A Weekend to Ourselves {Haikyuu}

The Days Before We Depart 1

Kiyoko POV

Takeda-sensei told the third-years to gather at his desk in the teacher's room after school, but before club activities. I stood in front of the door. Final exams had passed, but somehow, anything related to the volleyball team made me even more nervous. I took a deep breath, preparing to open the door when I heard a familiar voice.

"Kiyoko-san!" I turned to greet the voice, and there stood the other third-years on the Karasuno High volleyball team. Sugawara was waving at me, a huge smile plastered on his face, is other arm wrapped around his teammate, Daichi's shoulders, who held one arm around Sugawara's waist and the other in his pocket. The tall giant, Asahi towered behind them, walking timidly behind the couple. Daichi and Suga had begun dating after their first practice as third years, and had recently only told Asahi and Kiyoko. 

"Hello, Sugawara-san." I nodded politely. "Shall we?" I opened the door for everyone, holding it open as we walked diligently to Takeda-sensei's desk. Asahi and I sat on opposite ends, Daichi and Suga separating us. Takeda took a seat at the other side of the table, resting his elbows on the small table, his hands clasped together in front of his face, a glint in his eye.

"You all are graduating this year." Takeda stated, making us all flinch. We noticed this, obviously, but none of us were ready to accept leaving the team behind. I noticed Suga reach for Daichi's hand under the table and Asahi suddenly look down and gulp. I clenched my hands into fists, digging my nails into my palms, nodding. The boys took notice and nodded as well. Takeda-sensei noticed how upset we had gotten and suddenly got flustered, pulling a couple tissue boxes seemingly out of nowhere and giving them to us. "I-I just wanted to say that the rest of the team got a present ready for you all." He nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry for making you all upset. I know how much you love the team. They came up with this idea themselves, and put it all together. Coach Ukai and I didn't do much other than say yes to their plot."

I cleared my throat. "What is it, Sensei?" I asked, my fists unclenching slowly.

Takeda-sensei responed with a smile. "The first and second years have devised a plan to give  you four a graduation present." This flustered us. 

Suga and Daichi stood at the same time, yelling. Asahi sat and yelled. I said it quietly. We all said the same thing.

"WHAT?????????"

Takeda-sensei chuckled. "That's what Coach Ukai and I said when the entire rest of the team came up to us after practice one day. They told us they were going to do some fundraising behind your backs in order to give you all this present. They thought it all out themselves, and Yachi organized a small fundraising event herself. Even Hinata and Kageyama were in on it, keeping it secret, which surprised everyone." He took a breath, pulling out four envelopes. As we began to say no thank you to the gifts, Takeda-sensei began to explain. "These are train tickets to Tokyo. You four are getting an all-expenses paid trip to the city for the weekend. I've talked to your teachers, and Coach Ukai knows. This trip is your graduation present from me, Coach Ukai, and the rest of the Karasuno team."

Asahi piped up. "B-But Sensei-"

"The tickets are non-refundable, and the hotel rooms have already been booked. Just take the envelopes and go get ready for practice, okay? We'll talk more after practice." He shoved the envelopes into our hands and pushed us out the door. We all stood, frozen in shock, in front of the teacher's office. 

"So...a trip, huh? To Tokyo at that..." I opened the envelope, and sure enough was a train ticket, some cash, and a note.

"Guys...I can't go." Asahi fidgeted nervously.