It was now 12:29 PM. Which meant it was lunchtime.

Mayoki was sitting at a table by herself in the cafeteria.

She usually would've eaten lunch, but then she ate quite a lot for breakfast. She placed her hands on her chin to support her head as she softly closed her eyes. Maybe I should've slept longer...

The brown-haired girl tried to take a nap peacefully, but then seven other trays just plotted down next to her, almost making her choke on air.

She looked up to see the other managers smiling down and chatting loudly, laughing and energetic as they sit down at the table around her.

table order:

Yukie          Kaori          Yaoyorozu          Kiyoko

Mona          Mayoki        Shinobu            Yachi

"Hey, Mayoki! How was the first half of Nekoma's training?" Yukie asked after she slurped up a few strands of her udon noodles. 

Mayoki shrugged, rubbing her eyes. "It was fine. All Nekoma did was practice on receives." Mayoki sweatdropped as she got flashbacks of Lev failing miserably at receiving Kuroo and Inuoka's spikes and serves.

"Ah... okay. How about you, Shinobu? How was Shiratorizawa?" Yukie continued, swallowing a sip of soup. The green-haired girl sighed as she placed her chopsticks down.

"They were nice, and their volleyball skills were definitely top-tier," Shinobu started as she looked down at her food. "Shiratorizawa just focused on blocking and spiking." Shinobu finished. Mona then peered over at Shinobu with a raised eyebrow.

"Did they not ask you about your vision?" Mona asked as she peered over Mayoki's shoulder. Shinobu's eyebrows then scrunched up. "Yes, they did. Especially that red-haired male that looks like a mop." Shinobu spoke as she continued to eat her udon. "Did yours, Mona?"

"Yes! They were quite infuriating if you ask me." Mona sighed as she picked up a sheet of tissue and wiped her mouth. "Was it their first time seeing someone with a vision? They were just staring at me like a bunch of harrow perverts."

"But it's probably true if you think about it," Kiyoko commented as she looked up at Mona. "Visions are much rarer than quirks, so I believe that it's normal." Mayoki nodded at what she said. She was already too used to people staring at her waist where her pyro vision was placed.

"But still! They should be more considerate about our privacy." Mona huffed. "Anyway, Aoba Johsai just mainly focused on servings and ball placement on the court."

"Inarizaki too. They just focused on serving and a bit of setting as well." Yaoyorozu added as she sighed loudly. "But I do agree with what Mona said. Some of the boys around here are quite rude about privacy. Inarizaki was fine, as the majority of males respected my privacy." She finished as she looked over at a timid blonde girl. "How about your team, Yachi? They do quite seem like a big handful." Yaoyorozu asked, and the blonde-haired girl thought for a bit.

"Well... you are right about them being a big handful. The majority of them are very loud, and... to be honest, I'm not still used to it." Yachi said as she took another bite of her udon.

"I agree. I could literally hear Karasuno from the other side of the entire gym." Yaoyorozu sighed as the other girls softly chuckled.

Mayoki then, out of nowhere, heard a loud gasp from another table in the cafeteria. The male stood up and pointed at a TV on the wall. "Guys, look! All Might's on the TV again!" 

Mayoki's eyes shined at the familiar name as she tilted her head to the left, looking up at the TV that was to her left.

"All Might has saved 5168 people this week, almost beating his world record of saving 5291 citizens. And ever since the USJ incident with one of the first-year classes, he beat his world record by 8 villains, now breaking the villain's-defeated world recording with a whopping 1693 villains!"

"Wow! He's so cool!"

"There he is, back at it again."

"We can always count on All Might."

"I'm jealous of his height!"

Mayoki lightly smiled at the TV as the always-smiling hero appeared on the screen.

He's so cool.

"Alright everyone, it's now time for the second part of training. Bring your trays to the disposals and then gather around in the gym for more information." Inarizaki's coach, Norimune Kurosu yelled out. In a matter of seconds, everyone stood up, placed their trays away, and then walked as a big group back to the gym.

Mayoki looked at the time on her watch. It was 13:17 PM. "Mayoki!"

The said girl turned her head around and made eye contact with none other than her brother. She slowed down her walking speed as she heard Leon's footsteps get louder. He was then walking next to her.

"Did you bring the extra kneepads as I asked?" He asked as Mayoki nodded her head. "Yeah, it's in my luggage. Need it?" She asked as she looked up at her brother.

"No, it's fine. My current kneepads can hold up for this last day." Leon sighed as the two siblings looked down at his knees, noticing the white dirty and scratched kneepads. Mayoki, observing him, then noticed something. "Where's your vision?"

Leon smirked at her as he pointed towards the gym. "We aren't allowed to play with our vision on us. They might think we're in some way - cheating." Leon sighed as he looked over at her. "Well, your vision's still on you." Mayoki could feel her vision softly grazing on her upper back. "Mhm."

The entire group of volleyball players then walked to the center of the gym, where Karasuno's two coaches were waiting. "Okay, guys! Now, we will take a small break for about 10 minutes. We know you just finished eating and don't want you to have an upset stomach." A short male with glasses spoke. Everyone answered with a quick "Hai!" as everyone separated to talk in their own groups.

Mayoki sighed as she watched the seven other managers talking with each other. Feeling tired, she sat down on the bleachers by herself and closed her eyes, leaning back on the seat.

"Hey, you okay?"

Mayoki's eyes slowly opened as a male in a black and orange colored volleyball outfit walked and peered down at her. 

Mayoki grunted as she leaned forward. She softly nodded as the male shook his head at her.

"You definitely did not eat lunch, did you?" He giggled as he took something out of his pocket. "Here, take this."

Mayoki's vision cleared as a pale white hand appeared right in front of her face. On top of the palm, was a small wrapped-up chocolate.

She rubbed her eyes and gladly took the small chocolate piece. She looked up at the kind male and took in his appearance.

It was a male who was about the same height as her. He has slightly thicker eyebrows, greyish-colored hair, hazel brown eyes, and a mole under his left eye. Mayoki then also took note of his smile.

It's warm.

"I'm Sugawara Koushi by the way. What's yours?" He asked as he took a seat next to Mayoki, turning his face to the side to look at the tired girl.

"Mihara Mayoki." She said as she unwrapped the chocolate and plopped it in her mouth. Her muscles slightly loosened up at the sweet and flavoury taste.

"Happy you enjoy the chocolate. I could already tell from the look on your face that you look extremely tired." Sugawara kindly spoke as Mayoki swallowed the piece of chocolate. "Thank you." "No problem!"

It was then silent for a moment. But Mayoki was thankful that it was not too awkward, as the gym was echoing every single person's voice.

"Why do you wanna talk to me?" Mayoki questioned, before widening her eyes. Shit. That sounded so rude. I didn't double-think what I said.

"Hm... because you looked quite lonely? So I wanted to keep you company!" The male smiled widely at her as her orbs slightly shined. This was the first time (other than her brother and managers) that wanted to sit next to her just for company.

"Thank you, Koushi."

The male's cheeks slightly flushed at the sudden reference to his first name. "U-Uh-- I- Um... O-Okay!" He stuttered horribly as he hastily stood up, and bowed down at her. "Sorry for interrupting you! I'll let you rest." He said as he walked away from the girl, running towards two males around the Karasuno court.

She looked at the male, and then looked back down at her palm with the crunched-up chocolate wrapping. She softly smiled. He's nice.

The whistle, then again, sounded in the center of the gym. The taller and louder Karasuno coach then yelled that it was now time to commence the second part of volleyball training. Mayoki sighed as she placed the chocolate wrapping in her pocket and walked up to Nekoma's court for the last part of this session.

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Mayoki groaned as she plopped down onto the ground.

The second training session was finally over.

The time was now 15:50 PM, and Mayoki was absolutely exhausted.

All of the other Nekoma members sweatdropped as Mayoki and Kenma lay on the ground together, almost on the verge of passing out.

Kenma's Reason: Was actually logical. Their second training session was quite intense, and a majority of the members lost all of their energy.

Mayoki's Reason: From running back and forth from the gym to the bus to get people's water bottles, extra kneecaps, towels, and so on. But other than that, she was just tired again.

Kuroo sighed at the two passed out people. "Come on you guys, we're going back on the bus to go to our hotel."

Mayoki physically melted to the ground as she heard the word 'hotel'. She sat up straight and looked at Kenma. "Wake up Kenma, I wanna go to the hotel now."

"Five more minutes..." Kenma groaned as he looked away from Mayoki. Raising an eyebrow, Mayoki then took out a Nintendo switch from her pockets. "Well, if you don't want to wake up, I guess I'll just burn your N--"

In a blink of an eye, Kenma shot off from the floor, harshly grabbed his Nintendo switch from Mayoki's hand, and growled at her as he stood behind Kuroo. The entire Nekoma team stared with a small smile on their faces as Mayoki softly chuckled. She grabbed her day pack and followed her team to the buses, where all of the other teams were waiting.

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"Everyone, the bus ride to the hotel will take about twenty minutes. Please sit tight." Yaoyorozu exclaimed to the bus members as she sat back down next to Mayoki.

Mayoki sighed as the bus started to move, she opened up her phone and looked through her messages. And coincidentally, she got a notification from Mona.

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🌊🪄👧🏼

Did Oikawa annoy you when we took the bus here?

16:02 PM

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Mayoki raised one of her eyebrows. 

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🔥🫦🔥

Who now?

16:02 PM

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The brown-haired male sitting right behind you.

16:03 PM

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Mayoki's spine shivered at the creepy random message. She slowly turned her head around and looked through the gap between her chair and Yaoyorozu's. Behind them - on the right - was a male with black spiky hair listening to music with his headphones. While on the left, was a male with fluffy brown hair looking out at the scenery.

Before the brown-haired male could notice Mayoki peering at him, she immediately whipped back to her normal sitting position. She looked back at her phone and read the new message.

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🌊🪄👧🏼

You must've noticed him. 

That's Oikawa, the captain of Aoba Johsai's volleyball team.

16:04 PM

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Yeah. I know him.

He did annoy me a little though.

He was disturbing me from falling asleep.

16:05 PM

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Did he call you awkward nicknames?

Like shorty, cutie, or chibi?

16:06 PM

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Spot on.

But why the sudden topic about him though?

16:06 PM

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To just be careful around him.

I don't know, but I just have an uncomfortable feeling about Oikawa.

That's what I read from my scrying glass.

16:07 PM

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Alright. Thank you, Mona.

16:07 PM

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Mayoki switched off her phone as she sighed, shrinking back into her chair. Yaoyorozu seemed to notice Mayoki's tenseness and immediately grabbed a spare towel from her bag. She then proceeded to softly wipe Mayoki's forehead.

"You're starting to slightly sweat. You are okay?" Yaoyorozu asked in concern, shocking Mayoki with her sudden act of kindness. Mayoki smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine, thank you Momo. I'm just a bit... tense is all."

"Ah... then that's okay. You just looked quite uneasy." Yaoyorozu said as she placed the towel back into her bag.

Mayoki smiled at her once again as she looked out at the scenery. Momo is so much like a mother figure.

But then her mood immediately switched at the thought of Mona's sudden messages. Why did she suddenly send me that? Why did she want to warn me about him? Is something bad going to happen?

Time Skip *25 Minutes*

"Alright, everyone! We're here at the hotel. Grab your things from the trunk of the bus and gather around in the lobby while we get your room numbers." The coach of Inarizaki,  Norimune Kurosu explained. Everyone made noises of excitement as everyone piled off of the bus.

Mayoki quickly grabbed her luggage and walked into the hotel. Mayoki's eyes shimmered in the light as the hotel looked very clean and modern. Turning her head to the right, there were four and a half stars proudly placed on the wall. 

"Shinrinyoku Hotel?" "森林浴旅館?" Mayoki recited to herself, reading the name of the hotel that was on the wall behind the reception.

"That's a beautiful name," Kiyoko spoke as she stood next to the tall brown-haired girl. "Translates to... Forest Bath, right?" Mona asked, shocking the other managers. "How do you know what it meant?" Kaori asked, causing Mona to chuckle softly. "Mayoki taught me some Japanese back in Mondstadt. Her lessons are actually quite good." Mona complimented, making Mayoki do a small 'pfft'.

 "Everyone silence, please! Let's now let the older managers talk about our schedule for tonight." One of the coaches spoke as they walked towards the reception. Yukie and Shinobu then stepped up, walking up front to meet up with the group of 60 teenagers.

"While we wait for the coaches to get our room numbers, let me and Yukie talk to you guys about our schedule for tonight." Shinobu lightly repeated as Yukie cleared her throat.

"Tonight, we are going to have an activity. We know that you guys are tired, so you guys can rest in your rooms until 18:00 PM for dinner." Yukie explained, hearing loads of 'yes!' and 'mhm.'

"And after dinner, we will be walking together as a big group, into the woods behind the hotel to set up a campfire." Shinobu finished. All the guys started to chat again, making Mayoki's head hurt. It's way too loud...

"Thank you, Kuki and Shirofuku for explaining to them. Now, we will call out everyone's name, and partner for your rooms. Please listen carefully." Coach Nekomata said as the crowd answered with a loud "Hai!"