a/n: sorryyyy i feel like things are moving kind of fast in the story, and they've been doing a lot of travelling arounddd i swear after this chapter there won't be so much of that anymore.. anyway, ENJOYYYY

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it was the night before the training camp. you were busy packing away clothes and other nessesities, stopping once you glanced at your wrist. there, layed a gold bracelet with flecks of amethyst stone encased in the gold. it was a gift your dad got for you when you were around 4. you'd worn it everyday as a child, never taking it off. a small memory came to your mind.

"w-where'd it go?! it was on my wrist!", six year old you cried. you were panicking at the realization that your beloved bracelet had somehow fallen off of you while playing at the park. you played alone, like usual. you'd ask tobio to play, but he'd go off my himself and practice alone, no matter how much to begged for him to play with you.

you felt a tear run down your cheek, no matter how much to told yourself not to cry, here you were, crying on the ground. tobio came up to you. "what?", he annoyingly asked. "i-i lost my bracelet", you choked out. he grudgingly helped you look for it, and he found it inside the sand box. "here", he said after examining it. then he walked home, not bothering waiting for you.
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you woke up startlingly early. your aunt sara had just woken up to accompany you on your way to school. she insisted to drive you to school since it was still dark out, and it was quite dangerous. you knew she also just wanted to spend a bit more time with you before you left to stay in tokyo for a week.

only two weeks ago were you in tokyo having a practice game with nekoma. you were excited to see them again and maybe just maybe practice with them. coach ukai insisted that if you wanted to you could definitely hang out with them after training to which you complied. you heard that fukurōdani had a pretty scary ace and you really wanted to try and receive some of his spikes, maybe even showing off your own ace skills.

"bye auntie! love you lots!", you spoke in english, since you mainly spoke it at home. "bye f/n! be safe! don't let any boys fall in love with you!", she teased, making you go bright red and shuffling to the area everyone waited. she laughed and drove off, leaving you severely uncomfortable. "what did she say? l/n are you.. alright?", yamaguchi asked, he looked kind of concerned. tsukishima understood what your aunt had said, seeing as his english was pretty impressive. he smirked, making you understand he knew exactly what your aunt had said. you pouted. "don't even talk tsukishima", which you again said in english. he rolled his eyes before continuing his conversation with yamaguchi. kageyama and hinata looked bewildered at your perfect english. "if you told us you were fluent, you could've tutored us instead of saltyshima!", hinata whined. you shrugged, then sweat dropped. "you could've asked, and what do you mean you didn't know i was fluent?! i literally lived in an english speaking country half my life! along with picking up a fair amount of french!". they both forced a chuckle. "y-yeah.. i totally knew that", kageyama stuttered.
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you groaned, leaving the bus. this bus ride was much longer because you were going to a different destination in tokyo, where there was tons of traffic. you rubbed your sore neck, slowly getting off the bus. immediately you greeted the other teams upon arrival, most of which had come earlier.

you met new people like bokuto and akaashi, the ace and setter for fukurōdani, as well as lev, a wing spiker for nekoma. they were all really pleasant but tanaka and nishinoya didn't like you talking to them.

you watched the boys practice against various teams. you watched them continuously lose, but they were improving quickly. you also started absentmindedly staring at a certain ravenette, without even realizing it until shimizu pointed it out. "what are you staring at, l/n?", she smirked slightly. you snapped out of your daze, not realizing her smug look. "i- uh nothing". you didn't think much of it at first.

all the boys were working hard trying to learn new skills. hinata was trying to learn tempo so he could do different types of spikes. kageyama was working on a new type of set, where the spikes would spike the highest point the ball goes, (if that makes sense). nishinoya was trying to learn how to do libero sets. asahi was honing his serves. yamaguchi was learning how to do jump float serves, and tsukishima was learning how to read spikes so he could block them better, along with also honing his spiking skills.
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"gather up karasuno! we're discussing sleeping rooms", coach ukai announced, waiting for everyone to huddle up around him. "now, we have five rooms in total. in room a will be where specs and i stay. room b will be for shimizu. room c is for third years, d second years and e for first years", he announced. you furrowed your brows. "sounds good?", you raised your hand. "uh- coach.. am i sleeping in room e? or..?", you murmured. takeda's face went white and he slapped his hands onto his head. "oh no! i forgot about l/n! i- i'm sorry i-", coach ukai cut him off before the teacher would have a heart attack. "since ahimizu's room only have one bed, i'd suggest the best place for you would be room e", he paused for a second. you scowled, knowing you had to sleep in a room with a bunch of teenage boys. "if any of you try anything... you're gunna get it", he stated simply, making all the first years minus tsukishima cower in fear. they wouldn't do anything to their beloved l/n, they were just intimidated by the coach.

"f/n.. would you like to take a bath with me and the other managers?", kyoko asked. you grinned, happy for girl time. "definitely". tanaka and nishinoya watched the two of you walk down the hallway. "that must be a beautiful sight", tanaka started. "a bath full of beautiful managers", nishinoya finished, the two second years getting smacked on the heads by daichi and suga.

you were relaxing in the bath (like a hot spring almost if that makes anyyy sense) with kyoko and four of the other managers. they started talking about the players when shirofuku asked if anyone had crushes. kyoko gave a smug look directed at you. you were busy talking to suzumeda to notice, but kyoko wispered that she had a suspicion that you were interested in none other than kageyama tobio. the two giggled, moving on from the subject.

after the bath, you dressed in a grey oversized t-shirt and some loose striped pyjama pants. you opened the door of room thinking nothing of it just to see kageyama with no shirt. "s-sorry", you, who was now a flustered mess quickly shut the door again. damn, he has some nice abs- WAIT WHAT AM I THINKING!? yamaguchi soon reopened the door and you waddled inside, sitting on your sleeping mat. "you should've knocked", tsukishima teased, making you even more flustered. "shut up tsukishima", you pouted. you glanced over at kageyama and could've sworn you saw a smirk on his face. the sleeping mats were set up with you being on the very left hand side of the room, hinata beside you, kageyama in the middle, yamaguchi, then tsukishima on the very right. out of everyone you'd definitely rather sleep beside hinata or yamaguchi. you huffed and decided to take off your bracelet. you hummed in concentration since it was difficult to remove the item of jewelry, and finally put it away in your bag, then returning to your sleeping area. unbeknownst to you, kageyama had walked out of the room, panicking for some reason.

a/n: why? who knows😝😜🤪😛 ok anyway here's a cliffhanger but i'm probably writing another chapter before this even gets published so yay!

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