THE FALLEN ANGEL AT KARASUNO || HAIKYUU! FANFIC|| [HAITUS]

CHAPTER 29: ILLUSIONARY HERO

||3RD POV||

Her eyes were dark as she stared at the wall, it was around five in the morning and she was already practicing in the gymnasium. The sound of the ball being hit against the skin pf her palm was heard throughout the entire quiet gymnasium as she worked on her serves and spikes. At Royal Brand High, the coaches taught them how to toss for themselves and they practiced that until perfection, meaning, she didn't need a setter as she practiced alone, like now. She was tossing the ball for herself for the past twenty minutes and she wasn't out of breath, she was calm and silent as she started practicing her blocks.

She paused as she coughed a bit, taking her by surprise. Immediately, she started drinking her water as fast as she could when she realized her body was malfunctioning. She breathed in and out as she calmed her heart down, sucking in a deep breath as she straightened herself while tossing her bottle on the floor. She held her breath for a few seconds before releasing when she felt her coughing fit disappear, she sighed out of relief before continuing practicing. 

After another hour, she stopped to take a breath and sat cross-legged on the floor while raising her head with closed eyes. Resting with a smile on her lips, she felt satisfies with her results. Stretching across the floor as she laid down, her hand touches the small notebook that she carried around for her progress. She laid on her stomach as she wrote her progress down, her lips twitch upwards as she realized that she could, safely, now play two sets without any body malfunctions.

Out of nowhere, the slammed open and she yelled out in fear, "Motherfucker!" Silence filled the area and she glared at the person who scared her, she spoke in a threatening tone, "Don't speak of this ever again." Her eyes widen by a fraction when she saw Tsukishima stare at her with wide eyes, she got up as fast as possible when his eyes flicker to the balls on the floor around her and the court. She coughs in her hands as she hid her little notebook, her eyes avoided him as she walked toward him with a crooked smile, "Why are you up so early, Tsukishima?" 

He looked down at her and notice that she was in complete volleyball gear but her shirt was a black tank top, her elbows had pads on while her hands were taped. He raised a brow when he noticed how she was hiding something behind her back and narrowed his eyes in suspicion, "I should be asking you that, Angel." He leaned closer to her and on instinct, she leaned back with wide eyes and flustered cheeks. Without her noticing, his arms reach for her arms behind her back and clasps onto her wrists, she gasped when he held her hands behind her back with one hand while his other hand had her notebook, wide open.

She tried to kick his shin or anything but he blocked her with his leg or sidestepped the attack, his eyes were skimming through the papers and he flipped the pages until the writing stopped. She turned her head to the side when he looked at her with blank eyes, her eyes stared at the window as he spoke, "When were you going to tell us? About this?" She gulped as she answered while glancing up at him, "You see, only Ukai and close friends know about how Royal Brand High drilled my body so much with practices, I can't even play a normal set without having body malfunctions."

He stared at her with unexplainable emotions swirling in his eyes and she avoided them with her own as she pouts, he dropped the book to the floor. She snapped her head at him with a scowl and stated, "Hey! That's--" She was cut off when she felt someone touch her lips, her eyes widen as she stared into his eyes. Harshly, she tugged at her arms that he held tighter in his hand and she yelped when he pressed his lips against her own with more pressure. He pulled away while licking his lips as he commented, "Strawberry lip balm. Nice choose." He lets go of her with a wide smirk while walking away, leaving her alone with a flushed face. Slowly, she raised her hand to her lips as she stared at where he disappeared to. With a glare and a red face, she roared from inside the gymnasium, "Tsukishima Kei!"

{TIMESKIP}

She was at the cafeteria and was eating an apple in anger as she glared into space, the trio raised a brow at her and noticed her attire. As usual, they were sitting around her and Kuroo teased, "What happened to you? Got up from the wrong side of the bed?" She directed her glare at him and he flinched when he saw how her eyes had a fire burning inside them, she snarled, "No, let's just say that a certain someone took advantage of me earlier when I was [racticing on my own." She bit into the apple with her canine-like teeth and muttered as she chewed, "That damn Tsukishima... I want to slam my ace serve into his face at practice..."

The duo heard his name being mentioned and raised a brow at her form, they swung their arm around her shoulders as they tease in sync, "Oya? Oya? What's this? Did the baby crow do something to you?" She bluntly stated before taking a bite from her apple, "He stole a kiss from me." They turned into stone while Akaashi paused his motions, she slipped from their arms and threw the apple away while heading to the courts again. The duo slowly lowered their arms and stated with a pissed off expression while Akaashi's brow twitches at the thought, "That damn little bastard..."

Meanwhile, she was blocking some spikes from the team as they warmed up, she wasn't fazed as she blocked Asahi's spike. They both landed on the ground and he looked at her with frustration, she smiled up at him while making jazz hands as she teased, "Better next time, Asahi-senpai." Anyhow, the matches began again and she was next to the managers as Fukurodani and Karasuno played against each other. She helped Kiyoko write down information and the progress and she would point out a mistake or something that she missed. Her hair was down for the day since her hair tie broke before practice and she didn't mind.

She watched how Kiyoko teased Yachi as she explained the two goals of blocking, she snickers a bit at the blonde. The whistle blew and they were back in the game, her eyes were in Tuskishima who had a different aura around him when he jumped to block Bokuto's spike, but she raised a when he avoided the block with a feint. She laughed a bit when she realized why he did that and clutches her stomach from how much she was laughing, she points at him with tears in her eyes as she spoke, "Bokuto just ran away. Oh my god, I never thought I would see that with my own eyes."

The rest was impressed as she laughed her eyes out but son she calmed down and watched with mischievous eyes. She wasn't the only one, Kuroo had an amused smirk on his face while his eyes were filled with smug and mischief as he looked at Bokuto who admitted that he ran away from the block.  They knew that the baby bird is starting to come out of his shell and is picking a fight with a smaller one. She mutters as her eyes flash with a hint of amusement, 

"The fight between the sun and the moon has begun, it seems."