ADORE YOU | M.OSAMU

━ ★ CHAPTER 五

CHAPTER 五

a glimpse into the past

Toshi stayed outside for a moment longer, trying to calm down his heart that was beating rapidly, before walking back into the gym. The male had almost always felt this way towards his childhood friend for as long as he could remember. Toshi, of course, was worried about bringing it up with Osamu. He could ask Atsumu for some advice but Toshi would probably only be met with teasing from the blond haired twin.

As the love struck male opened the gym door, he was instantly greeted with the sight of Hinata getting caught in the net and could only stare in confusion at the tangerine haired male. As Hinata sulks, Toshi makes his way towards Daichi, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi with his mind fixated on apologising.

"I'm sorry for how I acted earlier." Toshi says, bowing as he did so.

"It's okay, Toshi." Daichi places a hand on Toshi's hair and ruffles it slightly, "We all know how protective you get when the club is being involved."

Tsukishima opens his mouth to deliver an insult to Toshi but decides against it. Instead, he opts to click his tongue in annoyance before turning away. Yamaguchi sends a small smile towards Toshi as he walks back to the scoreboard.

"Kageyama, you're repeating what you did in junior high." Suga states as he holds a volleyball in his hand.

"Hinata has the reflexes, speed, and the springing power. If he gets used to it, he can do fast attacks." Kageyama explains.

"But Hinata's weapon, which is his speed... Your toss is killing it, don't you think? Hinata has no technique and no experience. He's not an outstanding player who can match your ability. But his potential is tops."

"Oh, don't call me a genius or anything. That's an exaggeration." Hinata gushes bashfully.

"He never said that." Tanaka says.

Toshi could only nod in agreement.

"If you can do it you need to sync with Hinata's style, or his talent, or... Um..." Suga tries to explain.

"You can do it, Suga!" Toshi exclaimed whilst munching on a strawberry cream puff.

"You know, use them to your advantage somehow." The third year finally says, "I'm a setter like you. I watched you in last year's match and I was intimidated. By your extraordinary talent, your ball control. And most of all by your ability to calmly detect your opponent's movements, and your power to make quick decisions. I don't have any of those things."

Toshi gazes sadly at Suga and walks up to him to place a comforting hand on his shoulder. In his mind, Suga was an amazing setter and Toshi wished that he would have more faith in himself. Tanaka seems to have the same state of mind as he tries to tell Suga that what he said wasn't true. Sometimes Toshi wonders if the pair share one singular braincell, especially seeing how they seem to almost have the same thoughts as one another.

"Guys." Daichi calmly says once he sees that Toshi seems to be feeling the same way, "Listen to what he has to say."

"You have technique, and an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm. Most importantly, you have an extraordinary awareness of your surroundings. So there's no way you can't see what your teammate is doing." Suga throws the volleyball towards Kageyama who catches it instantly.