look up, manager ! ☆ // haikyuu

chapter 30 ; day 2 & 3 ☆

sunday, june 3rd, 2012

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karasuno had made it to day two of the inter-high preliminaries, where they'd be facing off against aoba johsai in the sendai city gymnasium. both teams were warming up on separate courts.

"iwa-chan, you sure you're not trying too hard? you dont have to try and show off. n/n won't be looking at you anyway."

"..."

as takeda was talking, kiyoko and y/n were focused on watching the dynamic between the players of aoba johsai. currently, an outraged iwaizumi was (barely) being held back from pouncing and attacking a smiley oikawa.

"i wonder what they're fighting about now."

"you, probably."

"...don't be silly, kiyoko."

seijoh's captain noticed y/n's gaze fixated on them, resulting in him obnoxiously waving and catching literally everyone's attention. iwaizumi stopped thrashing around and looked back, his eyes landing on the girl to give her a wink. y/n winked back, then turned back to her own team before the long match began.

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after a lengthy deuce at the end of three sets, aoba johsai took the victory over karasuno. the team dejectedly cleared out of the gym in silence, later leaving to get dinner together that coach ukai would pay for. very few words were exchanged during the whole journey to the restaurant, the team finally breaking out into solemn cries as they ate. with a lot on everyone's mind after the loss, the players and managers made their separate ways home.

the next school day, the previous match still lingered in their heads; moments of the game replaying over and over again. kiyoko and y/n were taking a walk around the campus when they heard loud, frustrated yelling from inside the gym.

the managers shared a confused look, y/n speaking up first. "...shouldn't the gym be empty? coach gave the boys off today..." she trailed off before continuing. "i shouldn't be surprised, of course, they'd still make their way there..."

"let's go check."

the girls linked arms and made their way to the gym's door, peeking inside. to little shock, they found hinata and kageyama present, numerous volleyballs scattered about on the ground as a result of the kageyama's endless spikes to the wall.

"aha, knew we heard tantrums being thrown in here. your yells could be heard all the way from the club room, you know." before either boy could respond, shouts of kiyoko and y/n's names echoed out from the opposite entrance of the gym by, of course, tanaka and nishinoya, who were followed by the other second years.

"you guys are as beautiful as ever!"

"we've come to see you!"

following that, the two rushed at the girls, kiyoko crouching down just in time before she was pounced on by tanaka. on the other hand, not having her reflexes, y/n was in fact successfully attacked by nishinoya's embrace, almost falling back from the impact. ennoshita sighed at their antics as yamaguchi entered the gym, followed by tsukishima. finally, the third years ran in, completing the party.

after their little reunion, they began practicing as normal (right after suga pried a clingy noya off their manager). the good spirited team then welcomed in coach ukai and takeda who had returned to the gym as well.

their after-school practice was filled with numerous matches between the members, who were all doing exceptionally well. towards the end, hinata and kageyama were still practicing on their own, and tsukishima and yamaguchi were resting against the wall. the third and second years were off to the side stretching as they cooled down, along with y/n who was... helping as well.

"29, come on, one more.... that's 30, daichi!" tanaka exclaimed, watching his captain do push-ups with a crisscrossed y/n on his back.

"i can... do 40..." daichi confidently breathed out, steadily continuing so the girl wouldn't suddenly fall off.

"eh, 40?? i might as well take a nap on here."

the spectating boys continued watching their captain in admiration, shamelessly staring at his arm muscles as they flexed. as soon as he reached 40 push-ups, his arms collapsed and he flopped onto his stomach. at the same time, the doors to the gym flew open, and in stumbled an out-of-breath takeda.

y/n hopped off of daichi's back to check on the team's advisor who just fell on the floor. the rest of the boys followed suit, crowding around him as coach ukai rushed forward as well.

"you okay-?"

"we're going, right??" takeda immediately got back up, excitedly telling the boys about the fukurodani academy group's training camp that they received an invitation for from coach nekomata. it would be held in july, after tokyo's inter-high prelims. the advisor left after informing the boys, who were all excited to face their rival school again.

"you'll be busy too, shimizu, y/n. this will be your first long trip with us," suga noted alongside daichi and asahi, who turned to face the managers next to them.

"we'll do our best, too," kiyoko nodded happily in confirmation, grabbing y/n's hands as well. her little action made the boys malfunction at the interaction in front of them, as if the girls had sparkles floating around their heads.

the team was told to go home for the night, so they all went to the convenience store down the hill to be treated by daichi to pork buns.

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[authors note]

ik nothing really goes on in this chap and it's also not the best lol and also rlly short im sorryyy but i wanted to keep what happens in the next chapter separate from this one so pls bear with me!! thank you for sticking around :)