Silver Hearts | Sakusa Kiyoomi

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"Great, everyone's here!"

Iizuna looked around to see the team all promptly gathered in his room. A last-minute call for a meeting, he was glad that everyone was able to make it.

"Nice place you got here, Iizuna!" Matsushima bounced up and down on the bed, making it squeak in the process.

"Hey, hey, you're gonna break the bed." Iizuna pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a weary sigh before turning to face the screen.

"Anyways, let's discuss tomorrow. (L/N), if you please."

(Y/N) turned on the TV, which displayed a slideshow of the team they were going up against in the semi-finals. Ichibayashi High.

They were an opponent unlike the rest of the teams they went against. Another powerhouse team, almost like Shiratorizawa, except they were able to make it to the semi-finals. Itachiyama was lucky enough to face off easier opponents early on but now was when the real question came. Would they be able to win against Ichibayashi High?

As the meeting concluded, (Y/N) rushed up to Sakusa while holding up her phone. "Look! You're on TV!"

Sakusa took one glance and regretted it, "I don't like it."

"What do you mean, 'you don't like it'? You're on TV!"

"So?" He continued watching clips of their past matches during Interhigh. It was an excellent way to see what he had to improve on.

"It's rare to be on TV, aren't you happy?"

Sakusa remained stoic and only shook his head.

"This is hopeless," (Y/N) sighed and left Sakusa as he was too absorbed into the match to care. It didn't matter much to him anyway.

• • •

The semi-finals of the Interhigh Nationals occurred first thing in the morning. The world was as silent as if it ended in the night. The sun is still resolutely below the horizon, and the street is as dark as some old-school black and white movie. That was until they arrived at the gymnasium.

The crowd was suffocating. It was massive, the people flowed like rivers, never stopping for obstacles but swirling around them. (Y/N) felt like she was trapped in an endless sea of people.

From the corner of her eyes, she could spot Sakusa slightly panicking from the mass of people as he tried to avoid getting near them. He twisted and turned, trying to stay at least 1 metres away from each person.

In the end, the sea of people was not something he could avoid, and Sakusa decided that he would just take a detour, even if it meant showing up late.

(Y/N) had to push her way through the swarm of people to get to her destination. She couldn't see which way she was headed or where she was headed.

Lucky for her, she caught a glimpse of Komori waving her over and made her way to where she was. "Are you okay? The crowd is massive here. Well, it's expected. It's the semi-finals after all."

"Yeah, I'm fine." (Y/N) scanned her surroundings, there was no sign of Sakusa yet.

"Anyways, did you see where Sakusa went?" Komori joined her as they both scanned the crowd for the certain ebony haired man and bright yellow-green jacket.

"I saw him take a detour because of the crowd, but he's taking a long time to-"

"I'm right here." Sakusa walked up to them with a deeper scowl on his face. In some way, it was different than usual. More irritated looking. His shoulders slouched over, and he emitted a moody aura. From what Komori and (Y/N) could tell, he was very, very unhappy.