"Shinsuke."

Inarizaki volleyball team was having their meeting in the gym. By the sudden called of Kita name by their coach, everyone grew alert.

"Yes, coach."

The coach was sitting on a bench infront of them as the members were sitting on the floor. They just finished their practise for the day.

"This is my personal opinion that I want to share with you." The elder said as Kita opened his ears wide and paid most attention on him. Not only Kita, the other members too. "Ever since the encountered with the first year girl studentㅡAtsumu and Osamu's sister back the daysㅡ"

Kita didn't know why, but he didn't feel good about this. However, teacher was still a teacher. Wanted or not, he could not just against him or butt in when he was talking. He needed to listen to him till he finished. After that, would be the time he could ask him if he had any questions.

"I think it will be great for having a manager. Not saying, you are not doing a great job as a captain but being a captain, you will have so much on your shoulders. I know, the members can help you through the days. Butㅡtechnically, you know right, the pros of having a manager?"

Kita was silent for a moment. Of course there would be pros of having a manager. Usually, most of the school would have a manager to handle things which that not a new thing in sport. Manager also would help the captain for some things, so the captain would not have so many thing by his own.

"I choose you as a captain because I know you can pull the title of and capable on bringing up the team. However, captain is not that easy as we heard. I don't want you to hold everything yourself." The coach added. "If you please, let us have a manager once this year. I know I can just order you to find one without asking your guys consent, but it might be bring us to ill feeling to one another. So, as a couch and your advisor, I suggested you this, in order to help the captain and the team as well."

The team was silent since they were waiting for Kita to say something. No one seemed had guard to speak before the captain speaks anyway, so they just kept their lips sealed.

"Do you want Miya Ayumu as our manager?" Kita finally voiced out, taking Miya twin's attention the most. The brothers started feeling giddy inside them by thought of having their sister in the same team even not as player.

"It's up to you. But looking at our club application, there not so much new member this years. And only Miya Ayumu tried to apply for manager place. Say, girls barely interested to be one these days but there's Miya. She looked like one in the hundreds." The coach answered.

"WE CAN TALK TO HER!" Atsumu and Osamu rose up their hands instantly.

"But, we cannot guarantee the answer anyway since Kita-san rejected her application that day." Osamu said, making Kita avoiding his eyes away.

"But still we can try. Yumu seems interested to be a manager since she comes here anyway...so there maybe a chance to get her back here." Atsumu suggested.

The coach nodded but he didn't say any further. His eyes that drew towards Miya twins, avarted towards where Kita's seat. Like Kita could feel the gaze of the coach, he looked up at his coach again.

"Miya Ayumu is a great player back in her junior high. She was a captain during her third year. For the consecutive three years, she played as a wing spiker. Some student called her the queen of court. Looking at her application form, she seemed to have a big chance for her if she continued to play volleyball. If she becomes a manager, doesn't it seems like she wastes her chance?"

Listening to Kita's statement, the coach smiled and nodded. "It is. But, it's not for us to decide what is what for her. Miya must be has her own reason why she didn't want to play anymore. Thinking of it, three years in court of course it will give us another more desire to stay in court. And I believe, Miya will feel the same way too...I believe she wants to continue playing volleyball. But...why she suddenly stop playing? She must be has her own reason right? Its not going to be a simply reason that we can think of...it might be a reason that even herself needed to think deeper about it."

Upon that, realisation hit both Miya twins. They never thought about that far. They never thought of why their sister stopped playing. Because to them, they didn't want to invent her privacy. They believe, if Ayumu wanted to tell them, then she would. Either sooner or later.

"Coach."

It was Riseki. Now attention was on him.

"Miya-san once told me. . .that she probably going to continue playing volleyball again. But, she isn't sure yet with her decision. If we really want Miya-san to be our manager, it's mean, we need to convince her quick, right?" Riseki asked, looking at the coach. The coach didn't say a word though but he was nodding again. Agreed with Riseki's remarks.

He was now, wanting Kita's answer. And he waited for it. Kita Shinsukeㅡnot only a top student, clean freak or whatㅡhe was somone who would do something right and his words that he speaks, were precisely true. That what made people respect him. Because they knew, Kita was right.

"I'll talk to her." Kita said, after a long silence. He looked up at his coach and said it again; "I will talk to her."

"I'm looking for it." Said the coach with an encouraging smile.

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Two days one night in Miyagi could be this tiring somehow. Soon she arrived her home, Ayumu ended up sleeping for hours. When she woke up, the sky was dark already. Thinking of the next day would be a school day, it just made she double tired. However, two days one night in Miyagi seemed worth it. Wasn't it?

Ayumu looked at a picture on her table. Say, there was not only one picture she placed on the deskㅡthey were a few of it. She took this one framed photo and looked at the picture.

Tobio. . . .

It brought her mind towards the game just now. The match was so intense which Ayumu barely know who was the winner till the very last time. Both teams, Karasuno and Seijoh were not giving up or letting their guard down until the last point. It been awhile she watches such an intense game. Since she was in player shoes before, she barely aware of how audience's feeling.

But now that she became one, Ayumu could sayㅡif the audience could feel how intense the game was, imagine the player in the court. Their exhaustion, their mental care, their staminaㅡ When Seijoh finally defeated Karasuno with 2-1 and not forgetting to the multiple times of deuce which Ayumu got herself headache . . . She was happy to say that Seijoh winning the game.

But...seeing Kageyama on his knees, falling on the courtㅡ the happiness somehow didn't feel like one. She didn't say she wasn't happy that her Too nii-chan and Iwa nii-chan won, it just. . .everyone was trying hard to win. Everyone didn't think that give up was a chance, so they gave what they got.

Seijoh known with their powerful volleyball team especially, when they had Oikawa in their team. Meanwhile Karasuno, they once a powerhouse school but not anymore. Through their game, Ayumu could say they wanted to become one again. They wanted to stop the useless name of clipped crows from spreading wide. Hence, they gave what they ve got...

Yet, they end up with failure. It must be frustrating. She could tell just by looking at their face.

That was one thing about sport in this world; they would be a winner and a loser. That how it would always work.

She caressed the photo and smiled softly to herself.

"You are not going to giving up are you, Tobio? So does, Too nii-chan. He will not give up. Whatever the fate bring you two, I will always root for you guys."

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