#second encounter

“What? No! I can’t do that!”

“Well why not?” Suga pressed

“Bc- bc... I-i can’t-”

“Ah, he’s too much of a coward to talk to someone he likes~” Tsukki mocked

“Hey! I am not a coward! Watch me!”

Hinata snatched the pork bun and stomped his way over to you

“hey, you!”

Wow Hinata, have you no manners

You whirl around to him shocked

As soon as he registered it was you he stopped

Remembering who he was

And who you were

And who was watching

“Uh... uh-um”

He shoved the bun in your face bowing

“Sorry! Please except this!”

‘Ah he’s so loud’

You looked at his flustered face

‘But he’s so cute~’

You grew warm at the thought and gingerly took the offering

Giving him a soft smile and thanking him

“Thank you... um, I don’t know your name”

“Hinata Shoyo!”

“Thank you, Hinata-kun”

You turned to leave before your own nerves got the best of you

Once you left, Hinata erupted w/ smoke and crumbled to the floor embarrassed

The hearty laughter coming from his team was not helping

You, on the other hand, walked home flushed, the bun still in your hands

Whether you eat pork or not you still felt unbelievably nice bc of it

You were gonna miss seeing him while you’re forced to stay home

Especially now that you finally knew his name

And of course the rest of the team, ha ha

You are not thinking about any of them who’re you kidding

And then things got interesting

As Karasuno was about to take the second set, Seijoh’s captain finally showed

Apparently he had a knee injury and had to get it checked

You had an intense moral battle over whether or not you should exploit that

But you sympathized, you had a knee injury too

Yours took you out off the track, however

They brought him in as a pinch server at the end of the third set to score the last few points

You actually had faith in your boys up until Oikawa served

Then like the air that left you, you lost all hope

On the inside

On the outside you were still cheering

He may have had a killer serve

But you had a freak quick

And the feeling of satisfaction you got from the looks on their faces- 

Godtier

Finally, the match was over

And your team lined up in front of you

After Sensei’s ‘speech’, you merely mentioned the amount of training you were going to put them through

They were not looking forward to it

Once Seijoh was done thanking you both, Sensei fumbled his way through another speech

Meanwhile, you assessed everyone on the team

Matching faces to the roster

Once you got to Oikawa you were startled to see him already looking at you

Smirking - he didn’t take his eyes off you the whole time

When Sensei finished he turned to you and asked if you wanted to say anything

“Why are you smirking at me?” You glared at the captain

If possible his smirk get wider

“Sorry, you just look so different when your not drenched”

He turned to his friend

Who just now seemed to realize who you are

“Right, Iwa-chan~”

Taking sympathy on the poor guy-

Who honestly looked like he was struggling between killing Oikawa and being embarrassed - 

You cut in

“I bet I do, Shitty-kawa. But that reminds me.”

You mak ethe executive decision to ignore is whining

and the confused people around you

Grabbing the jacket from your bag, you toss it to it’s real owner

“Thanks for letting me borrow it, Iwaizumi.”

“Right, yeah, of course”

An attractive person being mean to Oikawa

And nice to him

The world has flipped on it’s axis

“Yah, don’t ignore me!”

“I’ll ignore you all I want!”

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Your glaring contest is setting your teacher on edge, stop it

“Maybe we should get going”

Reminded of where you are & who you’re w/ you regain your composure

Clearing your throat, you say “Yes. I need to start making a plan for Hinata. Bc as funny as hitting Kageyama was, it can’t happen again!”

You say the last part loud enough for him to hear you from where he is.

When the rest of the team starts sniggering you added

“The rest of you need work too, don’t go thinking your off the hook.”

You glowered at them and jerked your thumb over your shoulder

“Now get on the bus, we’ve taken up enough of their time”

“Yes, Coach”

At their sarcastic response you deepened your expression and they hurried away

You bowed w/ Kiyoko at Seijoh’s coaches then started off after the team

As you turned away gave Iwaizumi a smile and peace sign

and sneered at oikawa

Poor guy, so slick w/ friends and on the court

Immediately flustered by you

You gorgeous thing you 😘

Fortunately for him their coaches prolonged the inevitable teasing

“They seem really young for a coach”

“Oh they’re not actually” Takeda supplies

One look at their lost face had him explaining more

“They signed on as a manager w/ Shimizu their first year. But I’ve heard from the third years that they took on the role bc they didn’t have a coach.

“They learned everything they could about volleyball to make sure the team had a fighting chance”

He looked over to where you were messing around w/ Yamaguichi

“They’re the teams main support stream, They’re really reliable and admirable” He finished w/ a fond smile

Before turning to Seijoh and apologizing for rambling

But good on you for being such a good person

👏👏👏

As soon as Karasuno was fully out the door the team rounded on Iwaizumi

“You saw them drenched in water?”

“How do you know them?”

“Can you introduce me, they’re hot!”

“Now, now everybody one at a time. You’re going to overwhelm him. It’s not everyday someone attractive notices our Iwa-chan~”

“Shut up, Crappy-kawa! You were there too!”

Rubbing his now bruised shoulder, Oikawa made it known that “I’m not the one who hit them with a water balloon”

“You hit them with a water balloon?!” The team exclaimed

“It was an accident!”

He’s too flustered to even try and look intimidating

And of course was adding fuel to the fire

“But you did stare at their chest”

“I did not!”

He was about to hit Oikawa again

Except the coaches managed to get everyone’s attention

Effectively silencing all the howling from the rest of the team

“As entertaining as this is; Karasuno still managed to beat us, despite their inexperience”

“So let’s get to work”

Iwaizumi let out a breath of relief to get the attention off of him.

Of course the other third years will never let him live this down

“So did they look good wet?”

“I didn’t look! Shut up!”

And for all you being like ‘he so looked’ if you go back you’ll see that he actually didn’t

Bc Iwa-chan is best boy

The Kirishima of Haikyuu

“fine.” he let go of your wrist, letting you lean forward in dramatic intrigue

“i was exhausted from volleyball practice. the rest of the members are over-enthusiastic dumbasses that drain me just by being near me”

“really, thats it? youre just full of disappointments today, Tsukishima”

“just give me the paper”

“here” this time he snatched it from you so you couldnt take it back

he slumped down in his seat to start copying your work

you swung yourself out of your seat and leaned against his desk on his left side

“so, since when do you play sports. i always thought you were too,,,”

“too what, (l/n)?” he snapped at you

“ayy, no need to be snippy” oh this so much more fun when youre the one doing the teasing

“but what was i was going to say was~” you moved from his side to the front of his desk, resting your chin in your hands “youre too,,, lazy and unmotivated”

“do you have to bother me, right now?”

“hmm, i cant tease you about not finishing youre work, but i can about volleyball”

“what makes you say that?”

“the fact that you never mention it, i doubt anyone has ever seen you in your jersey besides your team”

he didnt give you an answer, but his mouth did twitch

“you just dont seem that interested in it, so im curious as to why you would let it effect your school?”

he looked up at you tiredly, you just gave him a coy smile in return

you stared at each other, willing the other to break

sadly your little staring contest was cut short by the class representative announcing the start of class

Tsukishima scribbled the last answer onto his worksheet before throwing it back to you

you two may poke each others buttons every chance you get but you have an underlying respect for the fact that you both are have the motivation of a brick wall

once the lunch bell rang you followed Tsukishima and his friend(?) Yamaguchi

“hey Yamaguchi” you slung your arm around him, keeping him from walking with Tsukishima “gotta question for you”

“whats your question?”

“youre not Yamaguchi, unless I was introduced incorrectly in the beginning of the year”

“Ah, Tsukki its okay, i’ll catch up with you”

“Tsukki? oh thats an adorable nickname. I’ll ask about that another time, but there are more pressing matters”

“i’ll be at the end of the hall, i dont trust you alone with him, (l/n)”

“aw, you wound me, Tsukki” he glared at your use of his nickname “i’ll return your best friend with all his innocence. although considering he knows you he looses some irreproachability by association”

you released Yamaguchi to shoo ‘Tsukki’ away

once he was out of earshot, you whirled around to face Yamaguchi again

“so this volleyball thing, how serious is he about it?”

he seemed confused

“i want to give him grief about it, but i have to make sure its worth my while”

“i-i mean i guess, he used to be”

“used to be?”

“ah, nothing, thats not for me to tell” he smilled shyly “i guess what i mean is that hes lost his interest. he doesnt take it seriously anymore, especially not like some of the members of our team”

you looked back a Tsukishima, he was staring at you both “i want to see that. Tsukishima with someone much more energetic then him - that’s gotta piss him off”

“oh they do”

“hm! i guess i’ll just have to see for myself” you turned back to Yamaguchi with a slick smile

“say~ what time does volleyball practice start? i need to check out the competition”

volleyball practice began at the end of the school day, the boys didnt enter the gym until about 30 minutes later

you sat atop the banister, your legs between the railings dangling over the edge

it was unlikely anyone would see you up here, so you could observe without being caught and questioned

you did your homework while the boys practiced

so far only slight jabs have been thrown out but it was mostly between the orange first year, Hinata, and the other tall first year, Kageyama.

Sure Tsukishima would make small comments under his breathe - not that you could hear them from your perch - but he didnt get directly involved

‘so odd’

once they took a break and Tsukishima and Yamaguchi went to go get more water you rushed down to the gym floor

“do any of you know where Tsukishima’s bag is?”

the remaining members of the club looked at you in shock and confusion

“uh,, who are you?” the captain, Daichi stepped up to ask

“(y/n) (l/n), im looking for leverage against Tsukishima and this club has been my first clue”

“OH I know you!” Hinata yelled “Yamaguchi mentioned you said you wanted to ‘check out the competition’“

You laughed nervously “I needed to make sure im the number one nuisance in Tsukishima’s life. I have discerned you both are not a threat to my title” you squinted at Hinata and Kageyama “so far”

you shook your head and looked at the others

“now can someone please tell me where his bag is before he comes back?”

they pointed you in the direction of the club room, the captains being more than willing to give you a key to get what you need

apparently they believe Tsukishima could use someone to compete with

since he doesnt see anyone on the team as worthy yet

when you finally made it back with his work sheet in hand, you noticed him walk into the gym just before you

you guess his team was still a little, uh, bewildered by your antics bc they were just staring at him

and you behind him

“why the hell are you looking at me so stupidly?”

you took this as your cue

coming up behind them you threw both your arms across their shoulders

“Now, now Tsukki~ dont be so mean. theyre just shocked by my presences. and you Yamaguchi - thank you for the intel”

Tsukishima groaned in annoyance “what are you doing here, (l/n)? and dont call me that”

you patted their backs before making your way further into the gym and back to your spot

you waved your hand mockingly in the air, the same hand that held the piece of paper from Tsukishima’s bag “it was good. these guys are way too over excited about volleyball. but something was off about your info”

“what info?”

You started walking backwards to address him “Yah, Tsukki, so demanding”

“what do you have in your hand?”

you waved the paper around some “the paper is unimportant to this conversation. but what is important is that Yamaguchi described you as uninterested in volleyball” you began going up the steps back the the banister “i would say you were just plan lazy”

“excuse me?”

“oh yeah, im surprised you took so long to refill your water, considering you didnt do much”

“wow someone who can lay into Tsukishima about as much as he lays into everyone else!” Nishinoya seemed very pleased with this

you had finally made it back to your seat and pulled your binder back onto your lap “now that i think about it, you dont put much effort into anything really. not even your school work. which explains why you left it half finished last night”

“compared to you who didnt do it at all”

he was standing under you now, looking up at you for once

“ya know it feels really good to finally be able to look down at you. I bet this is your first time ever looking up to someone”

“dont assume. ive heard it makes you an ass”

“ha ha” you glance at Hinata “well is it safe to assume that Hinata’s a better player than you?”

“what?” Tsukishima glowered at you, or tried to with his height disadvantage

“what?” Hinata cowered away, however, probably not wanting to be caught in this pissing match i cant blame him

“yeah~ he puts in the effort, whereas you dont”

“he has zero technique” this caused Hinata to make a noise of disagreement

“oh and you do?”

“of course i do”

“well i havent been able to see, youve barely played”

he didnt have retort to that, bc he knew you were right

he hadnt really played, hed done the bare minimum

but he had to say something “i, am a much better player than shrimpy”

“yeah right”

“i am right”

you leaned through the rails as best you could, “prove it”

at that moment you could’ve sworn you saw a spark light in his eye

but you were too far away and it was probably just a trick of the light

you did however notice that he did seem more into playing the game

did i ever explain what that paper was?

probably not

it was the homework for that night

you figured youd cause him a little panic

of course your not evil, and you did fill out his work sheet for him

making the work slightly different and copying his penmanship

you pride yourself for being an excellent forger

although he was not happy with you the next morning

moreover the teacher didnt suspect a thing when the homework was handed in

“yesterday was fun, i should watch your practices more often”

“you better not”

“what are you gonna do, Tsukki, stop me?”

“dont call me that”

i think its worth mentioning thought that a few of the upperclassmen on the team did seek you out during the day to invite you back

if you say yes or not is up to you, i dont control your actions, i just write them ;p