𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍'𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐄

20; waiting

seishun walked into class with a yawn. 

living with oikawa for the past week was fun, but quite exhausting. they were making up for the years he was gone, but that meant staying up late at night as oikawa ranted about this and that. although it was fun, seishun was exhausted.

"seishun!"

miu approached with a mischievous expression on her face. "what's up?" seishun replied. she dropped her bags on the floor beside her seat and sat down. 

miu sat on the desk in front of her. "i heard a little something."

seishun raised an eyebrow. "and what is that little something?"

miu looked around to make sure no one was listening in and leaned over. "i heard that ichiban tsukki got her nose broken," she sang. miu tapped the bandage above seishun's eye, a bit too hard as seishun winced. "does her injury and your injuries have any relation?'

"why ask if you already know?" seishun replied, unfazed. she had a feeling that miu would catch on, as well as dai, but dai seemed clueless. 

"so, no one knows it was you?" miu asked. 

seishun shook her head. "i mean, my dad and oikawa know, but that's it."

miu nodded in understanding. "imagine what dai would be like when she finds out," she thought aloud. 

"when she finds out what?"

miu gulped, already fumbling with her words. with a roll of her eyes, seishun stepped in. "your graduation present," she easily lied. 

dai seemed suspicious at first but took seishun's word. "oh? are we doing graduation presents, now?"

miu's jaw fell slack. "you're telling me you didn't get me something?" she complained. "dai, i thought we were good friends!"

"dai's lying, she has a bunch of neatly labeled gift bags in her room," seishun announced. she grunted when dai smacked her. 

"shut it, it was supposed to be a surprise," dai hissed. 

miu rested her head in her hands. "what are you guys doing, this friday?" she asked. "since we're graduating soon, we should go out as much as we can."

dai hummed in agreement. "i think i'm free."

miu turned to seishun. "and you, miss celebrity?"

seishun sighed and shook her head. "i'm busy," she frowned. "i have to go to tokyo for the weekend."

"tokyo?" they repeated. miu and dai looked at each other curiously. "what are you doing in tokyo?"

"i have an interview for the volleyball monthly magazine," seishun replied. 

both miu and dai shot up. "oh my god," dai said. "does that mean you're going to be this month's cover?" they excitedly asked. 

seishun nodded, a small smile growing on her face. though she was usually quite calm and passive about things, something like this was always exciting. 

seishun was tackled in a hug by her two friends. "that's such good news!" miu excitedly exclaimed. she pulled away to look at seishun with wide eyes. "wait, who's interviewing you?"

"hm," seishun thought aloud. she tried to think back to the email that had been sent to her. "i can't really remember..."

miu shook her by her shoulders. "remember, seishun, remember!" she said. miu was so excited because many of the celebrities in the volleyball industry that she knew worked at the japanese volleyball association.