Sugar Cookie

50

Practice went by like normal. This time, when it came to everyone going off and doing their own thing, Sugawara walks up to you.

"Y/n! Help me out here, will you?"

You nod, walking over to him with one of the ball carts. "Tosses?"

He nods, smiling. "Yes. Thank you."

He grabs a ball, tossing it to you. Once it's over your head, you extend your hands out and toss the ball to Sugawara. You watch as he jumps and spikes the ball perfectly in bounds on the other side of the net.

He looks at you with a big smile. "Yes! That was perfect, Y/n! Can you keep doing that with me for bit longer."

You shrug. "I don't have anything else to do. Just let me text Oikawa real quick." You grab your phone out of your pocket and open up the message thread with the Aoba Johsai captain.

Sugawara frowns. "Why do you need to text him? What about me, and practice? Are you telling me that he's more important than all of that?"

You shake your head, smiling at your setter. "No, I'm just letting him know I'm too busy with practice tonight and won't be meeting up with him."

The silver haired boy smiles. "I see. Well, make sure he knows that you're very busy helping me out.. I need to learn to spike well. Try sending different kinds of tosses my way. I need to be able to hit anything that comes at me."

You chuckle. "You sound like Hinata."

He looks away, his face flushing into a light shade of pink. "I really need to hone all these different skills if I want to be put into more matches."

"I know, I know. I'm helping you, aren't I. Don't worry. I won't leave until you're satisfied."

Sugawara beams at you. "Thanks, Y/n."

You nod, getting ready to toss yet another ball.

***

You watch as the third year setter collapses on the ground. "You finally done now, Koushi?"

Sugawara groans from where he lays on the ground. "How can the others constantly do that in a match?"

"Practice. And that's their role, to earn points. Liberos aren't allowed to spike or serve, so they can't really earn points. And setters usually just toss to a spiker in order for the team to earn points." You walk over to him, extending your hand out to help him up.

He grabs your hand and pulls himself up off the ground. "Thanks."

"No problem, Koushi."

He lets out a sigh. "Man, I have a long way to go to catch up to the others."

You nod. "Mm. Just be careful."

"I will. What are you, my mom?"

You keep a blank expression on your face. "Your mom has asked me to watch over many times, and you love my cooking better than hers. Maybe I'm becoming your mom."

Sugawara's eyes widen. "Don't say that, Y/n!"

Some of the others watch the interaction between you two, chuckling at your words.

Daichi walks over to you two. "Why don't you send some tosses our way, Suga?"

The silver haired boy looks at you. "What would Y/n do?" He really didn't want you leaving and going to Oikawa.

Daichi sighed, a smile still on his face. "She can be the one to toss you the ball. Come on, help the rest of us with practice."

You two nod. "Yeah."

You both walk over with Daichi, joining a few of the others in practice. Just like what Daichi said, you ended up tossing balls over to Sugawara, who would set for the other guys. They were still working on their synchronized attack.

You smile while tossing another ball towards the third year setter. You saw how well everything was coming together, slowly, but it would work out with some more time. You knew this team was improving, constantly getting stronger.

'They might be able to beat Aoba Johsai the next time they have a match. With the way they're improving, we could be well on our way to nationals this time around.'

***

"Y/n-senpai!"

You look over at the orange haired boy. "What is it, Hinata?"

Hinata looks at you with bright eyes. "Do you think you could stay for a bit longer and set some balls to me?"

You sigh. "Just for a little, ok? Only 10 sets, then we go home. Got it?"

He nods, a smile on his face. "Ok! Thank you!"

You start setting for Hinata, gaining the attention of the rest of the team as they're getting ready to leave. They watch in awe as you give Hinata some perfect sets.

Kageyama had stars in his eyes. "Y/n-senpai! How do you set like that?!"

You look over at the boy, still tossing the ball to Hinata. "I dunno. I just toss it the way I've seen many setters toss it."

Sugawara smiled, pride showing in his eyes. "That's Y/n for you. She can do anything once she puts her mind to it."