Once inside the gym, you set up the team's belongings with Kiyoko.

"Hey Y/N could you help me set up some chairs?" she calls out.

You nod and run over to her.

"I'm ready, you can pass me some."

Kiyoko passes you two chairs.

"Before you go Y/N, please tell me what happened with Tsukishima before."

You pause for a moment, embarrassed that you're in trouble yet again today.

"O-oh I was stretching on the bus before and accidentally whacked him with my hand."

Kiyoko gives you a disappointed look.

"But it was an accident, I swear!"

Crap, I can't tell if Kiyoko bought my lie or not.

"Y/N you should apologize to him before the situation gets worse."

"Right," you nod as you walk towards Tsukishima.

"Y/N," Kiyoko calls back "but put the chairs out first okay?"

"O-oh, thanks."

After putting out the chairs, you take a deep breath and walk over to your team. As you get close to Tsukishima, you groan at his existence but persist to do what Kiyoko told you.

She's right. I don't want to make any situations uncomfortable amongst the team.

When you get up to Tsukishima, you tap his back and watch as his expression turns from serious to pissed off the second he sees your face.

"What," he groans.

Damn, this kid is seriously intimidating. I'm glad I don't have to play him in a game. Not like he actually looks like he cares about them.

"What do you want," he questions again.

"I'm sorry," you whisper as you look away from him.

"What was that?" he asks teasingly

You look back up at him in shock. You watch as he smirks back down at you.

Does this kid take pleasure in making me pissed off?

"I'm sorry," you say louder this time.

Tsukishima shrugs, "Alright."

"Hey, you do know you don't need to be a complete dick to me because of an accident, right?" you snap back at him.

"But it wasn't an accident."

What the hell is this kid's fucking problem?!

"Yes it was!" you yell.

"Y/N stop flirting with Tsukishima and come stand over here!" Keishin calls to you.

You freeze as you feel the eyes of the whole team on you. Once you regain composure, you push yourself through the group and stand next to your brother.

"I wasn't flirting, Keishin," you growl at him.

"You don't have to explain, Y/N, everybody heard you."

Shocked again, your body stiffens and your eyes meet once more with Tsukishima's. Although you're completely embarrassed by the situation your brother put you in, it looks as though none of it has affected Tsukishima one bit.

"Fuck you, Keishin," you say under your breath.

Ignoring you, your brother goes back to talking to the rest of the group.

After Karasuno loses the first game to Nekoma, they beg to play another match.

"Alright," says Nekomata-sensei, "but let's have a quick break before we start up again to let our teams restore their energy."

Although there are some protests from our team, Keishin agrees with Nekomata.

In between games, you help Kiyoko clean up the court. As you're picking up some of the balls, Kuroo walks up to you.

"Hey I saw you talked to Four-eyes before, how'd that go?"

"Ugh," you groan "I have no idea."

"Damn, Y/N, that sucks," he laughs.

"Tsukishima sucks," you mumble.

As he continues laughing, you get the feeling he's just trying to provoke you.

"What the hell does it matter to you?"

"Well because him and I are kinda friends now."

You roll your eyes at him. "Why would you be friends with him?"

Kuroo crosses his arms. You watch as a smile grows on his face.

"He's entertaining and really funny as well."

You give him a confused look.

"Funny? No way."

Kuroo laughs and continues talking.

"I like playing against him, he's a good competitor."

Good competitor? Well I guess he could be kind of right, but it also seems as though Tsukishima hates playing volleyball sometimes.

"You know, sometimes I get the feeling that Tsukishima doesn't enjoy volleyball."

"I can't disagree with you there, Y/N," he replies "but that doesn't mean it's true."

While you continue talking to Kuroo, Yamaguchi walks up to the pair of you.

"Hey Y/N," he calls out "Ukai-sensei wants to talk to you about something."

"Thanks, Yamaguchi," you nod "I'll be right there."

As Yamaguchi turns around, you call back out to him.

"Hey wait, can I ask you something?"

Yamaguchi faces you again and nods as he smiles.

"How come you're friends with Tsukishima?"

"Well because I care about him. He's always been there for me, even when we were younger, so I want to be there for him too. And just because he doesn't show his feelings much doesn't mean that they aren't there, Y/N."

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

You watch as Yamaguchi walks away from you, trying to analyze what he just told you.

It is kinda cute that Yamaguchi thinks of Tsukishima that way. I've never seen that side of him before.

Once it's time to head home, you follow the rest of the team to the bus.

"Hey hold up, Y/N!" you hear someone call from behind you.

As you turn around, you see Kuroo running towards you. Once he approaches, he pulls you into a hug.

"K-Kuroo. Why are you hugging me?"

Kuroo backs away and looks into your eyes.

"We're friends, Y/N," he says as he smiles to you "so why wouldn't I hug you goodbye?"

"Oh," you say as you hold in the blush threatening to rush across your face, "well we did just meet today."

"So? We've got a few things in common like how we both tease Four-eyes," he nods in Tsukishima's direction.

You look over to see Tsukishima already glaring back at you and Kuroo.

As the team starts to get on the bus, you find a seat. Once you sit, you look out the window and watch the Nekoma team outside. You giggle to yourself as you watch Kuroo bug the smaller two-toned haired boy next to him.

Yeah I guess him and I are kinda similar.

The next thing you know, you feel someone sit down next to you. You look over and see Tsukishima sitting by your side. Your eyes widen as you recognize his face.

"W-what are you doing sitting next to me," you say a bit flustered, "where's Yamaguchi?"

"I want to talk to you," he replies as he continues looking forwards.

"M-me?"

"You shouldn't get so upset over small things like test grades."

Small things like test grades? Just because he doesn't care about his grades doesn't mean nobody else does ...

"And you know, Kuroo's a dick. You should stay away from him."

"Why should I listen to you?" you mutter under your breath.