Volleyball club manager? Seems new.

Yachi hitoka. A perfect example of someone with almost 0 self confidence. A shiny smart though average high school teenager who was suddenly brought into the world of karsuno’s volleyball because of one reason. The one and only reason!!

Her weakness, that is, good looking people.

Though all too familiar with volleyball because of her tyrant and hypocrite of a dad and a mom who oversees this.

SHE HAS ZERO EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING PEOPLE OR ASSISTING PEOPLE.

Her mom being an epitome of an independent women, her dad trying to make her really strong and independent, it wouldn’t be any less surprising that she does almost everything on her own without any help since she was young.

Hitoka was having her peaceful afternoon break in her classroom having some of her favourite drink and looking out of the window at times and wandering off into her dreamland while doing her sketches side by side, suddenly getting interrupted by a classmate, Akiko , who claims herself to be Hitoka’s best friend.

“What are you thinking about Yacchan?” She asked

“Nothing really” Hitoka replied bluntly.

After a few seconds of silence, it suddenly struck her like a lighting and she turned her head up to look at her friend who was waiting for hitoka’s surprised expression, one of things she was really popular for among her classmates. Akiko, waited patiently for hitoka’s expression when she was dumbfounded and surprised, an expression not many people could come up with these days. Hitoka’s expression was quite amusing to some if not all her classmates.

Hitoka, as soon as her wired expression was wiped off from her face suddenly fell down on the floor, flat, doing a dogeza* suddenly and her chair was moved back making a screech like sound as an impact. This caught the attention of all her classmates even the rowdy ones who were busy with their teasing and pranking.

Akiko was taken aback quite a bit when she saw her most interesting classmate, her self proclaimed friend do this. Her friend’s dogeza made everyone in the class burst into laughter which left Hitoka confused and nothing more nothing less of an expression.

Akiko, caught off-guard by Hitoka’s dogeza and her entire class’s laughter and giggles, in an attempt to stop this, and herself from laughing and embarrassing Hitoka further,started questing her. Rather than a friendly convo between girls, it looked like a interrogation to outsiders who did not know them better because of Hitoka shivering (mainly due to the sudden chill breeze).

“What are you sketching?” Akiko asked/ questioned

“Uh...Ah...I...I was... I was just doing my...” Hitoka continued, “my draft my dad asked me to” she whispered.

Knowing Hitoka’s personality the best, Akiko didn’t dig any deeper and was simply giving a smile at her friend who was trying to finish her sketch by putting in all her efforts and energy. Hitoka, on the other hand was just blinking with her confused expression as to why Akiko kept staring at her.

“Just continue what you were doing. Don’t mind me.” Akiko said just laughing it off, Hitoka’s confused expression that is.

“If you say so.” Hitoka replies and continues her sketch.

Akiko, knowing Hitoka better than almost everyone,knows how much of a hard worker her friend sitting opposite to her is and how she doesn’t take her mind off of anything she fixes on and unknowingly cracks a small, petite and satisfied smile looking at Hitoka with Hitoka’s expressions going wild when she runs out of ideas and when it becomes the exact opposite when she comes up with new ideas to finish her sketch.

A little later a swarm of guys surround a beautiful, mature looking senior girl with a mole in the left side of her bottom lip adding an entirely different look on her but in a good way. Yachi, as soon as she finished her draft, while slurping on her drink noticed this really beautiful girl walking right into her classroom and had a talk with yachi and the next thing Hitoka knew was that she agreed to do something for the 3rd year who was handing out some flyers. Hitoka realised that she has agreed to do something for the senior only when the senior took her hand and started thanking her. Hitoka was already surprised by the senior and was blushing because of how the mature beauty looked but then she literally broke down when the beauty took Hitoka’s hand causing her face to be red as a tomato.

After the 3rd year beauty left, Hitoka was constantly worrying over what she agreed to that led to her being called out to the gym after school. But then again how could she say no to a beauty like her?

“Man... she was soooo... beautiful.” Hitoka muttered.

Akiko suddenly turned her head and started questioning her.

“Huh? Who are you talking about Yacchan?” She asked.

“Huh?” Hitoka answered Akiko who caught her off guard with that question.

“Oh! I was talking about that sempai who just came over.” Hitoka continued. “Just... I don’t know.. you should have looked at her. She was like a goddess who just ascended.” Hitoka said.

“That was shimizu sempai yacchan.” Akiko said.

“Shimizu sempai huh?” Hitoka repeated.

“Why? Are you mesmerised by her Yacchan?” Akiko continued with a pause. “Or perhaps seduced? Cause you are acting like you are right now.” She completed.

Hitoka, deep in her thoughts, didn’t reply but somehow it annoyed Akiko. Akiko has known Hitoka since middle school and Hitoka hasn’t spoken with anyone except for Akiko and was way too shy and nervous to start a conversation with others and her fear of boys and tall people took it to another level since Hitoka was just 4’10 and almost everyone in high were at least 5’2 and their figures just loomed over Hitoka which made her shiver and tremble. Hitoka with her trembling always reminded her overprotective friend Akiko of a cute hamester that needs to be protected.

Akiko couldn’t really digest the fact that Hitoka will be in danger since the volleyball boys club is full of tall if not giants from Hitoka’s point of view. Akiko just sat down silently and started listening to her teacher ‘teaching’ them mathematics which couldn’t get into her head which was filled with Hitoka and her fears that something might really happen to her.

NOTES:

Dogeza- is an element of traditional Japanese etiquette which involves kneeling directly on the ground and bowing to prostrate oneself while touching one's head to the floor.[1][2][3] It is used to show deference to a person of higher status, as a deep apology or to express the desire for a favor from said person.

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