Liberty (Nishinoya x Reader)

Chapter 7

"WHAT?!"

Eiji gave me a unimpressed look as he rolled his eyes.

"No wonder no one comes to your competitions." He glared at me while I sheepishly smiled.

"I thought it would mess me up, make me nervous—" I explained before my eyes widened, "Wait YOU ACTUALLY WENT?!"

"Well, yeah. Get to go for free since I'm your family," he chuckled. I groaned as I covered my face with my hands.

"Wow [Name], you won all of these awards? All these competitions?" Noya said. I forgot I even noticed him before my eyes went to my cork board and I saw the small boy look up at it. I nodded as he and everyone else looked at it with awe.

"How many competitions have you been in?" Daichi asked. I shrugged.

"Maybe about 20."

"How many did you win?" Nishinoya asked, his hazel eyes looking at me.

"...about 20..." The room went quiet as they gasped in delight.

"Oh my god that's amazing [Name]!" Hinata beamed.

"Ahem, can we go to your next competition?" Kageyama asked. I looked down with a slight chuckle.

"It's in two months guys, and my fingers are supposed to heal in 6 weeks. Not practicing for that amount of time...I might have to learn the music again."

"Oh please, that doesn't mean you can't practice, stop being so paranoid," my brother quipped, pointing to the metal on my fingers. "You're fingers are unable to bend right?"

"Well yeah?" I say, moving my fingers sideways.

"Then you carefully press the keys on the piano. Then when the 6 weeks are up you can work on speeding up the tempo." He crossed his arms. "Man, and I thought you were supposed to be wise."

My eyes lit up with glee as I jumped up squealing. "You're right! I can practice like that! It might be a little weird at first but I can still win!" I bounced around in excitement. "I-I wanna go practice now!" I say, pulling a pair of sweatpants over my shorts and throwing on a hoodie as well as my shoes. "I'll see you guys later!" And before the could say anything I was out the door.

Eiji's POV

My crazy music obsessed sister bolted out of the room with a grin on her face. Everyone stared at the door.

"I wanna see her practice again," Nishinoya mumbled aloud. Everyone turned to look at him.

"Why?" Tanaka asked.

"Oh please," I scoffed, "it's obvious. He likes her." The room went silent as everyone started to smile.

"You like [Name]?!" Hinata screeched. Asahi (I think) patted Nishinoya's back, who was red as hell.

"No wonder you were staring at those pictures you have of her," Sugawara teased, hitting his back while Nishinoya choked on air.

     "I-I do not!"

     "Then why were you acting so nervous when she said you could spend the night the other day? Hm?" I said, raising a brow. His face turned into an impossible flush.

     "Dude nice catch!" Tanaka smiled, enjoying the fact he could pick on Nishinoya.

     "That doesn't mean I like her like that!" Nishinoya denied, pausing before sliding down the wall defeated. "Am I really that obvious?"

     "He admits it?!" Kageyama and Asahi asked shocked. I smirked a bit as I crouched down in front of him. Poor guy, I feel bad for him since [Name] is really dense.

     "You know, she talks about you a lot," I admit as he seemed a little bit happier.

     "Really?" he asked hopeful.

     "Yep. Talks about how 'cute' you are to herself since she knows I don't like romance shít." His face turned very flustered. Damn, it only takes so little to get this guy embarrassed.

     "W-What?!" He bolted up to his feet as everyone laughed. "H-Hey stop laughing!"

     "But you're so flustered it's kinda funny," Daichi admitted. "I've never seen you this embarrassed."

     "Oh yeah?! Why haven't you been paying attention to Kageyama and Hinata?! It's obvious they like each other!" Nishinoya blurted out, pointing accusingly at the two first years who were standing oddly close to each other. Their face widened with shock and they glanced at each other, and then away blushing. They both went quiet but the boys started bombarding them with questions.

     The tall blond dude and a boy with greenish hair scooted away uncomfortably to the other side of the room where I was.

     "They're acting like a bunch of girls," the blond said, pressing his glasses in between his eyes.

     "Yep," I agreed, crossing my arms. "Tsukishima right?"

     "What is it to you?" Tsukishima looked down at me with an annoyed stare and I returned it with my own.

     "Ah, so your the guy [Name] compares me to," I bluntly say. "I assume you have an older sibling?"

     "Yes," he quietly said. He seemed surprised by my confession. I'm not very tall like him, and he seems sarcastic. I smirk tugged at my mouth.

     "She also said you like dinosaurs." His head whipped around with shock as he cleared his throat.

     "False."

     "Then why does your wallet have a T-Rex on it?" I asked smugly. He raised a brow.

     "How did you know that?"

     "I saw Tanaka give you a bill that you put in your wallet," I deadpanned. He scoffed and crossed his arms. But I could see the amused tug at the corner of his lips.

     "An observant one aren't you?"

     "And I'm only 13 years old."

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Published January 24, 2020
Edited December 17, 2022