As Ushijima walked outside he looked over to the vending machine "stupid piece of junk!" Nagisa growled knocking on the glass. Ushijima noticed that Nagisa reminded him of a Pomeranian, thinks he's bigger than he is, and his emotions change rapidly. "I don't think that anyone's gonna answer" Ushijima said laughing slightly. Nagisa looked over at him calmly as Ushijima shook the vending machine lightly, then a power bar dropped into the bottom of the machine. Nagisa smiled, "still protecting me, huh?" He asked with the same smile, Ushijima silently hoped he would always smile like that. Ushijima blinked a few times in confusion, looking down at the smaller boy. "You saw me slipping earlier, that's why you gave me the hint right?" He asked sitting on the steps outside the gym. Ushijima sat down next to him, handing him the power bar. "You should eat" he said awkwardly. Nagisa laughed "you know" Nagisa started "i will admit that I may have missed you" he said sweetly. "Just a little" he said turning to Ushijima . "But, you really hurt me" he said smile fading. "I know" Ushijima stated in a monotone voice. Nagisa sighed before standing up. "My mistakes, in not telling you about Fushicho earlier, and giving you false hope about me going to Shiratorizawa with you. They weren't meant to be... hurtful." Nagisa said quietly. "Maybe it's better, for both of us if we don't see each other." He said walking back into the gym. Ushijima's jaw clenched. A world without Nagisa, Ushijima wouldn't be able to live with that. It was really hard on him, sometimes on Saturdays his autopilot went to text Nagisa, before he stopped himself. He hated himself for getting so mad over something that meant so much to Nagisa. It wasn't that he was mad Nagisa 'betrayed' them, his heart ached when he realized they wouldn't be together anymore. "Alright boys! Time to get started!" Ushijima heard his coach yell out. As he made his way back into the gym, Tendou grinned. "Alright boys, that little libero knows our secret, no thanks to you" he said making intense eye contact with Ushijima. "I don't care what type of relationship you had with the opposite team, but you can't let them beat you! Your all bigger and better than them, so go out there and shut them down!" He said aggressively, Ushijima flinched. "Yes coach!" Everyone yelled. "Alright team! Even though they won the first set, we can definitely catch up." Satoshi said happily. "Especially since Nagisa figured out how to conquer those spike serves!" Jin said patting Nagisa on the back. Nagisa rubbed the naps of his neck. "Let's show has why our team is called the team of Phoenix" Nagisa yelled jumping into his position. Tendou tilted his head "why?" He asked trying not to laugh. Satoshi smirked. "Well" Nagisa said. "Because even if you shove us down, we'll rise from the ashes and crush you" Nagisa said smiling. Ushijima now remembered why people called him a demon Libero. His eyes definitely looked like flames, his eyes were already red, but when he was in the zone like that, you could see sparks in his eyes. Like you were looking into hell through his eyes. Kai was up to serve on Fushicho's side. He confidently tossed the ball in the air, he jumped and smacked hard on the ball, next to kai, Nagisa had his hands ready to receive. Luckily their team missed the serve and Fushicho got the first point of the second set. The ball went back to Kai and he served again, but Ushijima received the ball with ease, sending it straight to their setter. Nagisa gulped as he got ready to run. Then Ushijima rushed to the front and jumped, right as their setter set the ball to Ushijima, he smacked the ball hard over the net. Nagisa did his best to dive for the ball but he was too short and the ball bounced on the ground. Nagisa panted slightly, he glanced up at Ushijima who glared intently at him. 'What's his problem? He was teasing me a second ago' Nagisa wondered, as he got back up. The game went on for awhile until the scores were at 15:18 with Shiratorizawa leading. But in the next 10 minutes Fushicho had caught up to a 18:18 score. The two teams stayed tied up for the next 5 sets leaving both teams at 23 points. Unfortunately for Fushicho, Shitorazawa pulled into the lead. And won the final set. The end points were 23:25. even though Fushicho didn't win, the team was happy to get the practice and be close to winning a set. "Good work guys" Nagisa heard Satoshi yell out. Nagisa slipped out of the gym to use the bathroom, and when he got back, the Fushicho bus was no longer parked outside, and all of Nagisa's teammates were nowhere in sight. "No way!" Nagisa mumbled as he walking back into the gym. The Shitorazawa team was packing up all of their equipment when Ushijima happened to glance over to the door. He mumbled something to one of the managers and he came up to Nagisa. "You know... that they left, right?" He asked looking down at the smaller boy. Nagisa huffed "they seriously forgot me? My sister was here! She seriously forgot about her only brother" he said sulking. Ushijima chuckled slightly. "Do you want to just come home with me?" He asked calmly. Nagisa looked up and blushed "w-what?" He asked avoiding eye contact. Ushijima blinked. "My house is less than a mile from here. And your sister can come pick you up tomorrow" he said avoiding eye contact as well. "...and, I'm betting you don't have your phone on you" he said. "No..." Nagisa chimed in. Ushijima calmly spoke. "Come back with me and call your mom" he said finally making intense eye contact.
