Burned ⇀ Koshi Sugawara

Chapter 12: Future Days

Tony took deep breathes as he looked to the score, it had been 20-18 and he had just been up to serve. The boy bounced the ball off of the ground before returning to the regular serving position, It was time to show off his other serve while he still had the energy too.

Tony felt the eyes on him once again as he was in the only position that caused him to be fully alone on the court. His eyes traveled to the stands before landing on the girl that had shown up out of nowhere in his life before the whistle blew. The boy refocused on the game before tossing the ball up into the air and beginning to march up to the ball.

His eyes widened as he saw the ball hadn't gone up as far as he wanted it causing him to alter his serve midway through his jump. The boy quickly smashed the ball with as much strength as he could, sending the ball straight across the court and into the arms of Kuroo who gave him a smile.

Tony quickly moved up to stand next to Tanaka before the ball came flying back over the net towards the boy who tried to receive it but failed.

"Damnit... Sorry." Tony mumbled out, causing Tanaka to scoff and pat the boy on the back.

"Don't worry about it, man! It happens to the best of us!" Tanaka said before a whistle blew loudly from the sidelines. Tony thought for sure he'd be getting subbed out but to his surprise, he looked to his left and found Suga holding a substitution sign with Kageyama's number on it.

"WOOOO! GO SUGA!!! YOU GOT THIS BABE!" Nyco shouted from the rafters, snapping Tony out of his surprised stare. Kageyama looked angry as he grabbed the sign before walking towards the substitution box. Suga jogged onto the court with a wide smile on his face causing Tony to feel a small smile rise to his face.

"Awh is someone happy that Suga's in the game?" Tanaka teased causing Tony to roll his eyes and throw a chop into this side as he laughed. Suga ran to Daichi and Asahi, smiling to the boys about finally being in the game. Tony looked to the coach of Karasuno who was staring at him with debating eyes, the boy knew what that meant. He needed to try harder, he needed to do better if he wanted to stay on the court.

He needed to stay on the court! Suga just got in, he needs to show them how good Suga is, he needs to show everyone how good he was!

The ball came flying over the court straight into the boy's receive, this time successfully receiving the ball into the air. Tony's eyes flicked to the greyhaired setter who's eyes were already locked on his own. Suga looked to the ball, holding his hands up to get ready to set it.

"LEFT!" Tony yelled as he began jogging up the net, the ball flying towards the flying boy. This was his moment, it was time to show Nekoma that he wasn't on this team by mistake! That Suga wasn't just there as moral support! He was the setter for Karasuno high! He may not have the pure talent that Kageyama had or the ability to serve Hinata for the quick attack but... He had Tony! Tony let out a yell as he twisted his body in the air before three blockers arose in front of him, blocking any straight shot from happening, but they hadn't predicted what Suga and Tony had practiced for months.

The boy slammed his ball right in front of the blockers, their eyes following the insane fastball as it blew wind into their face, flying right by them. Within a blink, the ball smashed into the front corner of the court, gaining Karasuno a point. There was silence throughout the gym as Tony landed on the hardwood gym floor.

Tony's chest rose before falling, looking over to the setter who just set him the ball. When the two locked eyes, there was no net, there was no crowd in the stands, and no Nekoma team. There wasn't even a Karasuno team, it was just the two-third years alone on the court. They stared at each other before the screams of their team snapped them out of the trance they were in.