Your Eyes Said Otherwise [A Tsukishima Kei Fanfiction]

Chapter 14: Second to the Last Step

A/N: This whole chapter is gonna be the match of Aoba Johsai and Karasuno, you can skip this chapter if you like, this has nothing significant to the flow of the story, other than enhancing Iwaizumi's relationship with Mizuki.

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Third Person POV

They all went down to the court to start the warm ups, then the game. The Date Tech and Seijoh match finished already, and as expected, Seijoh won.

Mizuki sighed heavily, her heart beating faster. She was getting nervous, she can almost feel her heart jumping out from her chest.

The players started the official warm ups, while Mizuki, Yachi and Kiyoko sorted the water bottles and towels. After that, Mizuki helped being a ball boy, or in her case, a ball girl.

She was at the end of the court the whole time, even if it was Seijoh's turn. They were currently practicing serves, and it was Iwaizumi's turn.

Mizuki saw a ball near her so she picked it up. Iwaizumi served but the timing wasn't perfect, so the moment Mizuki stood up, the ball hit her shoulder.

Mizuki saw it for a split second but wasn't able to dodge. Iwaizumi jolted and ran faster than the speed of light towards her.

"Honami-chan, are you okay?! I'm so sorry.", he asked, checking if she's hurt. Mizuki looked at him and chuckled.

"I'm fine, but your serve was out.", she smiled.

"Are you sure you're okay? You're so small, I'm worried I broke a bone.", he replied.

"I might be tiny, but I'm as strong as Oikawa-san when I serve!", Mizuki defended herself.

"Sure.", Iwaizumi laughed.

"Go back and do your serve again, it was out.", Mizuki pushed him away gently while chuckling.

Iwaizumi obeyed and went back to his team. After seeing what happened to Iwaizumi and Mizuki, Yahaba thinks he could do the same to talk to her since he failed at hitting on Yachi.

So when it was his turn to serve, he purposely hit it out. It was going straight to Mizuki so he felt accomplished.

But since Mizuki is fully aware that the ball is going to her, she bent down for a soft receive then caught the ball perfectly.

"Out!", she said and rolled the ball back to Seijoh's side.

Yahaba seemed shock and disappointed that his plan didn't work. Mattsun and Makki knows what he planned and just pat his back teasingly.

After practicing serves, they practiced receives. Iwaizumi thought Mizuki was interesting and attractive. So he wanted to chat with the younger for a bit.

While Mizuki was picking up some balls, Iwaizumi approached her from behind.

"So you play Volleyball?", he asked. Mizuki turned around to look at who was talking to her.

"Yeah. But I'm not on a team, I'm just their manager.", she answered with a smile.

"Why not?", Iwaizumi asked.

"Karasuno's Girls Volleyball team isn't complete.", she answered.

"I see. So, you said your serve was as strong at that idiot Oikawa? I find that hard to believe.", he smiled.

"Everyone does, Iwa-san. But you can't judge until you see it.", she chuckled.

"Well, why don't you try?", he smirked, challenging her.