. Right now, against that big third year middle blocker, the freak quick is probably the more effective option. That guy is obviously a veteran. It's likely he has a lot of experience with stopping a normal quick set."

Meanwhile, Kuroo jealously glanced at Hinata. "Man, they're amazing. I guess that's what people mean when they call someone 'super human.' Well then.." Kenma glances at him. "Let's go get that ball back," Kuroo says darkly, craving the win (and your praise.)

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