Red Herring

Umbrella

I wrote this instead of focusing in my film + editing class. Oops?

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SAKURA LOVES TAKING PHOTOS. SHE HAS FAR too many SD cards with gigabytes upon gigabytes of photos. A lot were family photos of birthdays and other celebrations, many were from trips that she took, others were quite random of things she found interesting, and just as many were of people in pain. By people, it really was just her brother. When it came to timing, Sakura was always good at getting a photo of a volleyball hitting her brother in the head, him falling on his ass, or some other sort of misfortune. She has folders dedicated to it. Ever since she's been joining the volleyball club to their practices she's got a few of the other boys in the same predicament. From the infamous serve to the back of Kageyama's head, to Nishinoya face planting into the wood floor, or Endo tripping over his own feet, Sakura has many photos of the boys like that.

So when it came time for their penalties, it was a no-brainer that Sakura would be taking photos of their pain. She is a sadist, there was no denying that. So while Yachi and Kiyoko prepared some water bottles for the boys, Sakura stared down the lens of her camera near them as she snapped photos of the team sprinting up the hill.

They screamed and panted as they ran up as fast as they could. She was able to capture snapshots of their pain and determination. Desperation was also sprinkled in their expressions as well, just a bit. Sakura took photos quickly, already telling herself to show these to them later to poke fun at them.

As she was snapping pictures of the last few who were trudging up the hill, she noticed how Shōyō and Kageyama were keeping their distance from each other. Yachi had explained to her how the two boys still showed little to no sign of making up. Sure, they still practiced together, but their argument was still weighing heavy on them. Sakura hoped that it would get resolved eventually.

While Sakura still didn't necessarily like the King, she knew that him and Shōyō working together was important. She can't see herself being friends with him, ever, but she at least was willing to be cordial with him for her brother's sake. She and Kageyama had come to an understanding just before this camp to at least be nice to each other to a certain extent. They are the freak duo, they are the pair who could do some astonishing stuff on the court together. The two really needed to work out whatever it is that was bothering them in order to improve, in Sakura's opinion.

The rest of the morning continued on with Karasuno playing against Nekoma. Sakura was pacing around the gym, not really having anything to do, and idly taking pictures where she saw something interesting. Meanwhile, Kageyama set a ball to Shōyō as he went up against Lev's block. Though there was something different about the toss that Kageyama gave him. At least, from Shōyō's point of view there was. He wasn't able to hit it straight on, so instead had to feint the ball over Lev's hands, which still got them the point. While the others congratulated them on the point, Shōyō looked annoyed as he spun to Kageyama.

"Hey!" Shōyō shouted, "You held back, didn't you?!"

"Held... back?" Kageyama gave Shōyō a bone chilling stare, "Me? With volleyball? Say that again." He grabbed the shorter boy's shirt as they both glared at each other. Tension was certainly starting to rise as the two didn't seem like they were going to back down.

Daichi walked over to them, "Hey, come on."

"Excuse me. Can we get a time out?" Takeda asked, which was granted.

Shōyō huffed, "That wasn't the falling toss."

"Huh?" Yamaguhi blinked as he turned to his best friend, "It wasn't?"