Haikyuu - Songfic Series

Tendou Satori x Fem!Reader - Monster

There is an unspoken rule between every Shiratorizawa sports team – when one team obtains a new captain, they are invited to play the opposing team and their sitting captain. It builds camaraderie throughout the school gives teams a chance to connect with new rivals.

So when the boy's volleyball team heard that the girl's team had named a new captain, they started arranging a match.

In matches like these, there was an albeit reluctant agreement between the coaches that Ushijima would sit out to give the girls a fairer shot. And although Coach Tanji did not like this rule, he accepted it. Because even without the ace, they still had some powerful players to score points. In fact, the bulk of it usually fell to Tendou.

Tendou, true to his personality, never took it very seriously. Sure, it was fun to show off a bit outside of his best friend's shadow, but no one ever really posed a threat against his read blocking so it wasn't much of a challenge.

Besides, the new captain? You were cute. But obviously not the most powerful player, which meant he could take you down easily.

It wasn't until this game started he realized that he'd made a mistake in reading you.

You hadn't been named captain by coincidence. While you lacked the power of most male players, your style relied on getting around all obstacles in your path. And the best way you accomplished this was by learning to play every position on the team so that you could fill in the gaps around you.

And that's exactly what started happening in this game. The boy's team started off with a powerful serve from Leon. An easy service ace against most opponents.

But you easily intercepted it, sending it over to your setter. That alone was impressive, and the opposing team was taken aback. She set it up for a back attack from one of your best spikers. She got it over the net, but Tendou quickly intercepted it.

Next point, you sent it to the same setter but she sent it right back to you and you feinted, easily earning the point back.

Even Tendou didn't see it coming. And your abilities to avoid him extended to the rest of your team. Four of them could set, and three were good at receives and spikes, which kept your options open.

You continued to work around their sets and surprise them when they thought they had you cornered. Tendou could guess most of what you were doing, but it was obvious this was not ideal for him. It was also equally obvious that you were the instigator of this weird rule bending.

So he vowed to crush you.

He picked his way through the team, with each of your teammates falling before that scarily accurate technique of his, that look of angry defiance all over their faces.

But you...

You kept fighting.

No matter how many spikes he knocked back, you continued to fight. You managed to kick a few of them to pass to your teammates. You redirected one or two with your arm. Even when you failed to catch it, you never glared up at him in defeat.

You simply studied him, as though you could see inside his mind and find a way to beat him.

It soon became a fight of wills between the two of you with your teammates as mere backup. If he blocked, you saved it. If you blocked, he'd try to trick you with a feint. Sometimes you'd set it just to try and get it past him. Other times you'd spike it yourself.

The two of you were so caught up that you almost forgot you were playing a game. Until it came to match point, 23 – 20.

Your serve was great, but they easily set it up. Leon was their strongest player, so you had two blockers watching him. He managed to break through their block, but your libero saved it, sending it back towards the net.

Instinct kicked in and you raced after the ball, jumping to push it over the net. Tendou had the same idea you did.

And in the end his grip was stronger.

You never even had time to save it before it dropped to the floor. You vaguely saw three of your teammates try to save it, but they were too late.

You had lost.

Tendou watched intensely, waiting for that look of defeat. Instead, you simply nodded at him.

"Good game, red. You're better than I thought."

He narrowed his eyes. "That's all you have to say?"

"Of course not." You finally stood up to your full height. "Next time...I will beat you. Read blocking or not."

Tendou felt a shiver run down his spine as you walked away to join your teammates. He hadn't crushed you at all. It seemed like he only fueled your desire to crush him.

If he was the Guess Monster, you were obviously the warrior coming to defeat him.




But...he had to admit you were a pretty cute warrior.


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