I want to play vollyball

The class has ended. Some students are busy going to the clubs that they're applying for.

y/n is still sitting on her desk. Behind her is Kuroo, who is just packing up his things. She's frozen and a dark aura is spread around her.

Ahh shit. He's my neighbor. We just walk to school and talk this morning. We're also in the same class. But I forgot to ask his name!!! How could I call him? She panicked internally.

Sweat starts to form beads on her forehead just until Kuroo interrupts her trail of thoughts.

"What club you'll join?" He asked and notice the club application form on her table.

Intrigued, Kuroo looks into her sheet.

"Volleyball?" He exclaimed, getting hyped to confirm that she might be the same species as he is. "What position are you?"

"M—"

"Middle blocker?" he immediately interrupts.

"Manager." She followed.

He looks at her paper for a second time and he confirms. 'manager' is written on the blank. Instantly his energy was gone.

"How about you?" y/n thought this would be the best chance to see his name. Her neck gets long as she peeks on his paper. Damn, move it closer!

Kuroo shows it to her. "Volleyball! Middle blocker." He smiled proudly.

"Kuroo Tetsuro..." she unconsciously mumbled it.

"Oya?" He wonders. "Oh, what's your name again? Hahahaha bad of me to forgot to ask you, Kitten."

"Kitten?" she wonders but decides to shrug off the name he just called her.

He just casually asked mine. Hope ever is as carefree as him. She envied.

"f/n l/n" She answered.

"l/n? I think I heard it before..." Kuroo scratched his back trying to remember it.

"Maybe my brother? He plays volleyball too." She guessed.

"Woah! Oh, yeah! l/n-san is your brother? Cool!" Somehow, y/n feels proud that even a city boy knows her brother. (not shitty boy hehe )

She smiled and start talking about her brother and answering the boy's questions about him.

"Don't you want to try playing too?" He asked. "I saw you tossing the volleyball on your room the last day."

y/n glares at him. "stalker!"

Kuroo realized that he just expose himself. He tried to find words to explain but y/n cut him off.

"Just kidding." she laughs at him. "So, let's go to the volleyball club?" She stands up and offers her hand to pull him up. Kuroo accepts her hand but noticed that her ring finger and pinky are taped together.

"What happened with that. He worries. Another clumsiness?" He joked about her accidentally tossing the ball straight to her face.

"Just a minor injury." She said and start to leave the room as Kuroo follows behind.

"Volleyball?" Kuroo asked. She nods. "I thought you don't play?"

"I do, sometimes together with my brother or friends in middle school. Just a casual game though. I'm not as good as my brother to be in official matches." She answered. Somehow she starts missing Oikawa and Iwaizumi. This is the first day of class without them around.

"But you play and practice frequently. Are you sure you don't want to be on the girl's volleyball team?" Kuroo asked. This time they're almost in the gym.

"How could you tell that?" She laughs. "Are you a future teller or a creepy stalker?"

"But your hands feel like..umm" he can't find a word to explain but y/n get it.

"Calloused?" she just laughs as she leads the way to enter the gym to the volleyball club.

Suddenly a ball sprints fast in their direction. Kuroo tried to run and pull y/n so she wouldn't get hit. But he's a step behind before the impact.

y/n blinked her eyes because of shock but still managed to toss it up and catch it after a bounce that loses its momentum.

"Nice receive...and catch" Kuroo joked.

"As a manager, you need to learn how to dodge too." She winked.

They come inside and greeted both the boy's and girl's volleyball clubs who are sharing the gym.

Kuroo handed his paper first with all determination written on his face.

"Kuroo Tetsuro, from class 1-2" He bowed. He's waiting for the girl beside him to speak next. But no voice heard from her. Kuroo looks in her direction and found her spacing out, her eyes glued to the court on the other side of the gym.

They're wide and almost sparkling. The image of one of the players spiking reflected on her e/c-colored eyes.

"S-Sugoi..." She breathes out. Her hands loosely grip the paper she's holding, causing it to fall swaying on-air before landing on the floor.

"l/n-san?" Kuroo called her and she jumps in surprise.

"S-sorry." She bends to reached her application form on the ground. She straightens her clothes and takes one last glance at the girl's court before taking a deep breath.

"f/n l/n, from class 1-2, Mana—"

She's frozen as Kuroo suddenly snatched her application form.

"K-Kuroo?" Her eyes are wide unsure what the boy is doing.

While on the other hand. Kuroo's face is serious and an irate expression resting on his face.

"You got the wrong court. This is the boy's volleyball club." He points his finger to the other court. "Over there is the girls'. Also, sorry I wrinkled your form. I have an extra sheet you can have!" Kuroo said with a strong voice. He's not mad but the eagerness in his voice is noticeable.

y/n was silenced taking time to process everything. She's scared to play volleyball. The exact game where her brother reigns. Afraid of pressure and expectation. She wanted to continue running away like what she has done in the past years. But the fact that she wanted to play keeps bugging her mind. She wants to play and this one last push is all she needs to make her feet took the first step.

She looks at the black-haired boy and smiled before looking back to the coach and adviser. "I'm sorry, I thought it's the girl's club." She apologized before taking a step towards the girl's volleyball team's area.

"f/n l/n, from class 1-2, I want to play volleyball." She declared before handling her newly filled-up form.

Her hands are shaking and cold but her smile is wide.

The adviser received her paper. She looks across the gym to meet these familiar eyes. It's far from her but she knows clearly that they are hazel colored.

"Thank you." She mutters without a voice but the movement of her lips is enough for him to know what she says. He responds with a grinning smile.

• • • • • • • • •

They walk again together back home.

The smile is plaster on the girl's face. She can't hold it even how much she tries to. It's her first time joining a club as a player.

"You look so happy." He commented. Y/n lifts her head and looks up in his direction.

"Do I?"

"Yup." He answered.

"I can't believe I'm joining the team." She laughs. "I wonder what Tooru-kun would say if I tell him." the thought of talking with him over the phone and telling him that she'll start playing excites her.

"Tooru? Is he...your boyfriend?" The boy asked with hesitation.

y/n blushed from the misunderstanding but regained herself just instantly.

"Oh sorry. No no, he's not." She laughs. "He's a friend from Miyagi. He's the setter of the team."

"Ohhh...my friend is a setter too! You should meet him sometime." Kuroo excitedly said.

"Sure!"

They continue walking silently before Kuroo speaks again.

"Someday, we will both became the captain of our team!" Kuroo declared looking at her with confidence.

y/n opens her mouth but closes it again when she saw him looking at the sky with a determined look. He's not joking. He trusts himself and her too.

"And our teams will be in nationals" She agrees even she's not even sure how to make it possible.

For a second, Kuroo got stunned by her but agrees eventually. "Yes, we will!" The black-haired boy smiled looking at her.

"Anyway, do you want to join us this weekend? I mean with Kenma. He's my friend in middle school. He's the setter I'm talking about earlier. We will play volleyball in the park" He invites. Y/n was glad to make new friends so she agrees immediately.

"Sure!" Kuroo could see how excited she is.

"T-then...um can I have your contact? I'll message you." Kuroo awkwardly asked. His intention is purely for the practice but he's afraid to be misinterpreted.

"Sure!" She enthusiastically answered that ease his tension. He hands her his phone and she typed her number. After filling up the blank she clicks okay but instead, she mistakenly hit the home button.

"I'm sorry. Do I have to fill it up again?" She asked as she hands the phone back to him.

"No, it's okay. You don't have to." He opens the form again and reads the details she put before clicking okay. He sends her a message so she could save his number.

They start walking again. It's silent and y/n feels like she has to say anything to break the awkward silence.

"Umm...if you don't mind. Who's the girl on your home screen. She's pretty." She asked with hesitation.

"Ohh this?" He opens her phone again revealing a photo of him on middle school graduation day. Beside him is a girl radiantly smiling and showing her hand in a peace sign in the direction of the camera. Despite the girl being ready as the camera shot, Kuroo is not. He's caught smiling while looking at the girl.

"She's Yoko Tamami, my girlfriend" He smiled.

Y/n look at the photo more closer this time. They look so good together. She thought. From the way his eyes look at her and the way he smiles, she could tell, this girl is special for him.

"She's pretty." y/n said with a smile. "You look so cute together." She said what she genuinely thought.

"Thanks," Kuroo said with a blush while scratching the back of his head.

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