Receiving Practice

Chapter 2

(About 1166 words, sorry It's short (╥﹏╥)

(the next day at 4:00 P.M)

*Tsukshima's POV*

Our team barely won the game against Fukurōdani with the final score being 24:25. We now have 2 hours of practice before we eat dinner and I am currently sitting on a bench, upset that I'll have to spend all that time with a stranger doing nothing but receiving. (Aka the last thing I want to do).

I looked up when he saw the doors open to reveal a green haired boy who looked about my height but probably shorter. I could easily recognize him from yesterday's game but even if I didn't, he was the only one in the teal seijoh uniform. I was about to walk over to him because he probably didn't know who I was but Kuroo got to him first. I stayed in my place and didn't know what they were saying since I was on the other side of the gym, but Kuroo pointed to me before walking off and the boy walked over to where I was.

"Hello, your Tsukki right? I'm Yamaguchi. It's very nice to meet you!" He said as he stuck out his hand.

"It's Tsukishima." I looked at his hand for a second and hesitated before shaking his hand. I normally would just leave his hand there but Yamaguchi seemed to be stepping out of his comfort zone to do this so the least I can do is not be a jerk.

"Oh, sorry, Kuroo-san told me you go by Tsukki, welp, are you ready to practice?"

I rolled my eyes internally. 'Of course that rooster head did.' I thought.

"Yeah." I walked over to one side of the court and Yamaguchi went to the other.

Yamaguchi did his usual routine that I had made a mental note about earlier in the game yesterday. The ball flew into the air, but fell short right before it hit the net.

"Oh, sorry! Let me try again!" yamaguchi blushed in embarrassment before grabbing the ball.

He quickly threw the ball up before slapping it down. It was heading for a spot right next to me and I quickly got into place. The ball went down onto my hands but it went left instead of straight back to the net. I looked at Yamaguchi and he seemed to be pleased with himself, supposivally for getting a good serve.

"You'll get the next one!" Yamaguchi yelled over the net.

*No POV*

The two boys practiced for the entire time before it was finally time for dinner. They were currently sitting on a bench chugging down their water quickly.

"You had some very good receives, I'm impressed!" Yamaguchi complimented.

"Thanks." Tsukishima responded, he had a feeling that Yamaguchi was just being nice because he missed a lot.

"You two better hurry up and shower before all the food is gone." Kuroo told them as he was passing by.

"Ah, ok! Bye Tsukishima, bye Kuroo-San. I'll see you tomorrow!" The pinch server stood up, waving his head to the two boys and started running to the door, leaving the gym.

"So how'd it go?" Kuroo asked, sitting down in Yamaguchi's spot.

"Fine." Tsukshima responded blandly as he took another sip of his water and Kuroo frowned.

"C'mon Tsukki! Talk to me!" Kuroo whined as his head fell dramatically onto the first year's shoulder.

Tsukishima shoved Kuroo off his shoulder with a 'Tch'.

"I just practiced receiving and he practiced serves, that's it, now if you'll excuse me, I need to shower." Tsukishima stood up and left before Kuroo could stop him.

Yamaguchi was heading to the showers when he had bumped into Oikawa.

"Hey, Oikawa-San! How was your practice?"

"Hello Yama-Chan, it was great, how about you?" He asked as they both started walking to the showers.

"Pretty good actually, I'm glad that I'm able to help Tsukishima! Oh, I need to shower real fast, see you at dinner!" Yamaguchi exclaimed as he waved goodbye at his upperclassman and walked into the showers.

Yamaguchi had just finished getting dressed and he was on his way to the cafeteria. He walked into the room and was hit with the smell of rice and meat. After grabbing his food, Yamaguchi went to go sit with his teammates. He sat down next to Yahaba and immediately started stuffing his face after being so hungry from practice.

Everyone was basically done with dinner and Yamaguchi had just finished clearing his plate. He turned his head to see Tsukishima walking out.

'Ah, perfect!' Yamaguchi thought.

He could tell from there one practice that he wasn't the nicest person out there and he was kinda cold but, he didn't want to spend the next two weeks in agony so he might as well try to befriend the blond.

Yamaguchi ran out of the cafeteria and started to look for Tsukshima. He saw the taller walking probobally back to where Nekoma was staying.

"Hey Tsukishima!"

The boy turned his head and set his headphones around his neck.

"Can I help you?"

"Well no not really bu-" Yamaguchi started but was cut off.

"Is this important?"

"I uh, no but I was won-" The shorter boy was cut off again.

"Then I'll be going." Tsukishima put his headphones over his head and was starting to walk away.

Yamaguchi was pissed. 'Who does this guy think he is? Just cause he's tall and intimidating doesn't give him a right to cut me off!'

"Tsukishima, I want to talk to you about something. If you could please listen that would be great." Yamaguchi said in a firm voice that seemed to get the other boy's attention.

"Fine, what is it?"

Yamaguchi was very pleased at himself for not backing down but tried to contain his smile.

"We're going to be practicing with each other for the next two weeks. I thought it would be nice to at least get to know one another so we aren't total strangers and that would at least make our practices more enjoyable." He said in a sheepish voice.

Tsukishima being the salty boy he is, was not going to befriend this guy but before he could say anything, Yamaguchi spoke.

"It's not that difficult, two weeks is two weeks and after that we never have to talk to each other ever again."

Tsukishima sighed.

"Fine". Before walking off and putting his headphones back on.

Yamaguchi was shocked. While he didn't really give the taller boy a choice, it was still shocking.

Yamaguchi basically skipped back to where his team will be sleeping with a wide grin across his face.

A/N

That's it for chapter 2, not the best but I will definitely try to improve my writing and to make each chapter longer. I've sort of run into an issue were I can't think of whats going to happen next but I'll get over it eventually. Hope you liked it and next chapter should be out in 4-7 days. (◠‿◠)