unveil

✰4

My heart was racing, maybe due to me running from the convenience store or that this is my first high school volleyball practice. I see the door with the bright gym light shining. I was pacing back and forth. Is this really what I want to do? What if they are better than me? They are gonna be super intimidating. But... worst of all... what if there are cute guys there???? My face explodes red at the thought of it. No, love is the least of my problems. Focus on volleyball.. only. I take a deep breath before my body started making it's way toward the gym. The light got increasingly brighter. I slide off my slippers and place it inside the cubby. I lace my shoes before I make my way into the gym. The humid feeling of sweaty bodies moving around lingered on my skin, so I started to sweat a little. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING YET.  The sounds of volleyballs hitting the floor and shouting of high school guys echo inside the gym. I spot uncle keishin telling the boys some critiques on their form. He reminds me so much of grandpa. I hear an unfamiliar voice shout coming from this bald guy,

"Hey! who is that?" the balls suddenly went silent and all eyes were on me. My face shot red once more. My uncle saw me in my state and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. 

"Everyone gather around," All balls were put into the cart as the crowd of boys and these 2 girls swarmed me and my uncle. 

"So, this is very sudden but we have a new addition to the team, my nephew, rei. sh-," he stopped himself before trying to pretend to cough,

" I mean HE is from a different schools, but due to not having a club team there, he is playing for the team." I stand proudly in front of my soon to be teammates. In the outside I wore my pride on my sleeve, even due to my 5'2 stature. Im secretly sweating like crazy. These guys are CRAZY TALL besides the libero and tangarine. 

"Hey, guys! It's a pleasure to be on the team and I'm looking forward to getting know all of you. Hope we have a great season!" I said flashing them a smile. I see everyone a tint of pink. Huh wonder why.  Hinata steps up and wraps his one arm around my shoulder. 

"We are so glad to have you as well!" he said. He whispered to me, 

"Also sorry for dropping the pocky at the store." I patted his back. 

"It's good! LETS START PLAYING!" I said shouting grabbing a volleyball. I hear a clap of attention from uncle. 

"Ok, now that we got each other situated, let's continue practice by warming up on spot serving." He points to the line for all of us to stand on the line to explain what we were gonna do. As he drones on, I feel a nudge on my foot. It was a tall sinkky guy with glasses. Kinda looks like a french fry. Ooo that sounds SO GOOD RIGHT NOW. 

"Just to remind you, just because you got onto the team AND your his nephew, doesn't mean your good. You have to work hard just like everyone else. So, watch yourself,"  he said while pushing his goggles on. I rolled my eyes. Was that a threat? He doesn't believe in me huh? I'll show him that salty son of a bi-

" Ok, this is a serving competition. Individually, we will time you on how long it takes for you to finish hitting all 6 spots. Whoever has the fastest, doesn't have to do bloodliners. *bloodliners are liners but you have to act like your diving for the ball at each line. And I hate them, so I won't loose. Purposely, I stayed in the very back with hinata. Meanwhile, he was shaking like a tree in the wind. 

"Are you ok?" I said, slightly giggling to myself at his nervousness. 

"Y-Yeah d-don't worry about me. It's just because I don't wanna run plus my serves aren't that accurate," he said. I put my hand on his shoulder, 

"You'll do good, trust me," I said reassuring him. He gave me a nod. As everyone went, I started to observe each of my teammates technique: float serve, regular, jump, topspin. Each of them finished at a pretty fast pace, but not as fast as french fry and the black haired guy. Black hair has a really fast jump and he is really accurate... interesting. While fry doesn't do jumps, he has very accurate regulars as well. I see both of there figures pass by me, eyeing me up and down, 

"Try to do better than that, short stack," french fry said. I hear a slight giggle: it was the black haired guy. I was about to say something, until I see a dark ominous figure behind them. He had his hand on their heads, pushing them down to bow,

"I'm so sorry for their behavior. You'll do great, right tsukki and kageyama?" Their gaze was still on the ground. 

"Y-Yeah," they said in unison. 

"Next," uncle keishin said. I was handed a ball. I was took a deep breath before I was in my mode. I threw the ball high in the sky and started my approach. And before I know it, the ball hit the spot perfectly and made the whole room go silent. I smirk to myself. Surprised huh?  In a matter of seconds, I manage to hit the rest of the spots with ease. My uncle checked the watch, smiling. 

"7 seconds exact," everyone had their jaws dropped. As I turned around, everyone was staring at me. I walked over to kageyama and tsukki, their mouths hung open. 

"Try to do better than that short stack," I said patting their back. 

a/n: hey guys! I'm back again! Hope you enjoy the chapter and I'm almost done with ch 5! It's gonna get juicer! ok bye -p