Rhythms of hearts

TIME TO PARTY!!

Saturday 17 October 2020, 1:30 pm

Ding dong! The doorbell went. Semi Eita was in the middle of putting on his leather jacket, but he decided to go open the door because it was rude if he didn't. He is rude, but he isn't heartless! He walked down three flights of staircases. A picture frame caught his eye. It was flipped downwards, so he couldn't see the picture from afar. He walked towards it, flipped it back up. He saw him and a team member posing together in the picture. The team member looked annoyed as Semi was happily posing for a picture. It was at their farewell party for the third-years.  The team member...Sandy-coloured hair, brown eyes, uneven bangs...Kenjiro Shirabu. Semi Eita had feelings for him since the moment Shirabu joined. But it was too late to confess. Semi just sighed and nicely placed the frame in the correct position.

While Semi was doing that, someone was spying on him. Lilith. She was hiding behind the wall, watching Semi's every move. She was the one who flipped down the frame, to not remind him about his first lover intentionally. She walked to the drawer and flipped down the photo frame again.

Lilith came running out of nowhere to Semi. "Semi, I'll handle the door for you. It might be some stranger." Lilith said while bowing. Semi was confused. Nowadays, Lilith has been acting weird. She's usually so feisty and annoying but now she's obeying Semi's every order. Semi just brushed off the thought off his mind.

Meanwhile with Lilith:

Lilith opened the door and saw so many people in front of the door. She adjusted her glasses to see if she's in reality. Tendo tilted his head in bewilderment. Lilith's brows furrowed as she scanned each and every Shiratorizawa member. She was in a mixture of surprise and disbelief. Semi didn't mention anything about friends. The Shiratorizawa members just stood there patiently, waiting to be let in.  After a few minutes, Semi popped up. He looked at Lilith.

"Why didn't you let my friends in?" Semi probed as he let his friends in.

Lilith bowed down as an apology and skedaddled away to do her duties. Ushijima did a formal greeting to Semi, Tendo grabbed his shoulder and shook it, Goshiki saluted him, the rest just walked in and waved hello. Semi guided them to the living room. They watched in awe as they walked. Semi's house was so modern and luxurious. Even stepping on the floor felt so comfortable and relaxing.

When they reached the living room, they sat down on the floor. Semi was perplexed. He offered his friends to sit on the couch, but they refused to.

"We wanted to feel like we were in court because we wanted to discuss life and memories." Taichi conveyed.

Semi didn't get what was the point of it, so he just sat down on the floor alone with the other members. For the next few hours, they discussed volleyball, life and other things. Until one of the members realized someone was missing. Ushijima asked where the other setter was. Everybody thought hard, but no luck. They forgot the name of the setter. It has been too long. All they knew was that the setter was reserved and quiet, so he probably didn't warn them about a new number, or something. Maybe he even got his name changed.

Tendo cheered up the team by making funny jokes. Tendo's jokes will always brighten the mood.  Also, on court. One time, Goshiki was upset because his serve was a foul. Tendo started to make fun of his bangs and Goshiki immediately went from upset to laughter. Goshiki knew Tendo was joking, Tendo actually compliments Goshiki's bangs whenever he gets the chance to. With both of them laughing, it lifted the team's spirits. Except Ushijima...he had the same reaction whenever Tendo made a joke. He was humour-less according to his teammates. 

Semi stood up to get some drinks for the members. When Semi left, Lilith entered the room. Everybody glared at her. Lilith sat at the spot where Semi was originally sitting and started asking personal questions about Semi.

"Hey, um so I wanna know what Semi was like in High School. He played volleyball?  That's so h- I mean that's okay, i guess. "Lilith stuttered.

Tendo was even more perplexed now. He thought this girl was even weirder than him.  He knew what was right and was wrong. While he was thinking whether to answer, he saw the same flipped photo frame from the corner of his eyes. He jumped on his feet and strolled towards the photo frame. He decided to snoop around the pictures that Semi framed. The only frames there were with Shiratorizawa members and family. 'Is this guy really that lonely?' Tendo thought. He also took the flipped photo frame and went back to the circle of members.

He waved the photo frame in front of their faces and there goes the big reveal...he counted down and flipped over the photo frame. It was the missing setter they were talking about! Everyone can only recall that Shirabu and Semi had a 'boss-worker' relationship. Semi would always give advice to Shirabu on where to set the ball and who to set the ball to. Shirabu would just roll his eyes, nod and leave. Shirabu replaced Semi as a setter in the starting line. Semi was fine with that though.

"Ahhh! I remember that person, Kenjiro, right? I heard Semi hated him back then! Kenjiro must've been someone who sucks." Lilith interrupted everyone. Everyone glared at her and Lilith left the room immediately due to being scared of the tall, big and scary members. What is she trying to do, spreading rumours about Shirabu?

"I remember Semi liked him back then. He told me." Ushijima commented.

Everyone was shocked at how Semi told Ushijima but not them. Well, it is pretty obvious. Ushijima would keep his mouth shut because he is the type to not spill any tea. Meanwhile with the others, the news would spread like wildfire.

Semi came back with a tray of drinks and alcohol, seeing the Shiratorizawa members having a very loud commotion. He smiled softly, knowing that this was definitely them, they're loud and would argue about every little thing. Even if it's picking turns.

Taichi saw the bottles of alcohol and snatched it away from Semi's tray. He opened the bottle and started gulping it down as if there was no tomorrow. The rest of the members look at Taichi, horrified. They joined him, but of course without gulping it down fast. They drank slowly and discussed more about their lives.