Cliché (Miya Atsumu)

20

It was quite difficult for me, watching the third years during their graduation ceremony. It was even more difficult to keep my head up when I received my captain's volleyball jersey the same day. My emotions were all muddled up and rushed, I couldn't face our original captain without feeling like I was gonna cry. Only because he was a really good friend and leader okay? Not because I cry easily!

After the graduation ceremony that day, it was just us and the boys volleyball club to celebrate. Boys x Karaoke.

One of the more... Strange memories we ever had with them.

It was way too funny when Kita and Suna did a duet together; robot face gang doing some angsty, emo rap song. Suna is understandable since his personality isn't a complete robot and can understand the concept of comedy, but seeing Kita do something like that was just out of the universe.

It was the first time I have ever seen Omimi and Aran laugh so hard while Osamu was just shaking the maracas with his mouth open in an "o" shape in utter confusion. I was laughing my ass off too, we basically were all losing our souls by watching that show-stopping singing performance.

Then there was Akagi and Ginjima.

Unforgettable.

They were singing a voca song, Happy Synth or something I can't remember the name (another shockingly shit duet)...

I still have nightmares to this day of Ginjima's atrocious singing sometimes. Never in my life, and I mean NEVER have I ever listened to such a raspy, cracked up vocals. We made fun of him so much to the point where he desperately wanted to go home early. And Akagi's voice was like he was almost getting run over.

I did end up crying that week though. I cried when we (Suna, Osamu, Gin, and me) were all asked by Kita to take one last picture with Aran, Akagi, and Omimi outside the karaoke building. He posted it on Instagram, tagging me and everyone else even though I looked horrendous and begged for him not to post it, my puffy eyes and red nose was so evident. (Y/N) found it so funny she set it as her phone lock screen and started calling me Kita's No.1 Kouhai.

Some of our upperclassmen were going as far as Tokyo for college and not going to lie, I will certainly miss them during practice. Even though guys like Kita and Omimi can be frustratingly frosty, they were still great and led us to nationals. You know, I don't want to brag, but I think I can be good as our ex-captain (maybe a little better if I try hard enough).

But since then, time has passed faster than I wanted. Around three to four months since their graduation. The weather is warmer now. The sun is brighter than it ever was.

It's now my final year here in high school before I go off to college around the start of the new year and I'm not sure how to feel about that. Years go fast, days go slow is what I used to tell myself.

Over recent weeks, days, months, I found myself wanting life to slow down a little.

I mean we already started preparing for our entrance exams in class as well as beginning to think of any colleges that interest us. What a blast.

I hate studying, despise it to the core, but (Y/N) keeps nagging me to do so, giving me a schedule and all that crap. She's strict about it too. If I complain, she won't care and still makes me study. Absolute torture.

Alongside the environment I was used to changing, (Y/N) also changed a bit too. I don't hate it, I love it (despite the constant nagging).

(Y/N) is much more confident around me nowadays, which scares me at the slightest, once again I don't hate it, I do like a strong soul. She has always been an observant person but now she's even more observant than before who can easily pick things out in me faster than light. A blessing and a curse at the same time.