You Were Mine

Chapter 9

(Sendai Gymnasium)

(Adlers vs Black Jackals Commercial Game, present time)

(Shimizu)

We stared at each other, a large distance between us, but our eyes bore into each other. All the memories flashed back in my mind as if this all happened only yesterday.

I immediately averted my gaze toward the center court, where my now grown-up kohais Kageyama and Hinata were finally facing against each other after so many years. We sat ourselves in the bleachers with the rest of the old Karasuno members. I look around and was emotional to see that everyone has significantly grown into the individuals they are now.

"Eeeyy, Asahi-saaaann, ya got a girlfriend yet?" Ryu asked.

"W-Wha--"

Sugawara interjected with an explanation. "Asahi here has a LOT of admirers back in fashion design school but he rejects them all the time." we all stare in disbelief as Sugawara continues. "Boy or girl, not anyone has piqued Asahi's interest." Sugawara darts a glare towards Asahi. "It's quite suspicious that he could be asexual."

"Come on, that's quite a bit of a stretch... Isn't it?" Asahi said.

"Continue to be picky like that and you're going to end up a bachelor for the rest of your life." Daichi warned.

"I bet you're still a virgin, huh, Azumane-senpai?" Tsukishima provoked which had everyone bursting into laughter.

"W-well, I--" but Asahi was interrupted by Nishinoya. 

"How devastating it is to think think that the heartthrob of Karasuno has never experienced the pleasure of se--", who was once again interrupted by Ryunosuke. 

"Yuu, I believe we agreed before that I am Karasuno's heartthrob." everyone fell silent.

"So you all don't agree???" Ryuu asked, and we all just winced in a silent, harmonious cringe. "EVEN MY OWN WIFE DISAGREES..." there he goes again with his helpless look of betrayal.

"Ryu, this isn't about you." Nishinoya said, which clearly sent a dagger through Ryunosuke's chest. "This is about Asahi-chan finally getting laid~" Nishinoya wiped fake tears from his eyes.

"Asahi... chan?"

"WAIT-- why is this conversation all about me??" Asahi was pretty much helpless at this point, which was very amusing to witness.

"Well, well, well if it isn't the crows of Miyagi?" A familiar voice spoke behind us.

"Why, hello, cats of Tokyo." Daichi suddenly stiffened at the sight of Kuroo-kun. With him was Noboyuki-kun, their former wing spiker and Morisuke-kun, their former libero.

It was always weird how they would share such a tense handshake back in high school whenever we ran into each other, but it's even weirder now that they STILL do it after all these years. It seems their sense of rivalry towards each other never went away. Even after graduating high school, they would often challenge each other to a game and it would usually end up dragging the rest of us along with them. Either we went to Tokyo, or they come to Miyagi, or we meet halfway in Tochigi. So it would "equally be a pain in the ass" for both teams to travel. Indeed, it was a pain in the ass, but it only made our relations stronger, but it also started this petty record of wins and losses.

"So Kuroo, what was our current score then~?" Daichi asked, provoking Kuroo-kun.

Daichi clearly struck a nerve there, Kuroo-kun's grip was getting tighter.

"We were at 135-134. You just LOVE to rub that in don't you?" Kuroo-kun said between is teeth.

"Daichi is clearly mocking Kuroo-san right now..." Asahi whispered.

"Alright, kids, that's enough." I decided to intervene before any unnecessary challenges take place.

"Oh, Kiyoko-san. It's been quite a while, how is the girlfriend?" he caught a glimpse of the ring that I wore.

Kuroo smiled. "I'm glad to see you've married Yachi-san..." his voice started to fade as he seemed to notice.

It seems Kuroo-kun understood the situation quickly. He stole a quick glance at Hitoka-chan sitting a good distance away from me, stole at a glance at Ryunnosuke's arm around me, and we shared a knowing look at each other. He now knew what was going on and chose not to comment on the past. Intelligent as always.

(Kuroo)

Damn. Who would have thought they would end up splitting after everything? Kinda makes me think about how people and things really do change, it's inevitable.

I sat down behind the crows with Yaku and Kai. Still, it's unbelievable, those two were head over heels for each other, basically stuck at the hip. If we look at the gap between the both of them, let's see... Kiyoko on the rightmost side, Tanaka, Nishinoya, Azumane, Daichi, Sugawara, Glasses Tsukki, Glasses Tsukki's bestfriend, and finally, Yacchan. What a gap, and neither of them are looking at the others' direction at all. What the hell happened?