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~ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 ~

It had been a few days since the team won their match against Seijoh and in your head you thought they would celebrate to their hearts content and then they would be overwhelmed with nerves since their next match will be their biggest yet in some way. It's their first 5-set match and if you were in there position you'd be hibernating in your room with all the blankets and pillows you could find until you arrived at the court.

The team were the complete opposite of that. Each and everyone of them were cheering at random times and giving speeches upon speeches about how they were going to win this and go to nationals. It was mainly your fellow first years who were promising the third years that they would take them to nationals but at other times it was mainly Tanaka talking about his uncontrollable feelings towards Kiyoko, it was quite funny to watch. One other thing you had noticed is that Nishinoya no longer obsessed over her like Tanaka did, respectfully of course but he still didn't act the same around her as he did before. He no longer tried to pounce on her when she walked in nor did he whine when she hugged Yachi or spoke to one of the other team members. It sparked your curiosity as to why the older boy wasn't interacting with her as much anymore but everyone else knew exactly why and it was obvious, sometimes you were just a little naïve but never so much that it affected you negatively.

"Y/n?" The sound of your brother's sweet voice broke you out of your trance and you noticed how you had just zoned out sitting on the floor by the entrance to the gym. The team were taking a drinks break after four hours so far of practice, they planned to practice all day but with the rate they are going at it might be a bit less than that since most of them are already exhausted.

"Sorry...did you need me?" He smiles and shakes his head no. He offers you a hand to help you get up and you take it, using him as a leverage to get your half-awake body off of the ground. You were so deep in a trance that your body felt weak for a short while but you soon gained back all of your feeling. "Why did you call my name then?" You waved your arm around a bit so that the sleeve of your jacket fell down to it's original place, covering your hand. Truth be told, it was actually Nishinoya's spare jacket that he kindly donated to you because you 'looked so cute in it before'.

"Nishinoya wanted you actually" he led you over to the second year who was talking with Hinata, Kageyama, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi. "Here she is!" Koushi announces and then walks away leaving you totally confused.

"Um..." the five turn to look at you since you arrived unexpectedly but after you wave at them they all chuckle together. "Why did you want me?" You turn to Nishinoya who takes a second to think and then realises why he asked Koushi to go and get you.

"Tsukishima is being an idiot and making fun of me and Hinata for being short!" Now this you weren't expecting to hear today. Due to you being just a bit smaller than Nishinoya you never really thought of him as short because no one would ever refer to you as short. They used to but your mood started to be affected by it so everyone eventually stopped labelling you as 'short'.

"You're not short to me" you ruffle his hair a bit and smile. This makes him feel somewhat happier but it doesn't last long because Tsukishima speaks up.

"Yeah but that's because your smaller than him" he turns his head away and smirks.

"What was that you lamppost?!" Nishinoya puffs out his chest and walks over to Tsukishima, trying his best to look intimidating and for you it was working in some way.

They then started having a mini argument but it was nothing serious, just a little back and forth of insults and name calling. When you think about it like that thought it does seem serious but it was evident that they were mostly joking around. "Now now what's all this?" You heard an unfamiliar voice come from right behind you so you dart to Nishinoya and hide behind him, trying your best to slow your heartbeat in the process. It wasn't difficult to make you jump but when it was by a complete stranger it had more of an effect on you. "Is she okay?" The voice speaks again but you were too busy clinging to Nishinoya to focus on what they were saying.

"Yeah she just gets spooked easily and gets really nervous around new people" Nishinoya reaches around to pat your head lightly as you peak over his shoulder. The stranger was a very tall male with dirty blonde, almost light brown hair. He had a gentle face and seemed like a friendly giant but in a way he also seemed a bit frightening since he looked a bit like Tsukishima.

"Oh my bad! Apologies for that, I had no intention of scaring you" he rubs the back of his neck and you could tell he was being genuine with his apology so you move so that you're standing beside Nishinoya.

"It's okay you didn't mean to nor did you know..." you spoke with a quiet voice as you still felt quite anxious but after some reassurance from Nishinoya and the rest you began to relax around the male. You found out his name was Akiteru and he was, in fact, Tsukishima's older brother which explains the resemblance.

After a short conversation Akiteru starts to zone out of the conversation and looks around the gym. It made you curious as to why he was no longer involving himself in the conversation so you built up some courage to ask. "Does this place bring back memories?" You were a bit startled when he whipped his head to you but in truth you startled him first, you quickly apologised but he told you it was fine.

"It does actually..." he pauses to look around some more. "I used to be on the team here, I was mainly on the bench but I was apart of the team nonetheless..." he seemed sad when he was talking. Almost like he had many more negative memories of him being on the team than positive ones.

You walk over to him and pat his shoulder a couple times. "We all have our struggles in life but we manage to live with them by talking to those around us, I know I can't really talk because my issue has been going on for years but ever since starting this school year I feel so much better" you took a quick second to breathe and noticed Akiteru was listening to you with his full attention. "I still have those moments though where I just don't want to get out of bed but I've gotten this far and so have you" you had no idea what made you give this 'inspirational' speech but you felt relieved once you had spoken about it to him because he visibly relaxed once you had finished talking.

"Yeah your right uh...I'm sorry I didn't get your name" he scratches the back of his neck again and you chuckle lightly.

"I'm Sugawara Y/n but you can call me Y/n"

"Wait so your Sugawara Koushi's little sister?!" He seemed shocked at this and you couldn't help but to laugh a bit again. You nod and he looks between the two of you. "That actually makes a lot of sense now, you really look alike"  it was true. You both shared the same hair and eye colour but the only difference was you didn't have a small beauty mark under either of your eyes.

The conversation would of continued but Kageyama started bickering with Tsukishima so the two of you involved yourselves in the group conversation again and Akiteru spoke to his brother as Hinata tried to calm Kageyama. "How're you feeling Angel?" Nishinoya walks up next to you and gives you a quick hug, remembering how you hid behind him earlier.

"Better but I think the real question is how are you feeling? You have got a huge match tomorrow after all" you poke his chest and his face instantly lights up. He then proceeds to spend the next five or ten minutes boasting about how they are all going to win and how he promises to win nationals for you and the team.

With everyday that passes by the butterflies in your stomach feel like they're getting harder and harder to ignore. Sometimes you even feel a bit nervous around Nishinoya but it's not that you didn't trust him, you actually had no idea what was happening.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　 *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧