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Chapter Sixteen: The Inevitable

『 Chapter Sixteen: The Inevitable 』

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The first game Karasuno was playing on the second day was Nekoma. Hinata and his own conversation with Lev had left him worried.
Jun was also left with a very confusing feeling from his similar conversation.
Jun felt a lot of pressure to try and stop Lev since their heights were so similar. He assumed that he should leave it all up to himself, especially after the declaration the half-Russian had already made to him.

Kageyama set to Jun who spiked past Lev who held up on his left side. The right side blocker still got a touch in and Jun lost the point.
Lev, he knew, would be the one tallest enough to stop him. Lev was just one person, but the other side could also reach, so it would really be up to Asahi or Tanaka to make all the real kills.
This killed his confidence big time, knowing that Lev was capable of stopping him. His declaration was holding up.

During the game, Asahi and Hinata had bumped into each other when going to spike a ball. Hinata was getting so into trying to defeat Lev that he forgot about those around him. He was desperate for a chance to keep playing.
He even asked Kageyama to do the quick, but with his eyes open. Kageyama doubted this skill greatly and was completely against it.

Hinata felt conflicted. He knew he could do the quick without closing his eyes. He's done it before! He just wish Kageyama would give him a chance.
Karasuno was finally ready to leave and they all started to head down to their bus.

"Big guy!" Kuroo called, forgetting Jun couldn't hear, even when he yelled.
Kuroo held Jun's shoulder and pulled him back.
"Hey, we'll see you at the next camp, right?"
Jun had trouble reading his lips when his other side was gripped onto by Bokuto.
"Yeah, I wanna stop that cut of yours-" Bokuto blanked and looked to Kuroo. "What's his name?"
Jun chuckled and waved their hands off of him.

"My name is Jun."
He held his hand out to the boy with frosted tips.
"I do look forward to actually playing you."
Bokuto smiled wide and gripped Jun's hand forcefully, shaking it up and down.
"Of course you look forward to it! Who wouldn't want to play against me?"

"I'm excited to see your new serve. You did say you've got a new one, right?" Kuroo asked him.
"Sorta. It's a work in process, but so is most of what I do. My friends from my old school taught me all I know and it wasn't intended to turn into my new position."
"What did you play before?"
"Libero."
"Holy shit, why?" Bokuto shook his shoulders, "that was such a waste of height, thank goodness you switched to a blocker!"

"They taught you well, you're pretty good for a beginner if all you were was a libero," Kuroo has complimented Jun again.
"Thanks. Mukudori has some really good players."
"You went there? That's a good school. Powerhouse, correct?"
"Yeah, they are. The boys beat my team pretty well. I've been practicing with the girls for a long time."
"Ha! I'll have to look into playing with them! The girls you say?"

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