Scars fade

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"One touch!"
"Ira-chan set!"
you run up to the net, ready to spike the ball that's been set to you, when suddenly all your teammates and opponents disappear from the court. Leaving you alone in the air, on the ground, in the team. 'team'
"How was it spiking all alone, since that's what you do even when we're there anyway"
the girl saying these hurtful words appears before you, holding a volleyball, smiling.
You couldn't see her eyes, or any details for that matter.
She looked like one of them.
One of the girls that hurt you, took your passion away.

The court start to move under your feet, your scenery changing to a dirty locker room.
It's that place again.

Why am I here again
I need to escape
I need to find an exit before the co-
Trying to move you find yourself paralyzed, no.
Tied down.
"help me!"
You cry out for help, but no one comes
"Please help me"
your sobs ring through the empty room
"Help-"
You flinch as you suddenly feel something sharp in your leg
A liquid flowing down, warm and painful

You see a familiar face running up to you with scissors in her hands
It's dark, you can't quite seem to make out who
She begins to scream
You try to scream for help, nothing coming out of your mouth
it's dark, it hurts, help me
Feeling the a warm liquid drizzle down both your leg and your cheek you begin to sob even more uncontrollably

Once again, The familiar face begins to rush to you and scream
"You fucking bitch!"

"Y/N-"

Black.

"Y/N!!"

It's blurry.

"Hey, Y/N!"
Just before the sharp object reaches your head, you feel warm, comforting hands shake you. Waking you up from your nightmare.
"B-big brother?"
He begins to hug you, making making you feel comforted by the warm embrace of your brother.
"You're covered in sweat"
He says, laughing at me.
His smile always seems to make you forget your fears, your nightmares.
It has always comforted you, through thick and thin.
Just him being there for you encouraged you to smile again.
Making it this far without your brother would be nearly impossible, is what you always think about him.

"What's the time?"
You ask sleepily, flashing a shy smile
"It's 5:30 AM"
"That's wayy to early"
You groaned out, realizing that now that you're awake, you won't be falling asleep any time soon.
"Want to come with me to practice?"
"Can I? I won't be a burden?"
It's been a while since you've trained with other people, you've only just ran or practiced volleyball by yourself. but not with a team.
So this got you really excited. even though it's not volleyball, but baseball, you're really excited to try and train with others' again.

"You can come if you'll be alright training with a team again"
"It's okey as long as it's not volleyball. I'm just not ready for that yet.."
"I know"
He takes you into his warm embrace and tells you to get your school stuff and sports clothing on.
Getting up from your bed, gathering all your stuff you let out a deep sigh
'A team huh... I miss it, volleyball'

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upon arriving at your school you see two boys racing each other to the club rooms.
Looking closer you see that they're your friends, the ginger and angry looking friends to be exact.