𝙄 𝙃𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙔 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔- 𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙍𝙊 𝙎𝙐𝙉𝘼

nine

The Spring Interhigh Qualifiers..... are finally here!!

"And we go next week!" You said enthusiastically.

"What team are we up against first?" One of your teammates asked.

"I'm not sure honestly. The captain should know so you should ask her." You said.

'Finally a game....' You thought to yourself.

Your practice game with the boy's volleyball team had ended. No winner was announced because the game was stopped to announce the Spring InterHigh Qualifiers.

"Hey." Someone said behind you or two people?

"Do you think you'll be good enough to qualify?" The blonde-haired one asked eagerly.

"Of course. These rounds won't be as hard as the InterHigh matches. We should win this." You answered honestly.

"Well, aren't you prideful or maybe cocky?" Atsumu asked with a smirk.

"I think all of us should have a little pride in our teams." You said to him. You already knew Atsumu was just trying to get under your skin. It wasn't really going to work.

Suna was sitting down quietly listening in on your conversation with Atsumu. His eyes narrowed a seeing you two talk.

"Maybe arrogant is the right word." Suna whispered to himself.

After practice, you had gone home excited. For the next week, you couldn't stop thinking about the matches coming up and soon that day was here.

"Okay! Everyone is present on the bus. We're ready to go, coach!" Your captain said.

The bus ride wouldn't be too long so you didn't have time to sleep but even if you could sleep you wouldn't. You were just too excited to finally play in a real match.

As soon as your bus got to your destination, you all jumped out. You saw the boy's team bus had already got here and they were discussing something. You didn't pay much mind to them since they all seemed pretty word focused.

"There's a lot of people here today for this one. That's a bit unusual." Someone said.

"Well, you know how popular the Miya twins are. They bring fangirls wherever they go." You answer back.

Your team walked into the stadium and looked around. There are a lot of people standing around that you can hardly see where you want to go next. It gets even louder once you hear girls squealing running over to the twins as they walk in after you.

"I think I'm going to go to the bathroom!" You said to your captain.

"Okay.... but hurry back!" She yells back, clearly getting overwhelmed at the fangirls running by her.

You manage to escape that crowd and you take a breather trying to calm yourself down after everything that's happened.

"Y/N?" A voice said quietly.

You turned around to see a petite girl around your age. She had black hair and light brown eyes.

It took you a minute but you soon remembered that she was your former teammate in junior high.

"Hey!" You said joyfully walking over to hug her.

"I didn't know that you went to Inarizaki now." She said.

"Yeah well... things happen." You answer honestly.

Suna wasn't one to stay in loud crowds so naturally, he left way before you did. He had been walking around for a while until he heard a familiar voice.

His back straightened just a bit as he stopped walking, peering behind a wall.

He knew he looked stupid but he noticed you talking to a black-haired girl. She looked familiar but he couldn't tell why.

"I remember you playing really well in Junior High! You and that technique-" The girl paused realizing what she almost said. It had been two years so you can't blame her for forgetting about how sensitive you were about that technique.

"I-I meant, you and your blocks! They were really good." She said correcting yourself.

You laughed at your former teammate's mistake. It's not like you were going to cry overhearing someone mention it.

"It's okay! I know you were about to say that old silly technique. I'm not gonna sulk or anything if you say it." You said smiling softly.

"I'm sorry about that and I am still sorry about your dad." She said bowing.

Dad? Suna thought to himself. Now that he thought about it, he had actually never heard you say anything about your dad. Well, he knew you guys weren't close or anything so he would never hear u talking to ur family to him but he heard you mention your grandma once or twice in a conversation.

You had difficulty swallowing as she mentions your dad. You had already come to terms with his death, at least you thought you did. Just hearing him in a conversation can still make your throat so dry.

"It is fine. As a matter of fact. After he passed, I decided to change my technique— as you know. I have become a much better middle blocker and spiker. I... disrespected my dad's last wish for me to win all games when I.... lost that match in junior high with that technique." You said slumping down.

If this was junior high, at this point you would be crying but now as a second year, you just smile softly talking about it. You still felt shameful after these years.

''Your technique was really good.'' She said.

''But in the end, after practicing so hard with my dad using that technique, I lost with it and all he wanted me to do was win with it. So even now, before each game, I always tell my dad I'll win. Because without that silly technique that ended up failing, I can. I can win games for him. I won't let him down again like I did that time in Junior High." You say looking back up at her.

The black-haired girl was biting her lips, holding back her tears. I guess she was supposed to be holding back her cries but to you, it was a humorous look. You find it ironic but sweet that she was the one crying.

You hugged her as she goes on about how you've grown and how she'll keep coming to your games. You were so engrossed in your conversation with her.

You didn't take notice of the brown-haired boy hiding behind the wall.

You couldn't hear how his breathing started to get shaky.

You couldn't see him as his yellow eyes widened.

And you didn't hear him as he quietly walked away.