Play it safe. Push people away. Don't take risks. Don't try hard. Keep your standards low. Those things are to guarantee you an easy life. But there was one time. One time you mindlessly broke that rule. You had broken one of the biggest rules in your book. And oh how bad you broke it. Don't fall in love. Ayame Yamamoto lives a not-so-ordinary life, and it gets even crazier when she meets the Karasuno's volleyball club. {Various x OC} May contain manga spoilers and profanity. I do not claim the cover art, credits to the respective artist.

Kai Yamamura. A first year moving from Tokyo to Miyagi. Back in Tokyo, she was a student coach for the Teiko middle school basketball team; the few known as the generation of miracles. However, after a certain incident, she finds herself leaving basketball. Once her family moved, it was time for a new start. Not planning on coaching anymore, she thought she'd find a new hobby. On arrival at Karasuno, her new high school, she runs into the advisor of the volleyball team and he begs her to help. Will she join? What happens when her past starts coming back to her if she joins? ** I DO NOT OWN HAIKYUU, KNB, NOR THE COVER!!**

Serendipity (n.)- luck that takes of finding valuable pleasant things that were not looked for. Luck? To him, it was more of a curse: he'll be stuck with this responsibility for the rest of the school year. And it's not just any high school year - it was his last one, and he planned on making the best of it. Of course, here he is now. What he has gotten into is much more worse, troublesome and confusing than his own predicament. After all, what's more bothersome than falling in love? Third book. (note: contents are canon divergent, you have been warned).

Tsukiko Satoshi is Tetsuya Kuroko's distant relative who comes and lives with him and his sister. She attends Seirin High and joins the basketball team where she shows her high level skill in basketball. This skill of hers gave her the title 'Monster Player' and attracts strong players such as the Generation of Miracles. But what if she meets her fellow monster? Will there be rivalry? Or attraction? ------------------------- [2nd Place Winner of 2014 KnB Watty Awards Aomine Daiki category]