It's true he was salty

It caused most to flee

But she stayed

Y/n stayed

She liked his saltiness

She liked the hint of mess

Kept her life interesting

She appreciated everything

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You were still walking with Atsumu, talking about your relationships and how well they were going. He seemed like a pretty nice guy...

Sooner or later , you arrived at the restaurant. "Ayo, is that useless piece of trash in?" He asked the cleaner.

"Out back Atsumu." He nodded.

"Thanks man." He nodded walking out back. You went ahead and followed him, to find a man who looked exactly like Atsumu but with brown hair.

Confused , you nudged Atsumu and said "Urm, I thought he had silver hair?"

"Bro, which photo did Tsukishima show you?" He chuckled. "My little bro's hair was silver back in fucking high school, and mine was piss yellow. It's kind of embarrassing when I think about it."

"Tsumu I'm not your little brother, we're twins for Christ's sake." The brown haired boy stated. "And yeah your hair was embarrassing, still don't know how you managed to get a girlfriend..."

"There's a reason you're still single Samu." Atsumu laughed.

"There's a reason more girls wanted me." Osamu cackled.

You just watched them go back and forth, waiting for them to acknowledge your presence. A couple of minutes passed, and you began to get annoyed.

*cough cough*

"So whose yer friend Tsumu?" Osamu asked, eyeing you up and down.

"Tsukishima's girlfriend." Atsumu said, "she wants to be a chef or something."

"Tsukishima?" He asked a little confused. "Yeah the tall blondie with glasses , friends with Shoyo. Plays for the Sendai frogs." Atsumu explained.

"Oh yeah , yeah I know that guy. How the fuck did he get a girlfriend? He's salty as hell..." Osamu laughed.

"Urm I'm right here guys." You said rolling your eyes. "He's not actually salty ya know. He's pretty nice to me."

"Psshhhhh Okay." They both laughed, not believing you.

"Oh so what's your name ?" Osamu asked.

"L/n Y/n, but call me Y/n." You smiled.

"Right, my name is Miya Osamu, but call me Osamu. I'm a chef at this restaurant. As you should know, I'm only 20. 21 soon. Making me around a year older than you, am I correct?"

"Nah, you're spot on." You smiled.

"Ight , so I'm thinking of opening up my own place soon. And yeah I know I'm young , but I have dreams and shit. So yeah I'm saving up for that." He stated.

"Right but don't you have culinary school?" You asked.

"Y/n, you don't need culinary school to be a chef. It's more about experience, and I'm working directly under someone, giving me experience. So no, I don't have culinary school."

"Oh, so is it a waste of time," you curiously wondered.

Osamu chuckled, "No not at all, but yer don't need it to be a chef. Since I want to open up my place , I'm studying business in uni. Culinary school helps you pick up technique , knowledge, knife skills and networking. But you can easily pick that up whilst working."

"Oh, I get it." You laughed. "So urm, I was wondering, would you be able to mentor me?"

"Yer need to show me what you've got first y/n." He laughed.

"Samu, just do this favour for Shoyo." Atsumu begged.

"Fine, whatever. I'll mentor you, aslong as when I open up my place you work for me. Deal?"

"Deal." You smiled , sealing it off with a handshake.

"But I still need to see what you've got. You're dating that Tsukishima boy right? Next weekend , bring him over to the restaurant with one or two friends. Tsumu , you bring over Hinata , Bokuto and your girlfriend. Our new friend y/n is going to cook us a 3 course meal." Osamu smirked.

You rolled your eyes and sighed. "Fine whatever I can do that. Prepare to be blown away."

"I'll be the judge of that." Osamu said.

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You ended up really liking the Miya twins, they were both very nice people. Atsumu seemed to speak his mind a lot , and didn't sugar coat things. Whereas Osamu seemed more reserved. He reminded you of Tsuki. A nicer , less intimidating version of Tsuki.

You left the restaurant mentally preparing a menu for next Saturday. You couldn't believe he put you up to such a challenge, but you were determined to overcome it.

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A couple of days had passed by and it was time to go to Miyagi. Yachi told you to pack a bag , so that you could stay back with Tsukishima for a night at his house.

"You ready to go?" Yachi asked you.

"Yeah," you called from your bedroom. You grabbed the bag and swung it on your back. "I cant wait to see him play, is he good?"

"Is he good? Y/n, he wouldn't be a professional volleyball player if he wasn't good." She scoffed . "Come on let's go!"

"Jeez I'm coming ," you said waking out of your bedroom. You slipped on your trainers and walked out of the apartment. Yachi followed you, locking the door behind you.

"Yams is going to meet us at the train station with Hinata and Kageyama." She explained as you guys walked. "Remember Hinata is the ginger one, he's pretty small but a very good player and very loud. Like extra loud. He plays for the same team as Miya, Msby Black Jackal. You met him right?"

You nodded.

"Okay cool and then we have Kageyama, he's the tall one with black hair. Pretty quiet and he has a scary look sometimes, but he's very sweet. He also plays volleyball , you've heard of Ushijima right?"

"Yeah Tsukishima mentioned a thing or two about him when he was talking about high school." You answered.

"Yeah well he plays for the same team as him. Schweiden Adlers. He's also apart of Japan's National team Remember this y/n." Yachi stated.

Yes I know they both play for the national team, but Hinata was apart of the 2021 national team roster , whereas Kageyama and Ushijima were apart of the 2016 AND 2021 roster.

"I will don't worry," you laughed. Sooner or later you arrived at the train station.

Yams was stood there with two other boys. You smiled at them, and the ginger one smiled brightly back. The black haired one weakly smiled at you.

"Hitoka, Y/n." Yamaguchi smiled.

"Tadashi." You smiled back giving him a hug.

"Hi Tadashi !" Yachi smiled, "Shoyo, Tobio." She smiled at them waving them over.

"Hey Hitoka!" The smaller boy smiled jogging over. The other boy trailed behind him, giving Yachi a slight wave.

"So whose your friend? Wait don't tell me is this Kei's girlfriend?" Hi Tsukishima's girlfriend, I'm Hinata." He laughed.

You nudged Yachi. "Bitch, I thought you said he was small. This man is clearly 5"7."

"That's small when you play volley ball. Plus isn't your boyfriend 6"5." She giggled.

You ignored her little comment and put out your hand for Hinata to shake. "I'm y/n l/n." You stated. "Nice to meet you Hinata," you then turned to face the other boy. "And that must mean you're Kageyama. Nice to meet you," you bowed.

"You too ," he mumbled.

"I'm assuming you haven't been in Japan for long?" Hinata asked you in

"You speak English?" You were gobsmacked.

"Yes I do," he laughed. "I could tell from your Japanese, you have a little accent?"

"I do?" You questioned.

"Mmm, you do. Plus you shook my hand , that's a very western thing to do." He laughed.

"Oh whoops, I always forget to bow." You giggled , slightly bowing your head in apology.

"Nah don't worry about it." Hinata said , you both emmersed in a conversation (in English) until the train arrived. Once it arrived Hinata switched back to .

"If you ever need help with your Japanese, give me a shout. But I must say, it is pretty good."

"Thanks Hinata." You smiled, getting onto the train. You sat down next to Yachi and thanked God you did your braids a couple of days back, because you were tired as hell and wanted to sleep.

You were fast asleep the second the train started moving. By the time you woke up, you were already in Miyagi.

"Oh my days , you guys are from the country?" You exclaimed. "That's all fucking cute."

"Language y/n." Yachi scolded.

"Sorry Hitoka." You frowned.

Tsukishima's game was first thing , so you went straight to the stadium. You guys managed to find good seats, and settled down next to some older men. "Daichi, Asahi ,Suga" you heard Hinata exclaim "you're here."

"Of course we're here, we need to support our underclass man." Daichi said. "Don't forget about us Hinata." You heard someone from above say.

"Noya? Tanaka? Kiyoko? Woah is that Enoshita! You're all here?" Hinatas eyes widened as he looked at the row above him.

"Nah kinoshita Narita couldn't make it." Enoshita said.

Hinata frowned in response. Tanaka smiled. "I can't wait to see my little underclass man play. I'm going to tell everyone he learnt from me." He said proudly.

"Wait did you say your name was Tanaka?" You asked speaking before thinking.

"Yes it islittle lady." He replied.

"Oh urm, hi. I'm Tsukishima's girlfriend and he talks about you a lot." You awkwardly laughed.

"He does , does he?" Tanaka raised an eyebrow. "I knew that sneaky bastard loved me secretly." He laughed.

"The real question is , how the fuck does Tsukishima have a girlfriend?Who is actually nice..." the small boy asked. "My name is Nishinoya by the way."

"Y/n." You stated.

"Did I just hear Tsukishima has a girlfriend?" Suga butted into the conversation.

"Yeah it's me , hi I'm-"

"Oh , I feel so bad for you? Why would you want to date that salty beanstalk of a man. Blink twice if he's holding you captive." Suga said.

"I saw you blink once. That means he's holding you half captive. Y/n was it? Should I beat him up for you. I'm his upper class man so he won't hurt me." Suga said smugly.

"Nah I'm cool don't worry, Tsukishima is actually really nice to me."

Everyone gasped, minus Yamaguchi and Yachi.

"Tsukishima? Nice? Don't make me laugh." Tanaka blurted out.

"Yeah that man is as salty as ever." Nishinoya added on.

"Yeah what they said." Hinata laughed.

"He learnt his comebacks from the best." Suga said pointing at himself.

You opened your mouth to say something, but you were interrupted by a sudden blast of music.

The game was about to begin.

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