Confused..~ Kozume Kenma

Chapter 2 <> Clumsy Start

"Easy, I read people every single day. And I've been doing so for most of my life."

| Karasuno Gymnasium, 4:12 PM |

| Koyagime |

"And what is that supposed to mean huh!?!" Tanaka, I believe, wouldn't stop being loud with every sentence he spoke. It was starting to give me a headache.

"Drop it for now Tanaka, we came here so you guys can know my little sister who's a first year." Yet again, it was Tokei to my rescue. Of course, I'm thankful for her understanding my social anxiety, but every time she does, it makes me feel useless.

"We're sorry about your brother Koyagime, but if he's going to be on the team he has to learn how to work with others, especially Hinata." The captain, Daichi if I remember correctly, spoke in a respectable manner in my direction which made it easier to speak with him.

"I-I understand. He's had a hard time after his team in middle school. He never really acted like a true setter, but more of a tyrant. Eventually his team got tired of his attitude and wouldn't cooperate with him." It was the first time I spoke clearly about Kageyama's past team. He never liked to talk about it when he was around but it had to addressed sooner or later.

I peaked up again and noticed everyone's soft expressions at my smaller form. I was always looked at as if I was a small child because of my timid behavior. Their faces was something that I got daily, and it always annoyed me despite it happening daily.

Eventually the nervous feeling I tried to suppress got the best of me and I ran off quickly, and surprisingly faster than expected. I hadn't ran like that in years after my last failed volleyball team. I heard my sister coming after me, but I was slightly faster than her, so I quickly grabbed my bag and hung it over my shoulder as I sped up, running off of school grounds and all the way home.

I hated this side of me, always running from my problems instead of facing them. I had ran all the way home, and by time I arrived, it was sunset.

I walked inside and was greeted by my worried mother, who hugged me to tight for comfort.

"Where is your brother?! He isn't answering his phone and hasn't been home. I thought he'd at least be with you.. but he's not! So where is he Koya?!" It hurt to see my mother worried about any of us, which is why I like being around her the most, to take care of her whenever she needs it.

"I can go look for him on my moped mom, please don't stress yourself, maybe he's at the park practicing as usual." I rubbed the back of her head in soft, long strokes in attempt to calm her down. "He's practicing because he was temporarily kicked off the volleyball team until he learns how to work with someone from his past. Knowing him, he's going to challenge the captains to a game. Please don't worry mom.."

She smiled and softened her stressed expression when she looked down at me, which also made me feel at ease. "Thank you little Koya fish, please be back before 10:30 or I might call the police for a search party."

We both laughed softly before I walked out again with my helmet in hand. I quickly got seated on the leather seat of my black and red moped and pulled off in the direction of Kageyama's favorite park.

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I parked my moped and took off my helmet once I arrived and quickly took notice of Kageyama with the orange head we saw him arguing with earlier. They were practicing like I predicted earlier. I walked to a nearby bench with my hands in my sweater and sat while watching them. Watching him play always made me wonder what it would be like to play on a proper team again.