Little By Little

Ch 18: Request

"I got it!" Kei shouted.

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Wow. Kei's not bad for a libero, he's actually pretty good.

" Haruki-San!" Akato exclaimed, tossing the ball to the ace.

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"hyaaa! We did it!"

Woooah! Haruki slammed that ball so hard, it almost deflated! He's a great ace..

" that was a great game Kei! Watching you guys from the bench was like so exciting!" Bokuto smiled brightly and cackled.

Wait.. There could only be one ace in the team. If Haruki is this good, then why did coach even bother to introduce me to this team.

"Are you wondering why I called you to join us even if we already have a great ace?" Coach Netsumaka approached Bokuto who was sitting down in the bench watching the game.

"h-huh? How are you always reading my mind? Are you.. By ang chance.. A psychic?"

".. Ahahahah! Of course not! I'm just good at reading people's faces. Especially yours, they're exceptionally easy to read"

"oh.. Is that a good thing?" the confused boy asked, not understanding what coach meant and is still focused on the fact that he might be a psychic.

"well, I'm not sure. But anyways I called you because Haruki is a senior. He's about to graduate soon and he specially requested for his replacement.. To be you"

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"me? Why me?"

"Honestly, I do not know. Haruki is one of the people I can never understand. He's hard to read plus he's not that sociable. But since he has great play tactics and he can play to his heart's content.. We don't mind those other negative things about him" Coach smiled and looked at Haruki who seems to be busy playing.

"oh.. Okay then. I guess I have to get to know him better as a thank you for requesting me here" Bokuto was uncomfortable but he was grateful that someone he didn't even recognize requested his presence.

This is kinda weird.. I mean I know nothing about Haruki but he specifically called for me. I've never watched their game matches before because I was way too busy watching other stuff.. With Akaashi.. And even though I'm in the top 5 aces, it's kind of weird that he knows me.

" Here"

" u-uh, Haruki-San! What's this for?"

"This is the list of all the members of the team including the managers and organizers" Haruki handed the paper that was filled with information and photos of the team members. He gave Bokuto a cold look and smiled.

Woah. That guy can smile? He kind of reminds me.. Of.. Ah! Karasuno's setter, Kageyama Tobio. Their smiles are alike since I've never really seen Tobio smile that much. But when he does, it's always when he's with Hinata.
Ah how I miss Hinata and salty Tsukishima.

"See you" Haruki looked back and waved goodbye.

"oh uh goodbye Haruki-San!" Bokuto bowed and waved goodbye.

Oh I'm exhausted!! I really wanna call Akaashi right now and tell him all about my day and then forget that I'm cooking. Then it gets burned.. Then I cry.. And so Akaashi takes over.. And cooks everything for me.

I miss you Akaashi.