𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠. tōru oikawa

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Yua had us stop warming up so she could talk to us. "As you guys know, we're going up against Shititorizawa today."

Kindaichi sweat dropped. "Yukimura-san... you do realize that it's Shiritorizawa and not shit..."

She sighed. "I know, I just find them annoying as hell so lemme call them that. Anyways, as you all know we lost to them last tournament, today is just a practice match so don't get too worked up over it."

She glared at me, then so did the rest of the team as they caught onto what she was implying.

I sighed. "Yeah, yeah."

She smiled and continued, "Satori Tendo, one of the annoying middle blockers is a guess blocker. He acts purely on instinct so make sure you are able to trick them with small gestures like how Kenma did with you guys yesterday."

We all sweat dropped remembering how the pudding head tricked us once or twice using that method.

She sighed. "Even if we don't win we can learn from our mistakes in this set. Be careful and smarter. Middle blockers, make sure to time everything correctly. Ushijima's spikes are annoying and make sure you can quickly adjust to his left handedness. Other than that, just win. Alright?"

We all though, '... she isn't threatening us today...?'

Iwa said, "We will."

We didn't. We narrowly lost to them, Ushijimas spikes really saved them, scoring more than half the points for the set. We all did a flying lap around the gym. The whole teams mood was down. As we got back Yua said,

"Stop it you idiots. It's one set. We can still get the next one."

She stared at me for a moment then sighed. "If any of you miss dinner I'm beating your asses. No staying late for extra practice today. Get your rest later, you've worked hard."

She walked away and went off to the other managers. Iwa sighed as he stood where she was and said,

"You heard her. So let's make the most out of the time we have left."

The rest of the team said, "Yeah!"

I stayed silent. I felt pathetic, losing to Ushiwaka yet again. I felt like I disappointed everyone. Myself included. Yuas voice echoed throughout my head.

"Stop it you idiots. It's one set."

No matter how hard I tried to listen to her words, the weight of the failure covered it. We continued to practice for the rest of the day. Today Yua came to get us dinner. I ignored her voice as I continued to practice and spike. Everyone left, but Iwaizumi lingered at the door. Yua said something to him before he left. I continued to spike the ball over the net. I was surprised Yua hadn't yelled at me yet. Nonstop, I continued to hit the ball. There were balls scattered throughout the court.

"Stop Oikawa."

I ignored her.

"Oikawa stop."

I ignored her again.

"TŌRU JUST STOP!"

I froze hearing her shout at me and her calling me by my first name. I turned to her and saw tears welling up in her eyes, her fists clenched so tightly that her knuckles were turning white.