Ms. Side Character

Chapter 30 - She has a boyfriend.

Many people were now staring at us. With Kenma still hugging me, the remaining boys argued about stuff that I never seemed to understand. Nonsensical stuff about some girl that they keep on mentioning as 'she or her'---well it was a girl so it is supposed to be a 'she' or 'her'.

I noticed the skinny security guard hesitating to come over and stop whatever the commotion was, considering how athletically built their bodies were. I was trapped in chaos; with no way of escape and the worst part is that I cannot bring myself to stop them because of how embarrassed and scared I am by their raised voices and harsh words.

"He..Hey guys," I was quite surprised that I managed to utter those few words despite me stuttering like a baby.

"You were like creepy stalkers Tsukishima, please leave us alone or I'll be reporting you to the police" Hinata bellowed causing me to just shut up.

With the crowd's stares and whispers, I felt like I was on the stage with people discussing how my performance was. That is anxiety to me. Being watched like I was the only peculiar person living on the earth.

"What are you doing to my girl?"

Home.

I looked up to see the person who has always been by my side back when I first reincarnated in this world. The one who kept on teasing me whenever I did something horrible or when I sang the wrong tune. The one who tried to cheer me up whenever I lost a singing competition or whenever I felt horrible in particular. The one who taught me things about what I should do in situations when I had an anxiety attack. My one and only loving older brother; Fukuda Akira.

"My girl?" Kenma spoke for the first time in minutes, raising his head off my shoulders carrying its weight with them, and looking my brother straight in the eye.

That was when I noticed that he got quite taller than the last time I saw him, and he looked much more mature. However, the crystal blue eyes and blonde hair were still the same, though the blonde hair was now tied into a short ponytail with a few strands of it on the sides of his face.

He looked at me and gave me a cheeky grin that as quick as to how lighting struck turned into a terrifying glare that almost gave me the chills.

"Don't you boys even know that my girlfriend is having anxiety attacks right now?" he continued speaking whilst motioning towards me, who is now keeping her head down on the ground to avoid additional stares.

"Akemi has a boyfriend?" Hinata sounded shocked as he said the last word.

Seeing the commotion calming down, my brother maneuvered the crowd just to grasp my arm and pull me away from the people. My companions were left speechless as they could be, with my back towards them I couldn't see their eyes but a feeling said that they were on me.

If only this day could end.

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"I was meaning to surprise you at home and expecting you to be there I killed some time at the new arcade that some people spoke about"

With the afternoon sun's rays shining on the streets giving them an orange glow, I was walking home with my brother who had just come back from abroad.

"Did mom and dad know about your arrival too?" I asked while munching on some strawberry candy that we bought along the way.

He shook his head in response to my query, and with that, he changed the subject.

"Didn't I tell you that no boyfriends are allowed around that age?" he said while bending down to glare at me, my height was an inch shorter than his shoulders, making it seem like I was walking home with my father.

I snickered, since the beginning of my time in this universe, he was and always will be protective of me, just like he promised. It is really good to have an older brother, despite his teasings and things that he does to make me mad, he is still always my home and family.

"They're friends to me brother, plus, I'm a temporary assistant manager of a boys' volleyball team, so there will be a lot of boys that I would be meeting in this time of my life"

Heaving a sigh, he accepted what it was but still stood by his rule for me: No boyfriends until I get my college diploma.

On our arrival home, both our parents were surprised and happy with his unannounced arrival, my mom cooked a great supper and we all sat down in the living room to listen to my brother's stories.

Today was such an adventure, I could say, regardless of the things that had happened. Let us just leave all the other things to 'tomorrow me' and how she could handle those stuff. And with that reassurance, I slept the night away.

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Hinata and Kageyama didn't really talk to me the whole day inside our classrooms, they just said their greetings and went back to their seats like a normal person would do, not how the typical Hinata and Kageyama would do and there really was a huge difference.

I approached the gymnasium after meeting up with the music club and practicing for our next performance at a grand event named 'Schools united' in short SU, which was months away. SU is something where most of the schools in Japan are invited to one school for 3-5 days where we could do anything we like.

Be it sports, arts, photography, music, or just anything where all of us can communicate and get to know each other. There was never a mention of SU in the Haikyuu manga so I never did expect it to happen.

As I was nearing the gym, I could hear their voices afar considering the fact that they were all in an enclosed area. The squeaking of some shoes and the loud echo of the ball when hit on the floor can be heard too, but none of it was more noticeable than the mention of my name.

"I didn't know Akemi has a boyfriend," a voice that I expect to belong to Yamaguchi said, "she never talked about it anyways"

"Who cares if she is in a relationship?" another one replied, it was faint as a whisper so I couldn't decipher who spoke it.

"You care Tsukki! You kept on cursing out loud yesterday on the way home about how you could just wipe the ugly grin on that man's face!"

My brother really did them good somehow. I never understood what they were fussing about me being in a relationship. Is it because of me being distracted in my role as an assistant manager because of my love life? Or is it because they expect me to keep bringing my boyfriend to practice? I guess I'll never know unless I ask them about it.

I was about to turn around and skip today's practice because I knew that once I entered that door their attention would be on me. I am the main topic for their discussion today, and that itself is very uncomfortable. Getting an anxiety attack is very possible.

"Akemi?" I turned around and saw Kiyoko at the door of the gym looking at how I was standing motionless at the entrance, "Were you about to enter?"

The moment she said those words, two more people were at the main entry. Sugawara and Nishinoya were staring at me. Looking at it closely, they had this look on their faces that seemed like they have a question that they must confirm, and that is only made possible if they ask me.

Me who wants to avoid talking about the events that happened yesterday.Oh boy, so much for the 'tomorrow me' handling her problems because I literally can't.

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A/N: Heyyy againn, its the mf writer who said that she would post more on March but only updated one chapter! Yes, that's me. I sincerely and deeply apologize for not updating this fanfic since I was in a frickin writing slump. 〒▽〒

I hope you enjoyed this chapter though, breaking my writing slump with the help of a friend(Pwnce3) is some sort of achievement to mee.