= 𝑭𝑳𝒀 = 【날기】

𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚢-𝚃𝚠𝚘

"Promise me one thing," he smiled gently at her.  Y/N turned around and tilted her head.  "Fly, my child.  Even at your height, anything is possible.  Reach for the sky, as it is your only limit," Y/N slowly nodded.  Washi grinned, "Fly.  Soar.  Keep your head high, no bird looks down unless they look to nosedive straight into the ground.  And if you do nosedive, the only way is to go back up."

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"Ladies and gentlemen!  Welcome to the final game of the training camp!  Our teams of today's games that will be competing are, Hyebaek High and Tancheok High!  Only one will come out as the victor, and take home the Seoul Camp Cup!" Solar announced like an MC host.  

The teams, the boys and Sihyuk hollered.  Solar grinned, "Teams!  Bow!  And let the game commence!"

"LET'S PLAY A GOOD GAME!"

Solar walked to the side of her team's bench.  There, Tancheok sat with silence engulfing their atmosphere.  But there was energy.  Moonbyul stood.  "WE WILL WIN!" She yelled.  "YEAH!" Tancheok yelled in return.  Moonbyul walked onto the court with will power, the rest of the starters followed suit.  

Hyebaek looked at the opposite bench and grinned.  Irene looked at her teammates and nodded.  "The ball stays in the air!" Irene chanted.  "WHICH WILL LEAD TO THEIR DESPAIR!" Hyebaek yelled in unison.  The chant and boost of confidence for themselves was enough to give Solar shivers.

Nayeon stood behind Solar and felt the aura from Hyebaek.  She smiled in contempt.  "Damn them, they never fail to let us know who they are," she chuckled.  Solar nodded.  "Definitely.  They are the team that's been to Nationals countless times with some wins in their belt," Solar commented, watching Hyebaek's starters walk onto the court.  "No doubt, they'll let us know."

Irene craned her neck to look at Tancheok as they walked onto the court.  She took note of their starters; Moonbyul, Yuju, Yerin, Sowon, Dahyun, and Wheein.  Though, Yerin seemed to be a bit nervous and shaky, Irene noted.  Then she looked to her teammates, Seulgi, Soojin, Joy, Yuqi, and Wendy, they looked back at her and nodded with determination.

The two other teams grabbed benches and sat around the sides of the courts to watch.  Sihyuk's boys were either helping to be the referees or line judges.  Kimsang and Ikjin were mixed with each other in the audience.

They watch Moonbyul and Irene meet halfway with Namjoon, the main referee, to decide who serves and receives.  "Heads for Hyebaek, tails for Tancheok," he spoke, looking at the two then flipping the coin.  He caught it then placed it on the back of his hand and looked down at it.  "It's  heads."

"We will receive."

"TANCHEOK'S SERVE!" Namjoon announces, then pockets the coin.  The two captains shake hands and share a moment of silence before breaking their handshake.  They return to their sides and prepare to serve or receive.

Yerin walks to the back of the line to serve.  She takes a couple of steps from the line and receives the ball.  Looking up, her nerves start to kick in.  "Oh no..." she shakily breathed out.  The whistle blew which made her jump.  As she felt time slow down, she closed her eyes and took one big deep breath in- then out.  Yerin looks back up and eyes Soojin, "Found her."  Taking a couple steps, she brings the ball up and tosses it lightly, jumping shortly after.

Hyebaek's defense moves up as Yerin hits a floater over.  "UP!  UP!" Wendy yells as the ball hits the net and flicks over onto Hyebaek's side.  Irene quickly gets to the ball and gets it up by punching it up with her fist, hitting the floor after.

The ball goes up then slowly descends perfectly into Soojin's position.  Moonbyul and Sowon bend their knees, ready to move to the ball and spiker.  Both teams get ready to receive behind their spikers or blockers.  Ikijn watched in awe, the teams were clearly disciplined and had the ability to move according to the front row built into them.

"Seulgi-shi!" Soojin gives a high toss to the left.  Seulgi's face remains still as she jumps up and brings her arm back.  Moonbyul, Sowon, and Yuju jump up for a three-man block then Seulgi swings with all her might, which made the ball ricochet off of Sowon's hand.

The ball is sent flying to Tancheok's back.  "GOT IT!" Dahyun anticipated the wipe and got to the ball a step faster, sending it backwards as she hits the floor.  Her eyes widen with realization.  "Oh shit-!" The ball drops on Tancheok's court, the sound of it bouncing silences the gym.

Yerin stares at it, the feeling of guilt washes over her whole being.  She can feel the eyes.  Her teammates' eyes.  Tancheok stared at Yerin with a certain look.  "I..." She feels her throat closing up, her face starts to heat up, and her hands start shaking.

"Oi!  That's my bad!" Wheein yells out.  She smacks Yerin's back and grins at her, "Don't mind it!  You'll get to it next time!"  Yerin looks up at Wheein and puts on a serious face.  She nods firmly and bows to her teammates quietly.  Dahyun mentally apologizes and gets into position as Hyebaek is up to serve.

"What just happened?" Chaeyoung asked, clueless to what unfolded in front of her.

Jihyo glances at Chaeyoung then focuses back on the game.  "I think Dahyun-ssi received the ball in a way that Y/N-ssi could perfectly set up the attack." She bites her lip nervously as Irene steps up to serve.

Momo feels a twist in her heart, seeing Dahyun mentally beat herself up mid-game for the mistake.  "Y/N-ssi sets differently than normal setters... she can set up the attack from anywhere on court.  She's very versatile- but Dahyun-ssi forgot to adjust where she places the ball traditionally when she receives it.  Since Yerin-shi is their setter," she explained to her dongsaeng as the hard serve by Irene is received by Wheein.  "... not Y/N." Dahyun bit her lip in contempt as she hesitated to get the ball but gets into position to receive once again.

Yerin gets to the ball and jump-sets to Yuju.  Yuju is met with Joy and Seulgi in the air.  She gives her signature grin and switches from a straight to a cross-shot.  The ball is sent past Joy's right hand and straight down onto the ground next to her.  Irene digs the ball but it hits the net- Joy hastily hits the ball upwards to Seulgi's position.

"GET HER!" Solar yells.  Moonbyul, Sowon, and Yuju line up for Seulgi's spike, they adjust their hands for a kill block.  Seulgi feels intimidated as she sees the three jump high; their arms hanging over, waiting for her to hit the ball.

"FEINT!" Dahyun shouted.  She moved to get the ball but hesitates again.  Wheein runs in and digs up the feint.  The ball is sent to Tancheok's backrow.

Everyone watches on the edge of their seat.  They can feel the teams' tenacity, their auras emitting off the court.  "Oh my..." Sihyuk giggled as Dahyun decides to toss it to Moonbyul's position.  Moonbyul begins her spiking approach and jumps, meeting only Joy in the air.  The ball falls right into Moonbyul's spiking range.  "This point truly decides which team..." Moonbyul aims for the edge of Joy's hand and spikes the ball with all her power.  "... comes out on top." Yuqi digs the ball over to Tancheok's side last second.

The ball falls onto the opposite side of the front row.

"OUT!" Yuju yells as she watches the ball fall.

Everyone watches the ball closely.

THUMP!

The whistle blows for the line judge's call.  

Hoseok points his flag towards the inside of the court.

Namjoon stretches his arm towards Hyebaek's side.

The sounds of the teams' heavy breaths can be heard.  Minnie sucks in her lips feeling pitiful for Tancheok.  "That may have only been the second point scored in the whole game... but that may have been the deciding point for this whole game," she frowns as she spots Tancheok looking down, catching their breaths.  "Come on guys, pick yourselves up.  Y/N-nie wouldn't stand for this."