Love is not Extinct

Chapter 03: The Volleyball Club

"Okay but just hear me out!" Tanaka said jumping up from where he had been sitting to stretch before they played. "We were discussing wedding plans and I suggested that we have a volleyball net at the reception. Isn't that the coolest idea ever?"

His question was met with silence and blank stares.

"Aww, come on." Tanaka complained, looking down at his wild, orange-haired teammate who was sitting on the gym floor next to him, stretching. "Not even you, Hinata? I thought for sure you would be on my side. It's a great idea."

Hinata smiled and laughed shyly as he reached up, scratching the back of his head. "Sorry Tanaka-san," he sympathized. "I do think that sounds really cool but I get hired for a lot of weddings so I'm pretty familiar with what people usually want at them, and volleyball...well volleyball is not really a wedding appropriate activity."

"I know that," Tanaka countered, trying to sound as if he hadn't been worried in the first place.

"Plus," Nishinoya Yu jumped to his feet, stretching his arms above his head. "I don't think that Kiyoko would agree to that. What did she say when you told her your idea?"

"Well..." Tanaka looked up trying to not look suspicious. His teammates looked back and forth at each other. They all knew exactly what that meant.

"I said no."

Tanaka jumped, spinning around to see a beautiful dark-haired woman with calculating eyes, carrying a box of sports equipment. It was Shizimu Kiyoko, the Kurasano Community Sports Center's event manager and Tanaka's fiancée.

"Kiyoko!" Tanaka squeaked as he smiled and ran over to her. "Here let me carry this for you," he offered though he didn't really give her much of a choice as he took the box from her.

"Good morning Shizimu-san." Sawamura Daichi, a police officer for the city and the team's unofficial team captain, smiled at the sports center's employee. Kiyoko replied with a simple nod of acknowledgement.

"I take it the wedding planning is going well?" Sugawara Koshi asked.

"Yes." Kiyoko nodded with a small smile. "Everything is going very smoothly."

Tanaka beamed with pride as he stood up straighter next to his bride-to-be. "Kiyoko has everything all organized in this wedding planning binder. It even has schedules and a to-do list." The team chuckled and Kiyoko smiled shyly, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. Her cheeks flushed slightly pink from embarrassment.

"No surprise," the newest member of their team chipped in. Ennoshita Chikara was invited to join the club by Sawamura after the officer had seen Ennoshita for physical therapy due to a work injury about a year prior. Ennoshita also happened to have gone to high school with Kiyoko. "She was always prepared and organized as the manager of our high school's volleyball team."

"I've seen her wedding planning binder. It's really organized." Hinata grinned. "She brought it with her to the flower shop when her and Tanaka were deciding on their floral arrangements for the wedding. She had pictures of arrangements and flowers she liked as a reference and everything. It made my job really easy."

Kiyoko's cheeks flushed and she mumbled a thank you before turning back to Tanaka. "I need to get these items to the storage room." She said reaching to take the box back, but Tanaka kept it from her.

"No. No." He grinned at her. "I'll take it for you." He then proceeded to walk forward, Kiyoko in tow. On their way out they passed Yamaguchi who was rushing in with Haruhisa, followed by Tsukishima strolling in at a leisurely pace.