Blocking My Heart (Kei Tsukishima X Reader)

Karasuno's Iron Wall

School was finally over and ___ leaned over Tsukkishima's desk. "Ready for practice?" She asked. "You're coming to watch again?" Tsukkishima asked.          " 'Course I am! What else am I supposed to do? Sit at home and wait for my father to come home?! I'd be bored out of my mind! Besides.. he gets home so damn late, if he comes home at all." Tsukkishima sighed. "I guess I don't mind," Tsukkishima said getting up. "Let's go." "Alright!" ___ said heading to the door. Suddenly they ran straight into Yamaguchi.

"Hey! Why did you guys disappear for lunch?! I spent half of the time looking for you two!" Yamaguchi said with a worried expression on his face. ___ glanced at Tsukkishima and met his eyes before she hurrily spoke. "Well! Looks like I gotta run! I gotta do some stuff before I head to practice. Have fun explaining Tsukki!" She quickly darted off. "Tsk.." Tsukkishima said. 

'Boy, I barely dodged that one..' ___ thought. 'I wonder what lame excuse Tsukki is going to come up with..' She began to walk down the halls. 'What to do, what to do.. I said I had sone things to do before I headed to practice to watch them, so I have to do 'something' to show up late for practice!' She continued to walk down the hallway. 'I know!' She thought. 'I'll hide in the bathroom and braid my hair!' 

___ turned the corner before heading to the girls' bathroom. She opened the door. 'Looks like nobody's here' she thought. She took a seat on the bathroom counter and looked into the mirror. She snapped the hair tie on her wrist. 'Well, looks like you're going to be of some use today Mr. Lucky Ponytail!' She began combing through her hair before separating it into three sections, pulling them over her shoulder.

'Over and under, I'll do a dutch braid today.' She brought a section from the side to the middle, crossing it under the middle section. She kept repeating this motion, switching sides each time as she went along until she had reached the end. She began to ponytail it off. 'Anddd.. Done!' She thought. She checked herself out in the mirror before hopping off the counter. 'Lookin' good ___!' She thought. She then left the bathrooms.

She made her way slowly down the hallway, looking at each and every poster and classroom as she walked by in order to kill time. 'I wonder if the girls' volleyball team needs a libero?' She thought. 'Eh.. probably not. Then again, the doctor in America told me I couldn't play anymore after that last tumble I took before we lost. I mean.. I know I messed up my knee real bad.. but it doesn't hurt or anything, so I should be fine right?' She kicked her knee out infront of her, bending it a few times. 'Eh.. I probably shouldn't risk it' She thought.

She made her way outside the school and towards the gym. I think I wasted enough time' she thought. She took a deep breath and walked inside the gym, walking over to take a seat next to Kiyoko. "So, what'd I miss?" ___ asked. "Coach just went over what we're doing for practice today and everyone just started. We're doing blocking drills today." Kiyoko said. "Blocking drills? How do you do that?" "Well basically we have Coach set some balls to our spikers and everyone goes through trying to block them. We rotate out spikers so everyone has a chance to block."

"Oh I see! That's an interesting practice strategy!" ___ said. "It is rather unique," Kiyoko responded. Up first to block was Tanaka trying to block Asahi's spike. ___ watched curiously. From what she saw the other day, Asahi had a killer spike, so she was interested to see how this'll play out. Coach set the ball and Asahi hit it, slamming the ball into Tanaka's fingertips as he jumped and the ball slipped right through Tanaka's hands. "Nice one Asahi!" Coach praised. "Keep hitting them hard! Give 'em something to work with!" Asahi nodded.

Tanaka shook his hands. "Damn Asahi! You really don't let up do you?!" He said. "There will be players who hit a lot harder than Asahi at nationals so it's good that he's not holding back." Coach said. "If we can at least get a one touch on them we'll do fine." "Yes sir!" Tanaka said getting back in line. Next up to block was Hinata. "You ready?" Coach asked Asahi. Asahi nodded. "Yes sir." He said. Coach set the ball.