☾ *̣̩⋆̩ ✧ ───「 𝖘𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙'𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖞 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘 𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖋𝖋 𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝖎𝖕𝖘 」
in which: an unusual girl comes to karasuno, and a certain blonde-haired boy tries to act as if she doesn't affect h...
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the two teams got into their starting positions. kenma was about to go towards the back of the court since he was serving first, but he paused.
"shoyo," he said, facing away from the orange-haired boy. "i told you i thought we're a strong team. but it's not me that's strong." he turned to meet eyes with hinata, his gaze sliding over nova as he did so.
"it's everyone together."
hinata blinked at him in shock while the boy sent nova a small smile and jogged to his position. nova stared blankly at his retreating form. that was weird.
she was a bit surprised that hinata and kageyama started off the first set by doing their quick attack, but she was curious to see what kenma's reaction would be. his eyes widened a bit before going back to normal, and he spoke to hinata in a slightly awed tone. "that was amazing. i'm surprised." his neutral face contradicted his words, though. hinata just laughed sheepishly with a hand to his head as his teammates congratulated him.
nova frowned a bit when she noticed how kenma kept watching hinata. he had the same look on his face when nova watched him play candy crush, as if he was trying to figure out how to beat hinata's level. this isn't the same type of game, though. she was a little interested to see what he would do anyway.
a few minutes later, nekoma's coach made the sign for a time-out. it made sense, considering how karasuno was clearly in the lead. nova noticed how kenma wouldn't get frustrated like some of his other teammates when they lost a point. he just observed karasuno's players. and now, nova saw how he spoke to his teammates in a huddle, with everyone listening intently to what he was saying. he's not even the captain, nova thought, slightly awed by the boy's presence. he wasn't intimidating, but something about him made her want to be wary and attentive to him, as if his unassuming appearance hid a very dangerous person. he probably is. nova wouldn't ignore her instincts.
the game started again with the score 7-10. "amazing. we're doing well," takeda stated, but his happy mood was dampened by ukai. "i'm getting the creeps." he had a solemn look on his face as he spoke. "like we're being watched, and analyzed..."
"you are."
both of the men turned to stare at nova in surprise, who hadn't looked away from the court. she glanced at the men when they turned to her, fidgeting uncomfortably at their attention. "nekoma's players are observant. some more than others..." she trailed off, her eyes wandering to kenma, whose sharp eyes somehow simultaneously watched the ball and the players both within the same second.
