The Other Shadow

4

Hinata Shoyo was furious.

Why the hell was the King of the Court, the one he had sworn to beat on the steps after that fateful first volleyball match, a part of Kurasuno? Why not some bigger school? Why not some better ranked school? The antagonist of his volleyball career was now his teammate?

Not to mention Kageyama and him had been banished from the club.

It was all Kageyama's fault.

Plus, the incident had scared Junichi! Shoyo watched Junichi run out of the gym a few minutes after they had been dragged out, his usually emotionless face tinged with fear as he hurried over to Shoyo.

Shoyo fumed as Junichi and him walked up the mountain. His cousin patted his shoulder comfortingly.

"It's okay, Sho. You just have to win this match with Angr- Tanaka-sempai and Kageyama-san." Junichi's dark eyes looked at him worriedly.

Shoyo brightened. Right. He wasn't permanently banished from the volleyball team! He could still win! All he had to do was beat the captain and the other mystery first years! Then Junichi could be manager and he could be ace and they could have the best time with the volleyball team and maybe he could hook Junichi up with a Nice Guy from the team...

He practically skipped up the mountain, slowly getting faster as Junichi struggled to keep up.

__Time Skip and POV Change Brought to You By__
-Kageyama's Milk Obsession-

Junichi hated school.

Specifically, he hated Yamaguchi and Tsukishima.

Tsukishima didn't ever really insult him. After all, Junichi barely spoke to anyone and kept to himself. But his insults and sarcastic commentary were grating on Junichi's nerves, and he could feel himself reaching his breaking point.

And Yamaguchi was just annoying. Seriously, the guy wasn't that great. Shut up already.

Junichi wouldn't be surprised at this point if the boy had a full on shrine at his house dedicated to Tsukishima. He was that obsessed about the guy.

"Hey you. Shorty."

Junichi let out a nearly inaudible sigh as he heard Tsukishima talk to him. He debated ignoring the guy. Maybe the blond would finally leave him alone.

"Yo. Carrot Head."

Tsukishima poked Junichi's arm.

With an irritated groan, Junichi looked up from his notes and stared at Tsukishima. "What do you want."

Tsukishima grinned. "Yo, dude, chill. What's your problem? I'm just trying to talk to you, the person who sits right next to me."

"Uh-huh."

"Anyway- I heard you're the new manager for the volleyball team."

Junichi narrowed his eyes at the tall blond. "And?" What was the blond getting at? Seriously, Junichi just wanted to be alone.

"Well, you see-"

A hand slammed down on Tsukishima's desk, causing Junichi, Tsukishima, and the eavesdropping Yamaguchi to yelp in surprise. One of the girls in the class, a girl who Junichi remembered had stared at him for an entire day the day before, stood there, hands on the table.

"You. Blonde," she snapped, her blue eyes glaring at Tsukishima. "Can't you see that you're bothering Tachibana-sama?"

Sama? What, was he on the level of Sei now?" Junichi raised an eyebrow at the girl.

Tsukishima frowned at the girl. "I'm having a conversation, you-"

Yamaguchi jumped up from his seat and covered Tsukishima's mouth before the insult could come out. (Definitely not a way to not write insults since I'm terrible at coming up with them lol)
"I'm sorry, Saito-san!" Yamaguchi squeaked. "But I think there was a misunderstanding, you see. Tsukki and Tachibana-san were discussing volleyball. A civil conversation, if you will."

Saito scowled at Yamaguchi. "Look at Tachibana-sama. Does he look like he's enjoying this conversation?" She leaned closer to Tsukishima's face, her face screwed up in a glare. "Leave. Tachibana-sama. Alone. You. Four-eyed. Freak."

Tsukishima's face turned red.

The bell rang for lunch, and Junichi bolted out the door before fists were thrown. Why were people so weird? Why couldn't people just leave him alone? And why was Tsukishima talking about volleyball, anyway?

God, he disliked Tsukishima.