spring tournament, nationals; the day aspiring high school athletes from all over japan trained for, day and night.
with the benefits of winning the spring high-tokyo prefecture representative playoffs, the fencing team, as well as the volleyball team, were the first representatives for tokyo for nationals making both teams exempted from the first round.
unfortunately for you (and sakusa), you couldn't visit the gymnasium where volleyball was held since your team had to make an appearance as well as an entrance for the first day of nationals.
on the second day of nationals, your first match started and ended easily making you effortlessly qualified for the third round.
you wanted to ask sakusa how well his team is doing but seeing how their team also started playing today(the second day of nationals), you decided to just wish him and his team luck.
like you did in your first match, itachiyama's volleyball team easily won the second round and qualified for the third round.
with the two sports having two different locations, both you and the black-haired boy can't see each other, even after matches because you weren't staying in the same hotels.
on the third day of nationals, which was also known as the "third-day hell", both the third round and quarterfinals are played on that day.
it was certainly the most exhausting day as you had to exert more energy and effort for two matches in one day but, nonetheless, you won both rounds on the third day and qualified for the semifinals.
the volleyball team, however, lost against inubushi higashi high school (kyoto rep) by 1:2 in the quarterfinals making them disqualified for the semifinals.
hearing this news from your teammate, who had an acquaintance on the volleyball team, you immediately thought of sakusa.
opening your phone, your thumb hovering over your lock screen, you contemplated whether to ask how he is or give him some space but seeing a notification from him made you realize that he didn't need space, he sought solace;
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