Gale (Haikyuu Fanfiction - Nishinoya)

11: Flashbacks

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"Now that I noticed, your uniform the only one that is orange while the others are black," I trailed off, looking at his sweaty uniform. He turned to look at me after gulped a large amount of water down his throat.

"Of course! After all, I have the leading role," he flaunted, sticking out his chest proudly.

"Leading role?" Hinata asked, joining in excitedly.

"You mean your position as the 'libero'?" I asked.

"The libero goes and off the court frequently during a match. He's the only one that needs to be noticeable. Idiot," Kageyama hissed, spanking Hinata's nape. 

"I know that! I totally know that!" Hinata protested. "Still... I can't face the fact that you are one notch higher than me." 

"Just be grateful that we even get to wear it since we are first-years," Kageyama snapped, glaring at him. 

Yuu and I laughed quietly at them as they continued arguing. It was rather rude of me to think, but they were like an old married couple. Of course, I didn't dare say it out to anyone for fear of being judged as a weirdo who pairs people without thinking clearly. It had been two days since the training camp had begun and I had accompanied them, trying to cheer them on. 

"Jun-chan, recently, you've been smiling more," Suga told me once and I squirmed a little, blushing at the thought of how Yuu had encouraged me to come to his training to cheer him on actually. "Could it be... that you like someone?"

"Uh? W-why would you say that?" I asked, flustered.

"Normally, people smile more when they are in love," he pointed out, smiling warmly.

"Is that so?..." I asked, looking down as I played with my hands. 

"And I actually do have a hint of who it is," he whispered into my ear, smirking as he glanced over at Yuu. He was grinning widely, his hands stretched out and clasped together to receive the ball and calling out instructions to his teammates. I blushed even more as I noticed that he was sweating a lot and his uniform was sticking onto his skin. 

"You are so easy to read, Jun-chan," Suga snickered, trying to cover his laughter.

"S-shut up," I muttered.

"And you are back to being cold," he said and I felt a blush creeping up my cheeks and into my ears. 

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A shiver went down my spine, but I tried to ignore it and continued to stand up straight beside Kiyoko-san. Finally, today was the big day for Karasuno - the practice match between Nekoma and my school's volleyball team, which I had begun to get attached to. We had to take the bullet train and travel to Tokyo. I hesitated a little at the thought of returning to Tokyo and getting back horrible memories from there, but I couldn't bear not being there for Noya. 

Tokyo was just the way that my brother and I had left it. Bustling and noisy. Though, it only took a few minutes that we arrived at a quieter part of Tokyo, where Nekoma High was located.

The Nekoma players were much taller than many of the players in Karasuno, which I found rather scary. They loomed over them, trying to scare them with their height. They had lined up in a straight role, just like Karasuno and were facing each other. The captain called 'Kuroo' by his peers was the tallest, standing at a height of around 180cm approximately.

"Jun-chan, you look even more scared than the rest," Kiyoko snapped me out of my trance, and I blinked once before focusing on what was going on.

"I guess... I'm just being paranoid," I sighed, leaning on the wall of the gym.