A/N: Sorry for the small delay but here it is! This is a long one :)
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"Alright boys and girls today is the last day of the training camp meaning that we'll be having our scrimmages!" Coach Ukai announces as everyone was gathered up in the gym.
"This gym is able to fit 3 courts so we'll be having three different matches going on at once having the coaches as the refs. We hope that you have learnt many things from the camp and wish the best for every team," He continues before calling the different teams that will be playing first.
With that the games started those on court warming on with their teams and such.
"I'm so hyped up to finally beat Mei-San and your old teammates to a pulp today!" Akari beams as we were all stretching on the gym floors.
"Honestly me too," I add as I glance at the Nekoma girls before looking at our opponents Johzenji stretching on the other side of the court.
Our first match was against the notorious 'party school' whereas the other two courts had Karasunos boys and Nekomas boys facing off and Fukurodanis boys and Nohebi's boys against each other.
The rest of the teams were on the sidelines either watching a match or conversing with each other.
"Can I get both captains to do a coin flip!" Aoba Johsai's boys coach called out to which Hina took as a signal getting up from the floor.
"So where did you go last night Ren? Ito said that you fell asleep in her room, kind of suspicious to me," Sakura speaks up grinning at me.
"I didn't go anywhere. I just saw her in the halls and we talked in her room till I got too tired to walk back so I stayed there," I reply as casually as I could as I tied my shoes.
Both girls in front of me gave each other a look before grinning back at me.
"Are you sure you weren't with a certain boy?"Akari winks playfully to which I couldn't help but laugh at.
"Nope, just talked to Ito that's all."
"Hmm alrighty then Ren whatever you saβowie!" The vice captain whines as she rubs the back of her head in pain.
"Akari stop interrogating Ren and start getting everyone else huddled up as I talk to the ref," Hina scolds the girl before walking back to the center of the court.
I only snicker in response receiving a glare from the vice captain before she calls everyone.
After finishing our warmup and doing our small pep talk our match begins a few others watching and cheering us on, one being the Seijoh boys of course.
Glancing in the direction of the group I quickly spot the familiar black haired boy about to send a smile his way till I noticed another figure.
Of course it was Rin talking to him to which Iwaizumi only kept a stoic look nodding at whatever she was saying.
I couldn't help but ball my hands up slightly as the girl continued to constantly flirt with my boyfriend as I knew for a fact that she knew of the thing we both had.
As I continue watching the two as if the boy had sensed it he snaps his eyes in my direction locking his green orbs with mine.
We both stare at each other for a few seconds before he sends a small smirk my way that I couldn't help but fluster up at before quickly averting my attention back to the court.
With that our match began to which we easily won after two sets.
The day then continued with us facing off against different teams and cheering on different teams as well.
"Oya Naka-Chan will you cheer me on?!" Oikawa had asked with his signature smile waiting for the boys game to start against Nekoma.
"Oi pretty boy she'll be cheering us on of course!" Kuroo retorts glaring at the captain before looking at me with a grin. "We are the superior team after all. I mean we have actually made it to nationals before."
Of course those words spoken by Kuroo had struck a nerve in the setter as not only him but all of Seijoh glared at him.
"We'll make it this year and kick your butts!" The setter finally speaks up anger seething through his voice.
"Win against Shiratorizawa?" The bed haired boy furrows his eyebrows slightly knowing damn well that he was getting under his skin for fun. "I'd like to see you trβ"
"Okay okay that's enough!" I finally intervene smiling at the two before a fight began of any sort. "Kuroo stop teasing Oikawa," I point a finger at him to which he only shrugs his shoulder in response putting his hands up defensively.
"Well I'll definitely be cheering you on Kuroo-Chan," Akari smiles sticking her tongue out at Oikawa who only pouts at her in response.
"God she really is a simp to the point where she's not even cheering for her own school," Hanamakki snickers quietly under his breath going noticed by Akari as she launches a ball in his direction.
"Oi she will be cheering for us!" A voice suddenly barks from the other court to which we all look to see Tanaka glaring daggers at the boys Noya there to defend him.
"Guys stop acting so immature," Both Suga and Kenma say on cue in a bored tone looking at one another before letting out a small sigh.
As the argument had finally simmered down the match finally began with Nekoma coming on top in the end resulting in a clearly pissed off Oikawa who only scowled at the bed haired captain.
As the same had went for Akari. When winning our game against Nohebi the vice captain of course had the biggest smile plastered on her face as she shook hands with Mei.
"Looks like we won again Mei-San," She flaunts as I stood behind her.
Mei only growls at her in response before snatching her hand away from the vice captain.
Now to end the day off we had our final match of the day against Nekoma of course.
As we began warming up I couldn't help but avert my attention to Rin who was once again looking at my boyfriend admiring him as he hit a perfect cross shot earning his team a point.
"I really don't get why Rin-San is so keen on talking to Iwaizumi-San. Why doesn't she just go for Oikawa like the rest of her team," A voice whispers on my side to which I turn around to see Sakura eyeing Rin with a distressed look. "I know you two aren't together or anything but if I saw someone looking and acting the way like that with Shinji I would go crazy.
Oh if she only knew how I angry I was but was only trying my best to keep my composure.
"It's just one more day then I'm free of her," I sigh running a hand through my ponytail. "She's honestly just trying to get under my skin and I'm not going to let her do that even though she is constantly flirting with my boyfriend," I grumble instantly earning a slap on the shoulder by the libero herself.
I avert my gaze to see her eyes wide a hand over her mouth before removing it quickly.
"Y-you just called Iwaizumi-San your boyfrβ" I put my hand quickly over her mouth the rest of Sakura's words coming out as muffles.
"Yes yes he is my boyfriend but don't tell anyone else please," I almost beg to which she quickly notices my worried expression nodding in response as I removed my hand from her mouth as a few around us gave us weird looks.
"I really want to scream of excitement right now for you but I will later," She smiles excitedly shaking me back and forth to which I couldn't help but smile back as I felt a weight being lifted off my shoulders.
"But I do recommend telling everyone soon so that the girl will actually take a hint and Oikawa will stop chasing after you."
At Sakura's words my eyes widen slightly as she snickers. "You sound exactly like Hajime! The only reason we haven't made it public is because he's afraid of hurting Oikawa since apparently he has feelings for me."
"Huh didn't know he actually cared for the boys feelings that much," Sakura mutters before we get called to circle up.
"Alright girl so this is our last match for today and although we have won every other game this is definitely going to be the hardest as Nekoma is a powerhouse school. They are known for their defence so we just have to make sure to somehow find an opening in their formation and we should be good," Hina tell us to which we all nod in response.
"We won all our games today so let's end off on a good note and crush Nekoma."
After we do our cheer the starters walk out onto court me being the first to serve.
"Nice serve Ren!" The girls shout as I bounced the ball a few times waiting for the ref to give me the signal.
As the whistle sounded in the gym I threw the ball in the air my target already on the captain who was smirking at me smugly.
We were going to win this.
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"I can't believe we just lost," I pant out of breath glancing at the score to which was 33-31 before averting my attention to the Nekoma girls who were cheering and hugging each other.
The match had gone back and forth in rallies Nekoma's defence being almost impossible to break. They had really upped their game since Kimura and I left with a new libero as well who was known to be a top 3 libero in the country digging up almost all of our spikes.
So forth the game had resulted in going on for quite some time only for them to win from my serve going out of bounds as I had lost almost all my energy and concentration.
"Girls line up to shake hands!" I could hear Hina faintly call as I attempted to regain my breath following the other girls to centre court.
As I walked towards the others I couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt build up in my stomach as I was the reason for the match point.
Lining up with the other girls we began shaking hands with the Nekoma girls to which I basically received dirty looks by.
Finally approaching the one who didn't give me a 'I hate you' sort of look I smile at the second year outstretching my hand to hers. "Good game Ino. You've improved so much and I'm so proud of you."
The girl had flustered up quickly in response shaking my hand back with an even brighter smile. "Wow thank you so much Naka, it means so much coming from you! It's all thanks to you though senpai. You truly are an amazing player," The girl replies in the most heartwarming tone only making me feel better.
"Maybe we can meet up somβ"
"Oi Ino move faster, we don't have all day," Rin interrupts the second year pushing her forward slightly to which I only give an apologetic look to her as she gave me one last smile before moving forward.
"Good game Rin," I was barely able to grit out offering my hand for her to shake.
She eyes my gesture warily before looking back up at me with a smug smile on her lips grabbing it in mine.
"Good game Ren. It was fun to beat you as we've gotten a lot better after you left. I feel bad for your teammates as you seemed to be quite a burden to them losing the match for them."
The girl quickly removed her hand from mine making sure to bump shoulders with mine as she walked away before I could even speak a single word to her.
"My offer still stands to beat the shit out of her," I could hear Akari mutter from behind me to which I turn around to see her glaring at Rin before averting her attention back to me a small frown on her face.
"Now don't blame yourself for the loss as I know that's what you're doing now," She flicks my forehead to which I wince slightly in pain. "But on the contrary I heard that were having a small party with lots of food so let's go!" She suddenly takes my hand dragging me towards the others.
"Oi Ren I better not see you sad because you thought you lost the game for us. It was a team effort," Hina points her finger at my strictly a deadly look on her face to which I only nodded nervously in response.
With that we all walk back to our own dorms to freshen up before the small surprise all the coaches had for us.
As Akari and I entered our room I could almost feel the tension that had aired as no one spoke a single word, the room in complete silence.
Taking a shower and changing into a decent outfit Akari and I meet up with the other girls before walking towards the cafeteria.
The smell of meat had filled the air as we opened the doors to see already many teams conversing with each other as a load of food and drinks were displayed.
"Oh my gosh yes ongri!" Akari shouts speeding towards the food hunger in her eyes.
With that we all follow pursuit towards the beautifully displayed food as others were there as well.
As I was in the process of grabbing one of the spoons another hand went for it at the same time to which I glance up to come eye to eye with a familiar face.
"Hi sweetheart," Terushima smiles at me to which couldn't help but scrunch up my nose slightly at the nickname before giving him a small smile back. "We haven't even been able to talk since the camp started huh."
"Oi Teru whos the pretty girl," Another voice speaks up to which I avert my attention to lock gazes with a boy who I had recalled was from Nohebi.
"Hi I'm Ren Nakaumura," I give the boy a genuine smile who only grins in response.
"Oh I know of you, you're the great aces daughter. I'm Suguru DaishΕ."
I wince slightly at the recognition of my father only wanting to escape the conversation before he had asked anymore questions.
As if Terushima had noticed my change in emotions he grabs the spoon the I held putting rice on my plate before putting some on his own. "So have you and ace gotten together yet?" He switches the topic giving me a small grin.
"Iβ"
"Oi piercing boy, snake bastard I recommend you stay away from our precious Naka-Chan," Both Kuroo and Akari were already by my side glaring at Teru and DaishΕ who were both only smirking at them.
Before I could even interject the two pull me away from them.
"Naka you really have to stop talking to all these boys, it's irritating to try and prevent all of them from trying to pull a move on you," Kuroo tsks.
"I agree with Kuroo-Chan. Can't be sending Iwaizumi-San the wrong signal here," Ren adds to which I look at the two weirdly as they stop close to some of the others.
"What are you both, my overprotective parents?"
"Yes," They both say simultaneously.
"Aww you two are too cute," I couldn't help but tease the two to which both of them quickly fluster up looking at one another before snapping their eyes in the opposite direction.
"But anyways you have got to do something with the boy before Rin does something that'll annoy all of us," Akari turns her attention back to me.
"Wait Miyazaki-Chan what do you mean?" Kuroo raises an eyebrow at the girl in confusion . "Ren is already with Iwβ"
"Oh shoot I'm sorry," A voice interrupts the boy as I suddenly feel a cold sensation drip down my shirt causing me to gasp slightly.
I turn around to see water on the floor and most likely on me as I come face to face with non other Rin herself.
"Didn't mean to spill water on you, my bad," She grins at me raising her hands up defensively.
At this point I was about to explode but had to keep my composure as there were coaches in the room who hadn't known what had happened.
"You've got to be kidding me," Akari grumbles for me speeding towards the girl to which I instantly put my arm out to stop her.
"Akari it's not worth it," I lock gazes with her deadly one as she looked as if she was about to jump the girl.
We both stare at one another for a few moments before the same voice interrupts us.
"Funny that you need others to stay up for you Ren. It's quite pathetic," Rin snickers to which both myself and Akari snap our attention to the girl.
At this point only those around us had been listening in, most of the others such as the coaches having no clue on what was going on.
"It's honestly too easy to control you," She continues taking a step towards me. "I mean I can honestly take anything from you and you would end up doing nothing about it as you're just too afraid and weak to."
Rin looks me up and down the devious look not faltering one bit as if she tried to intimidate me somehow.
She was right. I was too afraid to stand up for myself as I was always the one to be easily picked on. But this time I wasn't going to take her bullshit.
"Rin honestly what's truly the point in this?" I finally speak up looking into the girls eyes who only held those of revenge.
"I just want to help Himari out. Make your life a living hell in any way possible," She casually states smiling at me. "Make sure to know what pain you gave my best friend last year. I know you almost killed her by pushing her onto the streets the day after you lost against Fukurodani in the finals."
My eyes had gone wide at her words as I reminisced the day in my head.
"Wait she said that?!" My voice rose louder than usual as I looked at Rin.
"Yeah she did and I'm not surprised considering how competitive you can be with being a disappointment of the great aces daughter and all," She says putting an arm on my shoulder patting it reassuring me.
"So I'm just trying to make your life hell and that's starting with hooking up with your ace friend Iwaβ"
The girl hadn't spoken another word as my already curled up fist had suddenly made contact with her jaw knocking her instantly to the ground.
All the anger I had been holding in ever since she started insulting me every breathing second she had all come out in that one hit that resonated through the room.
I could hear faint gasps come from many but didn't even pay attention as I kneeled down to Rin's level eyeing her intently. "I swear to god Rin if you even touch my boyfriend or hear any more crap come out of your mouth I won't hesitate to beat the shit out of you."
The girl herself held a hand to her nose that was already bleeding her eyes widened slightly in fear. Her body was almost trembling as she stared back into my eyes.
That is till she slowly glances behind my shoulder a small smirk now playing on her lips.
"You may want to deal with that first Ren."
Raising my eyebrows at her I quickly snap my eyes in her direction my gaze locking with the familiar brown eyes who's showed a glint of sadness, eyes glossy before running out of the room.
'He heard didn't he?' I thought to myself as I quickly got up from the ground running towards the exit ignoring the multiple voices calling for me.
As I was about to open the door a hand grasps my wrist to which I turn around to meet gazes with Iwaizumi.
His eyes held those of confusion, guilt and slight fear?
He most likely had heard Rin's words about the event between Kimura and I but I only gave him a look hoping he would let me go.
"Let me go after him Hajime," I get out quickly giving the boy a pleading look hoping that he would accept it.
Iwaizumi looks down at my hand that clearly was forming a bruise on it for a few moments before abruptly letting go.
I give him a quick smile before running out the room towards the halls. I hadn't known how long I was running for till I spotted the figure in the distance through the dimly lit hallway to which I only quicken my speed.
"Oikawa wait!"
As if the sound of my voice had triggered him he suddenly stops turning around as tears were falling down his cheek my guilt only building up more.
"Look I'm sorry that we never told you," I began giving him an apologetic look. "We didn't even tell anyone for that matter but it was only becauseβ"
"What because of me? You didn't want to hurt my feelings?!" He scoffs bitterness laced in his voice
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