Burned ⇀ Koshi Sugawara

Chapter 8: The Bet

Tony walked alone through the halls of Karasuno, making his way to the gym of the school. It had been a week since he and Suga had discovered the cut shot quick they could do and a lot more had happened in the span of time. Karasuno had gotten a new coach who Tony was yet to meet, they had a practice match with another school named Aoba Johsai, plus they got their Ace and Libro back.

Suga had asked the boy to meet him in the gym after school as he had something he wanted to ask the boy. Tony heard the faint sound of Volleyballs smashing against the floor as he got closer and closer to the gym. He opened the door, finding two men standing near it with the Karasuno manager who he had met once.

"Tony? What're you doing here, son?" Takeda asked his student who he knew from class. Tony gave him a smile before he heard a familiar voice yell his name from across the court. He had figured it would've been Tanaka or Suga to notice him first but of course, he had forgotten about his little tangerine friend. Tony looked for the voice finally finding it in the short boy running towards him.

"Hinata!!" Tony said as he smiled, already knowing what was coming. The boy braced himself and opened his arms as Hinata jumped up and tackled the boy once again in a hug. While he had only talked to Hinata a few times since the three on three, Suga had told him that the boy was enamored with Tony. He saw him as some volleyball legend much like he saw the tiny giant.

"What're you doing here?! Are you finally joining the team?! Oh, you should show Coach how amazing you are! Did you know we're going to Tokyo to have a practice match with our old rivals?! We're gonna win!" Hinata rambled off causing Tony to smile and pat the boy on the head before he backed away.

"I'm afraid not, little man. Koshi asked me to come by for something." Tony said causing Hinata's face to warp into one of confusion.

"Koshi? Oh, you mean Suga? Oh cool! Maybe he'll bribe you to join the team!" Hinata said before Kageyama called him back, aggravated at the pause in practice.

"Hey, Two-Tone! Didn't know you were coming by, did you come to see how amazing your best friend's spike is? Although you already know just by looking at me don't you!?" Tanaka said, walking up to the boy with his hand out, signaling the boy to give him the handshake Tanaka had taught him.

Tony's smile grew wider as his best friend walked up to him, happy to see the boy even though he had just seen him at lunch a few hours earlier.

"Oh you know it, Baldy. I'm all about your spikes." Tony chuckled causing Tanaka to make a face at him before glancing over to the girl who was standing with the managers.

"Oh! Come here, Tony. I want you to meet someone very very special to me! Two-Toned, this is Kiyoko! Kiyoko this is Tony or Two-Toned, he's American!" Tanaka said causing Tony to slightly chuckle at the introduction he was given before looking to the girl who gave him a slight smile.

"Nice to meet you!" Tony said with a smile that Kiyoko returned causing Tanaka to seemingly lose his mind, asking him how he got her to not ignore him.

"Tony! You made it!" Tony heard Suga's voice yell out from the court, Tony turned around and faced the grey-haired boy who was slightly sweaty and very happy to see the boy.

"Hey, Koshi. What's this all about?" Tony asked as the team paused their practice, making their way to stand around the boy. Tony's eyebrows furrowed as Suga took a step forward with a slight smile on his face.

"So, I talked to the team and told them about our cut shot and that you were helping me practice..." Suga started causing Tony to nod and look at the boy with suspicious eyes.

"Well, they wanted to see us do it, they kinda don't believe me..." Suga said causing Tony to tilt his head at the boy, he needed all of this just to tell him that?