You waved to the rest of the team with a large smile as you swung your arm.

"I don't want to saw bye, I want to spend You time with everyone. It feels like I'm leaving forever if I do." You said mostly to yourself as the man next to You easnt one for conversations. You smiled happily and skipped alongside him.

You could hear the sound of the tape on his fingers scratch as he picked at it. Bumping against his side you snorted as he dropped his hands into his pockets.

"Don't pick at it. We'll have to replace the tape and that's a waste and we don't want to change it too much in case it messes up your hand even more." You scolded him and mimicked his movements, putting your hands in your warm pockets and holding the small book that was in there.

A strong gust of wind blew past as you pushed a couple stay hairs behind your ear. Tsukishima seemed mostly unfazed by the strength of the blow and continued to trudge forward allong the sidewalk.

"You played well, good job." You said.

He didn't respond, but it didn't come to you as a surprise.

"I'd give you better compliments but I don't know how the game works, so you're at a loss."

You noticed his tense posture and clenched jaw. How the knuckles of his fist poked through his pockets. The heavy weight he put in each step like he was dragging anchors forward as he walked. You worried that his own regrets were eating him alive.

"Hey," you said letting your hand rest on his shoulder for a second, "you played great and your team is proud of you. Relax and don't let your mistakes get to you. Use them to learn and push you forward."

He didn't say anything and you sighed, finally letting the tension of the conversation fully engulf you. You looked at the corner of the sidewalk ahead of you and back to Tsukishima.

"You'll get there, wherever it is you want to be."

Letting your hand fall to your side, you slowed your steps and turned left away from the boy who kept on walking.

"Goodbye Kei."

~~~

"3 am. I just want to sleep." you mummbled into your mother's shoulder. The carpet like benches and metal armrests where uncomfortable and the smell of fast food mixed with old people was unpleasant yet tollerable enough to almost sleep through. And you would have had you mother not waken you up every minute you tried.

"You can later, just not now. Give it a few minutes.

A man not too far away called something from behind you counter and you mother got up dragging you behind her. Your hand went into your pocket that held the small book.

~~

At school the attendance rolled off and out of the teachers mouth as he called the students name, and as we got to the end, Tsukishima noticed something.

Brows furrowing, Tsukki looked to the seat on the opposite end of the classroom to see it empty. His pulse stopped for a second when a paper was slammed down on his desk.

"Here is the work sheet, you have fifteen minutes before we go over the questions."

TsukkI looked around The room to see if anyone was sharing his confused expression, only to find no one.

The blond picked up his pencil and began on his work.

~~

"Teacher?"

Once the class ended, students packed their backs and left in a hurry as Me I walked to the front desk. The man behind the large desk looked up from his paperwork to make eye contact with the tall boy.

"Yes Tsukishima?" the man asked.

"You didn't call (L/N) durring attendance. Are they not there today?"

The teachers eyes widened and lips pursed as his eyebrows tried to touch in the middle of his forhead. He sighed and stood from his chair.

"Mr. Kei, I regret to inform you that it seems you haven't been informed."

The man picked up his paper, taped it against his desk and set it down in a neat pile.

"(L/N)s mother got a job opportunity in London. They moved."

"Moved, how far?" Tsukishima asked slowly as he tried to diguest the information that had just been given to him.

"London, England. Tsukishima. Europe?"

"That's.. That's far... Too far."