It was Monday morning when coach called all of us to the gym with news. "Alright guys, this is the match up for the preliminaries." Coach handed out the papers to us, all identical.

Our first match would be Kiyose Higashi high school, not sure who or where that is but okay. My eyes scanned the paper, landing on a familiar name.

Karasuno. If they won their match against Shirato Girls, then we would be playing them next. The thought caused a smirk to appear on my face.

After going through the sheet of paper, we headed out for the day since we didn't have practice.

"See you guys tomorrow!" I said, waving as I exited the gym.

"Yep, have a good day!" Azusa called out after me. As I walked, I noticed Ushiwaka was standing by the stairs of the club rooms.

"Hey there Wakatoshi, what's up?" I greeted as soon as I was within comfortable talking distance. He nodded to me.

"Nothing really. Can I walk you to class?" He asked, and I nodded back.

"Sure! Thank you!" We started walking when I remembered something. "Oh hey Wakatoshi, guess what guess what guess what!" I poked his bicep with every 'guess what'.

"What?"

"My coach said she's gonna have me setting more! I'm soooo excited!" I gushed out. "I got to be setter during our last practice match and it was a lot of fun!"

"That's nice." Was all he said, but I knew he didn't mean for it to sound bad or anything.

"It is! Anyway, how did your practice go after this morning?"

"The normal; some serve receive, then hitting, more serves, and then we were done." Ushiwaka shrugged.

"Sounds productive!" I grinned as we entered the building for first years. "I'm kind of hoping I become the official setter instead of just being a hitter."

This comment apparently surprised Ushiwaka as his face made a confused look. "Really?"

"Yeah! It's not like I don't like hitting, it's just..." I trailed off, sighing in content as I thought about my team in middle school. "Being the setter makes me more connected with the rest of the team because most of the players on the court are spikers so I have to know where they like it, where they are when I'm about to set, how fast it should be, and that they trust me enough to deliver the right ball and enable them to get us a point." I explained, then covered my mouth. "Sorry! I was rambling."

"It's fine." He mumbled, a thoughtful expression on his face as we stopped in front of my classroom. "See you at lunch, then."

"Right! Thank you for walking me!" I bowed, "have a good day!"

"Thanks, you too." Ushiwaka returned, then headed back out the way we had come. With a smile on my face, I stepped into the classroom and got ready for the school day.

~•~

"Thanks for helping us out guys," I smiled at Semi and Ushiwaka as I carried my two duffle bags.

"No problem Kaz," Semi shrugged, setting down another of my duffle bags as Ushiwaka put my backpack on the now empty bed.

"We'll leave you to it." Ushiwaka said, and after I had given them both hugs, they left. Tendō was leaning against the wall, watching me as I unloaded my stuff.

"So, heard that Koji switched with Shirabu and so him and Goshiki are now rooming together." He said, and my head shot up.

"Really? That's nice of him." I smiled as I tucked my pajamas in the dresser and closed the drawer.

"Yeah, weird though." The redhead shrugged, "anyway, head anything from the group chat?"

"Yeah, they said it was cool so I'll add you once I finish up." I told him with an eye roll.

"Also, Kazzy," Tendō said, his voice suddenly softer which made me pause to look at him. He smiled at me. "Thanks for sticking up for me yesterday."

"Of course, you don't deserve to be treated like that." I said, walking over to him and putting a hand on his shoulder. "You deserve the world, and nothing less."

We kept eye contact for a while, then he chuckled before bringing me into a hug and kissed my forehead. "You make it impossible not to fall for you, ya know?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" I asked in confusion, I was just telling the truth!

"Nothing," He sighed, retracting his arms before both of our phones tinged.

•••

Hey guys, is now a good time to get ice cream?

Sure!

You're paying right?

Yahuh

Where are we gonna meet up?

Front of the gym, see ya in ten!

Sure thing~~~~

•••

"Come on, then! Let's go." Tendō pecked my lips l, grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the room before I had a chance to blink.

I was so confused as to what had happened that I didn't say anything until Yamagata asked what kind of ice cream I wanted.

"Yo Kaz, you okay?" He asked after we all say down at a table.

"Yeah, you.." Goshiki glanced at Semi, the one notorious for hitting people for saying bas things about people. He was focused on his ice cream so Goshiki decided it would be safe, "seemed really quiet and distracted."

"Oh, was I? Sorry.." I gave them a smile before I glanced at Tendō. He was having an enthusiastic conversation with Ushiwaka.

Goshiki followed my line of sight, his eyes narrowing before turning back to me. "Did Tendō-senpai do something to you?"

"No! No, of course not." I immediately rejected, "he just said something that was weird so I'm processing.." I lied slightly, but they bought it so we went back to eating our icy goodness. "Thanks for this Yamagata."

"I have at least 18 alterior motives." He admitted playfully, causing me to laugh.

"You and everyone else around here."

"No kidding."

"Oh, that reminds me," I got out my phone, taking the last bite of my ice cream cone before adding Tendō to the group chat.

•••

So he has been summoned

WHAT'S HIS NAME AGAIN?!

Are you that lazy? Scroll up owl boi

Wow you two

😂😂😂

Lmaoooooooooo

Thats me tho

Saaaaame tho bro

HELL YEAH HELLO FELLOW MEMERS!!!

HELLO

It's a stranger

From the outside

OooooooooooO

Greetings~

Wow you guys were made for each other

Nah I was made for you~

Oh

Competition

BROOOOOOOOOOOO

WHAT MEMES DO YOU GOT???

Oh I got pLeNtY my man~

•••

I could hear Tendō snickering as I facepalmed. It was at that moment I knew, I had made a mistake.