Back Again || Haikyuu

Chapter 4

I watch with sharp eyes as Hinata runs and jumps up, with Tsukishima and Asahi, I jump too. Following his exact moves. My eyes dart towards Kageyama and quickly read his moves. I drop to the ground with Tsukishima and Asahi still in the air. They let out questioning grunts, but realise when Hinata doesn't hit the ground.

I swiftly follow the ball and jump up, the ball leaving a burning feeling as it hits from my hands and slaps the ground. As I land on my feet, I stare down Tanaka. The whistle blows and I yawn.

"Yeah!" Noya shouts. I flinch at his loud voice. The others shout too, but his voice it much louder.

"You see through everything, Aiko" Tanaka groans. I only grunt.

"So cool!" Tanaka then adds with Hinata nodding, both with shining eyes. They worry me when they do that, a lot.

"Good job, Aiko!" Sugawara says cheerfully. I cough when he practically karate chops my side. The practice game keeps going. Tsukishima teasing them when they fall for his dink. Again. Both Hinata and Tanaka run at the same time. My eyes switch to each one. I jump up with Tsukishima and Asahi, since they're both running to the same spot. But when Hinata suddenly lands and runs to the other side, my eyes narrow.

I land quicker and start to run over again, but when I start to jump up, he's already hit it. I look over my shoulder, but I'm relieved when I see Noya stop it from hitting the ground. Sugawara serves it and Asahi hits it.

"Was that rolling thunder?!" Hinata asks with shining eyes.

"Yeah! Rolling... Thunder!" Noya shouts. Yamaguchi, Tsukishima and I groan.

"So annoying" Tsukishima complains.

"Try living with it for four years" I mutter before walking off.

"Alright! Let's change things up!" Daichi cheers.

"Nice serve, Yamaguchi!" Nishinoya calls out. The ball hits the net and falls, but Daichi doesn't let it hit the ground. Tanaka serves it and Hinata hits it. The three of us jump up again and stop it. Daichi stops it from hitting the ground again and Hinata sprints. As soon as my feet meet the ground, I sprint too.

I jump up and it hits my the side of my hand. It keeps going, and ends up hitting the ground.

"Allright!" The whistle blows and I tiredly sigh. The score is 24-25. White win.

"Alright! That's enough for today!" The coach calls out. I met him today. He was apparently sick when I first got here. He's a cool guy, you know, when he doesn't take my gaming console.

"Let us play one more set please!" Hinata shouts.

"Huh?" The coach looks at him as if he has two heads.

"Please!" Kageyama adds.

"Guys, playing until you drop isn't the answer" The coach sighs.

"Captain, you need to tell these guys-" The coach stops when he sees us all looking up at him, ready to play another game. So we do.

We play another game, this time we win. I lean on the wall, taking a sip of water as I close my eyes.

"Kageyama! Can you still go? Give me more tosses!" Hinata asks. They're insane. How can they still be wanting to practise? I get that they want to get better and all, but how do they have that much energy? I narrow my eyes at the pair. I need to know their secret to eternal energy.

"Right" He answers.

"You guys are still going to practise?" Tanaka asks.

"Hey! We've still got to clean up! So that's enough for today!" Daichi tells them.