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Senpais and Seniors

'Aah... Is Koutaro alright? He almost murdered Akinori with that messed up serve...' Y/N sweat dropped at the owl-looking captain on the other side of the net. The score was currently showing 19 - 19, having the two teams meet at a tie. Glancing over at the frustrated ace, he couldn't say he wasn't slightly amused at the scene in front of him. "Tanaka. Their #4 will hit it back from anywhere. Aim your serve and shake him off a little." Daichi adviced the younger wing spiker, earning an 'Osu!'

"Hit a good one." Y/N gave the baldie a thumbs up as the rest of their team drowned out his sentence with louder encouragements at their #5. Somehow, Tanaka had heard him, returning the thumbs up and a confident grin. The serve was barely received by the ace, making the man demand the ball for Fukurodani's next attack. As the ball was set for him a triple block rose up, and Bokuto was forced to hit a rebound. "One more time, Akaashi!"

"It's all yours."

'You seem somewhat pained while saying that, Keiji...' The benched libero muttered for himself, though he never said it aloud. "Alright!" Bokuto loudly announced while Asahi, Shoyo and Daichi waited for the correct timing to block the star ace. "This time, we'll stop him for sure!"

"And now!" The black and white haired player swung his arm. As the ball fell to the ground, the score turned 19 -20 in Karasuno's favor. '...Did he just..? Did he literally just spike into the net? I don't think that ball was even blocked...' The h/c wasn't alone in his shock. Everyone except the Fukurodani players seemed caught off guard by the sudden change in the captain's mood. If Y/N could use a word to describe his current state, he'd say Bokuto felt dejected, and somehow the owl team didn't seem very bothered by this at all.

'Oh boy... Is this normal for them..?'

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"Alright, one point away! Just one more and we'll reach deuce!" Sugawara cheered from the sideline. The h/c libero was standing next to Yamaguchi as he watched Tsukishima earn them their 23th point during their match against the owls. Slowly slipping into his own world, his eyes examined the field of players. 'They have an outstanding team... Even without Koutaro in the game to score, they're still a powerful team. It's like... It's kinda like adding gasoline to an already brightly burning flame, I guess..? That doesn't sound right... Wait, Y/N, you should focus on the game. You think to much... Gaaah..!' He lightly pinched his cheek to get back to reality, gaining a sweat drop from Yamaguchi. "Ah-... No, I'm alright." He quickly clarified to his classmate.

Turning his head towards the game again, he witnessed Bokuto's recovery as he scored the last point of the set, bringing Fukurodani to their 25th and final point. 'Seems like we ended with a loss, huh... Well, it's not like I didn't expect this, but we were so close too.-'

"...Ha. Fufufu... I really am the strongest! Hey hey hey!" Y/N's thoughts were cut off by the said man's loud voice as he cheered for the owl's victory. He wanted to tease the other with insults - even if it was only in his head -,but for some reason he couldn't help than smile at the older's childishness. Noticing his own team gathering up, he began to move towards the rest of the group together with Tadashi and Koshi.

"Argh! Sorry!" Asahi suddenly apologized. "I was scared during that final serve, and ended up hitting one that had 'please attack us' written all over it..!" The male confessed to their coach, getting lightly off the hook, this time. The short libero gave his upperclassman a pat on the back. "Don't mind. Next time, hit them hard." Y/N gained a soft smile and a nod. The two males turned their attention back to the coach as he began to speak, later letting Takeda take over the word. "--Th... That example might have been a little hard to understand.." He finished as he sweated at Kageyama, who didn't understand anything, and Hinata who's stomach was growling. "-Well then, this will be the training camp's final penalty. One lap of flying falls!" Daichi instructed his teammates as everyone began their last set of flying falls.

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With a towel over his shoulders, Y/N sighed out at the heat as he was standing next to Sugawara and the rest of the third years. "Looks like the next time we come here will be after the first preliminaries, huh. So hot... It should be a bit cooler then. " The captain sighed, getting the attention of the three others. "There's still late-summer heat." Koshi pointed out innocently as a joke. "Why'd you have to bring that up, Suga." Daichi complaint back in the same joking tone. "But he's not wrong..." Y/N added in his own teasing comment. "So if we can't pass those preliminaries, we 3rd years won't be able to come here anymore..." The first year sweat dropped at the bearded teen. "There it is! Negative beard!!" Sugawara exclaimed at his fellow peer, making the poor man stutter out a 'Wait, what..?!'

"We already decided that all of us are coming back here, Dumbass." The short haired brunette reminded the others. Y/N snorted at the captain's words. Three brows were raised at the younger's reaction. "Ah- well... You sounded kinda like Kageyama right now." He hurried to explain himself. Asahi nodded in reply as he had recovered from Koshi's smack in the side.

"Dumbass! Dumbass Hinata!!"

"That's spot-on."

"Do it again!"

"Ooh...! Captain is good at impressions."

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"Asahi-san! Since we've still got time, d'you wanna hit my toss?!" Nishinoya poked his head through the gym door. Y/N took a gulp of his water while standing next to Ryuunosuke. The third year group had split up as the captain had been called over by Takeda and the two managers. 'Ah... I should probably do something too...' He thought to himself as the older libero had caught both of his and Tanaka's attention. "Noya-san! Let me hit it, too!" The bald player finally decided to join in. "Sure!! 'Course you can, Ryu!" The energetic boy replied in return. "Oh, me too."

"Ah! You're gonna toss too, Suga-san? Thanks!"

"No, not that. I'll be hitting it." The silver haired male lightly waved his hand off at the assumption, announcing his own intention. His announcement was greeted by three confused Karasuno players. Y/N deadpanned at them. "...Could I join in as well? I'd like to practise some tossing with everyone." The second libero asked, receiving a large grin from the others.

"Of course!"

"Alright! Let's get moving then!!"