"WE DID IT!" Kaede Ennoshita yelled, jumping up and down happily and shaking Yoshikawa by the shoulders, while the other people around them clearly judged them.
The day of the spring inter high was finally here and the girls were nervous to say the least. Thanks to Kaede's compelling argument the two first years made it onto the starting line up, a last minute change confirmed to them by Mishimiya as they arrived at the gym they were playing at.
"WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT!" The blonde kept chanting and the remaining team looked at Yoshikawa in pity, as she was being shaken around like a rag doll.
Kaede let her go and Kagami blinked a few times as she swivelled a finger in her ear, there was no way that Kaede had not damaged her eardrums
"Please stop yelling."
The blonde jumped up and down excitedly, "How can I not yell?! We're in the starting line up!" She turned to face Michimiya, who was talking with the other third years, "Thank you so much senpai! We will do our very best."
The captain smiled, "I know you will. Our first match starts in twenty minutes. Don't be late."
The two first years nodded and as the rest of the team went ahead, Kaede turned back towards Kagami as they continued to trail behind the rest of the team. "Can you believe it? First years in the line up over third years? What reality are we living in?"
Kagami brushed some stray pieces of hair out her face. "Kageyama and Hinata are in their starting line up."
"Tsukishima too. I guess those are the perks of being the tallest," the blonde added without much thought, before changing the subject, "Oh, man it's been a while since I've been at a tournament. Well, I've never actually got to play in one before, so I'm getting kinda nervous—" Before she could finish her sentence Kaede roughly walked into someone, bumping shoulders with them.
"Watch where you're going, blondie."
Yoshikawa stopped and turned around to see who had been holding up Kaede. Her face immediately soured upon seeing who had bumped into her teammate. It was a black haired girl, who was a little bit taller than both of them and followed by two more girls. All of them were wearing white track suits, in stark contrast to their black ones.
The black haired girl moved her eyes away from Kaede and then to Kagami. A smirk appeared on her lips. "Well, if it isn't Yoshikawa Kagami, the prodigal daughter. I almost didn't recognise you, did you gain a few pounds?"
Kaede looked between the two in confusion, all the while irritation was written on Yoshikawa's face and her hands balled into fists at her sides. "Get lost, Mishima."
The girl narrowed her eyes, before feigning hurt and putting a hand on her chest. "That's no way to talk to an old teammate, Kagami-chan. I actually would have thought you'd come to Seijou too. But I guess they didn't want a loser like you."
Kagami lowered her gaze, which Kaede immediately picked up on. The blonde balled her hands into fists and took a step forward towards the group of girls. "Oh please, anyone with two eyes would have chosen her over you."
Mishima tilted her head to the side, "And you are?"
"Ennoshita Kaede. Her new teammate and friend."
"More like only friend," the other girl said, making the other two girls behind her giggle.
Kaede was ready to throw hands with Mishima, however before she could Kagami grabbed her by the arm and turned her around to walk away to the rest of their team. "She's not worth it, Kaede. Let's go we're gonna be late."
Mishima laughed mockingly, her two teammates joining her. "Well, I'll see you around. If you make it that far that is with your pathetic team!"
The group of girls walked away, the echo of their laughter filling the halls. After they were out of earshot Kaede excitedly turned to her setter.
"Okay, who the hell was that?"
"Yukiko Mishima," Yoshikawa replied, a hint of anger, but mostly annoyance in her voice, "We've competed for the same position in middle school."
"Clearly wasn't much of a competition. You're the queen of the court after all," Kaede commented jokingly. It was a new nickname she made up for her, since Kageyama was the king of the court she thought that it was only fitting. Kagami didn't share the same enjoyment of it though, finding it extremely distasteful, since it reminded her of the constant comparisons between the two.
"Please don't call me that," the brunette replied, before taking a deep breath, "Since I got chosen over her she's been harassing me. She's an awful person, but an alright setter. I didn't know she made it into Seijou... Although I shouldn't be too surprised since it's where most girls from my school went."
Kaede narrowed her eyes in confusion, "Why didn't you then?"
"Well, it was my first choice..." Yoshikawa revealed hesitantly, "But I flunked the entrance exam."
Kaede's eyes widened. She grabbed Kagami by the shoulders and started shaking her. "The genius setter flunked the entrance exam?! Are you for real?"
"Don't rub it in," the setter mumbled annoyed, removing herself from the tight grasp of her friend, "I'm really good at maths and physics, but I kinda suck at everything else, thus the flunking. And I didn't want to go to Shiratorizawa. Add to that, that I'm living closest to Karasuno and there you go."
The middle blocker pouted. "I was your third choice," she said jokingly, but Kagami didn't take the hint and took it seriously like she often did.
"Don't pout," the brunette tried, "I... um... I'm really glad that I met you."
The pout disappeared and instead a soft smile appeared on the blonde's lips. This is the first time Kagami said something like that. "I know how hard it was for you to say that... Now let's show those obnoxious snotty bitches what we can do!"
