Karasuno's Mangers: Little Ukai and The Runaway

10: A Bit of Jealousy

It was the day of the practice match against Aoba Johsai.

Emiko had stayed up most of the night for two reasons. One, she needed to wait until her Uncle Keishin had fallen asleep. This way, she could enter the kitchen and bake her cupcakes without him running in every two minutes paranoid that she was going to set the house on fire.

Then, there were the 3866 text messages between her and Kunimi. He was determined that Seijoh was going to win today. Emiko planned to keep him awake for as long as she could.

"I did the best I could to sabotage Seijoh."

Kageyama narrowed his eyes.

Emiko rested her chin on the backseat. She was facing him and Takita, sitting on her knees in her own seat on the bus. "Look, although Kindaichi and Kunimi were my best friends in middle school, you don't have to worry. I go to Karasuno now. I know where my loyalties lie."

"Right."

"It means that I'm done with the Anti-Tobio Kageyama Campaign."

Takita pulled out his earphone and stared between them. "What's that?"

"Nothing."

"How dare you," Emiko gasped. "I put my sweat, blood, and tears into that club just for you!" she turned to Takita. "It was a club me and my friends Kunimi and Kindaichi started when we went to Kitagawa First. It had a total of eight members by the time our first year was done."

"What did you do in the club?"

"We made anti-Tobio Kageyama merch to sell and then we used the money to buy supplies from the jokes and pranks store to use against him. Then we'd film it and put it on Youtube for views. It was great!"

Kageyama scowled. "Stop bringing that up."

"Fine, fine, I'm a mature person now. That's all behind me. Oh, Takita, I'll introduce you to Kunimi and Kindaichi today. They're awesome."

"Most of the girls from Kitagawa go to Seijoh now too," Kageyama added, "Are you excited to see some familiar faces?"

Emiko blinked. "You know I hated all of them."

"They weren't that bad."

"Of course, you would think that," she rolled her eyes, "you're a guy."

Kageyama frowned, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means you think differently, you know, like an alien." Emiko turned away from him and poked the first year. "Are you excited to play today?"

"Not really," he mumbled.

"I can't blame you. Jumping for a ball seems like such an unnecessary waste of energy."

"Finally, someone who gets me."

She grinned. "You're going to get along with Kunimi."

"Why do you keep bringing him up?" Kageyama frowned, "are you two talking?"

"Yeah we spam message each other a lot. He needs a hobby- or a girlfriend. Hey, Takita, you've got to win today, alright? I've got a bet going on and if I don't get my shopping cart full of snacks from Shimada Mart I'm going to be depressed."

"Will you share them with me?"

"I will make an exception," Emiko nodded, "just this time though."

Takita smirked, reaching out to shake her hand. "Deal."

As Emiko was planning which sweets and fried snacks to make Kunimi buy for her and Takita, Mirae was trying to promote proper nutrition.

She stared at the paper in her hands to Hinata and then back at the paper.