The Ace of Spades

{2} The Den

"C'mon!" Hinata screamed as the rally intensified.

(Y/N) watched intently as Kyotani dove forward to keep the ball in play. "So you're telling me Kyotani is a volleyball player now?" (Y/N) asked Tsukishima concernedly.

"Yeah well when the whole gang thing was over he needed an outlet to do his favorite thing," Tsukishima shrugged.

"What's his favorite thing?" (Y/N) asked.

"Being angry," the blonde replied with a laugh.

Even from the stands, everyone could see the fire in Kyotani's eyes as he spiked the ball. A loud thud echoed through the arena as it slammed down onto the court. Not a single soul on the opposing team dared to receive a ball with such force, and even if they wanted to it came crashing down so quickly that not one of them could've reached it in time.

"Jesus," Bokuto gasped with his eyes wide.

Oikawa leaned over and tapped Bokuto on the thigh. "Hey dude, if you wanna get back on the court you could play for Hinata and me," he offered.

Bokuto threw his head back and laughed. "I think my volleyball days are over," he said.

"We can circle back to that later," Oikawa smirked.

The game ended fairly quickly. Sendai had obliterated the other team in every single set. It seemed almost unfair.

"If you guys are up for it we can head to the locker room," Kuroo offered, standing from his seat.

The group looked around and nodded. Even though they were a minor league team it was still a treat to get to go behind the scenes. And for (Y/N) this meant the chance to do some investigating.

"Kuroooo," a woman's voice called out sweetly.

A tall slender blonde lady ran across the court. Her press pass bounced across her chest which was well pronounced in her tight white blouse. The boys eyed her viscously which caused a pit to form in (Y/N)'s stomach.

"Everyone, this is my colleague, Alisa," Kuroo introduced her sweetly and then kissed her on the cheek.

This made (Y/N) angry.

"I don't like this girl," (Y/N) grumbled to Sugawara.

"She seems sweet?" He replied.

"You just love friendly women huh?" (Y/N) bit back ferociously.

Kuroo and Alisa chatted briefly about the game. Comparing notes on what they were going to write in the magazines about it later. (Y/N) rolled her eyes every time Alisa spoke. Her high-toned, sweet voice made her ears bleed.

"I was gonna take them to the den," Kuroo explained to Alisa who seemed very excited at his statement. (Y/N) assumed that the Den was just another name for their locker room.

"Oh perfect! I'll tag along since I was heading over there anyway!" She replied eagerly.

(Y/N) followed her group with a scowl on her face. Even though she had Sugawara, who loved her unconditionally, she couldn't help but feel jealous. After all, these were the same guys who were undressing her almost daily years ago.

"Passes," a large man in a suit asks as they enter the alcove where the locker room is.

There were about five men, all dressed in black suits with radios who stood outside the double doors. They didn't wear the plain gray security shirts that all of the other guards wore around the stadium. These men were also all easily above six feet tall and looked like they went to the gym every day.

"These guys seem a little extreme for stadium security," (Y/N) murmured to Tsukishima.

"That's because they aren't," he replied flatly.

Before she could ask more questions the five men stepped back and opened up the locker room doors. Kuroo smiled and flourished his arms out like a magician. "Tada," he said sarcastically.

It was a sight to take in. Brand new carpets, large polished lockers with LED lights, and an expensive light fixture hanging from the ceiling. It looked nothing like a normal locker room.

"Kuroo get your ugly face out of here," Kyotani barked as soon as they came in.

"Woah dude, relax a little there's a pretty girl in here," a shorter guy with a bleached stripe through his blonde hair exclaimed.

(Y/N) blushed and smiled shyly.

"Alisa," he continued and then blew the girl a kiss.

What the fuck, (Y/N) yelled inside of her head.

She wanted to go over there and rip the blonde off of that girl's head, but sadly (Y/N) controlled herself. With a newly formed scowl on her face, she watched as the others ogled at the locker room.

"Akaashi, imagine if our locker room was like this in high school?" Bokuto gasped, eyeing himself in a mirror reflection.

"How about you all stop snooping and get the hell out of here?" Kyotani yelled, throwing one of his volleyball shoes at Bokuto's head.

Kuroo chuckled nervously and then put his hands up in surrender. "You got it, Mad dog," he said and gestured for everyone to get out of the locker room.

"He will never change huh?" Kenma rolled his eyes, he had been so quiet throughout the game that (Y/N) practically forgot he was there.

"Yeah," (Y/N) said quietly. Whenever someone brought up the past she tried to only think of the happier memories. But in the back of her mind always lingered Sakusa, Suna, and Kita. She remembered Iwaizumi dead in the driver seat of her car, how she thought Sakusa would kill them all in cold blood. Quickly all the bad memories began to flood in.

"Hey," Sugawara squeezed her hand. "Where's your mind taking you?"

(Y/N) snapped back into reality and looked up into his eyes. "Sorry, just lost in thought," she lied.

Sugawara shook his head. "Seeing Kyotani brought you back, huh?"

The girl nodded reluctantly.

"Well it's over, you're safe. You know that—"

"—Do I?" (Y/N) cut him off frantically. "If Kuroo is actually up to something then that means it will all just start again!"

Bokuto snapped his head and eyed the couple with a concerned look. "Everything okay with you two?"

"Fine," the couple replied in unison and then quickly rejoined their group.

"If you really think Kuroo is up to something then you gotta follow him somewhere other than a volleyball game," Sugawara whispered to her as they began to walk out of the stadium.

"We're together now I can't just use my womanly charms anymore," (Y/N) said sarcastically.

Sugawara rolled his eyes. "I trust you to be alone with him and not sleep with him."

When they made it outside of the stadium Osamu and Atsumu quickly said their goodbyes and invited everyone to come to the restaurant sometime. Hinata and Oikawa were the next to go, some team meeting that they needed to attend. Which only left Kuroo, Kenma, Bokuto, Akaashi, Tsukishima, and (Y/N).

"Well, I think me and the boys are gonna go ahead and get some drinks if you guys want to come?" Bokuto announced and glanced over at Sugawara and (Y/N).

"I have an early morning tomorrow, but (Y/N) wouldn't be opposed to going," Sugawara replied swiftly.

(Y/N) grabbed his wrist and eyed him concernedly. It wasn't like she was opposed to going out, but without her boyfriend tagging along felt slightly wrong. Yet Sugawara didn't seem phased in the slightest. He bent down, placed a kiss on her cheeks, and winked.

"Good luck partner."