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It was like a loop video, it replayed a million times in his head

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It was like a loop video, it replayed a million times in his head. The squeak of your shoes, the jump and the hit- they were all so perfect aligned. Like a fatality in mortal kombat, your playing outshone your teammates.. was it on purpose?

You were staring at your hand, nagi was confused. Was it hurting after you smacked the ball that hard?
A few moments after a happy laughed escaped your lips, your hand was stinging.. so bad it hurts, it felt like it was pounding but- it felt so good! That was the feeling of a good serve!

You jumped onto kurina's back and wrapped your legs around her waist, you were shoving your hand into her face with the biggest smile on your lips. Why? Nagi wasn't understanding you right now

Kurina wiggled you off of her and you made a quick jog to nagi
"Nagi- nagi look at my hand! It's so red" you said as you showed him your very red hand. Thr joined of your finger looked irritated. "Ow" nagi said "does it not hurt?" "It does!" Your eyes were sparkling with excitement

"It hurts so much nagi!" "Why are you so happy about that then?" He was confused "because the serve was amazing? Did you see that! This feeling is the feeling of a good serve nagi! It stings but it feels so good!" You smiled, straight from the heart

The brick wall nagi had unconsciously built around himself... a brick fell out, and he caught a glimpse of you. You really were so interesting, you were always in a bad mood.. seeing you in such a good one felt like the secret ending of a game-he felt like he achieved that secret ending and he got an achievement... the image of your smile.

"Apple juice?" He asked as he grabbed the juice and reached it out for you, you nodded taking the bottle "did you take a sip?" You noticed the bottle was half empty "a few" he simply replied and you laughed before chugging down the rest of the apple juice and placing it beside nagi

'your hands, the way you paint... it's elegant'

Shes skilled in what she does, every stroke of the brush when she paints.. mushing another colour to the mix. They all mixed together so well, when she paints and when she plays volleyball- it's like she's two different people, like the sun and moon mixed together and that was you.

When you played volleyball it showed the aggressive side in you, your strong hits and quick reflexes, you thought and analyze so quickly that nagi didn't even have time to catch up to you

Watching you play volleyball was like a game of tag, you were the one running and he was the one chasing. But you were just too damn fast, his eyes couldn't follow your movements he really just had to focus on you and no one else... he wasn't complaining tho, you were the one making the game interesting

Even with what the coach said, nagi felt as if it were just you against the opposing team- and you were a few points behind yet still keeping up, how? What was your weakness? You had the strength, speed and thinking? He wanted to find it out, find it out by himself. Just by watching you play, where do your weak points lay?

You were about to bump the ball but you took a quick glance at nagi and your hand positioning got messed up. Making the ball hit the floor and giving a point to the other team

Nagi's eyes widened, you messed up when you looked at him. Was it that? Distractions were your weaknesses? But you looked at so many other people and you didn't mess up

It finally clicked into his brain

Was he your weakness?

"Y/n what the hell was that?!" Kurina yelled at you, you looked at her "huh?" You were just as confused as her "why are you confused?" She asked and she followed your previous gaze
"Oh nagi is here!" She said and grinned at you "that's why! Listen, don't look at him too much we gotta win this game alright?" She said and pinched your cheek

You nodded, you stood up to your full height and took a deep breath. You needed to focus
It was the other team's ball, you waited for them to serve and you stared at the ball. It was moving in slow motion and the more you stared at it the more you had a gut feeling to take a few steps back

So you did as your gut told you and you took three steps back, someone from the opposing team decided to spike the ball but instead of hitting the floor like they wanted it too- and went directly for your wrist, hitting it and bouncing back into the air

Nagi stood up from his excitement "woah!" He said, looking unbothered. How did you predict that?

You placed your hands on your hips, your back was facing nagi's and just now was the time he noticed your number
"Number seven? That's my number too!" He remarked and sat back down afterwards

You turned around, facing the net as you blew the hair off of your face
14-12 this was starting annoy you, you really had to focus

It was your teams turn to serve, your teammate ended up doing a pretty good serve and it was received. Oh well

You noticed that it was going to far for you, the person behind you was-
"Kurina, set me!" You asked as you took a few steps closer to the net
Kurina positioned herself as she bent her knees a little, setting it perfectly to you

A glint in your eyes got lighter as you looked at the perfect set, Kurina really was your duo

You jumped and smacked the ball as hard as you could, bending your wrist downwards so it would go just above the net, making it almost impossible to save it without touching the net

It was another point for you, you clenched your fist "yes! Kurina I love you!" You said as you hugged her tightly. She pats your back "one more point!" She reminded and you huffed

One more point, then a break. Before your team served, you looked at nagi. You also noticed the reo guy, he had a ds in hand and was waving it towards nagi but the white head was staring directly at you

His lips moved but you obviously couldn't hear him, what was he saying? Reo ended up sitting down beside him

"Mei that's yours!" Someone called out, you didn't notice you were still in the game
"Aki, to you!" Mei sets it to Aki who slammed it down towards the other teams court- the opposite team saved it and sent it flying over your side

You watched the ball, as it moved mid air, it was high, for sure. It would go out but... you wanted to get a point now. And you weren't the next one to serving position

The ball was a few centimetres from just above you, you prayed to the gods above
"Please let me be the coolest if I get this right" you had your arms behind your back and you swung them to above your shoulder as you jumped

Your left hand was being used for a guide while the other was gonna-

SMACK

Your hand was stinging like crazy, and you didn't land properly. Messing up your knee a little, you groaned but exhaled when you saw the ball hit the floor

Nagi and reo watched the whole thing with wide eyes "she jumps as high as you seishiro!" The purple head noticed

Nagi was taller than you, and yet you jumped as high as him. It was surprising to say the least-
He heard panting and looked up to see your tired face
"I think- you're right- nagi- I really do carry my team" you plopped down on his other side on the bench and sighed

"It's halftime now, they're switching everyone up" you leaned your head back on the upper level of the bleachers
You closed your eyes and your breathing got a little more stable

And just like that, you fell asleep. After possibly injuring your knee and finger joints

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