Transparent [Tsukishima Kei x Reader]

R 05

"Alright!"

You jumped out of happiness while the other members rushed to the court. You turned towards Kei and jumped on him, too happy to even care. Thankfully, he caught you and was able to stabilize his gravity so the two of you wouldn't fall.

"Don't be so careless," Kei mumbled.

"Cut me some slack, Tsukishima," You said with a grin. "I'm happy. We won!"

"Let's line up!" Daichi shouted.

"Right!"

The team lined up by the edge of the court and bowed down.

"Thank you very much!" You said along with the team.

You walked towards the net to shake hands with the opposing team. As everyone walked away, you saw Shouyou do a double take on the Wakutani captain.

"What?" Tobio asked, looking at Shouyou.

"Shouyou?" You asked.

"One-on-one, I couldn't beat their #1," Shouyou said. "He was more of a Little Giant than me."

"Of course," Tobio said. "You've still got at least 100 years to go, boke."

The two started fighting while you watched them with an amused expression.

"Hey!" Koushi shouted. "What are you guys doing?"

You shook your head and chuckled before holding the two by their shirts and breaking them apart.

"Hey hey," You said. "We need to go."

Tobio was the first one to walk away, making you chuckle.

"You know," You said, looking at your friend. "He's a third year, if I'm not mistaken. That means, he had more experience than you which makes it reasonable that he's more like the Little Giant. But, that doesn't mean you won't be better than him in a year. It's you we're talking about here Shouyou."

You smiled at the boy before walking away as well. When you reached the exit of the gym, you smiled even more.

"Uh, um..... I'm sorry," Daichi said, scratching the back of his head.

"Daichi-san!" You said, along with the second-year libero.

The two of you jumped towards your team captain while the vice-captain punched him repeatedly on his abdomen.

"D-Daichi-san!" Ryunosuke shouted while Daichi was clutching his stomach. "A-Are..."

"I'm fine," Daichi said, standing up straight. "No, seriously. I got some rest, and honestly, I'm better than before the match. I'll work twice as hard in the next match."

Daichi started walking with the team, basically guiding them from behind, to the stands Karasuno would stay in for a while as they eat.

"You guys must be exhausted from playing a full set," Daichi said. "Come on, rest."

"Oh, our next opponent's playing right now," Shouyou said.

"I was watching the last bit with Sawamura-san," Hitoka said as the first-years went up the stairs.

"We're gonna win the next one, too!" Shouyou shouted.

"Yeah!" You said, raising your arm.

Before going up through the other half of the stairs, the three of you—Hitoka, Shouyou, and you— looked back and saw Tadashi.

"Doesn't Yamaguchi-kun seem down?" Hitoka asked.

"Yeah," You mumbled, frowning a little.

"Sorry... I'm gonna go to the bathroom so go on ahead," Tadashi said before turning around and going down again.

The frown on your face remained as you watched the green-haired boy disappear from your view.

"He's really pumped about going to the bathroom," Shouyou said.

You shook your head as you continued to walk up, catching up to Kei who was still looking over the stairs with the rest of the first-years.

"He must need to take a shit," Tobio said.

"Say poop! You're so vulgar, Kageyama-kun!" Shouyou said, looking at the setter.

"I don't think he actually went to the bathroom," Kei said, looking away and continuing with walking up.

"Of course he isn't," You mumbled.

You looked at the blond.

"Aren't you going to talk to him?" You asked.

"No," Kei said. "He can handle it on his own."

"Okay," You said, sighing.

You wanted to comfort Tadashi but Kei knew him better and if he thinks that the boy is better off alone for now with his emotions, then you'll think so too.

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You sat on the gym floor with your legs to your chest and your arms wrapped around your knees. You had your forehead to your knees with closed eyes.

As a libero, you have progressed. You knew that. But still, remembering how pathetic you were during the first set against them made you feel nervous. You didn't want to make things like that again.

You learned that you shouldn't be too caught up on your own mistakes but you also knew that being too carefree about making mistakes could affect the team. You wanted to make less mistakes while also playing longer in the court.

You wanted to play with them as much as you could for this match. After all, they may not know, but this was going to be your last match with them.

"You're not weak."

You looked at Kei who had taken a seat next to you.

"Sorry, what?" You said.

"You're probably thinking about the last match with Seijoh, right?" the blond asked.

"Yeah," You admitted.

"That was the first time we actually talked," Kei said, looking back. "You asked me why I wasn't as distraught as the others when we lost against Seijoh."

You giggled.

"I remember that," You said, chuckling at the memory. "You almost made me give up on volleyball, you know."

"What?" Kei said, looking at you with a confused expression.

"You said that it was just a club and honestly, I agreed. For me, this whole thing should've been just a mission. And yet, I fell in love with volleyball and the team," You said.

"Should I say sorry then for almost making you stop playing?" Kei asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nah," You said, chuckling. "I think I have a lot more to say sorry about."

Kei glanced at you— confusion evident on his face.

"Swallow it back in!" You heard Tadashi shout.

You and Kei stood up and walked towards the two. Once you understood that Tadashi was telling Hitoka to swallow back her heart, you started laughing.

"I hope Yamaguchi isn't planning to be a cardiologist," You said, chuckling.

"I don't think he is," Kei said.

"Calm down, Yamaguchi!" Yu shouted.

"Her heart!" Tadashi said. "Waaah!"

"Should we call 110?!" Asahi asked.

"It's 119," Kei said.

"Just swallow it back in like Yamaguchi said," You said, still chuckling.

"Alright," Daichi said. "Is everyone here? It's almost time."

You glanced at the clock that said, 13:25.

'My last match...'

"Alright! Let's go!" Daichi shouted.

"Yeah!"