Vice King [SugawaraxReader]

4. Nice Ride

"Sooooo, how did training go with Sugawara last night? Are you ready to kick some volleyball butt at our next tournament?!" Michimiya was grilling (y/n) about her practice the night before, "did he teach you how to overhand serve? Can you set Quicks? Hows your defense coming along?"

"Woah, slow down there! We just went over the basics. He taught me to serve, we practiced my receiving a bit - which is shabby so don't go expecting anything brilliant just yet - and then we went over the different kinds of sets," (y/n) explained, "I'm going over to his place tonight for an English thing, and he said while I'm there he'll teach me some of the hand signals so I can communicate with you guys on the court."

"Wait, wait, wait, you're going over to his HOUSE? Like a study date? I totally knew he was into you! I saw him staring at you when we were out for dinner the other night. What are you going to wear? how are you going to do your hair?" Michimiya questioned, firing off one after the other.

"I was just going to wear this? It's really not that big of a deal," (y/n) said as she rolled her eyes. Michimya is totally blowing this out of proportion, she thought, "I'm just going right after school, speaking of which I should probably text him that." she pulled out her phone and opened up her text messages from the night before:

Suga: Hey stranger! I figured I should probably text you so you have my phone number too 😋

Suga: You did a lot better than I expected tonight. I had a lot of fun.

Suga: I'm thinking we meet again Wednesday morning? We have a practice game on Thursday so Coach has us practicing Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

(y/n): Sounds like a plan to me ☺️ And what do you mean "better than you expected" 😉underestimating me I see.

Suga: That wasn't what I meant at all silly

(y/n): I know, I just like to tease 😋

Suga: Anyway, sorry to cut it short but I have to head to bed. Coach has us on morning practices!

Suga: Goodnightttt 😁

(y/n): Goodnight Suga ☺️

(y/n) smiled as she read back over the conversation. Sugawara had a habit of sending multiple texts in a row rather than one long one, which amused her. She thought for a moment before typing;

(y/n): Hey! I hope practice went well! I'm free right after school today if you still have time to get together and work on our English assignment? Let me know!

She went to put her phone back in her bookbag when it buzzed. He had replied right away;

Suga: Coach wants us to practice a few combos after school today. It should only be an hour so I can meet after it's done?

Suga: I'm really sorry. He's getting super serious for this practice match for some reason.

(y/n): Yeah that totally works for me, and trust me, I understand. Also, that was record time! Were you waiting for me to text you?

Suga: Patiently 😉

(y/n): You're funny. I'll meet you at the gym after your practice.

Suga: I look forward to it 😋

...

(y/n) decided to go home after school instead of waiting for the practice to be over. Her house was only a few blocks anyway. She got home and as usual, was greeted by no one. Her father was frequently away on business trips, her brother away at university, and her mom worked night shifts at a restaurant in the next town over.

Standing in front of her mirror at home, she was reminded of Michimiya's interrogation "What are you going to wear? How are you going to do your hair?" (y/n) decided Michimiya was probably right, so she ultimately changed out of her uniform and into something nice but casual. She pulled her hair down from where it usually was when she went to school.

"There," she said to herself in the mirror, "that's better."

She grabbed her book bag and threw a protein bar in. She figured Suga would probably be hungry after practice.

...

Standing where she had the night before, (y/n) peered into the gym to catch the end of practice. She looked on to the court but didn't see Suga. Instead, there was a very serious-looking, dark-haired boy setting. He kept barking orders at the little redhead whizzing around everyone. Finally, she spotted Suga on the sideline with a few other players. She couldn't tell from a distance, but he looked a little upset.

After the boys packed up their stuff, Suga met (y/n) in the doorway.

"Hey!" he greeted (y/n), "You're on time today!"

"Oh shush smartass, you know that wasn't my fault" (y/n) retorted as she gave him a playful shove.

"Sure, sure," he laughed, "shall we?" He motioned toward the parking lot.

They walked together over towards Suga's car. It was a silver minivan that looked well used and reminded (y/n) of Suga a bit. She figured it was best not to tell him that from the embarrassed look on his face.

"Sorry it's not the coolest ride. It's the family car and I usually end up driving a bunch of the guys around so it does the job," Suga said, running his hand through his messy hair.

"I really don't mind, I don't have a car to drive so you're already one up on me," (y/n) said, which relieved Suga quite a bit. They both hopped in the car and Suga turned the key. Suddenly, some song (y/n) couldn't quite understand started blasting on the stereo.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't realize I had left it that loud," Suga half yelled as he turned down the dial.

"It's okay," (y/n) laughed, "was that in English?"

"Yeah, sorry I listen to weird music. You can plug in your phone if you'd like. I have an AUX cord somewhere for the boys when they're in the car."

"No no," she replied, "I want to listen to what you like."

Suga smiled and turned up the volume dial.

***Mariposa - Peach Tree Rascals***

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Authors Note:

I've always loved music and so I thought it could be fun to include some songs that I think fit the story and characters well as I'll mention music a lot in the upcoming chapters. They'll be inserted throughout the story like the one above. Feel free to listen along and vibe as the characters would!