Karasuno's Mangers: Little Ukai and The Runaway

23: Oh To Be Rejected By Tobio Kageyama

Emiko poked her head into Class 3. She found Kageyama sleeping on his desk, a pool of drool surrounding him.

"How attractive," she muttered sarcastically. "I bet Akira would have a heart attack if she saw him like this. Tobio!" she screamed. The other students flinched, wondering if she had a death wish. They flickered their stares to Kageyama who sat up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

He blinked seeing her usher him towards her. Slowly, he got out of his seat.

As he approached her, he pushed her to the side and began sprinting down the halls.

"Damn you- You know I hate cardio!" He looked over his shoulder and pushed himself to lose her. "Tobio, stop turning so many corners, it's tiring!"

Emiko was used to people ignoring her. Kageyama was no exception. She recalled those days at Kitagawa First, when he turned himself deaf whenever she tried to sing his entrance slogan for when he entered a room.

However, if there was one moment where he should have listened, now would have been it. She heard him tumble down the stairs as soon as he whipped around the corner.

"I told you to stop!" she huffed, resting her hands on her knees.

"No," he murmured, crawling away.

"Your nose is bleeding," Emiko frowned. "If you run again, I'll just follow the blood trail."

She walked down the steps, glaring at the students who quickly scampered away. She leaned down to his height, but he took that chance to push her off balance and onto her back.

She grabbed his leg before he could scamper away.

"Let go of me!"

"Never!"

"What is wrong with you?" Mirae stood at the bottom of the steps, gripping her head. "I told you to leave him alone!"

"Help!" Kageyama cried.

"Don't you dare, this has nothing to do with you. Walk away now."

"Oh, so you can push him out the window this time?" Mirae pulled Emiko off of him. She reached into her bag and held out a pack of tissues to Kageyama.

Emiko crossed her arms over her chest. "First, I didn't push him down the stairs. Second, I am tempted to push him out the window." Emiko turned to Kageyama. "You're not leaving until we settle this."

"I have class," he growled.

"Oh, because you're definitely the concerned academic type."

"Emiko," Mirae warned.

"Shut it. I'm done with him throwing glares at me left and right. Or scowling at me when I ask him a question. I'm not taking it any longer, especially if I haven't done anything."

Kageyama's brows furrowed. "Did you tell her?" he asked Mirae.

"She did," Emiko brought her hands to her face and let out an annoyed sigh. "Tobio, I literally led a campaign against you in middle school. Why the hell would you think I have a crush on you?"

"To be fair, childhood rivalries tend to grow into feelings. Like last week on my favourite drama show, the main character Eiichi-"

"Shut up Mirae."

"The letter," he interrupted.

"For the love of God, if anyone says the word 'letter' again today, I am going to move continents!"

Mirae and Emiko were on their way back from a meeting with Takeda Sensei. As they turned the corner, Mirae saw something that made her freeze. She grabbed onto Emiko's back and pulled her behind the wall. "Do you see what I see?"